Hava Nagila Goes Pop
A pop singer named Lauren Rose has released a version of the traditional Jewish folk dance, "Hava Nagila" in England. The song, apparently, had a shot at being the #1 song in the country on Christmas Day. No word (yet) on whether or not it actually got there, but still: Hava Nagila - a pop song?
Behold:
The (English) words she's singing, by the way, are not even close to a translation, with the exception of the "Baby, let's dance" which is somewhat close to Hava Nagila ("Let us rejoice").
Anyone who's ever attended a Bar/Bat Mitzvah will probably find this amazing...
posted by Brian at
1:59 AM
3 Comments:
Let me also add a mashup: Challaback Girl Reform Mix (by DJ BC). It's a combination of the instrumental of Hava Nagila and the radio-friendly edit of Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani.
No longer available off of his website, so I uploaded it here:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/599986002d13a2/
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Michael Weinmayr, at 7:49 AM, December 29, 2007
Well, it does have the primary requirement for any really successful pop song, which is that once it gets in your brain, it's there all day. I attended a Jewish wedding once and was hearing this bloody tune in my head for about a week afterwards.
And the girl is pretty cute, too. That's a plus.
Still, as you said, weird.
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jason, at 12:37 PM, December 29, 2007
Thank you, Brian and Mike. My head hadn't fully exploded yet today. Now the airflow is much better....
So, Jews are cool in England. And it only took 1,000 years.
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Jeff Porten, at 2:42 PM, December 29, 2007
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