tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post390229313672352664..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Naomi Shemer: the First Prophetic SongYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-2787441224272787932010-04-26T08:48:08.282+03:002010-04-26T08:48:08.282+03:00I can attest to the electrifying power of the song...I can attest to the electrifying power of the song. I was at Moshav Amatzia in the Lachish region when we heard it over the radio and immediately ti was obvious too us that the song was taking on a mythical identity as daily, it would be replayed and as the security situation got worse, the song became more important. Joe's point is only true regarding eight notes of the refrain and she later apologized for inadvertantly adopting part of the melody she had heard n a nightclub in Jaffa although it did bother her. The year previously she had written "Bashana HaBa'ah", next year there will be peace.YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-17501299941177393472010-04-22T23:19:46.384+03:002010-04-22T23:19:46.384+03:00Yaacov, this shirim series is a brilliant idea. Ab...Yaacov, this shirim series is a brilliant idea. About "Yerushalayim shel zahav": On my very first evening in Jerusalem, the wife of the late Dr. Josef Burg sang it for us - in the hall of the Knesset, under the huge Chagall carpets. Looking through one of the windows I saw the eternal flame, out of the other window the lights of the city. How could I resist to fall in love?kainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-16726855441709975262010-04-21T21:10:56.601+03:002010-04-21T21:10:56.601+03:00Naomi Shemer's brilliance was tied up with the...Naomi Shemer's brilliance was tied up with the fact that her knowledge of Jewish texts was legion. If you look at her lyrics properly you will see Biblical references and verses everywhere. The fact that she could bind these ancient texts to modern events and poetry was what made her the Poet Laureate of Shirim Ivri'im.anniehttp://discardedlies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-91483689962675259192010-04-21T13:46:00.376+03:002010-04-21T13:46:00.376+03:00The song is based on a Basque melody, Pello Joxepe...The song is based on a Basque melody, Pello Joxepe. Here's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttuRcl1dK1M" rel="nofollow">a version sung by Paco Ibañez</a>.Joe in Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-35269612988778981572010-04-21T04:13:43.568+03:002010-04-21T04:13:43.568+03:00Yakov - you are the first person I know of who ech...Yakov - you are the first person I know of who echoes what i always felt about Naomi Shemer - somehow, she always created the right song just in time for a major event, be a joyous occasion or a crisis, as if somehow she knew in advance what was coming. Thanks.AKUSnoreply@blogger.com