Re: Chanukah Song

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Simon,

You wrote that 5 years ago there were alot of very anti-Semitic songs
on the radio.  I'm not a listener to popular radio.  Can you tell me
the names of any of them?

Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com <Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: Chanukah Song


>
>In a message dated 12/16/98 1:47:16 PM, you wrote:
>
><<This is a little late,but there is an absolutely hysterical and
wonderful
>>Chanukah Rap song, "Hanukkah Homeboy" by Doc Mo She'.
>
>Simon and I may have to agree to disagree here. In my house, the
>recording was so trivial that people didn't want to sit through
>even the whole five minutes. The idea of a good Jewish Hanukah
>rap song is neat, but we weren't convinced that this was it.
>>>
>
>A video of this song was sent to MTV where everybody loved it, they
didn't
>play it because.(in code) it was too Jewish.  The artist got it
played on E!
>(cabel tv) and received call from such a diverse crowd, including
Arnold
>Shwartseneger(sp).
>When I first heard it, I was a little put off by it, but after
watching the
>video I appreciated it  a bit more.  The recordings was definately a
comedy
>recordings, but it was not a put down. It was ment to be a fun
record, not one
>that made fun of being Jewish.
>Also you have to remember that this was recorded about 5 years ago,
and
>herewere a lot of VERY ani-Semitic recordings on the radio. This was
to be an
>answer to the anti-Semitic lyric. Unfortunately you cannot see what
is
>happening  without the video, but in the end the entire ensemble
which
>includes many Black rap artists are doing a Hora around a giantr
Menorah.
>Describing it doesn't convey what the song is all about. but it is a
veryt
>possitive and FUN tune. Not ment to go down in history as the
greatest song
>ever written.
>Simon
>
>After posting the message the other day aboout the song, I looked to
see if I
>had any cassettes let of the song. I found a few and played them in
the shop
>-sold alot of them.
>