Re: "Jewish" Rock?

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Hi Wolf:

I know the "Rivers of Babylon" from The Harder They Come.  I wondered
whether the Boney M version was the same.  Looking it up in the All
Music Guide it seems that it is.  The credited composer for the Boney
M song is one of the 4 composers credited for the The Harder They Come
version.

Note: The Steve Earle version isn't even mentioned by AMG.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Kame'a Media <media (at) kamea(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Friday, May 05, 2000 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: "Jewish" Rock?


>Hi Bob:
>
>"Rivers of Babylon" (performed by The Melodians)
>originally from the soundtrack of the film,
>The Harder They Come (c.1973).
>
>"By the rivers of Babylon, where he sat down
>And there he wept when he remembered Zion"
>
>and
>
>"...may the words of our mouth
>And the meditation of our heart
> Be acceptable in thy sight"
>...
>I believe, are from =tanakh=.
>
>Other lines include:
>"O, the wicked carried us away captivity
>Require from us a song,
>How can we sing King Alfa song
>in a strange land"
>
>I can't comment specifically on the Boney M version,
>(never having heard it),
> but I have a version by country music artist Steve Earle
>you may also be interested in cataloguing.
>
>Wolf
>
>robert wiener wrote:
>
>> How about Boney M's "Rivers of Babylon"?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
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