Yes, as some of you may be aware, a certain Shady Dame and I are having a great time on vacation in Bonnie Scotland, and I'll be favoring you guys with a photographic record of some of our exploits once we return (Tuesday, of next week, weather and Homeland Security permitting).
But in the meantime, I chanced across this online the other day...
...and it reminded me that I forgot to give a big PowerPop [insert Yiddish word for shoutout! here] to Rosh Hashanah last Tuesday.
All of which suggested a terrific topic for this week's Listomania. (In the interest of full disclosure, I should add that I originally posted a version of this back in 2010; as is my wont, I've done some rewriting and swapped in two new entries, if only as a way to underscore my puritan work ethic while we're off frolicking in the goyische heather).
So without any further tzuris, let's get to it. To wit:
Best or Worst Post-Elvis Pop/Rock/Folk/R&B Record/Song Either Written By, Performed By, or Simply About Our Jewish Brothers and Sisters!!!
And my totally top of my head Top Seven is:
7. Drake -- Passion Fruit
His mom was an Ashkenazi Jew(ess), which means that he's...well, you know. Or perhaps I should say -- who knew?
6. HAIM -- Gasoline
Nice Jewish girls, obviously; I like to think of them as Joey Ramone's much younger Bat Mitzvah-ed sisters. Fun fact (from Wiki): For their first gig, the trio played at a Jewish deli in Hollywood and were paid in matzah ball soup. 😎
5. 10cc -- Wall Street Shuffle
Featuring the great Grahame Gouldman (a nice Yiddish kid from England) on bass. And a song about money -- who'd have thunk it?
4. Desmond Dekker -- Israelites
I have no idea what this song actually means, by the way; I've been told it reflects rather unflatteringly on my fellow Red Sea pedestrians, but given its impenetrable Jamaican patois I've never really been sure.
3. Two Live Jews -- Oy It's So Humid
When we say these guys are def, we really MEAN....etc.
2. Fountains of Wayne -- Strapped for Cash
Another song about money written by a Jew -- what are the odds?
And the Numero Uno "Iceberg, Goldberg, what difference does it make to the Titanic?" hit of them all simply has to be...
1. The Blues Project -- No Time Like the Right Time
Left to right: Mssrs Blumenfeld, Kalb, Katz, Kooper and Kulberg. Not for nothing did they call these guys the Jewish Beatles.
Alrighty then -- what would YOUR choices be?
And have a great weekend, everybody!!!
[h/t Bekka Sakhno]
No comments:
Post a Comment