“A Throwback Shavuos Medley (Acapella)” – Geshmakapella

Join Geshmakapella on this whimsical and comical acapella journey, as 4 men join forces to battle against the yetzer hara! Produced by Hillel Kapnick & Yonah Laster (creator of A.K.A. Pella hits “What Does Haman Say,” & “2014: A Pesach Medley”), this a video you don’t want to miss! No instruments were used in the making of this song; all sounds were produced by the human mouth. —————————————————————————————— LYRICS: “STAYIN’ ALL NIGHT” (TTO: “Stayin’ Alive”) Lyrics By: Yonah Laster (JL Studio) Lead Vocals: David Delman Backing Vocals: Shmuel Braun, Shallom Engel, Yonah Laster, David Delman, Alex Green (Plaid Productions) & Alexander Koutzoukis (Plaid Productions) Well you can tell by the way I use my kup I'm a Jewish man: no time to shluf Beis is loud and coffee's warm, can't just sit around It's time to learn But now I'm so tired, it's so late This Red Bull don't do what they say Though I've tried, I drank four cans No wings, my time ain't flyin, man Everybody's father and everybody's brother They're stayin' all night, stayin' all night Feel the caffeinatin' and now my hands are shakin' And I'm stayin' all night, stayin' all night Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' all night, stayin' all night Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' all night “CARRY ON LAZY BUM” (TTO: “Carry On Wayward Son”) Lyrics By: Yonah Laster (JL Studio) Lead Vocals: Adam Shapiro & Yonah Laster Backing Vocals: CD Eichler, Yonah Laster, Alex Green (Plaid Productions) & Alexander Koutzoukis (Plaid Productions) Carry on you lazy bum There'll be cheesecake when you're done Though you're weary, pass the test Don't be tired no more Hard to doze above my noisy chavrusa Should just say to him goodbye, gotta lose ya Volume's rising ever higher, think I just might cry Though I tried to focus, still I'm a tired man Though I tried to think, I still want my bed man I have no choice but to start dreaming But then I hear him say Carry on you lazy bum There'll be cheesecake when you're done Though you're weary, pass the test Don't be tired no more “CRY OF THE SHTEIGER” (TTO: “Eye Of The Tiger”) Lyrics By: Yonah Laster (JL Studio) Lead Vocals: Yonah Laster, Hillel Kapnick & Adam Shapiro Backing Vocals: Hillel Kapnick, Adam Shapiro, Alex Green (Plaid Productions) & Alexander Koutzoukis (Plaid Productions) Rising up, pacing my seat Learning shtark with a passion No resistance, now my yetzer's been beat Just a yid bonding with the Divine I'm losing time the clock ticks too fast The pages flash in a flurry So into it that I let out a krechtz And the whole beis is caught by surprise It's the cry of the shteiger I've been learning all night Working up to the level of our fathers Almost at dawn's arrival Time to pray but not quite They're all plotzing to hear one more cry of the shteiger “LEAN ON ME” (TTO: “Lean On Me”) Lyrics By: Yonah Laster (JL Studio) & Shuie Alter Lead Vocals: Yonah Laster & Hillel Kapnick Backing Vocals: Yonah Laster, Shuie Alter, David Delman, Alex Green (Plaid Productions) & Alexander Koutzoukis (Plaid Productions) You just fall on my shoulder, when you need to crash We all made it to shacharis, so lean on I just won't let you pass out, hope you'll understand We all need to daven, so hold on Lean on me, all shacharis long Right until the end I'll even carry you home But you're being warned If you drool on me I'm going to wake you up We'll be out cold by nine But now it's time to read the Torah You're strong in your will, hold off your sleep At least till kedusha The sun's bright in our eyes, we all feel strained We deserve kudos But don't be surprised If we snooze through the rest of Shavuos —————————————————————————————— Produced By: Hillel Kapnick & Yonah Laster Directed By: Yonah Laster (JL Studio) Additional Vocal Production, Arrangement, Editing & Mixing: Alex Green (Plaid Productions) Additional Engineering & Additional Vocals: Alexander Koutzoukis (Plaid Productions) Vocals Recorded By: Hillel Kapnick (Uptop Studios– Monsey, NY) Nochi Krohn (Nochi Krohn Studios) Adam Shapiro Alex Green (Plaid Productions) Script, Photography, Videography, Graphic Design & Video Editing By: Yonah Laster (JL Studio) Actors: Tzivia, Yocheved, Kayla & Yechezkel Delman (Intro Kids), Hillel Kapnick (The Shteiger/Singer), Shuie Alter (The Shteiger’s Chavrusa/Singer), Yonah Laster (Lazy Bum/Singer), Adam Shapiro (Lazy Bum’s Chavrusa/Singer),  David Delman (Coffee Shlamazal/Singer), Chani Laster (Cheesecake Lady), CD Eichler (Baal Koreh/Deepfake Singer), Shmuel Braun (Shocked Onlooker/Deepfake Singer) , Shallom Engel (Biker/Deepfake Singer), P. Francis (Biker) Special thanks to: Moshe Engel and Beis Medrash of Kew Gardens Hills (Rabbi Bergman) for allowing us to use the shul for photography! James Cannon, for introducing us to Alex Green! C.D. Eichler for starting us on this journey! #jewishmusic #acapella #jewishacapella #akapella #A.K.A.Pella #sefira #sefirashaomer #shavuos #shavuot #maccabeats #six13 #ystuds #davening #torah