CARPOOL KUMZITZ: Benny Friedman and Joey Newcomb

[Music] n uh fill it up uh yeah regular these days regular yeah Joey brother Benny what are you doing here listen you know I started doing a car service I'm not the only Jewish singer that needs a side no as you can tell it's you doing here I'm uh filling gas for people oh yeah you know it's all about giving people the gas and the energy they need for their life and there's all about an AV of taking people to their destination helping people get get to their destination on the subject my shift is almost finished over here and I got to get home hop on it I'll give you a ride brother what do you think I do seriously yeah come on in I ride home over there you [Applause] joking I'll grab you back home to the thank you so much you know what I'm saying wow this car what do he say about those seats huh it's like going into a time machine but but a good time machine you know remember you remember this remember this driving home from school car getting nauseous those were the days when we used to get nauseous life so much better when it was uncomfortable and that's it and that's it all right let's hit the road this Mak this trick where he would steer with his knee and pick up his we couldn't see he would hold his hands up he would do he go what's happening what's we to the car should I try that right now brother no was scary times this car I must be at least now you're talking I'm talking your language they they don't make seats like this you can sitat like you know they have this this mis misapprehension that everybody wants to be facing this way for some what that is all about the seats are tight they're like cardboard this is a couch said this is a seat this is a car why said brother bet as far back in your memory what's the what's the earliest tape yeah a tape remember such an cassette a cassette what's the earliest tape you remember listening to enjoying as a kid what would you say I think I mean I I remember a time when in my mind mind Jewish music was three people abam Fred no Mor Ben David no and Yol sharabi wow didn't even make it in there no because because it was it was just a HK show had I I think I mean as far as I can remember it was the Hask volume one I think cassette tape that was jewi music you remember Hask one wasn't that like in 1940 yeah yeah yeah down that old in your mind there was a truth in your mind where I've Ral MBD and Y rabi that was Jewish music nobody else that's it it could be that that was the MS at that time what would you say what was your favorite song from that album it's such a fantastic show the the the everyone was was so on fire but I remember like y Shi really the favorite song is not from not from y Wow Let's Hear It Let's belt it out [Applause] [Music] we [Music] Goose there oh there yeah wow I'm all used to be S wow you could you could pass from as really singing said brother Benny when did it all start you ever you ever sang in a choir you ever sang as a kid you ever the B when you Mitzvah something when did it all start the whole growing up in Minnesota was many opportunities for uh choirs you know what I mean in Minnesota we had one choir it was called the the Minneapolis Boy Choir really cuz it was just me it was just the one boy I was going to make the joke for youself we had hits we had big hit songs you know what I mean we sure sure maybe you heard of us we had our number hit song our number one hit song was um a song that goes like this we sang it every Bar Mitzvah we will go the crowd would go wild for that song you wouldn't believe wow for Real by the way the clap is is a big S cu that you don't go s you go you see you hear that's the right clap right right because you want to participate but you don't want to exert too much effort this is too much that was you were stock Solo in the Minneapolis Boy Choir Boy Boy Choir in the Minneapolis Boy Choir so it was just you up there singing a m about I remember I would sit in the in the corner of a room in my house house dreaming about being in those choirs you had Silva zmer you had London School you had you had Miami Boys sure sure sure you know what I you know what I mean Kidd you know what I'm saying yeah Miami Boys by of course what do you mean how we would sit in the back of the station wagon my father would turn on so this m memories this is Mom's memories this is you guys had a station exact of course what mean so I'm glad that I'm I'm using this to drive you would sit in the back facing it's like in in in 203 30 40 years you asked someone today you had a minivan yes so you would sit in the back facing out and sing on the top of our lungs to uh to all these choirs tapes you know so you had access to these tapes or Minneapolis my father would go to New York pretty often come back with a suitcase with nsh treats no way books new books new tapes and it was like sh we would attack those so you guys were probably the hit house on the Block everyone's like you want to hear some Je music oh yes brother Benny's house we were Jewish music Central Minnesota so what was your favorite Siler Miami I think Siler was definitely my favorite Yeah Yeah orash Song from Silva Zer yeah that you have it handy in your your station wagon little do you know I come prepared brother Benny you think I get a station wearing without a tape oh man if I was in front of a crowd of a thousand people I would say everybody sing along how do you feel about sitting in the station listening to this this is I'm going back back to being seven years old right [Music] now [Music] you know you know you know holy man no okay my brothers would come home from Yeshiva with boxes of tapes yeah and like sho shoe boxes yeah until later on they got Fancy with actual boxes with compartments tap but this was my musical education you remember there was a band called called Rya Mema oh wow and this was the song This was the song This a song all about about sh he was a holy man such a holy [Music] man was a name he had he was a holy man up my alley over here such a holy man shto came to spread The Fountains of life oh yeah and he the lead singer hon is also the drummer really he would drum and sing and glasses was like greatest he was a holy man he such a holy man BTO was the name he had he was a holy man woohoo brother Benny that was that was something that was a I got to go back and listen to that you should start performing good you the whole crowd he was a holy man yeah wow after that I would say you know growing up in Minnesota it's somewhat a small town I was thinking one day I'm going to get out of this little Town into the big world you know and then finally one day I made it to Postville Iowa that's I went Postville Iowa Postville Iowa is it some in Chicago even smaller than Twin Cities Minnesota that's great I have no idea where that is it's a but that's not a though because I never know where anything is in Postville that's when we really got into music was a Buro there and we used to sit and really Co over music and that's where I discovered you know that's where I discovered remember inspired me to record music in Hebrew yeah ah this song is so beautiful he's writing he's telling Hashem that he's trying to write a song for him but not never good [Music] [Applause] [Music] enough [Music] fore [Music] gorgeous so this is where you got into the next yeah something more than oh yes this was the discovery Discovery phase nothing ever beats and Yi but nevertheless Hal song by S what's going on uhoh did you see smoke coming out of the hood like Jackie Mason says it stopped it's did we just break down brother Benny we have to say you SC got Dash now on this car brand new car uhoh let's see what's going on I thr my station wagon we Mak it not let's see what's going on under the hood oh is it busy here the hood where's the hood my brother Benny while we're waiting for quadruple a to show up to help us might as well sing might as well no what does you do what do you do remember this the day she was sitting on the street sorrow wi rise Tin Can at feet holes in her stocking holes in her shoe she's an old BG woman no stranger to bad news wow wow God loves the Widow and the orphan and the BL the and needy hav got to die God loves the sickly in his eyes were all the same God he loves you to just call upon his [Music] name okay so brother buy back we were SM smoing in the car you were telling me about your journey through music different stages you know how you graduated from Minneapolis to post Montville Alabama wherever that was exactly and so I graduated out of Postville with a with a with a wealth of Music knowledge and I made my way over to Los Angeles yiva in California and on haneka I snuck away don't tell anybody I snuck away make sure the Riva doesn't find it and I went to a concert and the concert was slamy Dax and Yehuda wow Blast from the pth Yehuda exclamation mark Yehuda exclamation mark you know his last name exclamation exclamation mark the cereal is still working I see the car is not working but the cereal is still working [Music] wo [Music] how's my move I can't judge I'm not in a [Music] position [Music] hey I never knew the last three words I used to [Music] say wow all right wow that was a workout I think I I might have lost a couple of pounds for the first time so back to the MBD what was your favorite n from MBD I would say this might be a controversial opinion but it's my opinion morai Ben David's best best best vocals is when he appeared as a guest on yle's first album woo he was fire listen to brother Benny being m i [Music] mean [Music] here we [Music] go I call [Music] you have to wait but it's worth it it's worth the wait EMB comes in here this [Music] [Applause] is [Music] now coming got key listen how comes into the key this is feeling deep from this about to [Music] come oh my goodness is this to have an Irish I'm telling you this is this they could have closed down Jewish music after this this is the best ever that's it CL it [Music] up [Music] Standing Ovation to a deep the end of the day brother B at the end of the day we're here for bringing on behalf of Amud Halo organiz organization that takes care of what would you say what would you say how do you feel about the impact they made in the world what are you talking I think them I'm gonna Channel now of course my father's whole thing you know it's a little controversial I don't know why it's controversial the idea father is the biggest Rabbi on YouTube number one Rabbi on YouTube the idea that Hashem needs us and needs our mitv people get bent out of shape ABA doesn't need anything abish is perfect as if to say that being vulnerable to someone that you love is somehow a or a weakness the Waits that mean Jewish music is replete with songs describing the ab's love and and you know desperation for for the for mitz for the to be close I mean the fact that people suffer is because abisher suffers people's suffering is not a weakness it's a reflection of hashem's suffering and helping out our fellow Jews and ourselves when we suffer is mish helping the ab out of his suffering is like so thankful that we that we were that we were to him by accepting the to and by respecting the fact that these Mitzvah that somehow feel unconnected to to to to Hashem no he needs it and we didn't laugh it off anyway you're going into one of the deepest sugas in the world brother this is the deepest and most important fundamental thing so we have to help our brothers and sisters and we have to help ourselves in in these emotional and uh and uh you know the the the needy part of us why because abisher is needy he needs us he needs us to do it you're going to get in trouble for this brother will be there to help me I would love to SM here another 6 and 1/2 hours but I actually do have to go what do mean we can't sit here and watch the car back in time over here I actually have to go that's the truth all right going to go ahead and walk to Brooklyn this how I one thing one thing I say brother Benny 26 million views on YouTube over there every right there I don't count 26 million I say not 26 million not 27 million [Music] for [Music]