Aliya 20 Year Gala Concert LIVE REACTION!!! - Featuring Benny Friedman & Shulem Lemmer

Life's life for you to join along. Life's life for you to join along. Wait, do you see me now? Oh, okay. Right. Here we go. Yeah. All right. One more time. One more time. What's up, everybody? We are here. Good on tonight. What a day. Uh the stream was going to be yesterday, but uh long story short, uh I we had a very packed schedule today in school. So as a program director, I had to set up um all the programs for today uh with uh obviously with the collaboration with other staff and teachers, but still it was like a crazy night. Um, and that included uh staying up till about two to about till 3 in the morning and then I'm going to sleep and then boom, there's a noise going around and it's basically bakim dancing because they're going for your which is great but for me not getting a lot of sleep and needed to get my head straight for um for uh for for today. But finally, and that's also why the stream is late today because I've been getting out of sleep and I knew that if I was a lot of times you see me tire on stream. It's usually if because I'm sleep deprived and when you're sitting down in a chair for two or three hours, it is tends to Excuse me. I just ate supper. So, excuse me. But yeah, it tends to get very tiring. But uh finally we're doing this on yuchvat night late at night cuz I had to take a nap cuz it was the only way the stream was going to be possible. But here we are late. Yeah. Originally I I scheduled it for 8:00 but uh it's fine. We're doing this. All right. Um before we continue, I do want to mention that every Sunday we have our live we have our reactions. Uh this past uh reaction we uh reacted to Reena and Hayom. I think that's the song. Uh the mashup from Siler Marashiro. You check that out. Every Tuesdays we have our live streams. Today's Wednesday, but um typically it's on Tuesdays and every Thursday we have our Pius podcast which been slow recently but because of winter vacation but yes we have episodes about to be ready to go. They're just in the editing process and they'll be out soon. So stay tuned for that. We also have um every day we have some other video coming out whether it's a short, a video, something coming out every day. Um also I would like to say that the other day um I started Instagram after the summer cuz I was focused on YouTube for a while and then eventually I went on uh uh Instagram and Tik Tok just to post. I'm not I'm not on it. I don't use it. I just post the stuff on it and um it in in Tik Tok hasn't been really done anything really. I just post and see. But Instagram has done a lot. Um I just saw a short that I put up of me singing a gig and it got 5,000 views. 5,000 views. And I was shocked. And the first thing I was thinking like, wow, thank you Hashem for like making it possible that people are just getting involved with the content and it's great. It's a braha and and obviously I don't get a lot of views or or interaction from people uh in these things, but that's not the point. The point is just do some fun stuff that I enjoy that I love doing. Hey, how you doing? Yeah, the one person the janitor in MT isue. But anyway, uh yeah, and it's uh it's great and thank you guys for all the support and every time like like there's people writing on the chats and joining us from from beginning to end of the streams. Those are and and and it's amazing. Like it's it's truly amazing the fact that people are just sitting around listening and watching uh Jewish music and talking about it, enjoying it. And that's what it's really all about these live streams. Um and having fun with them, of course. Having fun with them. Of course. Of course. Of course. Yeah. So, um we're going to be watching. Uh we had a poll. Uh, let me let me actually pull up that poll actually. Let me see. Let me pull up that poll over here. Um, I usually put on here. Let me actually share my screen right now. Um, share screen. Yep. All right. So, you can see here when you go into my channel, there's home, there's videos, there's shorts, there's live playlist, and post. When you go to post, that's usually my updates, but also it has my uh polls that I put up on uh concerts and stuff that I would want to watch. Typically, I use these polls for when I'm just up for anything. Uh, we recently went through all the HA concerts. So, um, um, and I didn't see actually the most recent H. I I still have to get the footage or something or some find a way to still get it there. But anyway, uh, yeah. So, the poll won there was this uh, a bunch of singers in one place. Uh, the Aliyah concert, the kumis of Benjamin Ali Marcus and Wilhurker and Benny Free Michel Lemer's Aliyia concert one. So, we'll be doing that and that's going to be fun. It's going to be fun. Um, obviously there's concerts out there with Shan Lemer and Betty Freeman and uh uh and we reacted to it on the channel, but uh nevertheless uh people want it. People want it um out of the option. So, we're going to do that. We are going Oh, you're seeing what I'm doing. I'm just sharing the the link with some people so that they could see it. But yeah, um we're gonna watch this concert. Uh throughout the concert, um if you could write on the chat your comments, your questions, or just a shout out, I'll give you guys a shout out throughout the stream in between the segments and the singers. And uh also have some fun with them and it'll be great. That will be great. Um, for some reason it's not going through. Anyway, all right. Okay, fine. Let's get into some of the chat out there. First one. Zman9607. Hey, when are you singing at a wedding? When am I singing at a wedding? Uh, when someone hires me. Just simply how it is. Um, I'm I'm not sure if you're just asking like like are you specifically asking about a certain time or you asking specifically like in general? In general when I'm hired to do so. But yeah, I do weddings, bar mitzvah. I did some neighborhood parties, just comees. Those are fun. Uh, we also talked about that on on the stream also. Okay, so we're going to be doing this Uh, let's do this. All right, let's get into this concert over here. Let's pull them up. Perfect. Aliyah concert. Checking the settings so we have the best quality. And let's skip to the singing. Here we go. Skip back a little bit just in case. Oh, yeah. Let's go back. There we go. All right. A timer in a A timer of a >> The show goes on. >> Nice. A timer on a Jewish concert actually starts on time. That's pretty uh rare. Um, by the way, I don't know which orchestra this is, but it's going to be cool. Liking it. Like the buildup. How are some of these concerts? Like, by the way, I was talking to my to my uh who was I talking about it with the other day how like it's sad how nowadays a lot of uh belist uh belist uh concerts are much better than the uh A-list concerts like the house concerts. And it's just sad. Oh my know B. Yeah. Yum. There's a fly in here. What's all this gun? It's great. I love it. It's fitting for each. Look at that. Oh. Hey. Oo. Hey. Va vigo volcum. But I don't know. Boom. Boom. Nice. That was pretty good. Pretty good. Simple, but nice and smooth and upbeat. So far so good. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Lord know yama switch from yes to yama. That's pretty funny. Boom. Yeah. Sorry, I had a little cold. Ooh. Hey. Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Boom. My yama. My mother know. Oh. Woah. Woah. Oh, >> that sounds better. >> It's really high. Oh yeah. >> Nice. A little rough at towards the end, but it was pretty good. Pretty good. >> Welcome. Welcome. Thank you for singing along. Thank you for clapping along and dancing. I want to do a song with everyone here tonight and everyone tuning in in your living rooms. We know going through something difficult is made even more difficult when you have to go through it alone. And we thank Hashem for aliyah because with aliyah no Jew is ever alone. It's going to be like I have a freed song probably is I can't really tell. probably be a useful. Oh, Gar Fat. Yeah, I met him over Hanukkah. Great guy. Great dude in a room that feels empty. Sitting all alone with just two candles. >> What song is this? silent hopes and whispered prayers. >> He's also looking at words yet. Is >> that Joey Nukem song? I don't know this song. >> Sounds so familiar. tear they have it up, but they know they're not in this alone. I know this song. >> What's it called? I have to look it up. >> Holding your hand. And together it's a crying. Our tears will be carried right up to >> Hold on tight. Oh, there you go. Okay. Got it. Got it. Got it. Hoping together for just one more day. Hold on tight >> for just a bit longer. Our cries our words feel he won't turn away. >> That's the song. That's pretty cool. In a world that feels empty, we languishing dollars with only our face of glow. Our silent hopes and whisper prayers echoing painfully. The dream in our hearts yet to grow. Yet to grow. Imagined it so many times for that day. A home of our own. Home of our own. >> Every tear we have done all there is to do. But we know we're not in this alone. >> I know that it's hard to keep waiting. >> So I'll be here with you, >> holding your hand. And together our cries will be stronger. Our tears will be carried right up to our chest. >> So let's keep on waiting together >> together hoping together >> for just one more day. Hold on tight for just a bit longer. Our cries our belo. He won't He won't turn away. Nice. >> Ladies and gentlemen, at this time it is my high honor to welcome to the stage Shulm Leur. >> Yeah. Good evening everyone. Thank you. Let me tell you something like this. >> I don't know this song. Oh, wait. Why did Betty leave? >> Together we will all join our hearts in unity. Love will help you to be brave. Rushing in just like the waves. You don't have to be afraid. When we all believe, you and I are one. And wherever we're from, we all shine under the same sun. Love could never be wrong. And it helps us be strong as we face the unknown. All I know of this song is like you and I are one. That's the only part of the song I know. Pretty good. You can call me brother. Come to me and me. And I know that you'll be there if ever it will me. Love will cross an ocean deeper than the sea. It's possible we'll make impossibilities. Love will help you to be brave. Rushing in just like the waves. You don't have to be afraid when we all believe. You and I belong. >> And wherever we're from, we'll shine under the same sun. Love could never be wrong. And it helps us be strong as we face the unknown like a shadow. Now that the sun's going down, love still follows us around. And I hope it always win. It's a matter of faith. Just imagine a place where hate has been erased. It's not if you try. >> Oh, you and I >> are one. And wherever we're from, we'll shine under the same sun. Love could never be wrong. And it helps us be strong as we face the unknown. and we and I are one. >> And wherever we're from, we all shine under the same sun. Love could never be wrong. And it helps us be strong as we face the unknown. Woo! Oh, thank you. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for clapping along. Thank you for singing along. I chose this song. We all chose this song to as my first song because it really encompasses what aliyah does. No matter what our differences, no matter what we are and let's raise all together and be not only does not not only in the best possible way and uh it's a beautiful thing to see. As I was sitting at the table, this young gentleman asked me so we going to do some So, here's a song for you. It's not all the way. >> All right, let's see what this is. I am you. Is this like a old Kazanas piece? >> I feel like it's like a Kazana speech, but I'm not sure. Me Lord. Most high Oh, most Beyone for We see God besid Give me a The world It's all here. If you know the song, you know this part, you can sing along with me. I know this song. I don't know where it's I know it from though. Oh, I be the for the Glor. Oh. I call She lo the Don't miss me. Hey, Nice. All right, let's get to the comments at Zman9607. I have a cool video I'd like you to review. When is a good time? When is a good time? Anytime. Short vid, 1 minute 30 seconds. So, send it to me. Not send it to me. I mean, post the link on the chat. I'll check it and see if uh if it's good enough to interrupt this concert to watch. Yeah. All right. No more comments. All right. Let's continue with this. So far, interesting concerts. Interested. See, we'll see. We'll see. >> And now it's my pleasure to call Benny back on stage. >> Benny Freeman. Phenomenal. Phenomenal. >> All right, this niggan. We need everybody to sing along. Are you ready? Roll the sky. Holy Ghost. Go away. Why is it freezing on me? That's not good. The video just froze on me. Why is it freezing? That's not good. Yeah. Let me I'll just refresh the page. See if that helps everybody. >> All right. >> Oh, this is a while ago. >> Every time we get together as one big Jewish family, it's another mitzvah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's a point. Aha. I the Holy Ghost. Yeah, it's a fine. Maybe I go in a whole different key. >> Yeah, those are the two different keys. me. Oh, look. Nice. >> Welcome to Aliyah's celebration of 20 years of connection and growth. First, I want to thank Hashem for everything. >> All right. All right. But before that, we got to continue with the comments at Moses Z8U8. Hi, how are you? Uh 9607, right? Yeah. Right. That's where I Okay, that's where I know it from. Okay. Yeah. Okay, that makes more sense. All right, let's keep those comments coming. I'm really I'm really liking it. All right, let's skip around to the music because that's what we really want. All right. No, that's me right there. Said I would like to thank Mishi for the opportunity to speak tonight. It means a lot to me. And oh, by the way, before I forget, the dollar that Mishi gave me was a dollar given to him directly from the Reba. Thank you. >> Feel like I missed something. All right, let's get doing Let's get to this. Let's get to music. Is there like a mic in the crowd or something? Is this Akiva song? >> Wait, this is Kahan. Um, what is it? No. What is it called? >> Oh, yeah. >> Is that Is it that song? >> He's telling me that's a song. >> Nice. for Oh, there Michelle Kahan. this morning to oo. Oh yeah. You're not. >> Thank you. >> Now, I'm going to do something a little bit gutsy. >> It's one of my >> One second before we continue. Go to chat. Uh at zman9607 the link isn't posting. The link isn't posting. So maybe email it to me. I'll just put in my email. Email it to me. Give me a second here. All right. See if you can send me through my email. Uh, chat is slow. Yeah, chat is slow. Where are you guys? We want you guys. Where are you? Is it past your bedtime? Oh. Uh, my It's my bedtime. Oh, what's the uh my mother said it's my bedtime. What bedtime? You're an adult. Yeah. Uh, keep the comments going though. I really want to get into conversations about music or just to give you a shout out for everyone that's watching. All right, let's continue here. >> Favorite songs, but it happens to be a Benny Freriedman song. So, Benny, may I sing it? >> You allow me? Okay, let's see. Don't judge me. This is a judgment free zone, right? >> Betty free zone. This is what Aliyah is all about. my friends in times like this. >> It's hard to see past the insanity. >> It's pretty high key also. So that's going to be cool. >> So uncertain life as we know it. forever changed >> and there's no peace of mind to be found. >> Who can even make sense of tomorrow >> when our dreams keep crashing to the ground? And yet as we rise to greet another day. >> And the sun is still bright in the sky. Always a reason to hope for better times. Though it seems like the answers world away, >> we've got enough. Just enough to keep us going. >> Holding on to unbroken simple join up in the night. Perseveres through the deepest. is our strengthen for the fight. And he understands that has a plan and that's all it takes to make it through. >> His heart loves him. That's what a year holds on to. >> There we go. >> Get away. Skies went dark, crowds dispersed on the streets that were once filled with light. But a brilliant light emerged from deep inside our hearts. And still, but our prayers rang through our own. Instead of looking out for inspiration, we dug deep and found strength we'd never known. And one more time we will rise to greet another day. >> We're every moment more precious than ever. >> And life sweetest little joys, they are the treasure. Cuz when it seems like the answer runs away, >> we've got enough more than enough to keep us going. We're holding on to unbroken simple never breaks and never bends and never gives up through the deepest for that and it's all it takes to make it through and loves it. That's what it holds on to. >> Please sing along with us. The never breaks and the bends and the gives up in the night for the fight >> and aeming. That's what he is. >> That's what I >> hold on to. That's what I do. you sing one more time. >> It's nice that they continue doing this perseveres and understands has a plan. >> That's what it is. >> And all of us didn't hold on to. >> This is another beautiful song now that I want to sing in Hebrew >> and is a to our children. >> Keep the comments going. I want Give you guys a shout out. Answer your questions between the songs. Come on. Come on. Keep them coming. >> It's not about us. It's about the next generation. >> Our children is not just about our children. It's about what their children will be and so on to the next the next generation. So that's why we dive in for our children. They're using a pre-recorded soundtrack from the albums. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? just again. Again. Why do they keep doing this? Why are they doing this? There's absolutely no reason why you have to. We We're in almost an hour into this video, into this concert. You have a fullon orchestra behind you. Gel Fries is so talented and so is everyone in his in in the orchestra with him right now. And you have to use pre-recorded soundtracks from the albums. Why? Just tell me why. Look, let Okay, if I'm in a gig, okay, and the only thing that I'm able to do in the gig is no orchestra, whatever. So, I use soundtracks from from from karaoke, fine. But first of all, you have to make it clear to whoever is there and organizers that you're doing so because it's not fair if people come for a concert and it's all pre-recorded soundtracks. But it's even worse when you have an orchestra behind you. I'm so frustrated. I'm just so frustrated. People hired you because you are what gives them money. People hire you because you are what you your brand is what's getting people to fund raise and and and put in money for you. And the best you can do is get just when this keeps happening at every reaction that we do with concerts, it gets worse and worse for me. I get more angrier and angrier because how come is it that it's every single concert? And by the way, I I'm not going to say names, but I've spoken to people, singers, organizers, producers, orchestra people, and they give me reasons here and there. Oh, because the singers need like a perfect soundtrack or they need a perfect pitch. D, you have an entire 10piece orchestra behind you. Like, what are you thinking? Might as well just fire the whole orchestra and bring out a guitar. And that's all I want. It's better than this. All right, let's continue. Let's continue. Let's get over it. I'm not enjoying myself. It's such a good song. It's one of the best Kamear songs out there. Everyone loves it. And you have to ruin it. >> Just because you think we're so oblivious. You have a whole orchestra behind you. Let them play it. Why are you using pre-recorded soundtracks? Like, I'm not even interested to listen to the song right now. I'm going to let it play and get myself a cup of water. When I come back, the song will be over. Come on. I bet You blame me. Fore! Foreign! Foreign! What I miss, huh? What I miss? He has an amazing voice, an amazing orchestra, and they can't just do this purely wine. Oh, I call him. Let's get the comments. Uh, love the authenticity. Yeah. Like, yeah, like Scholm is great. Gerson's great. So, why use a soundtrack from an album? What's the authenticity there? Uh it's alma 9607. The song is too a bit too heavy for task any song to sing it. The heart is too open in it to fake it or to perform it. My problem is not the singers. The singers are singing great. My problem is the producers that allow this to happen. My problem is any even if the singer himself makes the decision to put the soundtrack of the album, even if the orchestra is just adding beats or adding instruments into it, you have a 10piece band behind you. Why can't they just play? Why can't they just play it? Simple as that. Again, I have done soundtracks from albums before on on gigs, but those are circumstances where let's say there was no singer to play with where they're not where there's not I'm not paying they're not there's not enough money to hire someone or that the standard is understood that yeah, you're playing soundtracks recorded fine, but you have a 10piece band behind you. Uh NBC karaoke first short. That's a clip. Uh let me see. Karaoke. Let's see. Um, I guess we could check it out. Get away from that concert for a second. Why not? for our Like he's singing very nicely and all that, but why am I just finding it so funny of the kid in the choir wearing Cool. Cool. Cool. Um, I don't recognize those three songs by Voice Boy Squire, which makes me feel terrible. Um, but yeah, he's great. That's great. It's cool to know also about that kid. Um, pretty cool. Thank you. Thank you for that. It's cool. Joseph Water Wart Wartlet Wartski. Wartellski. The The older I get and these names just got harder to pronounce. All right, back to this concert. It's a pet peeve of mine that I hate. Like, it's just like why? Just why are you doing this? Why? Why are you doing this? Uh, he's the kid in Si. Yeah, that's what I said in the video. Yeah, it was pretty cool. Yeah, yeah, it's a pretty cool song. But when did that album come out? One second. ESI Sha Shales Jrix. Let's see when it came out. Here we go. Uh, Shalus one. Yeah, that makes sense. Uh, Shashalis one, it came out 1999. Oh, okay. So, like a year or two after that clip, those those clips. Yeah, makes sense. Yeah. 1999. Oh, yeah. Why do I need to search these up? You're just answering all my questions. Great. Thank you. I I'm just upset. I'm just upset that we that we keep getting to this point of the concerts where I'm I'm just bummed out. And I hate being bummed out about Jewish music because like why should we? All right, let's continue again. A soundtrack from the albums. Why? I'm just so out of it. Why? Let's just play it. Like, why? Why keep doing this? Call Fore! Foreign! Foreign! is the Israel. for me. Naturally, when I'm just bummed out, I just look into the song itself. Like, why not? Composed by Utu Damari, produced by Donny Gross, sung by many people. If you're review, I'm telling you right now, >> I feel so bad for you three. The fact that your song goes on a concert where there's a 10piece band and they choose to not perform it purely authentically to do justice to the work you did. >> They're giving you too much respect because oh, like we have to only use your soundtracks. No, >> there's the album. >> The concert is a whole different atmosphere. It's a whole different vibe. It's a whole different It's everything. Okay, just stop doing this. All you're doing is tarnishing yourselves from it. Like, why? Just why? Like there's no points. Yeah. Yeah. Who is this? I'm sorry that I'm boring you guys out because I'm just sitting here doing nothing because I just can't get myself to enjoy this when I know that they're just not putting their 100% into it. Like, why am I interested? You know, like seriously, there's no point. Uh, what's your top five changes you would make to live concerts? A, ban any soundtracks. It has to authentically be uh played by the or an orchestra. If you don't have an orchestra, fine. But if you have an orchestra, let them do their job. They're talented. They know what they're doing. Just let them play. You sing with them. Uh, another change that I would do, um, five changes. Gosh. Um, uh, that's one. Uh second change that I'll probably do is uh it's tricky. Uh another another thing I would change um is not to be too generic. I I was speaking to someone the other day and I didn't really agree with him, but he's saying like I I stopped going to free concerts. And for me I'm like what? What? Why? Why? Why? What? Like, and this guy like is very resourceful. He has connections. He could technically go for very cheap or even not for free or backstage, you know, like he he could go anywhere. And he was saying that because every concert I fre is the same. I don't technically agree with that but I see what he means where if you look back at the H concerts what was amazing about those concert is that every concert was different with a theme with an interaction with a a atmosphere and therefore it wasn't like just a regular typical concert you would go to right so one year you'll have a musical another year you'll have a duet concert. Another year you'll have uh a lion theme, you know, like you had all these different things that change it up every year. So, if I would change something as a producer, if I'm say I'm producing the car, I say, "Okay, what can I do different about this concert?" and not something different that I could that I could put something in it to be different, but what can I do with taking a generic concert that people do love at the same time, but also kind of change the the way we do it but not take away from it. So like the H concert, they they had this guy with a disco ball helmet. Okay, sure. But is that like adding to the music to the singing? You're adding to the crowd, sure, but not to the music itself. But yeah, um but yeah, just do something different every concert. That's for sure. Um that's two. Wow, that's a tough one. Three more things to change about live concerts. Um I I would I I obviously there's a format that you have to do with concerts but the best live concerts by the way is when they have a regular concert from A to Z what they plan out whatever they do in the concerts and then after the concert's over they have like a kumzits where they ask people requests to play songs or to sing songs and and they kind of go on the fly. Um, and you rarely see that because of timing, because of production, very different reasons. But to let that be, that would be great. Um, that's that's three. A fourth one would be h you it's a very broad question but a f a fourth that's three a fourth thing I would change um have the talking like in concerts and in fundraisers they they have people talking and stuff like that and like talk about organization, stuff like that. I would have the talking in intermissions. Like if, let's say, I'm at the fundraiser, a concert, and they're bringing out food for like for the dinner part of it or they they actually want to give the singers a break. But if there's a 4hour concert video and three of the hours are talking, an hour is the singing, it's just a waste of time. And yes, I know you you have to like relay the message, but that you could do that without a guy sitting there for 45 minutes talking about it. You know what I'm saying? But I think you find out less and less now. So I I don't know if I would change that. That's something to change. So I I don't think I would count that. Two more things to change about live concerts. Uh, I'm just trying to think if I was a producer or like what would I do to make that concert different and make that like the standard of like, oh, this is this is like what we're looking for for a live Jewish concert. Um, trying to think, listen, I'm trying to think of two more things. Uh I think um I you know here's one thing also sometimes you'll find the lyrics of songs popping up on the screen behind the singer, but not for every song. Most times it's like graphics and stuff, which are fine. That's cool. But I'll tell you this, I grew up with more concerts than albums. And the one thing that I have a hard time with is getting each word by heart like like like knowing each word by heart but knowing it perfectly that like I don't mix up two words even though it'll mean the same thing or let's say with lash songs knowing the nudes and knowing the words perfectly even if I don't know the puzzles if I come to like okay I'm like, if I want to learn this song first, I'm going to want to know where it goes by heart. But not many people are in a luxury of me of looking these things up just logically. So, um I would say have lyrics of the song in graphics style, but play for every song, not just for the ones that they have already from the music video, so they just pop it up or lyric video from YouTube. Every song, play the lyrics on the board, on the screen, and if you're watching live, have that as a subtitle. Let people learn these songs, these words. I find myself that when I watch videos or watch music videos or listen to songs, when I see the words, I pay attention to the words more than than just knowing the message and that's it. Because there's a lot, especially with AB songs especially, there's a lot of poetry that goes into those songs. So to have like the lyrics shown as you listen to the songs, that would be great. That's a fourth thing. A fifth thing got down to five would be um um I think we find this with only the famous composers like Yity Wner Yi Green but we need more composers to sing on stage like that. That's what they would do with the house concerts. Barkate, my shalofer, all these composers that don't show up on the concerts anymore. And not necessarily do they perform. Some of them did other jobs of the concert, but they were involved with the concert. Yeah, Malava was a producer and conductor for a lot of concerts in the back in the day. Now he's just doing the albums and songs and singles. I would say to have the composers even if they're not well known give them the recognition in these concerts like can you imagine if let's say Benny Freeman said hey I'm going to have like a kumzitz with a bunch of my producers and and composers on the stage with me that would be amazing and you're highlighting oh this song that's your song oh that's that's your song but we seem to only do that for the big composers like Yi again Yity Wner Yi Greeny do it all the time sure but Like what about other composers? What about other producers? The ones that don't have a brand but they need the same recogn. They have the same credit as the singers themselves. You know, I would do that also. There you go. Five things I would change about life concerts. Let's just review songs off the concert. Um, that'll be boring. I mean, it's not boring. I mean, what I mean to say is that's we set this the concert this was voted. We're going to watch it. We're going to go through it. We're going to highlight the highs and the lows because if we just go off the concert just every time we don't like it, then we're not going to go anywhere because I do want to talk about these issues or just talk about what I enjoy about these concerts. There's some things in here that I actually liked about the concert and then we're going down this downhill road of my pet peeves. You know, I love talking about these things, so there's no need to just go off just because I don't like one or two moments. Uh, let the guys play. Yep. 100%. Uh, I would play oldies more. Uh, five years ago, I would have said the same thing. Uh, but you see more and more that they are doing a lot of tributes and medalleyies and and singing the oldies also. Like when you go to free concerts now, like when you look back at free concerts when he sings like five years ago, he's probably mostly most likely singing the newer songs. But now, like even in Israeli concerts, like how many times how much what percentage of the songs in the concert singing the new ones for the past 10 years even 10 20 years? 20 years maybe? Probably half, but even 10. Alfred's been singing for 40 years and in 90% of all his concert the 90% of the concerts that he sings he's singing like all the oldies from the from the 80s and 90s sorry the 90 the 90s and and and the 2000s less lights it every concert is different with lights my personal opinion so it really doesn't really depends um I think what's funny is that the lights standard into Jewish music probably started from ambroid experience which is funny. Uh more talking by performers as well if they're in if they're interesting background of songs personal stories. that true, but I don't think it should overpower the song. Like if we're spending 10 minutes on unless it's entertaining, but still um yes, they do have to talk about I do think they should talk about the songs, give recognition, the composers, producers, and all that, but the stamp overpower the entire time of the entirety of the song just to talk about it. I wouldn't do that. By the way, giving yourself a goal of thinking of ideas every day is super healthy for you. As you can see, it make your brain work really hard and originally, how are you? >> I'm just kidding. But yeah, it's true. True. Uh, I would play different oldies more. They play a lot of the same oldies again and again. Um, that is also true. Um, what I love I do love the moments where I get to a concert and I don't know the song and I even more enjoy it when it's songs that I don't know that's from the oldies. Like sometimes when they David sings songs that I don't know that he that that he's singing. It's great. It's good. Um, what I came to realize is that it really depends on the concert, the producers, the audience on how they actually do it or how they actually pick the songs. But um I think the main ones with the with all the fundraising ones that we see online, yeah, they kind of repeat the same oldies also. But if it's good oldies, I'll take any day. Like when I when I'm free sings um No Jew will be left behind every time. I'm I never get bored of it. Sure, keep going. Why not? I love it. It's great. Uh, what's the next concert you're going to? I want to go to the one in Pennsylvania, especially when it's in tribute of my cousin, uh, Rabbit Well. But, um, it's very hard for me to leave Florida, especially when I have a second job. Maybe next year when I'm more into the music and uh and uh and all that. That'll be great. Rank Silva Zmer NBC ABD YBC123 ABD with ABD. But anyway, uh Rain Silva's Mr. NBC. I don't know what ABD is, but it would be Miami Boys Choir, then Silver Zmer. Oh, and Oh, okay. Fine. Sorry about Okay, fine. Um NBC and Silver Emma are kind of in the same level for me, but I'm going to play NBC NBC more just because I grew up with them more and it's more nostalgia for me. Um and then YBC. My problem with Yeshua Boys Choir is it's fine. Sure. It's like I grew up thinking it was too fate, but now we see like other singers and other producers and other songs out there like, "Boy, we really dropped the ball every time." But um the problem I have with the boys choir is that they don't do harmonies and if they do, it's like slight here and there and to add moments. But the yeshiva boy choir and silver zmer they were so rich in the fact that they would spend so much time on not just singing the basic and and that's it. They would spend time on the aura of the song harmonies low harmonies high harmonies background like like like there's they're so rich in vocals and that's amazing and I think that's why I like that. What's your top NBC albums? Oo, that's a tough one for It's funny because I didn't necessarily grow up with the the Miami Boy Choir as albums. I kind of grew up with them with the concerts and songs itself. So, if I'm going to rank an album, not a con, aside from the concerts, I'll tell you this. Most songs I end up listening to usually come from uh Standup and it's Min Shamay. And which one would I pick from those? It's Min Shamay. But it's not because it's my favorite. It's just mostly because the songs that I typically enjoy or listen to more often is from that album. But there's other great classics from other albums I like more than the than the songs in that album. But yeah, just out of out of just what I end up listening to a lot. Uh I I recently got into um listening to very often. Uh what's that song uh from Voice? Uh I just listen to our repeats, but Oh. Hashem cafe. Hashem cafe. I really got into that song like on repeat for recently. So that's great. My back is itchy. Uh when do you listen to music? Walking, driving. Um mostly driving. Mostly driving because uh usually if I have any time I I'm usually working on the channel and singing and working. Uh but working also when I'm working on my my office I'll just have soft music playing. Walking walking is annoying like it only if it's like at night it's empty for me walking during the day with cars driving by and people it's kind of disorienting to listen to music and enjoy the music when you're walking and stuff like that you know. So if I'm walking, I would typically listen to a podcast or or or sharim or just people talking. Um but driving. Yeah. What's your second job? This is my second job. I mainly work in LC as a program director, which is why I push off the stream from yesterday because I was working on today programs. Um but uh yeah, that's my other job. All right, let's get back now. I'm fully calm. Anger's all out. Thanks for the comment. Thank you, Zmen. Keep the comments coming. I really want to give you guys a shout out and answer your questions in between the songs, but we got to get back to the concert. Now I'm good. Now I'm calm. Let's do this. Let's do something good, please. Something good. Don't worry about it. All right, let's get to the music. To the music. Hello. Toy or isn't that NBC song? Oh, this I'm free song. >> What song is this? >> Okay. Like I would love to know how to sing this in Russian. >> So can you imagine if they have the lyrics up like how to sing it along with it? It would be great. Glory. Yeah. Yeah. Let's hear you sing it now. By la I La. Glor. la. Oh yo yo yo la. Oh hey la. Oh y I am Got it. Oh yo yo la y down. Let's continue this faban. We're not stopping this. >> Mhm. >> After we heard such beautiful from the Maratansen such a beautiful song. I am I am I d I dye I d I doo. We ain't alone. Yeah. We ain't alone. am going to hear you sing from the this guy right here. He's >> We heard so much about you singing. Like that's nice, you know, like have the guys sing with you, you know? That's that's great. Oh yeah. I am I am for you. One more time. I am I am I am But alliance, it's only appropriate to sing this. Oh, this song. This song is fantast. See, I know the song. It's been Oh, you're You're my Lord. Fore! Foreign! Foreign! Oh, you I I kneel to my heart. for my Oh my Lord. True Lord. >> Why? Just why? Why? Why? Why? Why do they keep doing this? Stop using the soundtrack of the albums. That's all we're asking. Just be original. Just be authentic. Have your good, talented band play your music. So upset. Uh, do you like living in Florida? Yeah. Yeah, it's very good. Tara has MBD. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, if they put the lyrics up on all the songs, it's going to kill a lot of people's lyrics that they sing with now. Not sure what you mean. >> How are you? >> Not sure what that meant, but okay. Um, but I don't see why that would be a problem. Uh, what's your favorite instrument to hear in a song? Trumpets. We don't get enough of them. I keep saying this all the time. When's the last modern day song that you heard that played trumpets? You know, where did the trumpets go? Uh, when are you when are you interviewing? I did get in touch with very nice guy. Uh, he unfortunately declined, but uh, I just have to get in touch with them. I don't know how to get in touch with them. Let me know if you find a way. Let me know cuz people make up their own lyrics. Ah, that's what Yeah, that is true. That true. All right, let's continue with this concert. Man, so annoying. Like right now, I've just been doing other like just nodding off just like why why do we keep doing this? This is so annoying. me. I'm the me. High me. Let me let me high. day. Kore living me. I love to heaven to heaven. I'll show you to heaven. Let me know you love me. This might be a very low night for me. >> Favorite itchy episode. Favorite Ichadoozi episode. Uh I always go back to the Nuzzer. The Nuzzer one, man. That is funny. That one is for me funny. I don't know. It's just just the one I always go back to for an episode. It's pretty good. Um, my favorite like weird situation that Jonno gets into is the one where he like calls a bunch of companies and airlines to persecute him uh because he's Jewish. That's like one of the things I'll always remember. One that that's an episode I'll remember also. But my favorite is the Noser though. That's a good deal. >> Rowned lecturer Rabbi Simmon Jacobson. >> Straight to music though. Music music. Gonat on the piano. All right, that's not bad. At least that's something. Please sing along. I you there's a fly here. Oh, you shave care. My name I save for more below. Hello king. Feeling healing. boy could be the I like him. Sh. Lo to Yeah. May I say the mech? Lo, honey. FB. Often. Bunn Funny. F the oval. Honey. Oh, you la. la. Oh la. Oo. Hey la. I am Bal I got loo. Oh la. Oh. La Iana. Tell it freezing again. LA. Hey la. Oh yeah. Laumum bum bum bum bum. I you could tell by the way from the arrangements of the of the orchestra that they're maybe making the arrangements of the aan freed songs when he sang this like it happened like at least three times that I caught it which is cool why not like hey you play this music look at that you can play music serious Y. O heyya. I'm la. Hey yo la. Nice. That was good. You know what? That was fine. Where was that? Which episode of that Janna one? Oh, it's called Press Me. It's from Pares. It's a really good one. It's fun. Any more comments? Really? No comments? We were just in a streak till now. Come on, keep the comments going. I want to ask your questions in between the song. So, keep them coming. Keep them coming. I'm just going to skip till we get to more music here. Here we go. Well, what an honor and pleasure to be here tonight with you. >> I am so inspired by this incredible organization. Not just by being here and performing here, but experiencing it over here sitting at the table with such and sadikim and hearing about the experience and their life and what aliyah did for them. So, wherever you are, if you're here sitting here in the room or if you're in your dining room or watching on your couch, wherever you are thinking about, you know, what am I going to contribute? What am I going to help? You never know. Pritar, if you can just add a little bit more, give that $36 donation, $360, 180, whatever works. You anyway gave Masu, you have it. So, to an incredible organization. So, That's speaking from my heart. Fore! Foreign! Foreign! The eyes are Oh, she is got Foreign speech. Foreign speech. Foreign speech. Moshe. Yeah. Oh. D. I believe it. Yes. I want to call up my friend Benny Freriedman to join me with this next song. >> Any more comments? Any comments? Really, my guys? >> You guys got to keep the comments going. I want to answer you, give you a shout out, and answer your questions. We were really good for the first half. Keep them coming. Keep them coming. Benny Freeman and Sharer together. This this big hand for sure on and off. Okay. >> You know, >> amazing. Amazing. As usual, >> right back at you. Met a man who was on his way back home from a wedding. >> The man from Vila them two singing it would be pretty cool and I helped him with his suitcase. He could not walk very well. Ste gave us coffee as we settled on the plane. And I asked them why he boamed though I miss my dear wife. and he shared with me a story that has changed my view of life. We dance around and round in circles as if the world has gone no from evening until morning. Filling up the shoe with some though we had no great tyra to clutch close to our hearts. In the place we held the future, all the past so torn apart, joy and fear. >> It's too low. >> Where to go and what to do and how to leave the pain behind. My heart said go to vill dear. I pray it once again for a chance to find a loved one or perhaps a childhood friend. It took many months to get there from the late spring to the fall. >> See, Benny knows how when if it's too low for Benny, he knows how to >> play along with it that it doesn't sound like he's struggling. healing darkened souls now mixed with light cried out and around circles >> as if the world has done from evening until Morning filling up to clutch close to the place we held. The future of a past so torn apart. ran as one towards the shore. Our spirits in a trance and we tore apart the barricade. In defiance we would dance but the scene before our eyes shook us to the core. Scraps of sitter bullet holes blood stains on the floor. Turning to the eastern hall we looked down in despair. Be no scrolls to dance with lonely. Then we heard two children crying. A boy and girl who no one knew. Then we realized no children were among us about those two. We dance round and round in circles as if the world has gone no from evening until morning. Filling up the snow with though we had no freel. We dance around and around in circles >> as the world has done no evening until morning filling up the song. Though we had notorial That was great. That was great. Any new comments? Seriously? Come on, guys. Keep the comments going. I want to give you guys a shout out. Talk about Jewish music in between the segments. It's the only way to keep us going. Just like the song we just sang. All right, let's continue with this underwhelming concerts again. Like, yes, the few songs have been good, but I I just It's a peppy of mine, man. So, come on. What's next? What's next? Huh? What's next? It's a very high key. for Thank you. Oo. I love my heart. Oh, One second. I'm just going to open the door. All right. Let's get me the land. I can't be All right, back to the comments. No more comments. Come on, guys. Again, keep commenting shout outs and questions that we could do in between the segments and the songs. Let's do this. >> Let's skip a little bit to the music. Oh, there's more. Oh, there you go. I'm tired. I can't. I can't. I'm sorry. They just keep doing this. They just keep doing this. They keep putting the soundtrack of the album. But just why? I'm I'm going to take a break. Meanwhile, you could continue watching without me like for a little while because I just can't I just can't do this. I just can't do this. Abraham. Fore! Foreign! Foreign! Okay. Everybody A little bit of history I've been through. Ask me where I'm from and I will tell you how you proud and not just me. My sisters and my brothers, don't ever be ashamed to be a proud Je. So sing the song the pride around you. Did I min anything? No. Why? Because I just don't like this. Come on. Everybody's clapping. Clapping. Come on now. Everybody sing along with us. I'm a Jew and I'm proud and I sing it out loud forever. That's what I'll be. When I'm down watching overbody Hey everybody. Oh yeah. All right, everybody. again. Okay. I need your day. Glory. >> Going to the M for me feel like why do they keep doing this? I don't know why they do it. It just like Why do they keep doing this? It just It's just so annoying. This can't This whole thing has been such a downer. just hopefully they end off somewhat good. Let's see. >> Be a partner. >> And now for the finale. Enjoy the last music of the evening. >> Lever. Come on. Let me see. Smell like creep. Oh, MBD classic. There you go. There you go. And I deepened. Why do I hear the smoke? I'm fed up with the smoke. Oh, I am higher. y Oh, I am They need to get to the next song. I don't know if it's that or just fed up on this concept. I don't know, man. There you go. >> I don't know the song. I feel wine. I think one of the in the mics for the instruments is right next to the one of the smoke machines and therefore every time he does it you hear it. It's probably what it is. speak. So why What's this song? Promise to a big is a day. Every is a big day. I promise every day every I hey from their till their everyone's a Sing along >> now. Every time every day, each and every one of you is a victory. Darling, every big Happy year la D everybody DH be LA to be a la. Oh, >> thank you very much. Thank you very much. This is my >> I know Mago by the way. He's a big is a good friend of mine. Imag with the smoke. D I N the entire bandoo. If you haven't given yet a pledge for Ali there's nothing much to say about this song. It was just this is what I feel. Just overall I just didn't feel it. Okay. just the once they started doing that where they play the soundtracks of the albums instead of just using the orchestra, I was just out. Like I'm sick of it. Like why keep doing that to your concert? Just why? It just took me out of it. All right, guys. That was it for today. Thank you so much for everyone who joined this late. 12:05 a.m. Wow. But thank you everybody for joining and sticking over around. 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