I had a feeling that might be your opinion. :) I know that alot of apparently paradoxical Christian bands have been around for some time (ie: Slayer), but hadn't ever seen a Jewish rock or Reggae group till Matisyahu...
-Cameron On 9/29/05, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judith's brother has been doing Jewish rock music, including rap for the > last 20 odd years. I personally dislike his using rap as he does not know > the cultural context of the words and phrases he's using. Does he know that > one phrase is a reference to a pimp calling his whore to the curb? No he > doesn't nor does he really care because the words are just words with no > cultural context to him. > Reggae is a music that is linked directly, though word, cultural context and > action to the Rastafarian religion. Using the words and phrases out of > context is still referencing that religion which is basically not allowed in > Judaism. I know people here will think this a bit extreme in thought, but > think about it. How happy are you when someone takes something that is > directly linked to you and uses it outside of your context? That's basically > what's going on here. If you want to take it another logical step, ask him > why he doesn't sing Latin church music from the gospels? Basically the same > thing. > So no, I'm not a fan and I have some problems with him singing in the > religious manner of another religion. > > p.s. Judith's brother has quite a number of albulms out (25 current and some > more out of production) and has some really good stuff. I just disagree with > him on that one issue. > http://shlockrock.com/ > > > Here's a question for MD, JD, and anyone else on the list of the jewish > > faith... > > > > Matisyahu is a Hasidic Jewish Reggae artist who sold out a local San > > Diego venue in about half a second when he came here. I am curious > > about opinions good, bad, or ugly as to the apparent paradox or a > > Hasidic-beat-boxing-reggae-artist. > > > > More: > > http://www.hasidicreggae.com/ > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175514 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
