tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post1585806112608370050..comments2024-02-26T10:21:44.313-05:00Comments on Teruah - Jewish Music: Sweet Home Jerusalem, Music and the Culture WarsJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150135572952331382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-83900161993528346892008-12-18T19:13:00.000-05:002008-12-18T19:13:00.000-05:00One oddly funny part of this is that Artemus Pile ...One oddly funny part of this is that Artemus Pile lived on Mt. Zion for a while, and even played with some of the "Diaspora Yeshiva Band" offshoots. He'd probably approve of this song, based on the time I spent with him (but that was over 20 years ago).<BR/><BR/>Another odd point is that, when I left Jerusalem to briefly live in Toronto at the end of 1990, it was during the worst part of the Oka "Rebellion" & siege; one thing the Ontario radio stations delighted in playing was "Sweet Home, Alabama", because it turned out that Ontario wasn't any better than the segregated South, in the end.Eric C. Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058187905647037238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291247664835034127.post-42854271629205073102008-08-23T22:32:00.000-05:002008-08-23T22:32:00.000-05:00Unfortunately "SHJ" is really a terrible rip of SH...Unfortunately "SHJ" is really a terrible rip of SHA. I'm not a true believer fan of the original or the genre, but it <B>was</B> a good rock track and well produced. This? Not so much...<BR/><BR/>The thing about these rallying point songs is that they tend to "preach to the converted" rather than attract new members to the causeIsrael Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13713045061926294879noreply@blogger.com