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Matisyahu
#5449592 - 03/27/06 11:27 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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OTD is slow as fuck right now, so I'll post this here.
Is anyone a fan of Matisyahu?
If you aren't familiar with him, he's the popular Jewish Hasidic reggae artist.
Here is a live track for those of you less familiar with him.
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: spud]
#5449598 - 03/27/06 11:28 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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i was actually listening to him right now his stuff is infectious and puts me in a good mood
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Yeah, it's definitely uplifting.
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: spud]
#5449609 - 03/27/06 11:33 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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i saw him perform with trey anastasio last year at bonnaroo. the dude was going off. definitely one of the high points of the show.
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Nice! Was he in all in full Hasidic attire? That would be awesome.
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One of my favorite songs of his
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I like Youth a lot, but my version isn't that great of quality
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: spud]
#5449631 - 03/27/06 11:44 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah Youth is a good tune too
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Does anyone else realise that there is finally someone in main stream with a positive Biblical message? I am not Hasidic but the underlying message is the same. www.matisyahu.org
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: spud]
#5449657 - 03/27/06 11:54 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah he saw wearing his black jew suit but without the hat. from afar i couldn't tell he was an orthodox jew. i found that out later.
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Damn...I just downloaded 3 of his CD's...this is some really cool chill ass music. Kinda reminds me of a little more reggae-ish/religious version of slightly stoopid. btw, slightly stoopid KICKS...im gonna switch to them right now btw...
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: spud]
#5449774 - 03/28/06 01:08 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Matisyahu is a nice fresh breath to the music scene, for any genre. Saw him at Wakarusa, he rocked the tent. I passed up SCI for Matisyahu, people with me thought I was nuts. Until of course they got there & jaw was dropped the entire time. No one had any regrets & felt very lucky to catch that show. And Beatbox takes a whole new realm........
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: marleigh]
#5450129 - 03/28/06 07:12 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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He's like Sublime, but without the soul. WTF does he want anyway?
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paulie_walnuts1 said: He's like Sublime, but without the soul. WTF does he want anyway?
huh???? Matisyahu has plenty of soul. i'd even say he has more soul than sublime. The only yhitng i tcan think of is how passionate and deep his music is. I dunno WHAT you're talking about.
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: spud]
#5450285 - 03/28/06 08:16 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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After listening to his stuff about 50 times.. I have to say.. Warrior is my absolute favorite song of his.
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: spud]
#5450319 - 03/28/06 08:30 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I was just noticing the banner ad for a Matisyahu album I'm seeing on Pandora.com
I got a kick out of the "hey, look how jewish I am!" appearances
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: Konnrade]
#5450409 - 03/28/06 09:09 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah his shake off the dust...arise album is pretty awsome.
and whoever mentioned slightly stoopid, i recomend checking out thier accoustic stuff its pretty sweet
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: guri]
#5450527 - 03/28/06 09:42 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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ive heard his "Live at Stubbs CD"
he can definatley spit fire...hahaha. and his backup band is REALLY good
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he beatboxes with the best of em.
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: spud]
#5450570 - 03/28/06 09:54 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Man, I'd heard King Without a Crown like 4 or 5 times on the radio, but had no idea who it was... my girlfriend found it annoying, but I found it incredibly impressive how he kept rhythm while moving in and out of sync with said rhythm... it's fucking cool.
Is there a studio version of King Without a Crown around? I would like to hear that...
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Yup, it's on Shake Off the Dust...Arise.
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The radio version was a live performance... wonder why they don't play the studio version.
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Because Live at Stubbs is 1000 times cooler than the studio album, even though the studio one is cool.
His image is more about pushing the live scene than studio album sales, since he's an old Phishhead who toured for a long time.
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I see. Well, I'd still like to hear the other version.. heh.
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Yeah you should definitely check it out. Do you know his whole story?
He was a Phish-head for years, did lots of drugs, then eventually went to Israel where he had a spiritual awakening of sorts...lots of the songs on the album have anti-drug parts to them, actually.
He won't perform on the Sabbath, became very deeply entrenched in his religion.
He's also a businessman like anyone else though: http://kollegedaily.typepad.com/product_shop_nyc/2006/03/matisyahu_no_mi.html
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Interesting... certainly a unique artist.
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He had an interesting interview in Relix a few months ago where he was saying why he sings reggae-style music, saying he felt the themes of reggae music from Jamaica were totally on the same level as the themes of Jewish history. It's a valid point to be sure, let my people go and all that.
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The religions have many parallels. Rastas actually believe themselves to be Jews.
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: spud]
#5453709 - 03/28/06 11:52 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
The Shroomerite Formerly Known As Spud said: The religions have many parallels. Rastas actually believe themselves to be Jews.
Hence the references to "Zion" that many of us have heard uttered by rastafarians.
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If someone could upload the Live at Stubbs track with the extended beatboxing session I'd really appreciate that, I dont have it on my iPod and I'd like to hear it at work today.
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-------------------- -------------------------------- " If the sky were to suddenly open up there would be no law. There would be no rule. There would only be you and your memories... the choices you've made, and the people you've touched. If this world were to end there would only be you and him and no-one else. " .............. "MAN! You know there aint no such thing as left over crack!"
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: Schwip]
#5454102 - 03/29/06 07:35 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thanke.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Matisyahu [Re: Schwip]
#5454114 - 03/29/06 07:42 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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That was pretty cool. heh.
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I have been listing to Matisyahu for awhile now. I first heard a few tracks from him maybe during the summer, or early fall of last year, and didn't know to much about him till i saw him on MTV 2. Then they started pushing The Live at Stubbs album, which i picked up awhile back. People may not agree, but i still believe track 6.Aish Tamid, is maybe the best song on there.  The question i wanted to ask was, have any of you ever seen the live performance he did with Saul Williams? They did the song Black Stacy, and let me say it was great. You guys should check that song out if you like his work.
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The more and more I listen to him, the more I'm starting to NOT like his music.
Not to say that it isn't good. It's just not "as good" as some of the other music I enjoy.
At first it was fresh, but then I started switching between Pepper, Slightly Stoopid, Sublime, LBDA, Ziggy Marley, Ben Wayne, Spoken Gun, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh...
The thing is Matisyahu seems to be heavily, heavily influenced by others. I hear all of these other bands in his music. If you go back and forth and compare you soon find that Matisyahu seems to "emulate" more than "create".
Also, the whole Jewish garb thing is a little much. It's not like we can't tell from his music and name he's a Jew...
Edited by MystikMushroom (04/01/06 03:24 PM)
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Disclaimer: I know this is old, but what the hell.
I totally agree with the above post. When I first heard Matisyahu I was blown away. But then after hearing him more and more his music "fell apart" like old well worn shoes. I sort of heard his beat in another perspective and it sounded blander and blander and less original.
Overall he's so so IMO, not fantastic.
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