oy yoy yoy

July 24, 2010 2:15 PM

what is the name of this awesome song and have any jamaican ska bands ever covered it ?

I say this because of the songs inherent wonderfulness and imagine that maybe some rocksteady band in the 60's must have done a lee perry/echo chambered version of it surely ?

posted by sgt.serenity to Society & Culture (7 answers total)

It's the Mitzvah Tantz. As far as covers, well, the Hasidic community's self-imposed separation will make this a challenge indeed.
posted by griphus at 2:24 PM on July 24, 2010

Response by poster: As far as covers, well, the Hasidic community's self-imposed separation will make this a challenge indeed

I cant be the only one who can hear the guns of navarone style awesomeness of this song.
posted by sgt.serenity at 2:34 PM on July 24, 2010

Oh, not at all. Joy, and the expression there of is one of the founding concepts of Hasidism. The problem is that dissemination of Hasidic practices and so on is a very recent phenomenon; I genuinely have no idea where a outsider of the community would have even obtained footage like this before the dawn of YouTube.
posted by griphus at 2:38 PM on July 24, 2010

You should Matisyahu on the case.
posted by adamrice at 2:41 PM on July 24, 2010 [1 favorite]

Sounds like a job for http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/ I'm sure Andrew could whip up a good cover of this for you!
posted by blaneyphoto at 3:46 PM on July 24, 2010

Best answer: Thanks for sharing this amazing footage; it has improved my day, and I too would love to hear a ska version (though the Satmars probably wouldn't).
posted by languagehat at 7:46 AM on July 25, 2010

As Adam mentions, while you may not find this exact song covered, Matisyahu definitely has songs in the genre bending style of hassidic ska/dub/reggae.
posted by patrad at 8:48 AM on July 25, 2010