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Music? Chava Alberstein's CHAD GADYA

posted 19 years ago by films42
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The voice dominating the soundtrack @ the beginning & end of FREE ZONE belongs to peacenik Chava Alberstein ("the Israeli Joan Baez"). The VARIETY guy is way off base in his review when he refers to her version of CHAD GADYA as "a traditional, rondo-like Passover song." When Alberstein released it in 1989 (in the middle of the 1st Intifada), it was considered so subversive that many Israeli radio stations banned it & right-wing politicians cursed her in the Knesset. This is exactly the kind of thing most Israelis will know as they're watching, but will anyone else...?

Jan @ FILMS FOR TWO

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[–] Braza 18 years ago

I would like to get some help, maybe from some israelis in this board, on how can I download those musics over the internet?

I use emule, kazaa, but it seems very difficult to find them over there. If there is any israeli that is used to download music, I would like to get some help or hints on how you guys do this.

[email protected]

Please, no politics here, I am from Brazil and it is impossible to get those musics over htere.

Cheers

[–] mats_hj_hakansson 18 years ago

Has any one gotten hold on the music from Chava Alberstein's I would like to get a hold of it to.

[–] bgaraki 17 years ago

it's HAD GADIA actually.
:)
you can find it on soulseek if you are into that kind of ... :)

[–] gabrielmusso 18 years ago

I have one version, of Chava too, to this song, if somebody wants, tell me...
Bye

[–] pdolezalova 18 years ago

Hello,

my name is Petra, I am from Czech republic.
if you have the song from the FREE ZONE movie and if you are able to send please do so.
It is great and there is no way to get it here in Czech republic.

Thank you very much in advance,
bye petra

[–] mms1973 18 years ago

I found Chava Alberstein's song in Emule.

Because of the way the Hebrew word "Chet" (=Ch) is sometimes transliterated into the Latin alphabet, you might look for "Java" or "Hava" or some other phonetic combinations of her name.

Good luck. Hatzlacha Raba.

Marcos Martinez Sancho

[–] sjr5-1 18 years ago

The song is on a CD, "Crazy Flowers," and is available on amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005ZAC/sr=1-3/qid=1145908048/ref=sr_1_3/103-8753634-5554233?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=music)

or cduniverse (http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1016457/a/Crazy+Flower:+A+Collection.htm)

if you can order online. Amazon has both new and used copies of the CD available.

[–] kubrick2899 15 years ago

Thank you, so much, sjr5-1 for the Amazon link. I was able to buy an MP3 of "Ghad Gadya." I've been wanting it so badly for the last two years but haven't been able to find it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

"Film is an art at its highest level." Paul Joyce, REMEMBERING STANLEY KUBRICK

[–] banafsheh-beizaei 17 years ago

does anyone have a copy of the lyrics in english?

[–] films42 17 years ago

For lyrics in Hebrew & English as well as Chava Alberstein actually singing Chad Gadya (on her "London" album), visit www.hebrewsongs.com/song-chadgadyachava.htm