Hawaiian pizza probably unlikely here...

October 13, 2003 8:59 PM

Meshugga Beach Party! (via blah3)
posted by XQUZYPHYR (18 comments total)

Damn! It seems to have been Me'Fied already. Though my appetite was whetted enough by the Google cache, to be able thank you for the post, XQU.

*bookmarks and keeps for later viewing, when all MetaFilter is asleep*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:07 PM on October 13, 2003

Works for me.
posted by kickingtheground at 9:12 PM on October 13, 2003

Mazel Tov! Works for me too now. Tried a third time and got through. Am now grooving away. Great fun!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:13 PM on October 13, 2003

Related, and real: The Surfing Rabbi.
posted by kickingtheground at 9:14 PM on October 13, 2003

fun! try hava nagila, and thanks!
posted by amberglow at 9:23 PM on October 13, 2003

Oy-va-vey, XQUZYPHYR, what a schmear!
posted by moonbird at 9:25 PM on October 13, 2003

Wow. This is actually good stuff! I was expecting some bad attempt at humor, but there's some very nice guitar work going on here.
posted by ZachsMind at 9:28 PM on October 13, 2003

That's too much fun. Sort of like Hayseed Dixie in that it works disturbingly well.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:31 PM on October 13, 2003

when all MetaFilter is asleep

When is that?
posted by homunculus at 9:35 PM on October 13, 2003

Around 1000 GMT, homunculus - when it's 0500 on the East Coast and 0200 on the West Coast of the USA; far too early for the hungover British and there's only the sporadic, but friendly, after-lunch company of Aussies, Kiwis and those stationed in Korea, Japan, etc. Very quiet. I hate it.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 10:17 PM on October 13, 2003

Didn't Dick Dale due a version of Hava Nagila as well? I recall that one being a much more powerful version than this one. This one seems dull in comparison.

(One day I'm going to write that epic screenplay about a Jewish surfer that the song conjured in my head those years ago...)
posted by oissubke at 10:31 PM on October 13, 2003

Wow, this is cool. : )

Ose Shalom works well too! I want to hear the other songs! They don't do it as far as I see, but I think Ein Keloheinu would be fun to hear in this format!
posted by SisterHavana at 10:38 PM on October 13, 2003

I downloaded a couple of the songs for free;
this album sounds cool, so I'll buy the CD.

Now about that surfer rabbi, I'll willingly confess
I find Jewish men the sexiest, and I'd...well, I digress
posted by troybob at 11:03 PM on October 13, 2003

I think we'll hire them then to play at our wedding (when it's legal), troybob
-or-
troybob, here i be,
sexy and foreskin-free ; >
posted by amberglow at 11:15 PM on October 13, 2003

for bootlegs of early ventures bar-mitzvah gigs, these are very good recordings!
posted by quonsar at 12:32 AM on October 14, 2003

oh, and someone get that rabbi a mosrite!
posted by quonsar at 12:35 AM on October 14, 2003

For those that think the concept here is zany or crazy... well, ok, it is a little. But "Misrlou", the song Dick Dale is famous for (think Pulp Fiction) is, as far as I know, and old Greek folk song that is traditionally played by Bouzouki players. So there's some precedent for turning folk songs into surf music.

I like it.
posted by RustyBrooks at 5:52 AM on October 14, 2003

I'd gladly make one of these our signature wedding tune,
but my bud and I got married by Elvis in June!
posted by troybob at 6:30 AM on October 14, 2003