Beyond "Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel"
December 25, 2024 11:27 AM Subscribe
These songs are fun, thanks for posting them.
posted by janell at 12:55 PM on December 25 [3 favorites]
posted by janell at 12:55 PM on December 25 [3 favorites]
My sixth grade chorus sang “Light One Candle”! I think the choir teacher chose it because it was about Chanukah but was accessible to 1980s middle schoolers and wasn’t Religious. I didn’t realize it was about the holiday until later. This was my first time hearing it in 30 years.
posted by pxe2000 at 4:10 PM on December 25 [1 favorite]
posted by pxe2000 at 4:10 PM on December 25 [1 favorite]
A Swingin' Hanukkah! Swing, Big Band, Jazz, Klezmer, and more! (somebody's Spotify playlist)
posted by box at 4:27 PM on December 25
posted by box at 4:27 PM on December 25
Metafilter: Hate to be that guy, but...
posted by Reverend John at 4:40 PM on December 25 [5 favorites]
posted by Reverend John at 4:40 PM on December 25 [5 favorites]
Set to the tune of Defying Gravity, here is We'll Rise Above, another Hanukkah sung by the a capella group The Maccabeats
posted by otherchaz at 4:45 PM on December 25 [1 favorite]
posted by otherchaz at 4:45 PM on December 25 [1 favorite]
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 8 Days
Gotta keep that shamash goin' right to left!
posted by McBearclaw at 6:13 PM on December 25 [1 favorite]
Gotta keep that shamash goin' right to left!
posted by McBearclaw at 6:13 PM on December 25 [1 favorite]
Had a fun brain thing happen a couple years back, where my brain was raging on the refrain of Light One Candle - "Don't let the light go out" - but it instead had the refrain lyrics as "All hail the Ragnarök". At that moment I couldn't grasp the title of the correct song, so consulted my parent folk who may know, and got me to where I needed to be, relieved.
That said, I was like, I need to type out lyrics to this inverse version. They are as drafty drafty as drafty gets - very much a draft. If there's interest with that disclaimer, happy to post here, and have someone take them from there.
posted by JoeXIII007 at 9:59 PM on December 25
That said, I was like, I need to type out lyrics to this inverse version. They are as drafty drafty as drafty gets - very much a draft. If there's interest with that disclaimer, happy to post here, and have someone take them from there.
posted by JoeXIII007 at 9:59 PM on December 25
Y'all, how could we have forgotten the excellent Daveed Diggs' Puppy for Hanukkah? There was even an FPP about it.
Also: if people can't resist being "That Guy" maybe next time wait until there are a few more comments so you're not shitting the bed right out of the gate maybe
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:54 AM on December 26 [6 favorites]
Also: if people can't resist being "That Guy" maybe next time wait until there are a few more comments so you're not shitting the bed right out of the gate maybe
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:54 AM on December 26 [6 favorites]
Also from Hamilton, Maoz Tzur with Leslie Odum Jr and (his Jewish wife) Nicolette Robinson
posted by hydropsyche at 5:53 AM on December 26 [1 favorite]
posted by hydropsyche at 5:53 AM on December 26 [1 favorite]
Lyrics-wise, I guess it's not much more complex than "Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel," but I do like listening to the Ladino-language tango "Ocho Kandelikas." (Pink Martini version, or performed by the composer Flory Jagoda, complete with performance notes for her audience.)
posted by alyxstarr at 5:19 PM on December 26
posted by alyxstarr at 5:19 PM on December 26
I do my best not to comment in my threads because I don't want to be accused of threadsitting, but...
rikschell, you are not helping.
This is a post about Hanukkah music because metafilter has seen a thousand different posts about Christmas in the past month and zero posts about Hanukkah in two years, so I thought I could make that difference. It is not a post about Peter Yarrow. Despite your careful use of words like "reminder" and "known," probably nobody besides you knows who Peter Yarrow is. Maybe he's the Peter in Peter, Paul & Mary? That's unfortunate. But this is not a post about Peter Yarrow. He is one singer in one link among three links about Hanukkah music. Everyone else has understood that this is a post about Hanukkah music and has contributed to the post, perhaps recognizing that by doing so, they are not providing any aid or comfort to Peter Yarrow. You have not contributed to anything. You have not protected children. You have not provided alternate music. All you have done is try to shit on the one good thing Jews have on this site.
I know that the refrain is "flag and move on" but I flagged your comment and nothing happened, so here we are.
posted by one for the books at 12:01 AM on December 27 [4 favorites]
rikschell, you are not helping.
This is a post about Hanukkah music because metafilter has seen a thousand different posts about Christmas in the past month and zero posts about Hanukkah in two years, so I thought I could make that difference. It is not a post about Peter Yarrow. Despite your careful use of words like "reminder" and "known," probably nobody besides you knows who Peter Yarrow is. Maybe he's the Peter in Peter, Paul & Mary? That's unfortunate. But this is not a post about Peter Yarrow. He is one singer in one link among three links about Hanukkah music. Everyone else has understood that this is a post about Hanukkah music and has contributed to the post, perhaps recognizing that by doing so, they are not providing any aid or comfort to Peter Yarrow. You have not contributed to anything. You have not protected children. You have not provided alternate music. All you have done is try to shit on the one good thing Jews have on this site.
I know that the refrain is "flag and move on" but I flagged your comment and nothing happened, so here we are.
posted by one for the books at 12:01 AM on December 27 [4 favorites]
Mod note: Two comments have been removed. Folks, please move on from the Peter Yarrow derail and focus on the subject of the post, non traditional takes on Hanukkah songs.
Rikschell, stop trying to derail this thread. You're welcome to create your own post about whatever subject you want, but refrain from commenting further in this thread unless you're contributing to its subject, thank you.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 5:29 AM on December 27
Rikschell, stop trying to derail this thread. You're welcome to create your own post about whatever subject you want, but refrain from commenting further in this thread unless you're contributing to its subject, thank you.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (staff) at 5:29 AM on December 27
My personal favorite version of Ocho Kandelikas by Hip Hop Hoodios—gotta love the bagelkini!
posted by epj at 10:03 AM on December 27
posted by epj at 10:03 AM on December 27
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posted by rikschell at 12:09 PM on December 25 [3 favorites]