Amir Dadon - Waves

A perfect song to close the summer even though it'll still go on through September and maybe even some of October-but with holidays as a distraction, people will probably have more to talk (and think) about than the sweltering heat.

Waves, waves of sand
A moon looking at the desert
The trail leads from today
The path will lead to tomorrow

You’re washed in the sand
Beautiful like the desert’s oasis
Maybe I’ll get a chance to see you again
Between paths of earth

So I am going, so I am going

So the sand will drift
So everything shall burn
I am going

Waves, waves of sand
Your eyes will meet mine
Like the sea touching the shore
Your lips will touch mine

So I am going, so I am going

So the sand will drift
So everything shall burn
I am going

http://www.myspace.com/amirdadon1

Girafot - She's having a bad summer

We all have our body issues, especially during the summer. Over here the only way to escape the awful August heat is to take cover where there's an A/C or head to the beach. Personally, I prefer the A/C and opt for the beach at night but it sucks that there are plenty of women who feel bad going to the beach. Anyways, only the Girafot can write a hip song about it followed by a very hip video.

She’s having a bad summer
Short shorts
She’s having a bad summer
Four kilograms

“I don’t want to go into the water
I don’t want to take off my pants
Because I’m too fat to be pretty
I’m too fat to be at the sea”

She’s having a bad summer
Short shorts
She’s having a bad summer
Four kilograms

And she’s thinking only about me
I wish she’d stop
It’s not funny to me
Sometimes it’s very scary

She’s having a bad summer
Short shorts
She’s having a bad summer
Four kilograms

http://www.myspace.com/girafot

Eyal Golan - I Just Miss You

When most Israelis think of Mizrahi music the first name that pops into their head is Eyal Golan. Or Zohar Argov-it depends on the generation. I'm pretty sure that Eyal Golan is one of the first Mizrahi singers to really cross the line into the mainstream, and in the end, his music became mainstream. I'm not a huge fan of Mizrahi music, it depends on my mood and the occasion, but I really like this song and I think that it suits Golan's voice. And then there's the whole gossip talk around it. Eyal Golan recently broke up with his wife of quite a few years and an Israeli beauty queen, Ilanit Levi to whom he dedicated the cheesy yet sweet song "My Beauty Queen". Even though he didn't write the lyrics it makes a lot of sense to sing a song like this considering his personal situation. It'll probably not end up on my Mizrahi music wedding playlist, but it's quite an emotional song that I still haven't gotten tired of-though I'm pretty sure it'll happen soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHxHdr58-9w
http://www.myspace.com/thegolanclub

For the past few months I’ve been going through hard days
In search of excitement that will only ease the pain
And apparently there are people who are weak like me
Fools, emptied from all happiness in the heart.

How did I get to this

I am no longer afraid or hesitant
I want to make up
Come back I’m no longer angry, I just miss you

And I don’t want to be caught
As small, and tiring
Over you
Convergent for a moment
And just, just miss you.

Yes I’ve had expectations living how I’d like to live
Not to leave any more questions if you’ll come back again
And apparently there are illusions, which give refuge and rises
When depths come in the end, I realize how they fooled me.

I don’t have strength in me to change

I am no longer afraid or hesitant…

Until you’ll suddenly come back to me
I want you in front of me today
I’ll look at you and hug you with warmth
Now I know

I only miss your eyes
What am I, poor without you
I’ve tied my life with yours
Now I’m starving

And I just, just miss you

Erez Lev Ari - At the End of the Day

I'm in a bit of a dilemma these past few days. On one side, I constantly hear of awful things happening that are sort of huge warning signs of worse things to come. I'm talking about the grads falling in Eilat and yesterday's ambush with the Lebanese Army in the north. Not to mention waking up in the morning to read that Iran has officially acquired s-300 missiles. On the other side, what does it help to worry? I know it doesn't help at all but going about my careless summer as usual while everything here is still normal (for now) just feels weird. Erez Lev Ari is an artist whom I've heard a lot on the radio, but I don't know exactly who he is. Just that he's very close to god and that he manages to write songs that many Israelis can relate to sort of playing the act of the spiritual narrator. Anyway the chorus to this song pretty much sums it all up and it's good to remember that there's a new day at the end of the night.

If I were to forgive I’d be happy
If I were to run away I’d be “settled”
If I were breakable I’d be able to
If I were captivated I’d be dangerous
If I were shouting I’d stay
If I were quiet I’d fall asleep
If I were…

At the end of the day, it’s only me
And it’s only you and the kids and god,
And all the rest is nonsense
What was is what was so turn off the lights
And let’s go to sleep there's a new day at the end of the night

If I were to forgive I’d be happy
If I were to run away I’d be “settled”
If I were breakable I’d be able to
If I were captivated I’d be dangerous
If I were to know I’d talk
If I were me I’d be someone else
(Mother what will be with me…)

At the end of the day…

http://www.myspace.com/erezlevari