tom lehrer – Jewcy https://jewcy.com Jewcy is what matters now Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:58:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.5 https://jewcy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-Screen-Shot-2021-08-13-at-12.43.12-PM-32x32.png tom lehrer – Jewcy https://jewcy.com 32 32 A Jewish L-O-V-E Playlist https://jewcy.com/arts-and-culture/jewish-l-o-v-e-playlist?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jewish-l-o-v-e-playlist https://jewcy.com/arts-and-culture/jewish-l-o-v-e-playlist#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2016 18:17:13 +0000 http://jewcy.com/?p=159854 Find Peaches and Neil Diamond in the same place.

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]]> Tonight is erev Tu B’Av, the evening of the Jewish holiday of romance. Jewcy is throwing a party (come to Brooklyn!), so of course we needed a party playlist.

Since it’s a Jewish love holiday, why not songs about love (and sex, and relationships) by Jewish artists?  The rule was that at least one songwriter and the vocalist have to be Jewish, (So, Joey Ramone leading the Ramones covering “Baby, I Love You,” by three Jewish songwriters, qualifies).

The result is sort of… bizarre. Jews hold (and have held) a diverse presence in popular music over the last several decades, in pretty much every genre there is.

And so, this playlist has Drake. And Carole King. And Peaches. And Vanessa Carlton. And Neil Diamond. And P!nk. And Lesley Gore. And Matisyahu. And Paula Abdul. And Haim. And Tom Lehrer. And Amy Winehouse. And more.

You can listen below, but just put it on shuffle.  There’s no way to make the order make any sense.

If any of you are bold enough to smooch a partner to this playlist, let us know how that works out for you.

And if you want to hear a bit of this in a room full of other people, we hope to see you at the party tonight!

We give you, AHAVA:

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