We were led to SoCal’s BeachHillel.com via Jewlicious (ck crosses Canadian borders and cyberspace faster than a speeding bullet) where we had a great guffaw at the finalists of the Monster Menorah Contest (check out dreadlocked Barbie as a shamash candle!)
Rabbi Yonah (arguably the coolest campus rabbi ever) also alerted us to one of the more disturbing items of the day: Gwen Stefani warbling “If I Were A Rich Girl” looped through rapper Eve’s lyrical stylings (listen here), effectively bastardizing one of the most famous Jewish anthems (Fiddler on the Roof‘s “If I Were A Rich Man”) into a throwaway single. No doubt it’s catchy, but every time the “ya-dada-dada-da-da” riff comes through we get the creeps.
We agree with Rabbi Yo: Surburban Homeboy’s Tradition futzes with the original lick but doesn’t suck the life out of it.
Sounds like she ripped off the Dance-Hall classic more than she did from the Fiddler on the Roof. Listen to the ol’ skool inspired reggae sounds on the track. Jamaicans love the Fiddler too.
Wow, She is sooooooooooo hot!
Hey lastone: Would you do her?????
I’d do her. But then I would get all that makeup on my sheets. I actually didn’t think the song was too bad…
Hey friends, we posted you posting us! Shabbat Shalom!
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I think it was great. It doesn’t take away anything from the original