I would like to open the section with “Haiyati”, the new poetry of Shai Hember, who in my eyes is one of the most special, unique and talented Israeli artists in our regions, both as a writer of excellent and mature texts (which share a fitting and moving respect for the sanctity of the Hebrew language), and as a sensitive composer who knows how to invent herself Every time anew and not to fall into formulaicism, and above all the first time – as a performer her whole being becomes, when she sings, transparent to the listener.
The new song “Hayati” is perfect. Also in terms of the lyrics (“I rang, and all you gave were metal beats” / “Summer set the sky on fire, danced from the rooftops”), also in terms of the intriguing melody that develops from second to second and stanza to stanza and moves with genius on every note and chord, in an excellent musical production by Nir Maimon who was able to understand the song and its meaning and wrap it in eastern and western sounds (in exact measure) that serve well Hember’s voice, caressing and penetrating the heart – as always.
A wonderful artist with a tremendous, deep and always moving voice is Eden Meiri, whose ballads, in my opinion, are his strong point, and the clear proof of this is in his new song – “Alone in the Room”, composed by Noam Horev and Alon Peretz. Meiri’s warm and powerful range is well expressed in the song, as the intoxicating guitar sounds throughout the song manage to add a magical garnet touch to the song.
The excellent text, the catchy melody and the excellent performance of Meiri embroider one of his best songs so far, a song that will accompany him, in my opinion, even further down the road.
Composer and singer Eli Luzon, who has one of the best voices in our regions (and outside of them), embraced a new song this week – “For the better of tomorrow”, a song whose lyrics were written by Maayan Azran and composed, arranged and musically produced by Luzon. It’s not every day that Luzon releases a song and when he does, a perfectionist like himself, he releases a song that meets all the parameters well: the high-quality text, the melody, the production and everything to give his mighty voice the full stage for emotion and touching the heart. The new song, full of insights and optimism for life, is exactly the clear proof of this.
Roy Sandler, who is mostly known in the mind in recent years as Anna Zak’s boyfriend, this week launched a new song – “Black and White”. Sandler was never in my eyes a singer who knows what, mediocre or below, but the new song is quite tailored to his limited vocal abilities and the very romantic and kitschy text, the poppy melody and the special arrangement quite cover up his little fakes and make it a good song, which fits him like a glove and at the end of the song even I was left with a smile. All in all, a relatively cute song.
With neighborhood and humorous slang, a tribute to Moshik Afia’s soul songs and above all a lot of emotion, Moshik Mor launches “Biography” (Mediterranean paraphrase of Hanan Ben Ari’s “Wikipedia”?), his new song. As far as the text is concerned, it’s quite embarrassing, forced rhyme, unnecessary wailing and sobbing and a deliberate exaggeration of heartbreak.
Also, there is not so much a plot connection between the stanzas – he sings about a girl who goes to visit the graves of the righteous but does not visit him and complains about it (meaning from the king himself to the righteous), complains that character and beauty are not enough (meaning full of himself), boasts that he has started studying law and that A career and she (the girl, his lover) is for life (how many law students really find a career in this for life, in the desperate state of the current job market?).
Uses the word “face” with Petah instead of with hirik (in proper Hebrew) – another unreliable proof that he studied law (you have to learn words first, right?), and complains that he is on the verge of depression, lacks confidence and listens to quiet songs by Moshik Afia (maybe Is this the cause of depression?) – Where is the logic in the text? I really want to know.
Secondly, Moore’s singing is excellent but I don’t believe him when he sings, he doesn’t really mean the words that come out of his mouth and fails to convey emotion, even though the excellent composition and production could have saved the song. This time – it is missed in a big way.