Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Day 24 - an entry that makes you laugh

1987 Israel : Lazy Bums (AKA Datner and Kushnir) – Shir Habatlanim (The Bums’song)

BTW, this one makes me laugh in a good way, not in a 'really embarrassing' way

I have very fond memories of this song. I can actually remember singing the chorus of this song (with other children) on a school coach.
I guess the song is funny lyrically, if you understand Hebrew, but the performance was quite whacky (especially without props and costume changes) and very much influenced by the Blues Brothers. The fact that the nonsense chorus is immensely catchy also helps.

Not everyone in Israel found it funny. The Minister of Culture threatened to resign if they performed.
They performed but he did not resign….



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