what is your favorite piece of culture

[Ben m]

please tell us about your favorite piece of culture.it could be a novel,a tv show,a movie,a painting'an album or every other piece of popular and not popular culture you like.i will start with me.my favorites are:The Great Red Dragon Paintings of willian blake,the day after tomorrow of roland emmerich.the resident evil franchise of capcom,anddragonslayer of dream evil.oh and all the creations of bach and verdi.

[Ben m]

come on guys.i know you like art.

[Rubystars]

[Ben m]

one of my favorite too.i always loved classical european music.

[IsraeliGovtAreKapos]

I hate European culture

[Ben m]

I hate European culture

do you have a culture that you like? if yes share it with us.

[muman613]

Jewish Culture, of Course...

Though in my old days I enjoyed the Rock'N'Roll culture a little..

[IsraeliGovtAreKapos]

one of my favorite too.i always loved classical european music.

Only Jewish culture.

[Ben m]

ron and muman.please be a little more specific.do you have a particular jewish band or writer you like?

[muman613]

ron and muman.please be a little more specific.do you have a particular jewish band or writer you like?

Well, now that you ask...

I have been listening to an Israeli Band Amaseffer... Unfortunately they don't have much material except for this Heavy Metal CD about Exodus named "Slaves for Life"...



I also like traditional Jewish music which is played on several of the Internet radio stations I listen to.

Of course I like Matisyahu and Shlomo Carlebach...

[muman613]

Just a sample of the lyrics from Amaseffer "Slaves for Life" album:

http://lyrics.wikia.com/Amaseffer

Song : Birth of Deliverance

[Hebrew text]
- "Every born son you shall cast into the Nile" [Exodus 1:22]-

Many sleepless nights
Far too many troubled days
The prophets are grim at thought
(The oracles have spoken)

Dark and gloomy eyes
Turned hellish red in mind
(Every born son you shall cast into the Nile)

And I know for sure
That they won't endure
Something's got to give
They will crumble down

Show them no remorse
Make them feel the pain
Spill the blood of every son
For this is not in vain

Be silent my child
Be silent my child
Your tender cry
Visions in your eyes

And I won't let go
No I won't let go
Embracing you
My Child
Stay with me

[Hebrew text]
- "And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses,
Whom the lord knew face to face, in all the signs and the wonders,
Which the Lord sent to him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh,
And to all his servants, and to all his land, and in all that mighty hand,
And in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel"
[Deuteronomy 34:10-12]-

Distant sound of evil
Getting closer with each step
Must hide before they reach
(Quick) Hide before they breach

I know that they look for you
You're safe with me
God holds your hand

Silent screams
For if they hear us it will be
The end of his life

I'll sacrifice myself
For you, my child
I'll sacrifice my soul

My gracious God
Please send me an angel
With crystal white wings
Which under it we safely abide

No evil can harm us
Holy savior
Protector of kingdom of heaven
I'm calling your name...

Hear me!

I've seen the light shining from above

[Hebrew text]
- "The Lord make his face shine upon thee" [Numbers 6:25]-

I've seen the light shining from above

[Hebrew text]
- "And she took for him an ark of bulrushes and put the child therein,
And she laid it in the flags by the river's brink." [Exodus 2:3]-

Hush my baby don't you cry
My love for you is eternal
Like the everlasting fire
You light up the darkest corner of my soul

God please, God please hold his hand
Protect him from our sins
Show your grace
Bless the child

Watch him from a far
As he floats along the Nile
Aimlessly drifting
Washed away with all my tears
My sorrow
My pain

A tear drop falling
Ripples my reflection
And I can't let go

[Ben m]

sound like a nice peace of heavy metal.

[muman613]

sound like a nice peace of heavy metal.

Thanks... I think so... And the other day a stranger at the gas station said she liked the sound of it too...

[angryChineseKahanist]

I like ancient artifacts. I like pre-historic things like dinosaurs. When I lived in NYC I used to go to the two museums on 81st of central park east and west.

[Chai]

Islamics art its the only thing they do right ie persion carpets its pretty and Introcate and proves I. Not. Biased

[Ari Ben-Canaan]

As far as non-Jewish stuff...

"The Gallic Wars" and "The Civil War", two books written by Julius Caesar.

"The Art of War", a book written by Sun-Tzu.

"Rule of the Bone", a book written by Russell Banks.

"Neuromancer", a book written by William Gibson. [I like many of his works]

I like Science-Fiction in many different forms.  Horror movies too, to a lessor extent.

Sometimes I like Classical music, I grew up playing the piano and my brother played the cello, my Mom played the flute...

I enjoy Sitar music a lot.  I had a nice collection on my portable hard drive but I have not hooked it up in many months.

I suppose there are more things I could add, but none seem to come to mind.  I like a lot of Jewish culture things as well but it would take me a lot more time to compile a list like that.

[Ben m]

As far as non-Jewish stuff...

"The Gallic Wars" and "The Civil War", two books written by Julius Caesar.

"The Art of War", a book written by Sun-Tzu.

"Rule of the Bone", a book written by Russell Banks.

"Neuromancer", a book written by William Gibson. [I like many of his works]

I like Science-Fiction in many different forms.  Horror movies too, to a lessor extent.

Sometimes I like Classical music, I grew up playing the piano and my brother played the cello, my Mom played the flute...

I enjoy Sitar music a lot.  I had a nice collection on my portable hard drive but I have not hooked it up in many months.

I suppose there are more things I could add, but none seem to come to mind.  I like a lot of Jewish culture things as well but it would take me a lot more time to compile a list like that.

wow,that is a lot.

[muman613]

I forgot to mention my 'favorite movie' of all time...

I am a big Blade Runner fan...



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_runner

Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is based loosely on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. The film depicts a dystopian  Los Angeles in November 2019 in which genetically engineered organic robots called replicants—visually indistinguishable from adult humans—are manufactured by the all-powerful Tyrell Corporation as well as other mega manufacturers around the world. Their use on Earth is banned, and replicants are exclusively used for dangerous, menial or leisure work on Earth's off-world colonies. Replicants who defy the ban and return to Earth are hunted down and "retired" by police special operatives known as "blade runners". The plot focuses on a brutal and cunning group of recently escaped replicants hiding in Los Angeles and the semi-retired blade runner, Rick Deckard, who reluctantly agrees to take on one more assignment to hunt them all down, while searching for his own identity.

[mord]

shaniya twain

[Ben m]

shaniya twain

who is this female?

[mord]

shaniya twain

who is this female?

shania twain look her up on youtube she's not so modest but a good singer

[Chai]

I like scifi too muman . I loveStar trek

[Rubystars]

With all due respect I think to pretend that modern Jewish culture was not influenced by its long stay in Europe and other exile areas of the world would be wrong. There were wonderful Jewish composers of European-style classical music as well. Do you think King David ate bagels or gefilte fish? What about Muman's favorites, Jewish rap and heavy metal? I understand why some Jews despise the West and the horrors that were perpetrated on the Jewish people by Western people, but I think it's wrong to say that your own culture is purely Jewish with no other influences. The exile was far too long for that.

[Chai]

I agree with Ruby

To  ignore this fact will only hurt us

 

[Ben m]

With all due respect I think to pretend that modern Jewish culture was not influenced by its long stay in Europe and other exile areas of the world would be wrong. There were wonderful Jewish composers of European-style classical music as well. Do you think King David ate bagels or gefilte fish? What about Muman's favorites, Jewish rap and heavy metal? I understand why some Jews despise the West and the horrors that were perpetrated on the Jewish people by Western people, but I think it's wrong to say that your own culture is purely Jewish with no other influences. The exile was far too long for that.

nobody denies that.jewish culture is as muchas western as the american one ifnot more.but we still have a differences and things that are uniqe.the same is true to every western culture from australia to argentina.