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ugh, I'm always missing the turn in the conversation... sorry about my late post - but yeah what do people think of the CD? I haven't gotten to the store yet cause I've been working like a dog...
well personally i would buy my tickets to roo no matter whos playing... its the atmosphere that i go for... hope its not different then years past... but seems to be headin that direction....at any rate we all have our limits of what we consider to be disrespectful... i think that some of matisyahus actions are discriminatory... just my opinion... we all have to form our own opinion, is he as bad as the taliban or other extremisits around the world? no i dont think so....does he belong at roo? no i dont think so...im not goin to dcfc but im not raising a fit over them being there (althoughi did bust some balls in good fun` in an earlier thread)... they are not discriminating in anyway.... i dont like them and wont see them.... but im not upset that some of my money goes to them... they make music that some people enjoy and they dont offend anyone in the process..80000 people should not have to pay this cats bills while he wont even acknowledge half of them with a handshake and an autograph.. if someone came to roo and said i wont play with any black people on stage, wont shake any black persons hand, and will sign cds but not for black people we would all tell him to go to hell whether its his religous beliefs or not many people do find matisyahu somewhat offensive and more and more people turn on to him and find this stuff out and decide his attitude/beliefs are not for them... i mean shiiit, even eminem will sing a song with the gayest man on earth....but matis wont play with any female on earth... everyone is entitled to believe what they want.... but if you believe women should not be allowed to play music you shouldnt be welcome at roo...... none of you think its discrimination for a culture to not allow women to perform music? in my eye thats is the ultimate in discrimination....shiit im glad janis was allowed to play and not held back by some outdated belief system that has no place in todays society or bonnaroos society.... that is why true hasidic and other religious extremists live in their own society....(only comin out to make a buck apparently)
Last Edit: Mar 9, 2006 16:28:17 GMT -5 by keithk1055 - Back to Top
This thread is 5 pages long, and the vast majority of it is about Matisyahu's religious beliefs. The thread was started about his new album Youth. There were some comments about Matisyahu in general that people wanted to share, which is fine, but eventually it snowballed into something that totally hijacked the thread. It seems like everyone involved's positions and opinions are pretty clear at this point, but just in case anyone wants to discuss this further I started a thread dedicated to discussing Matisyahu's religious beliefs.
I'll ask this of everyone as a favor (although ultimately you can post whatever you want wherever you want):
If you have something to say (or ask) about the album Youth please post it here.
If you have something to say about Matisyahu's religuous beliefs please post it in this thread:
you are absolutly right, i should have made a new thread when i made my original comments... sorry bout that.. i didnt expect it to become such a topic of conversation....but no i havent checked it out yet
Last Edit: Mar 9, 2006 15:07:12 GMT -5 by keithk1055 - Back to Top
The new album really makes me want to listen to the guy. Bill Laswell is a great producer who's played witht he likes of John Zorn and Marc Ribot and also produced (and in fact had the original idea for) supergroup Praxis. Thanks to his not being there for one Praxis show, Les Claypool had to sit in and Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains was formed.
I like the album. I just listened to it once and immediately put it on a second time. I like track 3: Time of your Song. Over all I think it's a good album, as long as you are not offended by religious music, but if you are offended by religious music why are you listening to reggae in the first place. One Love
Someone I know bought the album on iTunes and it came with a free video of him standing in a tunnel and beat boxing. It also shows all these people stopping to watch him. His beat box is amazing.
When I first saw this guy I thought he was a SNL sketch come to life or something, but after previewing him on iTunes, I went ahead and downloaded. awesome stuff, and I'm not even a reggae guy. xcept BM of course. And re: the religious lyrics, I try to tune them out and just flow with the music and the rhyme delivery... which is undeniably good
Matisyahu was at lou's records in encinitas last week signing autographs, and below I have photographic proof that he DOES sign autographs for females.
As far as the album goes, I don't really like it that much. My introduction to Matisyahu was "Live @ Stubb's" and it was pretty decent, had some favorite tracks. But "Youth" just doesn't appeal to me. Just because of that, I don't think I will catch his set at 'Roo as I originally planned. Tracks like "Indestructible" are laughable....just my opinion.
