There has been a lot of talk about Matisyahu lately. I see him on MTV, MTVu.com, hear him on the radio and read blogs. I figured I will speak a little about him as well.
I recently watched the new "Youth" music video and I was really inspired. First off the lyrics really touched me. He sings about how the youth makes the world go 'round and because of that they have to make the right choices in life. At times everything looks grey and nothing seems right but it is up to them to make the right decisions and make the world a brighter place. Now the video itself looks like any other professional music video that we see on MTV. There is just one thing missing. All the normal trash that we have become accustomed to see is not there. No scantily clad women or Grillz on the teeth. Just a really hip entertaining clean video.
When I was speaking to a friend about the new video, he had this to say. "Matisyahu said in an interview that he won’t be jumping into crowds anymore since there may be women in it and that would be against his religion to be touched by another woman". He went on to say how he looked carefully on the video and he is "sure" that there was woman in the crowd. Well here is some news for you:
Music Features
Matisyahu: Spiritual and Spirited
By Bram Teitelman
Feb 23, 2006, 19:00 GMT
And there continues to be a fine line to tread between pushing the music and observing his beliefs. Because of his religion Matisyahu belongs to the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidism he cannot touch women or sing romantic love songs, which means his days of audience diving may be over unless there is advanced planning.
When he made the first low-budget video for 'King Without a Crown,' he asked his rabbi if he could jump into the crowd, Caplan recalls. 'The rabbi said, `Sure.` He tries not to jump on a woman. His wife says, `I don’t think you can do it.` The rabbi comes back and says, `What? There are women in the crowd? No, you can’t do that.`' So, Caplan adds, for the 'Youth' video, the audience that Matisyahu jumps into is all male: 'His religion is the most important thing to him.'
So there you have it, an excerpt from an article on www.music.monstersandcritics.com
Another "problem" someone brought up to me is the fact that on one of the clips a woman is dancing by herself. Is there really a problem there? She is fully dressed. You cannot see an inch of her skin. Secondly she does not do anything that would be considered provocative. Am I wrong on this one? Is it wrong to have a woman dance by herself on the video?
I get the feeling that people cannot stomach the fact that he is a huge success. Why is it that when someone is doing good in the world, spreading Judaism and a teaching life lessons to the youth, why is it that they get a thrashing for it? This is his way of doing it and he is doing a great job.
The opening clip of the "youth" video starts off with someone taking off their Tefillin. Do you know how many people, specifically jewish teens, will be seeing that? I think it is unbelievable and amazing. posted by On My Own at 1:48 PM
I recently watched the new "Youth" music video and I was really inspired. First off the lyrics really touched me. He sings about how the youth makes the world go 'round and because of that they have to make the right choices in life. At times everything looks grey and nothing seems right but it is up to them to make the right decisions and make the world a brighter place. Now the video itself looks like any other professional music video that we see on MTV. There is just one thing missing. All the normal trash that we have become accustomed to see is not there. No scantily clad women or Grillz on the teeth. Just a really hip entertaining clean video.
When I was speaking to a friend about the new video, he had this to say. "Matisyahu said in an interview that he won’t be jumping into crowds anymore since there may be women in it and that would be against his religion to be touched by another woman". He went on to say how he looked carefully on the video and he is "sure" that there was woman in the crowd. Well here is some news for you:
Music Features
Matisyahu: Spiritual and Spirited
By Bram Teitelman
Feb 23, 2006, 19:00 GMT
And there continues to be a fine line to tread between pushing the music and observing his beliefs. Because of his religion Matisyahu belongs to the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidism he cannot touch women or sing romantic love songs, which means his days of audience diving may be over unless there is advanced planning.
When he made the first low-budget video for 'King Without a Crown,' he asked his rabbi if he could jump into the crowd, Caplan recalls. 'The rabbi said, `Sure.` He tries not to jump on a woman. His wife says, `I don’t think you can do it.` The rabbi comes back and says, `What? There are women in the crowd? No, you can’t do that.`' So, Caplan adds, for the 'Youth' video, the audience that Matisyahu jumps into is all male: 'His religion is the most important thing to him.'
So there you have it, an excerpt from an article on www.music.monstersandcritics.com
Another "problem" someone brought up to me is the fact that on one of the clips a woman is dancing by herself. Is there really a problem there? She is fully dressed. You cannot see an inch of her skin. Secondly she does not do anything that would be considered provocative. Am I wrong on this one? Is it wrong to have a woman dance by herself on the video?
I get the feeling that people cannot stomach the fact that he is a huge success. Why is it that when someone is doing good in the world, spreading Judaism and a teaching life lessons to the youth, why is it that they get a thrashing for it? This is his way of doing it and he is doing a great job.
The opening clip of the "youth" video starts off with someone taking off their Tefillin. Do you know how many people, specifically jewish teens, will be seeing that? I think it is unbelievable and amazing. posted by On My Own at 1:48 PM
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