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fave it Judaica | Comedy
15 tracks | 47 minutes
Released May 2004
on Yiddishe Cup
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:00 Meshugeneh Mambo FREE 03:00 Meshugeneh Mambo "GIFT MP3" 03:00 Meshugeneh Mambo
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:56 My Yiddishe Mama BUY MP3 03:56 My Yiddishe Mama "GIFT MP3" 03:56 My Yiddishe Mama
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:18 Tsuris BUY MP3 03:18 Tsuris "GIFT MP3" 03:18 Tsuris
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:01 Trombonik Tanz BUY MP3 04:01 Trombonik Tanz "GIFT MP3" 04:01 Trombonik Tanz
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:06 Cheder Days BUY MP3 03:06 Cheder Days "GIFT MP3" 03:06 Cheder Days
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:44 Gentile on My Mind BUY MP3 01:44 Gentile on My Mind "GIFT MP3" 01:44 Gentile on My Mind
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:20 K'nock Around the Clock BUY MP3 02:20 K'nock Around the Clock "GIFT MP3" 02:20 K'nock Around the Clock
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:10 Play Klezmer Play BUY MP3 03:10 Play Klezmer Play "GIFT MP3" 03:10 Play Klezmer Play
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:55 Second Avenue Square Dance BUY MP3 02:55 Second Avenue Square Dance "GIFT MP3" 02:55 Second Avenue Square Dance
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:47 Nudnik the Flying Shisl BUY MP3 03:47 Nudnik the Flying Shisl "GIFT MP3" 03:47 Nudnik the Flying Shisl
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:46 I Am a Man of Constant Blessings BUY MP3 01:46 I Am a Man of Constant Blessings "GIFT MP3" 01:46 I Am a Man of Constant Blessings
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:39 Li'l Gypsy BUY MP3 02:39 Li'l Gypsy "GIFT MP3" 02:39 Li'l Gypsy
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:17 Essen BUY MP3 06:17 Essen "GIFT MP3" 06:17 Essen
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 02:15 Ose Shalom BUY MP3 02:15 Ose Shalom "GIFT MP3" 02:15 Ose Shalom
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:15 Knish Doctor BUY MP3 03:15 Knish Doctor "GIFT MP3" 03:15 Knish Doctor
Klezmer comedy. Lox on.
Bio / Background
There hasn't been anything quite like Meshugeneh Mambo in more than 40 years!
Yiddishe Cup is onto something different here: neo-Borscht Belt klezmer comedy.
That whole era of '50s Jewish humor is dying, and some of it should be saved.
Just as klezmer music has been revitalized, Meshugeneh Mambo reclaims Jewish ethnic humor. Move over white-bread, Seinfeld-style comedians. (Paging Ethnomusicology.)
Yiddishe Cup time-travels back to the days when tough Jews, wearing shiny shoes, sold shoes. Mickey Katz -- the dead rebbe of klezmer comedy -- walks the streets of Cleveland again, along with the Barton Brothers, Billy Hodes and Slim Gaillard.
George Robinson, of the New York Jewish Week, named Yiddishe Cup's previous album, Yiddfellas, one of the 13 best Jewish recordings of 1999. Yiddishe Cup has appeared throughout the United States.
Finally, here are some just-in takes on Meshugeneh Mambo.
↓ more ↓The Forward, New York, Sarah Kricheff:
"Meshugeneh Mambo is not just about klezmer music. It is a cultural revival of the American Jewish comedy of the '50s, often associated with the heyday of the Jewish resort hotels in the Catskill Mountains. The 'neo-Borscht Belt' six-member band incorporates a variety of instruments . . . and performs high-energy songs that merge modern cultural references in the comedic style of an older generation."
Klezmershack.com, Boston, Ari Davidow:
"This is the most outrageous combination of '50s Borscht Belt shtick and post-modern Jewish deconstruction I've heard in years and, boy, did we need it."
Cleveland Jewish News, Arlene Fine:
"This CD will have great schmaltz appeal to those who enjoy getting into the gestalt of 'gevalt.'"
↑ less ↑Average Customer Review: 3
hehesmwordes wrote on July 28, 2009
like when Uncle Ricky & his buddies drink a few too many and jump on stage to replace the band at your wedding dance





