Lipa Schmeltzer, a 34-year-old Skverer Chasid from New Square, New York has made a career as a singer at weddings and concerts. His CDs, DVDs, and YouTube videos have been big hits in Haredi circles.
On Sunday, he released a new music video called "Hang up the Phone," in which he plays a robot (with a stubbly beard and peyot) among other robots who come to life in a Boro Park electronics store after the store closes for the night. The song is commentary on our ever growing infatuation with gadgets -- equal parts science fiction and practical
advice for today's technologically obsessed society.
As Uriel Heilman wrote in a JTA news service release yesterday,
On Sunday, Schmeltzer posted the latest video from his new album, "Leap of Faith," with a song called "Hang Up the Phone." The lyrics include such gems as "All the hocus-pocus / forever tries to choke us / It's making such a ruckus / we can barely focus / Davening and driving / eating work and sleepin' / Why keep on replying / to all the rings and beepin'?"
No doubt the Haredi leaders who railed against unfettered internet use at last month's rally at New York's Citi Field would applaud this line: "Instead of searching Google / I'm busy making kugel..."
At just over six minutes long, the video offers a light
hearted look at what we become when we spend more time interacting with
our electronics than with our families and the people around us.
Enjoy!
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A must see. Bravo!
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