@@thecoxclan877 Thank you! After hearing this song live, I was always curious of whether that piano part had a source or if it was an ad-lib creation. Especially since the other portion at 5:21 is reminiscent of "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin, I was guessing there were outside influences. Glad to know now. Have a good one.
It's a heartbreak/breakup song about the broken dream/promise of Israel. It's about rising global ethnonationalism and how that is dangerous for Jews everywhere -- and it's also about the rise in Jewish ethnonationalism in Israel (which doesn't make the world safer for Jews in the long term, I would argue, and I think he is saying, as well). The second stanza refers to the Balfour declaration (endless conversation since 1917) and the last stanza refers to the book of Lamentations (read on the day in the Jewish calendar when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed due to "baseless hatred" according to the tradition). The first stanza -- "I know I loved you then" is the naive love for Israel that many diaspora Jews were raised with "I think I love you still" is about trying to reevaluate the relationship after so much disillusionment. FWIW
i'd like to see Danielle Haim (& Haim) and Ezra Koenig do more together.
now this is a duo, i love this duo, i live for it actually
this really should have been the version that appeared on the album
They need to release a live album featuring this version
This is a absolutely beautiful
Thanks dude for uploading this!
They should do a duet album together
7 minute Jerusalem New York Berlin
Where is the performance at Jimmy fallon? Im furious
@Jason Thatcher oh thanx man. Whyd they take it out of youtube right! Really sucks
Jason Thatcher nice to see Bilii, are you Chinese
@Jason Thatcher bless u
And a Dave Grusin tease. What a beautiful song.
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@@allyson-- Piano beginning at 4:52, from Dave Grusin "Mountain Dance"
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@@thecoxclan877 Thank you! After hearing this song live, I was always curious of whether that piano part had a source or if it was an ad-lib creation. Especially since the other portion at 5:21 is reminiscent of "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin, I was guessing there were outside influences. Glad to know now. Have a good one.
God i wish i had seen this tour. Coulda gotten tix in nyc and didnt. Huge regret
Now look at the situation between Israel and Palestine🤯
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who broke ezra's heart
Hopefully things still good between him and rashida jones
Lmao more like why did literally everyone suppress the Jewish population. I think the song is about Diaspora.
This isn't a song about a breakup, it's a song about the history and oppression of the Jewish people.
It's a heartbreak/breakup song about the broken dream/promise of Israel. It's about rising global ethnonationalism and how that is dangerous for Jews everywhere -- and it's also about the rise in Jewish ethnonationalism in Israel (which doesn't make the world safer for Jews in the long term, I would argue, and I think he is saying, as well). The second stanza refers to the Balfour declaration (endless conversation since 1917) and the last stanza refers to the book of Lamentations (read on the day in the Jewish calendar when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed due to "baseless hatred" according to the tradition). The first stanza -- "I know I loved you then" is the naive love for Israel that many diaspora Jews were raised with "I think I love you still" is about trying to reevaluate the relationship after so much disillusionment. FWIW
And I have it on repeat today as the new Israeli government is sworn in.