Singing Badly Sunday

Big In Japan

2012-02-19T12:04:00.000+02:00

@rotemu is about to be big in Japan. So yeah.

Word of warning: we were scared to actually watch and listen. View at your own risk. HAPPY SUNDAY!

100th Post! 100 Songs!

2012-02-12T10:00:00.001+02:00

For my 100th song, I rallied up professional help, and called in @Manganon to give me a helping hand. He totally took me on.

A special thanks to the amazing @TwinIonEngines, without whose Pandas I'd have never started this whole thing.

And thanks to everyone who's stopped by, listened, cheered me on, pelted me with the proverbial tomato, and so on. It's been super fun, so far. I expect it to be even more so once I figure out the locks on the liquor cabinet.

Self Machine

2012-02-05T12:35:00.000+02:00

On the heels of being told by @amitl13 that I am prettier than Optimus Prime, I went to have a look in the mirror, and this was the outcome.

Into the Great Wide Open

2012-01-29T10:12:00.000+02:00

Tom Petty and I are out for a jog.
"Hey Tom, wanna do something nice for @roee_r?"
"You go ahead, I have to go kill Kim Basinger."

Featuring Tal on guitar, because you know I can't play that well myself.

Lotus Flower

2012-01-22T12:47:00.000+02:00

This one goes out to @raffeg. Listen to your heart, love.

Soma

2012-01-15T10:13:00.000+02:00

Close your eyes and sleep. With earplugs.

(If you watch closely, you can see me almost pass out there after hitting the high notes. That's real.)

Enormous thanks to Tal for his beautiful guitar and artistic interpretation, as well as his hand in the frame for a split second.

Soak the Sin

2012-01-08T13:10:00.000+02:00

I just had this stuck in my head. So why not?

Son of a Preacher Man

2012-01-01T13:52:00.000+02:00

Um, almost. Oy oy oy.

THERE'S A BOT ON MY RADIO!!!

2011-12-28T12:37:00.001+02:00

On Monday, 26 December, I visited Liron Teeni (aka @liront) at his radio show (listen to previous broadcasts, including mine, here).

I butchered Kate Bush's "Babooshka" live on the air, and boy, it was ugly.

*Credit for the video goes to the lovely @shiradinur, who did the matchmaking for this blessed event in the first place.

If you're some kind of creep and want to own the song to cherish for all eternity, @freezer52000 has kindly ripped an mp3 track of the song for your enjoyment, downloadable here.

I also decided to provide links to all of the songs we aired on the show, if you don't understand Hebrew, don't want the chitchat, or just want to be able to hear them again.

Children of the Revolution

Suffragette City

The Man Who Sold the World

The Alternative Polka

Born to Be Wild

Feeling Good

The Passenger

הסטלן האוטומטי

Killing

Strange Little Girl

You Only Live Twice

The Mercy Seat

שיר תשרי

Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)

Strange Fruit

Stairway to Heaven

Five Step

Debaser

Eleanor Rigby

Like Someone in Love

Comfortably Numb

Peace out. See y'all next Sunday.

Sally's Song

2011-12-25T12:35:00.000+02:00

After last year's Christmas Special, I decided to go with a different twist, and perform a song from my favorite Christmas movie ever.

Bali Ha'i

2011-12-18T13:13:00.000+02:00

Come away, come away.

Easy Street

2011-12-11T12:55:00.000+02:00

Occupy Broadway!

Featuring Rambo the cat as token ginger.

עיר מקלט - City of Refuge

2011-12-04T11:59:00.000+02:00

את, כן את.
You, yes you.

Africa

2011-11-27T10:57:00.000+02:00

This one goes out to @noahroth, who stuck the song in my head after tweeting this.

Trouble

2011-11-20T11:19:00.000+02:00

I was going to do something else, but I felt like trouble.

חורשת האקליפטוס - The Eucalyptus Wood

2011-11-13T11:03:00.000+02:00

שיחה שלא התקיימה בשבוע שעבר בין העוזר הפרלמנטרי של ח"כ יוליה שמאלוב-ברקוביץ' להילה בניוביץ'-הופמן, הלא היא ואן דר גראף אחותך, הידועה בכינויה במחוזות הצוויצר:

@vandersister

ע': אז מה, באירוע הזה שלכם עם הערוות, יהיו נאומים? ח"כ שמאלוב תוכל לנאום?

ה': לא.

ע': תהיה טלויזיה?

ה': לא שידוע לי.

ע': יהיו סלבריטיז? דוגמניות? זמרות מפורסמות?

ה': תהיה יעל דוד.

ע': עה?

ה': יעל דוד.

ע': מי זאת יעל דוד?

ה': נו, זאת שחידשה את "חורשת האקליפטוס".

ע': (נשמע מבולבל) אההההה. יעל דוד הזאת. כן, ברור. אנחנו נבוא.

Ghosts Can't Run Away

2011-11-06T09:28:00.000+02:00

Surprise! I actually posted on a Sunday!

הפרי מהעץ - The Fruit From the Tree

2011-11-05T13:12:00.000+02:00

Now we miss my mic, don't we?

Thanks to @shiradinur for making the video.

Birdhouse In Your Soul

2011-10-24T12:14:00.000+02:00

I promised @mux2000 TMBG for his birthday. His birthday was yesterday. On a Sunday. Yeah, yeah.

Happy birthday, Mux!

God Am

2011-10-16T15:07:00.000+02:00

Sorry for last week. I'll be a better singing bot next time.

Someday I Will Treat You Good

2011-10-02T09:02:00.001+02:00

I'm going to let you guess if this one is for you or not. I said "someday", not "today".

Everybody Hurts

2011-09-25T11:52:00.001+03:00

To @gonzopants, who reminded me to take comfort in my friends.

And endless thanks to REM for giving us so much to hold on to.

עמוד האש - The Pillar of Fire

2011-09-20T23:34:00.000+03:00

Fire

2011-09-11T10:29:00.000+03:00

This song is for @Zeelam, who deserves a song, even if it's bad.

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

2011-09-04T13:10:00.000+03:00

And there are millions like me. #j14

Black Velvet

2011-08-29T12:20:00.000+03:00

With love, to @vandersister.

And yeah, I know. Maybe I should change the name of the blog to "Singing Badly Someday".

Damn you, real life.

מדרום תפתח הטובה - From the South Will Come the Good

2011-08-22T18:18:00.000+03:00

The Day I Tried To Live

2011-08-16T10:23:00.000+03:00

Pesky health has kept me from putting this out on time, but better late than never, right?

Right???

Children of the Revolution

2011-08-07T12:04:00.000+03:00

#j14 all the way!

שיר הפרטיזנים - Partisan Song

2011-08-02T11:54:00.000+03:00

By request of @Tamaruli.

One I Love - Special Edition

2011-07-28T13:12:00.000+03:00

For @fortyhournight. She meets the qualification.

I Touch Myself

2011-07-24T12:58:00.000+03:00

Last year I wanted to do this song for our wedding anniversary, but I sucked too hard on the guitar. I still suck rather badly, but I managed to mangle it passably, I think.

Happy anniversary, Tal. I have excellent taste in spouses.

Beautiful Stranger

2011-07-18T09:42:00.002+03:00

It's my twins' birthday this week. I love you, Tal and Neta.

Closer

2011-07-10T09:56:00.000+03:00

Warning: LYRICS ARE EXPLICIT LIKE WHOA.

And the whole thing is kind of an abomination. Sorry.

All Of Me

2011-07-03T10:36:00.000+03:00

This one is for my gorgeous boy, Yiftah, whose 4th birthday we just celebrated two days ago. I used to sing this to him when he and I would chill in the hammock together. He is my daily miracle. Love you, Tino.

Eye of the Tiger

2011-06-26T08:37:00.000+03:00

Thanks to Tal for being wonderful on the guitar. And in general.

Naftali the Fish - נפתלי הדג

2011-06-19T11:35:00.000+03:00

הנה נפתלי, נפתלי הדג

הפה קצת פתוח לא מוציא אף מילה

מתחת לפוני עיינים כחולות

הרופא אמר שהטבע עושה טעויות

Here is Naftali, Naftali the fish

Mouth slightly open, never utters a word

Under the fringe, there are blue eyes

The doctor said sometimes nature gets it wrong

וכולם הסתכלו עליו וצחקו

מבוקר עד ערב עושה פרצופים

מתבלבל בידים

מלכלך ת'סדינים

וכולם הסתכלו עליו וצחקו

כן כולם צחקו עליו והתרחקו

And everybody stared at him and laughed

From morning to evening, he makes faces

Confuses his hands

Soils his sheet

And everybody stared at him and laughed

Yes, everybody laughed and walked away

קשה, קשה, להיות בן אדם

נפתלי רוצה לחזור אל הים

לחזור אל הים

אל הים

It's hard, hard being a human

Naftali wants to go back to the ocean

Back to the ocean

To the ocean

לפעמים קירות חשופים זה מראה מלבב

כמו מסך שקוף שמכסה את הפגמים

חיוך שמתוח עד כאב

בעולם המופלא ללא מילים

שקט, שקט שאפשר למשש

כחול בעיינים זה מה שיש

זה מה שיש

Sometimes bare walls are a sight for sore eyes

Like a sheer veil covering the flaws

A smile stretched out to the point of pain

In the wonderful world without words

Quiet, quiet that you can touch

Blue in the eyes is all that there is

It's all that there is

קשה, קשה, להיות בן אדם

נפתלי רוצה לחזור אל הים

לחזור אל הים

אל הים

It's hard, hard being a human

Naftali wants to go back to the ocean

Back to the ocean

To the ocean

Kites

2011-06-12T09:39:00.000+03:00

This song is for @YaelBeeri, who is the kind of person everybody needs in her life.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

2011-06-05T08:29:00.000+03:00

This song goes out to @danjas, @shiradinur, and @raffeg. You were all on my mind when I chose it.

I'm also singing for Revital, whose birthday we should have been celebrating today. We miss you.

Thanks to Tal for taking the guitar part very seriously.

Big Empty

2011-05-29T09:43:00.000+03:00

Heaven Beside You

2011-05-22T22:44:00.000+03:00

And you know you have it still, Heaven inside you.

My hands have been taken by tendonitis, so Tal is on the guitar, again.

Day and Night ביום ובלילה

2011-05-15T08:43:00.000+03:00

Now, with extra @danjas.

לי יש דנג'ה ולכם לא.

(And some Tal on guitar for good measure.)

Elifelet אליפלט

2011-05-08T10:10:00.000+03:00

אופניים וספר A Bike and a Book

2011-05-01T09:40:00.000+03:00

בכל זאת.

Thriller

2011-04-24T23:37:00.000+03:00

We thought this song would be especially appropriate for Easter, with the zombies and stuff.

Tal, from his usual spot on the guitar, asked to disclaim that the original was also sung badly.

And to all our Jewish friends - be happy, the bread will be back in less than 24 hours!

Enjoy The Silence

2011-04-17T10:00:00.001+03:00

After you hear this song? Seriously. Enjoy the silence.

* Once again, with Tal making an appearance on the guitar and regretting he had anything to do with it.

Pressure - לחץ

2011-04-10T22:30:00.002+03:00

With love to the Iron Dome. Maybe tonight you'll be mine.

* Once again, featuring Tal on guitar. So much nicer when someone actually knows how to play it.

The Riddle

2011-04-03T10:00:00.003+03:00

Somebody, please explain the lyrics to me.

* Featuring the talented Tal on guitar.

King Of Pain

2011-03-27T12:36:00.000+02:00

That's my soul up there.

She Drives Me Crazy

2011-03-21T09:15:00.001+02:00

If you suspect this song might be about you, you're probably right.

(Also, I know it's not Sunday, but I have mitigating circumstances in the form of kids on vacation and flaky collaborators, and also, it still is Sunday in some parts of the world.)

Black Gives Way To Blue

2011-03-13T11:17:00.001+02:00

Just last week, I wrote elsewhere about carrying the memory of a lost loved one for life.

I wish there were only one loved one I could say this song is for.

59th Street Bridge Song

2011-03-06T11:27:00.000+02:00

By special request (yes, I will take your requests, too, if I can handle them), for @shiradinur.

Feeling groovy?

Hot Stuff

2011-02-27T11:57:00.000+02:00

I'm sick. So this one came out proper bad. As this song deserves to be.

Amazing Quack

2011-02-21T12:32:00.000+02:00

Not a Sunday song. Well, a Sunday song, not sung on a Sunday. I decided to try out being a duck for a day. Here is the quack to prove it.

PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT DUCKERY.

Lev Shalem - לב שלם

2011-02-20T10:49:00.000+02:00

From Hebrew:

When you are near me, I go submerged

When you are far, I begin to run

You can see into me, I see straight through you

You want spots, I want it continuous

And when I fall apart

You are more complete

Wave by wave comes the pain

A broken heart is a whole heart

Sometimes you're at my place and I'm at everybody else's

Sometimes I'm here, but you're not anymore

You want to wait, I want it now

You want some air, I want to breathe

Hurt

2011-02-14T13:05:00.000+02:00

רויטל 5.6.1973-11.2.2011

כואבים עד עולם את אבדנך, יקירה.

Morning Bell

2011-02-06T12:22:00.000+02:00

The lights are on but nobody's home.

The Man Who Saw Everything האיש שראה הכל

2011-01-30T22:35:00.000+02:00

Saw them live last night. They did it better.

White Man אדם לבן

2011-01-24T22:09:00.000+02:00

In an attempt to burn up my 15 minutes as quickly as possible, I contributed some backing vocals to the very talented Mux2000.

Black Hole Sun

2011-01-23T17:02:00.000+02:00

Jazz festival. FYI.

Hate Winter שונאת חורף

2011-01-18T11:26:00.000+02:00

An original song. Lyrics: @omg_dora, music: me. I actually love the winter.

Stayin' Alive

2011-01-16T11:25:00.000+02:00

Larger Than Life

2011-01-09T11:24:00.000+02:00

New kazoo!

Science Fiction Double Feature

2011-01-02T11:23:00.000+02:00

XMAS EDITION: Fairytale of New York

2010-12-26T11:22:00.000+02:00

Them Bones

2010-12-19T11:21:00.000+02:00

Inspired by a trip to Jerusalem.

Caje Sukarije

2010-12-12T11:19:00.000+02:00

washing of the water

2010-12-06T11:18:00.000+02:00

All Shook Up

2010-11-28T11:17:00.000+02:00

Only Happy When It Rains

2010-11-14T11:16:00.000+02:00

I Was a Jerk הייתי מניאק

2010-11-07T10:15:00.000+02:00

Gangsta's Paradise

2010-10-31T11:14:00.000+02:00

PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT KAZOO

Safety Dance

2010-10-24T11:12:00.000+02:00

Mind you, I was REALLY sick when I did this one.

Fields שדות

2010-10-17T11:10:00.001+02:00

I took a song about nothing and made it into a song about breastfeeding.

Train Song

2010-10-10T11:09:00.000+02:00

Porch

2010-10-03T11:08:00.000+02:00

Jackson

2010-09-27T11:06:00.000+02:00

Featuring her royal highness, the massively talented Queen Deb.

No Rain

2010-09-19T11:05:00.000+02:00

All Apologies

2010-09-12T11:04:00.000+02:00

You Only Live Twice

2010-09-05T11:02:00.000+03:00

Sea of Tears ים של דמעות

2010-09-05T11:00:00.000+03:00

Flume

2010-08-22T10:59:00.000+03:00

Yekirati - My Darling יקירתי

2010-08-15T10:57:00.000+03:00

Down in a Hole

2010-08-08T10:57:00.000+03:00

Bad Days

2010-08-01T10:55:00.000+03:00

Birthday יומולדת

2010-07-18T10:53:00.000+03:00

Burn the Scarecrow שרוף את הדחליל

2010-07-11T10:48:00.000+03:00

Translation of a Hebrew song into English.

The original (in which I also make an appearance, because I'm a squealy little fangirl.)

Yarnhead (Junkhead)

2010-07-04T10:46:00.000+03:00

My own lyrics, mind you.

The original, which is really one of my favorites. Heroin. Yarn. All the same.

Fake Plastic Trees

2010-06-27T10:42:00.000+03:00

The first actual Singing Badly Sunday song, no babies attached.

Happy Birthday

2010-06-19T10:42:00.000+03:00

Smells Like Teen Spirit

2010-06-18T10:40:00.000+03:00

This is the song that brought those babies out. Seriously.

YMCA

2010-06-17T10:39:00.000+03:00

With Or Without You

2010-06-16T10:38:00.000+03:00

Serious question here for a moment: don't I look like a fish?

Wish You Were Here

2010-06-15T10:32:00.000+03:00

Heroes

2010-06-14T10:34:00.000+03:00

Five O'Clock World

2010-06-13T10:31:00.000+03:00

Bohemian Rhapsody

2010-06-10T18:26:00.000+03:00

In which I find out that my webcam freezes after 5 minutes, no matter what. Someday, I will record that ending. I swear.

Rooster

2010-06-09T18:22:00.000+03:00

Baby One More Time

2010-06-08T18:18:00.000+03:00

In which my webcam shows first signs of resistance.

My Girl's Pussy

2010-06-07T14:36:00.000+03:00

Featuring Paul Moore's Musical Medicine Show, and my first ever kazoo solo.