tag:dreamwidth.org,2020-05-31:3652610 Ben's Songs Ben's Songs 2025-05-24T14:21:48Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2020-05-31:3652610:63497 Ben Newman 2022-11-27T21:05:08Z 2025-05-24T14:21:48Z public 1 Posted by: <span lj:user='bnewman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>bnewman</b></a></span><br /><br />This song is a setting of a verse of Psalm and also a video game meme.<br /><br />The verse is Psalms 51:12, לֵב טָהוֹר בְּרָא-לִי אֱלֹהִים וְרוּחַ נָכוֹן חַדֵּשׁ בְּקִרְבִּי: <em>lev tahor b'ra li, elohim, v'ru'ach nachon chadesh b'kirbi</em> (create for me a pure heart, O G-d, and renew within me a right spirit). &nbsp;Why is this a video game meme? &nbsp;Because the Hebrew word for &quot;within me&quot; is also the name of Nintendo character Kirby &mdash; and the Hebrew word for &quot;spirit&quot; also means &quot;wind&quot; or &quot;breath&quot;, which is Kirby's main form of attack/interaction.<br /><br />The meme image (below) was made first, and shows Kirby performing his iconic inhale attack, captioned with the verse in Hebrew. &nbsp;But then I thought, why not set this verse to music from one of Kirby's games?<br /><br />lyrics from Psalm 51:12, trad. Hebrew<br />ttto: &quot;Cloud Stage&quot; from <em>Kirby's Adventure</em> by Hirokazu Ando<br /><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UgIsfl9aRAe684yi1ZNFtiLmfrV42aCj/view?usp=share_link">listen to this song</a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/63497.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bn_songbook&ditemid=63497" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2020-05-31:3652610:43948 Ben Newman 2020-07-26T15:59:55Z 2020-07-26T15:59:55Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='bnewman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>bnewman</b></a></span><br /><br />A song in praise of the Holy Spirit, Who I always feel is especially present when the apples are blooming.<br /><br />lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman<br /><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sZmA8TiQ_UJWR8BmreuJ-Ak_2KG8SWr4/view?usp=sharing">listen to this song</a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/43948.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bn_songbook&ditemid=43948" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2020-05-31:3652610:13140 Ben Newman 2020-07-12T17:03:27Z 2020-07-12T17:03:27Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='bnewman' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://bnewman.dreamwidth.org/'><b>bnewman</b></a></span><br /><br /><div>lyrics by Benjamin Newman</div><div>ttto: &quot;Kaze no Toorimichi&quot; (Path of Wind) from <em>My Neighbor Totoro</em> by Joe Hisaishi</div><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XOJpUTgkb0eauUYc2aYHOssiBkvUC4rZ/view?usp=sharing">listen to this song</a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bn-songbook.dreamwidth.org/13140.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bn_songbook&ditemid=13140" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments