"When one discusses Einstein's voice, it's not only the wide and many-shaded baritone, but the large scale of his performance: the rare marriage of musical sensitivity with a perfect sense of timing, the combination that produces what is known as phrasing, that perfection between harmony, lyrics and melody, that delightful preciseness of placing the lyrics in the melody which was the most obvious trait of Einstein's art." And he had an un-Israeli bashfulness, and an un-Israeli distance, and a deep un-Israeli need to shut the door of his home and not allow the guys to party in his living room.Īnd still, it was his voice and the manner in which he controlled it.
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He never sweated his songs, despite the Israeli heat, and the sweat on his shirt. But at the same time he was an extremely elegant singer, with perfect style and brilliant diction. His refined taste and sharp senses led him to anonymous, or practically anonymous young talents such as Shalom Hanoch, Ya'akov Rotblit, Mickey Gavrielov, Yoni Rechter, Shem Tov Levy and Yitzhak Klepter Einstein identified the great talent of each of them, and gave them his complete trust at a very early stage of their careers.įrom a wider perspective, not strictly focusing on his immense musical contribution, it seems that Einstein was the most beloved Israeli artist because he personified Israeli culture, but at the time he was an ideal figure that Israeli culture wished to be identified with, even though this wish was far removed from reality.Įinstein was a direct and honest artist, coarse, warm, caring, straightforward. Furthermore, he had the most amazing knack for spotting musical talents. Einstein was also a godfather of the new Israeli music, that erupted in the end of the 1960's, and personified the link between the Russian-Hebrew tradition and Israeli rock.
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He achieved this elevated status, which he didn't share with any other singer, first and foremost, because he was a great singer, who always knew how to "be completely in the song, but at the same time, be outside it, from a distance, as an observer," as Eli Mohar put it. Despite the pain there's also a smile."Įinstein was the Israeli singer, second to none. "I always take an example from the blues, when they sing really painful lyrics – 'you left me, and I'm feeling down, and it's raining, and I'm lost' – but then you always have the 'oh, baby, baby, baby,' and you get it. If there's something which I might call a 'thin thread,' something that I'm often missing, and I probably think about, it's the smile - some sort of smile that comes through even when you're saying something that seemingly doesn't call for a smile that this, too, will have a smile that conveys some sort of acceptance. There are more problematic songs, and then, sometimes, I feel the song needs more power, or emotion, depends on the song. And that means that all you have to do is not to ruin them. "There are songs which are so… I would call it 'well placed ' songs that are placed correctly.
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"Well it's different from song to song," Einstein answered.
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"But is it something you work on, or is it completely intuitive?" Mohar insisted. "Yes, but it's not something you can put in words, I mean, you can, but it would be superficial," Einstein responded. "How do I sing this song? Is that something that crosses your mind?" Mohar asked. Netanyahu eulogizes Arik Einstein: 'You were the greatest' Israeli singer Arik Einstein dedicates ballad to Gilad Shalit Israeli music legend Arik Einstein dies at age 74Īrik Einstein, 74: The voice of the good old Israel we still dream of
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Ten years ago Arik Einstein and the poet Eli Mohar met for a series of talks that led to the book "It's the same love." One of the most interesting conversations in the book, published after Mohar's death, dealt with Einstein's great talent, the art of performing a song.