Rabbi Dan’s Parody of “Friday by Rebecca Black”

I’m cleaning up a number of unfinished projects from my Sabbatical that is about to end (June 8th).  One of them was the crazy idea of making a music video parody of the insidious Rebecca Black song “Friday”.  Back when I had this idea the song was all the rage on YouTube as viral flames and denouncements of its insipid lyrics filled the internet.  The ground swell of disregard for the song seems to have faded to the background now, but I still think my parody lyrics and video would have been fun.  So here is a link to the original video and a posting of my parody lyrics below.  Unless someone wants to make the video with me, this will be about as far as the project goes.  Shabbat Shalom!

Shabbas to the tune of “Friday, by Rebecca Black”
lyrics by Rabbi Dan Moskovitz

(Yeah, Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah-Ark)

Oo-ooh-ooh, hoo yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah-ah-ah

Yeah-ah-ah

Yeah-ah-ah

Yeah-ah-ah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

8 a.m., waking up in the morning

Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs

Gotta have my bagel gotta have lox

Say motzei, the rabbi is waitin’

Kippah on and on, everybody’s rushin’

Gotta get goin’ to the synagogue

Gotta start walkin’ I see my friends (My friends)

Kickin’ in the front row

Sittin’ in the back row

Gotta make my mind up

Which seat will I take?

It’s Shabbas, shabbas

Gotta slow down on Shabbas

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the Kiddush, Kiddush

Shabbas, shabbas

Slowin’ down on Shabbas

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the Kiddush

Davenin’,  Davenin’ (Yeah)

Davenin’,  Davenin’ (Yeah)

Fun, fun, fun, fun

Lookin’ forward to the Kiddush

11:45 we’re davenin’ the musaf

Prayin’ so fast, I want time to fly

Fun, fun, think about fun

You know what it is

I got this, you got this

My zayde is by my right, ay

I got this, you got this

Now you know it

Kickin’ in the front row

Sittin’ in the back row

Gotta make my mind up

Which seat will I take?

It’s Shabbas, shabbas

Gotta slow down on Shabbas

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the Kiddush, Kiddush

Shabbas, shabbas

Slowin’ down on Shabbas

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the Kiddush

Davenin’,  Davenin’ (Yeah)

Davenin’,  Davenin’ (Yeah)

Fun, fun, fun, fun

Lookin’ forward to the Kiddush

Yesterday was Friday, Friday

Today i-is Saturday, Saturday (davenin’)

We-we-we so excited

We so excited

We gonna have a nap today

Tonight is Havdallah

And Sunday comes after … wards

I don’t want this shabbas to end

R-D Rabbi Dan

So chillin’ in the front row (In the front row)

In the back row (In the back row)

I’m davenin’, schmoozin’ (Yeah, yeah)

Progressive Jews, traditional

I don’t matter we’re all Jews (Woo!)

(C’mon) Passin’ by is a boy in front of me

Makes a bracha, an Aliyah, wanna see

Can’t check my phone, it’s Shabbas, it’s a Bar Mitzvah

We gonna have fun, c’mon, c’mon, y’all

It’s Shabbas, shabbas

Gotta get down on Shabbas

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the Kiddush, Kiddush

Shabbas, shabbas

Gettin’ down on Shabbas

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the Kiddush

Davenin’,  Davenin’ (Yeah)

Davenin’,  Davenin’ (Yeah)

Fun, fun, fun, fun

Lookin’ forward to the Kiddush

It’s Shabbas, shabbas

Gotta get down on Shabbas

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the Kiddush, Kiddush

Shabbas, shabbas

Gettin’ down on Shabbas

Everybody’s lookin’ forward to the Kiddush

Davenin’,  Davenin’ (Yeah)

Davenin’,  Davenin’ (Yeah)

Fun, fun, fun, fun

Lookin’ forward to the Kiddush

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