Why did Efrayim Mendelson say `no` to Shlomo Carlebach. מדוע סירב אפרים מנדלסון לשלמה קרליבך

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https://www.kikar.co.il/415707.html The great Efrayim did an interview on kikar shabbat the other day, here are some of the highlights, including why he refused a song from shlomo carlebach, and why they did not call his first album by the title of the big hit keayol tarog.. English translation below. With many hits behind him, we have here in the studio efrayim mendelson Hello To Efrayim Mendelson. Hello Netanel Good Afternoon. First of all i am happy that you are here. Finally it has happened, for how many years are you singing? I have sung over 30 years. My first was `rak al avinu` That was the breakthrough with compositions from ruvi banet, performing with amit listvand. The truth is that already many years before this i sang at many weddings, but what i thought i knew, when i started the first recording i realised i did not know. There is quality and quantity, the quantity already knew me but with the tape, people from `all over` began to familiarise from the tape. `keayol tarog` was like a new revelation` and also because of the kid, and the good choice of the composer I in fact sang before 35 years with shlomo carlebach, i met him i sang with him at weddings etc, but i did not understand what is a song, i simply did not understand. He said to me, i have good songs, if you bring out a recording i will give you songs . I said nobody would believe me, so I said to shlomo no thanks but let us stay friends. Obviously today i regret it. When i started the first casette with ruvi barnett, and he came out with keayol tarog i still did not understand what a good song, and i did not want the song, i said to ruvi i am not feeling the song i did not know how to identify. i must admit. And ruvi said to me listen, this is your postage stamp and you are going to perform it. He knew, he said it would be a song which would pave the way. But then there is the question why did he not name the disc `keayol tarog` , it was because yishai lapidot came to me with the song `rak al avinu` and the message of rak al avinu obviously is very strong, especially because in english it sounds like `rock` So we bought this message and that is what i called the tape, but many people still asked why we did not call it keayol tarog....