Country yossi | Imamother

↑ bgr8ful ↓

Mon, Jun 24 2024, 1:17 pm

I think you're taking kids stories just a little too seriously. the last thing I was thinking abt as a kid was if savta simcha sharing a house with her cousin was weird.

the way this thread is going reminded me of this meme.

↑ chanatron1000

Mon, Jun 24 2024, 2:05 pm

Aside from the possibility that the bears are Jewish, the story clearly specifies that they have very different mattress preferences.

↑ bgr8ful

Mon, Jun 24 2024, 2:17 pm

chanatron1000 wrote:

Aside from the possibility that the bears are Jewish, the story clearly specifies that they have very different mattress preferences.

they couldve had one of those fancy mattresses that can be customized on each side.

amother

Green

Mon, Jun 24 2024, 5:36 pm

amother Powderblue wrote:

Every adult should listen to “it’s an upside down world” brilliant song. Real lesson.

Can you post a link?

cbsp ↓

Mon, Jun 24 2024, 6:03 pm

amother Green wrote:

Can you post a link?

Upside Down World · Country Yossi · Country Yossi

Kivi and Tuki, Vol. 6: Count Your Blessings

℗ 2014 CY Productions
https://youtu.be/KMseZgPGo6k?s.....u5hpG

https://www.jyrics.com/lyrics/.....orld/

IT’S AN UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD- Sung & Composed By Country Yossi- Count Your Blessings

Reb Yosef dreamed
He went up to Heaven
And looked around to see
What he could see
When he returned
He said, “You won’t believe it.
Oilam Hufich Ra’isi”.

CHORUS:
It’s an upside-down world
Things are not as they appear to be
What you see is not reality
(Oh no) It’s an upside-down world.
It’s an upside-down world
People aren’t who they seem to be
What they’re living is a fantasy
(Oh yeah) In an upside-down world.

Those on the top
Are really on the bottom
Those on the bottom
Are really on the top
Those flying high are destined to fall
And those that seem smart
Why, they know nothing at all.

CHORUS:
It’s an upside-down world
Things are not as they appear to be
What you see is not reality
(Oh no) It’s an upside-down world.
It’s an upside-down world
People aren’t who they seem to be
What they’re living is a fantasy
(Oh yeah) In an upside-down world.

Where more is less, and less is more
The poor are rich, and the rich are poor
The perfect man is really very faulted
But humble souls
Well, they’re gonna be exalted.

Those that are out- are gonna be in
Those that are in- are gonna be out
Those that seem weak
Are really so strong
And those that seem right
Well, they’re really so wrong.

So now that you know
You can perceive
This world is really
Nothing but make-believe
The only things real
Are the Torah we learn
The Mitzvohs we do
And the Schar that we earn.

So don’t be fooled by what you see
This world is topsy-turvy
We can all agree
And praised is he who understands
And comes to Olam Haba
With his Torah in his hands.

CHORUS:
It’s an upside-down world
Things are not as they appear to be
What you see is not reality
(Oh no) It’s an upside-down world.
It’s an upside-down world
People aren’t who they seem to be
What they’re living is a fantasy
(Oh yeah) In an upside-down world.

↑ cbsp

Mon, Jun 24 2024, 6:05 pm

And here's a recent interview...

Country Yossi Visit to NSN Studios 12/5/23
https://youtu.be/enqVASpkHho

amother

Pearl

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 12:47 am

The Savta Simcha thing is more than a modern sensitivity that we might be taking too far.

It is actually assur for brother and sister to live in yichud as a permanent arrangement.

juggling

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 1:37 am

simchavsasson wrote:

What is Tuki short for?

Does it have to be short for something? Tuki is a parakeet in Hebrew.

logical

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 12:40 pm

juggling wrote:

Does it have to be short for something? Tuki is a parakeet in Hebrew.

Uhhhh I'm pretty sure it's short for Tekiah

amother

Rainbow ↓

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 12:57 pm

amother Tangerine wrote:

He does have a song about safety that I like.
Honestly leaving your kids in a different galaxy for 5 years with a single guy so you can go to a wedding isn’t a good idea LOL

in the beginning he says he misses them at thatThey were at his house 5 years ago. Then the mother calls and says she needs a babysitter and because of the time difference 5 years will have past on earth. Meaning they had the kids for 5 hours and now they want to get rid of them again including their newborn.

amother

Pumpkin

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 4:06 pm

amother DarkMagenta wrote:

I was just reading Midos Man on shabbos to my kids. Thought it was kind of creepy too

I have a problem with the Middos Malka books. They make her seem incompetent. All calls go to Middos Man first? She can't go anywhere without Fluffies helping her but Middos Man can?

When my husband reads these books to my kids, when he gets to the page where Middos Man/Malka walks into the scene, he always says something along the lines of, "...and then the kids said, 'Stranger Danger! Get away, random strange adult!'..."

Anon because I've ranted about this to relatives in real life.

kenz ↓

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 5:27 pm

Some people really need to get their minds out of the gutter. Everything mentioned here was innocently created. The fact that “you’re” seeing seksual innuendo and perverted older men is a problem on you, not Country Yossi or Middos Man. I don’t love the fact that the songs are based on secular music because that is something I try to avoid listening to, but that’s quite a difference from the above mentioned issues.

amother

↑ OP

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 5:32 pm

kenz wrote:

So at least 10 people who dont know each other think its creepy, and we're the problem Rolling Eyes

amother

Ballota

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 5:41 pm

amother Pearl wrote:

The Savta Simcha thing is more than a modern sensitivity that we might be taking too far.

It is actually assur for brother and sister to live in yichud as a permanent arrangement.

They were cousins I think.

↑ kenz

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 6:12 pm

amother OP wrote:

So at least 10 people who dont know each other think its creepy, and we're the problem Rolling Eyes

Not the problem but victims of the time we live in that makes your mind go that way as a natural reaction instead of the innocent way in which it was intended. Do you honestly think that there were nefarious intentions in either series?

amother

Winterberry

Tue, Jun 25 2024, 7:41 pm

amother Mint wrote:

You do realise that these songs are satirical versions of 1950s/60s popular music (secular)?
And satirize chariedi lifestyle as was in 1980s etc?

Best enjoyed by the BT movement of 1970 and 80s, who grew up with these songs IRL.

I’m not BT and we loved those songs at my house back in the day. Chareidi life in the 70’s and 80’s had a lot of parts to it we left behind when we got another generation further from the trauma of the Holocaust and learned all about therapy and watching out for our precious children’s psychological wellbeing. Country Yossi laughed and cried with us and helped us see the humor in our less than perfect lives. That’s good medicine, not just for BT’s.

ETA
If CY has a wife, a daughter, a sister or niece on imamother, please tell him THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD TIMES!!! Zei gebentsht Country Yossi!

amother

↑ Rainbow

Wed, Jun 26 2024, 2:03 pm

amother OP wrote:

So at least 10 people who dont know each other think its creepy, and we're the problem Rolling Eyes

10 people! That's like more than half the people on imamother!

amother

↑ Mint

Wed, Jun 26 2024, 2:15 pm

amother Winterberry wrote:

Amen!!
My whole family cry at deaf man in the shteeble. Best song ever