“oomis: the people who are listening to secular music are not going to listen to shwwekey instead if he has the same tunes (sorry but there is something nonjewish musci has that jewish music doesnt…tho there is something jewish music that nonjewish music can never have)
y cant jews create thier own tunes carlbach managed to do it?
as an aside how do they get away with it? isnt it considered stealing even according to the nonjewish law? “
I could not disagree more. I listen to music that I like. Period. If it is a tune that I always liked and Schwekey wrote jewish lyrics to it, I PREFER to listen to his version. I listen to Variations all the time, and find the lyrics very meangful. listen to the hatzalah song, “In the Middle of the Night” which is originally a Billy Joel tune. taking the mundane and elevating it is really a big part of Yiddishkeit.
as to the “stealing” issue – I imagine there is written eprmission for them to do this, or some other legality. otherwise you would be right, it would be assur.