Ofra Haza - Ya Ba Ye (Montreux)

[ravensoulaerobic]

WHAT A VOICE! rest in peace

[magicalgold010]

the flute in my opinion is a very old and mystical instrument

[DULCE5428]

se iafe meot ofra donde quieras que estes shalom tov meot ofra

[DULCE5428]

ya ba ye estupendo como todo lo que hizo ofra fue una de las mejores voces israeies femeninas

[JerusalemHolyLand]

Ya Ba Ye

[rpvee]

WHY on EARTH would they cut that wonderful speech at the beginning from the CD?!?! That's so annoying!

[KNJGSY]

After first seeing these original clips of Montreux, I realised that Ofra's singing voice was overdubbed on the CD. She was obviously struggling with her voice - perhaps a cold or throat bug - her track on the CD is studio quality,

Worse , when the Montreux DVD was released - that had been overdubbed too - with many bad out-of-sync moments.

{...just for you rpvee!}

I love Ofra's use of the English language. The minor grammatical whoopsies are charming.

[But Ofra ! In 1990 how old were you ?]

[rpvee]

Of course the CD is overdubbed. But I don't think she was struggling with her voice at all in the raw videos, she sounds fantastic. I agree about the little mistakes in English, they're sweet.

And how old was I in 1990 or Ofra? lol, I was -2 (yes, -2). lol.

[KNJGSY]

Ofra - "A girl in her twenties" - d.o.b 19/11/57 !!

Cheeky !!!

She had a sense of humour.

~:-)

Overdubbed - I think I should say 're-dubbed'.

They did it for a reason!

'Struggling' perhaps the wrong word.

Whatever the case - Ofra delivered.

[rpvee]

Ohhh her. Yeah, I was confused about that, too. lol

Hey, did we ever finish that Yerushalayim Shel Zahav debate?

[KNJGSY]

I did. ~:-p

[rpvee]

:-P

It WAS lip-synced. No microphone, no band anywhere, and even if her voice could fill an auditorium, it could certainly not be picked up by television camera's own small microphones without crowd noise and echo. And it's note-for-note just like the CD version.

[KNJGSY]

The only CD version that I know of is the live recording of the same show. (G. Hits CD3)

You can hear the audience on that too.

It was a big national celebration with orchestra, big stage, many performances, etc. there is much that you cannot see on the clips of Ofra.

I do not have a clue how her performance was set up technically. You would have to ask the techies who were there.

Perhaps yours is a question that we should have put forward to Bezalel Aloni for the next issue of thefanzine!

[rpvee]

lol or you could just ask him on Facebook. And again, there is no microphone on Ofra.

And the version of Yerushalayim Shel Zahav I have has no crowd noise whatsoever.

[KNJGSY]

What CD is your version on ?

If it is the same as mine - there are voices singing along in the background.

Perhaps there was a man perched in a tree nearby with a parabolic microphone pointing at her.

if she is lip-synching, it is to her own voice, that takes nothing away from the power and beauty of the song. Given what we know now of the probable state of her health, miming to a mastertape would have been 'insurance'.

TV and many 'live' acts do it all the time.

[rpvee]

I have an mp3 of it that I bought from iTunes. Those people singing along are called background vocalists. :P

I totally agree about her reasons for lip-syncing. It's just a shame that she had to, seeing as how hearing an alternate version, a.k.a a live performance, would have been amazing.

[KNJGSY]

We still don't know for sure that she did.

Somewhere on the net there is an account of her singing it live on stage in the US - when the theatre group visited.

Anyhow shouldn't we cease cluttering up this comment area and leaving it to Ya Be Ye comments ?

BTW do you notice Jim Musson nearly falling off his seat when she asks the audience "did you eat today ?"

[rpvee]

Wow, if there was any audio or video of her singing YSZ live... that'd be amazing. There is one video on Youtube in which she sings one verse live in a group singing of the song, but a whole thing would be... *melts*

True about Ya Ba Ye comments, lol. I did notice the drummer almost falling, that was funny! :)

[rpvee]

Btw, one last thing: Ofra does miss several syllables with her mouth in the YSZ performance while they play over her. :P

[Mondestrunken]

@KNJGSY I read in the news of the Ofra Haza Yahoo Group that the Montreux DVD realiced not so long ago has an audio recording overlapping the original, and I think they should leave it with the original one

[KNJGSY]

@Mondestrunken I posted my 'analysis' in the group after I bought the DVD. Video clips of the original undubbed songs are on Youtube - uploaded in 2006. Jorgandrew, Ofrafan, and Gil1111 uploaders amongst them. I believe that the original footage was broadcast on TV in Israel a long time ago.

If they had to redub Ofra's voice, I wish that they had at least tried to do quality job - up to Ofra's own standards.

The 16 minute Galbi medley is where her voice is way out of sync with the vision..

[drewskee67]

Her voice outlived her body. Her voice will always be extraordinary.

[AnasAlex10]

She is the best singer in the Middle East for sure!

[JerusalemHolyLand]

Wonderful song!!

Ofra Haza songs have messages to all mankind!!

[annita645]

what is mean ya ba ye ?

[RIPOfra]

"Oh my god" she says in it.

[mourningofrahaza]

Wise introductory words, from a very wise woman.

[jimmykroxy]

Wow ... what an angelic voice... I wish if you could sing a holy song for Jesus. it would be great for the Heavenly Father. (our Baye)

[lunabonita82]

i love this song i love OFRA HAZA

[al7an999]

انا من السعوديه واحب عفرا هزاع بارك الرب اسرائيل

[Sun15f]

beatiful meaning!

[Hazafan88]

I love how she keeps a smile on her face and a friendly voice when she is talking to her audience. She was so amazing.

[tommymaccho]

يا بيه على صوتك يا عفراء ya ba ye what a beautiful voice do u have ofra

[KUWAITI13]

I LOVE THIS SONG

THANK YOU

[somethingtidal]

i love how she belts it out as soon as the song comes on.. she's fricking amazing!!!

[CelticLady44]

So beautiful. In face and spirit. Wow. what a voice. If todays little trollops had half the voice and presence of Ofra, imagine what we'd see. Miss you Ofra!

[djudet]

Thank You I missed the chance to see ofra years ago when she was in D.C and really kick myself have been a fan for years. No one comes close

[Sagres28]

Great video, i miss her!

[strikezone6498]

lol sing along!