When I was a kid (and still now), I dreaded Passover dinner. First off, it marked eight days of not eating bread, and secondly the Seder (dinner/service) went on forever.
Well, something that I've always tried to spread to the masses since the 80s, and will now try with this website, is a new way of celebrating Passover....with METALLICA! Not only can Passover be a fun time with the family and celebrate not dying in Egypt, but it can involve some head banging.
Where am I getting with this? Well, Metallica's classic "Creeping Death" IS the story of Passover. So, instead of a boring dinner reading hours of the Haggadah, throw on Ride The Lightning, and get through the story in a thrashing seven minutes!
LYRICS:
Slaves
Hebrews born to serve, to the pharaoh
Heed
To his every word, live in fear
Faith
Of the unknown one, the deliverer
Wait
Something must be done, four hundred years
So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born pharaoh's son
I'm creeping death
Now
Let my people go, land of Goshen
Go
I will be with thee, bush of fire
Blood
Running red and strong down the Nile
Plague
Darkness three days long, hail to fire
So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born pharaoh's son
I'm creeping death
Die by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first-born man
Die by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first-born man
I
Rule the midnight air, the destroyer
Born
I shall soon be there, deadly mass
I
Creep the steps and floor, final darkness
Blood
Lambs blood painted door, I shall pass
So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born pharaoh's son
I'm creeping death
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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If I could get my family to listen to Creeping Death instead of reading the Haggadah tonight I would cry tears of joy. Instead, we will trudge our way through that damn book until all hand washing is complete. Bitter herbs be damned!
ReplyDeleteHow random is it that this song came up on my ipod shuffle this morning on the subway?
ReplyDeletemy Jewish roots are showing on this holy day!
From the time I first heard Metallica's "Creeping Death" (maybe 1984) I have always thought of it as "The Passover Song"
ReplyDeleteGrowing up Passover in my parents house was sort of a sedar meal and watching the epic movie "The Ten Commandments"
Thankfully my parents (both Jewish) werent religious and on Easter Sunday my mom would make a yummy baked ham with pineapple, cherries, and gloves. And me and my sisters would get Easter baskets. (Easter for us had nothing to do with Christ, it was all about the food- lol)
Happy Passover! - Valerie
Happy Passover!
ReplyDeleteNot a huge Metallica fan, but I am definitely downloading this song and making my in-laws play it tonight (I know, I know, we're late. We never celebrate any holiday on the appropriate day!)
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Wow! I'm not a big Metallica fan either, but this was interesting.
ReplyDeleteI grew up jewish and the only thing I remember liking about being jewish was Passover, partly because of the food and partly because it was meaningful for me.
This version of the story (thanks to the posted lyrics; otherwise, I'd not have even known what language it was in!) is a good addition.
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