"This song helped a lot of people": Daniela Spector returns to her big hit Israel today

Many compare Daniela Spector's "All the Really Beautiful Things" to a prayer, to a little hymn, to a gentle song on the veins of the soul.

Maybe it's the clear aesthetics, the refined presentation, maybe it's the minimalism that seeps through the ears directly into the opened heart.

Maybe it's the ability to feel spontaneity without effort.

But as with all truly good things, there is no formula for "all truly beautiful things."

Daniela Spector says in an interview with Israel Hayom that this song - which consists of a single paragraph - took a long time to write.

She carved him from the depths of her soul until he took on a life of his own, and in his eternal life he gives life to so many people who find comfort in him.

Spector explains the story behind the song "All the beautiful things really", which long ago became an Israeli classic.

What is the story of the song?

"All my songs, and this song as well, are not born with intention, but from a moment when I am overwhelmed by a feeling or an emotion that accompanies me. When the song was written, I was in a difficult place in life; at the age of 29, and I had been walking around with my songs for several years. I was in the middle of a creative process Stuck, in a powerlessness of where to go from here. It was a period of formation, both of the music and of my identity."

Daniela Spector, photo: Efrat Eshel

How was the song born?

"The melody started and it told me something that I was looking for the words for. Then the words led to the next chord, and that's how they went step by step. I remember a specific situation where I was sitting in a room and it happened. I tried to write another verse because the song is basically a kind of one paragraph. But the song didn't He let me change it a lot, he didn't allow me to edit it or add to it, and every time I returned to the original place."

What was the inspiration for the song?

"My inspiration comes from all the art and works I come across that move me. I can say that there is a cultural inspiration of Portuguese, Spanish, a little Israeli music of the 70's together with the sound of a classical guitar. Also when Caspi is on the guitar. And books that I read at that time about a drama, such as Jack Kornfield's 'The Discerning Heart'. As humans we are influenced by art, relationships, nature, the community and the space we live in."

effect?

"I released my first album in 2009 and this song was already written, but didn't make it onto the album. It only came out in 2013 and made it onto my third album under the same name. During this time until its official release, I performed with the song and it had a lot of performances. Then when I arrived For his recording stage, I had to find one performance that represented him. Bring the minimum that would present the song in its cleanest, most concise and clearest form. And that's difficult."

Live or studio?

"Accepting the representation of the song in the recording and agreeing that it will be the recorded song, there is something unequivocal about it compared to a performance where the song takes on a slightly different color each time."

How did the song enter the mind?

"When the song came out as a single, I don't remember any extraordinary explosion. This song made its way into the world step by step, little by little it permeated and reached all kinds of people who recognized in it some kind of voice that suited them, that helped them. This song, in the process of its creation, gave me a helping hand To me in a place where I was lost, and when he came out into the world, I saw how he reached out to other people.

All the really beautiful things - Daniela Spector - the official music video

"People also walk with the song to the canopy, quoting it on the ketubah. It has an essence that touches, soothes and helps people connect to a real and quiet place within themselves. It's an amazing privilege and gift. I don't attribute it to me. The song makes its way in the world and the rest is in the meeting of the people with the song".

Daniela Spector, photo: Inbal Ill

What responses did you get?

"I can receive a video of a child in a car singing the song, or emails that tell about a long process of dealing with a very difficult situation. And that's the beauty of the song. It came to such a clean place that it manages to touch the good, the request, the darkness and the light. Andy Kalisky, the director of Alon High School in Ramat Hasharon wrote to me not long ago. It was not a message that tells about a dramatic event in life, but a message that says that the song resonates with her educational concept. She brought the song to her work with the teachers and the students. It was a moment when I felt like I was creating the transmission the baton".

Daniela Spector - all the really beautiful things

Lyrics and music: Daniela Spector

Daniela Spector will perform on February 11 as part of the Winter Festival of the Culture Hall (Zucker Hall) and will host Alon Adar.

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