I sat in the car in the parking lot. I heard a song by my father-in-law and was jealous. I also wanted to write that way

Just before a show by Hami Rodner celebrating 20 years of solo career to be held on February 20 at the Tel Aviv Cultural Hall, his best friend Yehli Sobol (to be hosted at the show) writes for Walla! Culture about the envy ("creation") he felt about him, about their friendship, and their unique My father-in-law: "one of the most beautiful islands in the rock chain in the country"

I sat in the car in the parking lot. I heard a song by my father-in-law and was jealous. I also wanted to write that way

(In the video: Where is the boy and Monica Sex, TA 2018)

The first emotion I remember about my father-in-law is jealousy. Not bitter jealousy, but healthy and good jealousy, as Ecclesiastes said: "And I saw all my toil and all the talent of the deed because it is the envy of one another." In short, I saw it and wanted it too. At the beginning of Monica Sex, when we were in front of a record label and our only way to get a play was to physically bring reels to Yoav Kutner in the IDF waves and hope he would play them, where the boy has already released a magnificent album, one of the best rock albums of all time in Israel - "Sugar Time "An album which, in my opinion, is the best of Israeli rock extraction, in which Hebrew sounds naturally connected to rock music, such as Berry Sakharof's" Signs of Weakness "or the first of" Ehud Banai and the Refugees ", an album that proves that in contrast to what my father-in-law himself wrote There are not many songs I remember where I first heard, but I remember exactly where I was when I heard "fell hard" (Marmorek Street parking lot, just parked and left the car until the song is over, as I recall once again that same feeling of envy mixed assessment).

Soon after, my jealousy met my mother-in-law's generosity. He came to see us at a little bar in Allenby called "Volvata," and loved what he heard. After the show, he came over to talk to us, and suggested that we be the warm-up band for the kid, they didn't give us the stage just once, but generously shared it with us at big shows that really helped us get dressed and gain experience. They even insisted on getting us into the Arad festival at a cost-effective fight with another band. This attitude "educated" us about how the rock 'n' roll business should behave, and we endeavored to continue the tradition we received from them and to give a stage to the bands that came after us like "Ice Nine" and "Shaygets".

The wonderful muzzle of my father-in-law and where's the boy? Conquer Shuni Ampy

Jealousy, oh jealousy. Yehli Sobol (Photo: Megad Guzni)

Yehli Sobol (Photo: Megad Guzni)

From there on and on over the years, the membership only got stronger and deepened and also the jealousy did not completely pass. My father-in-law is a combination of a great textwriter and one of the strongest melodic composers in Israeli rock, the melodies of songs like "Come on Nephew" or "Melancholy" give me the same feeling I had when sitting in the car in the same parking lot, a sense of "I want one too". At the upcoming Culture Hall, this Thursday, which will celebrate 20 years of solo activity, I'll take one of his beautiful melodies, and it's going to be great fun for me.

If I had to place my father-in-law musically I would put it on a small island just halfway between Brenner Hill and Liverpool. Someone wise once said that there is no such thing as completely original art, in fact there are only two types of art - affected art and stolen art. Since my father-in-law is an artist who writes and composes honestly and skillfully, his effects can be clearly felt. This is what makes it so unique - the unique and once-in-a-lifetime blend of kibbutz and bass guitar Rickenbacker, Meir Ariel and Paul Waller, Shalom Hanoch and Paul McCartney, Alterman and Dylan - this is my mother-in-law's land, and to me it is one of the most beautiful islands in Israeli rock.

unique. Hemi Rudner (Photo: Niv Aharonson)

Where's the boy in a show at Ampuni Shuni, Hemi Rudner (Photo: Niv Aharonson)