Poogy in A Pita

Songs

About a year after forming the band and the release of the first album, Poogy Tales, the band released their second album, which succeed less from the first album, but included many hits. Most of the album's songs are a new recordings of older songs of Danny Sanderson, mostly from the rock operas that preceded Kaveret. In that album also the songs were characterized by Nonsense and wordplays.

The greastest hit from the album, is "Natati La Khayay" (I Gave Her My Life) that was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, and won in the seventh place. The song "Okhel TaTzipornaim" (Eating the Finngernails) originally was a part from the rock opera "HaSipur Hamakhrid 'Al HaYeled MiBrazil" (The horrific story about the boy from Brazil) (1971) and "Shir Hamekhiron" (The Price List song) was originally a part from the "Poogy Opera" (1972). The song "Moshe Ken, Moshe Lo" (Moshe Yes, Moshe No) was originally called "Mushroom Revulation", and was written by Sanderson when he was in The Nahal Band.

The album also included a cover to the song "Hora Hiakhzut" (Hora Holding) that was performed by The Nahal Band at the evening of the Nahal Band songs. The album also included nonsense that were performed at the band's live shows "Sukar BaTe" (Sugar in the Tea) or "Shir Mekha'a (Ant'ibiot'iqa)" (Protest song (Antibiotics) that was written by Yoni Rechter, a short parody about Bob Dylan, and the first song which Rechter sang in solo.

Part of the songs introduced a new musical directions that weren't characterized the band's songs. The instrumental "HaTamnun HaYt'er" (The Left-handed Octopus) included influences of an oriental music. It was performed by "The Shintzels", the beat band of Alon Olearthick and Sanderson and played in the two versions of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (Conductor: Zuzu Musa. Also the song "LeAamor 'E'Lavi" included Oriental influences. The song was written together with the qanun player, Abraham Slaman. The closing song "Habalada 'Al Ari VeDerchi" (The Ballad of Ari and Derchi), is a progressive rock song, that wasn't a success in the band's live shows. In the song, Gidi Gov plays on a recorder, and Rechter plays on an unusual instruments in the band's music such as mellotron, synthesizer and moog.

In 1990, the album was re-released on a disc along with four bonus tracks that weren't included in the original release. Most of the bonus tracks are an improvisations that were played during the band's rehearsals.

Commercial performance

The album made Kaveret as the Band of the year in Kol Yisrael (for the second time), and the band's live shows continued to be a success. "Natati La Khayay" won as the song of the Hebrew year 5734 (1973/4), and also reached the Israeli Annual Hebrew Song Chart also the songs "Habalada Al Ari Ve Derchi" (No. 9) and "Shir HaMekhiron" (No. 25 at the Hebrew year 5735 - 1974/5)

Track listing

1. Natati La Khayay - I Gave Her My Life (נתתי לה חיי) - 2:58
2. Moshe Ken, Moshe Lo - Moshe Yes, Moshe No (משה כן, משה לא) - 3:14
3. Okhel TaTzipornaim - Eating Fingernails (אוכל ת'ציפורניים) - 2:32
4. LeAmor 'E'Lavi - L'amour Et La Vie (לאמור א'לאבי) - 4:05
5. Sukar BaTe - Sugar in the Tea (סוכר בתה) - 2:49
6. Hora Hiakhzut - Hora Holding (הורה היאחזות) - 3:32
7. HaTamnun HaYt'er - The Left-handed Octopus (התמנון האיטר) - 3:14
8. Shir HaMekhiron - The Price List Song (שיר המחירון) - 3:20
9. Shir Mekha'a (Ant'ibiot'iqa) - Protest song (Antibiotics) (שיר מחאה (אנטיביוטיקה) - 0:49)
10. Habalada Al Ari VeDerchi - The Ballad of Ari and Derchi (הבלדה על ארי ודרצ'י) - 6:32

Bonus tracks at the CD edition

1. "Im Haya Li Lev Zahav" - If I Had a Golden Heart (אם היה לי לב זהב) - 2:21
2. "Hora" (הורה) - 2:54
3. "Tnu Likhiot" - Let Us Live (תנו לחיות) - 1:56
4. "Hafsaqat Khashmal - Power Outage (הפסקת חשמל) - 2:14

Personnel