Eef Barzelay
Ifar "Eef" Barzelay is an Israeli-American musician. He is the principal songwriter and singer of alt country band Clem Snide, but has also toured as a solo act, both as a headliner and in support of various artists such as Ben Folds.
Born in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 12, 1970, Barzelay grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended Teaneck High School.
In 2006, Barzelay released his debut solo album entitled Bitter Honey. In 2007, he composed many original tracks for the film Rocket Science. Barzelay's second solo album, Lose Big, was released on June 17, 2008 on 429 records. In 2009, Barzelay reformed Clem Snide.
At the A.V. Fest 2011 in Chicago, IL, Barzelay performed the music of the popular rock band Journey.
In 2014 Barzelay recorded a version of Bee Gees's "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" for a fund raising cd titled "More Super Hits Of The Seventies" for radio station WFMU. He also wrote and recorded five songs from Rudderless soundtrack such as "Sam Spirals" and "A Day on the Water".
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ALBUMS
- Lose Big released: 2008
- Rocket Science released: 2007
- Bitter Honey released: 2006
Rocket Science
Released 2007- Opening
- Fight Song Melodies
- Battle Hymn on Uke
- Hal Running
- The Blob
- Promise of Love
- Blister in the Sun
- Blister in the Sun
- Do You Love Me?
- Down and Dirty
- Kiss Off
- After the Cello
- Bus to Hazlet
- Boy Ghost
- Welcome to Trenton
- I Love the Unknown
- Walk and Talk
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Failed to Open
- Demo Medley
- Girls Don't Care
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The Words That Escape Me
by: Eef BarzelaySometimes I wish you would die
just to see how it would feel
to drown in an ocean of the pity I feel
for myself and the words that escape me
Sometimes car goes too fast
and the breaks doing all that they can
and the rain unforgiving as it tenderly falls
on your breast and a windshield colliding
on your breast and a windshield colliding
Sometimes the phone doesn't ring
and then when you never expect
with the voice of a mother as it wavered and cracked
with wishes of get to know better
with wishes of get to know better
Sometimes I wish you would die
just to see how I would look
by the ambulance light
with a grief stricken face
and the thought that we've never been closer