is there something especially descriptive about this word? Perhaps a reason Siobhan Long seems to use it ever so much to describe musicians and/or music? Maybe her thesaurus is playing up - maybe it's lost it's chutzpah. Or maybe she's just an inept idiot who doesn't have a clue about the subject she's writing about, so tries to disguise this by hiding it behind a facade of irrelevant words. Maybe.
Horslips and the Ulster Orchestra
"...This orchestral setting recalls a magical moment in time for Horslips, but for chutzpah and nostalgia Treasury and their back catalogue pull more punches."
Pádraic Keane:
“…Keane’s playing sets him apart, not just as a musician of impressive ability among his own generation, but as a piper with the kind of chutzpah that places him alongside the best in the tradition…”
Ellen Cranitch and Anne Marie O'Farrell:
"...Full-blooded and fiesty, Ellen Cranitch and Anne Marie O'Farrell launched the autumn series of concerts at Airfield House with a mix of panache and chutzpah."
Danny O'Mahony
"...The mark of a real musician, whatever his or her leaning, is the ability to bring fresh perspectives to the most timeworn forms, and that’s where Kerry box player and radio presenter Danny O’Mahony shimmies into the spotlight with chutzpah."
Leo Rickard
"...For sheer chutzpah, Leo Rickard has few rivals."
Brian Kennedy
"...Kennedy’s riding high on a tide that’s part Van Morrison and part sheer chutzpah and he’s a surfer born to the crest of the wave."
Ani di Franco
"...And for downright chutzpah, she's Woody Allen, minus the trumpet, but with rhythm guitar instead."
Christy Leahy and Caoimhin Vallely
"What sets it apart is the charismatic accordion-playing of Christy Leahy, who brings a heady mix of subtlety and chutzpah to his instrument."
Bobby Gardiner
"...Gardiner's unquenchable sense of rhythm sets him apart as a player with charisma and chutzpah in equal measure."
Garland
"...English and Scottish labour and love songs are appropriated with chutzpah, but sea shanties stake a particular place in Garland’s heart"
Mairtn O'Connor, Cathal Hayden and Mchel Domhnaill
"...Peter Browne, Oisn McAuley and Shane McGowan offered a prelude to the headliners, shadowing them in instrumentation (accordion, fiddle and guitar), and betimes, in style and chutzpah."
ROCK IN RIO
"...The main stage was matched for sheer passion and chutzpah by numerous performers in the Roots Stage, alongside it."
The Gloaming
"...He’s one of the five members of a newly-minted outfit who call themselves the Gloaming, and this weekend he’s joining Martin Hayes on fiddle, Dennis Cahill on guitar, singer Iarla Ó Lionáird and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on traditional and Hardanger fiddle for a seven-date tour. they plan to play lots of what Bartlett calls “good” music, which may, in all likelihood, fail to conform to any simple definitions of either traditional or contemporary music – but might just nestle somewhere on that spectrum where creativity trumps predictability – with chutzpah."
Chutzpah is such a great word, audacity+pluck+determination. FWIW Google translate renders Hebrew-to-Irish חוצפה as néaróige “nerve”. Maybe she should find some other synonyms but I thought the thesaurus was wiped out in the lower Cretaceous by an asteroid.
"Woody Allen, minus the trumpet" is still Woody Allen. The man plays clarinet, for God's sake. Writing articles without getting your facts straight. That takes a lot of chutzpah!
And I don't think Woody Allen is anyone's epitome of chutzpah. He's a nebbish, that's his schtick.
Ani diFranco, whatever you think of her annoying and self-indulgent self-aggrandizements masquerading as songs, is not by any means a nebbish.
Well, I ran it through a string of languages on google translate, and after Lithuanian and Armenian and Korean and German and Estonian and whatnot, this is what I got back in English:
"Woody Allen, I dare to think that you do not have an abstract. With its network of nebbish.
Ani DiFranco, the opening song of self-criticism and nebbish role, if not intent."
I think it's lacking a certain je ne sais quoi, but I don't know what it is.
Siobhan's use of the word "chutzpah" really bothered me, to be honest, and after having a wee think and a chat about it, I figured out how she is using it incorrectly. It's been bugging me. Al's usage, above, is much better!
It means having bravado, but it kind of a cheeky, pi ss-taking way, often without having anything other than a load of BS to back your attitude. If you were to say of someone, "...For sheer chutzpah, [he] has few rivals," it's not a compliment! Like many Yiddish words, it doesn't have a real English equivalent.
David Cameron has some chutzpah, talking about the "Big Society" while slashing services left and right..... That's the sort of context in which people normally use that word.
Chutzpah isn't just "ballsy", it's "ballsy to the point of being outrageous".
The classic Yiddish definition of chutzpah is "the man who, after having been convicted of murdering his parents, throws himself at the mercy of the court, pleading for clemency because he is an orphan".
Chutzpah is, having been hired to open a concert for DeDannan, playing a set full of DeDannan covers.
Chutzpah is: having played a tune for the person that composed it, when the composer tells you you played it wrong, responding "you composed it wrong"
Chutzpah is showing up at a session full of good musicians for the first time, and dictating all the sets--because "your sets of tunes are better than the ones they are playing"
Chutzpah is recording Tommy Peoples' tune "Don't touch the Green Linnet" on the Green Linnet label.
"Like many Yiddish words, it doesn't have a real English equivalent"
Yep - some Scottish words don't have an English equivalent too. "Gallus" for example - most translations don't quite get there. Gallus is not very far removed from chutzpah though.
I still wonder if Miss S Long really exists or is a made up name that they post stuff dealing with trad in the paper under.
Has anyone met her in real life ?
chutzpah
chutzpah
is there something especially descriptive about this word? Perhaps a reason Siobhan Long seems to use it ever so much to describe musicians and/or music? Maybe her thesaurus is playing up - maybe it's lost it's chutzpah. Or maybe she's just an inept idiot who doesn't have a clue about the subject she's writing about, so tries to disguise this by hiding it behind a facade of irrelevant words. Maybe.
Horslips and the Ulster Orchestra
"...This orchestral setting recalls a magical moment in time for Horslips, but for chutzpah and nostalgia Treasury and their back catalogue pull more punches."
Pádraic Keane:
“…Keane’s playing sets him apart, not just as a musician of impressive ability among his own generation, but as a piper with the kind of chutzpah that places him alongside the best in the tradition…”
Ellen Cranitch and Anne Marie O'Farrell:
"...Full-blooded and fiesty, Ellen Cranitch and Anne Marie O'Farrell launched the autumn series of concerts at Airfield House with a mix of panache and chutzpah."
Danny O'Mahony
"...The mark of a real musician, whatever his or her leaning, is the ability to bring fresh perspectives to the most timeworn forms, and that’s where Kerry box player and radio presenter Danny O’Mahony shimmies into the spotlight with chutzpah."
Leo Rickard
"...For sheer chutzpah, Leo Rickard has few rivals."
Brian Kennedy
"...Kennedy’s riding high on a tide that’s part Van Morrison and part sheer chutzpah and he’s a surfer born to the crest of the wave."
Ani di Franco
"...And for downright chutzpah, she's Woody Allen, minus the trumpet, but with rhythm guitar instead."
Christy Leahy and Caoimhin Vallely
"What sets it apart is the charismatic accordion-playing of Christy Leahy, who brings a heady mix of subtlety and chutzpah to his instrument."
Bobby Gardiner
"...Gardiner's unquenchable sense of rhythm sets him apart as a player with charisma and chutzpah in equal measure."
Garland
"...English and Scottish labour and love songs are appropriated with chutzpah, but sea shanties stake a particular place in Garland’s heart"
Mairtn O'Connor, Cathal Hayden and Mchel Domhnaill
"...Peter Browne, Oisn McAuley and Shane McGowan offered a prelude to the headliners, shadowing them in instrumentation (accordion, fiddle and guitar), and betimes, in style and chutzpah."
ROCK IN RIO
"...The main stage was matched for sheer passion and chutzpah by numerous performers in the Roots Stage, alongside it."
The Gloaming
"...He’s one of the five members of a newly-minted outfit who call themselves the Gloaming, and this weekend he’s joining Martin Hayes on fiddle, Dennis Cahill on guitar, singer Iarla Ó Lionáird and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on traditional and Hardanger fiddle for a seven-date tour. they plan to play lots of what Bartlett calls “good” music, which may, in all likelihood, fail to conform to any simple definitions of either traditional or contemporary music – but might just nestle somewhere on that spectrum where creativity trumps predictability – with chutzpah."
That's a lotta chutzpah!
# Posted on December 7th 2011 by skip canlon
Re: chutzpah
Chutzpah is such a great word, audacity+pluck+determination. FWIW Google translate renders Hebrew-to-Irish חוצפה as néaróige “nerve”. Maybe she should find some other synonyms but I thought the thesaurus was wiped out in the lower Cretaceous by an asteroid.
# Posted on December 7th 2011 by fidkid
Re: chutzpah
Nowt wrong with it. Good name for a tune, too.
# Posted on December 7th 2011 by Weejie
Re: chutzpah
"Woody Allen, minus the trumpet" is still Woody Allen. The man plays clarinet, for God's sake. Writing articles without getting your facts straight. That takes a lot of chutzpah!
# Posted on December 10th 2011 by AlBrown
Re: chutzpah
And I don't think Woody Allen is anyone's epitome of chutzpah. He's a nebbish, that's his schtick.
Ani diFranco, whatever you think of her annoying and self-indulgent self-aggrandizements masquerading as songs, is not by any means a nebbish.
# Posted on December 10th 2011 by Jon Kiparsky
Re: chutzpah
Do you have an English translation for us hard of thinking morons?
# Posted on December 10th 2011 by Ebor_fiddler
Re: chutzpah
It means moxie, bravado, bravery, cojones, things like that....
# Posted on December 10th 2011 by AlBrown
Re: chutzpah
Well, I ran it through a string of languages on google translate, and after Lithuanian and Armenian and Korean and German and Estonian and whatnot, this is what I got back in English:
"Woody Allen, I dare to think that you do not have an abstract. With its network of nebbish.
Ani DiFranco, the opening song of self-criticism and nebbish role, if not intent."
I think it's lacking a certain je ne sais quoi, but I don't know what it is.
# Posted on December 10th 2011 by Jon Kiparsky
Re: chutzpah
Is Yiddish not on Google translate?
# Posted on December 10th 2011 by DrSilverSpear
Re: chutzpah
I'd always used it synonymously with words such as "balls."
# Posted on December 10th 2011 by DrSilverSpear
Re: chutzpah
Brio - oh no, that's my kids' wooden train set.........
# Posted on December 11th 2011 by Guernsey Pete
Re: chutzpah
Siobhan's use of the word "chutzpah" really bothered me, to be honest, and after having a wee think and a chat about it, I figured out how she is using it incorrectly. It's been bugging me. Al's usage, above, is much better!
It means having bravado, but it kind of a cheeky, pi ss-taking way, often without having anything other than a load of BS to back your attitude. If you were to say of someone, "...For sheer chutzpah, [he] has few rivals," it's not a compliment! Like many Yiddish words, it doesn't have a real English equivalent.
David Cameron has some chutzpah, talking about the "Big Society" while slashing services left and right..... That's the sort of context in which people normally use that word.
# Posted on December 11th 2011 by DrSilverSpear
Re: chutzpah
Chutzpah isn't just "ballsy", it's "ballsy to the point of being outrageous".
The classic Yiddish definition of chutzpah is "the man who, after having been convicted of murdering his parents, throws himself at the mercy of the court, pleading for clemency because he is an orphan".
Chutzpah is, having been hired to open a concert for DeDannan, playing a set full of DeDannan covers.
Chutzpah is: having played a tune for the person that composed it, when the composer tells you you played it wrong, responding "you composed it wrong"
Chutzpah is showing up at a session full of good musicians for the first time, and dictating all the sets--because "your sets of tunes are better than the ones they are playing"
Chutzpah is recording Tommy Peoples' tune "Don't touch the Green Linnet" on the Green Linnet label.
# Posted on December 12th 2011 by Georgi
Chutzpah?
Not even close, Georgi. ;)
# Posted on December 12th 2011 by ain't fluffed
Re: chutzpah
"Like many Yiddish words, it doesn't have a real English equivalent"
Yep - some Scottish words don't have an English equivalent too. "Gallus" for example - most translations don't quite get there. Gallus is not very far removed from chutzpah though.
# Posted on December 12th 2011 by Weejie
Re: chutzpah
Nyah
# Posted on December 13th 2011 by Greenwiggle
Re: chutzpah
I still wonder if Miss S Long really exists or is a made up name that they post stuff dealing with trad in the paper under.
Has anyone met her in real life ?
# Posted on December 14th 2011 by bazouki dave