‘Leiby Forever’ Song Helped me Cope
Leiby Kletzky’s dad says that a new memorial song about his slain son is helping him cope with the boy’s horrifying death.
Nachman Kletzky, 39, called into the Jewish radio show “Talkline with Zev Brenner” on WMCA (570 AM) early Sunday while Hasidic singer Lipa Schmeltzer was on the air talking about his ballad “Leiby Forever.”
“Every time I hear this song, every time I see this, it brings me back memories,” Nachman Kletzky said about the seven-minute music video, which features a montage of home movies showing Leiby grow from a toddler to a third-grader.
Leiby was killed last month after he was abducted off a Borough Park street. His dismembered body was later found – parts of it inside the freezer of accused killer Levi Aron.
Schmeltzer, 33, turned the tragedy into a song called “Leiby Forever.” It made its debut last week, selling for $3.99 on TopJewishMusic.com, on iTunes and at Jewish music stores in Brooklyn. A portion of the sales will go to the Leiby Kletzky Memorial Fund.
“You brought Leiby to life,” Nachman Kletzky told Schmeltzer.
Schmeltzer later told the Daily News that the father’s praise countered the naysayers blasting him for trying to make a buck off the gruesome case.
“I served my purpose,” Schmeltzer said. “To see the reaction of the father, to see how it helped him cope. It paid off for me.”
chochemeyne
go away. let’s not have this suffering in the first place.
appreciate him
The point so many of you had such negative things to say about the singer and just ugly accusations and as I said i think the family will appreciate it and obviously it does. so maybe people should keep their ugly opinions to themselves.The man was trying to help the way he could-via a song.Thats all he was doing.
Sometimes
When you attempt damage control, you end up making it worse. Time to try and pry that foot out your mouth Lipa.
Lipa want to do good
I think Lipa’le is a very nice person, with a good heart.
Any one who can use their talents for the good should do so. And if you get some publicity for that, it’s OK too. We live in a world of give and get, though sometime people give with out expecting to get, but they get any way.
Lipa’le, Laiby’s song is very nice.