tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post7379172243745811960..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Who owns the music?Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-36333335658956159442011-05-14T17:04:52.364-05:002011-05-14T17:04:52.364-05:00I'm one of those rare people who likes hymns a...I'm one of those rare people who likes hymns and contemporary Christian music. I wish more people were open to both sides - they both have goodness to offer, and there is crap on both sides as well (Yes, I said it, there are crappy hymns). My CCM of choice isn't the K-Love lameness either. The Autumn Film, Dan Craig, JJ Heller...these are all pretty unconventional artists. Some of the best Christian music I know comes from a band that would never label themselves as a Christian band - U2. Who I am going to SEE THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Colleen Oakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548749077604704648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-31420384816598248142011-05-14T16:48:32.257-05:002011-05-14T16:48:32.257-05:00The "great" hymns of our Christian
herit...The "great" hymns of our Christian<br />heritage were not all written by<br />Lutheran authors. What makes a <br />hymn great is its proclamation of<br />Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior<br />who out of love went to the cross<br />to forgive our sins and rose from<br />the dead to give us eternal life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-44178170455474390932011-05-14T12:40:35.951-05:002011-05-14T12:40:35.951-05:00There are several semi-contemporary hymns in the s...There are several semi-contemporary hymns in the service book that have the sort of appeal of the one who performed it rather than the hymn itself. On Eagle's Wings is one that I notice this phenomena. However, my parent's generation had the same reaction to "How Great Thou Art" as sung by George Beverly Shea. In fact they often sing it as he did rather than as it is written. <br /><br />PS; I've never been able to sing or hear "On Eagle's Wings" with a straight face since an elderly gentleman sitting next to me at a funeral leaned over and said 'How can I take a hymn that begins with "YOO HOO" seriously? In my day You hoo was something you drank."Rev. Allen Bergstrazernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-70171169910706369042011-05-14T10:04:51.706-05:002011-05-14T10:04:51.706-05:00I repefer the more traditions and sometimes the ol...I repefer the more traditions and sometimes the older hymns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-17507067692903705212011-05-14T08:09:01.892-05:002011-05-14T08:09:01.892-05:00Please for Christ sake help me
I have made a blog ...Please for Christ sake help me<br />I have made a blog at blogger.com Since i have added a google adsense in the blog but haven't made a penny with this. I need your help and support to help me make some money to PAY MY Tuition Fees.<br /><br />What you have to do is follow these simple steps<br /><br />1.go to http://kwotz2011.blogspot.com/<br />2.Remain on the page i.e Kwotz for one minute or so and do some random surfing<br />3. click ONE of the ads that APPEALS to you from Ads by Google boxes and visit there.<br />4.remain on that page for one minute or so and do some random surfing.<br />and that's it.<br /><br />Note: Only ONE click is needed. If I ever ask you again for the click please never ever click again.<br />I will be grateful to you.<br />I really need your help<br />God Bless Your FamilyMajid Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912405599661249292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-62627344358933498362011-05-14T07:07:24.072-05:002011-05-14T07:07:24.072-05:00I don't know if there is much of a difference....I don't know if there is much of a difference. It seems that CPH owns all the hymns, hymn texts, tunes, etc. today.Rev. Paul Beiselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678751687495292703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-14910856477865901682011-05-13T22:42:01.806-05:002011-05-13T22:42:01.806-05:00Very interesting. I think you are on to something....Very interesting. I think you are on to something. Probably explains why some people react to CCM in church in ways that I personally don't. I don't ever listen to CCM so if I hear a CCM song in church it doesn't have the baggage of the performer or style for me. For me it's just another song, and if it is good music with a good text done in a churchly way it doesn't seem out of place to me. I don't think of Twila Paris when I hear "Lamb of God." I have no idea what Twila Paris looks or sounds like or how she sang that song. So I just tend to evaluate "Lamb of God" on its own merits. Certainly I have seen bad CCM done badly in worship. But I have also seen good CCM done well and appropriately in worship.<br /><br />I think a big part of what accounts for the identification of the song with the singer/composer these days is simply modern technology. The ability to make audio recordings has changed music in so many ways. The mass marketing of recorded music makes it much more likely that a song will come to be identified strongly with a particular performance of that song. In the "old days" music was only a live phenomenon. Once canned music came along, something forever changed. But it seems unfortunate that a good piece of music with a solid text may be dismissed by someone as unsuitable for worship simply because it is associated with a particular performer or performance.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817680463922038375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-33731296366684478212011-05-13T21:27:38.250-05:002011-05-13T21:27:38.250-05:00"You're not making Christianity better, y..."You're not making Christianity better, you're just making Rock and Roll worse!" <br /><br />- Hank Hill, King of the Hill.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13013921386098199810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-4696346932585960292011-05-13T20:56:55.180-05:002011-05-13T20:56:55.180-05:00"Personally, I wish people would listen to th..."Personally, I wish people would listen to the great hymns of the faith all day long like I do."<br /><br />My kids do and they like it, but hey, they haven't heard much CCM/Pop Christian music, so what do they know?<br /><br />I worry that by constantly immersing our kids in poor quality music day in, day out, they will come to prefer it just because it is familiar. Why do we just assume they won't like the good stuff? Just play it in the CD player next to the crib every night and they may just take to it. <br /><br />Why deprive them of such good stuff and keep pushing the uh, other stuff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com