Post by Jeff on Mar 7, 2006 16:26:20 GMT -5
Amazing Grace—I know mom does not like this one. I also know that Grandma Dannar said it was her favorite. When I think of it I remember a Bill Moyers PBS special that was devoted entirely to performances of this track. Johnny Cash gave the best one, I think. (1. www.shoppbs.org/sm-pbs-amazing-grace-with-bill-moyers-dvd--pi-1402985.html 2. movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=1786 )
I think this song goes deep and connects. Mom doesn’t like it because it is plodding. And I agree with that as a description of lesser performances of it. But when it is touched with love and pain, it’s probably the best that’s ever been written.
How Great Thou Art—This is another of my favorites. It reminds me of the new Flaming Lips CD, actually. One of the things hymns do better than almost any other kind of music is tell us very gently but insistently how to feel. Someone might read that and get the wrong idea. Political agitation songs try to do the same thing, though less successfully generally. I think this is because reverence and humility are both necessary for any adequate conception of the self and are both learned at the expense of more superficial conceptions of the self. Conversion, turning, is a reorganization of the modes of experience themselves. This song always reminds me of that, as does the new Flaming Lips CD. (Interesting: rosemck1.tripod.com/hgta.html )
There's within My Heart a Melody—I gotta admit that I don’t like this one so much. The refrain about the name of Jesus strikes me as almost pagan. What I do like about it is the association of music and religiosity. (It’s my guess that at least a few board members haven’t heard this one hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh380.sht )
In the Garden—Another of my favorites. I always love to sing “He tells me that I am His Own.”
Lift Every Voice and Sing—I had forgotten about this song. I think it is because this song strikes me as more political than religious. The song kinda scares me a little.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness—I disagree with some of the basic ideas of this song, but I love the refrain, especially the rise up to the second reiteration of the title.
Here are some that I love, some more than others, but these and the ones we’ve already talked about are the ones I think of the most:
Simple Gifts
The Old Rugged Cross (mainly because dad loves it so much)
Blessed Assurance (though I think the basic sentiment can be so easily misinterpreted)
Bringing in the Sheaves (scary too, but I love this line: Going forth with weeping, sowing for the Master)
Wonderful Words of Life
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
In the Sweet Bye and Bye
Love Lifted Me
Holy Holy Holy
The Gloria Patri
God Be With You
The doxology song—“Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise him all creatures here below. Praise him above ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.”
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I think this song goes deep and connects. Mom doesn’t like it because it is plodding. And I agree with that as a description of lesser performances of it. But when it is touched with love and pain, it’s probably the best that’s ever been written.
How Great Thou Art—This is another of my favorites. It reminds me of the new Flaming Lips CD, actually. One of the things hymns do better than almost any other kind of music is tell us very gently but insistently how to feel. Someone might read that and get the wrong idea. Political agitation songs try to do the same thing, though less successfully generally. I think this is because reverence and humility are both necessary for any adequate conception of the self and are both learned at the expense of more superficial conceptions of the self. Conversion, turning, is a reorganization of the modes of experience themselves. This song always reminds me of that, as does the new Flaming Lips CD. (Interesting: rosemck1.tripod.com/hgta.html )
There's within My Heart a Melody—I gotta admit that I don’t like this one so much. The refrain about the name of Jesus strikes me as almost pagan. What I do like about it is the association of music and religiosity. (It’s my guess that at least a few board members haven’t heard this one hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh380.sht )
In the Garden—Another of my favorites. I always love to sing “He tells me that I am His Own.”
Lift Every Voice and Sing—I had forgotten about this song. I think it is because this song strikes me as more political than religious. The song kinda scares me a little.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness—I disagree with some of the basic ideas of this song, but I love the refrain, especially the rise up to the second reiteration of the title.
Here are some that I love, some more than others, but these and the ones we’ve already talked about are the ones I think of the most:
Simple Gifts
The Old Rugged Cross (mainly because dad loves it so much)
Blessed Assurance (though I think the basic sentiment can be so easily misinterpreted)
Bringing in the Sheaves (scary too, but I love this line: Going forth with weeping, sowing for the Master)
Wonderful Words of Life
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
In the Sweet Bye and Bye
Love Lifted Me
Holy Holy Holy
The Gloria Patri
God Be With You
The doxology song—“Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise him all creatures here below. Praise him above ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.”
I just realized that I never answered your original question. Just a sec…