thoughts from church today
1. At the end of the service we were all invited to sing 'The Hallelujah Chorus.' It didn't quite sound like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. But to GOD, it did. Very cool.
2. Dear worship leader people everywhere,
Not every hymn has to have a chorus added to it. In fact, most don't. Somehow that then leads to singing the chorus part 8 times in a row, while skipping a very good verse or two. The writers of these hymns wrote all of the verses so that they could express their entire thought. There's a reason all the verses are there. And, in a lot of cases, a reason the chorus tag you add isn't. (For example, how did 'Joy to the World' suddenly become about the warmth joy brings to our hearts instead of the joy of the amazingness of the LORD's coming reign?)
Sincerely,
Melilot
2. Dear worship leader people everywhere,
Not every hymn has to have a chorus added to it. In fact, most don't. Somehow that then leads to singing the chorus part 8 times in a row, while skipping a very good verse or two. The writers of these hymns wrote all of the verses so that they could express their entire thought. There's a reason all the verses are there. And, in a lot of cases, a reason the chorus tag you add isn't. (For example, how did 'Joy to the World' suddenly become about the warmth joy brings to our hearts instead of the joy of the amazingness of the LORD's coming reign?)
Sincerely,
Melilot
posted by melilotnfosco | 12:59 PM
7 Comments:
1. actually, it probably sounded better than the mormon tabernacle choir, seeing as we're Believers in the Truth
i love your #1 comment.
and i completely agree with #2 (except in the case of 'we three kings' and 'the first noel', which each have six or seven verses). and i'd like to add that not every song (or any song, for that matter) has to have the last line repeated at the end.
'tis grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. and grace will lead me home.
we have one worship leader who does that ALL the time!
Amen to both!
And what's with all the new choruses added to hymns? And what's with all the songs that just repeat the same lines over and over and over again? I like to actually think when singing, not zone out.
Have you heard "Before the Throne of God above"? It's what I think all really good church music should be- Scripturally consistent and full of things to think about.
i don't think i've heard that
I agree (with all of you). Do you think that means we're becoming old fogies?
I'm so jealous you guys got to sing the Hallelujah chorus. :) At the cantata I went to tonight, they sang a version of 'Go Tell It On the Mountain' -- another one of my favorites. :D
Agreed on #2. I get annoyed when we have to repeat choruses over and over - and over! Yesterday, I even got a little annoyed when we had to sing Glooooooria, in excelsis deo 4,000 times. And that IS a part of the original song!
4,000 times?? How long was THAT service?? (and tiring)
A couple weeks ago our intern pastor was speaking and I wasn't super excited about it because the last time he did he went on too long describing something to set up his point. Way too long. Well, he was doing it again this time, when he was talking about the book of Jude, which his sermon was covering. He said Jude (only one chapter long) was short and to the point and then said some of us were probably thinking, "Sure wish Jude were preaching today." I couldn't help but agree with him on that, haha!
Sorry, I know that doesn't have anything to do with singing, but it's sort of distantly related. ;)
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