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Live4Him2

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Lynx said:
I like the new songs that I hear about the Lord
I think they're really something grand
I like the music that they're playing while they sing
We've come up with mighty fancy bands

But I also like the old songs that my momma used to sing
She didn't have a band at all
But when she sang the old songs with the Spirit that she had
You could almost see the devil climb the wall

- Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters
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Speaking of "the old songs"...

This is a true story, and one of the most unusual things that has ever happened to me (and my life is like a "Twilight Zone" marathon...lol), and something which I fully believe was ordained of God.

I've mentioned before that I got married on the beach in Florida, and I lived there for about 9 months after that. We only lived about 45 minutes away from Pensacola, Florida, and "The Brownsville Revival" was going on at that time. Personally, I had no desire whatsoever to go there, but my friend and his new bride basically begged me, my wife (ex-), and her female friend who was visiting us at the time to go with them, so we reluctantly went.

I've always been notoriously early, and we got there at least 30 minutes before the service began. Right after we grabbed our seats, I did something that I'd never done before in my life, nor have I ever done again since (in hindsight, I fully believe that God prompted me to do it). I went up to the altar, and I grabbed an old hymnal that was laying on it, and I began reading it. In all honesty, I had the most intense fellowship with God ever as I read lyric after lyric which actually aligned itself with scripture. I fully believe that God visited me in a special way there in preparation for what was to happen next.

Well, the service began with "Praise and worship", and I've never been so grieved in my entire life. NOTHING in their "praise and worship" had the touch of God upon it, and that was only amplified to me because of what I had just experienced while reading the hymnal. It was so grievous to me that I literally became gripped with an intense fear of God. In other words, I honestly felt as if they were worshipping "another Jesus", and if I stayed there and sat through it...well, then I felt as if I would have provoked God to holy anger.

Without saying anything to anybody, I got up (they probably thought that I was going to the bathroom), and I exited the church, and went out into the parking lot to pray. After I had been praying for only a couple of minutes or so, I heard women's voices calling out my name. I looked to my side, and my wife (ex-) and her female friend were both in the parking lot as well. Although they didn't have the same encounter involving the reading of the hymnal that I did (nor had I mentioned it to either one of them), they both left the service because they were totally grieved by the alleged "praise and worship" as well.

Anyhow, when you mentioned "the old songs", you reminded me of this.

We did eventually go back inside (our two friends were still inside), but I left again after hearing the guest speaker preach for about 1 minute.

Again, it was TOTALLY OFF.
 
Lynx

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Weeeeell... People can sing ANY song the wrong way. It has to be the right song AND the singer needs to sing it without being a show-off.

Don't get me started on how many blatantly ostentatious renditions of "How Great Thou Art" I've heard.
 
Lynx

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Live4Him2 said:
In all seriousness, it's totally NOT about what I like.

Instead, it's totally about what I believe brings glory and honor to God/Christ.

For example, I look to how the angels and the 24 elders worship before the throne of God in the book of Revelation, and then compare it today's "worship music", and there's almost never any sort of correlation at all.

Or I look to the Psalms, which I've read many, many times, and I compare them to today's "praise and worship", and there's sometimes a seeming match (at least in words, but not always in music).

Or I imagine what type of hymn Jesus and the disciples sang after the Last Supper, and I compare that to today's "Christian music", and I'm thinking "Ummm...no!"

Anyhow, that might not be much of a help, but what I'm basically saying is that the word of God is my standard for actual praise and worship.
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That limits it to pretty much only praise-and-worship music.

No wonder you find 90% is worthless. Praise-and-worship is VERY popular for aspiring singers and groups, because it's so easy to crank out lyrics without even really thinking about them.

Can you expand the field to songs that teach a good lesson or tell a good story?

Everybody said that
Anybody could do
The important things
Somebody should do
Everybody knows that
Anybody could do
All the good things
That Nobody did
 
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Live4Him2

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Lynx said:
Can you expand the field to songs that teach a good lesson or tell a good story?
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That depends upon what you mean by "a good story".

Seriously, I'm somewhat of a lost saved cause when it comes to music.

I really don't like to listen to anything that doesn't truly bring me into God's presence or that doesn't align itself with rightly-divided scripture.

I've spent the last 33+ years renewing my mind to God's word, and I simply don't want anything competing against it inside of my head (soul) or spirit.

I hardly ever even listen to "Christian music" anymore.

I mean, I have several songs memorized, and I'll sing them in my head or out loud (depending on where I am) pretty frequently, but I don't spend a lot of time listening to the actual songs anymore.

Some of the songs do tell "a good story", but they're stories that are taken out of the Bible or stories which provoke me to Christian service.

Here are a few that I've listened to in the past (I'll be surprised if anybody is familiar with them):



This one is more like a prayer in the form of a song:

 
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Live4Him2

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I've got to get up early tomorrow for work, so I'm off to bed.

Here's a beautiful song to fall asleep to:


Good night, all.
 
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Live4Him2

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One last one (this might be the first Christian song that I ever heard):


WARNING:

If you like to wiggle your fanny in the church aisles, then this probably isn't for you.
 
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Gojira

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JesusFreak1992 said:
What kind of music do y’all like?
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Well, my tastes are scattered all over the place. No rhyme or reason.

New wave / post-punk (late 70s, 80s)

Some 70s rock (Moody Blues)

Movie scores

Electronic / planetarium music (I refuse to call it 'new age')

Certain kinds of foreign music, like belly dance (the rhythms kill me) and Asian folk music (love those stringed instruments)
 
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@Live4Him2 I never went to a revival, but I have been to some strange 'praise and worship' services at different churches that I am really not sure whats going on with the music at these

I remember one where they played what sounded like 'house' music very repetitive and went on forever
And another where the songs sounded like grungy rock music that hurt my ears a bit.
every other modern church plays hillsong with a ton of amplifying equipment, keyboards and electric guitars
though I cant say I appreciate organ music much either

if I am listening to music, just a piano, or an acoustic guitar or harp will do.

Not all church congregations are going to go the whole hog and have full choir, symphony orchestra and brass band
 
Lynx

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Live4Him2 said:
One last one (this might be the first Christian song that I ever heard):


WARNING:

If you like to wiggle your fanny in the church aisles, then this probably isn't for you.
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I'm a Pentecostal but I have never in all my days seen anybody wiggle a fanny in the church aisle.

You seem to be stuck on that because you keep mentioning it. I'm not sure why you are stuck on it, but I probably don't want to know.

I have that Keith Green song in my collection though. One of his better songs.
 
Lanolin

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Im a bit odd because I actually like musicals

Like The Sound of Music
or Joseph and the amazing technicolour Dreamcoat
Mamma Mia
Phantom of the Opera
My Fair Lady
Grease

Songs that tell a story or are funny, I guess Ive always liked them and it doesnt matter so much what style they are

I also am a bit dispointed that nobody seems to sing gospel music in churches round my way. I thought a church would be where you would hear gospel music, but I was wrong. I dont think it made it here.
instead its more like anthem rock music blasting out of churches.

The church music I do like though is Scripture in Song which is sort of folksy, and genuine, though now its become overproduced IMHO. CCM took over I guess. I had to scrounge in a second hand Christian bookshop for TAPES of scripture in song, they gave me free, because the Christian bookshops now dont sell it, they only sell hillsong and I just never got into it.

I dont know if you'll ever find someone who likes the exact same type of music you do, but I suppose it can be an indicator of what you are willing to put up with.

My dad listens only to music prior to 1964, will go on and on about it to anyone in earshot, but we offspring wont know what hes talking about because...we werent born then. And to mum. that music is just background noise. I think my dad likes getting angry at djs who dont play exactly the type of music that he likes. Well they are not YOU dad. You can play your own music you know and listen on your headphones. Plus nobody forcing you to listen to the radio. I think recorded music can be quite a personal thing sometimes and also something that can drive you nuts if you let it. My dad is a collector, when was young half his vinyl record collection was in my bedroom, and occupies three rooms and the garage now.

its a bit funny now it can all be accessed online though, but its not so much the music hes obssessed with but the dates and order of pressing of the records and what position they got on the charts. I really dont care about any of that.
 
Lynx

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Lanolin said:
Im a bit odd because I actually like musicals

Like The Sound of Music
or Joseph and the amazing technicolour Dreamcoat
Mamma Mia
Phantom of the Opera
My Fair Lady
Grease

Songs that tell a story or are funny, I guess Ive always liked them and it doesnt matter so much what style they are

I also am a bit dispointed that nobody seems to sing gospel music in churches round my way. I thought a church would be where you would hear gospel music, but I was wrong. I dont think it made it here.
instead its more like anthem rock music blasting out of churches.

The church music I do like though is Scripture in Song which is sort of folksy, and genuine, though now its become overproduced IMHO. CCM took over I guess. I had to scrounge in a second hand Christian bookshop for TAPES of scripture in song, they gave me free, because the Christian bookshops now dont sell it, they only sell hillsong and I just never got into it.

I dont know if you'll ever find someone who likes the exact same type of music you do, but I suppose it can be an indicator of what you are willing to put up with.

My dad listens only to music prior to 1964, will go on and on about it to anyone in earshot, but we offspring wont know what hes talking about because...we werent born then. And to mum. that music is just background noise. I think my dad likes getting angry at djs who dont play exactly the type of music that he likes. Well they are not YOU dad. You can play your own music you know and listen on your headphones. Plus nobody forcing you to listen to the radio. I think recorded music can be quite a personal thing sometimes and also something that can drive you nuts if you let it. My dad is a collector, when was young half his vinyl record collection was in my bedroom, and occupies three rooms and the garage now.

its a bit funny now it can all be accessed online though, but its not so much the music hes obssessed with but the dates and order of pressing of the records and what position they got on the charts. I really dont care about any of that.
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Ah, your dad is a "Magpie" class of music geek. He does music the way some do stamp collecting.

I'm more of a "Mockingbird" class. I like it all, but I don't care so much about organization and knowing every detail about every singer/group in my collection.
 
Lynx

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Live4Him2 said:
That depends upon what you mean by "a good story".

Seriously, I'm somewhat of a lost saved cause when it comes to music.

I really don't like to listen to anything that doesn't truly bring me into God's presence or that doesn't align itself with rightly-divided scripture.

I've spent the last 33+ years renewing my mind to God's word, and I simply don't want anything competing against it inside of my head (soul) or spirit.

I hardly ever even listen to "Christian music" anymore.

I mean, I have several songs memorized, and I'll sing them in my head or out loud (depending on where I am) pretty frequently, but I don't spend a lot of time listening to the actual songs anymore.

Some of the songs do tell "a good story", but they're stories that are taken out of the Bible or stories which provoke me to Christian service.

Here are a few that I've listened to in the past (I'll be surprised if anybody is familiar with them):



This one is more like a prayer in the form of a song:

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With these examples I'm pretty sure you would like Steve Green's later albums. A few carefully selected Steve Camp songs too. (No relation.)
 
Lynx

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Live4Him2 said:
Speaking of "the old songs"...

This is a true story, and one of the most unusual things that has ever happened to me (and my life is like a "Twilight Zone" marathon...lol), and something which I fully believe was ordained of God.

I've mentioned before that I got married on the beach in Florida, and I lived there for about 9 months after that. We only lived about 45 minutes away from Pensacola, Florida, and "The Brownsville Revival" was going on at that time. Personally, I had no desire whatsoever to go there, but my friend and his new bride basically begged me, my wife (ex-), and her female friend who was visiting us at the time to go with them, so we reluctantly went.

I've always been notoriously early, and we got there at least 30 minutes before the service began. Right after we grabbed our seats, I did something that I'd never done before in my life, nor have I ever done again since (in hindsight, I fully believe that God prompted me to do it). I went up to the altar, and I grabbed an old hymnal that was laying on it, and I began reading it. In all honesty, I had the most intense fellowship with God ever as I read lyric after lyric which actually aligned itself with scripture. I fully believe that God visited me in a special way there in preparation for what was to happen next.

Well, the service began with "Praise and worship", and I've never been so grieved in my entire life. NOTHING in their "praise and worship" had the touch of God upon it, and that was only amplified to me because of what I had just experienced while reading the hymnal. It was so grievous to me that I literally became gripped with an intense fear of God. In other words, I honestly felt as if they were worshipping "another Jesus", and if I stayed there and sat through it...well, then I felt as if I would have provoked God to holy anger.

Without saying anything to anybody, I got up (they probably thought that I was going to the bathroom), and I exited the church, and went out into the parking lot to pray. After I had been praying for only a couple of minutes or so, I heard women's voices calling out my name. I looked to my side, and my wife (ex-) and her female friend were both in the parking lot as well. Although they didn't have the same encounter involving the reading of the hymnal that I did (nor had I mentioned it to either one of them), they both left the service because they were totally grieved by the alleged "praise and worship" as well.

Anyhow, when you mentioned "the old songs", you reminded me of this.

We did eventually go back inside (our two friends were still inside), but I left again after hearing the guest speaker preach for about 1 minute.

Again, it was TOTALLY OFF.
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One thing I've learned is to not talk a lot about Christian music I don't like. Someone else might get a blessing from it. Who am I to ruin it for them?
 
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Lynx said:
I'm a Pentecostal but I have never in all my days seen anybody wiggle a fanny in the church aisle.

You seem to be stuck on that because you keep mentioning it. I'm not sure why you are stuck on it, but I probably don't want to know.

I have that Keith Green song in my collection though. One of his better songs.
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I wouldn't say that I'm stuck on it, but I witnessed it almost every time that I went to church.

Others may have had different experiences.

I'm just giving an honest account of mine, and, believe me, I've seen a lot worse than things that I've mentioned on this website.

Some things were so horrific that I wouldn't believe them if someone here posted about them, yet I witnessed them firsthand.
 
Hazelelponi

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JesusFreak1992 said:
What kind of music do y’all like?
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My husband was born and raised in the Appalachian mountains and when he sings (traditionally) it sends chills... there's something so beautiful and haunting in it - this is kind of what he sounds like, and the style he and his sisters sing:



So I like bluegrass style with a leaning towards acapella. I also like some Christian rock (though I don't find it appropriate in church) and orchestra too, especially the thematic style that is up tempo:



I mean, who doesn't love stuff like that? Lol ..
 
Lynx

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Hazelelponi said:
My husband was born and raised in the Appalachian mountains and when he sings (traditionally) it sends chills... there's something so beautiful and haunting in it - this is kind of what he sounds like, and the style he and his sisters sing:



So I like bluegrass style with a leaning towards acapella. I also like some Christian rock (though I don't find it appropriate in church) and orchestra too, especially the thematic style that is up tempo:



I mean, who doesn't love stuff like that? Lol ..
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Ah so!


Side note: Do you realize how many songs there are about singing? Very meta, this.
 
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