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Guybrush

01-10-2011 03:34 AM

Put Your Palms Together, It's Gospel Week!

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It's time to sing your love for the lord. It's gospel week! So I don't get people haranguing me for being incorrect in my conveying of information, here's Wikipedia describing what it thinks of as "gospel music" :

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia's article on Gospel Music

Gospel music in general is characterized by dominant vocals (often with strong use of harmony) referencing lyrics of a religious nature, particularly Christian. Subgenres include contemporary gospel, urban contemporary gospel (sometimes referred to as "black gospel"), Southern gospel, and modern gospel music (now more commonly known as praise and worship music or contemporary Christian music). Several forms of gospel music utilize choirs, use piano and/or Hammond organ, drums, bass guitar and, increasingly, electric guitar. In comparison with hymns, which are generally of a statelier measure, the gospel song is expected to have a refrain and often a more syncopated rhythm.
Many attempts have been made to describe the style of late 19th and early 20th century gospel songs in general. Christ-Janer, et al. said "the music was tuneful and easy to grasp . . . rudimentary harmonies . . . use of the chorus . . . varied metric schemes . . . motor rhythms were characteristic. . . . The device of letting the lower parts echo rhythmically a motive announced by the sopranos became a mannerism . . ." Patrick and Sydnor emphasize the notion that gospel music is "sentimental", quoting Sankey as saying, "Before I sing I must feel", and they call attention to the comparison of the original version of Rowley’s "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story" with Sankey's version. Gold said, "Essentially the gospel songs are songs of testimony, persuasion, religious exhortation, or warning. Usually the chorus or refrain technique is found."

If you don't agree, take it up with Wikipedia.

Otherwise, put your p(s)alms together and show us your favourite gospels!

Hank The Drifter

01-10-2011 03:38 AM

I've always saw this song referred to as gospel so I'll drop it in here. I don't know anything, literally, about gospel if this song doesn't count. Anyway, maybe I can find something interesting with the posting of this thread.

Jedey

01-10-2011 05:13 AM

Billy Preston ~ That's The Way God Planned It

Mahalia Jackson ~ Down By The Riverside

Sister Rosetta Tharpe ~ Up Above My Head (There's Music In The Air)

Son House ~ John The Revelator

Burning Down

01-10-2011 06:37 AM

These are two of my favourite gospel singers, that everyone should hear.

Aretha (of course! Who doesn't like her?)

Marion Williams

Gospel music is so beautiful, and such an emotional expression of Christian life, and also of life in general. It really does bring people together. I encourage everyone to check out more songs sung by these wonderful ladies!

Janszoon

01-10-2011 06:53 AM

It's funny, whenever people with what the church folk would call "worldly" music tastes talk about gospel, it's invariably the old stuff. Any of you ever give a listen to newer gospel? All I can say based on being exposed to a lot of it from my in-laws, is that it is terrifyingly awful. It's like some bastard offspring of easy listening and jam bands.

Hank The Drifter

01-10-2011 07:52 AM

I have never heard any of the new age bands or whatever. I remember I was going to an amusement park a number of years ago and there was a group named Mercy Me going to be preforming but we didn't catch any of the show. My step mom is a huge gospel fan she used to sing a lot when she attended church regularly in her teens/twenties but yeah I never really listened to any with her so I don't know much about it. Its just one of those genres I have never found myself dwelling into. I will be certain to check out some different stuff from this thread though just so say I've at least got an idea what's happening in the genre.

djchameleon

01-10-2011 08:10 AM

I like some of the newer stuff like Mary Mary and Kirk Franklin

It's hilarious....Kirk Franklin reminds me of George Clinton because he's like the front man for the chorus and he doesn't even SING. He just talks through everything then when they win awards he goes up there and makes it seem like it was all him alone. He's always losing choir members because of that.

SATCHMO

01-10-2011 09:13 AM

Aretha:

Mahaliah:

Bill Monroe:

cupkayke

01-10-2011 10:45 AM

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It's hilarious....Kirk Franklin reminds me of George Clinton because he's like the front man for the chorus and he doesn't even SING. He just talks through everything then when they win awards he goes up there and makes it seem like it was all him alone. He's always losing choir members because of that.

Truer words...

I prefer Vickie when it comes to the Winans family. My mother took me to a church convention a few years back and I saw her pull her wig off mid-performance. That's the holy spirit for you.

sidewinder

01-10-2011 10:57 AM

The only reason I've ever listened to gospel music is because I was really into garage house in the early 00s. Some good underground DJs out of Chicago and San Francisco used to spin it, and I have a few mixtapes/CDs. I liked it but could only take so much of it - I guess I can only take so much of the vocals.

Janszoon

01-10-2011 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 983109)

Can I get an amen?

bob.	01-10-2011 11:30 AM

Sabbath Assembly is kind of like psychedelic rock gospel :)

the lyrics are taken from actually sheet music written by members of the Process Church of Final Judgement...who for the most part took a kind of polytheistic approach to Christianity....

that link is actually two songs....the best example of them start right around the 4:12 mark

sidewinder

01-10-2011 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 983127)

Can I get an amen?

Makes me think of the samples from that Front 242 song also :D :

"Hey poor, you don't have to be poor anymore...Jesus is here!"
"No sex until marriage"
"I'm a sinner, I deserve to go to Hell"

Unbelievable how engrained in my mind those types of samples are. SP, TKK, F242, MBM, etc. At least once a week something triggers those samples to pop in my thoughts. I guess the drugs are partly responsible for that - they're mixed in with my brain circuitry.

SATCHMO

01-10-2011 12:28 PM

I really love this very different, but joyous version of The Melodians reggae classic. Ironically, the original is often attributed to Jimmy Cliff because his name is attached to The Harder They Come soundtrack on which the song first appeared, so it's really cool to actually see this live version of him doing his own very amazing rendition of the song:

Dr.Seussicide

01-10-2011 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bob. (Post 983131)

I thought these guys were pagan, lol

s_k	01-16-2011 06:24 PM

Sooo looking forward to tomorrow.
I don't like Gospel.
I do like bluegrass.
Woohoo :D.

CanwllCorfe

01-16-2011 07:04 PM

Does Arvo Pärt count? He's great.

TockTockTock

01-16-2011 07:16 PM

Even though I am not Christian, I like a lot of the old gospel. Blinde Willie Johnson's just wonderful.

s_k	01-16-2011 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe (Post 986603)

Does Arvo Pärt count? He's great.

Can't find anything of him that sounds like gospel at all.
Link? :)

CanwllCorfe

01-16-2011 08:10 PM

Oh I doubt he's Gospel. But pretty much all of his works are religious. I think so anyway. I don't speak Latin. :( But yeah I guess, like the Wikipedia article says, it's all mainly just a Christian take on

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mainstream secular music.

So pretty much Jesus pop music.

s_k	01-16-2011 08:13 PM

That's something different
I just don't like the soulful clappityclap stamp your feet in the sky lord in the sky gospel.

CanwllCorfe

01-16-2011 08:15 PM

Exactly. Which is mainly why he's the closest I get to Gospel. My stepmom is a devout Christian and has the Christian station on constantly. I'm damn near certain the same songs have been playing on there for at least a year.

s_k	01-16-2011 08:18 PM

I figured Gospel was the musical style, not the meaning.
Am I wrong in thinking that?

CanwllCorfe

01-16-2011 08:20 PM

Oh no it is!

Lisnaholic

04-22-2017 11:11 AM

I suppose that in Heaven it's always Gospel Week, which is reason enough to bump this thread, imo. Better get used to it here so that you're ready to sing along when you're on the other side of the pearly gates.

Also, gospel is always right on the edge of being great music but somehow never quite takes that final step into excellence, though I'd be happy to be proven wrong on that point. Anyway, here are two versions of a pretty good song - which do you prefer?

.....

Chiomara

04-22-2017 11:42 AM

I prefer the Johnny Cash/Roy Orbison version.
*hisses at Mumford & Sons*

Creepy gospel is the best gospel:

And as always, all the old Alan Lomax field recordings are excellent and haunting:

And I see Son House's 'John the Revelator' has already been mentioned of course. I love Blind Willie Johnson's version, too.

Another perpetual favorite:

And!!

The Batlord

04-22-2017 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Chiomara (Post 1826434)

And!!

That song is indeed gorgeous, but is it even gospel?

Chiomara

04-22-2017 11:57 AM

It's close enough. Being an Emmylou Harris fangirl, I couldn't not post it.

The Batlord

04-22-2017 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiomara (Post 1826447)

It's close enough. Being an Emmylou Harris fangirl, I couldn't not post it.

Understandable. She's pretty easy to fawn over.

Lisnaholic

04-22-2017 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiomara (Post 1826434)

I prefer the Johnny Cash/Roy Orbison version.
*hisses at Mumford & Sons*

^ HaHa!, Thanks Chiomara, I agree. The Cash/Orbison one does more justice to the lyrics, which by gospel standards are pretty good.

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Creepy gospel is the best gospel:

And as always, all the old Alan Lomax field recordings are excellent and haunting:

And I see Son House's 'John the Revelator' has already been mentioned of course. I love Blind Willie Johnson's version, too.

Another perpetual favorite:

And!!

^ Absolutely agree with the bolded too, which is perhaps why the Emmylou Harris didn't strike me particularly. Your other selections, though, are much better than anything that I've been finding. Thanks.
This one is a little creepy, but is more blues than gospel I suspect:-

Chiomara

05-03-2017 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1826532)

^ HaHa!, Thanks Chiomara, I agree. The Cash/Orbison one does more justice to the lyrics, which by gospel standards are pretty good.

^ Absolutely agree with the bolded too, which is perhaps why the Emmylou Harris didn't strike me particularly. Your other selections, though, are much better than anything that I've been finding. Thanks.
This one is a little creepy, but is more blues than gospel I suspect:-

Love Rev. Gary Davis! And yes, I suppose many of these (the creepy and/or vaguely ominous ones) tend to fall somewhere between blues and gospel, but they're close enough.

Chiomara

06-25-2017 09:41 AM

(I like both versions of that song equally; I can't choose)

John Connor

07-09-2017 01:25 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH-9Rxnz_Yo

Lisnaholic

10-30-2017 04:28 PM

This clip isn't even a minute long, but I feel it has huge potential. Can't you imagine this simple mantra building in a stately crescendo with a full, hand-clapping choir? AFAIK it's the greatest gospel song ever, still waiting to be scored:-

Trollheart

10-30-2017 06:06 PM

Late as hell of course, but I just realised the title of this thread would work much better were it "Put Your Psalms Together..." :laughing:

Lisnaholic

10-30-2017 08:02 PM

^ :laughing: That's a really good joke TH ! I just hope for your sake that St. Peter shares your sense of humour, for when you meet him upstairs.

Trollheart

10-30-2017 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1889280)

^ :laughing: That's a really good joke TH ! I just hope for your sake that St. Peter shares your sense of humour, for when you meet him upstairs.

Oh don't worry: I'n headed the other way! :laughing:

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