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I could sing of your love forever
by anna at 07:54 AM on April 23, 2004
Every morn it's the same thing. The battle over the bathroom and sections of the paper. My son microwaving his oatmeal so he can swallow his meds. Him turning on Nickelodeon so loud it threatens to level our house. And that cloying commercial for the religious songs.
It comes on right after I get out of the bath. If you order now they'll throw in the second disc for half price or something. I'm familiar with all the tunes from my post-9/11 churchgoing stint. Our church has a rockin' outfit of bikers who call themselves the Tribute Band.
So I tell Ian I am thinking about buying the tape. He's like, why dad you hate church? I'm forced to think about it. This was my reply: most of the music out there these days is all whiny and depressing when it isn't downright hostile. Religious tunes are hopeful. I am hopeful.
Hopeful. Yes, I am hopeful. As we contemplate our move this week, with all the daunting challenges that will entail, I remain hopeful. Things are going to improve. I can feel it in my bones.
Then again, I've thought that before. Now, where is that phone number. I know I wrote it down somewhere...
comments (5)
You know, I'm one of those people who are happy and love to see every one else happy (similarly, when I'm depressed, I'd prefer to see everyone else depressed). However, I must make a comment about religious/christian music: I know it has become a big business, but I find the music suprisingly soulless. I'm not talking about the music in churches, specially baptist, evangelical, churches, but the mass marketed sort of contemporary christian/christian rock stuff. There is all this "I love god, good is good", but there just feels like there is nothing to it. I just get the feeling that while the people putting out this music may believe what they are saying, that they feel it about as much as the early round ejectees from American idol believe what they are singing.
by mg at April 23, 2004 9:43 AM
That may be true but you should see the folks at my church dancing as if Deadheads in a trance to the Tribute Band. We're talking rapture! But what's really funny is that they are all white. The music is midtempo with a straightforward, non-cyncopated beat. Still they can't clap in unison to save their lives. Think Bill and Hilary visiting those black churches in the early 90s. I bet the parishioners couldn't wait for them to leave.
by anna at April 23, 2004 6:31 PM
I bought a Blind Boys of Alabama album a few months ago. It is good.
So Anna... you won't hate me if I put Outkast (hip-hop) on my mix tape? Or Kylie Minogue? I was already looking through my mp3s last night. Maybe the Nick Cave will have to go.
by jean at April 23, 2004 10:34 PM
No I dig OutKast. I've never heard Kylie but she seems pretty cool in interviews. That whole Aussie thing.
by anna at April 24, 2004 8:13 AM
Excellent :)
by jean at April 25, 2004 4:02 AM