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[Luigi]

13 hours ago, Hna.Caridad said:

Please keep the music coming!  Here's my All Time Favorite Song That I Learned On Phatmass:

 

And yes, I can do the genuflect.

New to me, but I like it!

[Luigi]

Pure bluegrass from Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, et alia. This is in the "what a wonderful day it'll be" vein. The song is Shouting on the Hills of God. (Feel free to shout Yee ha! or Amen! whenever the Spirit moves you.) It was Ralph Stanley who introduced the Marshall Family (see above, Amen, There's a Higher Power)

 

Edited December 6, 2023 by Luigi
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[Luigi]

"Ain't You Got a Right" is a traditional Black spiritual, probably from the 19th century, and maybe from before that. The structure is quite simple, as is typical of spirituals. This version is a fancy arrangement by Jane Sapp for an SATB choral group, performed here by the Georgia Tech Combined Choirs - probably 75 voices. And they put their hearts and souls into it. I always think that the traditional (simple) version of the song, with a few minor adjustments to the lyrics, would make a good anthem for pro-life marches. 

 

[dUSt]

1 hour ago, Luigi said:

"Ain't You Got a Right" is a traditional Black spiritual, probably from the 19th century, and maybe from before that. The structure is quite simple, as is typical of spirituals. This version is a fancy arrangement by Jane Sapp for an SATB choral group, performed here by the Georgia Tech Combined Choirs - probably 75 voices. And they put their hearts and souls into it. I always think that the traditional (simple) version of the song, with a few minor adjustments to the lyrics, would make a good anthem for pro-life marches. 

 

 

 

[Luigi]

Really good version of the song in its original form - or at least the closest version I've heard to original form. 

[Luigi]

Here's "Ain't You Got a Right" by Joan Baez and her sister Mimi Farina. This is a more standard version of the melody and harmony. Of course Baez is the quintessential left-wing folk singer, so she customizes the verses to her left-wing audience. But you can sing the traditional lyrics to this melody, which is easier to pick up than in the SATB version. Anyway, now we've got a little spectrum of versions of this song! 

 

[dUSt]

 

[Luigi]

"My Songbird" by Jesse Winchester. He grew up in northern Mississippi but went to high school Christian Brothers High School in Memphis. Most people consider him 'country,' but I consider him more of a hippie-folk singer-songwriter. Emmylou Harris sang backup on Winchester's original recording (posted here), and then she recorded on one of her own albums. 

 

[Luigi]

Here's Bob Dylan's 1979 "Gotta Serve Somebody." Extremely simple message, extremely simple structure, extremely simple melody and instrumentation, but still worth listening to. 

 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Luigi
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[dUSt]

53 minutes ago, Luigi said:

Here's Bob Dylan's 1979 "Gotta Serve Somebody." Extremely simple message, extremely simple structure, extremely simple melody and instrumentation, but still worth listening to. 

 

Love this!

[Luigi]

1 hour ago, dUSt said:

Love this!

What's weird about it - and a whole lot about Bob Dylan is weird - is that the title is "Gotta" Serve Somebody, but he never sings those words in the lyrics; he always sings "you're gonna have to" serve somebody.  

[Luigi]

Martha Bass sings "Walk With Me." I've been a fan of Fontella Bass for a long time, but I didn't know anything about her mother until a few years ago. However, I remember one of my uncles mentioning "this old teejus journey" once; I didn't know what he meant by it at the time (I was young), but he was referring to this song. NB: Ms. Bass pronounced "tedious" as 'tee-jus.' That's actually the same sound shift that causes "Indians" to become 'Injuns' and "Acadians" to become 'Cajuns.' Anyway, I like this song. 

 

Edited December 10, 2023 by Luigi

[dUSt]

[Luigi]

Ry Cooder sings "Jesus Is On the Mainline," which was obviously shortly after the invention of the telephone. 

 

[dUSt]

Went down a rabbit hole and found so many different covers of "Gotta Serve Somebody". So far, I'm loving this version the most! 

 

[Luigi]

Alison Krauss and The Cox Family sing "When God Dips His Pen of Love in My Heart." I first heard this from Albertina Walker, and I actually prefer her rendition, but I couldn't understand all the words (never having heard it before). Krauss and the The Cox Family sing a much more restrained version, but I can understand it. Maybe I'll post Walker's version later. 

 

[Luigi]

7 hours ago, dUSt said:

Went down a rabbit hole and found so many different covers of "Gotta Serve Somebody". So far, I'm loving this version the most! 

 

I've never heard this version. I can see why it's your favorite. I like how they slow it down, take their time with the song. They must all be Southern or something!

 

[Luigi]

Here's Albertina Walker's rendition of "When God Dips His Pen of Love in My Heart" backed by the Christ Universal Temple Ensemble. As I said previously, this is the first version I heard, and it's still my favorite version. 

 

[Luigi]

The Daltons are a Gospel trio - or quartet, depending on the year - who performed on WLJC, a Christian television station in Beattyville, KY (near Lexington) for a long time. This song is "I Can Go to Them." They sing it a cappella in three-part harmony. I like the song real well, too, although there's no information on the YouTube page about who wrote it. When I looked it up, I couldn't find any references online. 

 

[Luigi]

Tom Waits wrote "Down There by the Train," and it's a very good song, about the fact that God will forgive anyone (who asks for forgiveness, although Waits doesn't really include that little detail). But I can't stand the way Waits sings, so this is the Johnny Cash recording of it.