While we're on the topic of music, has anyone else ever noticed the similarity between the score for the newer temple video (blonde Eve) and Albinoni's Adagio?
"Every post you can hitch your faith on is a pie in the sky, chock full of lies, a tool we devise to make sinking stones fly"
The Shins - A Comet Appears
I think my favorite hymn in the book is "Lead Kindly Light", though it doesn't seem to get much play in sacrament meeting. I also like a good men's chorus of "Brightly Beams our Father's Mercy" but it might just be becaus its the only hymn with the word "seamen" in it. (sorry, just trying to be funny).
What ruins a lot of the songs for me though is how slow they are sung. My wife is the organist and she and the chorister can never get the audience moving. They try to speed it up but it invariably just slows back down. A song like "I believe in Christ" can take like 10 minutes, loooooonnnngggg and slooooooowwwwww.
But overall, singing hymns is my favorite part of church (though I don't get to do it much because I'm battling with a baby and three other kids while my wife plays!)
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.”
There is beauty all around When there's wives at home;
There's always a girl to pound When there's wives at home.
Peace and plenty would abide, if, one wife, you had to ride.
But not with three, or four, or five, When there's wives at home.
Got a bone, where’s the phone? I’ve got a Johnson that needs a slide, When there’s wives at home.
In the garden, behind a tree, When there's wives at home;
Always someone pleasing me, When there's wives at home.
In the bedroom of my third, I pretended to offer a soft, sweet word
But we all know that that’s absurd, When there's wives at home.
Got a stick, hard as a brick, my eighteenth wife should do the trick, When there's wives at home.
God wants you to spread your seed, When there's wives at home;
No matter how many mouths to feed, When there's wives at home.
Who’s my daughter? Who’s your son? You don’t know? You aren’t the only one!
We have no idea, but isn’t this fun? When there's wives at home.
Got a rod, long as a cod, I’ll let you know when I am done, When there's wives at home.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
Blixa wrote:Good going, Schmo. You just managed to make me like that song less...
That song is used almost exclusively in a sarcastic way at my house. When the kids are fighting or there's chaos in the house, my wife will belt out "There is beauty all around, when there's love at hoooooommmme."
When I hear it in church, it makes me laugh, and my wife will always give me a knowing smile.
Some Schmo wrote:Come on, everyone! Sing it with me now...!
There is Beauty All Around
There is beauty all around When there's wives at home; There's always a girl to pound When there's wives at home. Peace and plenty would abide, if, one wife, you had to ride. But not with three, or four, or five, When there's wives at home. Got a bone, where’s the phone? I’ve got a Johnson that needs a slide, When there’s wives at home.
In the garden, behind a tree, When there's wives at home; Always someone pleasing me, When there's wives at home. In the bedroom of my third, I pretended to offer a soft, sweet word But we all know that that’s absurd, When there's wives at home. Got a stick, hard as a brick, my eighteenth wife should do the trick, When there's wives at home.
God wants you to spread your seed, When there's wives at home; No matter how many mouths to feed, When there's wives at home. Who’s my daughter? Who’s your son? You don’t know? You aren’t the only one! We have no idea, but isn’t this fun? When there's wives at home. Got a rod, long as a cod, I’ll let you know when I am done, When there's wives at home.
You know...it's been a while since they have updated the hymnal. I think that you should submit this for consideration!
Blixa wrote:Good going, Schmo. You just managed to make me like that song less...
That song is used almost exclusively in a sarcastic way at my house. When the kids are fighting or there's chaos in the house, my wife will belt out "There is beauty all around, when there's love at hoooooommmme."
When I hear it in church, it makes me laugh, and my wife will always give me a knowing smile.
That is so funny, Runtu. That song was used in the exact same way around our house too. Generally, the kids would sing it when dad got upset. Nothing like throwing the church back in your parents' faces.
:)
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
The world has need of mindless men, Who hold no true appeal,
To fill the churches on Sunday, Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Put your shoulder to the wheel; push along, We don’t care how you feel; that’s the song,
Live in the murk, what a great perk! Put your shoulder to the wheel.
The church has need of willing drones, Who will buy the unreal.
Come, put your cash in our large bank, Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Put your shoulder to the wheel; push along, We don’t care how you feel; that’s the song,
We like to lurk and watch you work. Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Then don’t be having fun at all, Don’t lie or cheat or steal,
Don’t do the things that we all do, Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Put your shoulder to the wheel; push along, We don’t care how you feel; that’s the song,
We have a quirk: we like free work. Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Then fast and tithe and meet all day, You act like our trained seal.
Push all your needs aside for us, Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Put your shoulder to the wheel; push along, We don’t care how you feel; that’s the song,
So do your work; don’t be a jerk. Put your shoulder to the wheel.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.