Fridays are for New Music
2008
February
22
A few weeks ago I posted a new Hillsong song named “Lord of Lords.” An absolutely incredible song. This week I’m going to post another song from the same cd. It is called “To Know Your Name.” I don’t doubt this is a great song…but here is my question. This song just repeats over and over (the chorus). There are a lot of dynamics and the lead singer does a lot of octave jumps…but I wonder…is it really a congregational church song? Outside of the lover of Hillsong, I could see people getting annoyed with it, but yet I’ve listened to it over and over and I still like it a lot. Let me know what you think. Have you sung this at your church?
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I attended a church last weekend and it seemed as if the songs just kept on going and going. For some songs I find myself really getting lost in the song and I love to worship like that, but other times, it is just annoying. I guess it depends on where the Spirit is moving. Sometimes simple is better.
I love this song… I’m biased though.
Tyler, do you listen to Club 1080 on the Fan? Your blog reminded me of their music Thursdays. This week was top 5 breakup songs.
Congregational song? Sure. Where it might be a problem with singing songs that are simple repeated choruses are if you have limited instrumentation and/or one/few singers. That gives you less to work with with dynamics. Ya know?
What I love about Hillsongs vids/DVDS is that is inspiring to see their choirs and their people passionately worshipping God.
We don’t sing this song at our church http://www.greshambible.org Maybe in a few years. We busted out Potter’s Hand last week yo!
It’s cool your asking for feedback. I suggested this at a meeting and got shot down…HARD!
Do you guys sing Saviour King? I love that song, although it repeats and is long. If you do, do you cut down the length?
I listen to 1080 sometimes, not usually their Club 1080 thing though. I think the high school group has done Savior King a couple times, but not for Sunday services. I do really like the song, but yeah we do have to cut down on the length to make it work. Only Hillsong can pull off a successful 10 minute song.