The 60s called and they want their bad music back

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triumphguy said:
I haven’t heard a Carey Landry song in Canada for nearly 20 years! It must be an eastern thing;)
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It’s not too far away from you. I’m talking Saskatchewan. Maybe it’s because Alberta seems to be plagued with those yearly “Breaking Bread” hymnals whereas Saskatchewan has been plagued with “Glory & Praise” for at least three editions. I remember switching from the blue book, to the maroon book, and then onto the green book, and this is going back into the 80s. I still remember the first Catholic Book of Worship.:eek:
 
We’ve got the CBW with the intro by (ex) Bishop Lahey! It bugs me to even pick up the book!
 
this is why i go to 7:30 Mass,chant and for the most part traditional hymns.
 
triumphguy said:
We’ve got the CBW with the intro by (ex) Bishop Lahey! It bugs me to even pick up the book!
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The funny thing is, compared to other hymnals, CBW is pretty traditional. It even makes an appearance the very odd time during our TLM. I really miss singing “Something Which is Known”. sigh
 
TheRealJuliane said:
For the after-communion “hymn,” we had “God Bless America.” And the recessional was, “America the Beautiful.” :mad:

IMO church is NOT the place for patriotic songs. They are not about God directly, and I was rather astounded that “God Bless America” was used as the post-communion hymn. It is not a hymn, and it was very difficult to properly pray with such a jarring music choice being used.

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We get the same songs around July 4th and Veteran’s Day. Someone is trying to be patriotic, but what about the parishioners who aren’t from the USA?

:mad:
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There is a difference between singing a patriotic song at the recessional and during Mass.
 
triumphguy said:
We’ve got the CBW with the intro by (ex) Bishop Lahey! It bugs me to even pick up the book!
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We should definitely be given permission to rip that page from the CBW III – and maybe even the hymns he’s rewritten that are included in that book.
 
Deo_Gratias42 said:
The funny thing is, compared to other hymnals, CBW is pretty traditional. It even makes an appearance the very odd time during our TLM. I really miss singing “Something Which is Known”. sigh
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Well, other than the inclusive language, the removal of ‘thee’, ‘thou’, ‘laud’, the inclusion of a vast number of Haugen/Haas stuff. Granted it’s better than “Breaking Bread”.

But now that we’ve got the new translation the CCCB needs to get on the ball, get Mass settings other than Angeles/Dawson/Guimond, and publish a new hymnal with perhaps a new name (Celebrate in Song II? Celebrate in Song ‘extended version’?).

If I had my druthers, it would return traditional hymns to their original lyrics (spare me the new version of Immaculate Mary) and leave out some of the Haugen stuff. I’ve always liked the way the CBW III is laid out at the beginning so I wouldn’t change that. I would put Mass settings all together in the way they are in Celebrate in Song, and not split it them up the way they often are in the CBW (all Glorias together, all Lamb of God settings together). If some of the settings were only for the Eucharistic Prayer acclamations then again, group by setting rather than by acclamation - liturgy dictates that the 3 EP acclamations should be from the same setting - it makes no sense to use 3 different settings in one Prayer.
 
triumphguy said:
But the 60’s did have a ton of good music - maybe not liturgical music, but good nonetheless!
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Well, seeing that American Idol had 125 million voters and it seems all they were singing on the show were songs of the 60’s, those songs must have been popular and good. 🙂
 
Phemie said:
And exactly what would qualify as his best??
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I like Carey Landry’s “Into the Fields”, I think is the name of it. Kind of a “bringing home” hymn. It is singable but a little more complex than most of his stuff I have heard. I like the melody.
 
bmadamsberry said:
There is a difference between singing a patriotic song at the recessional and during Mass.
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To me, BOTH are wrong. The crucifix is going out of the sanctuary and “America the Beautiful” is not a Catholic hymn. We have a lot of people not from the United States and there are other venues to hear patriotic songs. A Catholic Church should stick to hymns, before, during and after Mass.
 
ProVobis said:
Well, seeing that American Idol had 125 million voters and it seems all they were singing on the show were songs of the 60’s, those songs must have been popular and good. 🙂
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Bit tired though after hearing it on 45/33 8-Track, Cassette and then CD?

A while back before Nov 2011, I heard Elvis Presley “I Believe” playing in a CC. I believe its well composed song, yet I did find it a tad out of place there.
 
GaryTaylor said:
Bit tired though after hearing it on 45/33 8-Track, Cassette and then CD?

A while back before Nov 2011, I heard Elvis Presley “I Believe” playing in a CC. I believe its well composed song, yet I did find it a tad out of place there.
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:eek::eek::eek:

Oh no…Now, that one I would have to walk out on.

:nope::tsktsk:
 
All of the songs that everyone here has been complaining about have their roots in one main source called Oregon Catholic Press, and the sooner that pastors begin to take charge of their music programs (and strong-willed musicians) and eliminate OCP materials from their parishes, the sooner we can progress toward more sacred music at Mass.
 
GaryTaylor said:
Bit tired though after hearing it on 45/33 8-Track, Cassette and then CD?

A while back before Nov 2011, I heard Elvis Presley “I Believe” playing in a CC. I believe its well composed song, yet I did find it a tad out of place there.
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There were some good songs with a religious theme, like “Turn, turn, turn” (Byrds) and “Dominique” (Singing Nun) but I wouldn’t trade the Palestrina I heard yesterday for any of them.
 
Phemie said:
Hands up those of you who sang Carey Landry’s “The Spirit Is A-Moving” this morning.

:rolleyes:
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No, but something in a similar vein.:frighten: Please, :bowdown:we need a special forum/thread to pray some of these 60’s/70’s/80’s :banghead:hymns out and bring back Gregorian:bowdown::getholy: Chants. Seriously.:gopray2::angel1:
 
Cavaille-Coll said:
All of the songs that everyone here has been complaining about have their roots in one main source called Oregon Catholic Press, and the sooner that pastors begin to take charge of their music programs (and strong-willed musicians) and eliminate OCP materials from their parishes, the sooner we can progress toward more sacred music at Mass.
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If you think the average pastor is likely to bring back ‘sacred music’ I have land to sell in the Everglades.
 
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