The 60s called and they want their bad music back

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I cut out parts of the lyrics to “The Rose” because I wasn’t sure they could be republished like this. You can look them up on the internet. Appears to have wide popularity and translated into numerous languages. At any rate, I have always thought it woudl make a good hymn, particularly in a penitential ceremony. Reminds me of dying to self and the parable of the seed.

Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed.
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I say love, it is a flower,
And you its only seed.

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It’s the one who won’t be taken,
Who cannot seem to give,
And the soul afraid of dyin’
That never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long,
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Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love
In the spring becomes the rose.
 
Justice_Mercy said:
It is fine to mention things like the U.S. Memorial Day and the hardships veteran’s have faced, etc, but Nationalism in any form should be avoided, IMHO. The Church is universal, even if it has national institutions to help guide it in a particular nation.

If we look back at the co-opting of the Church for Nationalist ends, we need only look back on the wars this world has seen in the 19th & 20th centuries, where priests blessed the efforts of people killing each other on both sides of conflict.
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Nationalism, in any form, should be retained. I saw a photo of Polish veterans of the World War II attack on Monte Cassino, dressed in full uniform, at audience with Pope John Paul II. The Poles made a significant contribution to its success.

The Church was never co-opted. Pope Pius XII called in a high German military official and asked him, in perfect German, about reports he was receiving about German mistreatment of the population of a certain country. The Church was interested in the treatment of Catholics, and others, living in the areas of conflicts. I know of no case where priests blessed the efforts of people killing each other. Sometimes, a just war occurs, where, in the case of World War II, American, Russian, British and French Armies were mobilized against a global threat in Europe.

Peace,
Ed
 
Phemie said:
You can listen to it here. The first part is a guitar lesson to teach how to play it for Mass (no kidding!) but he starts singing at the 3:50 point.
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Thanks!

It really harkened me back to my early grade school years in the 1980s. The sisters and lay teachers who are probably now the age of the gentleman in the video, ran the music… mostly guitars although one young teacher played the organ. Unfortunately, when she left to teach somewhere else, we never had the organ played for our monthly school masses . The others tended to choose music from their youth, sounding a lot like the video. It was a lot like Petra, Paula and Mary without the good harmonies. 😛
 
I played the organ for the graduating class (8th grade) that my brother was in. I picked the music (except for Pomp and Circumstance of course). The one piece that, according to my brother, everyone actually really liked was Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring. I’m ashamed to say I hit the wrong key once while playing it. Still, it went over well. I played it almost as slow as it was meant to be played - unlike the “pop” version.

No words. Just music. I wonder how many people down there below me even knew the name of the piece. But I’ve always thought of it as awe-inspiring and so beautiful (if played correctly) that one could only think of God when listening to it.

But that’s just me. And maybe J.S.B.
 
Hello, my name is Paul and I had long hair and played guitar at folk Masses in the 70s.

Hello, Paul…

My wife and I were also part of the charismatic renewal. Some mighty bad songs came out of that, coupled with some really iffy liturgies. We survived, but to this day I appreciate a good hymn accompanied by an organist.

As Carey Landry is still alive, I’ll just say, “HI, Mr. Landry”
 
LittleSoldier said:
I played the organ for the graduating class (8th grade) that my brother was in. I picked the music (except for Pomp and Circumstance of course). The one piece that, according to my brother, everyone actually really liked was Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring. I’m ashamed to say I hit the wrong key once while playing it. Still, it went over well. I played it almost as slow as it was meant to be played - unlike the “pop” version.

No words. Just music. I wonder how many people down there below me even knew the name of the piece. But I’ve always thought of it as awe-inspiring and so beautiful (if played correctly) that one could only think of God when listening to it.

But that’s just me. And maybe J.S.B.
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That’s a very beautiful song. I like to think of it as a classical piece-more appropriate for Mass. At least youplayed Pomp and Circumstance at the graduation. I had to settle for “Nadias Theme.” :crying:
 
Merged parish (four churches) S=Schola Mass/ E=Ensemble Mass, repertoire programmed by Director. There are 16 other parish Masses each weekend whose directors forward their orders to the Director.

SE “The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world” Simple English Propers
Entrance: S COME, HOLY GHOST (Lambilotte)
E SEND US YOUR SPIRIT (Haas)

Opening Rites:S Mass of St. Therese of Liseaux-Royce Nickel
E Mass of St. Ann-Ed Bolduc

Responsorial: SE Respond & Acclaim

Pentecost Sequence S COME, O HOLY SPIRIT, COME (English) 8(chant Mode I)
E COME, O HOLY SPIRIT (Ode to Joy)

Gospel Accl.:S plainsong Alleluia”mode VI
E Alleluia (Sleeth)

Offertory: S VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS plainsong
E BY THE WAKING OF OUR HEARTS (Manalo)

Eucharistic Accl.:S Mass of St. Therese of Liseaux-Royce Nickel
E Mass of St. Ann-Ed Bolduc

Communion Procession: SE “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit”SGC/Rice
SE SEND US YOUR SPIRIT (Schutte)

Communion Anthem: S O LORD, GIVE THY HOLY SPIRIT (Tallis)
E ONE SPIRIT, ONE CHURCH (Keil/Lambilotte)

Recessional: SE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL (Materna)
 
I like “The Spirit is A-Movin’,” but the choir we used to have at my parish had a way of singing it with deep reverence and beauty. I guess I’ve just never heard it sung badly (indeed, never heard another choir sing it).

I’ve also got zero problems with songs like “God Bless America” during the appropriate holidays. I think it ties in the love of our country with thanksgiving to God for giving us said country, and reminds us to PRAY for that country, ect.

Maybe I’m just a weirdo that way.
 
denitaA said:
That’s a very beautiful song. I like to think of it as a classical piece-more appropriate for Mass. At least youplayed Pomp and Circumstance at the graduation. I had to settle for “Nadias Theme.” :crying:
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I had to go to you.tube to listen to “Nadia’s Theme.” It sounds so familiar and I don’t know why. It can’t just be Muzak at the grocery store. Someone on you.tube posted simply “The Young and the Restless” and someone else posted “Bless the Beasts and the Children.” So now I am very confused.

Where have I heard that song before?

Another question that is nagging at me is why would *anyone *think that is an appropriate song for a graduation? It sounds so sad!
 
LittleSoldier said:
I had to go to you.tube to listen to “Nadia’s Theme.” It sounds so familiar and I don’t know why. It can’t just be Muzak at the grocery store. Someone on you.tube posted simply “The Young and the Restless” and someone else posted “Bless the Beasts and the Children.” So now I am very confused.

Where have I heard that song before?

Another question that is nagging at me is why would *anyone *think that is an appropriate song for a graduation? It sounds so sad!
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If you look it up on Wikipedia, you might find your explanation.

From the website: Top One Hit Wonders - Celebrating the Best (and Worst) One Hit Wonders
"The amazing thing about “Nadia’s Theme” is that the song wasn’t even originally titled “Nadia’s Theme.” In fact, it was originally called “Cotton’s Dream.” It became “Nadia’s Theme” after ABC TV’s classic Wide World Of Sports used the music for a video montage of Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci’s routines during the 1976 Summer Olympics. This was during the Cold War and Nadia was smoking hot. The first gymnast to receive multiple perfect scores for her routines in the Olympics.
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One month after the 1976 Olympics ended, “Nadia’s Theme” was released and Barry De Vorzon had a hit on his hands. A hit that reached #8 on the Billboard Top 40 in 1976.
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Unfortunately, the record company neglected to credit De Vorzon on the first pressings of the single so Barry sued his label and later recovered nearly $300,000 for “Cotton Fields,” er, “Nadia’s Theme.”
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Yeah, it was also the theme music to the soap opera The Young and the Restless.
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Remember the Brady Bunch theme song? youtube.com/watch?v=UOtzujtyZHc
Turn off the video now, and sing it really, really slowly. What does it sound like?

Does “Gather Us In” ever remind you ever so slightly of Gordon Lightfoot? 😛
 
Don’t mind me, but I’d rather pray for all of God’s children regardless of their nationality. The Church is divided by nations merely out of administrative convenience, not because of any God-given mandate. I believe that no nation is favoured by God except God’s Israel, which is His Holy Church. But of course, please feel free to disregard my views. 🙂
 
Filii_Dei said:
Don’t mind me, but I’d rather pray for all of God’s children regardless of their nationality. The Church is divided by nations merely out of administrative convenience, not because of any God-given mandate. I believe that no nation is favoured by God except God’s Israel, which is His Holy Church. But of course, please feel free to disregard my views. 🙂
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Acknowledged. But didn’t God create the oceans, rivers, oceans, mountains, which in many instances define those nations? But we digress.
 
Phemie said:
If you look it up on Wikipedia, you might find your explanation.

From the website: Top One Hit Wonders - Celebrating the Best (and Worst) One Hit Wonders
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Well, I never watched The Young and the Restless but that certainly explains the one post. But what about “Bless the Beast and the Children?” I remember that was a song itself. What you posted also explains why someone on you.tube posted something about Nadia’s “dancing.” I really had no idea who Nadia was!

I actually like the music. It touches me somehow if I manage to scrape through the layers of Muzak. But I still don’t know why it’s *so *familiar to me. It’s like I’ve heard it a million times.

Oh well, loss of memory is one of the many good reasons to stay away from long-term use of opiates. Right now my brain is like that fried egg on that old TV commercial: “This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?”

I’ll check Wiki. Thanks for the suggestion. I usually stay away from that site. Last time I was there I corrected someone’s grammar. Wiki scares me. There’s just got to be something wrong with a website that allegedly presents facts but also lets someone like me edit articles.
 
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