From Eccles is Saved
We've reached the knockout stage of the World Cup of Bad Hymns. Once again, some prize specimens have been eliminated, such as: I, the Lord of sea and sky (Here I am, Lord), The world is full of smelly feet, Sing a new church, They'll know we are Christian, and Christ be our light. But look at what's left...
The knockout stage goes as follows:
Quarter-finals, beginning November 5th:
A: Group 1 winner v Group 2 runner-up:
Shine, Jesus, Shine (Graham Kendrick) v Come to the table of plenty (Daniel Schutte).
Shine, Jesus, Shine (Graham Kendrick) v Come to the table of plenty (Daniel Schutte).
B: Group 2 winner v Group 1 runner-up:
One bread, one body (John Foley) v Gather us in (Marty Haugen).
One bread, one body (John Foley) v Gather us in (Marty Haugen).
C: Group 3 winner v Group 4 runner-up:
Lord of the dance (Sidney Carter) v Gloria, clap, clap (Martin Anderson).
Lord of the dance (Sidney Carter) v Gloria, clap, clap (Martin Anderson).
D: Group 4 winner v Group 3 runner-up:
On eagle's wings (Michael Joncas) v Kumbayah (anon).
On eagle's wings (Michael Joncas) v Kumbayah (anon).
Semi-finals, beginning November 13th:
1. Winner of A v Winner of C.
2. Winner of B v Winner of D.
And the winners play the final on November 22nd. St Cecilia's Day. May the worst hymn win!
This post will be updated as the results come in.
You want to sing WHAT???
May I beg all supporters to behave themselves and refrain from violence. We don't want scenes such as we saw in the 1898 World Cup of bad hymns, when fans of Ira D. Sankey's Sacred songs and solos went crazy and started singing:
Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is drifting away;
Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!
Someone is sinking today.
History relates that supporters of Knowles Shaw retaliated with:'Tis the hand of God on the wall,
'Tis the hand of God on the wall;
Shall the record be, "Found wanting," or shall it be, "Found trusting!"
While that hand is writing on the wall?
There were fifty arrests and two hundred casualties (mostly people driven permanently insane). No, we don't want any more of that, thank you.
Someone's fighting, Lord, Kumbayah.
Every Sunday I struggle to refrain from fleeing the church screaming. It seems that contemporary Catholic religious "music" comes in one of three flavors: ugly, Protestant, Protestant and ugly. Whatever has happened to "O Sacrament Most Holy?"
ReplyDeleteGina, I'm a protestant and we don't sing those dreadful songs.
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