tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post113634955420094282..comments2022-10-23T08:50:54.845-04:00Comments on αpokalupto: Song: Blessed Be Your NameDavid Hamstrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00918076742603923375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post-1136677808281959222006-01-07T18:50:00.000-05:002006-01-07T18:50:00.000-05:00Blessed be Your Name is one of the better worship ...Blessed be Your Name is one of the better worship songs in my opinion. <BR/><BR/>But I really share Dave E's opinion on repetitiousness.<BR/><BR/>and dave, i like your "McWorship" term. That's fitting.<BR/><BR/>Freedom of worship styles is a perk of our age; the downside is that freedom means free to make dumb mistakes, such as boring people with repetition.JimMileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500251285209949365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post-1136440265963590852006-01-05T00:51:00.000-05:002006-01-05T00:51:00.000-05:00I agree. Meaningless repititions are not worship, ...I agree. Meaningless repititions are not worship, and there is nothing like repition to render words meaningless. But we must not go overboard with this principle. Handel's "Halelujah Chorus" is one repititions "ditty" I'd hate to loose, because the music underlying the word in question is so artfully varried. Likewise the Biblical phrase "holy, holy, holy" is certainly repititious but intensifies the meaning of the word threefold. And the art Hebrew poetry is based on the structured repitition of ideas, which most modern readers find boring and redundant.<BR/><BR/>For me, repitition is meaningless when it loses all forms of artistry and becomes a mindless excercise in hypnosis. This is often seen in Pentacostal/Charismatic worship services when a musical phrase and the accompaning lyrics are repeted "x10". Unfortionately, many of the McWorship songs the Christian record industry churns out have adopted this style as well.David Hamstrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918076742603923375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13738853.post-1136412988953988562006-01-04T17:16:00.000-05:002006-01-04T17:16:00.000-05:00I'm glad a contemporary christian artist has used ...I'm glad a contemporary christian artist has used that particular reference to Job in a song. Indeed, worship is, first and foremost, the praise of our Great God. <BR/>Unfortunately, too many artists just string praise words together to make a song, and don't seem to make any attempt to make their work <B>say</B> anything. I find the over-repition of "praise to the lord, praise to the lord (x10)" to achieve nothing in a worship-full sense. <BR/>Thoughts?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793899692073212830noreply@blogger.com