tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374918652024-03-07T13:11:06.223-05:00Thou and Thou OnlyRiches we heed not, nor man's empty praise.<br><br>
This blog belongs to the family of JunkMale, a Christian and Georgia Tech alumnus. Target demographics might include conservative Christian, healthy-eating, homeschooling, interracial families, and others who do not call this world "home." Where homemade is usually better than store-bought. For more info, click the "About" link below.Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-19937640880601376642010-09-13T13:31:00.000-04:002010-09-13T13:31:00.896-04:00MAM: John Williams is the ManThis is an oldie but a goodie: and a capella tribute to John Williams which puts many of his greatest hits together with Star Wars words. Pearl likes to watch this, but she used to get very distressed and cry at one particular part. Virtual brownies (dairy-free!) to anyone who can guess where.<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lk5_OSsawz4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lk5_OSsawz4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object>Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-57392329711584573662010-03-29T07:18:00.001-04:002010-03-29T08:39:18.759-04:00MAM: The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond<strong style="font-weight: normal;">Lately we've been listening to some children's music with Pearl, and although neither JunkMale or I had heard this one before, it has become one of favorites. It's an old Jacobite* folk song with a very catchy tune.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">*For those <span style="font-style: italic;">certain</span> family members who don't know their history (*wink*), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobitism">Jacobites</a> were Scottish revolutionaries in the 16- and 1700s who tried to restore the Stuart monarchy to Scotland. The revolution was ended with a decisive defeat in the Battle of Culloden. It lead to the destruction of the clan system in Scotland and the Dress Act, which made the wearing of tartans and kilts illegal.</span><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eDee-mHMdwY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eDee-mHMdwY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.contemplator.com/scotland/lomond.html">Lyrics</a>:<br /><br />By yon bonnie banks<br />And by yon bonnie braes,<br />Where the sun shines bright<br />On Loch Lomond<br />Oh we twa ha'e pass'd<br />sae mony blithesome days,<br />On the bonnie, bonnie banks<br />O' Loch Lomond.<br /><br /><i>Chorus<br />Oh ye'll tak' the high road<br />and I'll tak' the low road,<br />An' I'll be in Scotland before ye',<br />But wae is my heart until we meet again<br />On the Bonnie, bonnie banks<br />O' Loch Lomond.<br /></i><br />I mind where we parted<br />In yon shady glen<br />On the steep, steep side<br />O' Ben Lomon'<br />Where in purple hue<br />The highland hills we view<br />And the morn shines out<br />Frae the gloamin'<br /><br /><i>Chorus</i><br /><br />The wee bird may sing<br />An' the wild flowers spring;<br />An' in sunshine the waters are sleepin'<br />But the broken heart<br />It sees nae second spring,<br />And the world does na ken<br />How we're greetin'<br /><br /><i>Chorus</i></strong>Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-18198372796746286222010-03-22T09:00:00.001-04:002010-03-22T09:02:49.272-04:00MAM: Welcoming Spring<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HMUiDXkYLTE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HMUiDXkYLTE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-22408844549264744372009-12-08T11:54:00.000-05:002009-12-08T11:54:33.968-05:00Just Sing the Chorus, Please!You know what annoys me? When someone who's leading a hymn decides that the congregation is going to sing all the verses of a song first, then sing the chorus once. <br /><br />Perhaps you are someone who likes singing songs like this. You are quite puzzling indeed. I don't know what it is, it's just annoying to me. <br /><br />Songs that I've heard sung in this manner are "How Great Thou Art" and "Alas And Did My Savior" / "At The Cross" / whatever your congregation calls that song.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-22086115325582492662009-11-09T07:43:00.000-05:002009-11-09T07:43:00.230-05:00MAM: More ElgarPomp and Circumstance March No. 1 is probably Elgar's best known work - especially to those of us who have played in the band for a graduation. ;-) The title of the work comes from Shakespeare's <span style="font-style:italic;">Othello</span>:<br /><br /><center>"Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,<br />The spirit-stirring drum, th'ear-piercing fife,<br />The royal banner, and all quality,<br />Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!"</center><br /><br />I admit to liking this version from Fantasia 2000, depicting Noah's Ark and starring Donald Duck. It incorporates the first four marches of Pomp and Circumstance:<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uioq70HPikM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uioq70HPikM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />And we cannot forget this delightful recording of Elgar himself conducting the first march. His words to the orchestra beforehand: "Morning, gentlemen. Glad to see you all. Very light programme this morning. Please play this tune as though you've never heard it before."<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gxqFdcZz974&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gxqFdcZz974&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-84473551676597211592009-11-02T08:26:00.000-05:002009-11-02T08:26:00.513-05:00Music Appreciation Monday: Serenade for StringsComposed by Edward Elgar, conducted by Ramon Tebar, performed by the Spanish Radio Television Orchestra. This is a beautiful piece, quiet and slightly mournful. It's excellent baby-sleeping music, too. :-)<br /><br />First movement, Allegro piacevole*:<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4GjggrJE9No&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4GjggrJE9No&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />Second movement, Larghetto:<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OUUFPNCv7Pw&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OUUFPNCv7Pw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />Third movement, Allegretto<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8DKB0Lya244&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8DKB0Lya244&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />*<i>piacevole</i> means "agreeable"Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-22684364203102742192009-10-26T11:07:00.003-04:002009-10-26T12:23:58.851-04:00Music Appreciation Monday: Ong Dal SaemI freely admit this wasn't my own idea. <a href="http://familyofn.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/music-appreciation-monday-liszt/">My sister</a>, as far as I know, was the inventor of the term and I haven't asked to use it. But I don't think she'll mind, especially since her last MAM was in January. I'm planning on posting classical music, folksongs, and hymns that we're listening to at our own house. (If I can keep up with my bloggy habits while I have a baby crawling all over the house, I might even consider turning this into a Mr Linky deal, too, complete with a banner.)<br /><br />But enough of that. Ong Dal Saem (옹달샘) is a Korean song about a mountain spring and a rabbit who comes to drink from it early in the morning. The tune is the same as the German song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpeaU_UDAnQ">Drunten Im Unterland</a>, but the meaning is completely different. Here is a rough translation of the Korean lyrics (Junkmale or Iris can correct me if I've made any gross mistranslations):<br /><br />Deep in the mountains is a spring.<br />Who will come to take a drink?<br />Clear and pure is spring,<br />Who will come to take a drink?<br />In the dawn a rabbit<br />Rubs his eyes and wakes up<br />He came to wash his face<br />He drinks water, then he goes.<br /><br />This is my favorite version, with all the parts sung by the same person. It is based on a single from a popular Korean boy band, TVXQ. They titled the song "Mountain Spring":<br /><br /><center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dpyaXYq8SB4&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dpyaXYq8SB4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed><a class="mfwltnlwjiknziryewop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/dpyaXYq8SB4&hl=en&fs=1&"></a><a class="mfwltnlwjiknziryewop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/dpyaXYq8SB4&hl=en&fs=1&"></a></object><center></center></center><br /><br />And here we have two adorable boys singing the song, complete with hand motions:<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_WGKATBcLM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u_WGKATBcLM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />And lastly, the tune used as a background for a yogurt commercial:<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/is5_-Iae03Q&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/is5_-Iae03Q&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center>Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-6832068945195430732009-08-18T08:29:00.004-04:002009-08-18T10:30:27.738-04:00The Epic LifeI have now entered the epic life. I have a camera that helps me produce pictures like this (with help from GIMP):<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SoqflbdczUI/AAAAAAAABtQ/5DRo2BXGj80/s1600-h/IMGP0297_mod.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_avUUQxpy30o/SoqflbdczUI/AAAAAAAABtQ/5DRo2BXGj80/s400/IMGP0297_mod.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371280970967993666" /></a><br /><br />(I expect and hope that my photography and image editing will get better with time)<br /><br />And music like this, which can make the most mundane tasks feel like you are saving the universe. Not just any kind of music can make you feel like you are at the center of the fight for the continued existence of mankind while you are loading the dishwasher. (skip to 1:58 if you want to hear the best part)<center><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JL9TG8QWfMc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JL9TG8QWfMc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br />(I bought the whole album from Amazon and it is worthwhile purchase if you like movie trailer-ish music)JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-71859476148625753842009-05-10T20:10:00.000-04:002009-05-10T20:11:03.883-04:00Music Lovers' Opinions Wanted!If you consider yourself to have any good taste in music (who doesn't?), I would like to solicit your opinion. <br /><br />Perhaps you have heard of a movie called <i>Requiem for a Dream</i>. Its soundtrack contains a song called <i>Lux Aeterna</i> which is quite often erroneously referred to as Requiem for a Dream. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hKLpJtvzlEI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hKLpJtvzlEI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Pretty much every movie or TV series that has ever had a fan-made tribute/highlight video has had someone make a video set to this song. Everyone on YouTube seems to adore this song, but as we know, most commenters on YouTube are no higher lifeforms than fungi in a scummy armpit. I like to think that any regular readers of this blog are better than that (and you do too, probably, unless you have the self esteem of a dying salted slug).<br /><br />So I want to know what you think of this song. Whether you love it or hate it, I want to hear your reasons for it. Please listen to it first in its entirety, then highlight the seemingly blank section below for my opinion. It's important that you listen first, then see what I think - I want you to listen with a blank slate and for your opinion not to be affected by mine. (you are exempt from listening before highlighting if you have heard this music before)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I canNOT understand why so many people love this song. I find it to be utterly repetitive! I do admit that some parts do have that certain epic feel to them, like when the chorus comes in for spurts, or for when the tempo gets faster and the crashing drums come in (3:23, for example). But even those parts are just rehashes of the same measures that came before them, and the measures that come after them are rehashes as well. SNORE ZZZ SNORE<br /><br />It is popular as trailer music, and I can see why it would do well in that form of media. Trailers are short and showcase tantalizing highlights and explosions and whatnot. I can see that it would work in a movie as purely background music. But to sit down and listen to?? I can do that with many soundtracks/soundtrack composers. Hans Zimmer and John Williams come to mind. Zimmer's soundtracks all sound similar but I find them to have an epic feel and aren't nearly as repetitive as this boring piece. And I do believe that John Williams' music can stand alone quite well. But I would never turn on Lux Aeterna just to listen to.<br /><br />Of course, popular music these days is relatively repetitive as well. Verse chorus verse chorus, chorus chorus until end. But at least each line of the verse/chorus usually has more variation than the 2 or 3 notes that comprise this song.</span><br /><br />That is my amateur opinion. I would like to hear your opinion as well.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-64283107596997749522008-08-27T09:11:00.001-04:002008-08-27T09:11:00.985-04:00Classical MusicFor those of you who like to listen to classical music, I would like to recommend my favorite online classical radio station: <a href="http://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en">Radio Swiss Classic</a>. There are no commercials, the interface is excellent, and they have good music selection. The only downside is that all the commentary on the music is in French and German (although I think it's kind of cool).<br /><br />Try it out, and please let me know what you think!Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-87229905262272250732007-06-04T08:18:00.000-04:002007-06-04T08:25:03.028-04:00There's Always Someone More ConservativeRecently, we were actually able to eat something from the small container garden that Harmony has been cultivating over the past number of months. It got me thinking more about this <a href="http://thou-and-thou-only.blogspot.com/2007/03/upward-spiral.html" target="newwindow">upward spiral</a> that perhaps we are on. I got to thinking that no matter how conservative/traditional we eventually get, there will probably always be someone who's more conservative/traditional. BTW, I wield the word "conservative" in the pure dictionary sense of the word, not the political one.<br /><br />Food-wise, we're nowhere close to being extreme, in our eyes. We still eat stuff that has preservatives in it, although we try to avoid it if at all possible. Although we are rather gung-ho about avoiding <a href="http://thou-and-thou-only.blogspot.com/2007/02/we-care-about-trans-fats.html" target="newwindow">trans fats</a>, every now and then we will cheat a bit and eat little bits of our wedding-cake-which-we-were-not-supposed-to-eat-yet. Also, sometimes we are presented with little choice but to eat shortening-laden food at either grandmother's house. As long as there are (crazy?) organic eating vegans out there, we will be nowhere near extreme. We do not grow all our own food either, although we hope to have sustainable crops of tomatoes, red bell peppers, and other vegetables which are relatively expensive but oh-so-good.<br /><br />Church-wise, we attend a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_christ" target="newwindow">church of Christ</a>, so some would probably consider us extreme. Especially liberal Protestants or other churches which (to me) hardly even resemble Christian churches. <br /><br /><blockquote>At this time I'd like to take a little detour into the subcategory of music in church. Churches of Christ are sometimes known for adhering to a cappella worship. Conservative as this may be, there are some who go as far as saying that <i>unison</i> (as opposed to harmony) a cappella singing is the only way to go. Admittedly, I don't know of many churches that do this these days, except for the Amish. Somewhat of a side note: Did you know that 20th century martyr and Lutheran theologian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer" target="newwindow2">Dietrich Bonhoeffer</a> advocated <a href="http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=2737&C=2488" target="newwindow3">unison singing</a>? (that page is not just about his opinion on unison singing...search for "unison" for the relevant part) While my preference is for harmony (Harmony, haha), I can understand how someone would feel negatively about harmony in worship. If someone in my congregation were to raise this issue, I would have little problem with accommodating my brother/sister in Christ, in the manner of <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%2014&version=47;9;49" target="newwindow4">Romans 14:13-19</a>.</blockquote><br />As long as there are Amish communities, and as long as there are monasteries, there will always be people more conservative than us. Although we hold to the mindset that this world is not our home, the aforementioned groups seem to take that a step further and withdraw from the world as much as possible. <br /><!--Now for church things other than music, specifically soteriology, or the study of salvation. I do not believe that all will go to heaven, and I suppose that would get me labeled "conservative" or "fundamentalist." I also do not believe that one will go to heaven if he lives his life in whatever way he chooses. Would that not be a dishonor to the example that Jesus set? I suppose the past couple of sentences would have me labeled "Arminian." I believe that the right place between predestination and free will is somewhere in the middle. The Bible mentions predestination and "God's elect," but it also mentions how people can fall away from grace. -->JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-55972098417543182232007-04-18T07:12:00.000-04:002007-04-18T07:53:07.334-04:00JunkMale Partakes in the ArtsIn recent days, I have been partaking in the arts. In this case, "arts" refers to playing piano and guitar. <br /><br />Upon thinking about it for a bit, "arts" seems to refer to things that usually don't allow the average person to make a good living. Sure, people like Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Hilary Hahn, and Picasso made/make a lot of money. But if I'm not mistaken, most people usually can't make a living doing only art.<br /><br /><aside><br />It is a great travesty that the guitar solo has "gone out of style" in popular contemporary rock music. It is my opinion that the ability to play or improvise a good guitar solo is always preceded by LOTS of practice. And so it's hard to play good solos and consistently improvise fresh and different sounding solos. To me, good guitar soloing is not something that goes "out of style." This is like saying that the sonata or cantata is out of style as a musical form because no one writes in those forms much anymore. Van Gogh is not "out of style" because he's not alive anymore. So just as true art stands the test of time and doesn't go out of style, so too do guitar solos. Just because the human talent is not there to produce the art of choice, does not mean the art is out of style.<br /></aside><br /><br />I took piano lessons for about 8 years in my earlier days. I never really liked it much, but in the end, I grudgingly admit that it was good for me, and I also grudgingly admit that I am glad my parents made me take piano for a period of time. From 8th grade to sometime in high school, I took guitar lessons. I progressed much quicker in guitar because I actually wanted to learn, and I actually enjoyed it.<br /><br />My playing of music seems to come and go in spurts. A couple of months ago, I would play my select hymns on the piano quite often. By my select hymns, I mean my favorites that I have devoted lots of practice towards in order to master. Not coincidentally, these happen to be arrangements that are written in keys with few flats or sharps. These include some of my favorites like "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken," "Abide With Me," and "Glory Be to Jesus." I personally do not know how pianists keep track of so many flats and sharps. The only reason I can plunk my way through songs written in Eb is because lots of hymn arrangements are written in that key.<br /><br />Before the piano phase was another guitar phase. Before the wedding, I would spend my evenings reading political non-fiction and trying to master "Jesu, Joy of a Man's Desire." Now, I know that this is one of those extremely common wedding songs that I would NEVER have allowed in my own wedding, but I must admit that I do like the song outside the context of a wedding ceremony.<br /><br />And so after the aforementioned piano phase comes the guitar phase that I am currently in. When we visited Harmony's grandmother earlier this month, I brought my guitar because she had wanted to hear me play. So I brushed up on Jesu and resumed trying to master it. From there, I got it in my head to try to learn Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major (BWV 1007). Yes, another commonly known piece, but perhaps a bit more difficult than Jesu. Or not, who knows. <br /><br />Recently, I've found a site that has totally free downloads of classical piano recordings. The site was founded by a group of professional and amateur pianists who wanted some exposure for their work. And so they upload free MP3s of their recordings. I somehow randomly discovered Bach's cantata commonly referred to as "Sleepers Awake" (BWV 140). So I've gotten in my head to learn this one on guitar too. My wife has informed me that this one is not uncommon either. In spite of feeling so pedestrian, I am still resolved no longer to linger and to learn it forthright.<br /><br />And so as a public service to you, I provide you the link of the <a href="http://pianosociety.com/cms/index.php?section=6" target="newwindow">free classical piano music site</a>. If anyone else has obscure classical favorites, please feel free to leave a long list. Doubleplusgood if these songs have guitar arrangements available on the internet.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-80934997096212147652007-04-16T11:57:00.000-04:002007-04-16T12:17:39.126-04:00"We have no time to stand and stare"<center><p><i></i></p><p><i>What is this life if, full of care,</i></p><p><i>We have no time to stand and stare.</i></p><p>-- from "Leisure," by W.H. Davies</p><p style="text-align: left;">This was quoted in an article my sister recently sent me, entitled "<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?hpid=topnews">Pearls Before Breakfast</a>," which was of course a reference to the Biblical phrase "pearls before swine." The article was about an experiment. People at the Washington Post set up the famous violinist Joshua Bell in a DC subway station and had him perform as a street musician. Almost no one paid any attention. When interviewed later, many of the people didn't even remember hearing a violinist, or if they did they didn't think it was anything special. What they didn't know is that they would typically have to pay $100+ for a seat at one of his concerts. Joshua Bell earns $1000 a minute, and he plays on one of the best Stradivarius violins in the world, made during the golden age of Antonio Stradivari (the 1710's). <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">(as an aside: my sister got his autograph at a concert five years ago, and insists that SHE would have stopped to listen)<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">But here is what I consider to be the most interesting part of the entire article: <blockquote>"There was no ethnic or demographic pattern to distinguish the people who stayed to watch Bell, or the ones who gave money, from that vast majority who hurried on past, unheeding. Whites, blacks and Asians, young and old, men and women, were represented in all three groups. But the behavior of one demographic remained absolutely consistent. Every single time a child walked past, he or she tried to stop and watch. And every single time, a parent scooted the kid away."<br /></blockquote>And again, on a similar note: <blockquote>"We're busy. Americans have been busy, as a people, since at least 1831, when a young French sociologist named Alexis de Tocqueville visited the States and found himself impressed, bemused and slightly dismayed at the degree to which people were driven, to the exclusion of everything else, by hard work and the accumulation of wealth."</blockquote></p><div style="text-align: left;">There are other questions posed in the article, such as "what is art" and "is True Art dependent on the setting," but I think the point is made clear with the little children -- they recognized the music as art, and they wanted to listen. The adults were too busy to care.<br /></div><p></p></center>Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-47196140880986025712007-04-04T07:11:00.001-04:002007-04-04T07:20:34.731-04:00Be Thou My VisionI don't think I've ever posted the verses of our favorite hymn, Be Thou My Vision. Please take the time to read them if you have a couple of seconds. <br /><br />The funny thing is, I've never actually sung this song except along with the MP3 that I have. Church of Christ songbooks do not always have this song, and I've never heard it in 4 part harmony. And the arrangements I have seen, I usually don't like them that much. My current favorite BTMV hymnal arrangement is in a songbook that SIL has (I need to scan that next time I'm over there). But my overall favorite arrangement is the <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/4HIM_Be_Thou_My_Vision.mp3" target="newwindow">one available from my website</a>. I found this version free for download at muchmusic.net, so I assume it's okay for me to distribute. Besides, muchmusic.net's website is not always working for me.<br /><br /><blockquote><i>Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;<br />Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.<br />Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,<br />Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.<br /><br />Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;<br />I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;<br />Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;<br />Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.<br /><br />Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;<br />Be Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;<br />Thou my soul’s Shelter, Thou my high Tower:<br />Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.<br /><br />Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,<br />Thou mine Inheritance, now and always:<br /><b><u>Thou and Thou only</u></b>, first in my heart,<br />High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.<br /><br />High King of Heaven, my victory won,<br />May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!<br />Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,<br />Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.</i></blockquote>JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-72753803849939241372007-03-31T19:16:00.000-04:002007-03-31T19:16:48.542-04:00Blast from the Past: Wedding SongsWe were officially engaged one year ago today. Then we sort of went to hell and back. Anyways, in honor of that, here's this post.<br /><br />I was looking around on my website the other day, and found this list of songs that we wanted somewhere in our wedding. You'll notice that you see NO instances of Canon in D, Jesu Joy of a Man's Desire, or Trumpet Voluntary. While those songs can be rather pleasant otherwise, we did not want those songs in our wedding. Too.......pedestrian for us.<br /><br />Looking back, I don't think many of these songs actually survived the final cut, especially the pre-ceremony hymns, which was unfortunate. The songs used during the reception aren't even on this list anywhere.<br /><br />May we also add that we are glad that all of this is behind us!<br /><strong><u>Before ceremony (Piano hymns)</u></strong><br /><br />Amazing Grace<br />Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing<br />The Lord's My Shepherd, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/the_Lords_my_shepherd.jpg">sheet music</a><br />God Moves in a Mysterious Way, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/God_moves_in_a_mysterious_way.jpg">sheet music</a><br />Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/glorious_things_of_thee.jpg">sheet music</a><br />How Sweet, How Heavenly, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/how_sweet_how_heavenly.jpg">sheet music</a><br />When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/when_i_survey.jpg">sheet music</a><br />How Great Thou Art<br />What a Friend We Have in Jesus<br />This is My Father's World, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/this_is_my_fathers_world.jpg">sheet music</a><br />Nearer, Still Nearer<br />Purer in Heart, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/purer_in_heart.jpg">sheet music</a><br />O Sacred Head, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/o_sacred_head.jpg">sheet music</a><br />I Know Whom I Have Believed, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/i_know_whom_i_have_believed.jpg">sheet music</a><br />I Need Thee Every Hour, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/i_need_thee_every_hour.jpg">sheet music</a><br />Have Thine Own Way<br />Holy, Holy, Holy<br />Hallelujah! What a Savior!<br />Fairest Lord Jesus, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/fairest_lord_Jesus.jpg">sheet music</a><br />Be Still, My Soul<br />Just As I Am<br />The Lord Bless You and Keep You<br />Abide with Me<br />Glory Be to Jesus, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/Glory_Be_to_Jesus.jpg">sheet music</a> (great song, not in many song books, relatively easy to play)<br />Be Thou My Vision, <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/be_thou_my_vision.jpg">sheet music</a> (not my most favorite arrangement), <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/wedding/4HIM_Be_Thou_My_Vision.mp3" target="newwindow">click here to listen</a> (that link <strong>will</strong> work, it's from my own website)<br /><br /><strong><u>During Ceremony (from CD)<br /></u></strong>Seating of grandparents/parents - My Darling Asleep, arr. Turlough O'Carolan<br />Entrance of groom/groomsmen - Cello Suite 1: Prelude, Bach<br />Processional - Concerto Grosso Op6. No.12: Larghetto e piano, Handel<br />Bride - Carmen: Intermezzo, Bizet<br />Recessional: Hail to the Brightness of Zion's Glad Morning Miscellaneous (<em>this one was actually survived, but was played on piano, accompanied by live trumpet</em>)<br /><br /><strong><u>Random other songs</u></strong>:<br />Handel - Concerto grosso, Op 6 No 11 Andante<br />Handel - Concerto grosso, Op 6 No 12 Larghetto e piano<br />Handel - Sonata, Op1 No 3 Allegro<br />Handel - Sonata, Op 1 No 12 Allegro<br />Handel - Sonata, Op1 No 13 Affettuoso (Suzuki)<br />Handel - Sonata, Op 1 No 14 Adagio<br />Bach - Oboe Violin Double Second Movement<br />Bach - Loure from Partita No 3<br />Debussy - Claire de Lune (piano or orchestral)<br />Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana<br />Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Cygne<br />Beethoven - Minuet in G<br />Elgar - Salut d’amour Op12<br />Mozart - String Quartet in C maj “Dissonance” Andante cantible<br />Liz Knowles - My Darling Asleep<br />Bach - Cello Suite 1 Prelude<br />Vivaldi - L’inverno Largo<br />Bizet - Carmon IntermezzoJunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-34904480782628979382007-03-25T15:22:00.000-04:002007-03-25T15:33:33.066-04:00An Unfortunate MishapLast week at church, one of the songs we sang was "<a href="http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/h/l/whlifoll.htm" target="newwindow">Where He Leads I'll Follow</a>." <br /><br />The second verse goes like this:<br /><blockquote>Sweet is the tender love Jesus hath shown,<br />Sweeter far than any love that mortals have known;<br />Kind to the erring one, <b>faithful</b> is He;<br />He the great example is, and pattern for me.</blockquote><br />For some reason when I'm singing, I sometimes have a bad tendency to replace "faithful" with "faithless." I think this is partly because in the first verse, the part that is sung instead of "faithful is He" is "sinless I see." I saw the "-less" and the "faith" and I guess I put them together. This unfortunate mistake of messing up faithful/faithless has happened on other songs, but I can't remember any of the other songs. If I come across anymore hymn singing mishaps, I might bump this post up to the top.<br /><br />Whenever we sing "<a href="http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/h/p/hpraisj2.htm" target="newwindow">Hallelujah Praise Jehovah</a>", I sometimes want to sing the last line of the third verse like this:<br /><blockquote>Praise His Name, young men and maidens, Asian (<i>actually "agèd"</i>) men, and children small.</blockquote>JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-49071590869977195052007-03-19T08:18:00.000-04:002007-03-19T09:02:38.068-04:00Upward SpiralHarmony and I continually find ourselves in an upward spiral these days. That would be the opposite of "downward spiral," which is a commonly used term in vernacular English. Our upward spiral means that we are becoming more and more traditional as time goes by. Want to know how "weird" we've become? Read on. For the short attention spans out there, I've <strong>bolded</strong> the continual steps of our upward spiral.<br /><br />For a time in college, I thought that after Harmony and I got married, that she would work part-time. I have always wanted my wife <strong>staying home with my kids</strong>, I believe, so I would've been fine with her quitting when kids came along. But then Harmony presented me with some reasons why it could be a jarring adjustment to not have that extra income (etc.) anymore and I was quite easily won over. I think she had just begun reading conservative Christian blogs at this time. Somewhere in there we also <strong>decided against using birth control.</strong><br /><br />Not surprisingly, a short time afterwards, she brought up the subject of <strong>homeschooling</strong>. I'd not had much experience with homeschooling. I'd only known one person who'd been homeschooled, and she didn't seem any more weird than the rest of us. I think I did bring up the default question of "socialization" but I don't remember what came of it. All I know now is that I have no desire to socialize my kids in the Godless socialist environment that is tax payer funded child abuse (a.k.a. government/public schools). So you would think that I would naturally want to put my kids in private Christian schools, right? Well, not really. Contemporary classrooms still follow the age-segregated peer education model. I attended private school for a while and I can tell you that no majority of students are Bambi-eyed cherubs who espouse Christian virtues when presented with the opportunity to do evil. In general, I <strong>do not plan to practice age segregation</strong>, so this means that the only option left is either a one room schoolhouse or homeschooling. I think you know which one I intend to choose.<br /><br />(Of course, I do not condemn you if, for whatever reason, choose/chose not to homeschool. Besides, humans have no power to condemn anyone. It's like trying to will the sun not to rise.)<br /><br />Of course, age segregation is present in churches today. Youth groups, young adult ministries, teen ministries, this-and-that ministries. I have read reasons why some people choose not to put their kids in youth groups, and I must say that I agree with the reasons.<br /><br />I've also become much more traditional in my preferred church music. Before I came to college, I was all into the contemporary styles of musical worship. But I started attending a quasi-church of Christ in college. Quasi- meaning it was a denomination split from the churches of Christ, which generally do not use instruments. Over the years I became accustomed to and developed affinity for <strong>non-instrumental 4 part a cappella hymns</strong> as my preferred method of musical worship. I do not believe this is a salvation issue and therefore do not condemn any who do use instruments in worship.<br /><br />After many years of eating entirely unhealthy foods in college, we started getting more much "weird" about <strong>eating healthy foods</strong>. At first it started with Harmony trying to cut out extremely sugary foods from her diet. Then we somehow got to slowly <strong>cutting out trans fats</strong> from our diets. We started buying organic every now and then. Now, we <strong>try to make things from scratch</strong> whenever possible. We also try to <strong>substitute other things for sugar</strong> (like honey or Sucanat-which-is-painfully-expensive), since my dad has relatively recently developed diabetes, which means I might be susceptible as well.<br /><br />Harmony has recently also been reading up on hybrid seed varieties and seed saving or whatnot. I think she's on a new quest to <strong>be a responsible gardener</strong>, which means not using pesticides and using "good" seeds only. (Pssst...Harmony might want to revise this paragraph later.)<br /><br />One area which I've become much less strict on is the issue of salvation. Actually, I got considerably <em>more</em> strict before coming back down to what I think is a happy medium. The church I attended throughout college used to hold to a rather cult-ish belief that only those who held to their doctrines and every single one of their extra-Biblical beliefs would enter Heaven. There was lip service given to those select few outside the church that (theoretically) had come to the church's beliefs independently. However, most of their extra-Biblical beliefs were exclusively practiced in that church only, so in practice, no one but church members fit. To its own credit, many of these churches have reformed their beliefs and have become pleasantly progressive (relative to former positions), although there are still some who hold to such narrow and cult-ish beliefs. Old beliefs die hard among some. Anyways, I used to buy into the One True Church mindset, but do so no longer. Coincidentally or not, Harmony and I now attend a traditional church of Christ. Before college, I think I was too quick to label many people as being "Christian" without having the lifestyle to prove it. I no longer just assume that anyone is a Christian just because he/she says so, but also no longer believe that only people in my former church are the only ones who hold the keys to heaven (what would that mean for me, who no longer attends?)<br /><br />...But don't let all this scare you off from talking to us. I think on the outside we still resemble normal people. I'm left wondering how much more traditional/conservative we'll become in the next decade.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-1169067361506907762007-03-10T16:50:00.000-05:002007-03-10T16:55:13.907-05:00Soundtrack Of My Life(Edited to fix the stuff at the bottom, and add stuff at the bottom. You people gotta tell me when stuff on here looks strange or incomplete.)<br /><br />Here's a collection of songs that I could listen to over and over again and not get tired of them. If I had an iPod, these songs would be on there.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.muchmusic.net/4_him_be_thou_my_vision_mp3_download_link_2078"><span style="font-style: italic;">Be Thou My Vision</span></a>, arrangement courtesy of 4HIM.<br />- I finally found the link and it actually works this time!! You all MUST go download this before the link dies again. (EDIT: I just tried it from work and it doesn't work...but it did last night when I found the link again) I have never listened much to 4HIM and don't listen to much CCM these days, but their arrangement of this song is one of my all-time favorite songs in any category.<br />I love the words, I love the tune, everything just works perfectly in this song, IMO. It's also the source of the title of our blog and I listened to the song extensively during <a href="http://thou-and-thou-only.blogspot.com/2006/11/our-turbulent-engagement-part-1.html">Our Turbulent Engagement</a>.<br />(If it's available for free download on that site, maybe it's legal to share it user-to-user...so if it doesn't work, let me know and I can just upload it to the blog or website. If this is illegal, please let me know, even though I'm bursting at the seams to share this MP3.)<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Narnia-Lion-Witch-Wardrobe/dp/B000BCE8QY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-2949017-0752126?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1173223694&sr=8-1"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Soundtrack</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br />- Specifically tracks 2, 12, 13, and sometimes 1. Mostly I loooove track 12 "The Battle." Consequently, it's also my favorite part of the movie (I have a Y chromosome, what do you expect).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jurassic Park soundtrack, Journey to the Island</span><br />- I think that's what it's called. I've long since lost the actual CD. It's from the part of the movie where they are going to the island on the helicopter.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Star Wars soundtrack, Throne Room</span><br />- I sort of wanted to our wedding recessional to be this song (sort of), but Harmony would have none of it. For those less-inclined, this is the music that's playing at the end of Episode IV when Luke, Han, and Chewie are receiving their medals. Technically, Chewie didn't get one, for some reason.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/b/abidewme.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">Abide with Me</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>(tune of "<span style="font-style: italic;">Eventide</span>")<br />- I've been trying to perfect this one on piano. I think I'm sort of there. JunkMale is loath to admit that he will probably make his children take the dreaded piano lessons, which they will probably dislike just as much as JunkMale did. But they will also be grateful that their parents made them, just as JunkMale is loath to admit that he is grateful that they made him.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lyricsondemand.com/miscellaneouslyrics/fightsongslyrics/georgiatechfightsonglyrics.html">Up With The White and Gold, Ramblin' Wreck, good old Georgia Tech fight songs</a><br />- On here more for old times sake than being an all-time favorite. Lyrics are somewhat PG rated, considering many many references to drinking and the underworld. When called upon, I sing the censored version, although I don't censor any references to drinking. Instead, I improvise hand motions! Hahahahahahahhahaha! (Kids, daddy is/was not a drunkard, nor does he condone drunkenness) And I do intend to dress my daughters in white and gold, at which point they will cheer the brave and bold or raise the ratio.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unearthed-E-S-Posthumus/dp/B0008191LU/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2949017-0752126?ie=UTF8&s=music&amp;amp;qid=1173224877&sr=8-1"><i>Ebla</i> and <i>Cuzco</i></a>, <b>by <a href="http://esposthumus.com/">E.S. Posthumus</a></b><br />- E.S. Posthumus is a most excellent musical selection. They write music that's got a lot of those very dramatic sounding choral vocals. You might've heard bits and pieces of their music from movie trailers, such as Spiderman and Minority Report. Although I've never seen NBC's "Cold Case," apparently one of their songs is played over the opening credits. They also need to hurry up and come out with a second album, considering it's been at least 4 years since their great first album.<br /><br /><br /><b><i>Drunken Lullabies</i>, by Flogging Molly</b><br />Reminds me of 2005 spring break. <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/springbreak2005.html">Pictures here</a>, and <a href="http://www.sherwanus.com/Videos/sb05.wmv">video here</a>, although if you don't know us personally, you might be bored, unless you like watching video of people you've never met. <br /><br /><br />More songs might be added as I remember them, but I wanted to hurry up and post the link to Be Thou My Vision.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-68262689139221450472007-03-02T08:08:00.000-05:002007-03-02T08:23:56.429-05:00New Attitude 2007<a href="http://www.newattitude.org/conference/">New Attitude 2007</a><br /><br />I don't totally know what it's about yet, but I think the JunkMale family is attending. Were it not for a 100% parental subsidy (my mom doesn't like my sister to go places alone, even though she's now 22) and my sister begging us to go with her, we probably couldn't justify the transportation costs and registration fees. But alas, we were graciously offered one and accepted.<br />Any familiar bloggers want to meet in real life? Shake an organic hand or two? Converse via sonic/aural means? Please let us know.<br /><br /><disclaimer><br />NOTE: The non-Church-of-Christ people out there might be tempted to be offended at the paragraph following this one, so please read the long disclaimer:<br />I am NOT saying that emotions in worship is wrong, nor am I even saying that emotion-driven worship is wrong in any way, NOR am I saying that the Church of Christ way is better. I'm NOT saying that, so please try not to get mad at me. I'm just saying that we're not used to it.<br /></disclaimer><br /><br />I must admit, Harmony and I might feel a bit out of place with what I assume will be emotion-driven worship. It's been a while since I've been a part of a church that had that, and Harmony's always been Church of Christ, which, if anything emphasizes clear-headedness and knowledge over emotion (sort of Jedi-like, hm?). Actually, even when I was the music leader for the English service of my parent's Korean Baptist church, there wasn't that much emotion. There probably isn't going to be much singing that's not accompanied by lots of instruments and whatnot. Although the JunkMale family does not condemn instrumental worship, our preferred method of singing is 4 part a cappella.<br /><br />In fact, it's been much too long since we've been invited to a singing session. If we got desperate enough, maybe we'd even drive a gargantuan distance to the <a href="http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/">Headmistress</a>' homestead for one ;) Or <a href="http://smockityfrocks.blogspot.com/">MyFriendConnie's</a>. While I'm giving shout-outs to church of Christ bloggers, any other coC bloggers out there want to invite us over? Harmony makes some *mean* meatballs, a really good from-scratch chicken stock, and some excellent garlic breadsticks. I provide a mean bass/baritone/sometimes-tenor-if-all-the-other-tenors-are-dead-and-I-feel-okay-reducing-my-voice's-life-expectancy.<br /><br />EDIT: Don't take all this to mean that I'm not looking forward to going. I am. As I do not exactly know what will be taking place there, I can't be as excited about it as my sister though. Will attempt to read up on it more, as I have the time.JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-1164810861065262052006-12-01T22:19:00.000-05:002006-12-01T22:21:13.006-05:00JunkMale's ABC's of HymnsIt was extremely hard for me to exclude some hymns, as I was resolute to just have one per letter. I did not fudge with first line titles, nor did I list multiple hymns for letters (it was very hard!!). Stolen from <a href="http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2006/11/abcs-of-hymns.html">The Common Room</a>, who stole it from <a href="http://bethsperaindomino.blogspot.com/2006/11/abcs-of-hymns.html">Beth Spera</a>.<br />Contrary to popular belief, I did not steal the idea from Lady JunkFemale, for I had a draft of this post before her's got put up ;) Our lists look very similar, if you didn't notice.<br /><br />Favorite hymn for each alphabet letter:<br /><br />A - Abide With Me<br />B - Be Thou My Vision<br />C - Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing<br />D - Dare To Stand Like Joshua<br />E -<br />F - Fairest Lord Jesus<br />G - Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken<br />H - Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah (Kirkpatrick)...there are a ton of H songs that I like.<br />I - I Know Whom I Have Believed<br />J - Just As I Am<br />K -<br />L - The Lord Bless You and Keep You (with 14-fold amen, of course)<br />M - My Hope is Built<br />N - Nearer, Still Nearer<br />O - O Sacred Head<br />P - Purer In Heart<br />Q -<br />R - Rise Up O Men of God<br />S - Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us<br />T - This is My Father's World<br />U -<br />V - Victory In Jesus<br />W - When I Survey the Wondrous Cross<br />X - Xylophone, because X always stands for xylophone. (for those slow on the uptake: this is not a hymn title)<br />Y - Years I Spent in Vanity and Pride<br />Z -JunkMalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02619673168896233941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-1164900788377871812006-11-30T09:40:00.000-05:002006-12-06T20:35:45.963-05:00My ABCs of HymnsI got the idea from <a href="http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2006/11/abcs-of-hymns.html">Pipsqueak</a> (who got it from someone else, but that's not particularly relevant). Like her, I can't quite limit it to one hymn per letter. I also fudged a bit, using first lines where it fit, and making "the" either count or not so that I could fit in a few more of my favorites. :)<br /><br />A - Abide With Me<br />B - Be Thou My Vision and Be Still My Soul<br />C - Christ The Lord Is Risen Today<br />D - Dare To Stand Like Joshua<br />E - Eternal Father, Strong To Save<br />F - Fairest Lord Jesus<br />G - Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken and Glory Be To Jesus<br />H - How Great Thou Art and Have Thine Own Way Lord<br />I - I Know Whom I Have Believed and I Know That My Redeemer Lives<br />J - Jesus is Lord and Just As I Am<br />K - King Of My Life I Crown Thee Now<br />L - Lo! What a Glorious Sight Appears and the Lord Bless You and Keep You (+ the 7-fold Amen)<br />M - My Hope Is Built<br />N - Nearer, Still Nearer and No Tears in Heaven<br />O - O Lord, Our Lord and O Sacred Head<br />P - Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow and Purer in Heart, O God<br />Q - .......?<br />R - Revive Us Again<br />S - Shout For Joy to the Lord of the Earth and Shall We Gather at the River?<br />T - The Lord's My Shepherd (Orlington) and This Is My Father's World<br />U - Unto Thee O Lord<br />V - Victory In Jesus<br />W - What A Friend We Have In Jesus and When The Morning Comes<br />X - ......?<br />Y - Years I Spent In Vanity And Pride<br />Z - Zacchaeus Was A Wee Little Man?? I think that's the closest I can come. :)Harmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com1