cinepro Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 Having grown up in the heyday of LDS Pop music, with Janice Kapp Perry and Michael Maclean cranking out hits (or "hits") left and right throughout my teenage years, I've always been a fan of the genre. Certainly, my kids get a weekly eye-roll when I crank up "You're Not Alone " in the car on the way to Church. It seemed the era of Mormon pop music had sunsetted. Certainly, the "guidance" that such songs shouldn't be performed in Sacrament Meeting didn't help, nor did the ending of Missionary Farewells. But it looks like there may be a resurrection in the making. My Facebook page has been inundated with two songs from a new LDS songwriter. One is for Primary, and the other for Young Women. They're certainly catchy, but I can't imagine them being performed in Church. But that doesn't mean they won't be. So for those of you who haven't heard them yet, enjoy Mormon Pop Music 2.0! 2
jkwilliams Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, cinepro said: Having grown up in the heyday of LDS Pop music, with Janice Kapp Perry and Michael Maclean cranking out hits (or "hits") left and right throughout my teenage years, I've always been a fan of the genre. Certainly, my kids get a weekly eye-roll when I crank up "You're Not Alone " in the car on the way to Church. It seemed the era of Mormon pop music had sunsetted. Certainly, the "guidance" that such songs shouldn't be performed in Sacrament Meeting didn't help, nor did the ending of Missionary Farewells. But it looks like there may be a resurrection in the making. My Facebook page has been inundated with two songs from a new LDS songwriter. One is for Primary, and the other for Young Women. They're certainly catchy, but I can't imagine them being performed in Church. But that doesn't mean they won't be. So for those of you who haven't heard them yet, enjoy Mormon Pop Music 2.0! Pretty grim stuff, indeed. The first is notable for stealing the piano intro from Elton John's "Your Song." The second seems to have borrowed the initial visuals from Bob Dylan.
Duncan Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 20 minutes ago, cinepro said: Having grown up in the heyday of LDS Pop music, with Janice Kapp Perry and Michael Maclean cranking out hits (or "hits") left and right throughout my teenage years, I've always been a fan of the genre. Certainly, my kids get a weekly eye-roll when I crank up "You're Not Alone " in the car on the way to Church. It seemed the era of Mormon pop music had sunsetted. Certainly, the "guidance" that such songs shouldn't be performed in Sacrament Meeting didn't help, nor did the ending of Missionary Farewells. But it looks like there may be a resurrection in the making. My Facebook page has been inundated with two songs from a new LDS songwriter. One is for Primary, and the other for Young Women. They're certainly catchy, but I can't imagine them being performed in Church. But that doesn't mean they won't be. So for those of you who haven't heard them yet, enjoy Mormon Pop Music 2.0! i'm fairly confident a favourite mission companion of mine, his daughter is one of the singers in the first video!
bluebell Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 The church still embraces catchy pop music, you just have to be involved in YM and YW to really notice. Every year the youth theme includes a religious pop song (this year's Peace in Christ and last year's Ask of God) 1
Scott Lloyd Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 1 hour ago, cinepro said: Having grown up in the heyday of LDS Pop music, with Janice Kapp Perry and Michael Maclean cranking out hits (or "hits") left and right throughout my teenage years, I've always been a fan of the genre. Certainly, my kids get a weekly eye-roll when I crank up "You're Not Alone " in the car on the way to Church. It seemed the era of Mormon pop music had sunsetted. Certainly, the "guidance" that such songs shouldn't be performed in Sacrament Meeting didn't help, nor did the ending of Missionary Farewells. But it looks like there may be a resurrection in the making. My Facebook page has been inundated with two songs from a new LDS songwriter. One is for Primary, and the other for Young Women. They're certainly catchy, but I can't imagine them being performed in Church. But that doesn't mean they won't be. So for those of you who haven't heard them yet, enjoy Mormon Pop Music 2.0! Some of the stuff from that “heyday” is doctrinally sketchy. Take the song “I Heard Him Come.” One line in there says “Rivers crawl to find him.” What does that even mean? And where in the scriptures is there anything about rivers “crawl[ing] to find” Jesus? 2
cinepro Posted July 3, 2018 Author Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Scott Lloyd said: Some of the stuff from that “heyday” is doctrinally sketchy. Take the song “I Heard Him Come.” One line in there says “Rivers crawl to find him.” What does that even mean? And where in the scriptures is there anything about rivers “crawl[ing] to find” Jesus? Ah...Afterglow. They made Air Supply look like Iron Maiden. But you don't remember that story in the New Testament where the mountain moved just to let Jesus through? Maybe it's in the apocrypha...? Edited July 3, 2018 by cinepro
pogi Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 27 minutes ago, bluebell said: The church still embraces catchy pop music, you just have to be involved in YM and YW to really notice. Every year the youth theme includes a religious pop song (this year's Peace in Christ and last year's Ask of God) Very true, and these are often performed in sacrament meeting. Our ward's youth sang Peace in Christ a couple months ago. Good song...as far as Mormon pop goes.
cinepro Posted July 3, 2018 Author Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, bluebell said: The church still embraces catchy pop music, you just have to be involved in YM and YW to really notice. Every year the youth theme includes a religious pop song (this year's Peace in Christ and last year's Ask of God) They might try, but they'll never top this rap-tacular number from the first (and last) time the Church tried to do an honest-to-goodness youth revival. Edited July 3, 2018 by cinepro 2
pogi Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 22 minutes ago, cinepro said: They might try, but they'll never top this rap-tacular number from the first (and last) time the Church tried to do an honest-to-goodness youth revival. Ohhh, that just made my day! My very favorite part is the white boy dance move at 24:37, ha, ha, ha! Then he is totally showed up by the afro kid at 24:47. Oh, that is just great!
Scott Lloyd Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 26 minutes ago, cinepro said: Ah...Afterglow. They made Air Supply look like Iron Maiden. But you don't remember that story in the New Testament where the mountain moved just to let Jesus through? Maybe it's in the apocrypha...? I don’t even mind Afterglow doing it. Just don’t occupy my sacrament meeting worship time with such dreck. It’s 4 1/2 minutes of my life I’ll never get back. I could make use of the time by reading scriptures on my iPod Touch. But I fear these days I can’t even do that without some busybody fussing about it. 1
jkwilliams Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 1 hour ago, cinepro said: Ah...Afterglow. They made Air Supply look like Iron Maiden. But you don't remember that story in the New Testament where the mountain moved just to let Jesus through? Maybe it's in the apocrypha...? Darn you, cinepro. You got me thinking about "Liken to Us," the song they played incessantly before seminary when we were studying the Book of Mormon. It's been stuck in my head all day. Found it. I didn't realize it dated from 1975, meaning it was pretty old when I heard it. 1
pogi Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 55 minutes ago, Scott Lloyd said: ...reading scriptures on my iPod Touch. Nice, keeping it old-school! I have always been curious at people who use those, can you not get the scriptures on your phone?
SouthernMo Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Scott Lloyd said: Take the song “I Heard Him Come.” One line in there says “Rivers crawl to find him.” What does that even mean? And where in the scriptures is there anything about rivers “crawl[ing] to find” Jesus? Weren’t you telling me a few days ago how poetic license is ok in LDS music? I had noted the same point on doctrinal challenges with “Praise to the Man” which you defended. But poetic license in other songs is “sketchy?” 😊
SouthernMo Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 2 hours ago, cinepro said: Ah...Afterglow. They made Air Supply look like Iron Maiden. I can’t stop smiling at this...
Bernard Gui Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) There’s tons of LDS pop music out there...Gentry, David Archuleta, Lindsey Sterling, Jenny Oaks Baker, Piano Guys, http://youngldsmusic.com/lds-pop.php etc. Much is arranged hymns. Nobody remembers Jessie Evans Smith, The Three D’s, or Marvin Payne? Edited July 4, 2018 by Bernard Gui
sunstoned Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 Mormon pop music to me means Randy Bachman (BTO), David Gates (Bread), Arthur Kane (New York Dolls), Osmonds, and Zedekiah ( not the heavy metal one from Japan, the local Southern California band). The high water mark of rock and roll was the 1970's.
Scott Lloyd Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, SouthernMo said: Weren’t you telling me a few days ago how poetic license is ok in LDS music? I had noted the same point on doctrinal challenges with “Praise to the Man” which you defended. But poetic license in other songs is “sketchy?” 😊 Poetic license is fine if it makes sense. And if you’ll recall, I never agreed with any of the “doctrinal challenges” to “Praise to the Man.” Edited July 4, 2018 by Scott Lloyd
Scott Lloyd Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, pogi said: Nice, keeping it old-school! I have always been curious at people who use those, can you not get the scriptures on your phone? I use my phone, a Samsung Galaxy Express, to make phone calls and text, nothing else. It doesn’t have much memory, so I don’t put Gospel Library on it. I like iOS, but all the plans I’ve seen for iPhones are too expensive. With iOS and wi-fi, I can do the stuff with my iPod Touch that I could with an iPhone except make calls and text. Edited July 4, 2018 by Scott Lloyd
jkwilliams Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 18 minutes ago, sunstoned said: Mormon pop music to me means Randy Bachman (BTO), David Gates (Bread), Arthur Kane (New York Dolls), Osmonds, and Zedekiah ( not the heavy metal one from Japan, the local Southern California band). The high water mark of rock and roll was the 1970's. Hmmm. I went to high school with David Gates’s kids. He’s not LDS, as far as I know.
jkwilliams Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 Just now, Scott Lloyd said: I use my phone, a Samsung Galaxy Express, to make phone calls, nothing else. It doesn’t have much memory, so I don’t put Gospel Library on it. I like iOS, but all the plans I’ve seen for iPhones are too expensive. With iOS and wi-fi, I can do the stuff with my iPod Touch that I could with an iPhone except make calls and text. I have an iPhone, and I’m just on a cheap no-contract plan.
sunstoned Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 10 minutes ago, jkwilliams said: Hmmm. I went to high school with David Gates’s kids. He’s not LDS, as far as I know. Bummer. His dad was from St. George. I just assumed.....
Scott Lloyd Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 48 minutes ago, jkwilliams said: Hmmm. I went to high school with David Gates’s kids. He’s not LDS, as far as I know. No. Definitely not LDS.
strappinglad Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 what do the call the security at the Samsung factory ? Guardians of the Galaxy > sorry Scott , couldn't help myself.
cacheman Posted July 4, 2018 Posted July 4, 2018 8 hours ago, sunstoned said: Mormon pop music to me means Randy Bachman (BTO), David Gates (Bread), Arthur Kane (New York Dolls), Osmonds, and Zedekiah ( not the heavy metal one from Japan, the local Southern California band). The high water mark of rock and roll was the 1970's. I can't imagine Mormon pop music ever surpassing the Osmonds album, "The Plan". Here's a track off the album for those that haven't heard it. 1
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