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What's your favourite hymn?

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para handy
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What's your favourite hymn?

#1 Post by para handy » October 30th, 2008, 8:08 pm

I bet you clicked on this on thinking wtf is a question like that doing here?

:hilarity:

But today I heard Norman Greenbaum's 'Spirit in the Sky', which I've always thought is a badass song in spite of the lyrics and it got me thinking that I always quite liked some hymns even though I've never been religious. Does anyone else like them?

My favourite is 'Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord'.

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#2 Post by Maria Mac » October 30th, 2008, 9:00 pm

I like lots of hymns but my favourite is one that I never learned as a child: 'How great thou art'. I really don't know why this one was never sung in school assembly when every other hymn was. I think it's got a really nice tune.

I agree about Spirit in the Sky too.

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#3 Post by Alan C. » October 30th, 2008, 9:35 pm

Love "spirit in the sky" I also like "my sweet lord" (George Harrison" But my favorite hymn would have to be "for those in peril on the sea" the chorus is very stirring.
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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#4 Post by lewist » October 30th, 2008, 11:44 pm

Low in the Grave He Lay, that great Sally Ally thumper with its chorus, Up from the grave he arose, with a mighty triumph o'er his foes...
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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#5 Post by Lord Muck oGentry » October 31st, 2008, 12:05 am

I rather like the hymn tune SLANE ( " Be Thou my vision").
Interesting version here ( which I've probably posted before) by John Renbourn and Clive Carroll:
http://www.john-renbourn.com/
( Click on Video)

And THAXTED ( Holst's Jupiter) is also rather jolly.

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#6 Post by Emma Woolgatherer » October 31st, 2008, 12:44 am

I love Waterson:Carthy's version of "Stars in My Crown", in glorious a cappella open-throated four-part harmony.

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#7 Post by Diane » October 31st, 2008, 12:50 am

"Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy" is my favourite.

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#8 Post by xman » November 1st, 2008, 7:06 am

For Those in Peril
Always remember, it's your right to have a SUPER day.
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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#9 Post by Fia » November 1st, 2008, 3:12 pm

There's something about "Jerusalem" that I find very stirring, even though I haven't set foot in England for years :redface:

Last year I found these 2 alternative words:

Our fathers’ feet in ancient time
Walked upon England’s mountains green.
They tilled the fields. And many a lamb
Oft was on England’s pastures seen
And as invention grew apace
New towns arose on clouded hills
They fed the poor and healed the sick
Thanks to their dark, productive, mills.

Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till fairness reigns and freedom too
In England’s green and pleasant land
Michael Imison

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And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England’s mountains green?
And was the voice of reason thought
On England’s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the vision grand and high
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant land
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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#10 Post by Ninny » November 1st, 2008, 3:21 pm

xman wrote:For Those in Peril
There is a beautiful version of this played by a brass band (NO WORDS - added bonus!). Can't name it, but I think it is aymerrycan.

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#11 Post by Gottard » November 1st, 2008, 4:12 pm

I always quite liked some hymns even though I've never been religious.
Hymns may and may not be religious!!!
What about the "Hymn to joy" by Wagner which is also the EU anthem!!!
Among religious hymns I can mention some fine ones of the Baptist Church; "the seed" is what I like the most.
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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#12 Post by SkiCarver » November 1st, 2008, 6:23 pm

tbh I find 'all along the watchtower' much more moving than any hymn.

I would also offer a few words of caution. Come the revolution and the transformation of the world into a secular paradise, anyone who answers yes to the "do you have a favourite hym?" trick question, will be put against a wall and shot! (Unless they are really fit and willing to service me sexually, of course.)

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#13 Post by LilacHamster » November 1st, 2008, 8:51 pm

I always quite liked "Lord of the Dance" when I was a child, when I still thought I might possibly believe in a god (please don't shoot me)

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#14 Post by SkiCarver » November 1st, 2008, 9:37 pm

LilacHamster wrote:I always quite liked "Lord of the Dance" when I was a child, when I still thought I might possibly believe in a god (please don't shoot me)
It's ok, the revolution is a few months off. You'll know when it happens. :wink:

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#15 Post by Gottard » November 2nd, 2008, 10:19 am

What about "moning has broken"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TWd3skb-Rw
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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#16 Post by Alan H » November 2nd, 2008, 11:08 am

peneasy wrote:What about "moning has broken"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TWd3skb-Rw
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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#17 Post by Lifelinking » November 2nd, 2008, 2:02 pm

Dunno if it counts as a hymn, but as a youngster I connected with 'Last Night I had the Strangest Dream'

Lots of people have sung it over the years. This is one version
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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#18 Post by Nick » November 2nd, 2008, 8:36 pm

peneasy wrote: Hymns may and may not be religious!!!
What about the "Hymn to joy" by Wagner which is also the EU anthem!!!
Beethoven, surely?

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#19 Post by para handy » November 2nd, 2008, 9:35 pm

peneasy wrote:
I always quite liked some hymns even though I've never been religious.
Hymns may and may not be religious!!!
What about the "Hymn to joy" by Wagner which is also the EU anthem!!!
Among religious hymns I can mention some fine ones of the Baptist Church; "the seed" is what I like the most.
I think the word 'hymn' is most commonly understood to mean a religious song. Dictionaries define it as 'a song of praise, especially to God, but also to a nation'. The EU anthem is translated as 'Ode to Joy'.

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Re: What's your favourite hymn?

#20 Post by Gottard » November 3rd, 2008, 9:37 am

Nick and Para handy,
Ode or Hymn depending on where you come from but the original title is probably in German, a language I don't know.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=V0ePe_h1zgg

Beethoven and not Wagner of course!
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