Posted in: Gospel by tryone on June 21, 2009 | 2 Comments
Music linked to each other.
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People preach so negative of secular music in the black churches. But a good ninety percent of golden fifties and sixties star can be traced back to a church back ground. And the Pointer sisters and Gap Bank era stars past can be linked right back to church.
Alot of soul hits had all the ingredient that the old gospel church have or had. Lead and repetitive singing and music built around a gospel musical structure. So when ministers spin off anything negative about secular music. Look where the artists came from first. And to take it a little further than that.
It seems gospel acts are borrowing from the secular community to spin a song. Not just Mary, Mary. But older gospel legend.
tryone June 21st, 2009 at 7:23 am
Ruffin, Wilson, Cooke, Gladys, Aretha, Wilson Pickett, Womack. The list is extremely long.But all whom was mention came from a church back ground. And all have a northern, southern rendering of the different churches they came from. Ruffin gets credit for being the raspy voice preacher in the way King interpreted his sermon. Cooke, for his layed back nature from his Chicago church days. ALL PROVE church was the stomping ground. Kirk Franklin, has put soul music in his religious musical writing. Except stomp, which is just a southern let your feeling show song.
clafleur July 31st, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Just because you can link great artist back to the church, does not mean that thier choices of material are currently church material. I believe if you dont stand for something, oyu will fall for anything, and the fact of the matter is the church has fell for the okie doke in letting the street music in the church. Thats just my opinion. Good info.