Ted demoniaque The scene with this song in lawless was so flawless Puts on sunglasses - WOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
At least half of people who sing Sacred Harp are atheists and agnostics and generally secular folks. At least in this region they are. It's really good music, and a great community of people. We keep the religious parts in because it's traditional (and of course the lyrics are all religious), but we don't make it a big deal, and everyone is always welcome to attend. I mean, it would be bad taste to come and start preaching atheism to everyone and complaining about the prayers and stuff, but no one expects you to be a religious person to attend.
Do not I love Thee, Oh my Lord? Behold my heart, and see, And turn each cursed idol out, That dares to rival Thee. Do not I love Thee from my soul? Then let me nothing love; Dead be my heart to ev’ry joy When Jesus cannot move. Thou know’st I love Thee, dearest Lord, But Oh I long to soar Far from the sphere of mortal joys, And learn to love Thee more.
Oh my goodness,so glad to know i wasnt the only one taken by this beautiful piece of music i first saw on lawless.I dont know if its the variation in pitch,the harmonizations or the hand movements of the members,keeping time,maybe all? Having watched verisions i found both to be spiritually moving
I came upon this after a video from the Smokey Mountains with singing with shape notes. That video seemed to say that this style of singing goes back to Europe and the middle ages. I guess there are very few places that continue this style this but very fascinating...haunting, beautiful, communal. I grew up going to church but am just discovering hymns and some very real and moving lyrics there. To live at time, when this is so accessible to find...this is great.
You can hear a variant of this song in many Primitive Baptist churches that use Harp of Ages for their hymn book. Or you can attend a Sacred Harp singing and they would be happy to lead it for you if you want to hear it in person. If you go to a hymn singing, go up front and stand in the middle when they lead. It's quite an experience.
This music is very powerful and somehow reaches into your soul. I have just seen the film "lawless". Good film, but the star was the performance of this song. Good on stratfield 142 for posting this video on RU-vid.
I am a Primitive Baptist and we sing many hymns like this... Don't worry we aren't too terribly old fashioned. haha but we keep it acapella which is pretty cool.
thanks for the upload, my dog got killed today, and this was the songi needed to hear, i miss the ground stomping, but the correct song! thanks alot, respect form Norway
This is some really beautiful music. I never heard of sacred harp/shape music before, and a scene in a recent film featured this song. Really powerful stuff and you guys do it well. I bet being there is an incredible experience.
Sacred Harp singing is growing and it is definitely something to experience in person. Hope you find a singing in your area or can travel to one. There are folks that travel inside and outside of the United States to attend Sacred Harp singings and singing camps. Check out Camp Fasola. They even have scholarships!
There are many books that have the tune named "Detroit" with these words, but the Cooper revision of "The Sacred Harp" it is 68T meaning that it is on page 68 and is the song on the top. 68b is the song on the bottom (a very complex system ;) ). In the Denson revision of "The Sacred Harp", it is 39T. Caps doesn't matter. The words are almost identical except for the last half of one verse.
Anyone who saw this in Lawless and loved it needs to check out the Shenandoah Harmony. It's exactly like Sacred Harp, same singers mostly, just a different book with different songs, and it's really excellent. The tend to be the older, more raw, primitive style songs like this one. There are a couple channels on RU-vid that have most of the songs in the book in their playlists. I love the Sacred Harp but she this is the style of song i like best, i actually prefer the Shenandoah book at this point. Almost all bangers.
at 'fasola dot org' you can find info on Sacred harp singing. (it's not a special church, but an event where people gather regularly to sing a couple of hours from the sacred harp songbook, in that specific tradition). You can also search for singings near you on this website. Highly recommendable :-)
There are also what are called "all day" singings with dinner(being lunch)on the grounds. They usually start around 10 or earlier and last till 3 in the afternoon.
There is religious and there is spiritual. I hold that religion is man made, thus not divine. Music, however, is divine, as it is a gift from God, especially stuff like this. You can spout of whatever various doctrines you hold to be "right" all day, but in the end, this is all you really need to know about God. Sure, the lyrics tend to be 19th Century Protestant, but they aren't important (can't understand them half the time anyway). It is the tune and the harmony that gives it its power; the lyrics are just to make it richer. They are wonderful lyrics, and very powerful, but they pale in comparison with the music itself. I need no more evidence in the existence of God than to hear humans turn their plain old vocal cords that they use for mundane tasks all day every day into a glorious instrument of harmony like this. How could there *not* be some God when such things exist? Just my philosophy on life; there are miracles everywhere you look, but few so powerful as music, and this music shames most without a doubt,
It's not a church, but a singing where people of a variety of different beliefs or no belief at all, gather to sing old hymns, odes and anthems whose themes are primarily Jesus and the gospel. Anyone who enjoys singing is welcome.
P.S. you can search(I recommend using Start Page as it is a very good search engine that respects your privacy) "Sacred Harp" in the area where you live and will hopefully find a local singing it at least one within traveling distance.
learn some music, any music. It works in fixed time periods, moving their hands is a way of keeping track, and making it easier to sync everybody. Guess that will do for an explanation.
Your belief is your belief. But God is everywhere if heaven does not exist that doesnt mean that God does not.God gives faith to billions in one form or another and that alone makes him real.
Up there, sandwiched between Raining Blood and For Whom the Bell Tolls, is this version of this song, which is one of the most heavy metal things ever recorded. and i'll bet such a comparison, however totally valid, would be completely lost on these fine folks lol
The style of this song is very similar to the Russian and Ukrainian songs of the Cossacks. Google it, you will be very surprised. In any case, it's definitely something East Slavic.
It's so strange to see all the old folks; up here in the North, at least half the people at any given sing are college-aged kids, some middle aged, and maybe a quarter old folks. It's like the tradition is dying out in the South, and picking up in North and West and in Europe. Sad; I guess the South is "finally catching up with the rest of the world" and loosing the old ways, just as the rest of the world picks up on it as a quaint fad. I ony fear it won't have the staying power elsewhere that it did in the South. It's done well in many places, but I worry anyway.
Don't bother, I already figured it out. By chance I just watched a video about Shia Muslims before this one so I made that connection instead of Shia LaBoeuf.
