Title of the Song

Posted by: Chris L
in Music and Art
8
Jul

My son introduced me to this gem, a send-up of the 90’s Boy-Bands.

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Probably the only improvement that could be made to this parody would be if there were more feeling (over)poured into it.

This got me thinking – in the Christian music market, much of the truly creative, artistically excellent music rarely receives airplay on Christian music stations, in favor of blandish pap and recycled “classics”.  What would a Christian version of “Title of the Song” look like?  What might the lyrics be?  What would it sound like?  Who would record it?

Ah, the possibilities…

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1   merry    
July 8th, 2009 at 5:45 pm

You and your parodies! Haha. :)

Since we’re on the subject, here’s the secret formula I’ve found for writing radio-format worship songs:

Supplies:
1) Slips of paper.
2) A barrel (or hat, glass, fishbowl, etc.).
3) Optional: A guitar or piano.

Directions:
1) On each slip of paper write one “Christian cliche” such as “Forgiven and free” or “the blood of the lamb” or “You are my strength,” etc. There are millions of these to choose from. You can always resort to “Hallelujah” or “Glory in the highest” if you run out of ideas.
2) Throw all the slips in the barrel and mix them up good.
3) Draw slips out from barrel, one by one, and spread them out on the floor to create verses and choruses.
4) Once you have the right amount of slips, choose a basic three-chord pattern such as E-A-B or D-G-A, etc.
5) Put the words together with the chord pattern.

Voila! Works every time. :D

And people wonder how these famous worship leaders manage to write thousands of these songs….now you know, and can do it yourself…. ;)

2   M.G.    
July 8th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

Merry:

A little known fact is that what you described is also the same exact process Ken Silva uses to write his missives. Except, instead of overused cliches, Ken uses tired insults and a list of favorite evangelical targets.

Either way, it’s a great way to produce large amounts of material without having to do any of that pesky thinking.

Apprising Ministries is basically the Mad-Libs of Christianity. :-)

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