Lots of people love hymns. Played properly and sung with feeling they can be pleasant. But many seem to be be done either as dirges or happy clappy sing songs depending on their age.
I did not like singing them at school.
Overall, I’m not a really a fan, despite not being a vampire.
All Things Bright and Beautiful? Utter cack…
“The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God gave each his station and ordered his estate.”
The rest denies evolution, geology etc
From memories or being dragged to church as a child the hymns are nowhere near as bad as singing Psalms. Now they really are dire. All seem to be sung to roughly the same tune that doesn’t fit the words and no one really knows how it goes. Proper shite.
Roma’s and religion – normally good bets for STW loddrick. Better luck with this (today’s) troll! Yesterday’s opponents may well be more on your side today, given the subject, so may be less debate on this one.
Loddrik must be of the age when they were singing Graham Kendrick hymns in his church – they are shamefully banal, happy clappy garbage.
Some of the traditional Victorian hymns are pretty uplifting though. The Victorians invented some good traditions like Scottishness, kilts, bagpipes, the whole Christmas thingy, greetings cards etc. I sometimes wonder if the Victorians didn’t write the bible and invent Jesus.
I’m as atheist as they come, and still think hymns are quality. Jerusalem, I Vow to Thee, My Country, Tell Out my Soul, How Great Thou Art, be Thou My Vision, Onward Christian Soldiers. Bangers.
I liked ‘We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land’ but I can’t sing it now (apart from being atheist) without thinking about the sin of Onan 😀
Like a lot of other arts, the church was at one point the best income for musicians. Hence why you have Gustavo Holst selling a bit of his ‘Jupiter’ with some words as a hymn rather than the secular work it was intended.
Agree with the point above about the Kendrick stuff though… That, and Sunday school songs goes in my room 101.
At some point I believe they sent people round gathering up traditional folk tune melodies to pinch for Christmas carols etc. (probably the Victorians)
Quite like Good King Wenceslas – has a nice message.
I’m as atheist as they come, and still think hymns are quality. Jerusalem, I Vow to Thee, My Country, Tell Out my Soul, How Great Thou Art, be Thou My Vision, Onward Christian Soldiers.
I just enjoy a good tune, if it happens to be a hymn as well, that’s fine by me.
Sometimes a song can have hymn-like qualities, like ‘Prayer in Open ‘D’ , by Emmylou Harris, just breathtakingly lovely song; it’s what I want played at my funeral.
