http://youtu.be/6RGcb7alSk0

I think it's an awesome song celebrating our Awesome Universe and the 
ideals of Perfect Justice, Love, Understanding, Harmonious Living and 
Sharing, even when misplaced expecting some God to bring them to us when 
it's up to us to implement them the best we can, and it's not that hard 
since we have imagined such ideals.

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Am 24.09.2014 14:04, schrieb Saul Luizaga:
> http://youtu.be/6RGcb7alSk0
>
> I think it's an awesome song celebrating our Awesome Universe and the
> ideals of Perfect Justice, Love, Understanding, Harmonious Living and
> Sharing, even when misplaced expecting some God to bring them to us when
> it's up to us to implement them the best we can,

That chorus still sends shivers through my spine (*), even though I've 
been steering clear of contemporary Christian music the last years for a 
reason (and would certainly steer clear of the full song).

(* Hillsong are pretty good at that actually.)

It's interesting to see someone attribute the "ideals of Perfect 
Justice, Love, Understanding, Harmonious Living and Sharing" to this 
piece of music - they're not really in the lyrics, so apparently they 
must be in the music. Probably a lot of it is in how the audience sings 
it as one with all their heart.

Maybe I should skim my collection from past times for stuff that I can 
still subscribe to in some respect.

I also should revisit that song I wrote myself, about what "music is 
made for", and see if I can "de-christianize" it so I can put my 
signature under it again.


> and it's not that hard since we have imagined such ideals.

Mandatory in this context (pick one at random):
http://youtu.be/DVg2EJvvlF8
http://youtu.be/954zi2VgEA8
http://youtu.be/6dfc0EYktwI?t=3m10s
http://youtu.be/GPeB6kGxWY0
http://youtu.be/MeEvLB64fcg
http://youtu.be/qLi5HH_A0YE
http://youtu.be/4sXPkLfCzUQ
........................... (add your favorite version here)


______________________
(See, this is something where you come across as authentic; it's /you/ 
who thinks it's an awesome song, not some PhD or Carl Sagan.)

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On 24-9-2014 18:40, clipka wrote:
> That chorus still sends shivers through my spine (*), even though I've
> been steering clear of contemporary Christian music the last years for a
> reason (and would certainly steer clear of the full song).
>
> (* Hillsong are pretty good at that actually.)

It is a very simple trick actually in the building of the melody with a 
symmetric up/down/up/down line, and the endless repetition of it. Very 
effective to generate religious fervour ;-)

Thomas

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