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Top 10 Hymns

Post by basil6345789 » Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:30 pm

On Beeb now. Didn't think I'd like it but it's great. Eddie Reader on now.

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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by Bosscat » Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:34 pm

"I vow to thee my country" will be right up there tune from Holsts Planet Suite....

Its amazing how many hymn tunes are used in Football songs as well....

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Post by Stalbansclaret » Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:36 pm

Im another who is, against my usual inclinations, enjoying the programme. Some stirring hymns.

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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by jdrobbo » Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:48 pm

Psalm 21 (Crimond)

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Post by basil6345789 » Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:50 pm

Exactly. Also, whenever I hear the words "bread of heaven, feed me til I want no more" it reminds me vividly of lowly Newport County coming to The Turf in the mid-sixties for a cup tie. As they belted it out one of the impassioned Taffs ran out onto the field, planted a leek on the centre spot then fell to his knees and "salamied" to it til a scuffer walked part way out and told him to bugger-off. As with many things, you never forget the moment! That song is, as you say, "rousing".
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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by basil6345789 » Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:52 pm

Just gargled it - 25 Jan 1964

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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by Funkydrummer » Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:54 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Songs of praise, Rowan Atkinson style. :D
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Post by Bosscat » Sun Sep 29, 2019 1:59 pm

jdrobbo wrote:Psalm 21 (Crimond)
Psalm 23 mate "The Lord is my Shepherd" is best known to Crimond music

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Post by basil6345789 » Sun Sep 29, 2019 2:21 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84SD8WcZIfI

Songs of praise, Rowan Atkinson style. :D
Brilliant, my old buddy!

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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by Clarets4me » Sun Sep 29, 2019 2:44 pm

" Jerusalem " , " How great thou Art " and " Guide me, O thou great Redeemer " would be my hymns of choice ...
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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by jdrobbo » Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:21 pm

Bosscat wrote:Psalm 23 mate "The Lord is my Shepherd" is best known to Crimond music

Cheers Bosscat
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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by Pstotto » Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:30 pm

A man who walks on glass...
Follows in
The footsteps of Willis.

...And if he
Plays his cards
Alright
He'll star
In Die Hard 7.

It's based on the hymn 'Teach me my God and King' but for a more modern audience... :-)
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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by nil_desperandum » Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:53 pm

Clarets4me wrote:" Jerusalem " , " How great thou Art " and " Guide me, O thou great Redeemer " would be my hymns of choice ...
Good choices, but I'm afraid Jerusalem isn't a hymn, -well not in a Christian sense anyway
(Neither Blake nor Parry intended it to be).
It seems a perfectly reasonable thing to sing in church however, so long as you understand that it's neither jingoistic nor nationalistic.

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Post by Burnley1989 » Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:58 pm

nil_desperandum wrote:Good choices, but I'm afraid Jerusalem isn't a hymn, -well not in a Christian sense anyway
(Neither Blake nor Parry intended it to be).
It seems a perfectly reasonable thing to sing in church however, so long as you understand that it's neither jingoistic nor nationalistic.
Agree

My Soul is Sad - personal favourite

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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by yTib » Sun Sep 29, 2019 4:03 pm

who put the colours in the rainbow?

creationist nonsense.
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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by Lord Beamish » Sun Sep 29, 2019 4:05 pm

O Lord, please don't burn us,
Don't grill us or toast your flock,
Don't put us on a barbecue,
Or simmer us in stock,
Don't braise or bake or boil us,
Or stir-fry us in a wok.
Oh please don't lightly poach us,
Or baste us with hot fat,
Don't fricassee or roast us,
Or boil us in a vat,
And please don't stick thy servants, Lord,
In a Rotissomat.

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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by timshorts » Sun Sep 29, 2019 7:22 pm

The Lord is my shepherd I'd have in non-league. Its a complete dirge. Too many verses and invariably played too slow.
If I'm organising a funeral for someone (part of my job occasionally) I usually just let some friends pick as long as that one can be vetoed.

My favourite is St Patrick's breastplate. Advent Hymns are the best, but in the popularist 2010s they get jettisoned for carols after about Dec 2.

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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by IanMcL » Sun Sep 29, 2019 7:33 pm

I prefer Scotland the Brave and Flower of Scotland, personally.
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Post by Bosscat » Sun Sep 29, 2019 7:36 pm

IanMcL wrote:I prefer Scotland the Brave and Flower of Scotland, personally.
Why? ;)

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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by The Enclosure » Sun Sep 29, 2019 7:47 pm

I thoroughly enjoyed that.

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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by ClaretTony » Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:52 pm

basil6345789 wrote:Just gargled it - 25 Jan 1964
You get the result, attendance and goalscorers here

http://www.uptheclarets.com/fixtures-re ... 64-results" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by Jakubs Tash » Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:57 pm

Did Bind Us Together or Colours Of Day make it into the top 10?

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Post by tim_noone » Sun Sep 29, 2019 9:15 pm

There is a green Hill far away....Behind the city Walls.without a city wall :edit.
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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by IanMcL » Mon Sep 30, 2019 12:41 am

Bosscat wrote:Why? ;)
No mention of God, Angel's, Jesus etc
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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by Bosscat » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:48 am

IanMcL wrote:No mention of God, Angel's, Jesus etc
There was me thinking the very Scottish name of Ian McL... might have summat to with it ;)
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Re: Top 10 Hymns

Post by IanMcL » Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:03 pm

They are my hymns! :D

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