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[Dino246]

It's all the fruitcake people have sent me over the last twenty holiday seasons. I saved it all up and yesterday I sent it all to him in one big package. It should all still be perfectly edible, or at least as edible as it ever was. The shelf life of fruitcake is longer than the life of the shelf.

Nah, it's bread.

It sounds as though either you simply don't like fruitcake, or the fruitcake you've sampled was not decent. Good fruitcake does last well (technically), but gets consumed far in advance of its best-before date.

 

[AuntieAnt]

You said bluegrass/southern rock... not sure if bluegrass rock is a thing or you randomly put bluegrass and southern rock together. But.. if you meant bluegrass Check out Strictly Strings on YT. Two of the members are my cousins. They're good... i'm told. Not really my thing.
Outside of a bit of southern rock every genre you've hit are ones i am not a fan of, so no help outside of the recommendation I've already made.

Thanks so much, Ugly. God bless you for sharing. Hey, your cousins' band is pretty good! I love their fantastic harmonies. But like you, that's not exactly my type of music.

Genres confuse me because ya really can’t categorize all music, ya know? What I meant by bluegrass/southern rock were groups such as Pure Prairie League, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Crash Kings, America, and Allman Brothers. Maybe even some Stevie Ray.

*Lynx chuckles quietly to himself and reaches for his music collection...

Awww, thank you for going through all that trouble, Lynx. I just took a listen to all your songs. Some of them are pretty cool. God bless you for that.

I am not a fan of most contemporary Christian music because there’s not much originality, imho. The songs mostly sound the same; same clichéd lyrics, same hokey music arrangements, same run-of-the-mill guitar solos, same standard voices. I used to listen to a lot more Christian music in the 90’s when there seemed to be more creativity and variety. After that, it seemed to grow predictable, everyone trying to sound like Hillsong or Third Day or Mandisa. It does nothing for my spirit anymore.

To me, music is music. I don’t label it Christian or secular, but I realize most everyone else does. God evidently loves music since He created some angels who do nothing but sing to Him, day and night: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come!” I love music that invigorates my heart, energizes my mind, and delights my soul in God. I sing every song to God, because He knows my heart is rejoicing in Him. Boy, does He know it! I sing my own lyrics to Him, too! And I hear Him sing back to me.

 

[Pipp]

Check out Casting crowns.

The American dream
Stain glass masquerade
If we are the body


Then all the more known ones

Praise you in this storm
East to West
The Altar and the door
Who am I

 

[AuntieAnt]

I need a hug.

I thought I would never admit that.

Not a side hug, or one of the awkward ones where one or both immediately start tapping out, but a real one.

I need the oxytocin right now.

Hey Tommy ~ how about a family group hug?? ❤

 

[Deade]

Tommy I'll even sent you a brotherly hug if that helps. Hardiharhar...

 

[Jennie-Mae]

I recall a band from Pascagoula, just across the state line, in Mississippi, three young women, playing some sort of Christian country. I think they called themselves “Red Roots”. Sounded nice, leastways a couple of years back.

 

[BillG]

I need a hug.

I thought I would never admit that.

Not a side hug, or one of the awkward ones where one or both immediately start tapping out, but a real one.

I need the oxytocin right now.

A big brotherly hug from this side of the pond.

 

[Lynx]

I am not a fan of most contemporary Christian music because there’s not much originality, imho. The songs mostly sound the same; same clichéd lyrics, same hokey music arrangements, same run-of-the-mill guitar solos, same standard voices. I used to listen to a lot more Christian music in the 90’s when there seemed to be more creativity and variety. After that, it seemed to grow predictable, everyone trying to sound like Hillsong or Third Day or Mandisa. It does nothing for my spirit anymore.

Ah, so you just want something UNIQUE, is it!

(*Lynx cracks his knuckles... which is impressive, for a feline.)

I have a metric ton of very unique groups in my collection, most of which I can probably find on youtube. They filtered out of the search last time because I was trying to fit the genres you listed. But if you just want something that doesn't sound like the same old thing... well that we can supply in spades! Let me do a more comprehensive search and I'll get back to you with a list.

 

[Lynx]

(In the voice of the computer from Star Trek's Enterprise D) "Process complete. Displaying results:"

Carolyn Arends:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-jX9_tv8Bw

Ray Bady:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1IYDUlz9Jk

Bob Baily:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCgDpMiGWhw

Ric Blair:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSdDV5uXceI

Darius Brooks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UbtFeIqMEg

Michael Card:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAKj5R3_Kww
(I made a soundtrack for this one so I could sing it at church.)

Carl Cartee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4liOZxQhwb0
(I actually made a soundtrack for this one. Pretty easy playing pattern to replicate, good meaning in the song and it played well at church. It's also the kind of upbeat song I want played at my funeral, should I ever die.)

Gary Chapman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKUSHEW6eqk

Cortt Chavis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eyX2jrnSRs

Gateway College Choir:
https://youtu.be/bhw1iWtu-cA?t=17m7s
(Actually their sound is constantly changing as people graduate from the college and new students start.)

Go Fish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NpGwikLAl4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCqWQ0y8kWo

Jamie Grace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMhqIFnTyIA

Jason Gray:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ymKaKcHao
(Ignore the cheesy lyrics.)

Greater Vision:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IIR3pBg6TI

Shaun Groves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as-G4SvgniY

Kim Hill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGl6Uh08iCs

Layton Howerton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laEqDoTBWZ4

Rick James: (and the nicest man in hell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnMraO74cGA

Mitchel Jon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixOYViyCS3g

David Kauffman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doqB4p49SkE

Scott Krippayne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQaIGCZFDis

Cory Lamb: (Kinda nasal, but...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbsaI77mHZs

Lenny LeBlanc of course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS5-i4SjoDA

Level 3:16:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwawXOIGSUQ

Nicole C. Mullen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKLZxkTrCxE
(Okay it's kind of Mandisa-ish, but it's a good song.)

Ash Mundae:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Bassmj6Rw
(What? You wanted unique...)

Newsong!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EecJsIWoZxg

Nicholas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqxOPe12dNk

Pete Orta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5CiiCrW7l4

Out of the Grey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7eZCDpR9Y4

Papa San:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkJBV4_ijPs

Janet Paschal of course, one fast and one slow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMUAyhdY_R4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_tbqANHx0

James Payne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXqqE1pI8Ts
Yee haw.

Andrew Peterson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO7ksH8NFGQ

Pray For Rain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgVIwKBvZ90

Marty Raybon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAPEyvqb3Yg

Chris Rice: One fast, one slow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybRWDbnBLVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEo5Mb3Gysg
(There are so many REALLY GOOD Chris Rice songs that it is painful to pick only two. Do yourself a favor and spend some time on youtube looking up Chris Rice Songs.)

George Rowe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YfXx39VYtc

Shachah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZioLxqjzO9o

Shepherd Hall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaxzWQ4Bz28

Smalltown Poets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa3CtrlXOoA

Adrian Snell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAL_kt2n804

Solomon's Wish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNgkpTg2uTQ

Sunday Drive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6io8GOQ7V4

Lauren Talley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn0oEuT4Fdo

Tony Vincent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro96m8SfxSo

Wayne Watson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Ud34hc_l0

Matthew West:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyLpMO6uBZ8

Josh Wilson, one fast, one slow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tutZkXDSalo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8OE88wNIYI






HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Aurora:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pemPe6Kv-j4
(Not a very unique sound, but I don't have anything else like it in my collection so it is unique to me.)

Jonny Diaz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HZHnj9L7PI
(Also not unique sound, but good songs that all actually have a MESSAGE instead of just the same old slok.

Andrew Carlton: Couldn't find the good songs from him on youtube.

Ben Glover: Same as Andrew Carlton.

Holleys: Same as Andrew Carlton. Shame too, they're a good bluegrass group with a unique sound.

Hoppers: Same as Holleys.

Michael Cook: Same as Andrew Carlton. Actually I couldn't even find the RIGHT Michael Cook on youtube at all...

Kelly Minter: Same as... *sigh*

Ransom: Same as...

Jason Rapert: Same as...

Southbound: Same as...

 

[Lynx]

Okay, so it's a long list. Bookmark it or something. Come back to it later when you are bored and need something new to try.

According to my computer I have something like 398 different singers and groups in my collection, and I love all of them.

 

[Ugly]

Thanks so much, Ugly. God bless you for sharing. Hey, your cousins' band is pretty good! I love their fantastic harmonies. But like you, that's not exactly my type of music.

Genres confuse me because ya really can’t categorize all music, ya know? What I meant by bluegrass/southern rock were groups such as Pure Prairie League, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Crash Kings, America, and Allman Brothers. Maybe even some Stevie Ray.



Awww, thank you for going through all that trouble, Lynx. I just took a listen to all your songs. Some of them are pretty cool. God bless you for that.

I am not a fan of most contemporary Christian music because there’s not much originality, imho. The songs mostly sound the same; same clichéd lyrics, same hokey music arrangements, same run-of-the-mill guitar solos, same standard voices. I used to listen to a lot more Christian music in the 90’s when there seemed to be more creativity and variety. After that, it seemed to grow predictable, everyone trying to sound like Hillsong or Third Day or Mandisa. It does nothing for my spirit anymore.

To me, music is music. I don’t label it Christian or secular, but I realize most everyone else does. God evidently loves music since He created some angels who do nothing but sing to Him, day and night: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come!” I love music that invigorates my heart, energizes my mind, and delights my soul in God. I sing every song to God, because He knows my heart is rejoicing in Him. Boy, does He know it! I sing my own lyrics to Him, too! And I hear Him sing back to me.

Well I'd remove the "bluegrass" label then. Southern rock is an actual genre so using that term alone will be clear to anyone with knowledge of rock genres.
But true some music is difficult to categorize, but most falls pretty evenly into something identifiable. I'm what people call a "genre nazi", because I like to have music genres definable so I know whether to even bother or not. I'm the metal community many of the younger generation seem almost offended by "labels" on music, or understanding the distinctions between them. So mislabeling often happens and confuses people. Kids these days!

 

[Magenta]

Auntie, I wonder if you have heard or would like this?

[video=youtube;Pl9iZnBmLpE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl9iZnBmLpE&t=44s[/video]

 

[Magenta]

I don't know if you are familiar with the music of Fred Hood and Grant Showbiz; their collaborative effort/band name(?) was Moodswings; they had a CD back in the 90's called Moodfood that I used to listen to a LOT. Some have probably heard the Chrissie Hynde song on that CD called Spiritual High, which is part of a song trilogy that works Martin Luther King Jr's famous "I have a dream" speech into it. This is the final track of the CD, a very soothing piano piece called Hairy Piano.

[video=youtube;UNwbGOtdH9I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNwbGOtdH9I[/video]

 

[Magenta]

This one is called Rainsong from the same CD

[video=youtube;8CdnrmHzHMo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CdnrmHzHMo[/video]

Caught in a rainstorm
Wondering what I must do
I'm standing alone
So many miles from you
I was thinking about our life together
Knowing it must be now or never
To get back to you

Now I've just got to get out of this rain
I can feel it washing my life away
And I know that I need to
Get out of this rain
And listen to my heart again

I ran away
Thinking it could be done
What I didn't realize
Two hearts are better than one
I was thinking about all the times we were losing
Living together can be so confusing
But we always won
Now I just got to
Get out of this rain

I can feel it sweeping my life away
And I know that I need to get out of this rain
And listen to my heart again​

 

[Magenta]

Haven’t heard any new songs that I like. If anyone could recommend some new music, I’d be grateful. Preferably alternative rock, new age jazz, R&B, ambient electro-rock, bluegrass/southern rock. Something along those lines.

I loved this one for the keyboard work, also I don' know if it fits any of your genres

[video=youtube;e9aTjoZ6ZoM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9aTjoZ6ZoM[/video]

 

[joefizz]

Every time I pop in the Singles I check for new threads but there aren't many new ones these days, so I started one. I don't know what it's about so if anyone has anything they'd like to say..... then say it .

Have you read any new books lately ? Seen any movies ? Heard any new songs you liked a lot ?

Have you tried any new places to eat that you liked?


SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING FOR HEAVENS SAKE ! Lol

Hi Pipp

 

[joefizz]

Whenever there is no topic, the topic defaults to chocolate.

Fair Trade chocolate can be pretty good. I can't get it here, but some Fair Trade stuff is flat-out awesome!

Although that "Endangered Species" chocolate that has pictures of animals on the wrappers, that isn't very good. Even Lindt is better than that. Moser Roth beats Endangered Species chocolate by a good seven miles.

A friend of mine was talking about some milk chocolate that is 43% cocoa. I have never heard of such, a milk chocolate bar with an appreciable percentage of cocoa in it. I would someday like to try that.

Or Meatloaf or cookies or....

 

[Magenta]

Or Meatloaf or cookies or....

Cake, pie, and pizza

 

[Magenta]

This one is worth watching for the fabulously stunning time-lapse photography

Chrissie Hynde is singing in the central seciton; part of it is called
State of Independence, and it is again from Moodfood by Moodswings.
The Martin Luther King Jr. speech is in the last third.

Auntie, it may fit your ambient electro-rock genre, come to think of it

[video=youtube;jOmPH8YEd-c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOmPH8YEd-c[/video]

Sounds like a signal from you
Bring me to meet your sound
And I will bring you to my heart

Love like a signal you call
Touching my body, my soul
Bring to me, you to meet me here

Home be the temple of your heart
Home be the body of your love
Just like holy water to my lips

Yes, I do know how I survive
Yes, I do know why I'm alive
To love and be with you
Day by day by day by day

Time time again it is said we will hear
We will see it all in this wisdom here
This truth will abound the land
The state of independence shall be
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[Magenta]

Auntie, you expressed an interest in Richard Souther's treatment of the music of Hidegard von Bingen I am most familiar with two CDs he did of her chants, and this second piece is from the same CD as the first. I find it fascinating how he put all the elements together for this recording, and Hildegard herself is a very interesting historical figure. At a young age, she was tithed to the church by her family, and eventually became an Abbess.

Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the first women to produce major works of theology and visionary writings. Known as the "Sybil of the Rhine," she became so widely acclaimed in her time that she was sought out to advise bishops, popes, and kings. Hildegard understood the workings of the human body centuries ahead of men who have been credited with the same. She was an herbologist, writing about the curative medicinal uses of plants, and also ascribed to the healing power of gemstones.

When Richard Souther first heard a recording of Hildegard's song "Vision" (O Euchari in Leta Via), it left him reeling. "'It was like something turned on inside me when I heard it,' he later said. 'I was hearing all these other colors and rhythms in my head, and I had to put it on tape.' [This album] is the result of that powerful encounter." Hildegard's liturgical plainchant honoring the saints and the Virgin Mary are normally quite spare and monotonal, which is how many musicians reproduce her work, perhaps adding a droning instrumentation. Richard uses contemporary sounds from synthesizers and samplers to create a soundscape that elevates the medieval atmosphere of Hildegard's music to an ecstatic, transcendent experience

[video=youtube;ctx5fo-8DTI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctx5fo-8DTI&t=55s[/video]







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