Is anybody here old enough to remember

[Archaea]

when the limitation on what sort of music is played in Church was implemented. Something in the crevices of my mind makes me think the limitations were not always there.

Was it merely a response to the Rock Culture of the fifties, sixties and seventies, or did it precede that?

[jay santos]

Originally Posted by Archaea

when the limitation on what sort of music is played in Church was implemented. Something in the crevices of my mind makes me think the limitations were not always there.

Was it merely a response to the Rock Culture of the fifties, sixties and seventies, or did it precede that?

I didn't jump in the debate from Requiem's first post on this. Everyone said the bishop was wrong. And I agree, he was wrong in that he should have allowed it to go through after the counselor gave permission and they practiced. But someone said the policy of hymn book songs only in sacrament had been reversed and no one challenged it. Are you sure that was reversed? I'm still under the belief that hymn book songs only are allowed and know of some entanglements with my hardliner bishop recently over this issue.

[jay santos]

Oh and speaking of church music, you guys haven't lived unless you have as a missionary district of four elders and two sisters in a small Korean branch of 30 avg attendance sacrament meeting, whistled (yes I said whistled) "In the Hollow of Thy Hand" as the sacrament music number. And we spent hours practicing that number and boy did I hate the sister missionary who came up with that genius idea by the end of it.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by Archaea

when the limitation on what sort of music is played in Church was implemented. Something in the crevices of my mind makes me think the limitations were not always there.

Was it merely a response to the Rock Culture of the fifties, sixties and seventies, or did it precede that?

I am old enough to remember when a girlfriend and I were kicked out of a church dance for doing the "twist".

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by Adam

If I had to endure a steady stream of priestcraft-practicing self-aggrandizing selling-emotion-as-the-Spirit pretty boy/drama girl drivel every Sunday I don't think I could endure.

I'm not a big fan of that type of music, but dude, it's a four-minute song. Once a week. I think you'd be okay.

[MikeWaters]

On my mission I played guitar to accompany the hymns. I bought a $30 knockoff Chinese guitar on the main island, and man did that make me popular.

The hymn book actually had the chord name above the appropriate measure which made it pretty easy.

I also used the guitar for holding family home evenings. I did my own translation of "knockin on heaven's door" which was very popular.

If you can find some joy in music in the process of church, that's great, and I don't care what instrument it is.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by BYU71

I am old enough to remember when a girlfriend and I were kicked out of a church dance for doing the "twist".

LOL. Was it the vertical twist or the horizontal one?

And what were your inseams?

[YOhio]

Originally Posted by jay santos

I'm still under the belief that hymn book songs only are allowed and know of some entanglements with my hardliner bishop recently over this issue.

Our ward always has some EFY-type song for the musical number. Last week, after a group of Laurels sang some song that talks about this life, long roads, a plan, some tears, and Heavenly Father, the high-counsel speaker scrapped his talk to tell everybody how important that song has been to him in his life. I'd never heard it before.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

LOL. Was it the vertical twist or the horizontal one?

And what were your inseams?

I did the combination. Looking back, the girations done in the twist seem pretty harmless.

I didn't mind getting kicked out of the dance. She and I just waited in the back seat of my car until the dance was over and the people who were with us came out.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by jay santos

But someone said the policy of hymn book songs only in sacrament had been reversed and no one challenged it. Are you sure that was reversed? I'm still under the belief that hymn book songs only are allowed and know of some entanglements with my hardliner bishop recently over this issue.

I have a hard time believing there is any "hymn book only" policy in force. We have non-hymn book musical numbers almost every week. And this has been the case for many years.