tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post3287234683684193297..comments2023-07-06T15:14:57.204+01:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: Songs in ChurchJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-39305577489299513692012-06-24T15:42:27.853+01:002012-06-24T15:42:27.853+01:00Well, yeah. I always was a pedantic child, and I&#...Well, yeah. I always was a pedantic child, and I'm a lot less pedantic now than I was when I wrote the post...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-71144005338850370322012-06-23T19:25:41.698+01:002012-06-23T19:25:41.698+01:00Hi all. If you are still looking at this thread af...Hi all. If you are still looking at this thread after all this time. I am about to teach this song to my BB company in parade service. <br /><br />I seem to be missing something because I have no problem with the words of the song. Shout out loud your praise, teach the children to be proud of God and not afraid to say they are Christians. It has nothing to do with God being hard of hearing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159723641267824465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-20433149468332450902010-07-29T21:24:32.787+01:002010-07-29T21:24:32.787+01:00Yes, I think I can go with that - and for children...Yes, I think I can go with that - and for children to learn to be unashamed follower of Jesus at an early can can be no bad thing...Dusty_DCMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03480788616672452755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-18122423098928931982010-07-29T11:04:20.669+01:002010-07-29T11:04:20.669+01:00I agree that it's really important to engage k...I agree that it's really important to engage kids with worship and praising God and so on. (Having said that, when I was a kid, my favourite song was "Wide, wide as the ocean" because if I stood right, when I did the actions I could hit people.)<br /><br />And thinking about it a few years later, the last line of the first verse could be understood as "God, I'm going to Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-32955728381436545652010-07-29T10:52:16.722+01:002010-07-29T10:52:16.722+01:00OK, if Liz was late, I'm trespassing on eterni...OK, if Liz was late, I'm trespassing on eternity.<br /><br />The context of the whole song - rather than the two excerpts you've put together - doesn't bear out what you state:-<br /><br />I’m gonna jump up and down,<br />Gonna spin right around,<br />Gonna praise Your name forever.<br />I’m gonna shout out loud,<br />Gonna deafen the crowd,<br />Gonna send my praise to heaven.<br /><Dusty_DCMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03480788616672452755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-33265827425541639442008-07-19T09:38:00.000+01:002008-07-19T09:38:00.000+01:00Jumping in late to this, but it's written as a Kid...Jumping in late to this, but it's written as a Kids worship song, so maybe just felt odd in an adult worship setting.I'm also NOT saying that it doesn't matter what words kids sing, but they would respond to this lyric based on their current understanding and actually naturally enjoy all the bouncing around - which, I hasten to add, gets knocked out of them when they see adult role models not Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974327894502196829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-367705111182092082007-02-08T07:09:00.000+00:002007-02-08T07:09:00.000+00:00Some of them. I'm actually rubbish with actions, p...Some of them. I'm actually rubbish with actions, partly because it means concentrating on more than one thing at once.<BR/><BR/>For the same reason, I'm rubbish at singing when I'm being distracted by how poor the words are...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-26249576803940797962007-02-08T00:25:00.000+00:002007-02-08T00:25:00.000+00:00Ah, but did you join in with the actions?! ;-)Ah, but did you join in with the actions?! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-26925719327571138802007-02-06T18:44:00.000+00:002007-02-06T18:44:00.000+00:00Well, it's the interpretation I'd naturally assume...Well, it's the interpretation I'd naturally assume. I suppose it shows that we're different people whose experiences have made us come at stuff from different angles, and be paranoid (if that's the word) about different things. Ah well. And you confused me with your other two references, but don't feel you have to spell them out for my sake.<br /><br />Oh, and I read the first line as an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-50638385383254962122007-02-05T17:57:00.000+00:002007-02-05T17:57:00.000+00:00I read it as a triplet with intensification - shou...I read it as a triplet with intensification - shouting loud / deafening crowd / sending praise to heaven.<br /><br />I think your interpretation is certainly an interpretation I'd like more, but I don't take it as the natural one.<br /><br />It might well be a case like "I want to be a blooming tree", where it's not the intended sense, just the one that some people read.<br />Or even "For, O my Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487495921222083129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18654361.post-52053613401306648952007-02-05T17:44:00.000+00:002007-02-05T17:44:00.000+00:00I don't think that your first point is valid. "Go...I don't think that your first point is valid. "Gonna shout out loud...Gonna send my praise to Heaven" reads to me like the author feels they needs to shout loud in order for God to hear them. It reads to me like they want to praise God because He's so good, and they're going to praise him with all they've got.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com