"Praise to the Man"

[wuapinmon]

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showth...as+the+morning

[myboynoah]

Perhaps the original lyrics make more sense to you?

Long shall his blood which was shed by assassins
stain Illinois while the earth lauds his fame.

This would make it an even better fight song.

[TripletDaddy]

Perhaps the original lyrics make more sense to you?

Long shall his blood which was shed by assassins
stain Illinois while the earth lauds his fame.

too soon

[falafel]

It bothers me, but not quite as much as the primary song Follow the Prophet. That one always invokes images of children goosestepping in line, which I find very disturbing.

Plus it sounds so Halloweeny.

[SeattleUte]

This is perhaps the best fight song in the hymnal, though The Spirit of God is close.

Agree with Dan. Keep it. Also, the tune from an old Scottish folk song is tremendous.

See, Bloom was right. You all are assimilated. It's a done deal.

[venkman]

I think we had a discussion in this somewhere previously. I agree completely.

My mom is visiting us this week and she came to Sac today. It was primary program and the final number was PTTM. It was this special arrangement....the kids kept repeating Praise to the Man over and over again. The final verse, the entire congregation sings....Earth must atone for the blood of that man....yikes.

I felt really uncomfortable, as well. I wish my mom were here when we sing I Believe in Christ or something like that.

Praise to the Man is fine. I Believe In Christ? Seriously??? That song is like twenty minutes long!!

[Commando]

Praise to the Man is fine. I Believe In Christ? Seriously??? That song is like twenty minutes long!!

I agree! One verse= a whole hymn. However, I always crack myself up by miming the Bruce R. McConkie spoken word to myself during the last verse...

[venkman]

BTW, no one better mess with We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet. Not that it's my favorite, but my only Mormon claim to fame is that the writer, William Fowler was my GGG Grandfather.

[CardiacCoug]

I Believe In Christ? Seriously??? That song is like twenty minutes long!!

It's not supposed to be that long. 100 counts per verse (25 measures) taken at the recommended tempo of 100 counts/minute is only 1 minute per verse (fancy math, I know).

People tend to take it (along with a lot of other hymns) at often only half of the recommended tempo so yeah that makes it 8 minutes long for all 4 verses instead of 4 minutes.

[falafel]

BTW, no one better mess with We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet. Not that it's my favorite, but my only Mormon claim to fame is that the writer, William Fowler was my GGG Grandfather.

Nice, you're related to one of my best friends.

[Soccermom]

It's not supposed to be that long. 100 counts per verse (25 measures) taken at the recommended tempo of 100 counts/minute is only 1 minute per verse (fancy math, I know).

People tend to take it (along with a lot of other hymns) at often only half of the recommended tempo so yeah that makes it 8 minutes long for all 4 verses instead of 4 minutes.

That is one of my pet peeves--slowing down all they hymn tempos. As if singing faster is somehow a sin, lol. Reverence can be had with a faster tempo!

[TripletDaddy]

Reverence can be had with a faster tempo!

You said it, sister!

[edward777]

I understand, but the song is at least sort of counterproductive to the effort to convince people that we don't worship Joseph Smith.

I totally agree.

[creekster]

That is one of my pet peeves--slowing down all they hymn tempos. As if singing faster is somehow a sin, lol. Reverence can be had with a faster tempo!

Our organist always plays at about 5% faster than the fastest tempo suggested. I love it.

[Tim]

If we're talking about hymns that we don't want investigators to hear, I submit "Oh My Father" for your consideration.