Idol…Ummmm…Shouts to the Lord?
Okay, did anyone see the opening song tonight on American Idol?? Shout to the Lord? Now, THAT was a shocker. And I LOVED it! Love the Idol Gives Back , too. Go Idol!
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April 11th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Totally. I guess some people were irked that they changed “Jesus” to “Shepherd” in the very first part, but I think it was fantastic.
April 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
On Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1n61AllirA
April 11th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
LOL Glenn, leave it to you to be cool enough to post a youtube link! Some day I’ll be cool, too, and I’ll think of stuff like that!
Skerrib, I didn’t even notice that change in the words! I just keep thinking about where the Bible says that if we keep silent, the very rocks and stones will cry out! God can be praised by ANYTHING, and that is just SO COOL!
April 11th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I wouldn’t have known about the word change either until I heard the brouhaha about it on Christian radio the next day: callers saying AI had “watered down” the song (which I’ve commented about on my blog). I only know the song from those “Wow Worship” infomercials. Or is it “Songs 4 Worship?”
April 12th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Hey JATB, I just learned something from my son. On Wednesday night, they switched the words. On Thursday at the start of the show, they sang “Jesus.” I missed the Wednesday night one, because we recorded it and it cut off just before the end, so I only saw the Thursday version. Which means I’m not as dingey as I suspected!
April 12th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Yeah, I saw that too. The first night they sang “Shepherd,” but the second night they sang “Jesus.’ HOWEVER, it was only the two Mormons and Kristy Lee who sang the “Jesus” line as a trio. Were they the only three who were OK with singing about Jesus? Inquiring minds want to know. . .
April 12th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
See, that bothered me so uber much. I can’t stand it when people take a Christian song and popularize it for the masses. Not that I’m not all for the masses loving Christian songs! It’s just…hypocritical and empty to me. I mean, let’s strike a vampy pose while we’re singin’ bout Jesus, ya know? Sorry, maybe it’s just me!
April 12th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
You might want to read Josh Harris’ blog where he reports some of the behind the scenes action of Christians to get the song covered:
http://www.joshharris.com/2008/04/inside_scoop_on_shout_to_the_l.php
Pretty cool, in fact! Jesus said that “the rocks would praise him” - now its the “rockers” praising Him!