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Michael W. Smith — Save Me From Myself

Paul Sibley — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:00:21 +0000

I was browsing on YouTube recently, and came across an artist I liked, but don’t think I’ve heard before — which probably shows just how out of touch with contemporary Christian music I am. Here’s Michael W. Smith singing, “Save Me From Myself”.

Glass Harp — Bach’s Toccata and fugue in D minor

Paul Sibley — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:00:59 +0000

I came across this amazing video on YouTube recently. As someone who will occasionally rub a finger around the top of a glass, and even manage to extract a sound once in a while, I was hugely impressed by what Robert Tiso is able to do — stunning!

Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)

Paul Sibley — Thu, 12 May 2011 08:00:32 +0000

I have been listening to Casting Crowns on YouTube again. This video is their most recent one on there. It is, as all their music is, fantastic. And also very appropriate for this season of Easter. I hope you enjoy it too.

Von Thord — Wedding Night

Paul Sibley — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:00:42 +0000

Von Thord is an upcoming Swedish two man band playing non-genre‐bound string beat. With only cello and bass von Thord still sounds like a full 5‐man band. Playing beaty music impossible to put into a genre, they always leave their audience breathless and longing for more.

If We’ve Ever Needed You

Paul Sibley — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:00:03 +0000

Quite often, when I’m whiling away some time and browsing on YouTube, I find myself on the Casting Crowns channel. I really like their music, as well as what they’ve got to say. This video is them singing, “If We’ve Ever Needed You”. It’s a song about repentance: personal repentance and corporate repentance as the church.

All our hearts, all our strength
With all our minds, we’re at Your feet
May Your kingdom come in our hearts and lives
Let Your church arise, let Your church arise

They Will Know We are Christians by Our Love

Paul Sibley — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:00:52 +0000

While browsing YouTube recently, I came across this recording of “They Will Know We are Christians by Our Love” by Jars of Clay, and thought it especially appropriate for this Week Of Prayer for Christian Unity. This is another group who I’d never heard of, but do rather like their sound, so will listen to again. I think the person who put the video together has done a good job of selecting images to illustrate the song.

Here are the lyrics:

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord
And we pray that our unity will one day be restored
And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
Yeah they’ll know we are Christians by our love

We will work with each other, we will work side by side
We will work with each other, we will work side by side
And we’ll guard each man’s dignity and save each man’s pride
And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
Yeah, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

The First Fifteen Music Meme

Paul Sibley — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:00:08 +0000

Several people who’s blogs I read have joined in with this interesting Meme, including: Kouya Chronicle; clayboy; Elizaphanian; and Phil’s Treehouse amongst others. I thought I would join in too.

Turn on your MP3 player or music player on your computer.
Go to SHUFFLE songs mode.
Write down the first 15 songs that come up — song title and artist — NO editing/cheating, please.

Here are my results:

Wednesday Morning 3am — Simon and Garfunkel
Altered State — Mike Oldfield
Jesus, Lover Of My Soul — Darlene Zschech
Jackson — Johnny Cash
That Was Your Mother — Paul Simon
Rutter: God Be In My Head — The Cambridge Singers
Am I Going Insane — Black Sabbath
Shadows In Silence — Enigma
When Tomorrow Comes — Eurythmics
Ut iam cessit — Cantos Gregorianos
Wish You Were Here — Pink Floyd
Red Dawn — Mike Oldfield
Adios Hermanos — Paul Simon
Let It Rain — Eric Clapton
Eternity: No Beginning, No End — Iona

Interesting selection, and probably quite representative of my listening.

Why not join in yourself; what list will your mp3 player throw up for you?

With A Little Help From My Friends

Paul Sibley — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:00:42 +0000

The legend that is Joe Cocker has been around for as long as I’ve been listening to music — and is still going strong, having just released another album. But he has always been at his best when playing live on stage. I found this video of him singing the classic, With A Little Help From My Friends, live at a concert in Berlin in 1980. It still sends shivers down my spine when I listen to it.

Angel

Paul Sibley — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:00:41 +0000

Am I, by any chance, the last person to discover Sarah McLachlan? It wouldn’t surprise me, she seems to have been around for a while, but slipped by completely unnoticed by me. Here she is singing the rather beautiful “Angel”, from the album “Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan”.

Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace

Paul Sibley — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:00:57 +0000

This is a video of still pictures set to Sinéad O’Connor singing “Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace” — a beautiful song based on a prayer attributed to Saint Francis. Sinéad has a wonderful voice and sings this very well. If you want to learn more about Sinéad O’Connor, her website is here.

Make me a channel of your peace,
Where there is hatred let me bring your love,
Where there is injury your pardon Lord,
And where there’s doubt true faith in you.

Make me a channel of your peace,
Where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope,
Where there is darkness, only light,
And where there’s sadness, ever joy.

O Master grant that I may never seek,
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love with all my soul.

Make me a channel of your peace,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
In giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we are born to eternal life.