He ain't never done me nothing but good -- the Isaacs

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

Grab hold and hang on for a blessing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MluEIkvlzE

[Jim Chabot]

Yeah! I caught a chill in my spine by the end! Great stuff!

Maybe you should consider a career in Christian Radio when you retire!

[Bill Morrison]

If God had bothered to consult me for advice on planning my life, I probably would have told Him to make me a gospel quartet member. Preferably the bass, but any position would be great. Instead, I'm leaving my lunch hour right now to go teach 15 "excited " Botany students more than they would ever want to know about fungi. I'll just have to trust that God knows best:smile:

BILL

[G R 'Scott' Cundiff]

Yeah! I caught a chill in my spine by the end! Great stuff!

Maybe you should consider a career in Christian Radio when you retire!

Let me tell you about that song. When it was released several years ago I was at the station reviewing new music. I like the Isaacs but when I saw the title of the song I thought I wouldn't like it. I have a thing against poor grammar in a song. I started listening to it and wasn't all that impressed. About a third of the way through it, though, I started tapping my foot and smiling. By the end of it, I knew they had yet another hit on their hands.

(BTW, I let my radio announcing career go late last year -- after more than 10 years on the air I was ready for a break -- I miss it a little but I'm still pleased with my decision)

[David Parker]

Thanks for sharing.

Never been a fan of "Gaither" style music, but was invited to a Homecoming Concert in Fresno a few years ago, and discovered the Isaacs. Had never even heard of them. Most of the Homecoming music styles slid right by me, but the Isaacs got my attention. Went straight to the lobby and bought CDs. Love their stuff...especially the a cappella pieces.

[Susan Unger]

Gotta admit, the poor grammar was a turn off for me. But the music though was rather infectious and what I needed the night I listened to it.

[Lorie Hatcliff]

Thanks for sharing.

Never been a fan of "Gaither" style music, but was invited to a Homecoming Concert in Fresno a few years ago, and discovered the Isaacs. Had never even heard of them. Most of the Homecoming music styles slid right by me, but the Isaacs got my attention. Went straight to the lobby and bought CDs. Love their stuff...especially the a cappella pieces.

Same here. I am not of a fan of the Gaither style, but another Naznetter (Bob Carabbio) introduced me to the Isaacs on another thread a couple of months ago. Wow! Great instrumentalists and great singing. I think you have to be in good physical shape to sing as fast and enthusiastic as this girl does the entire song. Wears me out watching it!

[Lorie Hatcliff]

Just listened to it again. I think this is the first song I've ever heard that had Polycarp in it!:smile:

[Murray Woods]

Well, I guess the toe-tapping, string-picking, energetic singing does lift the spirit, even though the grammar of the title does need a little revision (I have a hard time with "double negatives"). I still think it comes nowhere near to the wonderful words of the hymn we sang last Sunday (not in a CotN, regretfully) which was written by John Henry Newman (and we know how he ended up, don't we) to music (Gerontius) by John Bacchus Dykes. A little old-fashioned, to be sure, but what depth of meaning. I quote them below:

Praise to the Holiest in the height,
And in the depth be praise;
In all His words most wonderful,
Most sure in all His ways.

O loving wisdom of our God!
When all was sin and shame,
A second Adam to the fight
And to the rescue came.

O wisest love! that flesh and blood,
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe,
Should strive and should prevail.

And that a higher gift than grace
Should flesh and blood refine,
God’s Presence and His very Self,
And Essence all divine.

O generous love! that He, who smote,
In Man for man the foe,
The double agony in Man
For man should undergo.

And in the garden secretly,
And on the Cross on high,
Should teach His brethren, and inspire
To suffer and to die.

Praise to the Holiest in the height,
And in the depth be praise;
In all His words most wonderful,
Most sure in all His ways.

My feet were perhaps moved by the Isaacs' singing and playing; my heart and soul were moved, even to a higher plane, by Newman's words and Dykes' music.

And to think I had to travel 4000 miles (approx.) to get this kind of musical blessing in a small chapel with fewer than 100 in the service. And no video screen display, either.