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as i’m going through the list of songs this church knows the other day, gretchen says, “you haven’t done ‘hear our praises’ yet, have you?” well, the first thought that entered my head (being honest, now) was not “ooh! great idea! why didn’t i think of that?!”

not that i don’t like the song…i actually do like that song quite a bit…it’s just that (again, being brutally honest…and i may make a couple of enemies here) whenever i hear darlene zschech singing over a totally 90’s drum beat with rhythmic piano, hyper-speed open-string guitar strumming, step-clapclap-step-clap…well, i just don’t usually react well. i feel like all the songs from that era sound identical, and dated, and whatnot. sorry to the lady in my church whom i know loves darlene’s greatest hits. i know i go over the top. i know she’s written a lot of good songs. i know she’s great.

anyway, i looked it up, and reuben morgan wrote that song. and in 2005 he released his own recording of it…and it’s a lot more to my liking. you know, modern eighth-note based drum beat, slightly overdriven guitar with a slight delay, driving bass, minimal piano… (you know, sounds just like a lot of other stuff out there…i’m such a hypocrite…) well, give it a listen. see what you think. i’ll even include both versions for easy comparison.

darlene

reuben

well, what’s the verdict? which one do you like better?

Posted on May 7th, 2008 by adamdeweber
Filed under: art, beauty, mind dump, music, people who rock, worship