What Are You Listening To Now VII

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Gary K

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Truster said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHe_qmo3gX4

It is well with my soul.

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul
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Refrain:
It is well with my soul,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!—
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!

And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.
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Great old hymn. It's one of my favorite hymns. This hymn has quite the story behind it too.
 
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Aimiel said:
Christian Music Group, the company that owns the copyrights to the song, credit the actual authors:

Songwriters: Allen Collins / Ronnie Van Zant

He's Alive lyrics © Capitol Christian Music Group
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Capitol can make any claim they want, but on the original album Don Francisco put out he was credited with the lyrics and music. I know because I had the album. I've been a huge fan of Don Francisco's since the mid 70's and have owned most of his early albums. Furthermore, the words and music fit stylistically with the other songs he's written over the last 45-50 years. His signature lyrical style is telling Biblical stories from the perspective of one of the participants in the story, and that's what this song does. He tells the story from Peter's perspective. I can give you example after example of this if you would like.

I know van Zandt is a good song writer, but the message of He's Alive fits with Don Francisco's song writing much better than with van Zandt's.
 
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One other thing about He's Alive. Don Francisco won the Dove Award for He's Alive. That award is presented to the the person who wrote the song.
 
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ffreeloader said:
Capitol can make any claim they want, but on the original album Don Francisco put out he was credited with the lyrics and music. I know because I had the album. I've been a huge fan of Don Francisco's since the mid 70's and have owned most of his early albums. Furthermore, the words and music fit stylistically with the other songs he's written over the last 45-50 years. His signature lyrical style is telling Biblical stories from the perspective of one of the participants in the story, and that's what this song does. He tells the story from Peter's perspective. I can give you example after example of this if you would like.

I know van Zandt is a good song writer, but the message of He's Alive fits with Don Francisco's song writing much better than with van Zandt's.
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Capitol can indeed do whatever they want, such as letting Don Francisco receive the award, making his albums more popular and leading to better sales; but they give the songwriters credit for the lyrics because, legally: they have to.
 
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Aimiel said:
Capitol can indeed do whatever they want, such as letting Don Francisco receive the award, making his albums more popular and leading to better sales; but they give the songwriters credit for the lyrics because, legally: they have to.
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That is a null and void argument. The record label that published Don Francisco's music also had a legal responsibility to provide accurate songwriter information on his albums. The album on which He's Alive was included, Forgiven, gave Don Francisco the credit for music and lyrics. If they had provided false information they would have been sued into oblivion.

The major record labels, including Columbia, have a long and shameful history of cheating musicians out of their copyright and the income from their record sales. Think there's a reason Don Francisco went to self-publishing his music decades ago? He left the big record labels behind a long time ago. On his web site his old major record label albums are called his "old" music. He sells those cds from a different page on his site than he does the last couple of decades of his music. He also tells the story in his testimony how the big company executives tried to control his content. They didn't like him writing songs about morals and righteousness. That their dislike/hatred of him would cause them to cheat him is no big stretch.

If you want to believe what Capitol says though, go ahead.

Here's a link from Don Francisco's website. In it the claim is made that Don wrote the song in 1974. Why isn't he being sued for making false claims as this site and the content have been up for several years?

https://www.donfrancisco.com/about

As to songs similar in style to the lyrics of He's Alive, I'd like to see you show multiple instances of the same style from van Zandt and/or Collins. I'll give you hooktube links to a slew of examples from Don Francisco.

The first five links are from the album Genesis to Job and all come from the life of Job.

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=mQtYgUOh3GQ God, Job, and the Devil
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=vooU3ca70Gw Job's Lament
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=m5YOJE4gg3g Cold Comfort
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=Q9OCLfnihaw Job's Defiance
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=zB5oL7Ti814 God's Reply

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=yeBqjKlQCn8 Beautiful to Me
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=7VknKAoxDiI Got to Tell Somebody
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=uYmucQyOBuA Too Small a Price
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=5eHrwQB5Yf0 Since I Met Him
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=qnu2JmPMBT8 Come and Follow
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=1tXD40DfWuw Voyage to Gennesaret
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=1_mxqsNuIHQ Everything is Possible

If you want more examples I can give them to you. I figured this was enough to prove my point though.
 
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Arthur Brain said:
Intriguing series...
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It is, I'm watching the second season now. Jodie Comer is fantastic as Villanelle.

Something I love about a lot of series I've seen on Netflix and Prime is their soundtracks. I've looked up quite a few songs based on just a passing bit in a scene. Russian Doll comes to mind too, but many others.
 
annabenedetti

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Arthur Brain said:
She certainly is, she's mesmerizing in the role and the name is brilliant.
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She really is mesmerizing, the way her expressions move across her face makes (for me, anyway) everyone else fade into the background. I only watch it for her, actually. :)

Speaking of brilliant: Watching possibly Tarantino's finest film still to date at the moment; Pulp Fiction. This intro track fits it to a tee.
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Unfortunately I couldn't play your video, so here's one that'll play here:

 
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