This is just great! Many thanks once again, y2karl! posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:39 AM on December 4, 2006
See Matt, this is what happens when you offer prizes. People make insanely useful posts. I miss pissing elephants. posted by allen.spaulding at 12:44 AM on December 4, 2006
y2karl, thank you. You are going to heaven. posted by MinPin at 12:49 AM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]
Oh my god, there go my evenings this week. Fantastic stuff, y2karl, thank you! posted by ZaphodB at 1:18 AM on December 4, 2006
I want to see your links to vintage porn, Karl. posted by pracowity at 1:19 AM on December 4, 2006
Once again, Karl is blatantly vote whoring!
and once again his superb post makes it all worth it! posted by Pollomacho at 1:28 AM on December 4, 2006
*gob smacked*. best. music. post. EVAR. will be stuck here all week A1111++++++ Thank You - my day job is not important enough to ignore this. posted by adamvasco at 1:29 AM on December 4, 2006
Absolutely brilliant post. Should be required linking every time AtheistFilter rears its head.
I hope you don't get so caught up in playing with your Wii that you stop digging up stuff like this. posted by felix betachat at 2:01 AM on December 4, 2006
what joshuaconner said! posted by anonaccount at 2:09 AM on December 4, 2006
I might as well bring out the Johnny Cash videos floating around the tube, which I was saving up:
This post doesn't get a thumbs-up until we bring on the Umm Kulthum links. No siree. posted by mykescipark at 4:11 AM on December 4, 2006
Man, and December is only just underway; how much better than this can it get? Thanks too much, y2karl. posted by FelliniBlank at 4:55 AM on December 4, 2006
Colloquial Collision: Possession, Suffering, the Blues, "it all coheres!" posted by honest knave at 5:31 AM on December 4, 2006
Oooooh, I want Umm Kulthum links too! Gimme!
See, we're all spoiled now. posted by intermod at 6:12 AM on December 4, 2006
Colloquial Collision: Possession, Suffering, the Blues, "it all coheres!"
Okay, well I guess that makes sense. Considering ancient Greek choruses were part of the plays, which were part of a religious festival honoring Dionysus.
Great great post y2karl. Nice timing too, I just read a Sam Cooke bio and have been listening to the Soul Stirrers for the last coupla weeks. posted by Joseph Gurl at 6:36 AM on December 4, 2006
Jesus Christ on a cross. posted by Kwine at 6:52 AM on December 4, 2006
Amazing. Thank you so much. posted by sklero at 6:55 AM on December 4, 2006
I might as well bring out the Johnny Cash videos floating around the tube, which I was saving up:
Although I love it, I've never really been able to explore gospel as much as I'd like to. So my first thought on seeing this encyclopediac collection of links was 'I wish that there was somebody like realcountrymusic who could post a similar collection of classic white country gospel stuff'.
I did try to search for a clip of the Louvin Brothers to illustrate this, but no such look. The best I could do was The Carter Family.
Alternatively, you could have the Dresden Dolls butchering Satan is Real -- which I suspect might be preferable to Metafilter's atheist hipsters. ;)
I do miss the posts of realcountrymusic. posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:55 AM on December 4, 2006
Sister Rosetta makes me believe in God. posted by booth at 6:56 AM on December 4, 2006
felix betachat: "Absolutely brilliant post. Should be required linking every time AtheistFilter rears its head."
Agreed. I'm an atheist myself, and sometimes my rationalism blinds me, leading me to ignore the enormous amount of absolutely phenomenal art that people make as a consequence of their religious impulses.
Any phenomena that can produce the kind of music that these clips link to has got to have something good going for it -- even if that fact eludes me a lot of the time. posted by PeterMcDermott at 7:02 AM on December 4, 2006
Awesome! posted by caddis at 7:24 AM on December 4, 2006
You know, Y2karl, a Wii only costs $250 dollars. posted by Bookhouse at 7:24 AM on December 4, 2006
I really enjoyed this, as I did y2karl's last post on cult music. Y2karl is obviously extremely knowledgeable about music (gospel or otherwise), has very expansive tastes and clearly put a lot of thought and effort into structuring this post. But, I hope this doesn't start a new meme on MeFi, where less talented people than y2k will start grouping some youtube videos together and submit them as a valid FPP.
Might make sense to think up some new jargon to try to circumvent this sort of thing? Like, don't try to do a YTubeKarl, you're just not good at it. Just a thought. posted by psmealey at 7:26 AM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]
This is delicious, y2karl! One year at a music festival, my husband and I poked our head into the "Gospel Tent" and didn't leave until the last choir was done. This music, when performed live, is a physical force. It's astonishingly powerful. I almost became a believer. posted by jrossi4r at 7:40 AM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]
And DoveSong has a substantial mp3 library, divided into Traditional Black, Traditional Southern and Traditional Mountian and Bluegrass . posted by y2karl at 8:20 AM on December 4, 2006
Omigod, you have *got* to get to 2:25 in the Dixie Hummingbirds "Our Prayer for Peace." They start singing about Kennedy's assassination at 1:35, but it kicks into the stratosphere at 2:25. Wow.
Anyone else want to help sort through y2karl's beautiful mess? And am I the only one who regularly wishes YouTubers would include even minimal info about the clips they post/pirate? The gospel would be spread even more if folks would mention where the clips come from. posted by mediareport at 9:13 AM on December 4, 2006
keeerist! are you suddenly unemployed, y2karl? posted by five fresh fish at 9:41 AM on December 4, 2006
You are on a roll my friend. Keep it up. posted by mike_bling at 9:46 AM on December 4, 2006
Most of the clips come from various episodes of a syndicated 50s and 60s television show called TV Gospel Time, which was distributed via 16mm film prints, from which film prints, VHS and DVD copies have been made as the various technologies appeared. From the prices asked and examples posted to YouTube, these are very popular and are evidently considered extremely collectable. TV Gospel Time was hosted at one time by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Upon review: Hardly suddenly, fff--and, actually, consider this is part of my MefiJob search. I'm in UR internets, researching yer Topix!!!111 and hoping the Lord will provide. posted by y2karl at 9:49 AM on December 4, 2006 [1 favorite]
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Reverend Gary Davis - Children of Zion
The Golden Gate Quartet - Old Blind Barnabas
The Fairfield Four - Dig A Little Deeper
Bessie Griffin - Story Of Job
Mahalia Jackson - Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
Gospel Redeemers - Let's Go Down To Jordan
Caravans - Wade In The Water
Inez Andrews And The Andrewettes - Mary Don't You Weep
Rev Cleophus Robinson & Loving Sisters - Won't We Have A Time
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Choir - Down By The Riverside
Dixie Hummingbirds - Our Prayer For Peace
Five Blind Boys Of Alabama - Amazing Grace
posted by y2karl at 12:19 AM on December 4, 2006