Comments on: Moving an 100 year old church - via the power of rock

Moving an 100 year old church - via the power of rock

skylar — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:52:24 -0800

Moving an 100 year old church - via the power of rock (YouTube page) Watching a show about buildings being moved by truck, my attention drifted towards the captivating music, from composer Daniel Pemberton. One of the gems on his MySpace page is this clip in which a 40-strong choir leads an 100-year old church as it is moved down a road, to a soundtrack akin to the Beatles or Polyphonic Spree. It's bizarre and certainly not your normal documentary fare.

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:10:43 -0800

Forget Fellini-esque. The truckin' church was straight out of Gilliam...

By: sergeant sandwich

sergeant sandwich — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:48:20 -0800

wow, totally surreal. beautiful area too, looks like iowa? aha .. yep, iowa, but it's not clear which one it is.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:13:10 -0800

Now that's what Jesus would drive.

By: puddinghead

puddinghead — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:06:15 -0800

That was really great. Love watching big stuff get moved, loved the choir, loved the silly song. Fun link, skylar!

By: Skorgu

Skorgu — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:25:43 -0800

Fantastic!

By: MtDewd

MtDewd — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:56:23 -0800

I especially liked the church coming over the hill at 0:33 The music was good but the lyrics not.

By: thebigdeadwaltz

thebigdeadwaltz — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:16:20 -0800

That was really fantastic. The choir, the music were great and it was filmed really well. Whoever planned those shots did an excellent job.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:41:09 -0800

Sissies. Around these here parts we use dynamite.

By: macmac

macmac — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:06:58 -0800

I'm with Samizdata. That looked like something straight out a Flying Circus.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:03:01 -0800

That was amazing! I kept imagining all the city-folk fleeing as the looming hulk of religion blots out the light of their feeble sun. *singing* "Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of... the Decepticons!"

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:42:09 -0800

not bad...but youtube suggested this, which is incredibly cute...

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:21:11 -0800

More info on the church. It seems to have been somewhere in here, (actually closer to Audubon, IA), and moved to a site near Manning, which is a largely German-American community who have created a Heritage Park open-air museum centered around a traditional 350-year-old barn imported from Germany. In any case, it was only moved 9 or 10 miles, not "hundreds" as the YT description said.

By: !Jim

!Jim — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:22:03 -0800

Myspace really needs to come up with a way to synchronize the flashing banner ads with the music you're listening to.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:17:35 -0800

The shot at 2:22 and the one after that are the best. Surreal. Great soundtrack. I couldn't help but think "Choo cho! Here comes the motherfuckin' CHURCH TRAIN!" But maybe that's because I didn't take my meds.