How was the singing in your congro?

by karter 29 Replies latest jw experiences

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  WTWizard

  It used to be inconsistent. I have heard songs that were sung loudly, enough that it would damage your hearing if continued long enough. However, I have seen plenty of songs that the first verse was barely audible. I have heard it get down to the final verse before anyone sings on one song.

  And the quality was also inconsistent. There were singers that were just plain terrible in singing. There were other singers that were at least halfway competent, but their talent was totally wasted singing this sxxx. I think dragging the needle across the record would actually have been more entertaining--as was when they got the wrong tape or CD in the player.

  Bear in mind that this was before that new songbook came out. I never heard any of the new Kingdumb maladies, and I intend to keep it that way. (Technically I did hear two of them--the two that were left alone, but I forgot which ones.) Now I imagine the singing is much worse.
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  gutted

  It would vary. I remember once the sound system wasn't cooperating and we had a classically trained singer that started us off on the right note, that was kinda cool.

  In my last congregation we had the typical older opera singer sister, sounded like a pig being murdered
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  leavingwt

  There was an older sister in our last Hall who would sing very loudly.

  Unfortunately, she was often singing the wrong notes.

  Bless her heart.
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  punkofnice

  Drone drone drone.peter out.

  When we had the vinyl LP kingdum maladies I used to alter the speed from 33/3rd to 78. Often no one even noticed.

  The scratched records were great. Fun to listen to especially if it got stuck on the same passage over & over.

  Sadly, they brought in the CD's with the mind numbing plinky plonky piano. Dreadful!
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  cantleave

  dischordant
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  ShirleyW

  to say it was shyte would be an understatement...so it was bloody shyte

  I LOVE THAT and so true !

  Iguess all Congs had the elderly Sis that sang too loud. My friends mother sang just like an opera singer but she wasn't a singer, it came naturally to her, so she was the one (and I do mean one) saving grace when it came to the songs.

  When the magenta colored book came out in the mid-60's our Cong used to hold practice on Saturday nights, that was also the time we had a violin and guitar and some time a flute player to accompany the piano player
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  mrsjones5

  Like cats in heat.
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  karter

  Finallysomepeide.

  We were never in the same congro but you used to visit my congro.....i think to check out the talent.
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  BluesBrother

  Singing was always dreadful....and it still is, at least around here.

  I used to have a theory when I gave a talk "away" , that you could assess the spirit of the place by the way they sang the opening song, i e at least they might sound enthusiastic but too often it was weak and lacklustre. One congo though had a real belter - we christened her "Foghorn Leghorn"!

  The main reason is that the WTS gives absolutely no importance to it - telling them that "God made the nightjar as well as the songbird", and getting rid of live music at meetings
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  Band on the Run

  Listen to Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mozart, etc. and then listen to a KH. A poor school system never taught how to read and sing notes. It was pathetic. Your gut tells you which one is closer to the sublime. After I left, I tended to choose churches with a professional choir. The amateur choirs are good, too.