ferwoman
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This was my grandmother's favorite song. My brother played acoustic guitar and sang this at her memorial service. It was a moving tribute to a wonderful and funny woman. So, contrary to your views, I love this song. Liked it even while she was alive. 
YourNameHere wrote:I don't care if they sing it to Helter Skelter. I hate this song.  |
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mfcrowe
(Chicago,, IL) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 15:21 | |
I think this might change your mind about these guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA17BmsklFA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE4k76VjGdY
As he says at the end of this version of Amazing Grace, "if this don't make you feel good, you ain't got nothin"
(former member) wrote:
sounds like they took Quaaludes before they recorded this...
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maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 14:39 | |
hencini wrote:First time I heard Amazing Grace sung to the tune of House of the Rising Sun was on XRT 93.1 driving a loaded moving van South out of Chicago. Cool, early summer night, windows down. Very memorable. Did you catch their work on Ben Harper's 'There will be a Light'? |
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Sasha2001
(The business end of Bloomberg's education machine.) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 14:35 | |
"...and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy. Oh lord, I know I'm one..."
Oh wait, thats a different song.
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bhambaker
(Pacific Northwest, USA) | | Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 11:32 | |
romeotuma wrote:
sounds like they took Quaaludes before they recorded this...
I agree... a couple extra foot stomps per minute would help. Can't deny those vocals thought. |
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TJS
(Bradley, Il) | | Posted: Oct 01, 2012 - 11:28 | |
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bluecshells
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S-curvy
(Lovely Alameda, the Isle of Style) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 18:46 | |
YourNameHere wrote:I don't care if they sing it to Helter Skelter. I hate this song. YourNameHere: Since you be hatin' this 'un, we'll all just forgive ya! And no joke, I ain't no religy-ous 'un myself. As per Wikipedia: "" Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with lyrics written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton (1725–1807), published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God" Well, that "God" stuff is a personal choice, but forgiveness is a wonderful and necessary human act. Peace.  |
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YourNameHere
(Los Angeles) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 18:29 | |
I don't care if they sing it to Helter Skelter. I hate this song. |
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Nerubo
(Denver, CO) | | Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 18:28 | |
Like all great covers, this messes with your mind, in a good way.
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kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 16:51 | |
This is great! And I hate the more common tune to this piece because it's been played to death. (House of the Rising Sun was played to death too, but this is so different from the Animal's version of that song, that it sounds fresh.)
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AvoidingWork
(Home of Big Boy #4004) | | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 13:02 | |
I like all the comments wondering if they know they are singing to the wrong tune. Like somebody played a trick on them, or that through all the rehearsals and productions nobody said, Hey that sounds like House of the Rising Sun.
Perhaps if they had sung Amazing Grace to the tune from Gilligan's Island it wouldn't have freaked people out so much.
Try it, it works. To get you started... "Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale..."
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coyote620
(Near the river, USA) | | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 12:34 | |
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namp
| | Posted: Jul 30, 2012 - 12:33 | |
There is a house in New Orleans...
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 14:36 | |
sounds like they took Quaaludes before they recorded this...
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by_jove
(San Francisco Bay Area) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 11:42 | |
Awesome track! I didn't know this had been recorded. Amazing Grace can be sung to the tune of even more songs than songs that this—and visa versa—including "O, Susannah!," "Camptown Races," "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and "I've Been Working on the Railroad." We like to mix up these songs for our own amusement: I come from Alabama,
With my Banjo on my knee,
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see. |
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hencini
| | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 11:21 | |
First time I heard Amazing Grace sung to the tune of House of the Rising Sun was on XRT 93.1 driving a loaded moving van South out of Chicago. Cool, early summer night, windows down. Very memorable.
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pk53
| | Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 00:25 | |
unclehud wrote:
You can hear this kind of music every Sunday in churches throughout the the Southland — and on Wednesday night and Saturday night, too. Y'all come see us!
Amazing Grace or House of the Rising Sun.....interesting... |
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unclehud
(300 feet above the planet) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 06:34 | |
WayUpNorth wrote:I would go to church if they would have music like this ...
You can hear this kind of music every Sunday in churches throughout the the Southland — and on Wednesday night and Saturday night, too. Y'all come see us! |
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Poacher
(Brighton, UK) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 06:33 | |
Hmmmm. 1 for the religious content to the lyrics but an 8 for the music.
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mfcrowe
(Chicago,, IL) | | Posted: Apr 23, 2011 - 11:24 | |
These guys put on an awesome show. Make an effort to see them while Jimmy Carter is still healthy and touring, he is great. Even my GF, who is a member of the Tribe was rocking out to these guys! |
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Huey
(Netherlands) | | Posted: Jan 19, 2011 - 05:49 | |
WonderLizard wrote:This is just so fucking beyond awesome. Goosebumps, chills, raised hair on the neck—  Yeah, it's good.  |
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mgkiwi
(French Alps - rivet rivet) | | Posted: Jan 19, 2011 - 05:48 | |
There is a girl in New Orleans they call amazing Grace!
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Dangerpussy
| | Posted: Aug 13, 2010 - 15:20 | |
There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun. Spot on!
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rachlan
(nyc) | | Posted: Jul 12, 2010 - 17:43 | |
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nate917
(2,815 miles from home) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 10:20 | |
WonderLizard wrote:This is just so fucking beyond awesome. Goosebumps, chills, raised hair on the neck— I don't know about that, but I was wondering — doesn't 2755 miles due east of Paradise put you in the Atlantic Ocean, 300 miles east of New York Harbor? |
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Feb 04, 2010 - 07:27 | |
This is just so fucking beyond awesome. Goosebumps, chills, raised hair on the neck— |
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ambrebalte
(Beijing) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2010 - 20:48 | |
cc_rider wrote: crazy wrote:house of the rising sun?
which came first?
They could be contemporaries, but AG is prolly a bit older. Wiki says it was first published in 1779. HotRS starts showing up in the early 1800's: it's exact origin and the house referenced therein is a matter of some debate. Wiki says a couple of 'hotels' in NO are candidates. Some say it refers to a women's prison in the area, which had a 'rising sun' motif over the gate. Interesting stories behind both songs. Love the juxtaposition. Yes! And thank you for the information. There is an amazing recording on wiki page about this song "This recording was done for the Archive of American Folk-Song in Livingston, Alabama in 1939, and is in the U.S. Library of Congress" - That motivates me to find out more about gospel. |
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gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2010 - 20:31 | |
Love this! Love this! Love this! 10++++++
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cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.) | | Posted: Dec 03, 2009 - 12:20 | |
crazy wrote:house of the rising sun?
which came first?
They could be contemporaries, but AG is prolly a bit older. Wiki says it was first published in 1779. HotRS starts showing up in the early 1800's: it's exact origin and the house referenced therein is a matter of some debate. Wiki says a couple of 'hotels' in NO are candidates. Some say it refers to a women's prison in the area, which had a 'rising sun' motif over the gate. Interesting stories behind both songs. Love the juxtaposition. |
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