| 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. |
| 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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| 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'? |
| "...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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| 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. |
| nope.
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| Thanks RP
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| 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.  |
| I don't care if they sing it to Helter Skelter. I hate this song.  |
| Like all great covers, this messes with your mind, in a good way.
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| 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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| 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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| Wow!
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| There is a house in New Orleans...
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sounds like they took Quaaludes before they recorded this...
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| 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. |
| 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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| 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... |
| 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! |
| Hmmmm. 1 for the religious content to the lyrics but an 8 for the music.
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