Does Anyone here Listen to Tradional Gospel Anymore???

[Eggs]

That's the way it works ...  

One day you'll be trying to get your grandchildren to listen to Kirk Franklin and Fred Hammond's "traditional contemporary gospel".  

I like it all.  It's all in my spirit.  As long as I can connect with the Holy Ghost behind it... it blesses me!


God bless,
Eggs

[DbKeysinCT]

aint that the truth, they'll probably think stuff from james cleveland era was ancient. (hahahahahahah)

[Judd]

:wink:  I live in Detroit hwere we have some of the best  foundation that was laid in traditional music and some of the OLDSKOOL People are still alive and kickin. I grew up listening to one of the smothest and gifted musicians  to ever play. His name is Professor Herbert Pickard. He used to play for the Caravan, Dorothy Love Coates, James Cleveland Peace Be Still with the Angelic Choir. He was director and arranger for the Mighty Voices Of Thunder until he retired some years back. This guy is a wizard and still lives in Detroit.

[Eggs]

Judd,

That's awesome!  God has blessed you to be around this gentleman.
I hope you are taking full advantage of it!  It will give you that much more
to share with some other budding musician when the time comes.

BTW,  Welcome to LGM!

God bless,
Eggs

Traditional music is all relative.  Of course, we're going to think that our music is modern and the Winans is so ordinary-traditional.  But, I feel that the music that came through from the 90's is traditional.  It's been almost 10 years since I've graduated high school and artists like Donald Lawrence & Yolanda Adams JUST started to take shape.  Karen Clark-Sheard didn't really become popular until I went to college.  Kirk only had about 2 or 3 albums out at the time.  Hezekiah Walker was still fairly new.  Does anyone remember God's Property?  These are the artists that I consider TRADITIONAL today.  So, imagine artists like Shirley Caesar, Pop Winans, Daryl Coley, Tiimothy Wright that are still kicking strong today?

Like I said, it's all relative.  Mahalia today wasn't Mahalia back then.  Mahalia Back then would be Kirk Franklin today.  The Caravans back then would be (believe it or not) TONEX today.  These artists really pushed the envelope with  things that we take for granted today.  I know, I would die if my drummer and bass player left the church, but in those days, drums and bass players were considered "devilish"  That's why I have an appreciation for both.  You gotta know where you come from in order to know where you're going.  Now, at the same time, don't be so caught up in the car behind you, that you smack into the truck in front of you =o)

[kadman92]

I love the traditional stuff.  I can get lost just listening to the Asuza CD's... Carlton Pearson's spin on all the old stuff is awsome and his band is off the chain.  They are so tight they're waterproof.  I'm blessed everytime I listen to those tracks.  

It seems to be the thing to do now by recording some of the original gospel hyms.  Donnie McKlurkin just did it, Randy Travis did it, Lynda Randle did a tribute to Mahalia.  Part of the reason the old stuff stays around is the annointing in the song.

[Eggs]

Amen to that!  That's what I'm talkin' bout!

[trulyblessed]

oh fa sho I love traditional  gospel  like Rev. James Moore and Mississippi Mass, Chicago Mass

[thedrummerschoice]

welll. i am 17 and i love all that stuff i acutally like it better then the music now adays i dont know if this is that old too you guys but my goodness!!! JAMES HALL!!! is nice i know that isnt old old but yea i know how to play old songs better then songs we play nowadays they are way more fun and have more feeling... well im out like a fat kid in dodge ball ~ghost~

[louieII]

Well I am a young /old cat (only 27) as friends call me, I really enjoy listening and playing and remembering the old days kinda like when you here your favorite song that hasn't been played in along time.  The oldies remind us of where we were and gives hope.  Have you ever notice that the songs of old seem to never go away (hymns, jubile ect...)  They always seem to repeat themselves by the new generation of artist.  The songs of today have meaning but what they seem to lack is the cry of not just the artist but of the people, which makes it easier to relate to the older songs

[B3Wannabe]

I've recently started listening to a lot of 70s Shirley Caesar. Also, I don't know if this counts, but I've also been buying some old jazz/beebop cds from the 20-40s. Some of that old music is really good! I've become particularly fond of Ella Fitzgerald.

[jamaicanbaan]

I've recently started listening to a lot of 70s Shirley Caesar. Also, I don't know if this counts, but I've also been buying some old jazz/beebop cds from the 20-40s. Some of that old music is really good! I've become particularly fond of Ella Fitzgerald.

Yeah it al counts.....If you listen to gospel from the 50 - 60's some of it has those walking basslines that you hear in Traditional jazz and Blues..........Ella Fitzgerald is one of Black America's Greatest Queens of vocals...........I really love her vioce(may she rest in peace)........

[vwebster]

Now, truth be told, when I say I like the older hymns and songs, I mean I still like to sing them and still like to hear them. But, I don't necessarily listen to a lot of older tapes by artists.

I mean I love to sing songs like,

Let us break bread together, The blood, Precious Lord, etc

The words just touch me and they're wonderful to sing - a lot of these older songs weren't written for an album necessarily. They were written by authors who were going through something and expressed themselves in songs that eventually became our old standards,...

You're safe, I'm not tossing any hymnals today. I'm just sitting here thinking about some of the 'hymns of the church'.

[Loopy]

I think alot of what is considered "traditional" or "contemporary" depends on perspective. For example, you have your "older" or "hardcore" traditional gospel like Mahalia Jackson, Clara Ward, The Caravans, James Cleveland, etc. Then you have older traditional choirs like Mattie Moss Clark's older releases with the Michigan State Choir. Then you have what is called "New Traditional", which is traditional gospel with a modern or contemporary flair, like some of Mississippi Mass Choir, Dottie Peoples, the late James Moore, Thomas Whitfield, Kurt Carr, Kirk Franklin (with the Family), if you listen to some of the chords, they are jazzy and contemporary, then you have contemporary gospel like The Clark Sisters, The Winans, Kim Burrell, Karen Clark, Smokie Norful, etc., and then there is the "Urban Contemporary" artists like Tonex, Tye Tribbett, Mary Mary, Kirk Franklin (W Gods Property and 1NC).

Then you have traditional gospel that includes other categories as well like "church" music (hymns, call and response songs, shout music, etc.) and "quartet music". You also have other contemprorary categories like "church" praise and worship songs (Martha Munizzi, Israel and New Breed), and then you have gospel reggae and holy hip-hop.

It all pretty much depends on your taste in music and what you grew up with! As a young person myself (sortof, I'm 28), I grew up with the church music in church (hymns, call/response, shout music) and with contemporary gospel of the 70s/80s like the Winans, Clark Sisters, Commissioned, Vanessa Bell, and with choirs such as the Tommies, the Southeast Inspirational Choir, and even with 70s soul/secular music. My taste in music is very broad. I love the simple message in the traditional songs and the music of the more contemporary songs.

I believe we cannot forget where we come from. I have an appreciation for older music like James Cleveland and Mahalia Jackson, but I cannot sit and listen to that kind of music for a long period of time because that is just not my favorite style of music. However I did listen ALOT to my old Caravans and Sam Cooke records (go figure!!) The traditional music I prefer is choirs and church music like hymns and call/response (since that is part of what I grew up with) But this just goes to show you that gospel has a wide range of styles, but I definitely have a soft spot for gospel that sounds "gospely" if u know what I mean. A lot of the newer music has lost the sincerity and anointing of the older music. The main thing for me is that your MESSAGE reflects Jesus Christ and that you don't water down your presentation to fit in with the world.

WOW!! This post ended up being much longer than I anticipated. Sorry!!!

Loopy