Comments on: God on the Mountain, redux

By: GreatStacheofIvan

GreatStacheofIvan — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:36:11 +0000

this is great stuff. you should hear it live. more unbelievable.

By: 1 old fan

1 old fan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:26:56 +0000

Robert #22 wrote: “I was taught that those whose vocabulary consisted of a lot of [cursing] did not have a broad enough vocabulary to think of any other words to put in place of the bad ones.”

I was taught the same thing, and I too thought in my younger years that there were “certain situations clean words just don’t make the same impact as the dirty ones.” As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found thoses situations fewer and farther between. To the point, in fact, where they may be now non-existant.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:49:13 +0000

I don’t want to condone cursing. I was taught that those whose vocabulary consisted of a lot of it did not have a broad enough vocabulary to think of any other words to put in place of the bad ones. As I got older I started to realize that sometimes (less often than more) in certain situations clean words just don’t make the same impact as the dirty ones. I’m thinking maybe someone with the education and vocabulary of Doug may feel the same way.

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:26:59 +0000

i have followed chris and his singing since the beginning of GV and i have to say “he is one of the most original, gifted, tenor singers in america. thank you for posting this…..man i would love to hear him record that song with that style!!

By: Wade

Wade — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:00:09 +0000

Montana Man…

Ppl have been saying the site was going to deteriorate for YEARS!!!

Next thing I know you will be on here saying like dr joe that you are going to go away… he’s been telling that lie for YEARS and he is still on here being right & swerving scripture to meet his needs!!

See ya next year.

By: Montana Man

Montana Man — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:35:59 +0000

wade, I know he never ANSWERS. But he does read…

The deterioration continues…

By: Wade

Wade — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:59:54 +0000

Montana Man… ahhh several ppl have VOTED not to have the F- Word. It is on a couple of the other threads. But if you have been around long you might know Dr. DH never answers these types of questions. He has several Pseudonyms.

As far as this video. I would like to know WTF was going on in the room that was better than the sangin’???

I wish they would have STFU!!!

By: Montana Man

Montana Man — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:02:22 +0000

Hey Doug, what’s your need/recent fascination w/the F word? As in STFU atop this thread, and a WTF in another one?

I remember an old coach who said “Cursing is the crutch of conversational cripples.”

And you’re a college prof w/a need for proficiency in writing?

I’m surprised no one else has complained — that’s the right word — about your F approach.

By: Yeah...

Yeah... — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:51:20 +0000

Despite the audio issues, great stuff. Allman sounds better than ever, and the point of the essay is very well-taken. BenLinus, #13, what you stated is also true; something like that is rare today in sgm - except for some soloists who play for themselves. As for quartets, note all of the positive comments on the Dixie Echoes on a recent post. I can’t help but believe that if more artists lost the tracks and stacks, and presented music as honest as this performance was, we might just salvage this genre of music.

By: RF

RF — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:37:00 +0000

Yes, Chris. Sometimes the fingers do strange things :-).

Anyway, I stand by what I said. I doubt Chris would leave his church, but what a loss to the sg community.

By: JulieBelle

JulieBelle — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:13:50 +0000

A tutorial in making a familiar song your own…and believable.

By: BenLinus

BenLinus — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:28:46 +0000

The thing that gets me about this video is how rare a performance like this is in SG today. How often do we see someone sit down with a guitar, or just at a piano and sing with such conviction?

Maybe I’m not looking in the right places, but I rarely see that. It’s the fact that I watch this, and I believe him. I strive myself to make sure people believe anything that I sing. Getting a southern gospel crowd to sit and listen to a set done like this would be nearly impossible. It’s why I generally stay out of it.

But if I saw more stuff like this, I think my interest would return.

By: SGFAN65

SGFAN65 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:40:43 +0000

Off topic - but thought it might be of interest to someone. I have been subsribing to Singing News since the late 80’s and I have every magazine that I have ever received. It’s quite a collection and I am ready to part with it. I have to move and no longer have room for it. Is there a Gospel Music Historian out there that might be interested in all of these issues and live in Georgia - or could make arrangements to pick them up in the Atlanta area ?

I sure hate to just dispose of them if there is a chance someone would want them and can appreciate the history behind them all.

If anyone expresses interest - I will provide you a way to contact me.

By: quartet-man

quartet-man — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:12:08 +0000

6 um, it’s Chris. When Greater Vision came out, I wasn’t a huge Chris fan. However, when I saw him on the anniversary thing, man what a difference. Not just in Greater Vision, but Chris himself has really grown as a vocalist.

By: GD

GD — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:04:24 +0000

#6 Can’t resist correcting you. It’s Chris Allman not Greg. Greg was married to Cher. Somehow can’t see him fitting in with Gerald and Rodney. Too much hair. I know it was a simple mistake. Couldn’t resist!