[Oe List ...] The 3 tracks of songs

[KarenBueno at aol.com]

Some reflections on listening to the 3 tracks.  All three worked well  on my 
machine.
 
Track 1
Kyrie Eleison (SP?) -  seems to be an old Christian hymn.  It  would take a 
lot of demythologizing to be useful to progressive Christian  groups.  I don't 
remember singing it from 1968 on.
 
All Life is Open - an excellent recording, with accompaniment and spirited  
singing of this Order song, written to that Hispanic tune whose name I cannot  
remember right now!
 
Track 2
A Mighty Fortress is Our God - attributed to Martin Luther, this is a  
classic Christian hymn, and, again, would take lots of demythologizing to merit  
inclusion in a progressive Christian songbook.
 
Track 3
The Crying - I think the mood and some of the images are from Kazantzakis'  
Savior of God.  The images, like the book, are troubling to the "average"  
person.  The phrase "kill the infidel...slay him on my table" would bring  
criticism since 9/11.  Even though the song, in the next verse, clearly  states that 
the infidel is the self who is satisfied and complacent with life  just as it 
is.  Publishing it in 2008 would require a paragraph of context  if we would 
like the words to be understood as we understood them 30 or 40 years  ago.
 
Karen Bueno



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