How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry

Re:How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry by Twirrim on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @02:24PM (#18286018)

There's another interesting language difference to look at, both within the history of Western worship, and in various countries.

Western worship has become heavily "I/Me" based, where historically it was more "Us/We" based. To the point it's starting to drive me crazy. Worship is becoming almost entirely selfish. A group of individuals having an individual experience, instead of a group of people having a collective, binding, experience with God.

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Re:How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry by BadThink6655321 on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @03:10PM (#18286438)

I'm reminded of two things. First, Knuth's article "On the Complexity of Songs", which features K. C. and the Sunshine band's "That's the way..." (Knuth, btw, is a Christian). Second, many years ago, a music minister and I were goofing around with worship songs set to disco music. I did, "That's the way, uh huh, huh huh, I praise Him, uh huh, uh huh..." This was, partly, to express my discontent with I-focused worship and banal lyrics. He responded with an amazing, impromptu version of the Bee Gee's "Staying Alive" with the lyrics "He is alive! He is alive!".

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