

My memory of it is the feeling I got standing backstage and watching 125,000 people singing back to him it just sent shivers down my spine. My most memorable song is also my favourite song and is by my best mate. JONATHAN WILKES - star of The Rocky Horror Show It was a time when second-generation Asian and black kids were not putting up with what their parents had, but at the same time the NF and BNP were rising steadily and this idea of black and white singing together drawing from old ska sounds, reggae and punk was liberating as a soundtrack to my political awakenings at that time.ĥ. I saw the Specials on the first two tone tour and they and their music blew me away. GURINDER CHADHA - director, Bend it like Beckham But when I hear those grimly portentous synthesiser chords, I can't help but feel an ache of helpless love.Ĥ. I really wish this bit of my soundtrack was by Elvis Costello or Bessie Smith. But Big Brother began on the night my son was born, and somehow the tune got mixed up in my consciousness with the happiness of becoming a father. I'd prefer if I actually liked the song that had the deepest effect on me because, objectively, I can't stand it. In some ways that prediction might be coming true.īig Brother Theme Music by Oakenfold and Grey


I felt that this was the sound of the future, and hoped that by, say, the year 2003, songs like this were filling the charts. To search this in your browser press contol and F.I remember hearing 'Being Boiled' by the Human League about a quarter of a century ago - a mix up of glam Sheffield steel, Dali melt, Fausty distortion, Meek DIY sound effects, dinky Kraftwerk electronics and the deadest of pans (it advocated a ban on the cruel abuse of silk worms) and Johnny Rotten dismissed the group as 'trendy hippies'. Music Videos with Lyrics & Orchestral Backing Music are available for many of the songs in this song book the video below is the latest in our Youtube collection, to see more videos click on the three bars icon in the top left of the video window.īelow is a list of all the songs available in this section, to view the lyrics/chords choose the initial letter of the title from the toolbar at the top of this page. Sankey and Bliss's collection can be found in many libraries today. 1 to 6, an extension of the 1874 Gospel Songs. Bliss and Ira Sankey issued Gospel Hymns, no's. Bliss edited a collection titled Gospel Songs, and in 1875 P. The first published use of the term "gospel" to describe this kind of music was apparently in the 1870s. The revival movement employed popular singers and song leaders (starting with Ira Sankey) who used songs by writers such as George F. Prior to the meeting of Moody and Sankey in 1870, there was an American rural/frontier history of revival and camp meeting songs, but the gospel hymn was of a different character, and it served the needs of mass revivals in the great cities. Sankey) and the Holiness-Pentecostal movement. Its roots were the mass revival movement (starting with Dwight L. Gospel music as we know it began in the late 19th century. However, a common theme of most gospel music is praise, worship or thanks to God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Like other forms of Christian music the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music. Gospel music, can in crude terms, be though of as a sort of cross between popular music and hymns, for a better definition see below. They are being shared on this site for educational purposes only, please see our copyright page for more info. These transcriptions are made by many different individuals from all over the world for their own research and instruction and as such should not be considered definitive "official" versions or representative of any particular artist or performance.

THIS COLLECTION OF LYRICS with chords includes 1200+ songs, many of these date back to the 19th and early 20th century although many of them are more modern.
