Here’s a quick catch-up from Australia.
Life imitates art.
3 responses to “Recorded music in the liturgy”
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Re: Recorded music in the liturgy
Dennis Potter has an awful lot to answer for. -
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After the death of George Harrison I was at a Sunday Eucharist where the Rector played a tape of My Sweet Lord and based his sermon on it. Don’t think it was really appreciated but I didn’t hear any complaints either. -
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The only time I can remember this really working was when the Piscy College was at Coates Hall and after the Friday evening Eucharist the student who had been leading that week’s services, Kevin Bean, turned on a cassette of Boney-M singing Rivers of Babylon. I still recall the surprised grins on people’s faces and Gian Tellini practically skipping out of the chapelIan Burdon
(Coates Hall 1977-79)
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