I hate to do two Idol posts in a row, but I was amazed at how they closed the big three-hour "Idol Gives Back" segment tonight: with a full-blown version of Darlene Zschech's song, "Shout to the Lord." The eight finalists, plus a robed gospel choir, sang it beautifully -- and with all the original words as far as I could tell, except for the biggest NO-NO of them all: "Jesus." Instead of the opening line being "My Jesus, my Savior . . ." they sang "My Shepherd, my Savior." Still, it's more than I would have expected from network TV:
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11 years ago
Hey dad. I got nothing to say about Idol, but thanks for the reminder about that beautiful voice of Kamakawiwo. That was fun to watch again. And welcome back to blog world.
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Scott and I found it a little mind blowing that the group would be singing Shout to the Lord. Our mouths fell open actually. I can imagine that for most "church goers" this would score some major points. Not that Idol needs much help at this point.
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