I love gospel music. I don’t mean the overproduced crap they play at megachurches, I’m talking about a piano, bass, and a stomp/clap choir in a black southern community church led one or more strong, usually female, singers.

I’ve never heard this music that wasn’t about God and that kind of puts me off so I’m wondering…is there gospel MUSIC without the gospel LYRICS?

[Edit]I’m talking Blues Brother church scene music - thanks shittydwarf for the link

  • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Try Ray Charles’s Self-Titled album from 1957. Some of it feels literally like Gospel songs with Jesus subbed out for a girlfriend.

      • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 day ago

        Choirs accompanying soul artists is not unheard of, but yeah, it does seem to be more of a tool that’s leveraged when the sound feels right for a track, rather than being a core part of the act. The linked song is verging pretty close to “regular” gospel, but the lyrics are a bit too modern and on the nose for church, I’d think.

    • palordrolap@fedia.io
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      1 day ago

      This is literally the opposite of counterpart to an observation made in an episode of The Simpsons where a Christian Rock artist breaks down and admits that their songs are just regular rock songs with “Jesus” substituted in for “baby”.

      Edit: better words