#65-Being Free musically....

A few years back, Israel Houghton released a song entitled "Say So" that reached Apostolic fame everywhere (meaning it was played every youth service and every-other adult service for a solid 8-24 months)....

And there was something different in the song...it was catchy...really catchy...like "does this qualify as worship catchy?" But yet the lyrics were really good and while we were debating whether or not a song can be too "poppy" to be played in church, something changed in our ranks....

A catchy song per worship service become customary (unless the atmosphere demanded otherwise)....

And this "Say so" led the way for what is now routine in worship services: Being free....

A year after "say so" came out, Eddie James released the Titanic of catchy worship songs in "Freedom." (video above)...

And it has been put on repeat at every camp, conference, convention, and church service since....

Not only is this song catchy, but it brought all worshipers in emotional contradiction: "Should I jump or should I listen?"

You can't cry to it...you definitely can't stand motionless in prayer....the song demands action but how?

So we as young people arrive at awkward high jumping and louder clapping and a weird "whoooo" that qualifies as loud shouting with the adults wondering what happened to music of the good old days with verses that made you think...

And if we are being truthful about this song, and we really do jump higher every moment we claim we are jumping higher, and shout louder every time we claim that we are about to shout louder with a gradual rate of increase each time, after singing this song ten times over, we should be the highest jumping, loudest shouting, loudest clapping demographic on the planet in two months… Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom....

It was not long after this song (or was it the same time?), that the market on being free musically was capitalized with "I am free" (to run, to dance, to live for you)...