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An examination of the lyrics of worship songs, how they could and should be better, in Nick Page's trademark humorous style. Have you ever felt frustrated with the words of the worship songs that we sing? Why are they so forgettable? Why are they filled with such weird language? Where have all the writers gone? Combining humour with strong argument, Nick Page analyses how worship song writers have bought into a disposable, 'pop-song' model; how they have filled their songs with a kind of semi-Biblical code and how songs suffer from poor technique and a lack of specialist lyric writers. Above all it encourages writers to really think about the words of their songs and whether they really communicate truth about God - truth which should lead to worship. Passionate, controversial and laugh-out-loud funny, this is essential reading for Christians today. - Passionately argued and very funny - Provocative - Describes what's wrong with today's worship songs
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Nick Page is a writer, information designer, creative consultant and the author of over twenty books, including The Tabloid Bible, Lord Minimus, Blue and The Bible Book. He and his family live in Eynsham, Oxfordshire. He
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Thought of writing worship songs, but don’t know where to start?
Wondered why when you bring your friends to your trendy youth service, they look as bemused as if you had made them sing metrical psalms unaccompanied?
Then this short, accessible and funny book might help you. If you’ve ever questioned whether these really are the days of Elijah, and particularly if the thought never crossed your mind, read this book.
It made me think hard, laugh out loud, and resolve to have a go at writing REALLY modern worship songs.
And if Nick Page can get respected artists like Graham Kendrick and Andy Flannagan to supply quotes for the book's back cover, then his opinion is worth reading.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I spotted this book a week after griping to my wife about the platitudinous lyrics of some of the latest songs introduced in our church. So I snapped it up and read it in a weekend.
Nick Page has hit the nail on the head, although in places I feel he doesn't even go far enough. Perhaps the subjective nature of his chosen topic forced him to tread more carefully than I wanted him to.
The sting in the tail was realising that I myself, as a worship songwriter, had committed more of the crimes listed than I thought. I have since given some proper time to revising many of my own lyrics.
The tripe songs are now more bearable in church because I know I'm not the only one who feels that way about them - but more than that, I'm able to better enter into the spirit of the genuinely good worship songs because I'm better able to understand what went into them.
NOTE: This book seems to be marketed at anybody and everybody, but there are large sections of it that will probably only be of particular interest to those who write songs themselves.
Nick Page has hit the nail on the head, although in places I feel he doesn't even go far enough. Perhaps the subjective nature of his chosen topic forced him to tread more carefully than I wanted him to.
The sting in the tail was realising that I myself, as a worship songwriter, had committed more of the crimes listed than I thought. I have since given some proper time to revising many of my own lyrics.
The tripe songs are now more bearable in church because I know I'm not the only one who feels that way about them - but more than that, I'm able to better enter into the spirit of the genuinely good worship songs because I'm better able to understand what went into them.
NOTE: This book seems to be marketed at anybody and everybody, but there are large sections of it that will probably only be of particular interest to those who write songs themselves.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I had seen this book on bookshelves years ago, but had put off buying and reading it, because I assumed from the title that it was a satirical book - poking fun and calling "no clothes, Mr Emperor", but taking an essentially cynical approach. I've done plenty of poking fun at contemporary worship in years past, but it's easy to be cynical - it's harder to demonstrate a better way of doing things.
Having now read the book, this was an unfair impression. This is a constructive critique of the lyrical content of modern worship. There are no cheap shots taken here. (There's not even any criticism of poorly put together music, which you might have expected. Instead Mr Page commends in passing the musical quality which many praise bands aspire to - "great tunes, shame about the words"). Instead, this is a passionate plea for why modern worship needs to seek out thoughtful lyrical content, as well as showing some of the cultural reasons why we've let ourselves down in this respect. It's written by someone who loves modern worship, but often gets annoyed by it.
This is thought provoking and readable - I plan on recommending it to all the other guys on my worship leading team. As a previous reviewer pointed out, it's aimed at songwriters, but I think it's also good for challenging the average worship leader to seek out lyrical quality.
Having now read the book, this was an unfair impression. This is a constructive critique of the lyrical content of modern worship. There are no cheap shots taken here. (There's not even any criticism of poorly put together music, which you might have expected. Instead Mr Page commends in passing the musical quality which many praise bands aspire to - "great tunes, shame about the words"). Instead, this is a passionate plea for why modern worship needs to seek out thoughtful lyrical content, as well as showing some of the cultural reasons why we've let ourselves down in this respect. It's written by someone who loves modern worship, but often gets annoyed by it.
This is thought provoking and readable - I plan on recommending it to all the other guys on my worship leading team. As a previous reviewer pointed out, it's aimed at songwriters, but I think it's also good for challenging the average worship leader to seek out lyrical quality.
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