Lifehouse Gets It
Today’s example of great musicianship is brought in part because of one of the comments made by Trae earlier in the week. I absolutely love this song and love using it in worship, but it had slipped my mind. Trae brought it back to my attention.
This will close this week out. This is Lifehouse singing/playing “Everything” live in Amsterdam. Please notice how long the song takes to build. The band doesn’t come in strong until 4 minutes in!
As Trae said, one of my friends and favorite worship leaders, Michael Bleecker of the The Village Church (where Matt Chandler is Lead Pastor) does this song the best of anyone I’ve heard lead it. I used to play this song with a band I was in every Tuesday night that led worship for 20 somethings/singles and college age. I would often request that we play this or just start playing the intro and let the band jump in with me. Enjoy!
Not sure how this translates to worship? Watch this video of a drama performed to Lifehouse’s “Everything”. I’ve blogged about this before. I can not watch this without crying every time – it’s amazing.
February 5th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Barlow Girl is another group that "gets it". Mirror and Never Alone have a nice slow, steady, somewhat quiet buildup into powerful ballads.
February 5th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
True. Thanks, Ron.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
You know, it may be because I've supervised one to many youth event "talent shows" but that Lifehouse skit (or "human video" the most terrible name ever) is just too heave handed. I have seen it impact youth and even the first time I saw it it was powerful but I think there is something to be said for subtlety in a performance.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
that is of course supposed to say "heavy handed"
February 12th, 2010 at 1:35 am
our church does this song and we love it!
http://endeavorchurch.org