LOCAL way productions

[nandon]

I remember LOCAL way productions, at limb meetings and branch functions..

we actually had a pretty good group overall.. they did all the songs that the HQ way prod would do.

But sometimes we'd get pure $|-|it.

Like one time we got a "rap" called... get your foot in the class.

what do you guys recall from you local areas way production songs..

Edited September 30, 2005 by nandon

[Raf]

In the Bronx, E****e B***a and S***e A******o made a great team. He was a decent guitarist, she had a phenomenal voice.

Gee, I miss them.

WordWolf, do you remember some of those songs?

"I Just Wanted to Thank You."

"Superman"

"Spiritual Private Eye"

[Nottawayfer]

Nandon,

Seems like I remembered a group when I lived in Portland Oregon singing a song about "Get Your foot in The Class." Were you there in the mid 90s?

[bliss]

Wasn't it Bob St@#$ly that sang the ol NO TRINITY song, i was just singing it today.......only because I was in John 1 and I was thinking about it...(for doc thread)

anyhow:

Somebody lied.....(do do do )

Cuz God never died,

He didn't bleed,

On Calvary's tree

If that were true

as many have said,

then who raised him from the dead.......

.......who was he praying to when he was on the tree.....

God is God and Christ is Christ that's what my bible says!

It's really a catchy song.

But now I am reevaluating it all <_< <_< <_<

[coolchef1248 @adelphia.net]

this was a long time ago but i remember playing guitar and singing with my ex a twig this song

can't remember who did i t or all the words but.....

sitting by the fireside

reading the word

i found pleasure so i'lll stay

thats all i can come up with

anyone else rememvber this one? it was pretty and mellow

oh yes anothe line

searchink the scripters

from day to day

yadda yadda

[WordWolf]

In the Bronx, E****e B***a and S***e A******o made a great team. He was a decent guitarist, she had a phenomenal voice.

Gee, I miss them.

WordWolf, do you remember some of those songs?

"I Just Wanted to Thank You."

"Superman"

"Spiritual Private Eye"

"Do I remember some of those songs?"

Do you remember who you're addressing? :blink:

Want them recited or something?

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Last I'd heard, he'd completely re-written "Spiritual Private Eye", but I never got to hear

the new version.

The old version had a fantastic sound carried in it.

The spiritual private eye was talking about a particular case.

Between the first and second verse, you can hear him casually

light up a cigarette, puff it, and exhale before he continues his story.

(Final Fantasy 7 fans may appreciate the gesture also.)

Everybody thought it was a great enhancement to the mood of the song.

It made it sound more like a gumshoe was starting to tell a story

like in those old movies.

As it turned out, he was shocked and annoyed when he realized the microphone

picked it up. I told him it was a happy accident and please leave it in.

(John "Cougar" Mellencamp made a similar discovery when the handclaps were

picked up on "Jack and Diane", and retained it for a similar reason-

it made the song sound better. He just used it to keep the cadence in practice.)

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"Superman", however, ALWAYS brought the house down.

In fact, it was such a vivid set of images that we performed the song as a skit once.

All of us who knew the song got roped in, including this brand-new guy who

got dragged in. :D

E**e*e played and sang, and added some musical bridges to allow us to fit some

actions in at busy points in the song. Everybody was familar with it, more or less,

and people had already requested he play it earlier in the evening.

The imagery was Ephesians 6:12 stuff.

So, one guy steps up to the microphone in a white shirt and bowtie.

"Ladies and gentlemen!

Coming to you live from the mind of the believer,

the spiritual competition!

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,

against the rulers of the darkness of this world,

against spiritual wickedness in high pla-ces!"

Then stepped back to act as the referee.

(The SONG said there was none-but the performance needed one, so there.

We added a bell-ringer, as well-the new guy who got roped in. :) )

The smallest guy was picked to play the Christian, the biggest played his opponent,

complete with scary mask.

"We step into the ring, my opponent and me,

Steel cage massacre, no referee.

We glare at one another and so the match begins,

Whoever walks out is the one who wins.

"Well, he's a musclebound killer, he steals and destroys,

He's got a secret weapon that he always employs,

He fakes out his enemies and hits them from behind,

He messes up their minds.

"But I'm Superman,

I can leap tall buildings in a single bound.

I'm Superman,

Me and my Dad can beat anyone around."

[The choreography of that part had both wrestlers enter the ring at opposite corners.

At the reference to the cheap-shot, the other wrestler sneaks one in until the ref

pulls him back. Sharp eyes saw the Christian praying with someone in the corner,

And the ref ducked a swing from the bad guy.]

"Well, I'm in the best of condition, I'm a wrestling machine,

I've got all the equipment and I'm feeling mean.

So I yell at my opponent as he dances in place

'In the name of Jesus Christ I'm gonna mess up your face!' "

[both wrestlers dance in their corners, awaiting the bell.

The Christian flexed, and the last line was yelled by the wrestler, not sang.

The bell rang at the end of that line.]

"Well, I've got the cobra clutch, and I've got the sleeper-hold,

I jump off of the ropes and I knock him cold,

I pin him in the blink of an eye, and I say

'Unh-unh, devil, you can wave goodbye!' "

[The match begun. The larger opponent, full of bluster, is at an early

disadvantage. He's placed in a hold, the Christian jumps and knocks him

down, and he's taken to the mat with the count ABOUT to start,

when he's 'saved by the bell'.

The Christian shouts the final line again as the audience goes bananas.]

"I'm Superman, my super-power is in God's pure seed.

I'm Superman, my Daddy behind me is all I need.

"You can't beat me, I'm a super-conqueror,

Born of incorruptible seed,

I can see you, I can see all your lies,

I'm gonna rip off your mask and expose your disguise."

[The match resumed, and the devil is getting a hard time of it,

and even suffers his mask being ripped off.]

"Yeah, we step into the ring, my opponent and me,

And he's shaking like a leaf, he's going weak at the knees,

I'm a Born Again Son in the Heavyweight Class,

And if the devil don't like it he can kiss my....

"Yes, I'm a Superman, so go ahead baby, make my day.

I'm a Superman, you lousy devil spirits gonna blow you away."

[The devil's running away and has to be caught and pinned,

and the 3-count is very visibly done at that last line,

with the bell ending the match.]

"Yes I'm a Superman.

You're a Superman.

We're all Supermen.

Heavyweight champion."

[it was a little hard to hear the closing.

As the ref hoisted the winner's arm up and announced the winner (subvocally),

the audience was busy cheering and applauding

like it was Wrestlemania or something.]

Man, we had a BLAST doing that.

Sure would be nice if they popped up on the GSC sometime.

[jetc57]

Anyone out there know who wrote this song? I have loved it for years. I first heard it in Springfield MA, while serving as a WOW. A guy named Rob Fontaine introduced the song to me.

Here are some of the words that I can remember.

Its Christ in you, that makes your life so beautiful

All that is within, come alive.

A solid love, a perfectness,

The only real that there is.

You are God's son,

A masterpiece of greatest art

You shine aglow and we know

That the good in you

is all we see

Its Christ in You

Its Christ in Me.

(I only now hear fragments of this song in my head. I'd love to put it all together again.)

It WAS the beautiful music from all the Talented and Gifted Believers in the Household of God that made up the INSPIRATION for which we all were greatly touched and moved. I found the Music Ministry of the Way to be the height of my collective experience. Without the music of the ministry, and the Way Magazine, I would have left long before I did. Those messages in song touched the heart and soul of the masses., and brought more souls to the loving arms of God than ever did VPW's words.

GOD BLESS the Many Musicians of the Way Ministry, and Beyond.

[dmiller]

There was a song from the mid 70's I first heard back in Indiana. I still have the words I wrote down from it.

LOVED INTO LIVING

Chorus:

I was loved into living, by someone who really cared.

They did not pass me by as if I wasn't there.

Their life, like a light was brilliant, shining thru my night.

They loved me into living a life filled with God's light.

I.)

I stood at the crossroads, not knowing which way to go.

Certain only of uncertainty, I needed to know.

Which path was the right one for my feet to travel on

Which path would take me to those things for which I long.

II.)

As I stood and wondered, someone shared with me

How God had a plan by which all men, could be set totally free.

Sure at first I had my doubts. Questions did arise.

My questions were heard, answered from the Word, and then I realized ---

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Chorus (I was being ---)

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III.)

Knowing that they had the truth, Truth with me they shared.

And not by words, but by their deeds, they showed to me they cared.

Teaching how to get results, they got results with me.

Showing how to manifest life more than abundantly.

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Chorus

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It was definately *local* talent vs. way prod, but I still remember it after all these many years. :)

David

[WhiteDove]

this was a long time ago but i remember playing guitar and singing with my ex a twig this song

can't remember who did i t or all the words but.....

sitting by the fireside

reading the word

i found pleasure so i'lll stay

thats all i can come up with

anyone else rememvber this one? it was pretty and mellow

oh yes anothe line

searchink the scripters

from day to day

yadda yadda

Chef

The Fireside Song was from the group Agape.

[LornaDoone]

I remember alot of songs. I remember (but not all the words)

Jesus Christ is the one who can turn you around,

Put you on the right track, put your feet on the ground,

It's all up to you now, your the one who can make up your miiiiiiiiiiind. dadada

Also:

Because God raised Jesus Christ from the Dead, God raised Jesus Christ from the Dead

Might be the chorus

This was Dave Hxxxxxxd, Tim Sxxxxx, Pete Mxxxxx, Jim Cxxxxx

They were in NJ at the time

Then one of the believers (a corps grad) Ron Hurxx did some very good songs like.

Jesus Christ is our stronghold,

Jesus Christ is our stronghold,

and I forgot the words but alas great memories.

Edited October 1, 2005 by LornaDoone