Has anyone watched The Music Man? Ever notice how familiar the song '76 Trombones' sounds? I can't remember, thank god, what song it is in the song book....Follow the Warrier King? Has anyone else heard it?
EXMS
76 Trombones ripped off?
by EXMS 10 Replies latest jw friends
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JRK
My favorite version of Warrior King:
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ScenicViewer
76 Trombones.
It's pretty familiar alright.
(Advance this video to the 40 second mark for the real music)
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Morbidzbaby
Yes...I remember thinking that every time we sang "Follow the Warrior King" at the Kingdom Hall. Quite a few Kingdom Hellodies seemed ripped off...
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
The problem WT always had with music was that they didn't want the KH music to sound like hymns, nothing gospel-sounding, or traditionally spiritual. And since the vast majority of dubs that do the singing have no talent, the melodies have to be very simple, in a small range. Consequently, the "melodies" often sound more like patriotic songs, marches, dance tunes, and SHOW TUNES!
I think the newest songbook achieved a new level of blandness. In order to avoid anything "worldy" they aimed for mega-nothingness! They nailed a bulls-eye with that dull muck of a new songbook.
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
And their #1 ripoff is...
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ScenicViewer
@ Billy,
'I Want a Hippo'...which Kingdom Melody is that?
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EXMS
Oh wow...that song is a total rip off
I haven't heard any of the new stuff as I have been "sobor" from the WTBS since January 2009. I wonder if they made the new one because people started recognizing the songs...
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Billy the Ex-Bethelite
SV:
God’s Own Book—A Treasure
1. There is a book that by its many pages,
Brings peace and joy and hope to humankind...I think it's #180 in the old book, #114 in the new one.
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EXMS
Being a Navy guy, I was listening to Blue and Gold. Totally sounds like a JW song as well. So crazy that they would even pull from the *gasp* Military!