Singing mostly, or only, in unison occupies my thinking a bit. I wonder if it's part of the push in the church for uniformity. Uniform theology, uniform sexual preferences, uniform follower-ship of the uniform evangelical leaders. I wonder. . .
My wife wonders if it has more to do with the lack of singing in our childhood. Singing in schools seems to be reserved for the choir or glee club. Or, in early grades, for singing in unison mostly of songs that are not very tuneful and not much fun.
She commented that when we were going to grade school we sang. We sang parts, we learned to sing, we had singing time pretty much through grade school. Then came the folk craze and we sang around campfires, we learned to sing with three chords on the guitar, we seldom had a gathering without singing. Yes, we sang multi-part songs.
Nowadays we listen to music. Much music is not particularly singable. Screechable, screamable, yes. Not terribly singable, and if you try you are more likely to feel angry that happy, Or so it seems to me.
What do you think?
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