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msotoville
#11 Posted : Friday, October 01, 2010 8:13:48 PM
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marex wrote:
listening to a gospel song that went "siku hizi nadara pages za bible"..............am trying to find whats so gospel in that song....some times I don't understand the contemporary gospel scene....iko na madowido mingi kuliko message!


Siku hizi nadara pages za bible
mazee, nooo nooo
Hiakuwa hivo


I maybe the only 40 year old hip hop head on Wazua so let me enlighten you a mite.

Kudara is to caress; when Juliani reckons he caresses the pages of his bible, its a poetic reference to how familiar he is with his bible in a way that is unorthodox (haikuwa hivo).

Juliani is a bit of a poetic genius, much unlike his kapuka compadres. In the same song, the first stanza starts with the line;

Kila mtu anazaliwa na zeroes
Difference ni pahali decimal point iko!


NB:
BTW, as the father of a teenager, I find it rather authoritarian and demeaning the manner in which y'all trash the preferences of today's youngsters.
Kind of reminds me of my old man's 'antiquated' opinion of breakdance, windbreakers and converse hightops.smile

Please note, today's youngsters do not take the word of their elders as the gospel truth (which was pretty much the status quo in our day).
They comprise over 60% of our population. If I were you, I'd try to understand rather than castigate them.
So nice that its nasty, so bangin' its busting,
So slick that its sick, so dope its disgusting!
Mtu Biz
#12 Posted : Friday, October 01, 2010 8:22:25 PM
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Hmm.

@msoto

Once upon a time children would learn all their values and 'ways' from their parents. Back then, parents used to raise their children.

Parents do not raise their children in this day, they just give birth to them, the raising is taken care of at 3k a month by the mboch, then the Telly takes over from her.

That is why parents are now the ones learning from their children.... trying to understand them. Because they never knew them to begin with.


Sola Scriptura


kadonye
#13 Posted : Friday, October 01, 2010 8:27:32 PM
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A quick analysis:Juliani-good punchlines has message but mixes up different messages in the same track.Songs basically rotate around the same themes.Lots of misplaced words...Daddy Owen-the guy has grown.His music is different from what it was 6yrs back.Has a few meaningles phrases...Mr T- good with message and beats...Jimi Gait...nice message catchy beats but repetitive themes...I can go on and on ad infnitum but let's not forget some are not doing it for the love of God, but money and fame.I know one buddy from campo who never gave a hoot about religious stuff til it hit him he could make money from the gospel.He's not high flying yet but could go far
What a wicked man I am!The things I want to do,I don't do.The things I don't want to do I find myself doing
kadonye
#14 Posted : Friday, October 01, 2010 8:44:35 PM
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@Mtu biz, msoto is a bad parent just coz he listens to hip hop?He's impressed me because he analyses lyrics first before making slanderous accusations like most people here...To all the Christian conservatives, John Gatu, the retired PCEA head recently gave an interview on radio.He said that instruments like the guitar and drums were considered sinful in his heyday...Show me a church that holds on to this today!
What a wicked man I am!The things I want to do,I don't do.The things I don't want to do I find myself doing
Mtu Biz
#15 Posted : Friday, October 01, 2010 8:47:26 PM
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@ Kadonye.

What constitutes a 'good message' in your post above? The question is, can what is being produced by these artists be called gospel music ?

It can be called many things but do not call it gospel music.

Im not against the style by the way, hip hop artists like Lecrae and Evangel represent the true Gospel.

A non believer would be stirred in the heart from a song by rose muhando, you would never hear drunkards mindlessly belting out any of her lyrics.


Sola Scriptura


Mtu Biz
#16 Posted : Friday, October 01, 2010 8:53:08 PM
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@ Kadonye.

I did not call Msotoville a bad parent. Read my post above i was talking to msotoville and comparing parenting in general as it was done before and as it is (not) done today.

And before here means before my parents generation.. (traditional african society) LOL!



Sola Scriptura


poundfoolish
#17 Posted : Friday, October 01, 2010 11:52:05 PM
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Hmmmmm
poundfoolish
#18 Posted : Saturday, October 02, 2010 12:18:04 AM
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Nice topic this one
On pages za Bible; I grew up knowing kudara is simply being caught, we would say amedarwa akidoro class=caught napping in class.
It also ment more of being caught by police....when you hear amedarwa, you know where to find him/her.
It so happpens that the World and the early church takes up from each other quite a lot..... for instance some of the good old hymns were traditional,secular songs..... in kenya, a kid born post millenia wouldn't know 'mapambano or yote yawezekana' were powerful xtian songs..

Rock n Roll was spiritual 1800's, negro xtian culture, meaning the feeling of being rocked n rolled by the spirit (see wikipedia) before long it was a music genre mostly associated with some darkness.

I've been around from the time churches started praying for some positive xtian music to take over Kenya. The success has been to much too fast inviting impostors and also getting diluted.
I once complained about some of our gospel music being too secular to which a young parent aptly quiped...

"Id rather my daughter listened to them, than to Eminem or nonini"
I got a/the point.

So 'pages za bible would very much depend on how the word 'dara' was introduced to you .
Is it is it innocent 'caught' or invoking thoughts of erotic caresses, is it physical touch but deep to the heart...
It is also on the poetic side of juliani.....
Sometimes I see how careful and gently grandmas, they of (grand)Mothers Guild/(grand)Mothers Union, as they imbibe the Holy Scriptures..... and I can swear, as they go thru verse by verse into chapters and next page, that is not just turning pages, they are gentle,kind touches with their fingure tips, whispering. they are Caressing...wana dara hizo pages

Read songs of songs, talk to Pete Odera .....
slammers
#19 Posted : Saturday, October 02, 2010 8:27:18 AM
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we can deduce that gospel music has taken the place of contempo' music. Does kanji, chizi, juliani sing gospel or contempo
poundfoolish
#20 Posted : Saturday, October 02, 2010 11:20:15 AM
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@slammers

Those are born again musicians who do/earn a living through music. Similarly we have born again lawyers, engineers etc
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