Hymns lyrics using rock music backing

For instance, Amazing Grace sang to the tune of Sweet Home Alabama..
Are there any that you sing using rock and roll melodies, etc.

Thanks!

the brother i'm playing music with these days has written some excellent lyrics for the old stevie nicks song "leather and lace". i'll ask him if it's alright to share them with you.

here's some lyrics for the 1st verse of SRV's pride and joy that just came to me one day:

you've heard about love given sight to the blind
my Lord's love makes the sun to shine.
He's the great and mighty King,
He's my pride and joy
He's the great and mighty King
i'm His little errand boy...

if you come up with more verses, please share them, cause that's all i got.

you can also play house of the rising sun,with amazing grace lyrics..kind of bluesy..

Kinda the other way around but I dig the Beatles "Come Together" with modded lyrics by Leonard Jones @ MorningStar Ministries in SC.

you can also play house of the rising sun,with amazing grace lyrics..kind of bluesy..

That is my favorite way to play the song, it feels like it has so much emotion, that was the first one which popped into my head.

I find it much more satisfying to keep the original melody of hymns and change the arrangement up. You'd be surprised at what you can come up with, but it takes a lot of effort and tastefulness to do it right.

I'm with Ridge runner and Saxguitar on the "House of the Rising Sun" tune to the "Amazing Grace" lyrics. Very bluesy, and fun.

BTW, I've noticed that the lyrics of "Amazing Grace" fit almost any tune you care to try. Two other versions I've done involve the theme to Gilligan's Island and the Eagles' "Take It Easy." (Neither of which are versions I'd expect to hear in the lineup of a worship service, but they are fun. :lol:)

We do a version of "Seek Ye First" ala Chile Peppers "Under The Bridge"

Thunderbyrd, that’s good. I guess great minds travel the same path. :wink: Here’s my (per)version of SRV’s lyrics.

You’ve heard about love giving sight to the blind
My Savior’s love causes the sun to shine...

He’s the Messiah and King
He’s my pride and joy
He’s the Messiah and King
I’m His little chosen goy*

I love my Savior heart and soul
I know His love will never grow cold…

I love my Savior, He’s tried and true
What He’s done for me He’ll do for you…

My Savior’s love is like the finest wine
He’ll stick with me through the end of time…

* For those not hip to the Hebrew, goy in Biblical terminology meant “nation,” but in Modern Hebrew and Yiddish goy has been used for centuries to refer to a Gentile. (The masculine plural ending –im on the Hebrew word goy, i.e., goyim, of course refers to Gentiles, plural.) So my rendering of the last line of the refrain works for me since I am a Gentile believer in Y’shua.

BTW, SRV’s “Pride and Joy” is a staple in my repertoire, and one of my wife’s favorites. She says she likes it because I really punch it out when I’m singing it. I think she likes it because of the line “Love my baby, she’s long and lean…” (My wife’s the embodiment of that line; she’s six feet tall and slender and shapely and…uh, what was I talking about? :twisted: :wink:)

It's not exactly a rock n roll melody (more like a folk-rock tune), but for decades I've done the Mote/Bradbury (words/music) hymn "My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less" to the tune of Paul Simon's "Sounds of Silence."

We do a version of "Seek Ye First" ala Chile Peppers "Under The Bridge"

OH Man!!! Do you have a Clip of that? video/audio?

We do a version of "Seek Ye First" ala Chile Peppers "Under The Bridge"

OH Man!!! Do you have a Clip of that? video/audio?

I was just thinking that I would love to hear that. I guess I will have to get my son to loan me his RHCP collection (the only album I have is Californacation) so I could put that together.

BTW, House of the Rising Sun also works well with O Little Town of Bethlehem. Though, again, it will not be on our Sunday morning set list (ever).

Thunderbyrd....that is great. All, thanks. Any others come to mind? I also was given advice to keep the melody to the original hymn and just rock it up.

It's not exactly a rock n roll melody (more like a folk-rock tune), but for decades I've done the Mote/Bradbury (words/music) hymn "My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less" to the tune of Paul Simon's "Sounds of Silence."

being a S and G fan, I could get into that one...

not a rock song but I like David Crowder's version of "I saw the Light". I like Robbie Seay Band's "Come, Ye Sinners" too