Those who watch the X-Factor was shocked, I know I was, when they changed the word Lord to something else not worth mentioning. Devout Christians Blake Shelton & Mark Burnett were also shocked The Top 8 contestants performed Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, backed by the Starbucks Chorus. But after the performance, social media erupted with complaints that the word Lord was dropped from the lyrics. Backstage, Voice coach Blake Shelton was still trying to get to the bottom of why it happened. As for why the lyric was dropped, its a mystery to Shelton. ... I will say, thats not the version I grew up on. And thats not the version I was singing sitting in my chair, if that clears up anything about where I stand on this thing. Producer Mark Burnett was equally shocked. Especially for those of us who know this song from church so well ... I realized immediately what had happened, Burnett tells Zap2it. I thought Id misheard on the sound. Then came the next chorus, and Im like, OK, its live TV, so Ive got to wait until the next commercial break. Im running over there and asking the question. I dont know what, uh -- how it happened, or -- Im learning about it just like you guys are, Shelton tells Zap2it. I was sitting in my chair singing that song how I grew up on it, with in the sky, Lord, in the sky. I sang it as loud as I could. And that might be why I didnt realize until after the fact that Lord was either taken out, or it was just performed some other way. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? was written by Ada R. Habershon as a Christian hymn, and it should be noted that it does not actually mention the word Lord. But it also doesnt use the word oh, which replaces Lord in The Voice performance. The Voice version also skips the verses that mention Saviour and Heaven. Though the hymn chorus does not, the modernized version of the song lyrics most often do include Lord. A 1935 country music version of the original hymn with Lord added was made famous by The Carter Family, and later performed by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, among others. Johnny Cash sang the chorus with Lord intact in 1968s Daddy Sang Bass. He can be seen performing his version in the video below. The Voice contestants would presumably be covering the published, modern country western song, and not a century-old hymn, right? So, why the change from Lord to oh? Executive producer Mark Burnett had the same question. As it turns out, Burnett says for the song to be provided to fans free on iTunes, The Voice had to use the public domain version (which would be the hymn). Though its still unclear why the word oh was added. My mistake was I assumed that the public domain version has the word Lord in it, Burnett says. According to Burnett, Starbucks also was unaware of the lyric discrepancy. Later in the evening, Shelton continued to field angry tweets about the dropped lyric. Be our voice Blake and let the bosses know how disappointed we are, one fan writes. Sheltons response? Will do. Source | Facebook Reactions
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 22:28:09 +0000
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