Ed changing the lyrics, A place to argue Options

[thefunkyredcaboose]

Recently Ed has been changing the lyrics to more and more old Live songs:

1. "To Christ, a cross, to me, a chair, I will sit and I've got to worship from down here!"

2. Adding Amazing Grace into I Alone.

This began with Operation: Spirit in the Live days. I don't think we all cared as much because we were just glad to hear the song again. But, what now?

I think the STD lyric change makes very little sense within the rest of the song, as does placing Amazing Grace into I Alone. If the song is now meaningless, what is the point of continuing to perform it when there is a large back catalog of tunes?

And before anyone says it, if Ed is truly a Christian then great for him, but this discussion really isn't about that. I am rather fond of many of the Christians I know and I am very familiar with their practice. This is more about what the lyric changes do to the song.

Have at it.

[Pokey]

I wouldn't have as much of a problem, a different take on the music can be interesting, some might work, some might not, it's experimenting. A changing in the lyrics changes the meaning of a song and it's just not the same. I honestly would have a bigger problem with even Ed changing the lyrics than his band changing the songs. My problem with his band is not that they're changing the songs, but that they're trying to emulate Live and just sound amature whilst doing it.