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I had toyed with some reworked versions of 80s songs for use in church<\/a> before \u2013 \u201cHosanna\u201d to the tune of Rosanna by Toto<\/a>, and \u201cAmazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)\u201d\u00a0to the tune of Open Arms by Journey<\/a>. My pastor left a comment on my wall on Facebook, suggesting that we do a whole service, perhaps calling the genre \u201cGrace Rock.\u201d Here are some other songs I suggested might be included. A few I am serious about \u2013 can you tell which ones those are? Others are here just to make you groan<\/a>. Could you add to the list?<\/p>\n

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Blessed Assurance (to the tune of Crazy Train)<\/div>\n
I Just Died On A Cross Tonight<\/div>\n
God in Motion (St. Peter\u2019s Fire)<\/div>\n
Owner of a Godly Heart<\/div>\n
I Wanna Know What Love Is (this one can be left as it is)<\/div>\n
Walk Like a Christian (to the tune of Walk Like an Egyptian)<\/div>\n
Gloria<\/div>\n
Everybody Wants To Praise The Lord<\/div>\n
Jesus (to the tune of \u201cVenus\u201d by Bananarama)<\/div>\n
Livin\u2019 on a Prayer<\/div>\n
Here I Go Again (no need to change it?)<\/div>\n
Kyrie (no change needed)<\/div>\n
Girls Just Wanna Praise God<\/div>\n
(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Worship!)<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
And, drawing on 80s music and the Islamic tradition:<\/div>\n
99 Names of God (to the tune of 99 Red Balloons)<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
And of course, Pride, Still Haven\u2019t Found What I\u2019m Looking For, and several others by U2, but we\u2019ll keep those for the U2charist.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Can you suggest others? Also, the semester is almost over, and I am about due to make another parody song video, and so suggestions for those are welcome too!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had toyed with some reworked versions of 80s songs for use in church before \u2013 \u201cHosanna\u201d to the tune of Rosanna by Toto, and \u201cAmazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)\u201d\u00a0to the tune of Open Arms by Journey. 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