tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299407302611232843.post6107397058086306413..comments2023-05-23T01:09:27.258+10:00Comments on Gordon Cheng's blog: Jesus blood never failed me yetGordon Chenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588151868151940982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299407302611232843.post-69480594367310108962008-08-15T16:37:00.000+10:002008-08-15T16:37:00.000+10:00Interesting question Hefin.I think so.The title as...Interesting question Hefin.<BR/><BR/>I think so.<BR/><BR/>The title as <A HREF="http://www.gavinbryars.com/Pages/jesus_blood_never_failed_m.html" REL="nofollow">Gavin Bryars</A> has it is "Jesus' blood never failed me yet".<BR/><BR/>The <A HREF="http://www.metrolyrics.com/jesus-blood-never-failed-me-yet-lyrics-jars-of-clay.html" REL="nofollow">lyrics </A> from the Jars of Clay version don't have commas, but if you read it they seem to think there is a break after 'yet'.<BR/><BR/>Notice that I save the gag 'Hefin only knows until this last paragraph? Small mercies, small mercies.Gordon Chenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07588151868151940982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299407302611232843.post-35599018232980529532008-08-15T14:18:00.000+10:002008-08-15T14:18:00.000+10:00Should that comma be after the 'yet'?Should that comma be after the 'yet'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299407302611232843.post-86219517121490926782008-08-14T23:36:00.000+10:002008-08-14T23:36:00.000+10:00I remember first hearing this recording by acciden...I remember first hearing this recording by accident on ABC-FM once. It was the full 74 -minute version with Tom Waits: starting with just the simple loop of the derelict man singing about Jesus' blood -- over and over and over, with the instrumentation building and building, until Tom Waits comes in (after about 25 minutes if I remember correctly). <BR/><BR/>It was extraordinarily moving. Still is.<BR/><BR/>TPTony Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977589670278596475noreply@blogger.com