White Piano Sighting!!
These pianos happen to reside at Truth-Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina.
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These pianos happen to reside at Truth-Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina.
Categories: Music
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First??
by Macushlalondra on Oct 8, 2011 at 8:27 am
I DID IT!!!!!
by Macushlalondra on Oct 8, 2011 at 8:28 am
NUTS
by Dr. Fundystan, (Doctor of Proctology) on Oct 8, 2011 at 8:28 am
I can’t sew worth beans, but I can play you a paean of victory on the white piano!
by pastor's wife on Oct 8, 2011 at 8:29 am
I am very proud. Proud to know you. Proud that you DID IT!
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 8:36 am
Not very appropriate for me to get the first on this topic, all of my IFB churches had brown pianos! Never saw a white one in my life.
by Macushlalondra on Oct 8, 2011 at 8:39 am
I would comment more, but I am currently in deep mourning for the Phillies. My one consolation: the Yankees are OUT OF IT, too.
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 8:41 am
I’m wondering if this church is on the BJU-approved list or not.
Transgressions according to MY circles:
1. Raising of hands
2. Men not in suits (is the guy in the back row in a hoodie?)
3. Longish hair on some men
4. Was that a guitar being played?
The women, interestingly, are more reserved than the men.
by pastor's wife on Oct 8, 2011 at 8:45 am
Are there two or am I seeing double? Yikes. SEE – THEY DO EXIST!
by Tammy on Oct 8, 2011 at 9:14 am
The white piano used to belong to Liberace. He gave it to the church after Jack Hyles led him to the Lord on an escalator. At least that’s what I heard.
by drfiddledd on Oct 8, 2011 at 9:15 am
Why two pianos? I suppose this could be in an area like mine were the piano is considered a (the) holy instrument?
by Deputy Fife on Oct 8, 2011 at 9:18 am
Totally inconsequential, as far as being FIRST! Revel in it!!
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 9:27 am
Well, I heard that, too, except I heard that then Liberace repented of his non-fundy ways, and is still alive and living in seclusion, with Jack Hyles AND Elvis. All are now fundies. In an igloo. On the frozen tundra.
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 9:29 am
Is it the sound quality or could that piano do with tuning? Badly. Nearly as badly as the choir.
And for a song called “Oh Happy Day” they aren’t half miserable!.
by Uncle Max on Oct 8, 2011 at 10:27 am
I can’t see it!!!
by Eric on Oct 8, 2011 at 10:32 am
With Bigfoot.
by Sims on Oct 8, 2011 at 10:42 am
And Nessie.
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 10:46 am
That was a heck of a game last night, wasn’t it? I was nervous every time the Phils came to bat. Some of the sports talk-radio buffoons in StL were saying Carpenter was washed up earlier in the year.
by Laurat99 on Oct 8, 2011 at 10:57 am
As an irritated Braves fan (how do you blow a wild-card lead that badly?) I cannot commiserate with you. With the Phillies and Yankees out, however, it is a happier day.
[Yes, this is off-topic. I know.]
by UncleWilver on Oct 8, 2011 at 11:08 am
Oh no you didn’t!
I have the strange feeling these should be used to play dueling banjos.
by RobM on Oct 8, 2011 at 11:11 am
That’s just funny right there…
by Dan Smith on Oct 8, 2011 at 11:13 am
oh, it is so totally NOT a happy day. At all.
by Adamz on Oct 8, 2011 at 11:18 am
OMG, they do exist! {faints}
by Phatchick on Oct 8, 2011 at 11:31 am
Well, since I see two, I must be drunk.
by Green Eggs and Ham on Oct 8, 2011 at 11:38 am
And the sad thing is that they all pride themselves in “traditional” worship when they couldn’t genuflect to save their lives…
by Closet Lutheran on Oct 8, 2011 at 11:55 am
My husband told me about the Phillies last night, I’m sorry since they should’ve won. I’m glad the Tigers (my team) beat the yankees, I’ve always hated the yankees so that victory feels real good. I hope the Tigers can avoid humiliating themselves in the world series like they did in 2006.
by Macushlalondra on Oct 8, 2011 at 12:30 pm
It’s not the sound quality. That piano is horribly out of tune.
by supernova8610 on Oct 8, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Agreed, this doesn’t seem to be like any IFB church that I have ever been around.
by Admiral911 on Oct 8, 2011 at 12:49 pm
They are trying so hard to refrain from….dancing. lol
by Monipenny on Oct 8, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I didn’t think a baby grand piano could be purposefully played to sound so badly. What a waste! Ugh.
by RenéeD on Oct 8, 2011 at 1:05 pm
ok, I’ve seen enough references to white pianos to know that they are a staple of fundie churches, but I never knew why. Someone please explain this one to me.
by Pastormike on Oct 8, 2011 at 2:26 pm
No one KNOWS why, because one must never, ever, question the managawd. I am not even sure who the original managawd who declared white pianos righteous WAS.
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 2:32 pm
it’s just decorated as a ghost for All Hallows Eve
by Theo on Oct 8, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Well that’s 2:59 I’ll never have again.
by BigBob on Oct 8, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Not to mention the scarring to your psyche…
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 3:40 pm
ROflol
by Susan on Oct 8, 2011 at 3:52 pm
WoW! I had no idea the white piano was the holy grail. My daughter’s deeply gothardized ex-friend had a white baby grand in her living room. The girls played it together often until her parents decided that my daughter was a bad influence.
by Mykingdomforahorse on Oct 8, 2011 at 4:39 pm
… which is a blessing, since you describe them as “deeply gothardized.” Creepy.
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Wearing tinfoil hats and avoiding flouridated water. (And planning to take over the world!)
by Sims on Oct 8, 2011 at 5:33 pm
Funny you should mention that. I have (had) a friend who is becoming more and more “Gothardized” and the more out of the mainstream she becomes, the more she sees MY kids as a threat to hers. And in all honesty… Her kids are NOT good kids. They are overdisciplined and sneaky and difficult to be around. (Whereas MY kids are obviously perfect.) But anyway, she told me that because I let my son go to the youth activities at (our) church he was too “worldly” and I should make him stay home.
by Sims on Oct 8, 2011 at 5:39 pm
That was frightening. I don’t know what was worse- the clanking piano or the yelling/singing. I couldn’t make it through a whole minute. I fault the choir director for not teaching them to sing with a better vocal quality than that. Bleh!!
by Innocent Lamb on Oct 8, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Shades of Pinky and the Brain! NARF!!!!
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Run, my Sims Friend. Run far, run fast.
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Um, you are assuming some sort of musical know- how on the part of the choir director….
by Seen Enough on Oct 8, 2011 at 7:08 pm
Wow… I think my ears are actually bleeding. If anyone needs me I’ll be washing my ears out with some TobyMac or Mandisa. Heck, I might even spring for some Southern Gospel at this point.
Why is it that the WORSE a choir sounds, the LOUDER they are. As if the loudness will some how cover up of horror.
Even the white pianos couldn’t save this song.
by Sara on Oct 8, 2011 at 7:33 pm
Elvis lives in Pigeon Forge. I saw him there with my church group at the Ponderosa Buffet where the manager asked me and another adult in the group for a pole dance. Elvis was eating a couple tables away.
by beth on Oct 8, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Ain’t that the truth
by Used-to-be-Fundy on Oct 8, 2011 at 10:18 pm
The word praise means “to shoot out the hand”. Most fundys dont know a thing about bjblical lraise and true spiritual worship. SAD.
by OMIFBPreacher on Oct 8, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Good to see a church with a little life…
by OMIFBPreacher on Oct 8, 2011 at 10:20 pm
M&M’s, Santa, and White Pianos
by Don on Oct 8, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Have you never seen a Fundie Altar Call?
by Don on Oct 8, 2011 at 11:02 pm
In what way does the word praise mean “to shoot out the hand?” I’m sorry — I’ve never heard that before.
by todd on Oct 9, 2011 at 12:53 am
Sounds like a honky tonk.
by Jim on Oct 9, 2011 at 2:10 am
Where’d the pianist learn to play, a saloon? I half expected John Wayne to stroll through the swinging doors.
by Jim on Oct 9, 2011 at 2:13 am
I’ll turn pages for you. This one’s all yours, PW!
by Diachenko on Oct 9, 2011 at 4:01 am
Not so much a staple of fundy churches as a staple of SFL.
by Diachenko on Oct 9, 2011 at 4:04 am
Fundy-land has changed since my days in the joint. There’s a lot more facial hair in this video than would ever have been approved back then. I’d say it’s just a sign of the changing times, but we all know fundy-land NEVER changes with the times…
by Stack on Oct 9, 2011 at 4:51 am
Poor old guy! (Elvis, not the nasty manager.) Imagine his life: stuck with Liberace and Jack Hyles in Pigeon Forge… Bet he misses Graceland.
by Seen Enough on Oct 9, 2011 at 5:58 am
This made me smile.
by Seen Enough on Oct 9, 2011 at 6:01 am
This video has obviously been photoshopped. You can’t make me see a white piano
by Scorpio on Oct 9, 2011 at 7:40 am
That is in the King James/Hyles Bible. Where you take a word and re-translate it to “read better.” You can make it say anything you want it to that way.
by Sims on Oct 9, 2011 at 10:16 am
Elvis was with your church group? Well, maybe old Jackie-boy was telling the truth about his time in the elevator. Good for him!!!
by Sims on Oct 9, 2011 at 10:19 am
It is easier for me to believe that Elvis was with her church group, than that JH told the truth. Ever.
by Seen Enough on Oct 9, 2011 at 12:58 pm
Was the bango or guitar, whatever it was, just for looks? Sure couldn’t hear it over the dueling pianos.
by escapee on Oct 9, 2011 at 1:11 pm
White pianos used to be popular in clubs. They have fallen out of popularity in those venues. Most music stores who have white pianos want to get them out of their inventory and so they discount the price rather heavily.
My theory is that most of the churches that have them are buying price over function. Some may be buying them to fit with their decor, but then have you noticed most of their decorating tastes?
by Phil Lehman on Oct 9, 2011 at 1:54 pm
Go Tigers!
by Clint on Oct 9, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Why do you make such a big deal about some hair?
by LanthanumK on Oct 9, 2011 at 2:50 pm
So… you are saying that the managawd who first proclaimed white pianos to be righteous, was actually swayed by filthy lucre? NOOOOOOO!
by Seen Enough on Oct 9, 2011 at 2:51 pm
I think it would be weird to be back at BJU and see guys with facial hair too!
by pastor's wife on Oct 9, 2011 at 3:30 pm
This question sounds like it’s from someone who didn’t sit under countless hours of preaching in church and Christian school on hair!
by pastor's wife on Oct 9, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Honky-tonk gospel arrangement — tacky
Inordinately loud choir in which every voice seems to want to outperform every other voice — tackier
White piano — tackiest.
‘Nuff said. I could only stand about twenty seconds of it.
by WearyPilgrim on Oct 9, 2011 at 3:41 pm
I believe it is more accepted these days especially in IFB bunkers that are radical dispy. It is a show of solidarity (à la John Hege/Tim LeHaye) with religious Israel.
by Don on Oct 9, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Now THAT is a glorious piano! I have seen very few of those fine instruments, but they are magnificent. That church has an unusually high level of sanctification, even for the group of churches that I service. Well done, sir. Well done.
J. A. Jones
by Jack Arlin Jones: Seller of Premium Whitewash on Oct 9, 2011 at 5:28 pm
At least you’re not a Red Sox fan.
by redbeardiam on Oct 9, 2011 at 7:58 pm
ROFL!!!
by Sara on Oct 9, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Was the misspelling of “banjo” on purpose? As in they “bang” it (as opposed to playing?)
by Beth D on Oct 9, 2011 at 10:31 pm
I thought maybe it had to do with white symbolizing purity.
by Macushlalondra on Oct 9, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Would guess the recording was taking the house sound feed – - have heard *waaay* too many radio programs where that was done – on those all you could hear was the piano and the (off-tune) “song-leader”
by Ran-Away! on Oct 10, 2011 at 9:42 am
Makes me think of the Refro Valley Sunday Gatherin’
by Ray Kinsella on Oct 10, 2011 at 9:57 am
One white piano would have been great, but two white pianos on the same platform makes this video heavenly. I rate it an 11 out of 1-10.
by JimE on Oct 10, 2011 at 11:42 am
Did they have big plastic plants or a modesty-curtain to shield the pianists’ knees from wandering eyes?
by Walter on Oct 10, 2011 at 12:27 pm
It was an electric bass guitar so it was just playing the low notes. Although it’s audible the speaker was not well miked. It didn’t really cut through the mix.
by Alexis on Oct 10, 2011 at 1:23 pm
I was going to read all the comments and then write “I don’t believe it, it has to be shopped.” HA!! I’m staying with “there is no white piano.” Stop trying to lead us astray, Darrell.
by Sarah on Oct 10, 2011 at 8:14 pm
re #2: I think its just a very large collar. You can see another shot of him at about :45.
by C_Fresh on Oct 11, 2011 at 10:32 am
I see white people (and pianos).
Also, I’m happy this video was on vimeo so I can actually see it. Most of the videos I can only read the comments because youtube is blocked here at work.
by C_Fresh on Oct 11, 2011 at 10:34 am
Probably the dreariest version of “Oh Happy Day” I’ve ever heard.
They have TWO white pianos, AND a brown piano (or organ?), AND an electric bass guitar, AND Jesus washed their sins away, so why aren’t they happier?
It’s supposed to sound more like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb7D-W-QW-8&feature=related
Or this (special bonus version):
by Big Gary on Oct 11, 2011 at 11:58 am
I doubt that BJU would approve this church for it’s people. This church enjoys its Christianity too much! It’s too different from the somber, organ-dirge atmosphere at BJ.
by Keith L. on Oct 17, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Oh, sweet chocolate…that’s why there were always tacky plants or a weird half-curtain by the piano?
As a former church pianist, I feel so dirty, now.
by Kreine on Feb 2, 2012 at 3:38 pm