![]() Its one of the most understandable Gospel songs ever.one of the most meaningful and true. Jessie Steele from Bartlett, Tnthis is really pretty.Nikita from Drogheda, IrelandI got my Confirmation name off this song, because I thought it was so pretty.Shows that redemption does not always come quickly. He didn't stop slaving even after the song was written. I think when he says "that saved a wretch like me" it's also about stopping what you're doing and starting over. Can't get much lower than that on the human scum scale. Heather from Los Angeles, CaWell it was especially poignant because the guy had been a slaver.It's good to let it out and this song will do it. It's beautiful and haunting, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Glenn from Dyersburg, TnI played this at my dad's and sisters funeral.Even though we don't deserve it, we are saved by God's amazing grace. When we put our faith in Jesus, God forgives us. Jesus died for us, his blood paid the debt for our wrongdoing. But God, in his infinite grace, sent us his son, who was completely innocent. The wrongs we've done have seperated us eternally from God. None of us are innocent, we've all done wrong in our lives. He will require us to answer for every wrong thing we' ve done, and every unkind word we've spoken. Paula from Houston, It's played at funerals because when we come to the end of our lives, we all come face to face with God.Patrick from Bournemouth, United KingdomCan anyone tell me who recorded an instrumental version of Amazing Grace that possible started using a Hurdy Gurdy?.That makes it even more impressive that he repented. Richard from Courtenay, BcJohn Newton was not a slave but a slave trader.And if the tune is credited to him in a hymn book, it is wrong. On a side note, while the author of the lyrics is known, the composer of the tune is UNKNOWN. Her version and the ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS version are number one with me. only recently have I heard it sung in the Catholic church. Mamie from Cleveland, OhI never heard the song until I heard her version of it.Frederic from VirginiaThe Library of Congress has a collection of 3000 versions of the song.Soon after Franklin died on August 16, 2018, her estate signed off on the film and on April 5, 2019, it was released in theaters, 47 years after it was recorded. Also, Franklin didn't want it released and sued to prevent it from being shown. ![]() For one, the audio wasn't synched to the video, so editing it together into a cohesive work was a major technical challenge. After Pollack died in 2008, the director Alan Elliott revived the project, but ran into two major roadblocks. ![]() Sydney Pollack, who later became an A-list director thanks to the movies Tootsie, Out of Africa and The Firm, shot the footage, but didn't complete the film. Surprisingly, it crossed over to a secular audience and sold over 2 million copies in America, becoming the best-selling album of Franklin's career and the best-selling live gospel album of all time. Combined with another concert at Temple Missionary on January 14, the live album was titled Amazing Grace and released on June 1, 1972. At the time, Aretha was one of the most popular soul musicians in the world and a major force on the pop charts, but many had never heard her sing spirituals. Franklin's roots were in gospel music thanks to her father, the minister C.L. Aretha Franklin did a stunning rendition of this song on Januat the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles that was recorded for a documentary film and live album. ![]()
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