{"id":545,"date":"2018-09-16T19:20:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T19:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/?p=545"},"modified":"2018-09-16T19:20:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T19:20:46","slug":"545","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/blog-08\/545\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Good Good Father&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Good Father by Chris Tomlin (Original)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Tomlin - Good Good Father (Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CqybaIesbuA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Good Good Father by Anthem Lights (Cover)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Good Good Father - K-LOVE 2016 Song of the Year - Chris Tomlin | Anthem Lights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-NhHzTq5wQQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chris Tomlin, a well-known Grammy-nominated gospel singer, has had plenty of success in his career in producing some of Christian music\u2019s most recognizable songs. One of these songs, entitled \u201cGood Good Father\u201d, went platinum last summer and won the Dove Award for \u201cSong of the Year\u201d in 2016. This song has been a mainstay in the worship services of churches across America as well as inspired several covers. Anthem Lights, a four-man band known for its covers of popular songs, pays homage to Chris Tomlin\u2019s song by creating a cover for the K-LOVE Fan Awards (because it was also chosen as \u201cSong of the Year\u201d at this awards show). Anthem Lights, true to their own style, strips back Tomlin\u2019s instrumentation. Tomlin\u2019s use of an acoustic guitar, a shaker, the piano, a banjo, and his voice is simplified to the use of a piano and four voices. The cover\u2019s tempo is slower and employs a wider range of vocals\/harmonies and switches in between solo singing and chorus. With this, Anthem Light\u2019s boy band \u201cglow up\u201d of \u201cGood Good Father\u201d emphasizes the vocal abilities of the individual members and may take away from some of the &#8220;worship&#8221; qualities of the song. However, Because of the sacred nature of a worship song, (and the fact that it is used to honor Chris Tomlin at a Christian gathering) the cover shields it from much backlash.<br \/>\nWhen choosing to create a cover song, one is allowed a great degree of freedom. The instruments, tempo, and even the music itself are often changed in order to bring out the individuality of the coverer. This is often appreciated when it pays homage to the \u201dspirit\u201d of the original \u2013 as in William Shatner\u2019s cover of \u201cRocketman\u201d and that of Anthem Lights. However, when that \u201cspirit\u201d is ignored, the cover is subject to backlash by lovers of the original (i.e.Taylor Swift\u2019s cover).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Good Father by Chris Tomlin (Original) Good Good Father by Anthem Lights (Cover) Chris Tomlin, a well-known Grammy-nominated gospel singer, has had plenty of success in his career in producing some of Christian music\u2019s most recognizable songs. One of these songs, entitled \u201cGood Good Father\u201d, went platinum last summer and won the Dove Award [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-blog-08","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}