Hello and welcome to a pop export special for they were devoting ourselves to one topic religion in pop music we want to know how do christianity and music go together in germany and which musicians have the christian background heres whats coming up. The band clooney go in peace that give us a music a Church Service. We take a look at religious musicians and germanys christian pop scene. And we need the rest of filled elephants. Most religious service have music the band to go on priest the show it can rock to the christian pop band got together through a debased youth Church Services which are brothers and founding members youre not tom and thomas and have been organizing for the past ten years topics father went to check out one of the events. Outside cologne cathedral a Youth Church Service with a difference is in full swing the organizer and headline act is currently go into priest german for kings and priests the band members include brothers thomas and you know time in. Wasilla care so on. Its one of the church be without music. There was music in the church centuries ago with composers like bach. The church was for the best of the best. Where are they now we want to be the generation to bring new creativity because god is creative what is the problem isnt it fun celebrating god here in the city center. This is concert meets prayer and it has the blessing of the church the brothers a protestant but they also want to build bridges between denominations several thousand people come to their base events which they organize four times a year in various medications. His name stand up just i really believe that they live what they saying its grace. Because they get the faith across really well at the moment is not some old church thing sitting on a cold pew its because a lot of them is using was a very. Narrow one important person had to miss the event to do a guest performance for the band who are brought into joy is the singer of could he get into the star and shes also married to thomas the bands lyrics often refer to god in the familia do form a way to make him feel closer and more accessible. It tells us and for sure and then its just nice when people who dont know about god or believe in god can still apply the songs to their own lives and can either and i know how much it gives me such joy to sing these songs for someone and to ultimately praise god that way thing. You know and effective its able. To share. All three finalists in the talent show now theyve released true weldons as couldnt go on. Pistone the single biggest is from their current album didnt i say unfortunately the band are still waiting for the songs to hit the charts. Here they are getting ready for the concert at cologne cathedral one hundred volunteers were there to help the ns brothers with the event its funded through generations alone so. How do they define a successful concept. When the cathedral starts to shake you have any dont get out of here when the cathedral shakes knocking and when we get emails or Facebook Messages off the west from people saying hey you really got me thinking the large exact. Miss replaced some nothing. For sign is the kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever amen. This concept lasted about two and a half hour. So. Suffocating caught. Kids. Just. Five thousand people turned up to see them perform at the audience had no excuse not to sing along since the lyrics are displayed during mission. To finish those kids youre using the church should approach young people come in theyre enthusiastic fresh and full of joy the voice theres nothing more beautiful the bustle of the business. The theme of this Church Service lights of hope manifested itself literally at the end of the. Current to go into peacetime cars on a divine mission. Critic and priest on know how to get people interested in faith thats also been pretty bleak since two thousand and three the Evangelical Free Church group has been praising god at gigs Church Services and christian Music Festivals the john wrist called praise and worship a bit biggest success so far as the song got meaning what kind of caught if you do has more than one point seven million hits on you that youre. A. Dumbass model to someone walk. Down to my space and my mounts on the national council. On. My. Own say stranded. Christian pop bands make christian pop music that much is clear but not all religious musicians necessary sing about religion at least not in germany and this op exposed special we want to know how much when it is there in german pop music. Last pound and headlined this event in stuttgart to mark the five hundredth anniversary of the reformation the electro pop duo who are also a couple of stage have performed a chechen vents in the pasta how important this christianity in their lives was a deposit. This is the way we grew up and how we were really the center of the song so i think all songs transport a certain set of friends who start from the music im happy its important for me to have something to hold on to something to believe in. And i think that faith in organized religion are two different hands that shouldnt get mixed up for me its important to have faith and i live it in my everyday life as one person said about me. In germany religion is a private matter. May should greece she works as a radio host for her nuns catholic dont want audio station contests written a book on. And pop music. Is about once and bought. In germany religion is a private affair for instance if you want to get statements from actors or politicians or other public figures about religion you probably wouldnt get much out of them. In other countries religion is much more part of everyday life and its also expressed a music also. Michael Patrick Kelly meanwhile is very outspoken about his face the Irish American singers twenty seventeen album id shot into the german top ten he currently lives and of the area. I. He used to perform with the famous kelly family as a kid then one day hed had enough. In two thousand and four he withdrew from the limelight and lived as a monk in a French Ministry for six years there he drew inspiration from the bible hundred songs in the last brew and. He released them in twenty sixteen on a spiritual pop music album titled which is hebrew for spirit. Plays a lot of people out there. Have a spiritual dimension to their music but they dont go very public about it destroyed express a chapter in my life through an art form. Whats unique about michael Patrick Kellys album is that he produced it without the support of the major label. Even so made it into germanys top twenty. Kelly has enjoyed success with the secular and religious pop music. The band p. V. A. Is all about the christian faith. The musicians belong to and even jellicoe free Church Community in leipsic they want to praise the lord through their songs with catching up beats pop music. Heavy metal band stocking feet are another german group rocking the christian tune for more than twenty years the band has been proving that expressions of faith and heavy metal can go together satan doesnt get a look in here. Just give jess unger hope to who is good to talk to his kids about their jazz bands for the rock bands and even heavy metal bands in the christian music scene. The audience is relatively small though those also record sales dont go into the millions for coffee again hits and if you knew me you would know there are definitely fans out there who are loyal skipped and enthusiastic as toy. Guy stuff. So what makes these bands so special to fans. We asked concert goers at the stuttgart reformation even if they all would as its read i think in germany theres a growing trend that more people are identifying with a certain faith based on want to live that fail fall in a spirit too early to be making their own eyes lame cannoli dont push my foot but it feels like the holy spirit is speaking through these musicians who are spreading a certain message thats really important to me as a conservationist. From a glass pound cheers paul to more overtly religious bands for most modern christians music just has to be positive and authentic. Down. Town. Religion plays a very small role in john mainstream music the project that side started trying to change that in two thousand and four its made up of various religious drum and pop musicians including even cut off the end bands like you know brought together by the christian rock band leader cost. Result an album in the top fifty and the top ten singer with a line or youre not alone. Mr. Big it makes you. Deep in the song but dont you. Think. Say van knight who was also involved in the track the pop sensation from on time in southwest germany was for a long time considered a role model for religious musicians but that all changed. Savior knight two has sold six million albums and won six echo music awards he turned religion infused pop into mainstream music in germany both as a sono artist and as part of the band names. This song called see why i dont like the scots in the sleeves of his school. When i want to praise god i need to use the latest technology in the new a speech to make cutting edge music. Music mogul. But he also got flak for peddling conspiracy theories and writing controversial songs like to twenty seventeen track money or net and find one through and discern a man himes some said it incited violence against politicians and it sparked an uproar no jew justified himself on facebook expressing support for democracy but his days as a poster boy for religious pop were over. In twenty sixteen witan sproxton pop academy began offering a degree in church pop music. Teacher five is a teacher here hes a successful german music producer and a devout christian he shows students how to create music that works in a church. I like to speak with this kind of work in america we church that i did yes or no way too much bass drum. When. I was judas will end up in Church Communities that value pop music in everyday culture sort of spirit in general are getting older and we need new music as a vehicle to attract young people vehicle. You move the mansion indicate poor. Students attending the course on piano accompany. Even get to sing a secular song all of me by u. S. Singer john legend. To commemorate the reformation scorpions front man chance mine in design the cover of a reissued luther bible he chose a verse about angels as its key message. Of a man of god cloud on the story of when you believe in god and i do it as then you often wish an angel would come along with an angel to protect you and to show you the way of on the list of its like. Its something thats been known as mind for a while as hes clear from his nine hundred ninety one smash hit send me an angel. That was to scorpions is a rock ballad about angels but its not just rock and pop music that have been influenced by religion gospel reposte use kilobits and shop lyrics to shout their faith one of them is philip big a bitch topics board went to meet the hip hop preacher in his hometown of sling and your stuff got. The liver pretty is going to build on this. Without the wall him gone but im sure i believe that the iron in gave way these and the events in bali years all get so i can build us you thought the theory of a good these can be good i really got me to part but im not sure but this isnt the usual gangsters and distracts gospel rappers like philip gave it a k a few the elephant prefer to say their prayers in running a business darvish big win the lottery and with they when people realize youre a christian they get all nervous because they think oh god he might want to missionize me whatever that means for others trying to be interesting because its something new some respond to the positive message and others simply hate it but the reactions really vary thats what makes the music so relevant i wish for this what it was your social event. Budget. For the past eight years fears the elephant has devoted himself to the gospel rap his biggest success so far hes come for natural tracking made with the trio couple g. Cowpie its the entrance song of european boxing champion Alexander Jimmy trying to. A visit to a church in his hometown of s. Million in southwest germany surprisingly the gospel rapper had nothing to do with religion until he was sixteen it was only then that he found. Another beer and if you didnt get it was a typical christian prayer spent with bad guitar music and hymns and we were sitting there together i joined in to be polite and then something happened that i would never have expected but it was i started to cry ive been taught that men dont cry but i told my eyes out and that was the most healing thing ive ever experienced to hear lift up. The experience that before my anarchist to study theology and become a deacon the rap. Preacher wants to spread faith hope and love gods neighbor d. But even thats militant bendish. Allah following manner idea cotton can fall down i did mention food he got canned blue cause there kendis if these can leave it off nor inch thick like. A kid the elephant isnt the only one giving gospel music a taste of rap but he cofounded the platform a fight dmanisi. To go. Right say six of the gospel rap facts across germany also present material on the surface. But. Mention the present Distribution Platform for people who connect on a personal spiritual and musical level people who are familiar and comfortable with these things and together reach out to magazines new to Media Outlets and event organizers to promote gospel rap repping the mafia vital to think. Philip does more than just make music hes a trained educator and works for the Nonprofit Organization y. M. C. A. The Young Mens Christian Association as the director of a youth club in essendon he sees every day the role god plays in kids lives. Up to global hopes and. I think faith is of great significance and not necessarily the church will traditions of but the questions like is there a god im i wanted to do i matter i do have a purpose is there a future these these things have always occupied people for mention of those. Theyre also at the heart of fish the elephant song in his music and social work have at least one thing in common and a hint there in expression of love football. Her. Or her. Or her. Sadly our public support specialist drawing to a close but the finish off we take a look at how one man remakes traditional christian music into an international smash hits in one thousand nine hundred the german producer make a trip to two krikorian monk chanting and let in bible verses and combine them with electronic beats to sing a sadness thats from the music project in the which topped the charts in more than ten countries i found watching the video by for now and see you soon for more pop explore it. Come on let me. Let. Me use. Plus. 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