Posted on 01/21/2006 9:24:28 PM PST by TBP
What does anyone here know about the "Rhythm of Life Tabernacle"? I think it's one of those California things. From what I heard, it began as a jazz group in San Francisco and became a religion.
Anyone know anything about it?
Nope. But I've got a hunch I wouldn't want to join it!
Perhaps you're talking about the African Orthodox Church of Saint John Coltrane in San Francisco.
http://elvispelvis.com/jazzchurch.htm
Rhythm of Life is a song from the musical Sweet Charity.
Daddy started out in San Francisco,
Tootin' on his trumpet loud and mean,
Suddenly a voice said, "Go forth Daddy,
Spread the picture on a wider screen."
And the voice said, "Brother, there's a million pigeons
Ready to be hooked on new religions.
Hit the road, Daddy, leave your common-law wife.
Spread the religion of The Rhythm Of Life."
And The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat,
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet,
Rhythm in your bedroom,
Rhythm in the street,
Yes, The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat,
To feel The Rhythm Of Life,
To feel the powerful beat,
To feel the tingle in your fingers,
To feel the tingle in your feet,
Daddy, spread the gospel in Milwaukee,
Took his walkie talkie to Rocky Ridge,
Blew his way to Canton, then to Scranton,
Till he landed under the Manhattan Bridge.
Daddy was the new sensation, got himself a congregation,
Built up quite an operation down below.
With the pie-eyed piper blowing, while the muscatel was flowing,
All the cats were go, go, go-ing down below.
Daddy was the new sensation, got himself a congregation,
Built up quite an operation down below.
With the pie-eyed piper blowing, while the muscatel was flowing,
All the cats were go, go, go-ing down below.
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Fly, fly, fly to Daddy,
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Swim, swim, swim to Daddy
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Crawl, crawl, crawl to Daddy,
And The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat,
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet,
Rhythm in your bedroom,
Rhythm in the street,
Yes, The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat,
To feel The Rhythm Of Life,
To feel the powerful beat,
To feel the tingle in your fingers,
To feel the tingle in your feet,
To feel The Rhythm Of Life,
To feel the powerful beat,
To feel the tingle in your fingers,
To feel the tingle in your feet,
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy,
Take a dive and swim to Daddy,
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy,
Daddy we got The Rhythm Of Life,
Of life, of life, of life.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Man!
That song is going to be in my head the rest of the day, *sigh* My brother and I used to speculate on the Church of What's Happening Now!, a compilation of disco and those funky Jack Chick pamplets.
Seriously, maybe it is the Coltrane church? If so, it sounds like a grand idea: a combo instead of an organ, hymns swung to a jazzy beat, the minister doing scat or ska....hee, hee. Isn't there a link between jazz and gospel?
Or something like it? Personally I'd like to see a church in the spirit of Thelonious Monk.
Of course if it is one of those New Age things maybe the Unitarians can pick it up. I know, I used to be one.
Which proves that FRepers are smarter than most people. I posted this on a couple of religion boards, including a couple of "anti-cult" sites, to see if anyone would get it. So far, this is the only place that anyone has gotten it.
Sammy Davis Jr. played Big Daddy in the movie, BTW.
A friend of mine once said that Unitarians believe in one God.
At most.
Exactly. I've seen it.
Then you probably recognized the description of the group, as it's straight out of the script.
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