>her version overwhelmed me b/c before this i'd only heard
>slow, mournful, dirge-like takes on the song rendered by the
>congregation at my family's Baptist church in rural Alabama.
>i barely knew the lyrics b/c they always draaaaag out all the
>words until they're nearly moaning and chanting. it's nice in
>it's own way. but i didn't know what a triumph lay in this
>song until i heard this version.
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcjP4LgW0Rw
>
>and then Yolanda Adams bowled me over singing it last night in
>tribute to Whitney. it was too much. lol
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WbZIjG_3sE
>
>i'm not a Christian anymore, but i still love Gospel. i tend
>to favor the 'traditional' stuff like this. the songs i heard
>in churches and on road trips w/my family when i was a kid.
>it's what i miss most about church. i still want to find a
>Black church w/a large, tight choir and band that i can
>attend. and leave right before the sermons.