Ray Charles (Movie) Funeral Gospel

[TheDigitaLFamily]

The name of this movie pls ?

[Tontobc]

@TheDigitaLFamily >> Ray

[lilrayraylover]

it was so sad wen i saw it yesterday i almost cried

[captkirk9797]

I simply can never watch this scene. So sad.

[viniciusti23]

This song is amazing... but I don't remember the name!!! Anyone remember the name of this song?

[ang29els]

@viniciusti23 the banks of the river

[cickalone]

@ang29els i think is "we shall walk through the streets of the city"

[james6953389]

@ebonymaestro This was my grandmothers favorite song and it was song at her funeral

[ericksmtrentin]

this's a fucked up scene....Cry everytime I see it...

[hammondman94]

Again the the title of this song is "we shall through the streets of the city" It is commonly used by New Orleans Jazz Bands during funerals and sang by choirs in South Louisiana at funerals. The make up of audience during that scene consist of members of Ebenezer Baptist Church of NO. The lady leading it is a well known Minister in NO and a member there also.

[rhinoman85]

@hammondman94 do u know where i could find them doing it and the whole thing?

[NonaTut]

I am so glad I found this! I have been obsessed with that song since I saw the movie, but no one could tell me anything about its origin. I simply love a good gospel hymn...it's presence made that scene so powerful and intense. I could listen to that kind of music for hours on end!

[TheElder79]

@ebonymaestro

Early in the black church when there were no congregants who could read music, they would take words from hymn books, or scripture passages straight from the Bible and sing down the presence of God. This tradition persists in many Baptist Churches during Deacons Devotion. Check out the “HymnChoir” channel on YouTube for more examples.

[LexilovesGod]

OMG! That was soooo sad! Whenever this part comes on I always cry like I just did now!

[mattfreakinparks]

Dang that is hard to watch

[ronn2581]

Wow... Hearing this brings back memories. I grew in the south, and this is one of the songs you would hear at a Funeral or Wake service.

[james6953389]

They are like dream catchers except they are called spirit catchers and they are meant to keep any evil away from your house...its a very old southern tradition @senoramariposa

[senoramariposa]

Can anyone tell me about the colored bottles in the tree? What is that about?

[JASON19805]

@senoramariposa bottle trees in the south were used to keep ghost and evil spirits away.

[james6953389]

The song is called "we shall walk through the streets of the city" @Saraimagine

[ebonymaestro]

@james6953389 Thank you for your response. You are RIGHT!! I had never heard it before and now having hte title is most helpful. I wonder why it seemed so elusive though. How'd you discover the title?

[popoff21]

OMG i started tearing up when Ray did

[ChampionTalk]

Sweeping through the city

[lvf91265]

Ray took that ride for a long time....But he seen the light at the end of the truth....and jumped of the mighty horse ride....

[ivanmexicain]

can anyone tell me the name of this gospel piece???

[MrStallion91]

1 joker is afraid of death

[Frownland81]

This is one of the most moving scenes in an emotionally stirring film. I have watched this clip repeatedly, and it continues to give me the chills.

[MrStallion91]

i want my funeral to be like that

[Frownland81]

@MrStallion91

Me, too Mr. Stallion! I want excellent gospel singing at the service for my funeral. Some people tell me I am morbid to desire planning my funeral, but death is our closure to life, and I feel the event deserves to honored in the way I would love.

[MrStallion91]

@Frownland81 Exactly, why be so scared about the day you die, because death smiles at us all, and all we can do is smile back. I know I would smile if I had a funeral like this when death brings me to the lord, it would be an excellent finish to my life.

[MarcJl2]

Who was the idiot that disliked it?

[CCthebat]

This scene is so sad, but I love the movie. How old exactly was Ray's younger brother George when he drowned?

[TheCutebadboyz]

r.i.p rays brother

[MrKingp34]

so said..i love this song

[TheElder79]

This is not a specific song, but lyrics from various hymns sung in a common meter. It is not uncommon to find songs sung this way in Baptist and Methodist Churches in the rural South and in the North by southern transplants. Go to the "HymnChoir" channel to hear more songs like this.

[JosephMRiester]

goosebumps



[monicalawn]

ii love dis movie

[Saraimagine]

does anyone know if there is a recording available of this entire song? 

[TwonFitzGerald]

@Saraimagine That is a VERYYYYY Old Hymn, I doubt very seriously if there is a recording of the song this way . I love this song tho .

[Saraimagine]

@TwonFitzGerald Yeah.. But it's too bad they didn't include this version on some kind of soundtrack album from the movie... Could have something to do with all other music from the movie being original ray charles' recordings..

[TheElder79]

@Saraimagine

This is not a specific song, but lyrics from various hymns sung in a common meter. It is not uncommon to find songs sung this way in Baptist and Methodist Churches in the rural South and in the North by southern transplants. Go to the "HymnChoir" channel to hear more songs like this.

[Saraimagine]

@TheElder79 Ok i see, thanks for your answer. What I really was asking for though is if there is a recording of the song from the film, that is to say if it's available on a soundtrack album of some kind, which would make it possible to listen to it outside of youtube, and possible hear a longer version. I have been looking around though and I can't find it anywhere.. Anyway I'm happy it's up here on youtube, it's a haunting and beautiful recording.

[ebonymaestro]

@TheElder79 Thank you so much for this note. I am among other things, a church musician and was fascinated by this music upon my first hearing it. I have never heard of music that is the result of a collage of other tunes, being melded together. I'd like to learn more about this; what it is called, and where it comes from. I also would like to learn how you came across this knowledge. Thank you for any help you provide!

[TheElder79]

@ebonymaestro

Believe it or not I was raised up on music just like this, so I can't say that I "learned" it, as much as it is in my blood. Unfortunately, I have not come across any ethnomusicologists who take "raw" spirituals seriously. When they do, it is not in an appreciative framework of interpretation.

[TheBrownskin01]

What is the name of this song

[lusiisyr]

damm put the whole movie UP

[CPU1010010001]

holy shits

[BlackandRedskittlez]

this part makes me cry the most in the movie....Im crying now lol

[tenikav]

@BlackandRedskittlez me too.. haha.

[rock87167]

esta bien bien chida la pelicula

[gisellelimawaltrick]

alguem pode escrever um trecho desta musica

eu procuro ela no google pelo nome mas nao acho entao se alguem escrever um trecho eu agradeço vlew.....................

[skat5800]

@gisellelimawaltrick we will walk, through the streets of the city

where our loved ones have walked, on before

we will stand, on the banks of the river

where will be to part no more. (guide me lord)

[gisellelimawaltrick]

@skat5800

obrigado pela resposta

mas voce pode me dizer onde eu posso achar essa musica na internete?

ou a letra inteira da musica?

desculpe o encomado.

[skat5800]

@gisellelimawaltrick i undertand what you said, but i dont speak portuguese, you can search on a page named Taringa, for this soundtrack, as the lyrics......you can search them in google, just search we will walk through the streets of the city, pretty long title fot a song huh?

[skat5800]

what a powerful and beatiful voices!!!! really touching scene!!!!

[galoc64]

this is super touching!

[geanhappy]

What is the name of this song?

[itsuniique]

THIS SCENE REALLI MAKES ME CRY THE MOMMA REALLII MADE ME CRY I MEAN TEARS CAME OUT

[lilbeen336]

I love this song!!!

[Powiean]

It's called "We Shall Walk Through The Streets Of The City".

[pilsnerurqualle]

@Powiean no, it's "Goin' Sit Down On The Banks Of The River" by rev. gary davis

[GabrieleMik]

@pilsnerurqualle acctually it's the Carter family - we will march through the streets of the city :D But i can't find any gospel song like it is in movie in the internet, and that sucks.

still it's a very good song and movie. in this scene i cryed to bad...

[hammondman94]

@pilsnerurqualle No sir, it is We shall Walk through the streets of the city. The extras in the funeral scene are members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church choir here in New Orleans. That song is a standard at Jazz Funerals and in the South Louisiana Black churches.

[Osnamusiclover]

anyone kno the name of that gospel song?