Comments From The Discussion Thread Of "Wenzile" by Joyous Celebration About Gospel Concert Attendees Recording Concerts With Their Cell Phones

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that showcases the song "Wenzile" by the South African Gospel choir Joyous Celebration.

This post presents selected examples of most of the comments from that video's discussion thread that are posted to date about the custom of a large number of concert attendees recording Gospel concerts with their cell phones.*

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/09/joyous-celebration-wenzile-video-lyrics.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I presents the official YouTube music video of the Gospel song "Wenzile" as sung by Joyous Celebration. The lyrics of that song are also included in this post along with selected comments from the official YouTube video of this song.

The content of this post is presented for religious, socio-cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composer/s of this song and all those associated with Joyous Celebration. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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*Note that I have read similar comments about this custom in some other discussion threads of contemporary African music - a particular discussion thread of South African House music comes to mind. I'm documenting the comments from this Joyous Celebration's discussion thread for socio-cultural purposes and I believe that I've added comments about this custom from the above mentioned House music discussion thread- if not other discussion threads. I'll add a link to that pancocojams post when I remember which post it is :o)

Update: Here's the link to a companion post about attendees at a South African House music concert (in Paris, France) taping the concert with their cell phones: https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/09/put-down-phones-comments-about-2018.html "Put Down The PHONES!" - Comments About A 2018 South African House Music Concert In Paris, France

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Joyous Celebration - Wenzile (Live)



JoyousVEVO [no YouTube publishing date given, but based on comments, this video was published on YouTube in 2018]

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD

2018
1. Daniel Aron
"people are busy on shooting videos instead of celebrating and dancing, this is too bad for you fellows, you are crowded around the stage only for shooting😢😢"

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2. Noxolo Kahlana
"their outfits are everything... WoW... i will never get how people can worship and still film with their phones at the same
time... I'll never get it..."

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3. Milly Badze
"Noxolo Kahlana i never get the phone thing too it boggles my mind!!"

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4. king Robertson
"Instead of enjoying the show people use they phones"

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REPLY
5. Aron Ramusi
"reason I don't enjoy live shows anymore 😠"

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6. king Robertson
"Aron Ramusi even me finished with live shows"

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7. Bianca Dax
"They recording for us to enjoy like this"

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8. Fresh Adu
"I love Joyous Celebration very much and i admire the audience when watching their music videos. But this audience🤔... Thought this song should have swept them off their feet!! Didn’t see much of audience involvement.
Song is still my favorite in 22 but not this audience."

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2019
9. Bangla Desh
"People are just standing there with their phones and not dancing? But why? Let the memory be in your head, not your phone."

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10. Boitumelo Makubate
"the crowd did not do this song justice they standing busy wit the 4fons
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4fons= phones"

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