The Meeting Place Church of Greater Columbia, Sep 18, 2014
This blessed my soul. A young sister just 'flat footed'
singing the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Let's continue to pray for Sis. Tierinii Jackson of Memphis,
TN as the Lord elevates her and her gift.
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about the African American Vernacular English (AAVE) complimentary phrase "flat footed" as it refers to a certain type of singer. This post showcases three YouTube videos of Gospel singers who are complimentarily referred to as "singing flat footed" or "flat footed singers". Selected comments from those videos' discussion threads are also included in this post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/09/what-singing-flat-footed-means-in.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post presents a definition, information, comments, and an article excerpt about the complimentary African American Vernacular English term "flat footed" as it relates to Gospel singers and singers from other music genres.
The content of this post is presented for linguistic and cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. -snip-
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/02/linguistic-alert-another-verncular.html for a closely related 2014 pancocojams post entitled "What "Sang", "Sanging", & "Sanger" REALLY Mean In African American Vernacular English".
SELECTED COMMENTS FROM SHOWCASE VIDEO #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BfXVjsdZV4
Numbers added for referencing purposes only
1. @lewisedwards4058, 2016
"Praise Jesus! Such a powerful and controlled voice!"
"Wow!! That voice is powerful...all soul...she sung from her heart...praise Jesus"
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3. @ScholarBrown1417, 2016
"Honey you better sang and let the lord use you"
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4. @porschebeonit, 2016
"You know somebody can sing when you find yourself doing the stank face! SANG CHILDE!"
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5. @AlieciaT, 2017
"LovelyLadii Brown I was seriously doing the stank face when she started, she sounds so good, I scrolled to your comment and had to laugh, so true"
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6. @GMarioCharleston_, 2017
"LovelyLadii Brown I just caught myself doing it lololol! She sang that one from the soul"
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7. @cathythomas9128, 2017
"yesuhhhh sang little sista!"
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8. @karllee2680, 2017
"very good expression your not just riffin all over the place"
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9. @cherylgreene1014, 2017
"OMG!!!! CONTROL# TEAR A CHURCH UP!!!"
"Child you had better sang for our lord. Sing sing sing child sing."
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11. @lillieafeni4771, 2018
"GUH u Betta sangggg!!"
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12. @candancefoster4082, 2018
"she can sang yes lord."
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13. @feleciacraddock1711, 2018
"WOW!!! JUST HEARD HER SANG!!! THIS SONG TOOK ME BACK TO WITH MY MOTHER PLAYING THE PIANO AND SINGING THIS SONG IN CHURCH!!!! SHE WOULD SING AND THE WHOLE CHURCH WOULD BE SHOUTING!!! I'M SHOUTING IN MY LIVING ROOM RIGHT NOW AS I THINK OF ALL THE MEMORIES OF HER....JUST WAS CRYING BECAUSE IT'S 2 DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND I WAS MISSING HER. I CAME ACROSS THIS SONG THAT SHE SUNG IN CHURCH AND MY SORROW TURN INTO A SHOUT!!! IT'S LIKE MY MOTHER WAS LEADING TO THIS SONG & SAYING..." DON'T CRY FOR ME ...BUT REJOICE IN THEE." (REJOICE IN THE LORD!!!) THANK YOU FOR BLESSING ME WITH THIS SONG!!! U DON'T HEAR THESE OLD SONGS ANYMORE..I CALL THEM OLD 500 SONGS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS U KEEP BLESSING OTHERS WITH YOUR GIFT!!!"
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14. @loganmorrison8921, 2020
"Anointed! Love the transitions you made.
You sang it so beautifully. God Bless you"
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15. @NewsYouCanUse3, 2020
"Sang Sang Sang,Lord have mercy Sang"
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16. @michellesweightlossjourney6599, 2023
"WOOOOOOO SANG SIS!!"
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Detroit Mass Choir - Lord Help Me To
Hold Out
Marcel West, Dec 11, 2011
Turner Hughes leads "Lord Help Me
To Hold Out" with the Detroit Mass Choir
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Here are a few comments from this video's discussion thread.
Numbers added for referencing purposes only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWazCDZI5co
1. @Teebee407, 2019
"He's singing "FLAT FOOTED"!!!"
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2. @stopiwantoff7965, 2020
"Sho you RIGHT Tee Bee!"
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3. @judawar6318, 2019
"It's a powerful praise"
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4. @deancooper9938, 2020
"Another brother who kills the song, and DO NOT MOVE."
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - My baby singing now this the full video
God's children of Memphis, TN, September 17, 2024
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Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread with numbers added for
referencing purposes only.
1. @nenalisilyfeismusik3891, 2024
"She messed that whole church up omg, powerhouse, anointed, what a
gift!!! Stay blessed young queen"
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2. @charliedickerson4810, 2024
"Baby, Suga Momma sung from the depths of
her soul and without the mic she still bringing God's anointing in the church.
Flat footed and all."
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3. @shakiramcgee2023, 2024
"I felt this in my soul If you ever had to call on him when you had nobody else Jeeessssuuuussss"
4. @radiantrobin2178
"Give God All of the glory, baby girl! You betta sang Chile!!!! (In my southern voice ) She actually needs to create music as a ministry! She is ministering for real!!!! Lord, I pray that You will continually bless her abundantly and grant her divine favor in every aspect of her life!!! Thank You, Lord Jesus, for this powerful ministry. Bless all who are in this church and reading this message."
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5. @teliciabooker1178, 2024
"OMG, She tore the song up , the church and us from the comments. Have your way, Lord Cover her Lord... God bless her for being obedient. She is anointed sing, wow"
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Here are a few comments from the shorter video of this singing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcZZawDuyGs "my baby singing", published by God's children of Memphis, TN, September 17, 2024
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
@chrisgarner7107, 2024
"Yes yes yes, sang Sugar Mama, sang baby. Lord have mercy. Now, that's singing right there, from the heart, with feeling and anointing, gracious"
@Benet1nOnly, 2024
"️️️️YesSir! Babygirl singing with that fire of the holy Ghost!!!"
@yvonneclark3897, 2024
"Sang Damariana" Let God continue to shine through you wherever you may go in life. You are truly a blessing I Love hearing you lift up our Savior....You have such a heartfelt anointing. May God continue to use youStay covered he definitely got his hands on you
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@tarvisbrown6165, 2024
"Wait....!! That's not Ree Ree??"
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@Godschildrenofmemphistn, 2024
"No that's my daughter suga"
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@tarvisbrown6165,2024
"Wow I literally thought this was an old clip of you when you were younger lol omg! That's you twin and she sang from her whole soul awesome!"
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The African American Vernacular English (AAVE) term "singing flat footed" or "flat footed singer" appears to be most often used to refer to African American Gospel singers. However, judging from my unofficial review of YouTube discussion thread titles and comments for African American Gospel music, these terms don't appear to be regularly used even among African American church goers.
ReplyDeleteHere are five additional video examples of Gospel singers who are described as singing flat footed. I've added numbers to these examples for referencing purposes only, but this list is given in no no particular order and may include a comment or comments. This list also doesn't include all the examples that I found online, but I don't think that there are a lot of other online examples. (If you know of other examples, please share their links in this discussion thread.)
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ANa3S8tXnI
Shout for Joy from album Black Church
Jeremy Winston, Nov 25, 2022
JW Chorale International performs Adolphus Hailstork's masterpiece, "Shout for Joy"
comment: @LouisDavisJr, 2024
“This reminds me of how we, (Morgan State University Choir), used to sound singing this under Dr. Carter! One thing about it, you had to be an ENTIRE grown up to sing this effectively….just stand there flat-footed and sing!!! GREAT JOB Y’ALL!!”
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2. https://www.facebook.com/JeremiahHicksMinistryPage/videos/yall-i-love-and-respect-this-woman-shes-a-flat-footed-anointed-singer-and-the-go/320389609319289/?locale=zh_CN
kathytaylorlive, 2020
"Y’all!!!! I love and respect this woman! She’s a flat footed anointed singer and the Gospel Community loves her!."
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3. https://www.tiktok.com/@mrdmbrand/video/7248730662377753898 "Powerful Church Music Performance | Flatfoot Singing "
TikTok · mrdmbrand, 2023
"Powerful Church Music Performance | Flatfoot Singing. Experience the energy and passion of a powerful church music performance."..
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Two additional links to Gospel singers described as being "flat footed singers":
Delete"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ya8gqt3s1w "Flat Footed Singing! I Can’t Thank God Enough- Mother Carrie Butler & Greater Saint Mark" published by Jay Williams, Sep 12, 2022 TALLAHASSEE
"Near 80 years old and still flat foot singing! Mother Carrie Butler and Greater Saint Mark Church Choir. This is how we church in Tallahassee! We love a good drive!"
comment:
@fredrickjohnson870, 2024
"You better SANG Ms. Carrie"
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5. https://www.facebook.com/mikephillipsfan/posts/can-anyone-just-stand-flat-footed-and-sing-anymore-seems-like-people-need-more-a/10151262524520251/
comment: Mike Phillips, Feb 12, 2012
"Can anyone just stand flat footed and sing anymore? Seems like people need more and more things around their art to make the art better... But it doesn't make it better.. its just a whole bunch of things that get in the way of the music. #imissyouwhitney"
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"Whitney" refers to singer Whitney Houston.