When I made the video: "We Are Catholic." I made it with a secular song, "All We Are" by: Sugarland. They are a country band, and the words and meaning seemed to fit the purpose of the video. I wanted something fast paced and "peppy" to grab and keep the attention of the teen group I was creating it for. This song wasn't the original choice, it just happened to be on my computer, and I mocked up some images to it. Someone liked it so much they told me I had to use it.
Ok, now this might simply come down to preference. "I don't like secular music" or "I don't like this particular song." My question is: would this video (or any video of its kind) really get more attention if it used a "Liturgical" or "Sacred" song? Would the impact be the same? If so, what kind of song?
Now, I am not worried about people saying they don't like the song, because a lot of people are still posting: like Fr. Ray Blake. His message was: "Hate the music but I love the images." I am not worried about my video per se, I am more interested to know what people think about using secular music in these sort of situations. Marc Barnes from Bad Catholic recently wrote a piece for VirtuousPla.net about Liturgical Music. Now this video obviously isn't the Liturgy, but do you think the same rules should apply? What do you think?
Would my video have been better if it used something like "Panis Angelicus"? If so, how would it be better? Would it still capture the attention of everyone in a viral sort of way?
OPEN THREAD.
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