John Coltrane’s Psalm by John Coltrane
OK, this didn’t take long to find. YouTube had this same video up, but after it was posted, they stripped out the audio. While I understand why they did it (due to copyright concerns, I guess), it defeats the purpose of having this particular video on the site and makes this particular corner of YouTube to be irrelevant to anyone who wants to experience the song with the lyrics.
Luckily, Vimeo has an unmolested copy of the video. AND from the site, I learned that the “poem” wasn’t just out there for lyricologists to find, a copy was actually included in the liner notes. This is a drawback of owning the cassette tape and not the LP or CD.
John Coltrane’s Psalm Recitation from connie chung on Vimeo.
Like I said, even if you don’t believe in God, you have to admit that there is a beauty in the faith that this song conveys.