{"id":12191,"date":"2021-07-15T16:14:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T14:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=12191"},"modified":"2021-07-15T16:14:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T14:14:49","slug":"prophet-count-their-blessings-and-are-grateful-and-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/07\/15\/prophet-count-their-blessings-and-are-grateful-and-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Prophet Count Their Blessings And Are Grateful And Content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To be happy in life, you must learn to be grateful and content with what you have and that is what <strong>Prophet<\/strong>\u2019s latest single, <strong><em>DANKBAAR EN TEVREDE<\/em><\/strong>, is all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the duo, Koos van der Merwe and Theo Geyser, it is an upbeat Afrikaans folk song about being content. <em>\u201cIt gives us perspective. In difficult times, we tend to focus on the negative when there is still so much to be thankful for,\u201d<\/em> they share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music video shows two men playing cards. They are enjoying each other\u2019s company and the game ends with two good hands. Theo was the creative brain behind this interesting concept, which was produced by Charl Folscher and filmed on a farm in Swellendam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dankbaar en Tevrede deur Prophet\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F5lA84YjlOw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This gospel track, written by Koos himself, comes three months after the successful release of their long-awaited album, <em>Die Kolonie<\/em>, which reached the number one spot on Apple Music\u2019s Christian charts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is an album that tells it like it is and the content ranges between more serious social commentary to happier moments of gratitude and love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jy Kan Nie Sommer Vir My S\u00ea Nie<\/em>, the first single, was very well received and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wuq1JISTCLg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">music video<\/a> already has thousands of hits on YouTube.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1982<strong> Prophet<\/strong> has been shocking and inspiring listeners and hundreds of performances, 10 CDs, two SAMA nominations, and 7 ATKV Lier Awards later, they are still a hit with local audiences. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>DANKBAAR EN TEVREDE<\/em><\/strong> boasts beautiful lyrics and a catchy tune that stays with you long after hearing it for the first time&#8230; just like <strong>Prophet<\/strong> has remained popular with their fans over the past few decades.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The song is available on all digital platforms. Download it here:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Distrokid: (Apple \/ Amazon \/ Spotify) <a href=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/prophet37\/die-kolonie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/prophet37\/die-kolonie<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SBM Bandcamp: <a href=\"https:\/\/stonebearmayor.com\/album\/die-kolonie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/stonebearmayor.com\/album\/die-kolonie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be happy in life, you must learn to be grateful and content with what you have and that is what Prophet\u2019s latest single, DANKBAAR EN TEVREDE, is all about. According to the duo, Koos van der Merwe and Theo Geyser, it is an upbeat Afrikaans folk song about being content. \u201cIt gives us perspective.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/07\/15\/prophet-count-their-blessings-and-are-grateful-and-content\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Prophet Count Their Blessings And Are Grateful And Content<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}