Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Seven Bridges Road" (Ricochet/The Eagles)
Welcome
to the place where the days are warm (well, usually warm) and the hits
are hot! It's Tuesday's Musical Notes!!! After a week away from The
Notes,(worship arts camp with high school students...incredible!!!), we
have much catching up to do on our salute to summer and vacations and
travel and Tuesday and...well you get the idea....here we go!!!
"Seven Bridges Road" - Ricochet
Written
and recorded in 1969 by Steve Young, "Seven Bridges Road" is about an
actual place. The song mentions a road, supposedly Woodley Road outside
of Montgomery, Alabama, that you must cross seven bridges to get to a
popular "parking" spot for teenagers. Since its release on Young's Rock Salt & Nails album,
it has been covered by many artists. The most notable of these covers
is an arrangement by English songwriter Lain Matthews. It was written
as a warm up song for the band The Eagles, who released it on Eagles: Live in
1980. This live album was recorded 3 days before the break up of the
band. "Seven Bridges Road" would be on the A side (B side was the live
version of "The Long Run") of a single that would go to #21 on
Billboard's Hot 100. It would be the last top 30 single for the
Eagles. Their best performance on the charts after reforming in 1994
would be the #31 single "Get Over It". As The Eagles continue to tour
and make music together today, "Seven Bridges Road" remains one of their
most popular concert songs. Here from 1980's Eagles: Live with an assist from some creative video are:
"Seven
Bridges Road" is a song about remembering good times in our lives and
the environments where these good times occurred. Each of us have
memories that we cherish and then other memories we would rather not
have in our minds at all. Whether our memories are filled with fondness
or fear,
they can be useful as learning tools. God constantly remembered
promises He made throughout the Bible. In the New International Version
of the Bible, the word "remember" happens 162 times. While the context
of remembering are different, sometimes significantly, the over arching
theme remains the same. The Creator of the universe NEVER forgets. I
must confess that with each passing day, I become more reliant on
family, friends, calendars and to do lists to remember the commitments
that I have. These items provide the information that I need to achieve
my commitments. In a similar fashion, the remembrances of the Bible
are there to remind God's people of not only their commitment to Him,
but His commitment to them. It is ridiculous to think that God might
forget a promise that He has made, so those passages of the Bible are
there to allow the writer to remind the reader of the promise that God
had made throughout the generations as well as how God has fulfilled
that promise to the forefathers. The remembrances of God's promises
begin in Genesis: Genesis 9:14-16 NIV and expand through the Biblical text to Revelation: Revelation 3:3 NIV.
With each there is the reminder that God is sovereign and He keeps His
promises to each generation as they travel down the pathways that He has
planned...these pathways may even include a few bridges along the
way....
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving you,
Randy
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