Welcome to Tuesday's Musical Notes!!! Our weekly roam along the border of Musicland and Bible Valley, our weekly meeting at the crossroads of music and musings, and hopefully, where we use our two favorite passions to strengthen and encourage each other as we go! Welcome, thanks for coming along! We're glad you are here!
And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry......
"The Yodeling Veterinarian Of The Alps"
Sorry....couldn't resist and no discussion of the silly things in life would be complete without a silly song. Have you had enough?
Over the years, John Lennon and many music critics playfully taunted Paul McCartney for his song writing skills. Their complaint was that McCartney's lyrics were lightweight. In response, Paul McCartney took to writing a song. In 1976, he answered Lennon and his critics with this #1 hit from his band Wings. And now, this request and dedication from Paul McCartney to those who thought his songs were not lyrically deep enough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh15LOppcWQ
McCartney formed Wings with his wife Linda, and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine. In many peoples opinion, the band Wings would never live up to Paul's former band. You may have heard of them....The Beatles. Each member of The Beatles had gone their separate ways after legally settling song and royalty rights, and had begun producing music of their own. McCartney had released solo albums that were critically and commercially successful as well. He was notably hesitant to be a part of any rock and roll "group" due to the pressure to follow up on The Beatles success. But, beginning in 1971, Sir Paul would join Denny Laine and Linda McCartney to form what would be come the very successful musical act, Wings. From that point Wings literally took off and became a band on the run. (again just couldn't resist). 7 albums and 8 years later, Wings would record their final album together. In 1980, Paul was arrested for possesion of marijuana at the Tokyo airport and the Wings tour of Japan was cancelled. This was the beginning of the end for the band Wings. Paul began work on a new solo project. Denny Laine left the band over Paul's hesitation to tour following the shooting of John Lennon and the rock and roll flight of the band Wings was over.
Paul McCartney continues to record and tour as a solo act. He was knighted by the Queen of England for his contribution to music in 1997. His most recent album, Kisses On The Bottom, went to #5 in the United States and is an album of cover tunes of pop music and jazz. It even includes a few....."Silly Love Songs".
Another Paul wrote about a silly love song once. In his first letter to the Corinthian church, the apostle Paul writes that The Gospel of Jesus will be foolishness to those who think they are wise. The Message paraphrase puts 1 Corinthians 1:18 like this, "The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense". That poses a couple of sincere questions..... which category of people are we?......is our faith in Jesus strong enough for us to be willing to seem foolish so that The Gospel of Jesus can be told to people who need it? Take a moment and read the remainder of the chapter:
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
How do your acquaintances treat The Gospel of Jesus when you proclaim it to them? Are they like the Jews in Paul's day waiting for some miraculous sign before they will believe, or perhaps the Greeks (gentiles) whose intense desire was for philosophical wisdom. As you read and study the Bible, you see time and again, both of these attitudes on display. Those who preached or taught the "foolishness" of God were ridiculed, exiled, and even killed for their convictions. From cover to cover, the Bible tells the love song that God has for his creation, man. It tells of his intense desire for a perfect relationship with us. It also tells of the lengths by which He would go to ensure that we can have that relationship. He would surrender His Holy Son to an unholy world so we can be considered perfect. To the world around us, which is so totally influenced by the enemy, that makes the Bible the ultimate....."Silly Love Song".
From about the same time comes another song about love:
Keith Green "You Put This Love In My Heart"
'Til Tuesday,
Loving HIM by loving you,
Randy
"The Yodeling Veterinarian Of The Alps"
Sorry....couldn't resist and no discussion of the silly things in life would be complete without a silly song. Have you had enough?
Over the years, John Lennon and many music critics playfully taunted Paul McCartney for his song writing skills. Their complaint was that McCartney's lyrics were lightweight. In response, Paul McCartney took to writing a song. In 1976, he answered Lennon and his critics with this #1 hit from his band Wings. And now, this request and dedication from Paul McCartney to those who thought his songs were not lyrically deep enough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh15LOppcWQ
McCartney formed Wings with his wife Linda, and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine. In many peoples opinion, the band Wings would never live up to Paul's former band. You may have heard of them....The Beatles. Each member of The Beatles had gone their separate ways after legally settling song and royalty rights, and had begun producing music of their own. McCartney had released solo albums that were critically and commercially successful as well. He was notably hesitant to be a part of any rock and roll "group" due to the pressure to follow up on The Beatles success. But, beginning in 1971, Sir Paul would join Denny Laine and Linda McCartney to form what would be come the very successful musical act, Wings. From that point Wings literally took off and became a band on the run. (again just couldn't resist). 7 albums and 8 years later, Wings would record their final album together. In 1980, Paul was arrested for possesion of marijuana at the Tokyo airport and the Wings tour of Japan was cancelled. This was the beginning of the end for the band Wings. Paul began work on a new solo project. Denny Laine left the band over Paul's hesitation to tour following the shooting of John Lennon and the rock and roll flight of the band Wings was over.
Paul McCartney continues to record and tour as a solo act. He was knighted by the Queen of England for his contribution to music in 1997. His most recent album, Kisses On The Bottom, went to #5 in the United States and is an album of cover tunes of pop music and jazz. It even includes a few....."Silly Love Songs".
Another Paul wrote about a silly love song once. In his first letter to the Corinthian church, the apostle Paul writes that The Gospel of Jesus will be foolishness to those who think they are wise. The Message paraphrase puts 1 Corinthians 1:18 like this, "The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense". That poses a couple of sincere questions..... which category of people are we?......is our faith in Jesus strong enough for us to be willing to seem foolish so that The Gospel of Jesus can be told to people who need it? Take a moment and read the remainder of the chapter:
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
How do your acquaintances treat The Gospel of Jesus when you proclaim it to them? Are they like the Jews in Paul's day waiting for some miraculous sign before they will believe, or perhaps the Greeks (gentiles) whose intense desire was for philosophical wisdom. As you read and study the Bible, you see time and again, both of these attitudes on display. Those who preached or taught the "foolishness" of God were ridiculed, exiled, and even killed for their convictions. From cover to cover, the Bible tells the love song that God has for his creation, man. It tells of his intense desire for a perfect relationship with us. It also tells of the lengths by which He would go to ensure that we can have that relationship. He would surrender His Holy Son to an unholy world so we can be considered perfect. To the world around us, which is so totally influenced by the enemy, that makes the Bible the ultimate....."Silly Love Song".
From about the same time comes another song about love:
Keith Green "You Put This Love In My Heart"
'Til Tuesday,
Loving HIM by loving you,
Randy
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