Good Tuesday Morning to ya! It's September 2nd and we hope you had a great Labor Day weekend!!! Traffic is moving slowly so make sure you give yourself enough ticks on the clock to make it to work on time!!! Let's get the week started right with some Seger in September! Welcome to Tuesday's Musical Notes!!!
"Old Time Rock And Roll" - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
His sound would be one that would raise the Decibels level. He's been known to associate with The Town Criers which would have made him be one of The Last Heard during the night. The "look" he had in his earlier years caused others to look at him as if he was travelling with The Omens. Eventually he came into a System that worked pretty well for a short period of time. Then he discovered the magic of The Silver Bullet and he turned a page in his life.
Since the age of 16, Bob Seger's life has been about making music. Not just record selling, chart topping, music, but music that blue collar folks would find easy in which to relate. He began writing music at an early age, but was unable to find the right mix of musicians to pull of the sound that would eventually become known as his own. He has continually surrounded himself with talented musicians whether they were from Muscle Shoals or Michigan and Canada. He was a part of 4 different bands before he fronted The Bob Seger System. This band only lasted 3 albums as record sales plummeted after the debut and the second album only featured Seger on a few tracks. He would release 3 albums as a solo act, all the while putting together the group that would bring about his best backing band and greatest success.
It would be Bob Seger's 3 album with The Silver Bullet Band that would bring him his largest selling record up to this point in his career. In 1976, he would release the double album Live Bullet. This album would act as a spring board for 1976's Night Moves. The combination of these two album releases would assure that Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band would achieve icon status.
In 1979, the album Stranger In Town was released. The fourth single featured from the song would become best associated with Tom Cruise in his underwear. "Old Time Rock And Roll" would go as high as #28 in 1979 but would reenter the charts in 1983 at #48 after its inclusion on the Risky Business soundtrack. In 1999, "Old Time Rock and Roll" would be listed at #278 in the RIAA Songs of the Century list:
Songs Of The Century - RIAA
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Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Turn The Page"
With every generation of Christ followers, music has always become a conversation and debate. Should we listen to music that is not implicitly Christian? The debate is made even more vociferous when "artistic interpretation", such as was shown at the recent (can they even be called "Music" Television anymore?) MTV Video Awards, is displayed all over the internet and media outlets. (Apparently folks, don't remember some of Steven Tyler's, Rod Stewart's, Mick Jagger's, or Iggy Pop's antics while on stage. Remember hate the sin, love the sinner).
The Bible is filled with passages detailing music that is expressed to bless and glorify God. Many of the Psalms can be seen as commands from King David for the nation of Israel to sing and yes even dance to the glory of the Great I Am. Those commands are equally placed on us as we live our lives in a peculiar way so that others may see our good works and glorify our God! One can easily be curious as to how we are to do this on a daily basis with all of the "noise" with which we are surrounded. Jesus promised us a counselor. One who would guide and help us to live our lives to God's glory.
John 16:5-15 NASB
Here is another well placed discussion for your curiosity. Just click it:
Is Secular Music Evil?
If we are plugged in to the Holy Spirit, we have a counselor who will help us decide if the music to which we listen is true and beautiful. Even when we take those old records off the shelf.....
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving you,
Randy
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