Hard to imagine that today's featured song will mark its 30th year in January of 2019. With today's song, we will explore the musicality and range of its singer and see its impact on the overall music industry and the world. All today, coming up on Tuesday's Musical Notes! What's that you say? "Let's get on with it!!!"? Ok, You Got It!!!
Today's video is from the Diamond Awards Festival in Antwerp, Belgium on November 19, 1988. It is the only performance that the legendary Roy Orbison gave of "You Got It" before his death on December 6, 1988. The single, as well as his 22nd studio album, Mystery Girl, was released posthumously in January of the next year. "You Got It" was co-written by Traveling Wilbury bandmates Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty and featured both veteran musicians on backing vocals and instrumentation. It went to #9 on Billboard's Hot 100 bringing Roy Orbison back into the top ten for the first time in 25 years.
His first single was released with the group The Teen Kings in 1956. From 1960-1966, Roy Orbison, with his trademark thick-rimmed glasses and incredible vocal range (some say at least 4 octaves!) would see 22 singles break into the Top 40, 5 of which went into the Top 10. 1961s "Running Scared" and 1964's "Oh, Pretty Woman" would go all the way to #1. The 80s saw a resurgence into the Top 40 for Orbison as there was a renewed interest in his music caused by bands like Van Halen covering hits like "Oh, Pretty Woman. His comeback was secured on the strength of today's featured song and his collaboration with George Harrison (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Got My Mind Set On You"), Jeff Lynne (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Don't Bring Me Down"), Bob Dylan (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "The Times They Are A-Changin'"), and Tom Petty (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Running Down A Dream") in the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys.
Roy Orbison is the first deceased musician since Elvis Presley to have 2 albums in the top 5 simultaneously. The albums were the Wilbury debut (#4) and his own Mystery Girl (#5) release. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He received 6 Grammy awards, including 1998's Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as numerous other musical accolades.
How does it make you feel when you don't get what you want? Dissatisfied? Disgruntled? Discombobulated? It's never a good feeling when we don't have the satisfaction of getting what we want. Those great theologians, The Rolling Stones, once said, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you just might find, you get what you need." Hmm...
I don't know about you, but it never really satiated the intense desires of my heart when my folks attempted to console me with "maybe it wasn't meant for you to get it this time" or "God is holding out for something even better!" While their hearts were in the right place and both of those sayings are usually true, this "comforting" still came off as trite and did not do much to assuage my discontentedness.
Wouldn't it be nice if every once in a while the folks who love and support us would just say..."Anything you want, you got it! Anything you need, you got it! Anything at all, you got it!" However, reality suggests there is a better way for us.
"Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything." 1 Corinthians 6:12 (Christian Standard Bible) (The disciple Paul's first letter to the Corinthian church, chapter 6 Christian Standard Bible/The Message paraphrase of the Bible/King James Version of the Bible parallel)
"Everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything builds up. No one is to seek his own good, but the good of the other person." 1 Corinthians 10:23-24 (CSB) (1 Corinthians 10 CSB/The Message/KJV)
Apparently, the folks that Jesus' disciple Paul was writing to in the Corinthian body of believers were thinking that since they had become followers of Jesus, they were on the pathway to doing whatever they wanted because of their redemption. Welcome to easy street! Ever heard of "The Prosperity Gospel"? It gets its roots right here. The disciple Paul uses chapters 6 and 10 in his first letter to this church to reaffirm that while the rabbinical laws were not binding to the New Testament church, they did not have a license for indulging in every whim they may have had.
This really applies to us in 2018 as much as it did in the 2nd Century. Food, however, is not the only thing that we may be allowed to consume that isn't really beneficial for us. Paul even warns that some of those "allowable" things are waiting to enslave us. (1 Corinthians 6:12 CSB/The Message/KJV)
Take for example the media we consume. Now don't get me wrong, I love media. Part of my life was spent selling as much media to folks as I could. There are some really good things available to us through media outlets like the internet, TV, radio, books, movies, etc. It is truly an information superhighway. But let's face it, there really are some things in the internetosphere, and TV land that are not beneficial for those who follow The Way. I'm not convinced that these things are beneficial for ANYONE. Again, a Note for another time.
Paul wrote also wrote a letter to the Colossian church that addressed our wants and desires, as well as our disappointments when we don't get our way. His advice: "Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from His perspective." (emphasis mine) (Colossians 3:2-4 The Message) (Colossians 3 CSB/The Message/KJV)
Getting everything we want isn't good for us. While we may attempt to "spoil" our friends and family, some of which is good, we must meter our "spoiling" to provide long-term benefits for our loved ones. Most of the time this requires discipline, patience and a tenacity about living a Jesus-filled life.
If you happen to not be a believer, one who follows the precepts of Jesus and accepts Him as the redeemer of your life and restorer of your relationship with God, there is no better time than now. Jesus has released us from those things in this life that would enslave us to their control. Jesus waits for you to cry out to Him and accept His salvation.
When we turn away from the bad we are doing and turn towards the good that He offers, He is there ready to say..."You got it!" When we ask Him for forgiveness, He is there ready to say..."You got it!" As we do the very best we can to tell others of the freedom we have in Jesus, He is there encouraging us..."Anything you need, you got it!!!"
Do you need that kind of encouragement? I know I sure do...everyday!
(Tuesday's Musical Notes many times utilizes The Message paraphrase of the Bible for scriptural reference. It's author, Eugene Peterson, died yesterday. He was an accomplished author of many theological books as well as his landmark paraphrase of the Bible. Believers, please pray that the God of all comfort, provides just that for Eugene Peterson's family at this time.)
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving You,
randy
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