Hi there! Welcome! Happy Tuesday to ya friend! You have arrived at your destination. Well, if you were determined to find a blog that explores popular music that is twisted around and taken in a context you had never considered, you have definitely arrived! Welcome to Tuesday's Musical Notes, a weekly departure into pounding drums and pondering disciples. We sure are glad you're here!!!
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Featuring Dave Mason (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "We Just Disagree") on guitar and Tom Scott (Blues Brothers, et al) on soprano sax, this song from the Paul McCartney led band Wings went all the way to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100. Wings recorded Mars and Venus in New Orleans. After laying down the tracks for "Listen to What the Man Said" the McCartney and company felt as if the song needed a little something more. Someone mentioned that jazz sax player Tom Scott was in the area and wondered if he would be interested in playing on the song. Scott came quickly and laid down an initial sax layer on top of the mostly complete chart. The band and engineer were very impressed with Scott's initial track and realized this is exactly what they had been seeking for the song. Scott recorded several other options at the recommendation of the group, but ultimately, his first recording was the best. It proved to be exactly what Paul, Linda, and Denny were looking for to complete the song. The rest is woodwind history.
Today's song could easily be the soundtrack for the Gospel of Jesus according to the disciple John. However, we would like to look a little earlier in mankind's history and look into a different situation about what this same Man said.
We have seen an overview of the creation narrative in Genesis 1. Chapter 2 however, goes into a few more details about the very first week of time's existence. Specifically, we see God instructing man to name animals and begin utilizing the earth's resources for sustenance. In Genesis 1 and through verse 14 we see how God is giving positive instructions to Adam. He is providing Adam with an education in how to navigate in the new creation. In verse 15 we see a totally different instruction that God gives to man. In reality, it would be the first "don't" or negative instruction to Adam. God begins positively, you can eat from any tree, (the conversational tone then makes a change) BUT, you cannot eat of this tree, the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Adam had 1 negative rule. Let that sink in... 1 rule.
Apples receive a bum rap as the depiction throughout history is that the fruit of this tree was the red delicious. Truth is, the Bible never specifies, even more truthful...what does it matter? The main point is Adam did not listen to what The Man said. We'll get into the specifics later.
The point of today's sware' into song and spirituality is that when given instruction by The Man (God, the Father, The Son in the New Testament, Holy Spirit dwelling in the lives of believers) we should abide by that instruction. To do otherwise is disobedience which the Bible calls "sin".
Today dear friend, The Man is saying specific things to you. For some, He is calling you to a restored relationship with Him through Jesus an for others, He is calling you to specific tasks for the propelling of The Gospel in our world. Please listen to what The Man says...
"Love is fine for all we know, for all we know our love will grow..." As we find ourselves listening to what The Man says, we will find our love for Him growing. Through our obedience, we show our love. Through our listening to the instruction we grow in love. Through our accepting His guidance people will find the way to go. This can easily be done at any time, any day. Doing this consistently will certainly result in people saying things about it as we listen to what The Man says...do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do...the wonder of it all...
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by Serving You,
randy
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