Welcome to Tuesday and New Year's Eve!!! Will you watch the ball drop? Will you ring in 2020? Got your resolutions ready? Have you picked out your New Year's Eve blog to read? What's that...you don't have a blog that you read every New Year's Eve? Well, friend, you're in the right place. Because right now, that's what I said, right now you are in Notesland, the swingin' Notesland!!! "What is Notesland?", you may ask? It's the hippest blog on the planet filled with instruments and insight, musical themes and Messianic theology. It has exactly what you are looking for as a music lover and it's all FREE! That's right friend, always ad-free, and pop up free (if you have your security up to date that is). All the focus is on the music and The Message. It's Tuesday's Musical Notes!!! Welcome!
Today is a special day in Notesland as we countdown the most read blogs of 2019! But before we get to that, let's explore just a sample of what makes Tuesday's Musical Notes THE blog you read this week and every week...
Today's featured song is a perfect example of why Tuesday's Musical Notes should be your go-to blog for New Year's eve! This song is one of a regal few who happen to have that oom pah pah, that 1,2,3, that 3/4 time that is rarely featured at Christmas or for that matter popular music. AND it is by the Chairman of the Board, Ol Blue Eyes, The Voice. You might know of him by his given name...Frank Sinatra.
"The Christmas Waltz" is a cherished seasonal classic that has been covered by many artists. Most notably: Peggy Lee (1960), Doris Day (1964), Bing Crosby (1966), Pat Boone (1966), The Osmonds (1976), The Carpenters (1978), Barry Manilow (2002), as well as many others. In fact, Harry Connick Jr.'s cover from 2003 was the first to make any of Billboard's charts. His version of "The Christmas Waltz" peaked at #26 on the Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart.
And now we'd like to welcome you to this year end synopsis of the best of the blog! Here's 2019's best from Tuesday's Musical Notes!!!
Speaking of charting, we here at Tuesday's Musical Notes, with the assistance of Google's Blogspot, keep track of the number of "reads" each week's blog receives from November to November of each year. While it isn't Billboard, we find checking in on the top 10 every year to be fascinating, and nostalgic. Thank you so much for finding Tuesday's Musical Notes and then coming back each week to see if we're silly or serious, or maybe just to check in on some trivial aspect of a favorite song! Regardless of your reason, Google tracks 'em and we count 'em down.
Without any further blah, blah, blah, here are the top ten read Tuesday's Musical Note from 2019!
Welcome to the countdown!!!
#10!
Usually, our end of the year countdown features more than 10 songs due to several ties. This year our retrospective of the best of Tuesday's Musical Notes only has one. Of the songs tied at #10, one features a set of Righteous Brothers, the other The King of Pop!
At #10 here's:
Comin' in at #9 is the youngest song in this year's end of the year survey. Not only is it the most recent non Christmas blog written at Tuesday's Musical Notes, but it also features the song that came out most recently. Here's the band Creed from 1999 with the #9 entry in Tuesday's Musical Notes year-end countdown.
Most of the songs appearing as a feature on Tuesday's Musical Notes are international successes. This worldwide acclaim bolsters the artist's popularity while it's foreign chart successes continue adding to the song's longevity. Tuesday's Musical Notes is proud of the fact that readers all over the world "click in" to read each week. Over the course of the Note's 7 1/2 year history, we have over 37,000 hits from these top ten countries: United States, France, Russia, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Canada, Vietnam, Belgium, and a country that is only known as the Unknown Region (whoever you are in that Unknown Region... a huge THANKS! Chances are you read Tuesday's Musical Notes at some risk. Our prayers are with you each week!!!) It just goes to show you that great music is border-less and that all of us as are a part of one race, the human race (everything else is skin shades and culture), that enjoys great musicianship combined with an incredible lyric. Thanks to all of you around the world who read The Notes!!!
Now on with the countdown!
Our song at #8 features a group whose popularity peaked in the late '60s and early '70s. Here's the granddaddy of psychedelic songs with the 8th most popular blog for 2019.
One might think it odd that a blog that is driven towards promoting Evangelical Christianity would feature a song about the moon being in the seventh house and the alignment of the planets. Baby, You ain't seen nothin' yet! The blog at #7 is a blog about associating with the enemy of Christians. Yes, the devil. Here's Van Halen with their 1978 hit from their eponymous debut album. (As a warm-up, you may want to make sure you listen to, and turn up "Eruption" from the same album.)
We cannot express this enough. Tuesday's Musical Notes is a blog about our relationship with God. It is a blog that holds the Bible as the source of all truth. It is a blog that proclaims that Jesus is the focus of the Bible. It is a blog that attempts each week to encourage the journey to restoration from the broken relationship we have with God through Jesus. It is also a blog that attempts to encourage believers to be more like Jesus today than they were yesterday.
While we absolutely love music of all kinds, the driving force behind Tuesday's Musical Notes is never the highlighted song or artist. Tuesday's Musical Notes is written each week with an extreme desire to see those who are separated from God come to be restored through knowledge of the saving sacrifice of Jesus.
The theme of several Tuesday's Musical Notes is travelling down roads. Some of the notes are very direct in their traveling pathway...
Others are more indirectly "road" songs:
As you can see, "roads" and their destinations are a reoccurring theme at Tuesday's Musical Notes. In fact, there is a road that we mention on several occasions throughout Notes history. It is called the Roman Road. It is a pathway that will step by step show you the way to revitalizing your relationship with the God who created and loves you. Won't you take the first step down that road today...
You see friend, the Bible says this:
Romans 1:20-21 New American Standard Bible/The Message paraphrase of the Bible/King James Version of the Bible parallel - we must acknowledge that God is the Creator of all things
Romans 3:23 NASB/The Message/KJV - we must acknowledge that our relationship with God is severed due to our disobedience called sin
Romans 5:8 - NASB/The Message/KJV - God desires the relationship to be restored and provides a way for that to occur
Romans 6:23 NASB/The Message/KJV - we must realize that if we do not "change our ways" and restore our brokenness we will depart from this life to a place separated forever from God and everything else that could ever be construed as "good". God provided a way for that not to happen and you can spend your eternity future with Him and those who have accepted His sacrifice
Romans 10:9-10 - NASB/The Message/KJV - when we confess that Jesus is THE restorative power through His death, burial, and resurrection, we are saved from the "bad" eternity future
Romans 10:13 NASB/The Message/KJV - Jesus is the ONLY way to heaven. It sounds so simple, yet there it is. Call on the Name of Jesus, turn away from the bad things that you consistently do, believe Jesus is who He said He is and did what the Bible says He did, and you will forever be with Him
Romans 11:36 - NASB/The Message/KJV - through Holy Spirit's power, (which resides in you upon your turning from your sin) make Jesus the Boss, the King, the Priority of your life and allow His message to flow through you, changing you into His likeness in the process
THIS message is why Tuesday's Musical Notes exists...
And that's our tribute to "Roads". A subject frequented here at Tuesday's Musical Notes!
#6!
Movies and their soundtracks feature heavily into Notesland. The song at #6 is emblematic of why. It is so intrinsically tied to its movie that it is a rare occasion that one is not mentioned without the other. It was also the debut song for 2019.
You've read 'em, we're countin' 'em down...
Before we go on to the top five of 2019's most-read Musical Notes. We'd like to draw attention to the Honorable Mentions, those notes who just missed this year's collection of the best. Interestingly enough, it was a tie by the same artist, Sir Paul McCartney. 'nuff said...
#5
Let's go for a ride with our driver Joni Mitchell in our "Big Yellow Taxi", the # 5 most-read blog for 2018!
Tuesday's Musical Notes loves to feature a variety of musical acts and songs. From one-hit-wonders to the titans of music's landscape. Hopefully, you have noticed the diversity of beats and players in this year's recording of the cream of the crop from 2019. (Honestly, I'm getting tired of writing "countdown"...it could be very creative from here on out!)
Without doubt, One of those titans of the musical landscape is Eric Clapton. His song is the feature for Tuesday's Musical Notes 4th most read blog of 2019.
Ascending the ranks of our salute to "lyrics and life-saving" is the blog from the first of April. You know, that time of the year where you can expect the range of the weather goes from rainy to monsoon making it very easy to sing the song at #3...
Closing in on the top of the pops! Only two more Notes to go and we'll know what was the most read for 2019! Before we do, we mentioned that Google/Blogspot keeps a rolling tally each time one of the 395 Tuesday's Musical Notes are read. You can find any of those Notes in the archives to the left of the screen. You can also search for your favorite artists or songs to see if they have been twisted terrifically on Tuesdays!!! (I know the search featureworks! I've tried it!!!) That being said, each year we want you to be aware of the most read blog EVER!
Once this blog took the top spot it has stayed there and eclipsed all of the other blogs in Notesland. It debuted on February 18, 2014, and soared into the musically annotated atmosphere. Enjoy the most read blog at Tuesday's Musical Notes ever...open that door already!
Thanks again for taking the time each week to join us in the celebration of music and Majesty! I enjoy the challenge of being able to take a song and see just how it can be applied to our lives and our eternities. In fact, you might say that I'm Into Something Good...
Any guesses to #1? I confess it was a surprise to me as I was putting our year-end encyclopedia of enlightenment together. (Told ya it was gonna get creative!) It comes to us from early in the year, January 15 to be specific. In fact, 4 out of the 5 blogs from January were featured in the top ten. That's a new stat for those keeping the books!! (Analytics anyone?) Our #1 joins the #2 song in featuring acts from Great Britain as a part of the British Invasion of the '60s. Nope, not the Beatles. Nope, not the Rolling Stones. This solo act is known for her penchant to hang out...Downtown...
The #1 blog in 2019 for Tuesday's Musical Notes...Petula Clark, "Downtown"
And there you have it, friend. Petula Clark's Downtown joins these past year's best Notes:
2018 Tuesday's Musical Notes - "The Greatest Show" (Hugh Jackman and the cast of The Greatest Showman)
That's it! The best Tuesday's Musical Notes from 2019 all wrapped up in a New Year's eve toast to you our wonderful readers! We can't say thank you enough for checking in each week from all over the world. We hope you will continue to enjoy the Notes as we explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new...wait, sorry...
To be continued in 2020!!! Happy New Year!!!
Tuesday's Musical Notes is a production of Crossgate Entertainment. The views and opinions expressed attempt to be Biblical and life-altering. The Notes are produced in the palatial second story offices of yours truly, Randy. No animals were injured as a result of these proceedings. Thanks again and we'll see you next year here at Tuesday's Musical Notes!!!
'Til Tuesday 2020
Serving HIM by serving You,
randy
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