Welcome to Tuesday its always the best. There's no other day like it, we've tried all the rest. It's a day that's not Monday, we've gone back to work. Monday it seems is the day for a smirk. Wednesday's the middle and seemingly good, but the day seems so long we'd speed up if we could. Thursday's "get ready for Friday" it seems, it's only good for dreaming weekendy dreams. Friday's a good day, but Tuesday's the best, on Friday deadlines loom and there can be no more rest. Saturday is deceptive, you think it is free. But Saturday is always piled up with "to dos" you will see. Sunday is a great day there's more than just us, if we plan it just right, there's church with no fuss. But Tuesday's are best as you really should know because The Notes they are noting and here we all go...
Welcome to Tuesday's Musical Notes!!!
Did you have an older sibling? Were you an older sibling? Perhaps you were an only child. Regardless of whether you had brothers or sisters, chances are you had a conversation with someone that turned a little sour. Those soured interchanges are not limited to the young. But there is one thing that all of these scenarios have in common. At one point the communication turns to who has the most power over the other and winds up with someone saying...
"You Ain't the Boss of Me!!!"
Sometimes a television show is a thing for which your music is known. (See Tuesday's Musical Notes - "I'll Be There For You (Theme from Friends)" (The Rembrandts)) If you turn that into a Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media it tends to garner you a little more attention. Such was the case for the band They Might Be Giants.
With 22 studio albums, several of them recordings for children, 2 Grammy awards, a Tony nomination for Best Original Score for Spongebob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical, (must not have been much out there that year...sorry, not a fan), and 4 million records sold to date, They Might Be Giants are a little bit more than a one-hit-wonder.
Founding members John Flansburgh and John Linnell have been performing as They Might Be Giants since 1982. Flansburgh picked up bass duties in 1992. He and Linnell have since carried on with a cadre of performers producing recordings and touring. Their most recent release, the comic book-themed concept album, The Escape Team was released digitally in December of 2018.
They Might Be Giants show no signs of stopping their alternative and children's recordings anytime soon. While they haven't been megastars in the Rock world, they have certainly gone about making a success by ensuring that they could say "No One is the Boss of Me".
Since the Garden, man has determined to be the master of his own destiny instead of leaning on the insight and wisdom of the Creator. This "you ain't the boss of me" attitude is prevalent all through the Bible, Old Testament, and New. But nowhere does it come into play as much as it does in the demeanor of Israel's (Jacob) fourth son and namesake of what would become the Southern Kingdom of Israel, Judah.
In Genesis 37 we see that Judah is the first to suggest that the brothers, in their jealousy of Joseph's bossy dreams and aspirations, sell Joseph to Ishmaelite traders. Judah also plays heavily in convincing Israel to allow Benjamin to go with the brothers to Egypt, but we'll get to that story soon.
For today, Judah becomes the protagonist of the story as he suffers from some of the arrogance and contempt for the traditions of his people. He had separated from his brothers after selling Joseph and found a Caananite wife who bore him 3 sons. Pick up the story here in: Genesis 38 New America Standard Bible/The Message paraphrase of the Bible/King James Version of the Bible parallel
Judah's lack of integrity and arrogance caused him a great deal of suffering later as he had children by his daughter-in-law. Please remember times and traditions were different. His lack of keeping his word and "You aint' the boss of me" attitude kept him from fulfilling what the law of the land required. This caught up to him with his name being shamed and his word being tainted.
Much later it seemed redemption came to Judah as his name would be used to signify the Southern Kingdom of Israel. This namesake land, which also included the capital of Jerusalem, would suffer from a Judah-like attitude as the entirety of the nation would fall to the Assyrians. Even further down the Testament road, we see that an ancestor of Judah's would bring the ultimate in redemption to the whole world...this guy could be the boss of me any day...
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving You,
randy
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