“Consistency is the true foundation of trust. Either keep your promises or do not make them.”
― Roy T. Bennett - motivational author
“It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.”
― Anthony Robbins - motivational speaker
― Anthony Robbins - motivational speaker
“Consistency and discipline births successful outcomes.”
― Robin S. Baker - writer
Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.
- Dwayne Johnson - actor
"Welcome to Tuesday's Musical Notes where for the past 10 1/2 years we have consistently brought you great music with a side order of musing."
- Randy W. Cross - blogger
It's Tuesday and it is definitely time for the most consistent thing I get to do every week! Tuesday's Musical Notes is here again as we have been for 582 Tuesdays bringing you insight into some of your favorite tunes, and some songs that you, like me, are just discovering. It is a blog where discovery is as important and consistent as the songs themselves because let's face it, music tends to teach as well as entertain.
We thank you for joining us each week! If you have just happened upon Tuesday's Musical Notes, we highly encourage you to check out the archives at the left of the screen. There is a wide array of music and artists there for which you can choose or you can just start in May of 2012 and read one a day for the next couple of years...
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We go to great lengths here in Notesland to make sure every week is a different song and that they are very different. In our journey together through the internetosphere, Tuesday's Musical Notes has only repeated a song 1 time. (And we couldn't even find it...can you? Yup the archives are to the left!) We have a very distinct message that flows through all of our blogs. In some ways you could say, here at Tuesday's Musical Notes, there is always only One Vision...vision...vision...
Any song that ends with "Fried Chicken" is ok in my book!!! Released as a single in November of 1985, "One Vision" would be one of the last original songs of Queen's to chart domestically. The album version would be released as a part of the A Kind Of Magic record in June of the following year. "One Vision" peaked on the charts at #61 and saw some relative success as a concert staple and opening song for the band's 1986 The Magic Tour. "One Vision" might have flown under the radar altogether had it not been released as a part of the soundtrack to the 1986 film Iron Eagle, starring Jason Gedrick and Louis Gosset Jr. It was a dominant part of the film as it was used on multiple occasions throughout the movie, which is rare for popular songs included on soundtracks.
Unlike many of Queen's hits, "One Vision" was written by the entire band, not just frontman Freddie Mercury. Effects wise it utilizes many of the technological advances available for recording at its time, many of which seem very old school by today's standards. The music video also harkens back to the band's 1975 hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen)) showcasing the persistence of the band maintaining its signature sound with the song's similar effects wizardry. This worked to their advantage as even a casual fan would instantly recognize the sound of this stalwart rock and roll band and realize they could trust what was about to be a great song by a great band.
At this point in our Biblical walkthrough (literally for Paul), we find Paul, Barnabas, Simeon, Lucius, Manaen, and John Mark in the beginning stages of a missionary journey through a portion of the known world. This is the first mission trip for the small band of evangelists and today we find them setting out after their encounter with last week's magician and the conversion of Sergius Paulus, a regional governor. The mission team sets out from Cyprus and traveled to Perga of Pamphylia which is the coast of what is modern-day Turkey. Upon their arrival, John Mark decides to go back to Jerusalem, a decision that leaves Paul with some level of consternation which he later eludes to in Acts 15:37-39 NASB/AMP/ESV/KJV. ("Mark Leaves Apostle Paul" - biblestudy.org)
The remainder of the team continues to travel until they get to Psidian Antioch, a town at the crossroads of the Meditteranean Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the peninsula of Anatolia. (Even further inland in modern Turkey). The Sabbath after their arrival in Psidian Antioch, they went to the local Synagogue to worship. (Hmm...if it was important to Paul then, shouldn't it be important for believers now? But I digress...) They listened to the message from the Law (the first five books of the Bible, written by Moses, or the Pentateuch) and the Prophets (the writings at the back half of most translations of the Old Testament). This was the standard practice of the worship services in the Synagogues as these manuscripts were their Bibles. Upon completion of the day's readings, they invited Paul and his companions to speak.
Paul begins in a manner in which we have seen before. (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Understanding" (Bob Seger)) Paul begins with a brief history lesson of the triumphs and trials of Israel as a nation and their heritage in Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Paul proceeds through the time of the judges and then into the Kings. This provides him with a segue into the introduction of Jesus as Messiah, recounting His trial, execution, death, burial, and resurrection as the final sacrificial atonement for everyone's sin. Paul told of how many had seen Jesus alive after his crucifixion and that they continued to testify of His existence and the effect He had on their lives. Through the Law, Psalms, and Prophets, Paul showed them the realities of who Jesus was as the descendent of David who would no longer experience death because He had defeated death and the grave.
How did the Jewish folks on that Sabbath Day respond? "...As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these things spoken to them the next Sabbath. Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God. Acts 13:42-43 NASB/AMP/ESV/KJV The congregants on that Sabbath Day enthusiastically received the message of Jesus brought by Paul and his companions.
While the deliverers (Peter and Paul) and the messages (history, you murderers, His redemption; history, crucifixion, and His redemption) were different between this Sabbath Day and the Pentecost Day in which Peter preached, the theme was consistent (Jesus was Messiah, died as the suffering servant, served as the ultimate and everlasting sacrifice, came back to life after 3 days, and was seen by many who still served as witnesses with their transformed lives).
You see friend, from "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." to "...He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen." The theme of the Bible is the same. No matter who God uses as the delivery servant, the message is Jesus. The message of Jesus is grace, mercy, healing, and restoration. The message of Jesus is also the ultimate judgment for sin, destruction of death, and an eternity in the presence of God for those who believe, and testify. The message of Jesus that Peter preached at Pentecost and Paul preached on that Sabbath Day is..."Hey! One man, one goal. Ha, one mission. One heart, one soul. Just one solution. One flash of light. Yeah, one God, one vision..."
'Til Tuesday,
Loving HIM by Loving You,
randy
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