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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Tuesday's Musical Notes - "End Of The Line" (Traveling Wilburys)

Pssst...Hey......you there...the one staring at the screen with that excited, wondering what you've got yourself into, look in your eyes...yes you!  What's up?  Are you having a good day?  Did you rest well last night?  How was your transition to Daylight Savings Time? 

Do you have a minute...Well, maybe 5-7 minutes?  Do you like music?  Do you like deep thought-provoking commentary... do you like something that stimulates your brain...well do you like to read something that has the potential to be thought-provoking commentary and stimulating to your brain, but winds up just being fun?  

Have you ever heard of Lefty Wilbury (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "You Got It" (Roy Orbison))?  Doesn't ring a bell?  How about Lucky Wilbury (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (Bob Dylan))? Really?  Ok, I'm sure you've heard of Nelson Wilbury, you know, that guy from that bug band (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Got My Mind Set On You" (George Harrison))?  How can this be?  Ok, what about Otis Wilbury (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Don't Bring Me Down" (Electric Light Orchestra))?  Nothing...nothing at all?  Ok, I'm coming to the end of the line here, surely you've heard of Charlie T. Willbury Jr. (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Running Down A Dream" (Tom Petty))?  What?  What's that?  So, You think you have some recollection of him being in a rock and roll band that was made up of great songwriters and musicians who were well-known in their own right?  Huh?  Would you repeat that, please?  Did all these half-brothers play in a band together?   Yes!!!  You're getting there!!!  Can't quite make it out?  Well, it's alright, doing the best you can.  May I help you?  Maybe this will connect the boxcars for you...


Thanks for joining us here at Tuesday's Musical Notes this first Tuesday after the dreaded time adjustment.  Ok, I promise.  No more rants about that silly thing.  

Today we celebrate a supergroup, the Traveling Willburys.  This British-American collaboration formed on the heels of Jeff Lynne co-producing George Harrison's 1987 smash album, Cloud Nine.  While working on the album together, the idea for a group of like-minded and like-spirited rockers to do an album together formed.  The name Wilbury came up as Lynne and Harrison were editing the album.  They were concerned about what to do with some of the less-accurate licks that were in the album.  It is said that Harrison jocularly suggested that, "we'll bury 'em in the mix..." Hence "Wilbury" came to be the reference term used for any slight mistake the musicians may have incurred during the recording that they could fix in post-production.    

As they began to have serious conversations about who their bandmates in this rock-n-roll collective might be, Harrison chose Bob Dylan, whose career was waning from his popularity in the 60s-70s, and Lynne chose another music icon who was in a similar plight, Roy Orbison.  The idea was shelved for a time until the dynamic duo encountered Tom Petty who, with his band The Heartbreakers, was touring with Dylan as the backing band.  Afterward, Lynne began working with Petty on the solo effort Full Moon Fever and began writing songs with Orbison for his comeback album Mystery Girl.  The rest is as they say...music history and fodder for Tuesday's Musical Notes.  No one says fodder for The Notes? 

"End Of The Line" was the final track on the supergroup's first album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1.  It also served as the second single from the album.  It peaked at #63 on the Hot 100 but was a smash hit on the Album Rock Tracks chart, peaking at #2.  Just goes to show you that the Top 40 isn't the end of the line.   All of the Wilbury's get to sing in the song, except Lucky (Bob Dylan).  Percussionist Buster Sidebury (Jim Keltner) is credited with the assist and also appears in the video for the song.  Unfortunately, between the recording of the song and the release of the single and its accompanying video, Roy Orbison died of a heart attack.  The video cuts to a rocking chair with Orbison's guitar or a picture of him anytime his vocals are heard.  In the opinion of The Notes, this is a very touching homage to a legend in the music business, who died at the second height of his career.  

"End Of The Line" has been used in a variety of ways in cinema and television.  British and American television comedies (One Foot In The Grave and Parks and Recreation, respectively) have used the song as end credits music and it can be heard in movies and promotional efforts for the likes of the films Checking Out (1988, produced by Harrison), The Terminal (2004), Knocked Up (2007), the Australian film Red Dog: True Blue (2016), HBO's Crashing (2018), and in the trailer for the 2023 Tom Hanks film A Man Called Otto.   "End Of The Line" has also found renewed airplay on classic rock radio where it appears in many playlists in a reasonably frequent rotation.  It appears that it isn't "The End Of The Line" for this great song.  It also isn't the end of the line for our current storyline here at The Notes...


Last week, we left Jesus giving the apostles and His disciples some final instructions.  Remember?  "... Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”  (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Go My Way" (Gordon Lightfoot))  Jesus provides great comfort in His parting words.  "...Well it's alright, even if they say you're wrong.  Well, it's alright, sometimes you gotta be strong..."

We get further insight into the scope of what Jesus did after His resurrection in John 21:25 - "... But there are also many other things which Jesus did, which, if they were written in detail, I expect that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written."  Some of those things were written by Luke in the second book of the Bible to which he is credited, Acts. 

Luke seems to be writing a continuation of his Gospel to a friend, Theophilus.  We see in the first chapter of Acts that Jesus describes to His disciples the third person of the Trinity, Holy Spirit.  The disciples still seem to have not grasped the complete magnitude of what is going on as they ask Jesus if He is about to set up His earthly kingdom.  Luke uses broad strokes to tell of Jesus appearing to many people and doing many things.  He then goes on to explain the account of Jesus' ascension to heaven while the disciples gazed upward.  Can you imagine the emotions of these first-century folks as they witnessed their friend and teacher, first brutally tortured and murdered, then alive, then physically rising to heaven?  It boggles my mind even in our modern age.  Then angels appeared and gave the promise of Jesus' return in much the same way as He had ascended.  Yup, just about the time you think you have seen everything, right?  "...Waiting for someone to tell you everything.  Sit around and wonder what tomorrow brings..."

Jesus had told the disciples to be prepared for what was about to happen next. It was not to be the end of the line for Him or the Gospel.  Even though they didn't completely understand what was about to happen in and through them, they were obedient.  They went back to Jerusalem from the hillside and waited as Jesus had told them.  That seems like a lesson that I need more and more every day. When the cynicism of this fallen world fuels my doubt, fear, and lack of understanding, I need to remember to be like the disciples and just be obedient.

Luke then tells about Peter directing the group into selecting another apostle to replace Judas, complete with  Scriptural references/prophecies from Psalm 69:25 and 109:8 to provide credibility. Luke parenthetically gives us a more complete description of Judas' demise, providing the explanation for the apostle's next action.  Peter then further provides the qualifications for the new apostle by giving this instruction:  "...Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”  Did you catch that?  This replacement is not new to The Way.  He would have been there since the beginning and been among them at Jesus' ascension.  Two men are chosen who meet these guidelines, Joseph (Barsabbas/Justus), and Matthias.  Matthias is chosen by lot. 

We don't know much more about Matthias, in fact, we never hear about him again in the remainder of the Bible.  Well, it's alright... It's enough he was chosen by God. Well, it's alright...they say he took the Gospel abroad...

Jesus' life we now have tried to pen, (at the end of the line).  But we see it's not the end my friend, (at the end of the line)  Jesus lives and reigns forevermore (at the end of the line), open the door...

'Til Tuesday,

Loving HIM by Loving You,
randy

 

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Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Tuesday's Musical Notes - "No Matter What" (Badfinger)

Welcome to that in-between time of the holidays!  Some go back to work, while others get an extended breather from their everyday routine.  No matter who you are, no matter what you do, and no matter where you go, we hope you take a moment on Tuesdays to read and share Tuesday's Musical Notes with your friends!  Welcome to the Tuesday before the New Year!   We hope you have an adventure in your pathway in 2023 and that The Notes can be a part of that adventure!  Happy New Year!!!


Today's featured song, "No Matter What" was Badfinger's 3rd top ten hit peaking at #8 on Billboard's Hot 100. It was the only single from the No Dice album.  Of the 14 singles released by Badfinger, "No Matter What" joins 4 other songs that Badfinger would release to make the chart.  No matter who you are, 5 of 14 isn't too bad in determining the success of a band.  

Back in October, we introduced you to the band Badfinger.  (You'll have the chance to read this blog a little bit later) The most successful of the acts signed by The Beatles (Tuesday's Musical Notes - The Beatles) to their Apple Records label, the band was immersed in tragedy as they became increasingly involved in litigation about management, royalties, and finances (due to Apple's dissolution at the breakup of The Beatles) which in turn led to the suicide of lead vocalist and composer Pete Ham.  The band continued to release albums to mediocre sales as the surviving members trended towards the bipolar with their relationships.  The tumult would lead to rhythm guitarist and songwriter Tom Evan's suicide in 1983.  Drummer Mike Gibbons succumbed to a brain aneurysm in 2005.  To date only guitarist/songwriter Joey Molland survives from the classic lineup of a band that in its origins had a very successful future ahead. 

Despite the unfortunate history of the band, those singles from Badfinger still make their way onto radio stations today.  It seems that no matter what happens to someone if they have a strong story to tell their legacy can live for a very long time...

“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31)

It is the last Tuesday's Musical Note of the year and as it has become our tradition, we would like to take a moment and reflect on which Notes were your favorites.  So welcome to the 2022 countdown of the most read blogs at Tuesday's Musical Notes!!!  The countdown is tabulated from Musical Notes written from the 1st Tuesday in December to the last Tuesday of November.  Google keeps track of the reads throughout the year and this countdown reports the results.  In other words:

We write 'em, you read 'em, and Google keeps track!  So let's get started with a pairing that no other countdown has:  Green Day and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young!
#10 

At #10 we have the first of five ties in the countdown.  The bands that wrote these songs hail from different decades which proves that the Musical Notes world is filled with music lovers of all ages...


“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)

Many of Tuesday's Musical Notes come from the decades of yours truly's formative years, the 70s and the 80s.  Such is the case of our #9 most-read blog of the year as it comes from 1971.  Here is the band Bread with our #9 blog of the year:


“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (Matthew 5:44)

At #8 we find our 2nd tie.  It comes in the form of 3 blogs based on the songs of 2 bands with much in common, and 1 that is a bit of a departure from the band's normal offerings. We've already mentioned The Beatles and Badfinger so let's add Scorpions to the mix and we get the #8 blogs from 2022.


“I and the Father are one.” (John 10:30)

Here at Tuesday's Musical Notes, we try our best to provide a wide variety of musical types.  2022 was no exception as we see in our countdown songs that have their origins traced back to the 30s.  And while most of the songs on this year's most-read blogs trend towards "classic" rock, you will see some sprinkling of heavy metal and movie soundtracks in the mix.  #7 however, is one of those iconic rock classics that finds its way into commercials and movies every decade or so since its original radio and chart run.  


“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.” (Matthew 6:34)

At #6 is the 3rd of our 5 ties and it does a great job of featuring the musical diversity to which we referred previously.  The first in the tie is the song whose roots trace back to the 30s making it our oldest song on the countdown.  It's not only the oldest written song, but it is the song that was featured earliest in the year.  It debuted in January of this year.  You pair that with a song by the godfather of heavy metal and you get #6 on the 2022 countdown.


“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37–40)

We won't stop until we get to the top! 

2022 was a very unique year in the life of Tuesday's Musical Notes.  In May we celebrated a full decade (yup, that would mean 520 Tuesday's Musical Notes for your enjoyment!  Here's the shameless archives plug...you can search or just go down the year by month and see if your favorite artist or songs have been twisted in a way that only Tuesday's Musical Notes can!).  We took a break from the storyline we are currently following to celebrate that day and give you the top ten Tuesday's Musical Notes of the first ten years.  You can go read the entire blog at:  Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Ten Years Gone" (Led Zeppelin)  But we thought we'd give you just a taste of that by listing the top 3 Notes of the decade:


And now on with the countdown.

At #5 we find a song that is oddly appropriate for its position in the countdown.  Here is Stealer's Wheel with "Stuck In The Middle With You"!


“If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.” (Matthew 5:39)

#4!

There have been some years where our top spot consisted of a tie.  While we have a record number of ties this year, our #1 and #2 spots are not some of those.  So that means we have a bunch of Tuesday's Musical Notes to share with you in the #4 and #3 spots!  

At #4 is another 3-way tie showing the confluence of styles here at The Notes.  It might even sound like the start of a bad joke...what do you get when you mix a movie soundtrack with an eagle and metal???  The sure answer is the #4 most-read Musical Notes of 2022.  Here is another list you thought you'd never hear, let's welcome Metallica, John Williams, and Don Henley to this year's countdown!


“But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.” (Matthew 19:30)

Before we go on to the top 3 (well 4, because you know...ties) blogs of 2022 we thought we'd give you another insight into the decade by listing the most-featured artists of the decade in Tuesday's Musical Notes world.  We are never bashful about our affinity to certain bands so this list may not be a surprise to you, but we attempt to find the song that lyrically and musically conveys the thought for the week as we twist things around in ways we hope you find interesting.  Here's a recap of the top bands in the first decade of Tuesday's Musical Notes:

#10 - Van Halen, The Moody Blues, Paul McCartney, Bing Crosby (actually there was a tie, all the way up to Vince Guaraldi, but we had to make it fit into our "10" theme right?)
#9 - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
#8 - Fleetwood Mac
#7 - Vince Guaraldi
#6 - Pentatonix
#5 - Styx
#4 - Genesis
#3 - Billy Joel
#2 - The Beatles (ok, so they tied for #1, but it's my blog so my #1 is of course...)
#1 - Chicago

#3!

Our final tie comes in the form of two bands who have absolutely nothing in common.  Except that their songs tied at #3 on the 2022 end-of-the-year countdown at Tuesday's Musical Notes.  One is the Fab Four from Liverpool, England, the other is the Southern Rockers from Spartanburg, South Carolina.  Here they are with their commonality:


“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” (Luke 20:25, ESV).

We've made it to the top 2 spots. Any ideas as to the songs that fill the top spots?  Let's not delay any longer and reveal the song that comes in at #2.


“Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John 8:7, ESV).

You may have noticed that Tuesday's Musical Notes attempts to feature relevant songs, twist some of their lyrical meaning around a bit, and combined them with a relatable message.  You may also have noticed the words of Jesus scattered throughout today's countdown.  Take a minute if you will and just read those passages.  They are far more important than anything I have to say about a popular song.  Go ahead.  Just the Scripture.  

This collection comes to us from gotquestions.org.  You can find the article in its entirety here:  https://www.gotquestions.org/famous-sayings-of-Jesus.html  As we embarked on 2022 we continued telling the great stories of the Bible.  The need for Biblical literacy has grown very great in our day and age.  The wisdom, support, examples, and comfort that we can get from God's Word make an immeasurable impact on our lives.  In this journey, we have of late been looking in on portions of Jesus' life.  Perhaps we have even uncovered aspects that you had never considered before. In His story, we continue to find that no matter what you are, no matter where you go, you are never in a place where Jesus isn't.  He waits for you as Holy Spirit calls you to believe in Him.  In His final Words in the Gospel penned by the tax collector, Matthew, Jesus implores those that believe:  "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”  

We will continue with Jesus' life in 2023, as we have some of the most important stories about Him yet to tell.  Please won't you join us?




 


I try to read through the entire Bible in a year and would highly recommend readers of Tuesday's Musical Notes to do so as well.  Need assistance?  I use The Bible Recap plan that is available on the YouVersion Bible app.  

  A companion to the reading plan is The Bible Recap podcast with Tara Leigh Cobble.  I confess that this podcast has caused me to consider the great stories of the Bible differently.  We suggest asking someone to be an accountability partner with you and that you "Take Twenty".  Take twenty minutes of the day where you can read the Bible passage of the day and listen to the podcast. I promise you can do it.  Find a consistent time and place and get started on January 1.  Consider it a resolution or a challenge that will be life-altering.  No matter what else you may have going in your life, this will change you more!  Won't you join me?   
 
As we embark on 2023, Tuesday's Musical Notes will continue to tell the narrative of the Bible.  We will never be shy about the convictions that we hold about who Jesus is.  He is the Savior of those who will accept that He gave His life to irradicate our sins and restore us to God.  He came because God loves every one of us that much.  It could be said that Jesus traveled a long and winding road to redeem us.

And now that we mentioned it:

Here's the most-read blog for 2022 at Tuesday's Musical Notes!


There you have it, friend!  The most-read Tuesday's Musical Notes of 2022 as compiled by blogspot.com and google.  We hope today's countdown has been an encouragement to you but also a challenge.  

From all of us at Cross & Kin productions (Cross & Kin YouTube channel - like, subscribe, click on the notification bell!)), we look forward to seeing where our long and winding road may lead Tuesday's Musical Notes in 2023!  Happy New Year!  Be safe!

"Take Twenty!"  


'Til Tuesday,

Loving HIM by Loving You,
randy
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Ten years Gone" (Led Zeppelin)

6000 years gone... "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." - Genesis 1:1 New American Standard Bible/The Amplified Bible/King James Version of the Bible parallel  " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." - The Gospel of Jesus according to the fisherman John, chapter 1, verse 1 NASB/AMP/KJV  " What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life..."  -1 John 1:1 NASB/AMP/KJV


Welcome to Tuesday and a very special edition of Tuesday's Musical Notes!!! Today is the day we have mentioned for the last few weeks and we are so excited that you decided to join in on the merriment!  You see, on this date, exactly 10 years gone, Tuesday's Musical Notes launched into the internetosphere with rhythm, rhyme, relationships, and reason as a blog to bring you a unique perspective on life. Since that time 520 entries have found their way into the archives of Tuesday's Musical Notes and today we celebrate the more than 65,000 views of the blog.  So what do we do?  Of course, we have a countdown and recap of the last ten years gone...


4359 years gone... " Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this generation."  Genesis 7:1 NASB/AMP/KJV  " In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened."  - Genesis 7:11 NASB/AMP/KJV  " So He wiped out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from mankind to animals, to crawling things, and the birds of the sky, and they were wiped out from the earth, and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark." - Genesis 7:23 NASB/AMP/KJV

According to Robert Plant, "Ten Years Gone" was a reflective song about a woman whom he had loved.  The woman asked him to choose between her and his music.  Fortunately for the popular music world, this woman didn't wind up as Mrs. Robert Plant. 

"Ten Years Gone" was originally imagined as an instrumental by Jimmy Page.  Recording the song in the studio provided the layers Page desired for the song, yet became somewhat prohibitive in live performances until guitar maker Andy Manson made a custom, triple-necked instrument with six and twelve-string guitars, a mandolin, and bass pedals.  While this provided some of the nuances of the studio recording, it wasn't until Jimmy Page toured with The Black Crows that he was satisfied with a live performance.  Can you imagine all those guitars?

"Ten Years Gone" was warmly received by critics and the Live At The Greek version from 2000 peaked at #33 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock charts.  

Ten years gone is what we have seen here at Tuesday's Musical Notes as well.  Today we celebrate those 520 posts and all the readers who have been a part of the last decade.  New to Tuesday's Musical Notes?  Check out the archive where you can find each blog by month, or use the search bar to find your favorite artist or song.  

And now we are proud to present the Decade Edition of Tuesday's Musical Notes. Before we take a look at the most read Tuesday's Musical Notes of the decade, let's take a minute and recap each of the past ten year's #1s:

2012 - no countdown, it was our first year after all - some good blogs there, check out the archives
(okay, so for the first couple of years we used the most read since the inception of the blog...I promise it does get more diversified)
2022 - who knows...keep on reading and we'll find out in December!

4064 years gone... "Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you  And I will make you into a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing;" - Genesis 12:1 NASB/AMP/KJV

And now Tuesday's Musical Notes is pleased to present the most-read blogs of the decade!  No really.  We are going to start the countdown this time...Thanks to blogspot.com for keeping tabs on all of the stats for The Notes!  Here we go!!!


Arkansas Razorback fans rejoice!  One of your rallying themes is the #10 most-read blog of the decade.  Stands to reason that this particular entry seems to get a pick-up in views during the college football and basketball seasons!  Written by Rossini and performed by the Marching Razorback and Hogwild bands every year, this finale of the opera of the same name has served in all kinds of venues.  Take a glance and see if your favorite memory of The William Tell Overture is mentioned! Oh and btw...GO HOGS!!! 


Coming to us from one of our favorite soundtracks, The Greatest Showman, is this song from Hugh Jackman.  Who knew Wolverine had pipes?  This was the final blog in the series that was written from the only full album to get Tuesday's Musical Notes treatment.   That's right!  Each song from the motion picture soundtrack of The Greatest Showman was used on consecutive Tuesdays from  January 9, 2018, to March 6, 2018.  No other full album has to date been used for The Notes.   We expect a Trivial Pursuit question is in there somewhere...Hasbro, we're waiting on your call...

The Greatest Showman soundtrack was a worldwide phenomenon and outperformed its expectations going all the way to #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and finishing at #4 for the year on the same chart.  Tuesday's Musical Notes is also a worldwide phenomenon as it is read all around the world each week.  What countries read it the most?  Let's find out in this Tuesday's Musical Notes extra:

#10 - The United Kingdom
#9 - Portugal
#8 - Canada
#7 - Poland
#6 - Ukraine (continuing to pray for your people and your independence...)
#5 - Unknown Region - not sure where you are reading this, but THANK YOU!  Chances are you are at risk by reading this blog and we don't take that lightly...
#4 - Russia (continuing to pray for your people as well, protection for your soldiers, and wisdom for your leaders)
#3 - Germany
#2 - France
#1  - The United States - nice to see that The Notes are popular domestically!  Thanks!!!

3634 years gone..."The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt."  - Exodus 12:13 NASB/AMP/KJV   " But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will perform for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again, ever." - Exodus 14:13 - NASB/AMP/KJV  "Then God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.  “You shall have no other gods before Me."  - Exodus 20:1-3 NASB/AMP/KJV

And now on with the countdown...

#8...

Coming in at #8 in our recap of the most viewed Tuesday's Musical Notes is the song that served as the launch for the year 2018.  It featured the band The Zombies and recalled passages from the prophets who were proclaiming the coming "new" things that would be experienced as the history of Israel continued.  



Christmas happens every year thank goodness!!!  The seasonal celebration brings along with it time with family, gifts being exchanged, good food and treats to savor, and of course music.  Each year here at The Notes we take the month of December and celebrate Christmas with our passion...music of the season.  Each year these December Notes wind up being some of the favorite blogs of the year.  1 was read so much over the ten years gone, that it made our recap of the Decade's most read blogs.  Que the jingle bells...


Thank you, Mr. McCartney!  As you would imagine, the music of The Beatles is featured often in Tuesday's Musical Note land.  How often?  Keep reading.  Another Tuesday's Musical Notes extra coming your way after we keep on counting them down...

3077 years gone..."So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him amid his brothers, and the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. " - 1 Samuel 16:13 NASB/AMP/KJV  "So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord in Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel." - 2 Samuel 5:3 NASB/AMP/KJV   -  Now the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned for seven years, and in Jerusalem, he reigned for thirty-three years.

2609 years gone..."Yet the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;  but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against His people until there was no remedy" - 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 NASB/AMP/KJV  "He took into exile those who had escaped from the sword to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia,  to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept the Sabbath until seventy years were complete." - 2 Chronicles 36:20-21 NASB/AMP/KJV  'For this is what the Lord says: ‘When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place.' - Jeremiah 29:10 NASB/AMP/KJV

Earlier in our decade recap, we listed the #1s from each year. Every year we select a song as a "countdown" song for our annual recap of the most viewed blogs of the year.  One of the featured songs that we used to do our annual end-of-the-year countdown comes in at #6.  It comes to us from 2017.  Can you guess its name?


2539 years gone - "This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to rebuild for Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah" - Ezra 1:2 NASB/AMP/KJV  "Then I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor before you, I request that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.” - Nehemiah 2:5 NASB/AMP/KJV  "Then Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up" - Nehemiah 8:5 NASB/AMP/KJV

Earlier in the countdown, we came across the first of three songs from The Greatest Showman soundtrack.  That's right!  Three blogs based on songs from this album made it to our most read-in-the-decade list!  The next to come in at #5 and #4 and just so happen to have been written back to back, just like on the record.  We've elaborated at length on how special this particular soundtrack is to Tuesday's Musical Notes so...let's get on with the show. "Ladies and Gents this is the moment you've waited for..."


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Before we go on to the top 3 featured songs at Tuesday's Musical Notes for the decade, we'd like to take a moment for another Tuesday's Musical Notes extra.  We eluded to how often bands like The Beatles might be showing up in Tuesday's Musical Notes.  While we attempt to have a wide array of musical genres, As you would imagine, bands that are featured in Tuesday's Musical Notes universe tend to show the trends of our favorite artists.  Any guesses as to who that might be?  Well, friend, I'm glad you asked because as a Tuesday's Musical Notes extra, we'd like to give you the top ten acts that have the most songs featured on the blog.   I can hardly wait...


#10 - Van Halen, The Moody Blues, Paul McCartney, Bing Crosby (actually there was a tie, all the way up to Vince Guaraldi, but we had to make it fit into our "10" theme right?)
#9 - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
#8 - Fleetwood Mac
#7 - Vince Guaraldi
#6 - Pentatonix
#5 - Styx
#4 - Genesis
#3 - Billy Joel
#2 - The Beatles (ok, so they tied for #1, but it's my blog so my #1 is of course...)
#1 - Chicago

Want to know which songs were used?  Yup, you guessed it, shameless archive plug right here...

And now back to the countdown...

2300 years gone... We reach a time where prophecy comes to life even more vividly than when the prophets were originally preaching it.  It is the time of the "Silent Years" or the Intertestamental period.  Much history occurred, yet not anything considered inspired by God.  We devoted a recent blog to the events of this time.  Check it out:  Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Stuck In The Middle With You" (Stealers Wheel)

2016 years gone..."She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” - The Gospel of Jesus according to the tax collector Matthew, chapter 1, verse 21 NASB/AMP/KJV  "And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn."  - The Gospel of Jesus according to the physician Luke, chapter 2, verse 7 NASB/AMP/KJV   "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."  - John 1:14 NASB/AMP/KJV


This Petula Clark ode to the excitement of city life comes in as the #3 read blog of the decade.  It is based on one of my favorite songs and continues to be used in media of all kinds.  It speaks of the joy of discovery and bright lights that accompany a trip "Downtown".  The blog eludes to the joy of discovery of another place that is very bright and joyful.  We hope that with each Tuesday that there is an anticipation of the discovery that awaits you as Tuesday's Musical Notes appears on your favorite social media outlet.  We enjoy writing it, we hope you enjoy reading it!!!

#2!!!

The tension builds as we round the corner for the final two entries in our look back at the first decade of Tuesday's Musical Notes!  What will the top 2 songs be?  Will they be a surprise? Will they be one of the blogs we've read?  

At #2 comes the only Country song on the countdown.  We again take great pride in featuring a diverse offering of featured songs and think that today's recap confirms that in a myriad of ways.  Our Country offering comes via Bakersfield, California, and a gifted singer/songwriter who did some time in prison in his younger years.  Later he would use that experience to write one of his biggest hits and it comes in as the 2nd most-read blog of the decade!


Ten years gone - "Welcome to Tuesday!!!   "I can hear music, sweet, sweet music, the sounds of the city baby, seem to disappear..."   Today's words of wisdom....."When you are the Top Gun and feel a little Over The Top, it is advisable on occasion to get a little Footloose down at the Caddy Shack...."  - Thermopolis W.P. Suey  Welcome to Tuesday!!!"  

And that friend is the opening lines of the very first blog.  

Tuesday's Musical Notes was conceived as a contribution to a church newsletter (Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Walk Like An Egyptian" (The Bangles)).  Even though we didn't get a request for a follow-up article, we had the writing bug and decided to email a few of our friends our weekly thoughts about popular music and how that might apply to our Spiritual lives.  Pretty soon, on the advice of a friend (thanks again Heath!) and some intense investigation on what the processes were, we jumped into the blogosphere with both feet and the rest spans over the past ten years gone.  Our goal is simply to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world by using a different interpretation of our favorite music.  I confess I have discovered some songs and artists along the way that I had never heard of but do like, and as you can see from the above lists, I have also stayed very true to the music of my formative years.  

Tuesday's Musical Notes is an outlet for me to explore my passions for music and The Messiah.  The "...Years gone" passages that have been scattered throughout today's blog serve as a recap of God's history.  This history traces the family that God called to bring about the salvation of the world.  In The Old Testament, that was Abraham and his descendants the Israelites.  In the New Testament, you and I are given the opportunity through Jesus to be adopted into that very same family.  

You see friend, this blog means nothing if you aren't encouraged to believe, given a pathway to belief, or challenged in your current belief.  What belief might that be?  The belief that Jesus came as the Holy Son of God to pay for the sins that separate God's creation, mankind, from Himself.  God's plan is for man to spend eternity with Him and for that to occur a payment had to be made because of the separation caused by disobedience at the Garden of Eden.  Jesus died one of the most horrific deaths known to mankind and paid that price.  He was in a tomb for three days gone and rose to be seen by more than 500 eyewitnesses.  Those that believe that Jesus did this for their restoration are called the Church, the Bride of Christ.  Jesus now waits at God's right hand, awaiting the time that He can receive His bride and restore everything to the perfection of Eden.  

So friend, what do you believe about Jesus?  It is the most important question that you will ever face.  Your eternity future depends on what you believe.  It is Tuesday's Musical Note's goal to make sure that more people are restored to God and fewer people go to the place where God does not exist.  Many of Tuesday's Musical Notes explore these topics and we hope and pray that we communicate them effectively and in an engaging manner.  Thank you for taking the time (every week we hope!) to read Tuesday's Musical Notes.

And now for #1!!!

The featured song in the #1 slot is the oldest blog on our recap of Tuesday's Musical Notes decade.  It speaks about love and how the singer desires to have his love permeate the relationship he is having with the one to which the song is sung.  In the liner notes for a greatest hits package simply called Gold, the songwriter, even though he hasn't openly professed faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior,  simply refers to this song as "Jesus Sings".  It is a great song.  Here is the blog based on Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open The Door, the #1 viewed Tuesday's Musical Note of the Decade!


There ya have it.  The ten most viewed blogs in the first ten years of Tuesday's Musical Notes!  We hope that you make plans to be reading The Notes in the future and recommending the blog to friends as we embark on what we hope will be many decades to come.  That journey into the decades begins next week as we continue our exploration through the great stories of the Bible.  Next week we begin The New Testament!!! 

If I can ever tell you more about Jesus, please leave a comment with your contact info and I will respond as soon as possible.  

(So read this part really fast...)Tuesday's Musical Notes is a production of Cross and Kin Entertainment.  All dates for Biblical events are approximations.  Tabulations for Tuesday's Musical Notes Countdown of the Decade were provided by Google's blogspot.com.  There were no animals injured in the making of this production.  

Tuesday's Musical Notes will return...

'Til Tuesday,
Loving HIM by Loving You,
randy
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