Who’s sleepy ?
Zzzzzzzzzzzz …
Year: 2009
It started as an experiment 5 weeks ago to replace the now defunct ‘Friday Night Blogroll Review’, and now it’s a runaway smash hit that’s become the fastest-growing weekly blog series of the summer.
Back during the Autumn of 1976 I was a 9-year-old kid attending the 4TH grade at Magnolia Elementary School right in the middle of my Lanham Maryland neighbourhood. My little brother was just learning how to walk on his own as he approached 18-months-old. WPGC ‘AM & FM Morningside’ was the TOP 40 radio station to dance to as the disco beat went on and on.
Here’s a classic track that took its sweet time to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 – over 4 months – but it finally got there in October of 1976. It’s 23-year-old (at the time) Walter Murphy with his modern (at the time) disco remake of Ludwig Van Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5” from 170 years earlier ! It’s “A Fifth Of Beethoven”, and here’s how Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band performed it LIVE on the legendary “Midnight Special” on NBC-TV on Friday August 20TH 1976:
‘The Major’s Friday Night Disco Party’ is a joint MASSIVESMASH.COM / The Major’s Life Blog production.
– It was another glorious Thursday at work.
– I got in shortly after 6 AM, and I left at around 3:45 PM.
– That made it a slightly longer than normal work day.
– Despite the glory of this work day I still had to deal with a couple of evildoers.
– Life isn’t perfect, but it’s what you make of it that determines your journey.
– My electric bill for July was over 39% higher than it was for June.
– That’s because it was mostly sunny, hot, and dry in July.
– My HVAC worked harder in July than it did in June when it rained a lot.
– I Love Lucy – Happy Birthday – She would have been 98 today !
– Once upon a time I used to drink a lot of Coca Cola Classic.
– The only way to drink it is straight out of the classic red can.
– I think I’m down to perhaps 3 cans a week.
– I’m drinking one right now, so that’s a treat.
– I’m anxious to find out the results of my blood work come Monday morning.
– How’s my cholesterol ?
– Is Lipitor right for me ?
– I believe that I’m healthier today than I have been in my entire life.
– That’s because I’ve given up virtually everything that’s bad for me.
– For example I stopped drinking in 2007.
– I have no intentions of drinking anything alcoholic ever again.
– Are you ready for something even more shocking ?
– Get ready for this one, for it’s a doozy.
– Here’s an exclusive for those of you who still read my blog.
– I smoked cigarettes for about 30 years.
– Betcha didn’t know that !
– I quit for good exactly 472 days ago (15½ months ago).
– There’s something to talk about for the next couple of weeks.
– I nearly got weak this past week.
– NO – I didn’t nearly smoke.
– I nearly signed-up for Twitter.
– Facebook is the evil empire – no doubt about it.
– But I can actually see how Twitter may possibly enhance my web time.
– OK I’ve returned back to my senses now.
– Twitter is a waste of time as well.
– Well maybe not a total waste of time.
– I’ll leave the Twitter door slightly ajar for now.
– Be sure to catch my ‘Disco Party’ tomorrow night here on the groovy blog.
– I’ve got a classic in the true sense of the word.
– You may be mildly surprised as to my selection for this week.
– Be sure not to miss the fun.
– You won’t regret it pal.
One of the hottest Christian Rock songs in the entire free nation is the latest radio single from Abandon entitled “Be Alive In Me”. There is no music video for it, so you won’t see one this week. But the lyrics are so powerful and amazing that I wanted to capture them here:
Here I am without a place to start.
Lost inside the desert of my heart.
All of my mistakes are adding up.
Take them all away I’ve had enough.
Heal my jaded soul.
I want to feel the weight letting go.
[CHORUS]
Be alive in me I know I’m – I’m Yours forever.
Be alive in me I know I’m – I’m Yours.
So take me and shake me I know I’m needing You to
Be alive in me.
I need You here so we can talk it out.
I’m giving You the things that pull me down.
Jesus can You teach me how to stand.
And if I fall I want to fall into Your hands.
So Heal my jaded soul.
Cuz I want to feel the weight letting go.
[CHORUS]
I’m Yours.
I’m Yours.
Excite me ! Ignite me ! Relight this fire !
Excite me ! Ignite me ! Relight this fire !
[CHORUS]
I’m yours.
Be alive in me.
I’m yours.
Be alive in me.
This month marks the 3RD anniversary of when my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ rescued me, saved me, and gave me a second chance at Life (always capitalized). I wasn’t particularly searching for God at the time, but He was there waiting for me to fall into His arms at the right time and the right place. Call it a miracle if you will because if you had told me three years ago that all of this would happen over the next three years then I would have laughed at you and written you off as a member of the loony bin.
The words to the song above accurately depict my feelings at the time of my unscheduled “Rebirthing”. They remain to be just as true today right here right now as they were yesterday, last week, last month, last year, and three years ago this month. The euphoria never ends. I want Jesus Christ to be alive in me always and forever Amen. Deep within my heart and my soul. I want Him to rule what I am all about, for I am absolutely nothing whatsoever without Him. I am His creation. I am His Disciple. He IS alive in me !
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