Flashback with me – won’t you ? – to 1977. Here’s a smooth rock band that kinda sorta sound like they came out of Chicago Illinois, but in reality they actually hailed from the heart of England. They are the Climax Blues Band, and they achieved their greatest success here stateside, as their music sounded very American Blues at the time. This was their biggest hit ever – a TOP 3 smash during the Disco era – and it’s certainly got a Disco beat to it too !
After more than 40 months on this fantastic journey there are hundreds and hundreds of inspirational pop, rock, and hip hop tunes that define this new Life of mine. They are the soundtrack of the light of the Good News that now guides and directs me to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ – the Almighty One !
Here’s a song that gives me the chills whenever I hear it, for it was one of the biggest hits of its time back during the very early portion of my fantastic journey as I was slowly building its fragile foundation. It’s a song that tells it like it is:
I was made to Love You
I was made to find You
I was made just for You
Made to adore You
I was made to Love
And be Loved by You
You were here before me
You were waiting on me
And You said You’d keep me
Never would You leave me
I was made to Love
And be Loved by You
God created us to Love Him – and all of His great creations – for God Loves us all of his children. He Loves those who believe – and those who don’t yet believe. He will always wait for you to find the light of the day. He will always welcome you to His Kingdom with Loving arms wide open. He will never abandon you. He will always Love you.
It’s in the lyrics:
It’s time to kick it with a fresh new year of the ‘Saturday Night Retro’. It’s a weekend tradition that I’ve been enjoying for a long time now via different mediums, formats, and names. 2010 actually marks the 25TH anniversary of the ‘Retro’ and all of its various predecessors.
It’s hard to believe that the entire decade of the 2000s is now officially ‘Retro’. 2000 seems so long ago now. 1990 was 20 years ago. That gives me the chills just thinking about it. The 1980s began 30 years ago. Now I’m sweating. I feel so old now !
Here on ‘Saturday Night Retro’ I’ll alternate between the decades from the 1970s through the 2000s with a few extra surprises thrown in for good times.
Tonight flashback with me over 35 years ago to the Autumn of 1974. I was entering the 2ND grade back then at St. Matthias Apostle Catholic School in Lanham / Seabrook Maryland. I remember my teachers as Sister Mary Laura (the mean one) and Sister Mary Josephine (the funny one). This was the start of my 2ND and final year in Catholic school. The following year I was pulled out of it, and sent walking to the county’s public school system.
On the radio Linda Kelly was on in the middle of the afternoon on WPGC AM & FM Morningside out of Washington D.C., and this was the rockin’ # 1 smash all across the free nation. It’s Canadian / Lebanese teen pop idol (at the time) Andy Kim, and this may have been one of the cheesiest bubblegum pop nuggets of its time. You’re gonna get a sugar rush just listening to this one !
The 1970s just got another decade further away. Now that the first decade of the 21ST Century is complete we can theoretically state that the 1970s was four decades ago. It’s the decade that I entered as a 2½-year-old toddler, and exited as a 12½-year-old 7TH grader in Junior High School. For me it was the ‘TOP 40 Music’ decade, as it was the running soundtrack of my active childhood years. Whatever was hot on AM and FM pop radio was playing everywhere I went. Whenever I hear the music again from those times I frequently remember what I was doing at the time – good or bad – all of these years and decades later. It’s the music of my life.
This weekend on my ‘Disco Party’ I present to you a local homegrown Cuban / Miami disco act known as Foxy. Their single “Get Off” was their biggest hit – and a 1978 Disco Smash !
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