Supercool Music: A Living Article© Part 96: If Every Day Was Like Christmas

Good news is always good to hear, so here’s an encore presentation of a very special message found in a favorite Elvis Presley song….

 

Elvis Presley, one of my favorite Tsalagi/Cherokee singers, has a great Christmas album that I love to listen to repeatedly. (No surprise there! 🙂 ) As soon as one side of the record is over, I flip it to play the other. 😎 The CD and the digital get played repeatedly as well. 🙂 I never tire of his great voice, sound and soul. This article features his song, “If Every Day Was Like Christmas”. 🙂

  Gentle music like that of a music box begins to play then Elvis soon adds his voice in a soulful, gentle, quiet tone, singing about hearing the bells announcing that Christmas is near. 🙂 They’re ringing out that this is the season of cheer. 🙂 Here’s what they’re ringing out to tell us all:

“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.”

  This is from a treasured and reliable source: The Book of Luke from The Scriptures (original King James Version), Chapter 2, verses 8 through 20. 🙂

  Elvis continues to share his heart with us. He hears the singing of a choir, telling the true meaning of the season. His heart is aglow and he’s at peace with the world as the sound of their singing fills the air. 🙂 The joy of knowing the truth of The Creator’s love for us all is enough to make a heart sing. 😎

  Elvis reaches the chorus, kicking the volume up as he sings out the question, “Oh, why can’t every day be like Christmas?” Good question. The point is: every day could very well be like Christmas if we all did what we ought to make it so. We can’t get too caught up in the irritations of other people not doing right – we are responsible for our own actions and can help make a good change by consistently doing right no matter what “everyone else” is doing. Sometimes it seems like everyone only cares about themselves, but that isn’t true at all. Countless times, around the world every day, complete strangers go out of their way to help someone else. They do it with peace and good will toward mankind, which is part of what is so special about that feeling at Christmastime. 😎 If we all did that, it would be as Elvis sang next: “For if every day could be just like Christmas, what a wonderful world this would be.” 😎

  Elvis sings about how a smile on a little child’s face is a precious and wonderful thing. 😎 Yeshua/Jesus loves all children around the world, of every age! 😉

  As the chorus follows, Elvis sings out again, “Why can’t that feeling go on endlessly?” Exactly. Why not? If we have it in us to be nice for a short time, why not extend it to year ’round? We can; we only have to choose to. Attitude is up to each of us as individuals; The Creator gave us the free will to make our own choices, every day. That’s a powerful gift.

  “Oh, why can’t every day be like Christmas? Why can’t that feeling go on endlessly? For if every day could be just like Christmas, what a wonderful world this would be!” 😎

Jean247

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Supercool Music: A Living Article© Part 91: If Every Day Was Like Christmas

Elvis Presley, one of my favorite Tsalagi/Cherokee singers, has a great Christmas album that I love to listen to repeatedly. (No surprise there! 🙂 ) As soon as one side of the record is over, I flip it to play the other. 😎 The CD and the digital get played repeatedly as well. 🙂 I never tire of his great voice, sound and soul. This article features his song, “If Every Day Was Like Christmas”. 🙂

  Gentle music like that of a music box begins to play then Elvis soon adds his voice in a soulful, gentle, quiet tone, singing about hearing the bells announcing that Christmas is near. 🙂 They’re ringing out that this is the season of cheer. 🙂 Here’s what they’re ringing out to tell us all:

“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.”

  This is from a treasured and reliable source: The Book of Luke from The Scriptures (original King James Version), Chapter 2, verses 8 through 20. 🙂

  Elvis continues to share his heart with us. He hears the singing of a choir, telling the true meaning of the season. His heart is aglow and he’s at peace with the world as the sound of their singing fills the air. 🙂 The joy of knowing the truth of The Creator’s love for us all is enough to make a heart sing. 😎

  Elvis reaches the chorus, kicking the volume up as he sings out the question, “Oh, why can’t every day be like Christmas?” Good question. The point is: every day could very well be like Christmas if we all did what we ought to make it so. We can’t get too caught up in the irritations of other people not doing right – we are responsible for our own actions and can help make a good change by consistently doing right no matter what “everyone else” is doing. Sometimes it seems like everyone only cares about themselves, but that isn’t true at all. Countless times, around the world every day, complete strangers go out of their way to help someone else. They do it with peace and good will toward mankind, which is part of what is so special about that feeling at Christmastime. 😎 If we all did that, it would be as Elvis sang next: “For if every day could be just like Christmas, what a wonderful world this would be.” 😎

  Elvis sings about how a smile on a little child’s face is a precious and wonderful thing. 😎 Yeshua/Jesus loves all children around the world, of every age! 😉

  As the chorus follows, Elvis sings out again, “Why can’t that feeling go on endlessly?” Exactly. Why not? If we have it in us to be nice for a short time, why not extend it to year ’round? We can; we only have to choose to. Attitude is up to each of us as individuals; The Creator gave us the free will to make our own choices, every day. That’s a powerful gift.

  “Oh, why can’t every day be like Christmas? Why can’t that feeling go on endlessly? For if every day could be just like Christmas, what a wonderful world this would be!” 😎

Jean247

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Supercool Music: A Living Article© Part 90: Old Time Religion & America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)

Another great piece of music footage to review! I loved this the first time I saw it, which was quite recent. For this 91st article on my blog, I’m featuring the matchless Wayne Newton singing a series of great songs as he tells a priceless story on “The Ed Sullivan Show”. 🙂 As you read onward, you’ll see the songs and the memories that he shared on this 1960’s special performance. 😎

  With great style, Wayne Newton, a smile on his face, tells a story interspersed with song as pleasant music plays in the background. He begins by telling about the good old days when things were hard. They were so poor even poor folks thought they were poor. Yet their family didn’t complain about the lack of things; they had love and enjoyed the truly important blessings in life. The Creator’s love, care and being happily together with family was what mattered most. After supper their father would gather them all to sing. Here Wayne starts to sing “Old Time Religion”, a scene taking place onstage behind him, depicting a family enjoying singing after their suppertime. 🙂 The song, “Old Time Religion”, is basically about how following the Scriptures is what’s important, not changing things around just to try to be popular.

  The spotlight returns to Wayne, the stage behind him in the dark as the next story scene gets set and he tells us more. The Scriptures were read and prayers were said before they went to bed at night. Now that’s a great way to finish a day and prepare for the brand new day coming our way with lots of potential for wonderful things! 🙂 😎

  The next part of the story tells about the children walking to school the next day, waving to their father working in the field as they went to school, starting the day with a pledge of faithfulness to the good things our country stands for. 😎 A scene of children, standing proudly with hands over hearts, recite The Pledge of Allegiance, stirring the patriotic heart.

  Wayne tells how an honest name, as in it being known that you are an honest person, is a priceless thing that cannot be taken away.

  He also gave the good advice that if you’re ever in doubt just bow your head, ask the Creator and He will show you how. Prayer is very much needed every day. Trusting the Creator is the wisest thing to do always. Here Wayne and the background set of singers launch into the chorus of “Leaning On the Everlasting Arms”, telling about how the Creator is always ready to help us; He loves us and will help us when we turn to Him. Joy, blessedness and peace can be ours by trusting in the Creator. There are so many alarming things in this world, yet with the Creator, we are, as the lyrics say, “safe and secure from all alarms.” 😎

  Wayne shares that in riches or in rags, character and what is right remains strong in our hearts. Standing strong and true, we’re not ashamed of our Bible and so proud of our country’s hard-fought-for flag.

  The whole stage lights up as everyone sings with Wayne, “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”, sweet land of liberty. “Long may our land be bright, with freedom’s holy light…” With the Creator leading us and guiding us by His might, freedom will ring. Let freedom ring all over the world! The Creator loves us all and gave us free will to make our own decisions in all things, good or bad. The choices we make effect us and everyone around us. We can choose to trust the Creator. We can choose to stand against what is wrong in this world. We can choose to be free and help those around us to be free also. With the Creator’s help, we can.

Jean247

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Supercool Music: A Living Article© Part 88: Back In Time

Armando Perez, worldwide ( 🙂 ) known as Pitbull (and “Mr. Worldwide” 🙂 ), is blessed with an awesome voice, with which he sings as well as speaks to share his wisdom and strength of heart in caring about others and their freedom. I deeply appreciate all of these things. 😎 He is not blinded by the lies being dealt to us by people in places of power and influence and he is standing up and saying so. This song of his, from several years ago, speaks of freedom while also giving us a musically satisfying song that sounds so great I listen to it repeatedly and love it every time! 🙂

  I’m reviewing a live performance for the article here. 🙂 This supercool song, “Back In Time”, starts with Pitbull’s way cool vocal countdown then the amazing guitar work featured in this song quickly joins in. Such a great sound! 😎 The drums are strong and true, too. 😎

  Backing vocals that were inspired by an oldies song lead to Pitbull’s trademark call the start of the lyrics. His hometown state of Florida is included in the verse before he leads into references of the movie this song was featured in.

  The tempo is upbeat, strong and lively, like the man himself. 🙂 😎 As he says in the song: he’s a go-getter, a mover-shaker. He speaks of giving credit where credit is due. He also lets it be known that he’s confident and knows what’s true, therefore it won’t break his heart if people fail to recognize that (I very much appreciate the creative, artistic way in which he avoided using bad language – cuss words – to convey his strong thoughts. He made it very clear.) You can’t let people’s rudeness bring you down; if you’re right, you can stand proud.

  He speaks of saving the world and truly it needs it. He shares more drops of truth and wisdom throughout the song. The past effects the future. Not forgetting the truth of what has happened in the past can help prevent the same kind of mistakes from taking place in the future. We just need to make sure that what is being taught as truth really is; we should look into things for ourselves, research, not just believe what others say just because they act like they’re telling the truth. Saying something like it is a fact does not make it one.

  I like it that Armando used the word “groovy”; I like that one, one of the reasons being I love the literally groovy sound of vinyl records. 🙂 Soon he directs his band to “Break it down”, going into a very cool slow-mo sound then at the right moment he directs with great energy to “Speed it up!” His voice, talking, singing, rapping has a great musical quality to it, strong and clear with super depth and a cool bass vibe feel.

  Great drums get the final notes of the song after the guitar speaks its voice once more. “Back In Time” has a solid sound from start to finish. 😎

  The music is good and the man himself is good, too. 😎 I cannot separate between an artst and ther music; if I cannot respect them, I cannot espect their music – or enjoy listening to it, no matter how good it sounds musically. I respect Armando’s heart and I can freely enjoy listening to this song. 😎 Armando is an American whose ancestry is from Cuba and he is doing what he can to help both countries to have freedom – America to regain freedom and Cuba to gain freedom. The heart of most Cubans feel the same beat of freedom that is in the hearts of true Americans and most of the rest of world. All humans naturally deeply desire to be free from all evil – free from sin and free from the evils of tyranny. We long for it. We seek it. We do what we can to attain it and thereafter to keep it.

  I pray for all peoples of the world to be free. Wherever you are, whatever the laws are in your country in regards to religious freedom – you are free to talk to the Creator of us all, anytime and anywhere. The people running your country might not allow you to gather with other people to worship the Creator, but you are free to worship Him in your heart. Some of your freedoms the human rulers might control, but they cannot control your direct communications with God or your relationship with Him. He is always available to you wherever you are, no matter the situation. He loves you more than mere human words can sufficiently convey and He will save you if you put your faith in Him. As Yeshua/Jesus said, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” (These quotes from Yeshua/Jesus, the Son of God the Creator of us all can be found in the Scriptures, John chapter 8, verses 32 and 36.) John chapter 3, verses 16 and 17 also gives us these encouraging words of truth, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” He wants us to be free; He loves us. Freedom for our souls brings peace with God.

  Freedom and peace are yours for the asking, you only need to put your faith in Yeshua/Jesus to get both immediately. Freedom and peace in our daily living aren’t quite so easy to obtain, but they are priceless treasures for which we pray each day and actively seek. Freedom will come. Peace will come. The Creator guarantees it; you can read that promise in the Scriptures as well. To all American citizens, Cuban citizens and citizens of each and every country on Earth: I’m praying for you, your freedom, peace and safety. May the Creator bless you with these things.

Jean247

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