 Alan Jackson - Little Bitty
 Little Bitty Pretty One-Thurston Harris-1957
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Posted on 02/19/2015 5:59:31 PM PST by fatima
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Big Shot - Billy Joel
An absolute delight. Written near the end of his life when he was teaching at the Paris Conservatory. He had already made his money with "Faust" in his youth.
Mr. Big You'd better watch out When only you hang around me Oh for you now I will dig A great big hole in the ground. I don't care who you are So don't explain Just get out of here And don't come back again I don't want a thing from you I don't want to give you nothing too Get out of here Before I lose my cool.
What do you mean by a “little/big” song?
A snapshot into time.
Gotta go with “Little Martha” by the Allman Brothers on this one!
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Great pick there, Joe. One of the definitive tunes of the 80s!
August 10, 1628, was a dark day in naval history. On that day the royal warship Vasa set out on her maiden voyage. After taking 2 years to build, being lavishly decorated and holding 64 cannons, the pride of the Swedish navy sank only one mile out to sea. What went wrong? The excessive load was too heavy to make her seaworthy. Excess weight pulled the Vasa to the bottom of the ocean.
The Christian life can also be weighed down by excess baggage. Encouraging us in our spiritual journey, the book of Hebrews says: “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith” (12:1-2).
Like the lavishly decorated ship, we may project to others an impressive exterior. But if on the inside we are weighed down with sin, our perseverance can be impaired. There is a remedy, however. By relying on God’s guidance and the empowering of the Holy Spirit, our load can be lightened and our perseverance buoyant.
Forgiveness and grace are always available to the spiritual traveler.
INSIGHT
: We are told in today’s passage to lay aside everything that hinders our daily walk of faith. The writer of Hebrews tells us that the example of “a cloud of witnesses” helps us to persevere (12:1). These witnesses are most likely the people listed in chapter 11 who walked in faith looking for the promises of God. We are also told to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus (12:2), who is the Author and Finisher of our faith. He is our example of patient perseverance, having endured the cross and the hostility of sinners, and He is now seated at God’s right hand (vv.2-3). With the saints behind us and Christ ahead of us we can press on.
Big Bad John
Little Bitty Pretty One
Brian Hyland ~ Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge9Ou3-YyqU
Big Balls in Cowtown - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
Big River - Johnny Cash and yes, the Grateful Dead covered it.
Little girl of mine - Cleftones, is in the Bronx Tale movie, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5w8Dr45Sls
I’m sure I can think of more.
That nearly put me into a gross fugue state! :-)
Agreed. I was born in ‘69, effectively repressed most memories of the ‘70s and consider myself very much a creature of the ‘80s, when and where I came of age. There are some songs that will transport me right back to that decade, and that’s one of them.
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