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I Got You, Babe
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Saturday 9: I Got You, Babe (recommended by Thank You Great Spirit)
If you're not familiar with today's song, you can hear it here.
1) Popular music has produced almost countless groups, but not that many duos. Besides Sonny & Cher, can you name another? The Carpenters, one of my favorite pair of harmonizers.
2) Hearing this recording from his clock radio is how Bill Murray woke up every morning in Groundhog Day. What woke you up this morning? I actually got to sleep in a little more this AM and nothing that can be remembered woke me up. I've actually slept through an 5 alarm fire long ago when the twins were small and energetic.
3) When she was growing up, Cher practiced her autograph for when she became a star. Is your signature legible? Or is it more of a scrawl? I still write well, so my signature is fine. All bets are off with those electronic devices that you have to sign in with, though! Hate em!
4) In addition to show biz, Sonny & Cher had many careers: Sonny was a restauranteur and politician, Cher is an interior designer. Would you like to try your hand at any of those professions? Yes, I like interior design.
5) In 1965, when this song topped the charts, Sonny and Cher were as famous for their wardrobe as for their music. Sonny was fond of tall, heavy-heeled boots while Cher often paired granny dresses with bare feet. What's on your feet right now? I'm wearing some sandals. Hey, it's California.
6) By 1968, their career crashed. Cher's early attempts as a movie actress failed, their records stopped selling and the IRS came after them for back taxes. Have you ever been audited? Not so far. :o) Nobody likes the Spanish Inquisition.
7) In 1971 they were on top again with their TV show. But their marriage was coming apart. Sonny said, "For the last 5 years I worried about our career, not about us." Have you ever been guilty of putting career before relationship? No, but if I'd become an artist, like I wanted to do, it would have been a juggling act.
8) By 1972 they were living separate lives -- in the same house. For the sake of The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, they pretended to be happily married another year and a half. Tell us about a time when you pretended to be happy, but weren't. I'm a great actress, but I still think that if a person sets their mind to it, they can act happy and it seems to re-frame their surroundings sometimes.
9) While their separation and divorce were bitter, they resumed their friendship when Cher showed up at the opening of his restaurant in 1976. Have you ever made the first move in repairing a relationship? Of course, and that's the odd thing about relationships that last. If you can afford to say you're sorry. It works, sometimes, because the other person is also feeling sorry for their part. Sometimes however, they are not. heehee
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I'm still laughing at the Gumby cartoon.. thanks :) I can't even count the times that I've put on a happy face and I've been miserable..
ReplyDeleteYes, like me, you have become a "great" actress. Happily, it gets less often that it has to be used as we age. I think it might be that we don't give a hay what people say.... you are more in your own "world". hehehe
DeleteLove the Monty Python reference. Enjoyed your answers, as always.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's a great line and one not easily forgotten. I'm also going to be knocking on wood like others. I can't remember that much about my little business anymore. It's gone I tell you!
DeleteTaxes, stepping on the scale, the inquisition... what's the difference?
ReplyDeleteI thought I was the only one whose otherwise pretty handwriting is rendered illegible by those devices, so THANK YOU! What's the point of having us sign at all if the signature on the screen looks nothing like the one on the back of the card?
ReplyDeleteI suppose that if someone else is using our card, the thief, say, it's supposed to scare them into bolting for the door? dumb dumb dumb!
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