Saturday 9... Somewhere (1983)

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Saturday 9: Somewhere (1983)

 

To my readers: Sorry to be toying with underlining and such. I'm trying to figure out what's best.  And thanks to Sam for this meme.  Please go HERE  for the Linkie to other blog owners' posts.

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Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

 
1) This song is from the hit musical West Side Story. It has just been remade by Steven Speilberg. Are you interested in seeing the 2021 version? Not really.  I've seen part of it, and I really like the original with Rita Moreno and Natalie Wood.

2) Growing up, Crazy Sam thought this song was called, "A Place for Us." Tell us about a song whose title or lyrics you got wrong or misheard. I'm with Sam.  I thought this was called "A Place for Us", too.  There are at least three other songs that I call something other than the title.  Hmmm.... there's, "Evergreen', and one by a country western singer that always makes me cry. "In the Arms of an Angel" .. I think I may have called it something else. I'm just no longer sure.

 

3) Barbra Streisand sings of longing for "time to spare, time to learn and time to care." The holidays are often too busy for many of us. With Thanksgiving almost upon us, do you wish you had more time?

 Not really. So far as I know, there is nothing planned for (or to be done) again this year in the way of getting together.  Right now I'm in the mood (and in the groove), for a quiet Holiday Season.

 
4) Early in her career, Barbra was pressured to have her nose fixed. She stubbornly refused, and did rather well anyway. Tell us about a time you resisted pressure.  Thanks to God, she didn't yield to that suggestion.  It had a very good chance of changing her beautiful voice because of the structure of the face and sinus's.  She she is beautiful as she is.

I've resisted pressure in this way: someone wanted me to lie.  I can't remember who they were, or where it was. I remember only that this person, a woman my age or older, wanted me to lie on some form I was filling out. I just went on filling it out like I did not even hear her speaking.  In my lifetime, I've done a lot of volunteer work, and it might have been in that period.

 

5) In the late 1960s she briefly dated Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, father of current PM Justin Trudeau. Obviously Barbra knew what became of Pierre and his family without having to look them up. Without the advantage of Google, do you know where one of your former loves is in 2021? Loves?  No.  Crushes, yes.  He is a football player who went on to play, and to coach, on an NFL team.  I went to high school with him and we were in the same year. I had a HUGE crush on him.

 
6) One of Barbra's hit movies is The Way We Were, a love story about hopelessly mismatched lovers. Streisand always wanted to do a sequel and worked with a screenwriter on a treatment. Her costar, Robert Redford, refused. He simply was not interested in revisiting his character. Is there a movie series that you especially enjoy? Movies series? Only one?  Let's see.... there is, "Men in Black", "Aliens", 'Die Hard", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Ocean's", "Star Wars", "Indiana Jones", Lord of the Rings", "James Bond", "The Hobbit", and "How to Train Your Dragon".  But I can't pick just one.

 
7) Barbra met her husband, James Brolin, at a dinner thrown by friends. They hit it off immediately, but he had to leave the next day to begin a movie in Ireland, so they began their romance over the phone. Do you enjoy long phone calls? Would you prefer video calls (Zoom)? Yes, I love long phone calls, but not doing Zoom calls.  Anyone who calls me doesn't need to see me. lol 

8) On July 1, 1998, two years to the day after their first meeting, Barbra and Brolin married. It used to be that brides were advised against wearing white for their second wedding, but Barbra ignored that, wearing a white beaded gown. Do you believe brides should still avoid white the second time around? Not at all! It's their day, and they can jolly well dress in any color and in any outfit as long as it doesn't offend the priest, pastor, minister, etc, or doesn't make the bridegroom's mother faint. 

9) Random question: Is anyone on your bad side this morning? No. I don't generally put people there... But, I do suspect I'm on some peoples' "bad side".  But, be that as it may, I'm OK, and I will just live my life as gently and kindly as I can. I've had a lot of practice living through the unlivable.  Someone's "bad side" is survivable.   

And, Thanks again, Gal, for this fun meme...  
 

 

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