Saturday 9: In and Out of Love (1967)

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Friends: This is a two spoon day.  So this is a bit bare bones 

I've always loved Diana Ross, and Motown Records, too. 

They both had a HUGE influence on the way Music went after they took it down the road. 

 

Saturday 9: In and Out of Love (1967)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Diana Ross is disappointed that she hasn't yet found lasting love. Do you think you can fall out of love? Or do you believe that if you fell out of love, it wasn't true love to begin with?  I'm sure you can even fall out of true love IF the person you love that much just turns into an utter Snake.

2) When is the last time you literally fell, tripped, or stumbled? The last time I fell was just as the pandemic hit.  I broke my elbow and shoulder and dislocated the shoulder. 
 
3) This record was a hit with American Bandstand viewers. For weeks it was voted the song they most wanted to dance to. Did you watch American Bandstand? No. I really didn't get to be a kid much at all growing up. I was the eldest and I had to take care of so much stuff that it took most of my time not dedicated to study and to school.
 
4) This is one of the last Supremes songs that featured the most successful hit-making line-up: Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard. Florence's great-nephew, Christian Ballard, was a football star at University of Iowa and briefly played pro ball for the Vikings. The 2022-23 NFL season just kicked off. What team do you root for?  I no longer am a fan of any sport.
 
5) Mary had a connection to sports, too. She donated her time and talent to raising money for Figure Skaters of Harlem, an organization that helps young people train for the Winter Olympics. Tell us about a charity you support.
Doctors Without Borders and also, Women for Women.  The both are great causes and careful with the money they get through donations.

6) There's a children's playground in New York's Central Park named for the last surviving member of this trio, Diana Ross. It has swings, slides, a rope bridge, and a fountain that kids are welcome to splash in. If you were suddenly little again, which would you play on first?  In a playground? Maybe a slide.  But I would absolutely ride my bike. Freeeeedommmmmm!
 
7) Diana owns an estate in Greenwich, CT, with lush gardens, a tennis court, and a pool. While the grounds are spectacular, she maintains the house itself is "nothing special" because the kitchen hasn't been renovated in more than three decades. Could your kitchen benefit from a makeover? Or are you fine with it as it is?  It's fine as it is because it was remodelled about 20 years ago.
 

8) In 1967, when this song was popular, the best-selling camera was The Polaroid Swinger. When did you most recently take a photo? What was it of? It was of a Pizza that we got for dinner last night.  I took it with the cell phone.

 
9) Random question: Come clean! Are there dirty dishes in your sink right now?  Nope.  I just finished eating lunch, so I asked the chief cook and bottle washer, and he said,  "Just one, your Yogurt bowl." 

Thanks again, Sam!  

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