Saturday 9: Answer the Phone (2001)

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Saturday 9: Answer the Phone (2001)

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

1) This song likens a relationship to a roller coaster ride. When did you most recently visit an amusement park?  I've only been to two, Knott's Berry Farm. I was there with my Aunts from Ohio when I was about 12 years old. The year before that, Mother took all her own kiddies the to newly opened Disneyland. 

2) Lead singer Mark McGrath reasons that his girl should answer the phone because he knows she's home. That was decades ago, when most homes still had landlines. Where were you when you took your last call? Were you at home? Yes.

3) He remembers the glow of her face when he gave her a rose. Have you recently given or received a gift of flowers or a plant? No, I have not.  It used to be once a week, with the flowers coming from the farmer's markets that we used to have here. Covid 19 sort of wrecked a lot of things.

4) Sugar Ray's debut CD was called Lemonade and Brownies. Crazy Sam admits she'd prefer milk with her brownie. What about you? Does the combination of lemonade and brownies sound good to you?  Lol, not at all!  I can't even eat an orange with a date, for instance. 

5) In 2005, Mark McGrath was a guest judge on American Idol. At one time, Idol was the dominant singing competition show. Today, in addition to American Idol, viewers can also watch The Voice and America's Got Talent. Are you a fan of any or all of these shows?  I like both American Idol, and The Voice, mostly on YouTube when researching something.  Fan? No, but I absolutely LOVE  that new talent gets to showcase their amazing vocal skills.  There is so much talent out there!

6) Sugar Ray is a famous name in boxing circles. Sugar Ray Robinson and  Sugar Ray Leonard were both world championships. Are you a boxing fan? I was... once.. Not anymore. But I did see Ali's Golden Gloves fights.  My paternal unit was a fan, so the whole family watched the Friday Night Fights and the Golden Gloves ones. 

7) In 2001, when this song was popular, the Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened to the public after more than a decade of renovations. Have you ever been to Italy? If yes, where did you go? If not, is a trip to Italy on your wish list?  Never had the pleasure of traveling there or anywhere in Europe though it was on my list for after graduation from college.  My life is a little bit er well a LOT like the line in the poem.. what is it?  Robert Burns "....the Best Laid Schemes of Mice and Men...".   I have been into Mexico many times after we moved down the coast to Hub's Home town. There is a great surfing spot down along the Baja Coast. It used to be a quiet little fishing village.  You could buy fresh caught fish for your dinner.  That's all changed now. 

8) Also in 2001, Liverpool's Speke Airport was renamed John Lennon Airport. Liverpool's is the first airport in the United Kingdom to be named after an individual. Tell us about something in your hometown that is named after someone.  In actuality, I haven't got a home town.  I've lived in many places in Los Angeles County and in San Diego County. I'm Nomadic. lol

9) Random Question: Is the screen on your cell phone cracked?  Isn't everyone's?  Any who...mine got broken inside my purse when the phone  got caught between a rock and a hard place, so to speak.  It was shocking that Gorilla Glass could even DO that.

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