Saturday, August 23, 2014

It's Been Awhile...Saturday 9

The song for this week's Saturday 9  is Sonny and Cher's "I've Got You Babe".  While I do like their original version of the song, it came out several years before I was born.  So I think I'm partial to this UB40 and Chrissie Hynde cover of it...
1) Popular music has produced almost countless groups, but not that many duos. Besides Sonny & Cher, can you name another? Oh yes, Simon and Garfunkel were a great duo.  I'd say they top Sonny and Cher.

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?  The alarm clock.  I'm so afraid that I will sleep through music so have the clock set to alarm.  It's such a terrible sound.  When I hear that sound any other time, like on TV, it makes me cringe.

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?  It used to be big and flowery but now that I so rarely  write in cursive, it's a scribble - more like two capital letters and then some lines.  

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?  Wouldn't it be fun to be an interior designer?!?!  I already am one in my head.  I just wish I had the funds to make it all happen.  As a night owl, I think I'd enjoy a restauranteur's work hours.

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?  My feet are naked!  In the summer, I'm usually in flip flops around the house,  but I've misplaced one of my favorite pairs so I went without rather than find another pair in the closet.  So they're bare, with pink nail polish of course. 

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?  I answer this question with a serious knock on wood...No, I haven't and I sure hope I haven't jinxed it.  The IRS takes about half of paycheck so I don't know what they'd audit...I should audit them! 

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?  Definitely do all the time.

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 not a very good actress so do not pretend very well.  I wear my emotions like a sandwich board, so pretending to be anything is not in my wheelhouse.


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? Sure have.  I don't have any problem admitting to being wrong and am willing to eat crow to repair a relationship I may have damaged.  On the other hand,  I can be a bit of grudge holder so don't always put forth the effort to repair relationships when someone has treated me badly.

18 comments:

  1. 1. There are the better part of 2000 wiki pages on duos, and I don't know any of them. I don't know if the lack is due to the sound most generate is a thin version of the harmonies of a barbershop if it's two men. And when two women it gets a bit choirish. Mixed, seems to be of a time. Or a bit folky which only seems not to date but in fact might as well be in the 1880 for the 1980.

    2. I get to a point where I awaken before the alarm and sometimes end up dipping shower water all over to shut the darn thing up.

    3. The only thing discernible are the post-nominals.

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    1. YES! I do that alarm thing too every so often. That sound might even be worse when you're in the shower. I always have an internal debate with myself about just finishing the shower and listening to that grating sound or getting out dripping wet to turn the thing off. It's about 50/50 on what my decision usually is. Now that I'm getting up earlier to walk in the am, I've come back from my walk on a time or two an hour later with the thing squawking at me.
      Yah you're right on the mixed duos. When I think about the ones that are most popular, they're mostly a one-off and don't produce more songs than the one they were known for.

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  2. I love your idea to audit the IRS. Welcome back...

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    1. Ha ha ! Now hopefully writing this won't backfire on me. :)

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  3. The Chrissie Hynde song is awesome!

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    1. Being a fan of The Pretenders and an even bigger fab of UB40, it was a good pairing.

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  4. I love that version! Never been here before, but I love all things pumpkin, so I couldn't resist! :)

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    1. Funnily enough, I dislike all things pumpkin flavored. :)

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  5. Audit the IRS? Now there's a thought! I love waking to the radio. But sometimes the song can set the mood for the day.

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    1. That's very true. I used to use the radio and would spend the rest of the day with the song stuck in my head. With the mountains blocking most of the radio signals, I mostly get static on the little clock radio. A lot people use their phones as the alarm clock and set the song from the music on their phone, but as I mentioned above I just worry that music won't be as jarring and I'll sleep through it. As a kid it didn't matter, but oversleeping is not really an acceptable excuse anymore. :)

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  6. Interior designers get to buy all that cool stuff on someone else's dime. That would be fun.

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  7. Welcome back! You're one of many of us who answered this week's meme with bare feet but painted toes.

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  8. I've been lazy this year and haven't painted any digit tips. :-(

    Acting has saved my life so in my old "haggage", I no longer hold much back.

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    1. As an only child I think I've kind of always been an "old hag". :)

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  9. I love that song. : )
    You would be a great interior decorator. You are very creative! Have a great year at school.

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  10. I had to Google "Saturday 9" because somehow I missed that as a thing in blogging. Very cool! I love that song and remember the Sony and Cher Comedy Hour! Just going by your classroom along, you would be a great interior designer! I've been trying to think of other duos, I only came up with Peaches & Herb. :-)

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