Sam’s Saturday 9: Venus in Blue Jeans (1962)
On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Last Saturday I went the Middletown Pride and the next day a friend stopped by and her pick-up broke down in my driveway and we spent the day trying to get it started, then trying to get a tow.
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) Like the dream girl described in this song, Sam is wearing jeans as she composes this Saturday 9. Is there a lot of denim in your wardrobe?
Oh yes… denim skirts, jackets, jeans, shorts, etc.
2) Jimmy Clanton likens this girl to the Venus de Milo, the ancient Greek sculpture made of marble and now on display at the Louvre. Is there any marble in your home?
Nope.
3) He refers to his girl as "Mona Lisa with a pony tail." The Mona Lisa is also at the Louvre. What's the last museum you visited?
I visit a lot of museums and the last one was the New Britain Museum of American Art, a few miles from my house. I also visit the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford which is one oldest museums in the nation.
Back in college in the early seventies I took an art history class and the class mentioned the mural by Thomas Hart Benton that is at the NBMAA and it only took 30 years for me to get around to see it. Benton collection was a depression era WPA artist.
I get free passes from my local library.
4) This girl is so awesome, she's the 8th Wonder of the World! Without looking it up, could you name the other 7?
Nope.
5) Jimmy Clanton spent his entire professional life behind a microphone. After he quit selling records, he began spinning them as a DJ. Do you consider the sound of your voice one of your better qualities?
Nope… it is a monotone.
6) At age 80, Mr. Clanton still performs. He averaged an appearance/month in 2018. Some of his fans were surprised that he has let his pompadour go completely white. Do you color your hair?
No… I just wear a wig.
7) In 1962, when this song was popular, Americans were reading about 5-year-old First Daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and her pony, Macaroni. Tell us about a pet you had when you were very young.
It was a parakeet that we had and it flew around the house when I was five or six, and I killed it! I closed the hallway door and didn’t know it was flying behind me. I heard a thud when I closed the door and there was the parakeet dead on the floor… I cried and cried and still remember that day.
8) Decades later, Caroline Kennedy was the first woman to serve as US Ambassador to Japan. Have you ever been to Asia?
Nope only other country that I visited was Canada
9) Random question: When talking among themselves, who do you think is more open and honest about sex -- men or women?
I have a very unique perspective having seen both sides now and the women are more open and honest hands down. Men are rude and crude.
Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!
On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Last Saturday I went the Middletown Pride and the next day a friend stopped by and her pick-up broke down in my driveway and we spent the day trying to get it started, then trying to get a tow.
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) Like the dream girl described in this song, Sam is wearing jeans as she composes this Saturday 9. Is there a lot of denim in your wardrobe?
Oh yes… denim skirts, jackets, jeans, shorts, etc.
2) Jimmy Clanton likens this girl to the Venus de Milo, the ancient Greek sculpture made of marble and now on display at the Louvre. Is there any marble in your home?
Nope.
3) He refers to his girl as "Mona Lisa with a pony tail." The Mona Lisa is also at the Louvre. What's the last museum you visited?
I visit a lot of museums and the last one was the New Britain Museum of American Art, a few miles from my house. I also visit the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford which is one oldest museums in the nation.
Back in college in the early seventies I took an art history class and the class mentioned the mural by Thomas Hart Benton that is at the NBMAA and it only took 30 years for me to get around to see it. Benton collection was a depression era WPA artist.
I get free passes from my local library.
4) This girl is so awesome, she's the 8th Wonder of the World! Without looking it up, could you name the other 7?
Nope.
5) Jimmy Clanton spent his entire professional life behind a microphone. After he quit selling records, he began spinning them as a DJ. Do you consider the sound of your voice one of your better qualities?
Nope… it is a monotone.
6) At age 80, Mr. Clanton still performs. He averaged an appearance/month in 2018. Some of his fans were surprised that he has let his pompadour go completely white. Do you color your hair?
No… I just wear a wig.
7) In 1962, when this song was popular, Americans were reading about 5-year-old First Daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and her pony, Macaroni. Tell us about a pet you had when you were very young.
It was a parakeet that we had and it flew around the house when I was five or six, and I killed it! I closed the hallway door and didn’t know it was flying behind me. I heard a thud when I closed the door and there was the parakeet dead on the floor… I cried and cried and still remember that day.
8) Decades later, Caroline Kennedy was the first woman to serve as US Ambassador to Japan. Have you ever been to Asia?
Nope only other country that I visited was Canada
9) Random question: When talking among themselves, who do you think is more open and honest about sex -- men or women?
I have a very unique perspective having seen both sides now and the women are more open and honest hands down. Men are rude and crude.
Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!
Very honest answer to #9. That is sad about your parrot. I have wild birds fly into my windows; it usually knocks them senseless but they don't die from it. I tend to leave them alone but watch them until I see whether or not they're going to come around.
ReplyDeleteI was so sorry to read your parakeet story. I imagine that left a lasting bruise on your heart.
ReplyDeleteOh--that parakeet story would haunt me.
ReplyDeleteI went to Canada this morning for brunch. :)
I'd love to visit that museum. Mural arts are on the way back into some late popularity. *thinks about putting one on her wall*
ReplyDeleteSo sad about your little parakeet. They are the sweetest pets! My first ever parakeet was stepped on, by my Aunt. I got a slap across the face so that I wouldn't cry and get the "monster of the deep" involved in the "festivities".
I worked with male carpenters so they watched their mouths around me, but then that was back in the day...
I like your answer for #9 and thanks for sharing that! It is good to know.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry about your parakeet! Loved your answers! Have a nice weekend!
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Ugh! What a traumatic story about your parakeet. I've had several of them and love their singing. Only the first one was tame enough to allow it to fly around. He met his demise when the kids and I were away and left my husband in charge of the pets. I don't think I'll ever know exactly what happened, but the bird ended up in the cat. :(
ReplyDeleteWe have Canada being the only country we've visited in common. I just turned in my old, unused passport and got a new one. We'll be going to Canada again on our cruise next month so I'm hoping I'll at least get that stamp.
On #9, I think men really just don't know what to do with themselves emotionally.
ReplyDeletePoor parrot! Hard thing to go through.
Canada is my only other country too. It's enough, I love it there.