On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here are today's questions!
Saturday 9: Footloose (1984)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune. Hear it here.
1) In this week's song, Kenny Loggins encourages everyone to lose their blues by dancing. What reliably shakes you out of a funk?
Well the last time that I was in a funk a chocolate milkshake (Or as the say where I ordered the last on a Frappe)
2) To cut footloose, he has to kick off his "Sunday shoes." What's on your feet as you answer these 9 questions?
Ooo… they are as naked as a J-bird.
3) This is the title song of the popular 1984 movie of the same name. It's so well-identified with the film that the AFI named it #96 of the top 100 movie songs of the last 100 years. Have you seen Footloose?
What? I take it that it is a movie… no I haven’t.
4) The title of his 2022 memoir, Still Alright, was inspired by "I'm Alright," the song he wrote for the raucous golf comedy, Caddyshack. Do you play golf? (Yes, putt-putt miniature golf counts!) Do you watch it on TV?
The last time that I played miniature golf we with a group of seniors from the senior center. But I’ll love the game… well really it is not the game but the company.
5) Thinking of movies, Kenny says watching Yankee Doodle Dandy when he was just 7 years old made him think performing looked like fun and says, "I knew deep inside this is something I could do." Do you recall when you set off on your chosen career?
Well, which one? My first it was way back in elementary school and also because my father was an engineer. My second career was over dinner with a bunch of friends who said become a social worker.
5) Kenny grew up in Everett, Washington, north of Seattle and 84 miles from the Canadian border. Have you ever visited Canada? If yes, where did you go?
I’ve been to the eastern islands of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island to all the way to Pointe au Baril on Lake Huron and boy was the water at Pointe au Baril cold.
6) In 1977 Kenny struck up a friendship with Stevie Nicks, who was a source of encouragement and would sing with him on one of his biggest hits, "Whenever I Call You Friend." Tell us about when you met one of your best friends.
We met in First grade.
7) In 1984, when this song was a hit, Angela Lansbury premiered in Murder, She Wrote, a show still seen in reruns today. Were/are you a fan?
I love the show but I’ve seen the reruns so much that it is like Star Trek where I can idenitfy the show in matter of only seconds.
8) Let's tweak your memory about something else that happened in 1984. Without looking it up, can you recall why Michael Jackson's Pepsi commercial made headlines the world over?
Oh yeah, how could you forget that! A flaming head of hair.
9) Random question -- Think of your last professionally prepared meal. Did you dine in, carry out, or have it delivered?
Carry out…
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!
Unfamiliar with this week's tune. Hear it here.
1) In this week's song, Kenny Loggins encourages everyone to lose their blues by dancing. What reliably shakes you out of a funk?
Well the last time that I was in a funk a chocolate milkshake (Or as the say where I ordered the last on a Frappe)
2) To cut footloose, he has to kick off his "Sunday shoes." What's on your feet as you answer these 9 questions?
Ooo… they are as naked as a J-bird.
3) This is the title song of the popular 1984 movie of the same name. It's so well-identified with the film that the AFI named it #96 of the top 100 movie songs of the last 100 years. Have you seen Footloose?
What? I take it that it is a movie… no I haven’t.
4) The title of his 2022 memoir, Still Alright, was inspired by "I'm Alright," the song he wrote for the raucous golf comedy, Caddyshack. Do you play golf? (Yes, putt-putt miniature golf counts!) Do you watch it on TV?
The last time that I played miniature golf we with a group of seniors from the senior center. But I’ll love the game… well really it is not the game but the company.
5) Thinking of movies, Kenny says watching Yankee Doodle Dandy when he was just 7 years old made him think performing looked like fun and says, "I knew deep inside this is something I could do." Do you recall when you set off on your chosen career?
Well, which one? My first it was way back in elementary school and also because my father was an engineer. My second career was over dinner with a bunch of friends who said become a social worker.
5) Kenny grew up in Everett, Washington, north of Seattle and 84 miles from the Canadian border. Have you ever visited Canada? If yes, where did you go?
I’ve been to the eastern islands of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island to all the way to Pointe au Baril on Lake Huron and boy was the water at Pointe au Baril cold.
6) In 1977 Kenny struck up a friendship with Stevie Nicks, who was a source of encouragement and would sing with him on one of his biggest hits, "Whenever I Call You Friend." Tell us about when you met one of your best friends.
We met in First grade.
7) In 1984, when this song was a hit, Angela Lansbury premiered in Murder, She Wrote, a show still seen in reruns today. Were/are you a fan?
I love the show but I’ve seen the reruns so much that it is like Star Trek where I can idenitfy the show in matter of only seconds.
8) Let's tweak your memory about something else that happened in 1984. Without looking it up, can you recall why Michael Jackson's Pepsi commercial made headlines the world over?
Oh yeah, how could you forget that! A flaming head of hair.
9) Random question -- Think of your last professionally prepared meal. Did you dine in, carry out, or have it delivered?
Carry out…
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!
#7 truth
ReplyDelete#7: Ol' Jessica does seem to be on cable all the time, doesn't she?
ReplyDeleteI really must watch more TV. LOL. I had no idea "Murder She Wrote" was on TV all the time.
ReplyDeleteUsed to watch Murder she Wrote with my parents and then as a young single adult....loved that show!
ReplyDeleteI love being barefoot. You'll find me barefoot at home every day from May-October.
(We don't allow shoes in the house).
You've never seen Footloose??! it's such an iconic 1980s movie although I liked Pretty in Pink and Flashdance way better. hahahah