Saturday 9: Volare

Saturday 9: Volare (1960)

On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun… 

 

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

1) The word "volare" is Italian for "to fly." Say something else in Italian.

Mangia

2) This week, Bobby Rydell invites us to take off with him up in the clouds and promises we'll find a rainbow. Countless lyricists have included rainbows in their songs. Can you name another song that mentions rainbows?

Well the classic one is “Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by actress Judy Garland

3) His happy heart is singing. What is making you happy this morning?

Bad question this morning!

1) My house is all upside down, I’m having laminate installed in my living room, dinning rooms, nad  entryway.

2) I need a plumber to replace a shower regulator, I replaced them before but this time it is corroded.

3) The hot water went off the this morning, I need the furnace and hot water heater cleaned out.

4) I got a visual migraine.

Naw, it wasn’t a good morning! 

4) Bobby Rydell, like Frankie Avalon and Fabian, was a 1950s teen idol who hailed from Philadelphia. Home to the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, Philly is Pennsylvania's most populous city. Have you ever been there? 

 Yes, when I was knee high to a grasshopper.

5) Bobby was such a perfect example of a clean-cut American boy that when Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey sat down to write the play Grease, they named their fictional high school Rydell High after him. Do you have a favorite song from Grease?

No, I wasn’t a fan of the movie, I liked the song “Love Is A Many Splendored Thing” but not the Greece version.

6) In addition to singing, Bobby also acted. His most famous film role was opposite Ann-Margret in Bye, Bye, Birdie (1963). Have you seen it?

Yes.

Do I remember it? Nope!

7) In 1960, when this record was popular, so were hand-loomed, 100% virgin wool sweaters from Italy. You could order one from the Sears catalog for $12.60 (approx. $135 in today's dollars). That sweater was labeled "dry clean only." Do you have any garments waiting to be picked up from the cleaners?

Nope, I don't think that I ever used a cleaner.

8) Also in 1960, Princess Margaret married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. They met when he was commissioned to take her official portrait. Who took the most recent photo of you?

I take a lot of nature photos, but I don’t like to take pictures of people, and I don’t have many of me.

 

9) Random question: Is your oldest friend also your best friend?

No, but I’m friends on Facebook with them.