(The picture of the center of a Warner Bros. Records 45 is sure bringing back the memories. I think the majority of my 45s carried the Warner Bros. label.)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) Since we're not supposed to stop thinking about tomorrow, let's talk about it: What are your plans for Sunday? Sigh....as usual nothing much. Sunday is my husband's only day off and with his health all messed up he never wants to do anything but sleep on Sundays. Oh well, I just bought a new stack of books at Barnes & Noble.
2) Fleetwood Mac was formed 50 years ago in London. Fifty years is considered a "golden anniversary." Do you wear more silver or gold? I really don't care for yellow gold. I own some, but I much prefer white gold or silver...or even rose gold.
3) This song is from Rumours, which has sold 40 million copies. Is it in your collection? It was...until vinyl went the way of the dinosaurs. Thinking they were done forever I sold my entire collection (which I would really like to have back now).
4) It was written by keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie. She was born Christine Perfect, a name that earned her a fair share of teasing when she was a school girl. Do you recall being teased in school? What about? No, I don't remember being teased in school. At home, my dad was merciless about everything.
5) Before Fleetwood Mac, she was in a band called Chicken Shack. If you were to order out for a chicken dinner, which restaurant would you turn to? I have no idea because plain old roasted, baked, or fried chicken is one of those things I NEVER order when I go out to eat.
3) This song is from Rumours, which has sold 40 million copies. Is it in your collection? It was...until vinyl went the way of the dinosaurs. Thinking they were done forever I sold my entire collection (which I would really like to have back now).
4) It was written by keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie. She was born Christine Perfect, a name that earned her a fair share of teasing when she was a school girl. Do you recall being teased in school? What about? No, I don't remember being teased in school. At home, my dad was merciless about everything.
5) Before Fleetwood Mac, she was in a band called Chicken Shack. If you were to order out for a chicken dinner, which restaurant would you turn to? I have no idea because plain old roasted, baked, or fried chicken is one of those things I NEVER order when I go out to eat.
6) Before she could pay all her bills with her music, she supported herself as a window dresser for a London department store. Do you enjoy walking along, just window shopping? Or do you consider "looking with no intention to buy" a waste of time? I enjoy window shopping if I'm in the city, but I don't want to go to the mall or Wally World just to window shop. Booooring!
7) When she found herself making big money, one of the first things Christine bought was a pair of matching Mercedes for herself and then-husband, John McVie. If you were handed a check for $1 million, what's the first thing you would do with the money? Pay off all our debt.
8) The other girl in Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, founded the Soldier's Angel Foundation. She believes in the healing power of music, and so she's proud to provide wounded soldiers with iPods already loaded with music. When you listen to music from your phone, MP3 player or iPod, do you use ear buds or headphones? Neither, since I don't listen to music on a phone, MP3, or iPod.
9) Random question: Let's pretend your high school reunion is coming up. Which classmate are you more curious about: the one who was your first date, or the one who was too cool to give you the time of day? Actually, this year should be my 35-year reunion, but nobody wants to take on the task of organizing one because it's a thankless job. After the 15 year reunion the class officers quit and there wasn't another one until someone took it upon themselves to organize our 30 year get-together. Out of a class of 365 only about 25 classmates and spouses showed up.
According to the one who did the organizing and inviting, most of the people she called told her to take their names off the list....they weren't interested and never wanted to hear from anyone again. I get that. The 30 year reunion was my first and had I not been nagged to death by people on Facebook I wouldn't have gone...and I don't have any desire to go to another.
All that said, if I had any curiosity it would be about the first date, not the stuck up snob that thought they were better than me.
Thanks for stopping by, now go and enjoy your Saturday. It's supposed to be a rainy one here....good day for watching movies or reading a good book.
Your answer to #7 is as commonsensical as mine. And I had a hard time coming up with an answer to #9.
ReplyDeleteYeah....us and our debt. :(
DeleteI talk to the people I want to either in real life or on Facebook. In fact a few of us girls are getting together next month to go hear another classmate play his music at a local Italian place. That's all the reunion I need.
This year is our fiftieth reunion and I haven't heard a word about it.
ReplyDeleteMy mom's class is the only one I know of that gets together religiously. There were only 60 or so in her class so they all knew each other fairly well. Their reunions are weekend-long affairs. Cocktails on Friday, dinner and dancing on Saturday, a picnic on Sunday. In fact, next weekend is their 55th.
DeleteIt's a funny thing about vinyl. It was replaced by cds which were replaced by mp3s that got replaced by streaming phones. In between all of those replacements, it seems as if someone tried to resurrect the vinyl.
ReplyDeleteWe baby boomers are good for trying to bring back everything from our youth eventually.
DeleteMalls have sort of killed off window shopping, haven't they? But I don't even go to the mall much anymore. Just browse Amazon and eBay. Times have changed, I guess.
ReplyDeleteHappy Saturday, and have a lovely week!
There was one mall in Florida that I used to love going to just to walk through and gawk at things. It was an enormous place and each different hallway/wing/whatever-you-want-to-call-it was made to look like a city street in different countries. Even the piped-in music changed to match and there were sounds of birds or whatever would match the scene. The lighting changed to reflect the different times of day, too, so in the evenings it would be dimmer and dark up by the ceiling with street lights on and shop lights. It was very cool, but they built it in the late 80s and it was closed and torn down before 2000!
DeleteThere are no stores around here to window shop, so when I get an opportunity I totally love it!
ReplyDeleteWe really don't have any here, either. I'm in a small town and most of downtown is medical offices these days since we have a hospital in town. I used to love going to Pittsburgh the day after Thanksgiving to look at the window displays, but there aren't too many of those any more.
DeleteWhen I think of window shopping, I imagine some snowy (holiday) scene featuring a beautiful couple with fur muffs, totally besotted with the window displays and one another. (Sooo not me!)
ReplyDeleteI totally get what you said about class reunions. The only people I care about are friends on FB.
That's what I think of, too! The last time I made a trip to Pittsburgh to look at the Christmas windows at Kaufman's it was because Kaufman's was closing after more than 100 years. We took my aunt to see the windows and go upstairs to the restaurant for lunch. The windows that year told the story of 'Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
DeleteRe 8: you and me both! I thought I was the only non-handheld-using person!
ReplyDeleteNope. I don't know why I'm so resistant to putting my music on those, but I am. Give me my stereo and a stack of CDs, thanks.
DeleteReading is a wonderful Sunday thing. Enjoy your book stack!
ReplyDeleteWe both like silver or silvery jewelry. And neither of us like "window" shopping. Give me a good book and a a tall iced tea!
I do believe I'm going to start on "Dangerous Minds" the newest in Janet Evanovich's Knight and Moon series.
DeleteWish we were having a rainy Saturday. We are burning up. And you have books! That makes for a great Sunday.
ReplyDeleteIf it makes you feel any better, while it was rainy it was incredibly humid.
DeleteI would love to have all my vinyl back too! I donated it to a DJ at our church. I had a great collection. Had.
ReplyDeleteMe, too. I moved them all with me to Florida after I got married, but when we moved back vinyl was already gasping its last so I didn't think it was worth it to move it back again. Hindsight.
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