Saturday 9: Think

Linking up with Sam and the gang for some musical fun. Visit the Saturday 9 site to find more posts to read or to find the rules to play yourself.

Think (1968)
Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here.
In fond remembrance of The Queen of Soul (1942-2018).

1) As befits one of America's premiere artists, Aretha Franklin sang at three Presidential inaugurations. The first was Jimmy Carter's in 1977, when she sang "God Bless America." What's your favorite patriotic song?

Oh, wow....I like a lot of patriotic songs. I guess God Bless the U.S.A....or  Charlie Daniels' "In America."

* *I came back to do an edit after Diana's comment that she'd never heard "In America." Can't have that, so here's Charlie. (And honest...my liking the song isn't because he mentions Pittsburgh Steeler fans. Well, maybe a little.)

2) The daughter of a Baptist minister, Aretha grew up with church music. She told Rolling Stone one of her favorite songs was the hymn, "Victory Is Mine." What's your favorite religious song?

How Great Thou Art. There is something about it that literally causes me to break out in goosebumps from the first note to the last. 

For something a little more contemporary, I love Glorious Day by Casting Crowns. Truth be told...I like all of their songs.

3) She welled up a bit when President George H. W. Bush presented her with the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. When is the last time you shed a tear?

Watching Woodlawn on Fridayl  I can't believe it's taken me so many years to get around to watching it.

4) In 1980, the Queen of Soul sang for the Queen of England in a Command Performance at The Royal Albert Hall. Have you ever been to London?

Nope.

5) Since Aretha had many honorary degrees, it would have been appropriate to refer to her as Dr. Franklin. Who is the last person you referred to by his or her title (Officer, Father, Sgt., Dr., etc.)?

I guess it would have been my dentist this week since I saw him twice.

6)  In this week's song, Aretha tells her lover that it doesn't take a high IQ to understand what's going on in their relationship. Do you know your IQ?

No.

7) A sculpture of Aretha is on display at Madame Tussaud's in New York. Do you think wax museums are cool, or creepy?

Kinda cool, but a little bit creepy. They had a display at the one on the Canadian side of Niagara fall a few years back about prison electrocutions. There was a button on the wall you could push and the lights would flicker, the "electricity" would hum, and the guy in the chair would really twitch. That one gave me the creeps!


8) Aretha and Motown legend Smokey Robinson were literally lifelong friends, since they were playground buddies in Detroit. Smokey is one of the only people who can claim to have seen The Queen of Soul with a bucket in a sandbox. If we went to the playground today, would you head for the swings, the slide or the jungle gym? Or, like Aretha, would you play in the sand?

I'd probably start on the jungle gym and then finish up in the sandbox.

9) Random question: Do you like pumpkin seeds?

I do. We always saved the seeds when we carved pumpkins and I'd roast them. I made a couple of different flavors.


That's all for today. See you tomorrow (I hope, as I'm keeping Colton overnight) for Sunday Stealing!