Saturday 9

 

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Saturday 9: Touch Me in the Morning (1973)

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

1) In this song, Diana Ross sings that nothing good lasts forever. Do you agree?
I think some good things may last forever, but not most..

2) She sings about a happy past with her lover, and the strength she'll need to face tomorrow alone. Do you find yourself more often remembering the past or anticipating the future? 
At 80, the only "future" I can anticipate is death, so I spend a lot of time remembering the past.

3) In the 1970s, Diana Ross had young daughters. To spend maximum time with her girls, she would sleep all day when they were in school. That way she could have dinner with them, bathe them and put them to bed before going to the studio and recording all night. Have you ever worked the night shift? 
There was a time when I worked a day job, transcribed medical records at night, and then decorated a cake for a customer.  I didn't sleep much in those days! I was also going to shows to write reviews and Walt's job was to keep me awake because I fell asleep so often.

4) Diana has five children altogether. There's a 16-year age difference between her oldest daughter, Rhonda, and her youngest son, Evan. Studies have shown that when there's a big gap between siblings, parents consider the older kids "built-in babysitters." In your family, were the older kids ever in charge of the younger ones? 
Since I had  5 kids in 6 years, there wasn't much babysititng by the older kids.  I did leave Jeri, age 5, in charge of her siblings when I went to the hospital to give birth to #5...because my friend who was coming to take care of them hadn't arrived yet and I was afraid I was going to give birth in the car.

5) She says her favorite sweet treat is Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies. Do you have a favorite cookie?
Mexican wedding cookies.

6) Around the time she recorded this song, Diana Ross considered making a movie called The Bodyguard. She was to play a singer who received death threats, and Steve McQueen would portray the man hired to protect her. Scheduling conflicts prevented the movie from being made. It wasn't filmed until 1992, and then with different stars. Without looking it up, can you name stars of The Bodyguard? 
No.  I never saw the movie.

7) In 1973, when this song was #1, Norman Mailer was atop the best-seller list with his controversial biography of Marilyn Monroe. Do you often read biographies and memoirs? 
I read a lot of biographies and autobiographies.

8) Also in 1973, another Motown singer, Stevie Wonder, was injured in an automobile crash and still has a scar on his nose to show for it. Have you ever been in a car accident?
No

9) Random Question: What's the last thing you borrowed or lent?
I can't think of anything.

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