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Saturday 9: Rocket Man (1972)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) In this song, Elton John tells us he's taking off for outer space at 9:00 AM. What will you be doing at 9:00 AM tomorrow morning?
reclining in my recliner, drinking coffee (which Ned will have made), and watching TV until about 10, or I might be sitting up and working our current puzzle.
2) He sings that even though he uses it for his astronaut job, he doesn't understand science. Was science one of your better classes in school?
Definitely not. Science and math were my weakest subjects. English and French the strongest.
3) Lyricist Bernie Taupin recalls writing the first verse of "Rocket Man" while stuck in traffic as he tried to make his way to his parents' home. Have you recently been stuck in traffic? If yes, where were you headed?
I have stopped driving, so I haven't driven anywhere, and we have not been out of Davis, which does not have traffic jams.
4) Thinking of cars ... Nigel Olsson, who plays drums and sings back-up on "Rocket Man," is a self-proclaimed "race car fanatic." What hobby are you passionate about?
Writing letters, keeping my daily journal, learning ATCs
5) Davey Johnstone, who plays guitar on "Rocket Man," recently posted on Facebook that he was thrilled to meet Joni Mitchell. Are you on Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Pinterest? Tik Tok?
I'm mostly on Facebook. I have an account on Instagram and Pinterest but am rarely on either of those.
6) Elton John once played charades with Bob Dylan. But only once. Elton laughingly says he can't get over how "hopeless" Dylan was at the game. What's the last game you played? Did you win?
Wow. That will have been years ago, when my mother and both cousins were still alive. We played a game called "5 Crowns" and played it for an overnight every month. I can't remember who won. That was at least 10 years ago.
7) In 1972, when this song was popular, Winnie the Pooh was on the cover the Sears Christmas Wish Book. That year, kids asked Santa for plush Pooh, Tigger and Eeyore. Did you have many plush toys as a child? If yes, do you still have any of them?
I don't remember having plush toys as a child, but my kids had lots. We called them "stuffies." Some of them are still around here, including my most precious Winnie the Pooh.
8) Also in 1972, TV cowboy Dan Blocker died. He played the middle brother, "Hoss," on Bonanza. Do you enjoy watching westerns?
No, I don't. But I toured the Bonanza set in the Lake Tahoe area back in 2000
9) Random question: What inspires you?
I watch craft videos on YouTube and am often inspired by what I see.
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We visited the Ponderosa Ranch too when it was a tourist attraction in 1978. I almost got reared off a horse and never went on one after that.
ReplyDeleteYour answer to #2 could be mine (except I took Spanish).
ReplyDeleteI was a good life science student but not the math sciences (like physics or chemistry).
ReplyDeleteI would not have known that was Pooh Bear in the picture. :-)
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