Thanks to Gal for authoring this meme. Click on the Sat-9 title of song on the next line below to play.

Saturday 9: Mysterious Ways (1991)

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

1) In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (this coming Tuesday), we’re featuring one of Ireland’s most successful exports, U2. What else is Ireland famous for? Drunks. (My mom is Irish – so I can use this stupid joke)

2) The Dublin studio where U2 recorded this song (and all of Achtung, Baby) is now a music store called Claddagh Records. U2 pilgrims from all over the world travel to the spot (Celia Street, Dublin 2). If we were to visit your neighborhood, are there any landmarks you could direct us to? Just to I-91. Keep moving. Nothing to see here…

3) Lead singer Bono is rarely seen without his trademark sunglasses because he suffers from glaucoma. How is your vision? 20/20? At forty I needed reading glasses after having 20-10 vision my whole life. I needed 150s. It’s a couple of decades later and I use 175s. So over all my visions not bad…

4) Bono and wife Alison were married in 1982 and are still together today. Who is the longest-married couple you know? I really don’t pay attention. Johnnie Walker looked like he’d be married forever and he’s been divorce for a decade. Cos was single for a quite while before he met Dottie. They are still married and happy. Ironically, I think Bouncing Bill has been married a lot longer. He and Debbie got married in the early 80s. Galloping & his mere since around 1980. See why I don’t pay attention. It’s a lot of work and I’m better as that sports in-your-face stuff mover & shaker.

5) When Bono inducted Frank Sinatra into the Grammy Hall of Fame, he applauded the older man’s “swagger.” Do you think you have swagger? Yes. How else could I get to know The French Twins?

With my dad at our wedding in October of 2012.

6) Bono has been honored by world leaders, including President Obama and Nelson Mandela and the Pope, for his philanthropy. Here’s your turn to brag: tell us something you have received praise for recently. The 40 something nurse at the hospital told me she thought I was her age until she looked it up. She said “you look fabulous for a man of my age”. I was flattered but I am smart enough to know I was not being hit on.

7) Clearly Bono is the most famous member of U2. Who else is in the band? I’m not looking it up. Love the band, however…

8) On St. Patrick’s Day, will you wear green? Probably. That “Mom is Irish” thang)

9) Will you enjoy a glass of green beer or maybe a Shamrock Shake from McDonald’s? Nope. I hate beer and McDonalds.

Obviously I lived through the heart thing. I had a blocked artery and they place another stint in it. I’ll be back to work on Monday! Happy Saturday. Perhaps we will meet tomorrow. Only time can tell, but doesn’t it always? Join us again. Same time. Same blog. Peace and love…

Saturday 9: Here I Go Again (1982)

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

1) This song originally appeared on Whitesnake’s Saints and Sinners album. Are you feeling more saintly or sinful this morning? Since “saintly” is not on my bucket list, it’s gotta be sinful. Where are those French twins?

2) Whitesnake was formed by Brit David Coverdale, who now lives in Lake Tahoe, NV. Have you ever wanted to relocate to another country? No, or rather not until recently. I’d consider it if our retirement $$$ went further.

3) In the song, Coverdale says he “was born to walk alone.” Do you enjoy time on your own? Or do you quickly get bored or lonely? I’ve very content to be alone. My wife and I have plenty of interests the give the other “me time”. Although the “us time” is great too.

4) During the band’s 1980s heyday, Coverdale was known for his skintight leather pants. Do you own leather pants or slacks? No.

Not the original, but damn close.

5) What about snakeskin? Not since the 70s. My dad had bought a pair of alligator patched high-healed boots. My mother laughed her ass off and told him she would not got out of the house if he was wearing those boots. I was a DJ at a disco and they were perfect for my work.

6) It’s estimated that 20,000 people die of snake bite every year. Approximately 1,000 suffer fatal spider bites. Less than 50 are killed each year by sharks. Considering sharks, spiders and snakes, which do you find scariest? Sharks, spiders and snakes, oh my!

7) In 1982, when this song was popular, the world lost Princess Grace of Monaco. Before she became a royal, she was film star Grace Kelly. Have you ever seen a Grace Kelly movie? Yes, but not since the 60s.

8) Speaking of movies, the top-grossing film of 1982 was ET: The Extra Terrestrial. Have you seen it? My kids were the perfect ages for that film which was released during the era that my kids were young.

9) Random question: How many timepieces will you have to reset when we spring ahead this weekend? Only a couple. Most clocks set themselves now a days.

That is about it for a Saturday in Blogland. This week I am hospital bound. I had stints put in my heart in 2004. They need to go in and see what is causing my current situation. So, it’s an angiogram. Then more stints. Or open heat surgery. I have a double afib thing going on. I have complete confidence in both my cardiologist and her team. So, we will see you back soon. Same time. Same blog.