Saturday 9: Somewhere (1983)
Unfamiliar with this week’s tune? Hear it here.
1) This song is from the hit musical West Side Story. It has just been remade by Steven Speilberg. Are you interested in seeing the 2021 version? No. I love theater. I love music. I hate them together. I saw the original when I was a kid. I liked it, but I was very young.2) Growing up, Crazy Sam thought this song was called, “A Place for Us.” Tell us about a song whose title or lyrics you got wrong or misheard. Edwin McCann’s “I’ll Be” from around 1998. I thought the line was, “I’ll be your dragon slayer” and it is “I’ll be your crying shoulder”. The song always reminds me of my girlfriend Cathy who passed some eight years ago…
3) Barbra Streisand sings of longing for “time to spare, time to learn and time to care.” The holidays are
often too busy for many of us. With Thanksgiving almost upon us, do you wish you had more time? No. I used to hate all the pressure of Christmas. Until God said, “Let there be Amazon.”
often too busy for many of us. With Thanksgiving almost upon us, do you wish you had more time? No. I used to hate all the pressure of Christmas. Until God said, “Let there be Amazon.”4) Early in her career, Barbra was pressured to have her nose fixed. She stubbornly refused, and did rather well anyway. Tell us about a time you resisted pressure. One of my wives was pressuring to do something I considered shady. She was insisting, asking me what my problem was. I said that I wouldn’t do it because it was wrong. She looked startled. Then said that I was the most moral person she ever met.
5) In the late 1960s she briefly dated Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, father of current PM Justin Trudeau. Obviously Barbra knew what became of Pierre and his family without having to look them up. Without the advantage of Google, do you know where one of your former loves is in 2021? I know the towns my ex-wives live in. I don’t get any prizes for any of them.
6) One of Barbra’s hit movies is The Way We Were, a love story about hopelessly mismatched lovers. Streisand always wanted to do a sequel and worked with a screenwriter on a treatment. Her costar, Robert Redford, refused. He simply was not interested in revisiting his character. Is there a movie series that you especially enjoy? Bond. James Bond.7) Barbra met her husband, James Brolin, at a dinner thrown by friends. They hit it off immediately, but he had to leave the next day to begin a movie in Ireland, so they began their romance over the phone. Do you enjoy long phone calls? Would you prefer video calls (Zoom)? I enjoy long calls with the right person. I facetime with my sister a lot.
8) On July 1, 1998, two years to the day after their first meeting, Barbra and Brolin married. It used to be that brides were advised against wearing white for their second wedding, but Barbra ignored that, wearing a white beaded gown. Do you believe brides should still avoid white the second time around? Nope. I think the idea only virgins should wear white is about as anti-feminist as you can get.
9) Random question: Is anyone on your bad side this morning? Not yet, but the day’s young.
See you next time. Just eight shopping months till I move to Phoenix. We will return. Same time. Same blog.
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#3 Amen!
Ah… finding religion…
You know it never occurred to me before, but the whole virginal bride thing is pretty awful when you think it through. Bud, you’re a feminist!
Yes. I am. I hate bigotry in any form, but none I’ve seen more in my day-to-day life than sexism. Racism is damn close.
Bond, James Bond. Have you seen No Time To Die? Very different from the original series back in the 60’s.
Yes. The first day. I loved it! And yes, very different. But we’ve all grown a lot since then…
Oh how exciting about your move! I have a few friends from high school that live in Arizona and they love it. Move time will be here before you know it. Loved your answers! Have a nice weekend.
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Thanks, Lori! You, too!
Dragon slayer! That shall henceforth be your new name.
I love it! HA HA!!
Dragon slayer is a better lyric than crying shoulder…
I thought so!