Saturday 9: This Could Be the Start of Something
January 06, 2024
Okay! Let's do a Saturday 9 - first time in a while! This week's song is This Could Be the Start of Something by Jack Jones. Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) We're beginning the year with an optimistic song about starting something new. Right now, are you feeling positive about 2024? Personally, yes. But I'm really nervous about the election and hoping hoping hoping that democracy survives.
2) In this song, Jack Jones sings that because he's on a diet he declines a rich dessert. Are you trying to lose a few pounds after the holidays? Nope, I'm happy with my weight.
3) The specific dessert referred to is a Charlotte Russe, a cake made with custard, fruit, cream, whiskey and gelatin. Preparation sounds like a great deal of work! What's the most recent dish you whipped up in your kitchen? I made some fancypants Blue Apron burgers for dinner the other night. They had glazed mushrooms and Fontina cheese and were quite tasty.
4) The lyrics contrast dining at Sardi's in New York with sunbathing in Malibu. Do you enjoy nightlife or are you more outdoorsy? No nightlife for me, but I'm really more indoorsy than outdoorsy.
5) This week's song was written by Steve Allen. While best known for his work on TV (he was the first host of The Tonight Show), he was also a composer who felt most creative at the piano. When do you feel most creative? When I'm doing one of my hobbies, I guess.
6) This week's artist, Jack Jones, won a pair of Grammy Awards and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Yet he's probably best known for singing the song that welcomed travelers aboard The Love Boat every week. What TV theme song can you sing along with? Oh gosh, lots! Here's three: Gilligan's Island, Cheers, The Big Bang Theory.
7) In 1959, when this song was popular, "continuing dramas" (aka soap operas) like Young Dr. Malone and Ma Perkins were broadcast daily on the radio. When you turn on the radio, do you listen for news, talk or music? Music, mostly, followed by NPR.
8) Now let's turn the calendar and our attention from 1959 to 2024. Is there a skill you're looking forward to learning, or improving, this year? I'd like to brush up on my juggling and drawing.
9) Have you purchased anything on impulse yet this year? Not yet!!