The Saturday 9: Chains (1962)

Chains

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Saturday 9: Chains (1962)

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

1) The song is about a woman who is in love with her boyfriend but still attracted to someone else. Do you believe a woman can be in love with more than one person at a time?  Well, love and 'attraction' are two very different things but I can say that I have never been "in love" with more than one person at a time. There are many people who I love very much though. I can only speak for myself. 

2) What about the male of the species? What about the male species?  LOL  That's a loaded question!   Do you believe a man can be in love with more than one person at a time?  I think there are men who THINK they are in love with more than one woman at a time but doubt that it is really love.  I think lust probably comes into play.

3) These lyrics were by Gerry Goffin and the music by Carole King. Carole was a favorite guest of David Letterman's. When she appeared on his show, he often commented on how impressed he was by her firm handshake. She credited her memorable grip to time spent milking goats on her Idaho farm. Have you poured goat milk on your cereal?  Nope.  Eaten goat milk yogurt or cheese?  I don't think I've ever had real goat cheese. Many people think goat cheese and feta cheese are the same, but they are not.

4) When it first came out, "Chains" was a favorite of 18-year-old George Harrison. It was at his recommendation that the Beatles added it to their early stage shows and even recorded it on their first album. When you were in high school, what was one of your favorite songs?  I was 'into' the Rolling Stones (instead of the Beatles) and also liked Janice Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.  I liked the Byrds and Crosby Stills Nash & Young, too. So a favorite song? Can't name just one!  I was a teen during the Woodstock era!

5) In 1962, when this song was released, epic movies were popular on the big screen. The Longest Day was three hours long, and Lawrence of Arabia ran more than three hours and a half hours. Today's most popular movies are nowhere near that long. Do you think the average American has a shorter attention span today than he did in 1962?  I think the kids today do have a shorter attention span.  Computer games move fast.  This is a time of instant gratification and fast results.  (Those long movies in the 60s had intermissions sometimes... with music.)

6) In 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy went on a two-week goodwill tour of India and Pakistan. She received a ceremonial "welcome necklace" in India. Made without jewels or precious metals -- just beads, sequins and paper -- it was valued by the First Lady for its delicate appearance and craftsmanship, and today it's on display at the John F. Kennedy Library. Tell us about a piece of jewelry that means a great deal to you, and why.  I have a heart-shaped necklace made with small rubies that my dad gave my mom for their 40th anniversary.  She gave it to me before she died because I had given them the little rubies to use in the necklace (from another piece of jewelry I had).  My cousin is a jeweler and he actually made it for them.  I also have a tear-drop shaped pendant made from my grandma's (first) wedding ring. She had it made for me with my birthstone in it (blue topaz). 

PS... my wedding ring, of course, which is so much a part of my hand that I don't even think of it being separate from me.  I rarely take it off, even in the hospital for a surgery, I ask them to tape it rather than take it off.

7) In Pakistan, Mrs. Kennedy made headlines by riding a camel. Have you ever ridden a horse, donkey, camel or elephant?  I have ridden a horse a few times (on trail rides) and got an elephant ride when I was a youngster. Never a camel or donkey though.

8) Also in 1962, the New York Newspaper Guild went on strike, so the nation's largest city went 114 days without a single daily paper. In 2018, how do you get your news?  We do take the daily local newspaper and read it every morning. Of course, there is also TV, text messages from local news, and lots of social media platforms. It's hard to digest when you know a lot of it is fake news.  There are no Walter Cronkites anymore. :(

9) Random question -- Complete this sentence: Before I go to sleep, I always tell Joe that I love him.  

Thanks for your visit today!!  I'm doing laundry and (depending on the weather) we may go up to the pool!!  Peace & hugs!!