The Saturday 9 is All Shook Up...

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All Shook Up

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants' posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here are today's questions!

Saturday 9: All Shook Up (1957)

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

Chosen because January 8 is the anniversary of Elvis Presley's birth.

1) In this song, Elvis shares quite a list of maladies: he's itching, his hands are shaky, his knees are weak, he has chills ... How are you feeling this morning?  Blessed!

2) He also mentions being "tongue-tied." The dictionary defines it as, "unable to speak freely, as from shyness." Do you often find yourself tongue-tied?  Yes. I am one of those people who, two hours later, thinks about what I SHOULD have said instead of what I actually stumbled through. Writing is much easier for me because I usually have time to edit my words!

3) Even after he was wealthy, Elvis never lived away from his parents. At one point Graceland Mansion was home to four generations of the family: his grandmother, his father, and stepmother, Elvis, his wife, and daughter. Have you ever lived in a multi-generational household?  No, I never did but my hubby grew up with family members living with them as his folks sponsored others coming over from Italy.  His grandparents, his aunts, and uncles.  It was a revolving door for several years.

4) Thinking of family, Elvis Presley was a distant cousin of President Jimmy Carter. Both of their family trees can be traced back to the 18th century and Thomas Preslar (before the surname was changed to Presley in the early 1800s). Have you traced your ancestry?  Yes, back into the 1600s on some lines. If not, is it something you'd like to do?  If you haven't, you should. It is lots of fun.

 

5) As an adult, Elvis never wore denim (except for a movie role). That's because when he was in school, his classmates teased him for "dressing poor" in jeans and coveralls. Is denim a big part of your wardrobe today?  I would wear denim all the time if I could. Love my jeans.

 

6) Before becoming famous, Elvis drove a truck in and around Memphis. Have you ever had a job that kept you behind the wheel most of the day?  No.

7) In 1957, the year this song was a hit, the Allstate Mechanical Freight Set was popular, too. Kids would wind up the engine and watch it pull two cars and a caboose around the track. To enhance the realism, sparks would shoot from the engine's smokestack as it rumbled by. Did you ever play with a toy train?  My brother had one but I didn't play with it.   If not, tell us about a childhood plaything you remember fondly.  I was a reader and loved my books more than my toys. I had a Tiny Tears doll but didn't play with it much. I probably played with my Barbies more than other toys but what I enjoyed most about Barbie was building 'houses' with scarves and umbrellas and making furniture with scraps of wood.

8) The best-selling book of 1957 was Peyton Place, a scandalous tale of life in a small New England town. Do you suppose there are enough steamy stories behind closed doors in your town to fill a novel?  Oh, you can be sure of that! LOL

9) Random question: Can you do 10 push-ups?  I can barely do ONE push-up, let alone 10.  Upper-body strength is lacking big time.

Peace & hugs!  Jesus loves you!