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Ode to Billie Joe (1967)
If you're not familiar with today's song, you can hear it here.
1) This song takes places on "the third of June," which is described as "another sleepy, dusty" day. Describe the weather where you were on Friday, June 3, 2016.
Hot...hot...hot. 102 here in Davis today...with plans to continue in triple digits through the middle of next week.
2) In this song, the family sits down to eat and discuss the doings of their friends and neighbors. Mama, Papa, Brother and Sister were at the table. Who did you have dinner with on Friday?
The same person I have dinner with every night: Walt. We will have a Blue Apron meal: lemon-butter salmon with creamy barley and zucchini salad.
3) Young Billie Joe MacAllister playfully put a frog down another kid's back. Do you see many frogs where you live?
I have never seen frogs or toads in this town, despite having a special town for them. And I've lived here 43 years.
Ode to Billie Joe (1967)
If you're not familiar with today's song, you can hear it here.
1) This song takes places on "the third of June," which is described as "another sleepy, dusty" day. Describe the weather where you were on Friday, June 3, 2016.
Hot...hot...hot. 102 here in Davis today...with plans to continue in triple digits through the middle of next week.
2) In this song, the family sits down to eat and discuss the doings of their friends and neighbors. Mama, Papa, Brother and Sister were at the table. Who did you have dinner with on Friday?
The same person I have dinner with every night: Walt. We will have a Blue Apron meal: lemon-butter salmon with creamy barley and zucchini salad.
3) Young Billie Joe MacAllister playfully put a frog down another kid's back. Do you see many frogs where you live?
I have never seen frogs or toads in this town, despite having a special town for them. And I've lived here 43 years.
4) This song made Mississippi's Tallahatchie Bridge famous. What's the name of a bridge in your neighborhood?
This is the Stevens bridge, which is covered with graffiti,
perhaps the thing it is most famous for.
5) Bobbie Gentry often performed with Glen Campbell. Mr. Campbell's family is very open about Glen's battle with Alzheimer's. Is anyone in your life facing this terrible disease?
Regular readers of this journal know that my 97 year old mother has had dementia for many years, worsening lately. Does not seem to be Alzheimers type, but still it has taken the mother I have known all my life from me and left a shell of a woman who has little interest in anything but sitting in a chair and watching the leaves on the trees outside her window and who has zero short term memory.
6) "Ode to Billie Joe" was made into a movie directed by Max Baer, Jr. Mr. Baer is better known for playing Jethro Bodine in a famous 1960s era sitcom. Can you name it?
Of course. The Beverly Hillbillies (I always remember shows named after me!)
7) Bobbie Gentry made one of her last public appearances in 1981 on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Johnny is now seen in reruns on the Antenna TV channel. Think of the last TV show you watched. Was it new or was it a rerun?
I'm binge watching House of Cards.
8) In 1967, when this song was popular, Sweden changed its traffic laws and Swedes began driving on the right. Have you ever driven in a foreign country? If so, did you have a hard time adapting to their laws?
No, I have not driven in a foreign country. I leave that to Walt. My depth perception is so bad, I hate to think about driving on the "wrong" side of the road. I did go biking in Australia and it was very difficult trying to remember to stay on the left.
9) Random question: Which would you rather have more of -- compliments or hugs?
Depends on the day! But probably compliments.
5) Bobbie Gentry often performed with Glen Campbell. Mr. Campbell's family is very open about Glen's battle with Alzheimer's. Is anyone in your life facing this terrible disease?
Regular readers of this journal know that my 97 year old mother has had dementia for many years, worsening lately. Does not seem to be Alzheimers type, but still it has taken the mother I have known all my life from me and left a shell of a woman who has little interest in anything but sitting in a chair and watching the leaves on the trees outside her window and who has zero short term memory.
6) "Ode to Billie Joe" was made into a movie directed by Max Baer, Jr. Mr. Baer is better known for playing Jethro Bodine in a famous 1960s era sitcom. Can you name it?
Of course. The Beverly Hillbillies (I always remember shows named after me!)
7) Bobbie Gentry made one of her last public appearances in 1981 on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Johnny is now seen in reruns on the Antenna TV channel. Think of the last TV show you watched. Was it new or was it a rerun?
I'm binge watching House of Cards.
8) In 1967, when this song was popular, Sweden changed its traffic laws and Swedes began driving on the right. Have you ever driven in a foreign country? If so, did you have a hard time adapting to their laws?
No, I have not driven in a foreign country. I leave that to Walt. My depth perception is so bad, I hate to think about driving on the "wrong" side of the road. I did go biking in Australia and it was very difficult trying to remember to stay on the left.
9) Random question: Which would you rather have more of -- compliments or hugs?
Depends on the day! But probably compliments.
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