Think (1968)
Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here.
In fond remembrance of The Queen of Soul (1942-2018).
1) As befits one of America's premiere artists, Aretha Franklin sang at three Presidential inaugurations. The first was Jimmy Carter's in 1977, when she sang "God Bless America." What's your favorite patriotic song? America the Beautiful
2) The daughter of a Baptist minister, Aretha grew up with church music. She told Rolling Stone one of her favorite songs was the hymn, "Victory Is Mine." What's your favorite religious song? I have many favorites -- I love church music -- but in our church hymnal the hymns aren't named so for this I will say "Jesus, Name Above All Names" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBVFvtM9SzM
3) She welled up a bit when President George H. W. Bush presented her with the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. When is the last time you shed a tear? Oh, I don't know. Probably a bit weepy yesterday
4) In 1980, the Queen of Soul sang for the Queen of England in a Command Performance at The Royal Albert Hall. Have you ever been to London? Yes I have and I would like to go back
5) Since Aretha had many honorary degrees, it would have been appropriate to refer to her as Dr. Franklin. Who is the last person you referred to by his or her title (Officer, Father, Sgt., Dr., etc.)? Probably my priest, Fr. Klein
6) In this week's song, Aretha tells her lover that it doesn't take a high IQ to understand what's going on in their relationship. Do you know your IQ? No
7) A sculpture of Aretha is on display at Madame Tussaud's in New York. Do you think wax museums are cool, or creepy? I have never been to one and never had any desire to go to one so I guess I would have to say creepy because if I thought they were cool I would probably go.
8) Aretha and Motown legend Smokey Robinson were literally lifelong friends, since they were playground buddies in Detroit. Smokey is one of the only people who can claim to have seen The Queen of Soul with a bucket in a sandbox. If we went to the playground today, would you head for the swings, the slide or the jungle gym? Or, like Aretha, would you play in the sand? I don't care for sand and I don't like climbing so I would have to say the swings or maybe the slide if it wasn't too hot.
9) Random question: Do you like pumpkin seeds? yes
4 comments:
Good point about the slide! Sunshine combined with shorts could making the trip down a little uncomfortable. ;)
yep! We had tall metal slides in our playground -- the biggest one had a hump in the middle of it which made it so much fun. But, this was Texas and we weren't allowed to wear shorts or pants so we had to go down that thing in dresses and we learned really quickly to test the temp before we did!
I remember how hot the slides were and also that we sat on a sheet of wax paper to help us go faster. Here these days, the slides are plastic, but still burn your bottom in the Texas heat.
Nonnie -- yes! the waxed paper! And yes, any playground equipment is sort of miserable in the Texas heat --sand even gets hot.
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