Saturday 9: For All We Know

 

Saturday 9: For All We Know (1971)

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

1) This song is about newlyweds looking ahead to a happy life together. What are you looking forward to today?  I am looking forward to sleeping in on Saturday morning...I am writing this Friday night.

2) They look forward to getting to know one another better. Tell us about someone who knows you well. Is it the person who has known you the longest?  My friend Malinda probably knows me the the best.  I had her son in class and we also worked together later and we went out together as friends.  She takes the time to really get to know people and she shares a lot about herself as well.  She is definitely not the friend who has known me the longest.

3) The song lyrics are credited to "Robb Wilson" and "Arthur James," but those aren't their real names. Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin were founding members of the 70s soft-rock group Bread. Are you familiar with that band? If so, do you have a favorite Bread song? (Find their greatest hits here.)  I am familiar with them, they are not a favorite, but the song "If" is nice.

 
4) Richard Carpenter discovered this song on his afternoon off when he and sister Karen were on tour. He took a few hours to unwind at  the movies, heard this song in the film Lovers and Other Strangers, and decided it would make a perfect Carpenters record. How do you like to unwind?  Sometimes I read, get on facebook or watch tv.

5) Karen Carpenter drank unsweetened iced tea, every day, all year long. Do you prefer your tea hot or cold?  cold and sweet.

6) Elvis was a fan of Karen's and, according to the recollection of singer Petula Clark, hit on her when she and Clark visited him backstage in Vegas. Pet recalled Karen was very innocent and said, "I felt responsible for her so I got her out of there." Tell us about a time when you looked out for a friend.  I have a friend that is going through a hard time with her severely disabled autistic son and her school district.  She asks me questions all of the time and I try to help her out as much as I can and support her and her son.


7) President Richard Nixon was a Carpenters fan, too, and invited the duo to perform at the White House at an official dinner for West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. If you could hear anyone perform live in an intimate setting, like a dinner party, who would you choose?  I would probably not be found at a dinner party, but maybe Michael Buble?

8) Today Richard collects classic automobiles. He has a 1964 Ford Thunderbird, like the one Beach Boys sang about in the song "Fun, Fun, Fun." Can you think of another song that mentions a car?  There is a song called Beep, Beep that mentions a Cadillac and a Nash Rambler if I recall correctly.

9) Random question: Do you tend to feel more content at the beginning of the day, or at the end?  The beginning of the day.  I am excited to start the day.  It seems like by the end of the day I have a lot on my mind.  I pray before I go to sleep, so I guess I hand my problems off to God and I wake up refreshed.