I Would Be in Love (Anyway)

 

I Would Be in Love (Anyway)

I Would Be in Love (Anyway) 1970

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

1) Frank Sinatra sings, "If I knew then what I know now." If you were giving advice to a recent high school grad, based on that phrase, what would you say?  1. Don't let the small things bother you.  2. Know that every time you make a decision, it could impact the rest of your life...so make decisions and live your life wisely.  3. Make Good choices 4. Keep working out. 5. Never give up. 6. Always do your very best (advice from my dad to me).

2) This song is about a man looking back on his marriage, which has ended. While he is sad, he is not sorry he loved her. Do you believe that it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?  I definitely do agree with that.

3) Sinatra married four times. He met his first wife, Nancy, when he was 19. He saw a pretty girl sitting on her front porch, giving herself a pedicure, and he rushed home for his ukulele so he could serenade her. Have you ever sung to anyone? Has anyone ever sung to you?  I have never sung to anyone, but I did date a guy that we went to high school together and we were both in choir.  He knew I loved to listen to him sing.  When we were in college, we dated for a time and he would sing to me all of the time.

 

4) According to Barbara, his final wife, they met when they were neighbors in Rancho Mirage, California. Sinatra had his own tennis court, needed a fourth for doubles with his houseguests, and invited the lady next door to play. Tell us about your neighbors.  Where I live there is a neighbor across the street and that is all.  The houses are spread out where I live.  He is a single dad of two kids.  I have only talked to him a couple of times.  I never see him at home.  He is nice though and we wave at each other when we see each other.  Before he lived there a lady named Pauline lived there.   She died about 10 years ago, but she was the nicest lady.  She knew when I had Josh that something was wrong...I had seizures after I had Josh.  Anyway, she prayed for me.  She would always come outside and watch Josh play and I would take him over to visit.  I miss her.  I think my current neighbor was a relative though.  The house never went up for sale and he just moved in a little while after she passed.  Pauline was a long-time resident of this town.

5) When not performing before an audience or cameras, Sinatra often wore hats and caps because his hair was thin and his toupee annoyed him. Is there anything you wear for "dress up" that you're happy to ditch when you go casual?  When I am not working, I am in sweats and a t-shirt.  I wear jeans to work...our Superintendent started letting us wear jeans the year after covid.  I wear nice shirts.  So really my pants and shoes are the first thing off when I get home and I put on sweats and tennis shoes.  I also remove all jewelry.

6) Frank had a sweet tooth and to the end of his life, he enjoyed chocolate-covered apricots, ordered from Lepore's in his hometown of Hoboken, NJ. If you could have any sweet treat right now, what would you request?  Maybe a piece of peach pie.  I love pie.

7) This song was written specifically for Sinatra by Bob Gaudio, best known as a member of The Four Seasons. That 1960s quartet is now legendary. In addition to 25 Top Ten Hits, they are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and inspired the Broadway play and movie musical, Jersey Boys. Do you have a favorite Four Seasons song?  When I was a kid, I would listen to my mom's 45's on her record player and pretend I was a D.J.  One of the songs I would play was Big Girls Don't Cry.  I loved that song.  That would be my favorite I guess.

8) In 1970, the year this record was released, The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered. Were you a fan?  I was born in 1970 and I know it is probably shown still, but I cannot ever remember watching it.

9) Random question: Have you ever named your car or truck?  I never have.  I did have a friend in high school that names her cars.  Her car in high school was named Kermit.  It was the ugliest green car.