The Retired Mermaid

  Hello, friends and acquaintances from near and far! It's already afternoon on Saturday, but because my Miami Hurricanes usually play on Fridays but are playing today, I forgot it even was  Saturday. I am sorry to be gracing you so lately with my presence. As I do every! other! week! in which I participate!! No news is good news, right? Today Crazy Sam pulled a shocker on me and taught me that, at this many years old (49), this song is sung by none other than Dionne Warwick!! You see, these three limited pieces of information are essentially what I knew about Ms. Warwick as an 80s kid. (I hope I'm not shooting myself in the foot and prematurely answering some of Sam's questions, since I never read them until right before I'm about to answer them, but we'll jump off that bridge when we come to it.): 1. Whitney Houston's talented aunt 2. "That's What Friends Are For" 3. Psychic Network All this to say, I did not know what else  was in Dionne's d...

  Hey, guys, how are we doing today? It's 9:21 AM here, for me, so I'll be lucky to stop the clock by noon. And Hubs is down there cooking me an omelet right now... I LOVED this song when it came out! I was in graduate school, working on the doctorate I skipped out on, but that time was an enormously emotional, anguished, fraught time. Music, including Lou Bega's, helped.  It's still a bop, and I still love it. So what about you? Joining us this weekend? Make sure you pop on over here and link up! Let's go: ~*~*~*~*~ Saturday 9: Mambo No. 5 (1999) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it  here .   1) Lou Bega namechecks a lot of women in this song. Is there an Angela, Pamela, Sandra, Rita, Monica, Erica, Tina, Mary, or Jessica in your life? I am friends with women with a lot of those names. Maybe I should write a song!   2) Can you think of a song that includes your first name? I've known about this Weird Al song, "Melanie," since forever. Alway...

s * a * t * u * r * d * a * y   * 9 * Hello, and welcome! I'm staying up pretty late into the night to get this post written (it's 4:27 AM EDT). I may be the worst blahgger in the world, continuity-wise and so forth, I don't know, but I would like to keep up with it as much as the cards I've been dealt will allow me. And I appreciate all my visitors! (And commenters) Today we're going to talking about relative newcomer Gracie Abrams, who is pretty cool, and her son g, "That's S o True." I queued up this song of hers, and then another, and then another - she's got a fairly arresting indie-folk-kinda vibe that I really like, so I subscribed. Plus she has exact birthday as my eldest, Chloë, just two years older (if that boosts your likeworthiness). Anyhoo, if you're joining us this weekend, maybe you should add yourself to  this post here , so we can all see! Jumping in: ~*~*~*~*~ Unfamiliar with this week's tune?   1) In this song, Gracie Abr...

  Hello again, all. I try, I try to stay on top of writing, but the days and weeks just get away from me. So I bring to you another Saturday 9 from Crazy Sam and the crew (and a not-bad looking Robert Redford [RIP]), with promises to try writing other things during the week, too. Noo, those aren't  my fingers crossed behind my back! Today's song choice is Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer." I think the last time I came this  up close and personal with this song, it was 1991, and I was 14 years old and on my first cruise. We were on the Carnival Ecstasy's inaugural year, close to the beginning, which my dad and his wife were stupidly so proud about. But I digress. There was a talent show. Two of the guys I was hanging out with had a younger brother who played piano and used this for his talent piece. I cannot remember if he won. If you're playing along this weekend - which I hope you are - make sure you link your post up here ! Let's go: The Entertainer (...

Hey guys. Here it is, nearing 9 PM, and I've just remembered it's Saturday and that means it's S9. Maybe I'll get a passing glance, maybe not, but I've got to keep writing ( anything! But might as well make it fun!) for writing's sake. I always appreciate those who do visit, though! * Looks like we're taking on The Supremes. I'm listening to the song right now - you should, too! What if we had a group called The Superiors? or The Very Best? or the VIPs? Would they rank in for highest in terms of quality? Anyway, if you're playing (late like me) this weekend, be sure and link up here! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Saturday 9: Come See About Me (1964) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it  here . 1) In this song, Diana Ross sings that she's given up her friends for her boyfriend. Have you ever had a lover your friends disapproved of? Has a friend ever dated someone you didn't care for? Yes to both! I mean, It happens fairly commonly, I assume, but maybe ...