Saturday 9: Some Guys Have All the Luck

Saturday 9: Some Guys Have All the Luck (1984)

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

1) Do you consider yourself lucky?

A. No.

2) When did you last risk money in a game of chance (lottery, raffle ticket, slot machine, etc.)? How did you do?

A. Actually, I won. Which invalidates the previous answer, I suppose. But I played a dollar in a "winner take half" pot thingy at an auction and I won $100. Not counting all the times in between when I've played the lottery. I seldom win anything on the lottery, though I have won $2 once or twice. 

3)  There's a major football game this weekend. Will you be watching? Do you have any money riding on the outcome?

A. Is it Superbowl weekend? I guess I won't be watching. I think I will be watching PBS. And no, no money on the outcome. I don't even know who is playing.

4) The composer of this song, Jeff Fortgang, is an interesting guy who's had two disparate careers: first pop musician, then Yale-educated clinical psychologist. It's possible that many of the patients who see him for help with anxiety or depression have no idea that he wrote this song. What's something your coworkers (or, if you're not working, casual friends) would be surprised to know about you?

A. I used to play in a rock and roll band. I've mentioned it here several times but my casual friends would have no idea, unless they read this blog.

5) Similarly, fans are often surprised to learn that this week's featured artist, Rod Stewart, is a history buff who loves reading about WWII. Is there a period of time or historic event that has captured your interest?

A. I have always been partial to the era of Mary, Queen of Scots. However, I love history and am very into my local history, too. I once was president of one of the local historical societies (which might also be an answer to #4).

6) Rod met his current wife as the result of a dare. Penny Lancaster, then in her 20s, spotted the decades-older celebrity in a bar and only approached him because her friends bet her she didn't have the guts to talk to him. Are you, like Penny, vulnerable to peer pressure? Can your friends talk you into doing things you might not otherwise do?

A. Not very easily, no.

7) Rod vividly recalls being 11 years old and going to see  Little Richard perform in a film comedy called The Girl Can't Help It. When you were a kid, did you enjoy going to the movies? What do you recall seeing?

A. In 1979, after the Salem Valley 8 opened, we went to the movies every week. It was within walking distance of my grandmother's house. That year was saw a bunch of B-rated films, like Sinbad, but the one that affected me most was The Amityville Horror. That movie scared me so badly that I have never watched another horror film.

8) The lyrics tell of when Rod's car overheats and he calls a friend, who doesn't come through. Tell us about a time recently when you were there and helped a buddy out.

A. Most of my "helping" is done by listening, or coordinating. I'm very good at finding the help others need if I know they need it. I am not physically able to help much anymore, but if I am aware of something then I do what I can. An example would be sending my husband over to fix my friend's septic tank. I didn't do the work, just made the connection.

9) The lyrics mention that "some guys do nothing but complain." Who do you know who is like that? Do you have a friend, relative or coworker who just always seems to find fault?

A. I think that might be me. I can complain with the best of them. Well, no, my mother was the best complainer ever, followed by my grandmother, so I guess that puts me in third place.

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