Saturday 9: Love Affair

Saturday 9: '65 Love Affair (1977)

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

1) The first line of this song is, "I was a car hop." Car hops used to take orders and bring diners food to eat in their cars. Today, the drive through lane has pretty much replaced car hops. Think about the last time you went to a fast food restaurant. Did you order at the counter or at the drive through window?

A. Actually, I phone it in and go in and pick it up.

2) Mr. Davis sings that his girlfriend was "bad with her pom-poms." Presumably she was a cheerleader. Share one of your school's cheers.

A. We're Cavalier born and Cavalier bred and when we die we'll be Cavaliers yet! So rah rah for Cavaliers! Rah rah for Cavaliers! Rah rah for Cavaliers!

3) The lyrics tell us he believes that if he could go back in time, his girl would still be his. If you could travel back in time to your high school years, what would you enjoy doing again? What would you do differently?

A. I would enjoy learning and visiting the library, which I did and would do again. I would try to be calmer. I was not a very calm teenager on the inside, though I was generally quiet and unnoticed.

4) During his performing days, Paul Davis sported a full beard and flowing hair. We're using that to check your powers of observation and recollection. Think of the last man you spoke to. Who was he? Describe his hair, and tell us whether he was clean shaven.

A. The last man I spoke to was my husband. He's balding with gray hair on the sides, and he had a 5 o'clock shadow because it was late in the day. He looked tired.

5) Paul Davis was born in Meridian, MS, and that's where he returned to when he went into semi-retirement in 1982. Meridian's biggest employer is the Naval Air Station in Meridian. Do you know anyone who is currently in, or employed by, the military?

A. I have an uncle who was in the Air Force and then retired and went back as a civilian worker. He's some kind of high tech airplane mechanic.

6) He was a pool player and a golfer. Which sport are you better at?

A. Pool. I used to shoot a mean game of pool back in the day.

7) Sadly, he died in 2008, on the day after his 60th birthday. His best friend remembers him as "a homebody," who enjoyed staying up long into the night with his friends, playing and listening to music. Describe your perfect way to spend an evening.

A. Staying in with my husband, with his hand in mind, and a good back in my lap, while he watches TV.

8) The publishing rights to "'65 Love Affair," as well as Paul Davis' bigger hits ("Cool Night" and "I Go Crazy"), are owned by another Paul -- Paul McCartney. Sir Paul's MPL Publishing Company has made him a very rich man, and Paul says that's because he chose to invest in music, something he loves. What about you? If you were to invest in a business or industry you love, which would you choose?

A. I would invest in publishing, although I don't think that is very lucrative right now. Perhaps I'd have to do something digital.

9) Random question --You're at a party and one of your host's best friends is a real egghead who tries to draw you into a conversation about paradigmatic counter existentialism. Would you: a) just listen politely while letting your mind wander; b) admit you don't know what the hell he's talking about; c) explain why you personally feel that the counter existential paradigm just adds unnecessary complexity to the individual's search for meaning?

A. Oh, my. I would be totally into this conversation. So I guess c), but I'd have to add that absurdist existentialism has merit as well, and that in all honesty, the universe really doesn't give a damn what we all do, and the search for meaning is in and of itself an absurdly pointless exercise, and thus the entire conversation was in and of itself useless.

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