I also love this song cause I love Paul McCartney. This song came out when I was a senior in high school!
Saturday 9: London Town (1978)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1. Have you ever visited London:
No. It's on our bucket list, though!
2. In this song, Paul sings of encountering a London street musician playing the flute. Are there street musicians in your town?
We live in suburbia so no. However, the small city I shop in and where we often head to eat out, has several street musicians. More in the warmer months (May-November).
3. It's raining as he wanders around London. How is the weather where you are today?
It's mostly cloudy, grey, there's a few swirling snowflakes as I'm typing this at 9 AM and the temp is typical for March here in the Great Northeast: 35 although yesterday it got up to 50 and was partly sunny!
4. "London Town" is one of a handful of songs credited to Paul McCartney and Denny Laine, his bandmate in Wings from 1971 to 1981. They became fast friends in the mid-60s when Denny was with The Moody Blues, the band who opened for The Beatles on their final UK concert tour. Paul has acknowledged Denny's outstanding vocals and guitar playing, as well as his humor and generosity. Share the good qualities of one of your close friends.
I'll talk about my friend Joan. She's an encourager, very honest, not hypocritical at all and exudes the love of God to everyone. She loves to pray for people. She's a hiking buddy, always up for an adventure and can be somewhat spontaneous which I love. She's also super compassionate and generous. I've only known her for a little over a year but we connected immediately and she's becoming one of my closest friends.
5) Wings broke up in 1981 when Paul decided he was weary of touring. His kids were in school, his Beatle bandmate John Lennon had been murdered, and he simply felt more comfortable staying put and working in the studio, rather than performing live. Denny believed this would mean his role, and his financial compensation, would diminish so he quit Wings. Tell us about why you left one of your jobs.
I'll start with my first official teaching job (not counting the 1.5 years I was a substitute teacher right after college) teaching high school vocal music/chorus/musical theater. I left to go to grad school!! Instead of getting a MS in Music Education, I felt the call of God to get my MS in Educational Psychology/Special Education and accepted a fellowship to do an internship for 20 weeks as a Special Education Teacher of preK students followed by an internship for another 20 weeks as a Special Education Teacher of Multiply Handicapped people ages 13-senior citizen in a center based program. After an intense year (June 1986-June 1987) I had earned a MS Summa Cum Laude and my NYS permanent certification Special Education Brith-Geriatric. Grad school was awesome, intense, and gave me so many teaching opportunities along with my career jump.
6) Linda McCartney also wrote and performed with Wings. In addition to music, she is known for her photography and cookbooks. Of these three – music, photography and cooking – which do you enjoy most?
I absolutely adore most kinds of music and often practice some of my classical and baroque piano pieces during the week. I'm currently learning the alto harmony to many pieces of music for our Good Friday service. But I also love to cook and I dabble in photography.
7) Paul's first car was a 1964 Aston Martin DB5. He selected it himself before The Beatles went off on their first world tour and it was waiting for him when he got home to London. He drove it when he shouldn't have, as he didn't get his license until spring of 1965. When did you get your driver's license?
I got my NYS license in the summer of 1977 just before my senior year of high school.
8) Speaking of driver's licenses ... Last year someone bought one of Paul's expired driver's licenses at auction for $20,000. When you get a new license, passport, or state issued ID, what do you do with the old one?
For my old passport: I kept it. Because it has the Aruba, France, and Italy stamps! No way was I getting rid of my old passport!
For my old college ID: I shredded it.
For expired licenses, I also shred them.
9) Random question – Which do you have more of: dirty dishes in the sink or dirty clothes in the hamper?
Dirty clothes in the hamper. I have a dishwasher so almost all dishes go into it right away. I hate a messy kitchen. Actually (I just checked) my husband left his coffee mug in the sink. Typical. 😒
HAPPY SATURDAY!
2 comments:
I think it's great that you have a hiking buddy. I hurt my back and haven't been able to do yoga for almost a month. I happened to run into a woman from my class and she asked where I've been. I realize that doing an activity WITH someone makes you more committed, doesn't it?
I also got my license in 1977, when I was 17. Can’t remember if it was the end of junior year or the beginning of senior year,
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