November 9, 2019

 

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Heart to Heart (1982)

Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here.

1) With whom did you most recently have a "heart-to-heart" talk?

Not a deep heart to heart, but getting caught up on both spouses of Walt's cousins was great, since I hadn't seen them in so long.

2) When this song was on the charts, audiences were tuning in to a TV show called Hart to Hart. Are you familiar with it?

Yes.  Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers. I watched it sometimes.

3) In the music video, Kenny Loggins plays an illustrator. It’s said that the hardest thing to draw is a straight line, because all the joints in your hand have to work together in sync. Can you draw a straight line, without the aid of a ruler or a straight edge?

LOL.  I can't draw a straight line WITH the aid of a ruler or straight edge!

4) This video also prominently features teddy bears. A 2018 article in the NY Post estimates that 4 in 10 adults has a plush toy of his/her own. Are you one of the 40%?

We have plush toys ("stuffies") around here and occasionally you just have to cuddle one of  them, but I don't have "a" specific stuffie.

5) Kenny Loggins performed in a tribute to Aretha Franklin at Carnegie Hall. Do you have a favorite Aretha Franklin song?

Probably, but I was not a fan and none come to mind.

6) Kenny co-wrote this song with Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers. You can also hear Michael on the background vocals. Do you have a favorite Doobie Brothers song?

Again, I probably know Doobie Brothers songs, but none come to mind.

7) The third co-writer is David Foster. 1982 was a big year for Foster, since Chicago had a big hit with another of his compositions, “Hard to Say I’m Sorry.” Do you have a favorite Chicago song?

The only "Chicago" songs I know are from the musical and I suspect that's not what this questions is asking.

8) In 1982, when this song was popular, Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide killed 7 people in Chicago. In response, tamper-proof packaging was introduced. What’s the last thing you opened that required you break a seal?

Good lord, what DOESN'T require you to break a seal??  Everything from batteries to bacon.  I hate it.

9) Random question – You’re having a party. Which guest annoys you most: the one who arrives 20 minutes early, or the one who shows up 20 minutes late?

Probably the one who arrives early, though I have been guilty in my life of being that person.  If someone arrives 20 minutes after the official "start" of a party, it's already in full swing and it doesn't matter.