Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
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Saturday 9: Do You Know the Way to San Jose (1968)
Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!
Saturday 9: Do You Know the Way to San Jose (1968)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.]
1) In this song, someone moves to Los Angeles looking for "fame and fortune" but ends up with a job "pumping gas." Today, the majority of service stations are self serve, so very few people pump gas for a living. Can you think of another job that used to be common but doesn't exist anymore?
Elevator operator is gone now. Also switchboard operators.
Pumping your own gas in New Jersey is illegal for some very good reasons including fires and explosion and for women's safety. Crimes on women are very common at gas stations, It is nice to not have to leave your car to get gas especially in bad weather or at night.
2) The San Jose travel bureau advertises "300 days of sunshine" every year. How is the weather where you are today?
It was a lovely autumn day here, chilly and clear.
3) Lyricist Hal David became fond of San Jose when he was stationed there while in the Navy. Tell us about a place you visited that you have affection for.
I love Prince Edward Island, Canada and Mount Pocono in Pennsylvania.
4) Composer Burt Bacharach grew up and worked primarily in New York until his marriage to actress Angie Dickinson. She had to live in Los Angeles for her career, so he relocated and remained a Californian for the rest of his life. Where do you feel most at home? (It doesn't have to be a city. It could be your favorite chair.)
In my own home.
5) Dionne Warwick thinks this week's song is "dumb." She won her first Grammy for "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" and, decades later, still sings it in concert, but she has not changed her opinion of the song. What is something everyone else seems to like but you just don't get?
I suppose professional sports.
6) Now in her 80s, with more than 60 years in show business, Dionne still enjoys performing. She told a reporter that she loves looking out into the audience and seeing an arm go around a shoulder, or a couple begin holding hands, when they hear her sing "their song." What song reminds you of a special romance?
I don't have one.
7) In 1968, when this song was popular, The Doris Day Show premiered. The show was, initially, a surprise to its star. Her manager/husband died suddenly without telling her he had committed her to a weekly sitcom. She was not pleased but honored the contract. Think of the last time you were surprised. Was it a happy or sad surprise?
A happy surprise.. by family bought me a motorized mobility scooter!!!!
8) According to the Social Security Administration, the most popular baby names of 1968 were Lisa and Michael. Are there any Lisas or Michaels in your life? No there are none in my life right now.
9) Random question: What are you looking forward to this week?
There is nothing special going on this week at all.
