Sat.9 Hold Me Now

Saturday 9: Hold Me Now (1983)         

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

1) This week's song begins with a young man gazing at a picture of himself and his girlfriend in happier times. Are there any photographs in the room you're in right now?

Yes. Family photos on a shelf.

2) His girl tells him he's a dreamer. Do you consider yourself more a dreamer or realist?

A realist.  

3) "Hold Me Now" was a big hit for the British pop band, The Thompson Twins. They got their start in the late 1970s in the English city of Sheffield, so named because the River Sheaf runs through it. Do you know how your town got its name?

The entire township was named for John Berkeley First Baron Berkeley of Stratton and one of the founders of the Province of New Jersey when New Jersey was still a British colony.

           Photo         By Famartin - Own work,
                  

4) Today lead singer Tom Bailey performs solo and is an outspoken advocate for veganism. Vegans abstain from consuming animal products, particularly in their diets. Are you a vegan, or have you ever tried to stick to a vegan diet?

I stay away from  that kind of thing.  I find people can become cultish and obsessive about it.

5) Tom's former bandmate Joe Leeway has left show business altogether and concentrates on a career in hypnotherapy. This therapy is commonly used to treat insomnia, smoking cessation and obesity. Is hypnotherapy something you have tried, or would consider?

I tried it and found it to be of great help.

6) In 1983, when this song was popular, Motorola introduced the first cell phone. Today cell phones are an essential part of our every day lives. Do you still have a landline?

Our landline kept corroding from the salt water. We found it impossible to keep one after a while.

7) Also in 1983, American West airlines took off, flying between Las Vegas and Phoenix. Where did you travel to on your most recent flight?

Salt Lake City to New Jersey

8) In 1983, Princess Diana was the world's top cover girl. Are there any magazines in the room you're in? If yes, who or what is on the cover?

Yes.  I have old magazines from the 1960s like Red Book, Seventeen, etc.  Models are on the cover.

9) Random question: Is anyone on your bad side this morning?

 I don't have a bad side.