Disco Duck.. a Saturday 9

After a week of thunder storms we have a sunny day today since the storm that was working it's way across the nation has blown out to sea. 

I loved Disco. Did you?   It's happy music and a good chance to dance.

I saw the movie Saturday Night Fever several times and loved the music from it. Most of the songs were by the Bee Gees .

This song is particularly cute and featured studio musicians..  

Saturday 9: Disco Duck (1976)

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

1) In this song, Rick Dees begins by describing a party where he can't resist that disco beat. What's the last party you attended? Was there dancing?

Mother's Day party.. there is always dancing if I am involved.   If everyone else is sitting around if music is playing I am moving to the beat.

2) While this record was a massive international hit in 1976, it got off to an inauspicious start. Rick Dees said it took him less than a day to write the song, and more than three months to convince anyone to let him record it. Tell us about a time you were tempted to give up, but were glad you didn't.

Taking care of my mother and late husband when they were dying. Working out the problems he left behind was very hard and I wanted to just run away and hide but I stuck with it.

3) In the hit movie Saturday Night Fever, students are briefly seen learning to dance to "Disco Duck." Can you name another song from Saturday Night Fever?

Night Fever.. the opening theme.

4) Dees was already a top disc jockey in Memphis when "Disco Duck" was released. With the record's success, his radio career soared and he got a better job reaching a greater audience at a radio station in Los Angeles. Are there any disc jockeys you loyally listened to every day?

 Yes. In New York City: Herb Oscar Anderson the morning mayor of NY, Cousin Bruce Morrow, Harry Harrison and William B. Williams. 

5) After more than 20 years, Rick lost his regular radio slot to Ryan Seacrest. But he still shares "the hottest music on the planet" through the Rick Dees Hit Music app (available at the Apple App Store or Google Play). What app have you recently downloaded to your phone? 

None, I don't use my phone for things like that.  I just make and receive calls and texts and take some photos.   I don't play games or hear any music on it at all.  I keep my phone as far away from me as possible and I also despise talking on the phone.  I actually have  a hard time doing it.

6) He used his favorite radio format to create a cookbook called Rick Dees All-Time Top 40 Greatest Desserts. If you could finish a delicious meal with the dessert of your choice, anything at all, what would you order?

Right now I am in the mood for Greek Spinach Pie (Spanakopita) or Moussaka  and some Baklava for dessert.

7) In 1976, when "Disco Duck" was a hit, The Bionic Woman premiered on ABC. Because of her "bionic parts," Jamie Summers could run super fast, had super-sensitive hearing, and super-human strength. If you could have one of those qualities enhanced -- speed, hearing or strength -- which would you choose?

I suppose the strength but being really fast would be okay too.

8) Also in 1976, like this year, the world got together for The Summer Olympics. Will you be following the international competition?

No.  I am just not interested in the Olympics at all.

9) Random question: You're bone tired, exhausted, and you have an early day tomorrow. As you wash your face and brush your teeth before bed, one of the two bulbs in the bathroom fixture goes out. Do you 1) change the bulb before bed or 2) promise yourself to do it in a hurry tomorrow as you're rushing around in the morning or 3) decide you can live with one bulb for a while, go to bed, and replace the burned-out bulb when you get around it?

 Number 3.  I will replace it when I get around  to it.    I find its okay to let some things go until it is more convenient to do them.