A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
I loved I Want To Hold Your Hand. Hear it here. It takes me back to 4th grade.
I liked all the early songs I heard through 6th grade, Then there songs got a bit strange.
1) John Lennon sings that he's been working like a dog. What's the hardest job you've ever had? What made it so difficult? Pulling/lifting heavy sacks of mail when I worked at the post office. I got hurt 3 times.
2) Despite the hard work, he likes his life and asks, "So why on earth should I moan?" What's the last thing you complained about? Who were you talking to? I was telling my husband how my neck hurts and how my arms go numb when I am sleeping. I called my doctor and she is referring me to get my neck checked out.
3) John was raised by his Aunt Mimi. She meant well when she told the teen-aged John, "The guitar's all right, but you'll never make a living out of it." What's the worst advice you've ever received? Take a loan out to fix up your house.
4) This week's song was cowritten and also sung with Paul McCartney. Paul's father was more supportive of the lads' show business aspirations than Aunt Mimi was, but he still worried that his son wouldn't be able fully support himself as a musician. To please his dad, 17-year-old Paul worked over the Christmas holiday season as the "second man" on a delivery truck. Paul would be the one to hop off the truck and drop off the packages while the driver could keep the motor running and the heat on. Where was the last package you received from? (Extra points if you share what was in it.) I got some Trappey's Louisiana Hot Sauce that I ordered from Amazon because I can no longer find it in any of my local markets.
5) After Christmas was over, Dad insisted Paul get a full-time, year-around job. He ended up at a factory, winding heavy coils to be used in electric motors. He hated the work but enjoyed the lunch hours, eating jam sandwiches and, weather permitting, kicking a soccer ball around the yard with his coworkers. What's for lunch at your house today? Left over pineapple pizza.
6) In early March 1961, the Beatles accepted a booking to play lunch hour gigs at Liverpool's Cavern Club, and so February 28, after less than two full months, Paul said goodbye to factory work. What's the shortest you ever stayed at a job? 2 weeks. I got a job at the Treasurey in the hardware department. Then I got hired by the postal service part time while going to college.
7) Enough about these Brits! Labor Day was introduced to celebrate the achievements of the American worker. How many different employers have you had? 6
8) This weekend may offer a golden opportunity for napping and sleeping in. Do you snore? Sometimes, especially if my sinuses are inflamed.
9) Labor Day traditionally marks the beginning of the new school year. When she was a kid, Samantha was crazy for her brand new box of 96 Crayola Crayons. It even had a sharpener in the back! What do you remember about preparing to go back to school? If you're an educator, let us know how you get the classroom ready for the kids. In grade school it was getting a new lunchbox. Clothes was not a big deal. I hated wearing dresses, especially when playing outside. The only good thing is that I had a "parachute when I jumped out of the swings. For Jr. High, it was clothes, shoes and a purse. It was nice shopping at the new mall. I guess that would be the same for High School except now I was able to go shopping with friends instead of my mom. We could also finally wear pants to school! When I was a kid, we went back to school after Labor Day. Now the kids go back in mid August.
In August I was in a Bible study called Bible University.
This was the intro. page.
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This was a challenge page to decorate a locker.
This was one of our study pages.
If you missed my last post, there are pictures from my Prom.
