Saturday 9

 

Angie Baby

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Saturday 9: Angie Baby (1974)

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

 

1) This week's song is a spooky one about a young man who breaks into the bedroom of a troubled girl named Angie. Their encounter doesn't go well and he's never seen again. Though there's been gossip, no one knows for sure what happened to him. Does your town have any scary legends that have been passed down through the decades?

I live on Long Island, home of Gilgo Beach and the Amityville Horror.  And if that’s not enough … Long Island Haunted Houses.

When I was a kid, some of my classmates would head over to the abandoned Edgewood State Hospital looking for ghosts.

Drew’s sister used to tell a story in which she and her friends had a ghostly encounter on Sweet Hollow Road/Mount Misery. She said a ghost tried to prevent her car from leaving the cemetery.  Drew always said the real problem was a faulty transmission, not a spectral assailant.

 

2) Songwriter Alan O'Day said he drew upon aspects of his own childhood to come up with "Angie Baby." He was an only child who often stayed home sick from school, with only Top 40 radio for company. What do you recall when you think about sick days as a kid?  

Watching game shows.  I loved Jeopardy!

 

3) Helen Reddy said she enjoyed hearing what her fans thought happened in "Angie Baby." Can you think of another song that is open to interpretation?

 

What did they throw off the bridge?

4) When Helen and her husband/manager Jeff Wald heard "Angie Baby" the first time, they immediately agreed she should record it. She went into the studio that afternoon and in less than 10 days, disc jockeys were playing it and "Angie Baby" became an international hit. When were you glad you acted on impulse?

I’ll have to think about that one,

 

Questions inspired by Halloween .... 

5) Though best known as a recording artist, Helen Reddy also acted on occasion and appeared as a singing nun in Airport 1975. A nun's habit is a popular Halloween costume. Will you/did you dress up this year? 

I’m answering this on Thursday.  I have an outfit picked out for tomorrow. Here’s the dress.

I’ve got a witch hat, too.  I’ll be wearing this to hand out candy. We should see a lot of kids.

And if Shadow cooperates …

She loves sitting in the kitchen window because she can watch what’s happening on the street in front of the house.

6) In 2024, more Americans than ever dressed their dogs up for Halloween. Have you ever taken your pup with you trick-or-treating?

Nope. I’m a cat mom.  And I doubt Shadow or Duchess would enjoy Trick-or-Treat.

Duchess can be a bit … spooky.

That face … resting “grumpy cat” face …

7) According to the Guinness Book of Records, the award for highest number of jack-o-lanterns in one place went to Keene, NH, where in 2013 there were 30,581. Did you carve a pumpkin for Halloween this year? 

I didn’t carve my pumpkins, but clearly some critter tried to …

 

8) In years gone by, the Irish celebrated Halloween not with pumpkins but by carving turnips, potatoes and beets. Are any of those foods in your kitchen right now? 

None of these at the moment,  I like potatoes and occasionally I’ll buy canned beets.  But no thank you to turnips.
 

9) Some Elvis fans insist his ghost hovers in the trees over Graceland. Have you ever seen a ghost?

No, but …

It was back in the 80’s.  Drew and I and two of our friends had stayed up all night, and decided to drive out to Montauk Point to watch the sunrise.  The East End of Long Island is pretty rural, the roads dark, unlit.  I didn’t see anything weird, but all three of my companions swore they saw it … a man, dressed in white from head to toe, walking along the side of the road, accompanied by a white dog, 

Spooky …

 

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