09-03-2025, 07:36 PM
(09-03-2025, 12:53 PM)jacket3ree Wrote: Speaking of getting old, this is a bit off the wall, but last Saturday I tagged along with Mrs. Jacketree to her 50th high school reunion. I know her friend group and oddly enough, some guy I built a golf course with more than 25 years ago was in her graduating class, and we recognized each other. So I had a few people to talk to among the "Where's Kim?" (Another spouse.) "Oh, she said 'hard pass'. I guess you're getting points, huh?" "Well, I was told I'm going." High school reunions are for those reuniting. And apparently every man I said hello to had a crush on her at some point. (Oddly that would be the last thing out of my mouth being introduced to the husband of one of the girls in my senior class.)
They had a 1975 trivia contest with tables competing. We didn't win the most grandchildren, although someone at our table has 11. Someone else had 14. Who came the farthest? San Carlos to South City (nor any other domestic travel) didn't have a prayer against Tasmania. We've been married 35 years. One couple has been married....50 years. Right out of high school. So that left a mix of things about high school (I still don't know the theme of their senior ball 'cause I don't care) and 1975 culture. No cheating! I got most of the easy stuff. Highest grossing movie: Jaws. Highest rated TV show: All in the Family. President and Vice President (really?) Ford/Rockefeller. Who won the NBA title? Warriors of course. Price of a Pet Rock? Yeah, no clue. (We guessed five bucks. Answer is $3.99). Price of a first class postage stamp, etc. etc.
Right in the middle of the list: What was the top Billboard song?
Great discussion about all the awesome music of the era and it took some time to hone in on 1975 releases from memory? It took awhile to remember the Beatles broke up five years prior, and as much as we all love Boz Scaggs, the general public isn't going to make him No. 1. I said it would be something stupid like Debbie Boone and no I didn't go to high school in California, but I'm telling y'all.....
I proffered Fleetwood Mac (the album before Rumours came out in '75 - I was sure of it and checking my phone app for albums I had in my possession isn't cheating), Elton John, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Linda Ronstadt, Earth Wind & Fire, ELO, BTO, and maybe Chicago as groups with good music who just maybe had the #1 Billboard hit. Born to Run came out in 1975. So did Blood on the Tracks, Physical Graffiti, A Night at the Opera. Great stuff, but Blow By Blow, Jeff Beck's finest, ain't going to be the Billboard #1. "Guys, think of something stupid or if you want something less stupid, I think Rhinestone Cowboy was out about then. That was everywhere." So anyway, they went with Boz Scaggs' Lido Shuffle, which peaked at #11 on the 1976 Billboard 100.
Rhinestone Cowboy was #2 in 1975. The big winner was "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain and Tennille. Told ya.
Super Trivia: Which prog rock album released in 1979 did Toni Tennille sing backup for? Which songs? (That's what I got out of that reunion. And also a nice reminder of why everyone had a crush on Mrs. Jacketree.)
This actually stuck in my head from a prior trivia contest. She sung backup for Pink Floyd (also sung backup for Elton John).
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