ROW80 Wednesday Check-In: 1/11/12

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Barbara McDowell

“Goin’ to a go go, everybody’s.  Goin’ to a go go, come on now.  Don’t you wanna go?  Yeah.  A one more time,  ~ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 

Doin’ our ROW goals, everybody’s.  Doin’ our ROW goals, come on now.  Don’t you wanna ROW?  Whee!  It is mid-week check-in time and yes the goals party is rocking on.  I hope this week finds you all doing well. 

Writing/Craft 

  • 1,500 words of new fiction a week either on novel WIP or short stories.  Goal about 45% done.  I’d asked on Sunday about how to balance multiple WIPs.  Some peeps reached out with good feedback and I then realized that it is one of those process things where I need to determine what works best for me.  Short stories for me are a love and cutting myself off from them for however long it takes to write my novel would break my heart.  Continue reading →
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Boogie Fever Rages On

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Barbara McDowell

Yesterday, I started off my ROW80 check-in with some lines from the ever so stylish Sylvers’ “Boogie Fever.”  While a steady mainstay on the charts in the mid-’70s, this family group may be long forgotten or unknown to some. 

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So what does that mean for Melodic Monday?  That’s right.  Dust off your finest plaid bell-bottoms, strap on a headband and gold medallion, iron your hair or pick out your Afro and put on those platform shoes.  We are taking a flashback to 1976. 

Fun facts:

  • The Sylvers are from Memphis, Tennessee.
  • “Boogie Fever” went number one in both the U.S. and Canada.
  • Nine of the 10 Sylvers siblings sang on the hit.  They are Foster (sharing lead here with his older brother, Edmund), Olympia, Leon, Charmaine, James, Edmund, Ricky, Angie and Pat.
  • Other successful songs included “Fool’s Paradise,” “Hotline” and “High School Dance.”
  • The baseline of “Boogie Fever” is a build off of The Beatles’ “Day Tripper.”
  • They toured the U.S. and Europe as the opening act for Johnny Mathis and Ray Charles.

So tell me, are you silently tapping your feet and rocking to the beat?  What were you doing during the disco era?  Did you find and fall in love with the grooves later in life?  Or, gasp, does disco send you into a burning rage?

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