Monday, August 14, 2023

Opting for kindness

A fifth grade memory: I asked two friends if they'd heard the new Olivia Newton-John hit, "Make A Move On Me."  Immediately, they both started doing their own impromptu dances on the playground while one of them sang what he thought was the tune.  I didn't have the heart to tell them that they'd confused Newton-John's song with George Benson's "Turn Your Love Around" and were singing her lyrics to Benson's melody.

Both titles have five syllables, though, so at least there was a sliver of logic in mistaking one chorus for another.