Saturday Nine: Lowdown (1967)

This week's Saturday Nine:

You can hear this week's song here.

1. In this song, "the lowdown" is an unpleasant truth. Tell us about a time when you had to do like Boz and give someone "the lowdown." Last year, we were having some issues with one of our employees (HR had to get involved) and I had to sit her down and have a serious conversation about behaviours, consequences, and contracts.
   
   
2. The lowdown Boz delivers is about the woman his friend is seeing. Specifically, she's gossiping about his finances. If you discovered something negative about a friend's romantic partner, would you share it with your friend? Or would you keep it to yourself? I would share it with my friend. My loyalty is to my friend, not to her romantic partner.
   
   
3. Boz was born William Royce Scaggs, but in high school he was given the nickname "Bosley" — later shortened to "Boz." His friends thought "Bosley" sounded nerdier than "Bill," and Scaggs was quite the music nerd. What is something you're nerdy about? BTS, makeup, YA novels, and Gilmore Girls.
   
   
4. His son Austin Scaggs is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone. What magazines are in the room you're in right now? The collector's boxset of all eight BTS cover issues of Billboard magazine from February.
   
   
5. Boz and his wife own a vineyard in Napa. Do you prefer white or red wine? I don't drink, but I generally prefer the taste of white wine over red.
   
   
6. In 1976, the year this song was popular, movie queen Elizabeth Taylor needed an escort to one of the nation's Bicentennial celebrations. Former Under Secretary of the Navy John Warner was asked to take her to the event, and within months he became her husband. Have you ever had a "blind date" that turned into a relationship? Nope.
   
   
7. Also in 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple in Jobs' parents' garage. Does your garage serve as your office, workshop or studio? Or is it just home to your car? It's just home to my car and storage space for my other set of tires (all-seasons or winter, depending on the time of year) and garbage/recycling bins.
   
   
8. The Bionic Woman premiered in 1976. Because of her "bionic parts," Jaimie Summers could run faster than most cars, had superhuman strength, and super-sensitive hearing. If you could have one of those qualities enhanced — speed, strength or hearing — which would you choose? Speed. I'm a fan of efficiency.
   
   
9. Random question: When you lean in for a kiss, do you tilt your head to the right or to the left? Right.