Wednesday, April 16, 2014

N is for...

Nobody Does It Better...Carly Simon, 1977.


A Serenade of Seventies songs, from the soundtrack of my life, is my theme for the A-Z challenge this year.

This song rolled a lot of sentiment into its notes, and Carly sang it so well. I had no real thoughts for what "it" was, and just assumed it was a catch-all phrase. As much as I wanted to be told I was the best, by someone other than my parents, I also wanted to find someone who I thought was the best...again, besides my parents.

Nobody does it better
Makes me feel bad for the rest

Really, was it even worth starting a search in my elementary school, or would I just feel badly for all of those boys?



Nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone would...

Although I am not sure I could have done first day of third grade in 1977 any better.
I just want to clear up any confusion you may share with my fourteen-year-old daughter. That is most definitely not a bowl haircut. It is a Dorothy Hamill.

40 comments:

  1. OMG is that your underwear showing?!?!?!? lol Ah...summer of 77.....I remember this song well. You were headed into 3rd and I was headed into 8th.

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    1. I did ponder the possibility that my undies might be showing. I figured it just added to my whole situation!

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  2. Oh man, the Dorothy Hamill. I will have you know that that stylish look traveled all the way into the 80s, because I also sported that do in 4th grade, which was '83/'84?

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    1. It looked so much cooler when Dorothy skated than when I sat still!

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  3. A great song. Carly sang those ballads like none other.
    Thanks for sharing the memory
    Moondustwriter

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  4. I'm with JoJo...are those your undies??? Love Carly Simon! Jesse is my fave.

    -andi

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  5. Oh, its clearly a Dorothy Hamill but what's with the underwear????

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  7. I didnt even knew what or who dorothy hamill was . Good I learned soemthng new today :) Realised she is a singer!
    Dropping by from A to Z. Good luck

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    1. I taught you poorly then...Dorothy Hamill was a figure skater!

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  8. I love Carly Simon. I would be hard-pressed to choose just ONE of her songs. I like this one a lot and enjoyed hearing it again today.

    Very familiar with the Dorothy Hamill haircut. It always looked so gorgeous when she was ice skating. It just flew around her head perfectly. So, that begs the question: did we love the haircut or did we secretly want to be Olympic Women's Figure Skaters???? I don't know. The haircut was achievable, though... so there you go.

    Cute undies. Ha!

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    1. I totally wanted to be a skater, used to get dropped off at the rink with my giant comb in my back pocket!

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  9. Carly Simon is one great singer. Awesome choice for today! ♥

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    1. It was a close to last minute change for this song, and I was so happy when I remembered it!

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  10. Nobody could have done it better. You were rocking the Dorothy Hamill!

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  11. I never had a Dorothy Hamill, but I did have a Tony Tennille in sixth grade! Very similar…..
    I love this song, and I love James Bond!!! Woo-hoo!

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  12. Carly Simon is awesome!

    Damyanti, Co-host A to Z Challenge April 2014, My Latest post

    Twitter: @AprilA2Z
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  13. My second favorite Bond theme. Great song. And my wife sported a similar kind of Dorothy Hamill when she was about that age. Her mother has shown me the photographic evidence. :)

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  14. I'm not sure I've ever heard this song before. Is that crazy? There are so many genres and so many different artists...

    True Heroes from A to Z

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    1. Oh, you might want to check out some of her others if she is new to you as well! Enjoy!

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  15. I love Carly, and look at that picture. A Dorothy Hamill indeed. LOL.
    Silvia @
    SilviaWrites

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    1. The red wrap sweater wasn't doing me any favors either...lol

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  16. I see London, I see France, I see someone's underpants. That's quite a Dorothy Hamill. I heard that getting her hairstyle was popular, but I didn't know anyone who actually did it. Love Carly.

    Love,
    Janie

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  17. This is a new one for me- thanks for sharing it

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  18. I adore Carly Simon's music from the 70s....and I too was rocking the Dorthy Hamill back in the old days!

    I linked to your #AtoZ participation on my post for N: http://www.e-bookbuilders.com/2014/04/navigation-methods-e-books/

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  19. You look adorable. Yes, every time I hear that song, it takes me back to childhood. It was the theme to a James Bond film, correct?

    Visiting you from the A to Z challenge sign-up page. Great to meet you!

    Stephanie Faris, author
    30 Days of No Gossip
    http://stephie5741.blogspot.com

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    1. Yes, it was a Bond theme song.(The Spy WHo Loved Me, I think) Glad you stopped by!

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  20. You rocked 1977! Love the idea of tying AtoZ entries to music. Life & Faith in Caneyhead

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  21. Don't worry about the underwear issue, we all have a photo like that somewhere. Love the hair cut. My hair was too fine to have it cut like that and, anyway,
    figure skating was not a big sport in Australia. I still have my Carly Simon album. Think I may just go and dig it out.

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  22. And she said, "Dorothy Hamill who?" Ooh, I hope not! Well, I for one think it was cute!
    Going through this series is making me kind of depressed about the state of current music.

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  23. We all did ROCK the Dorthy Hamill! :D

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  24. Oh how I love Carly Simon. There's just something about her voice...
    Loving, too, how you're including the pictures of yourself. Nice undies, and GREAT Dorothy Hamill! What do 14 year olds know anyway???
    Tina @ Life is Good
    A to Z Team @ Blogging From A to Z April Challenge 2014

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  25. I LOVE Carly. So sad when she and sweet baby James broke up. *sniff*

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  26. I love Carly Simon and for some reason, I've got "You're So Vain" running through my head. Her mother was an opera singer and Carly suffered dreadfully from stage fright, which is one reason why she did not perform as much as she might have with that towering voice. I love too, your Hamill and undies and your sweet smile!

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  27. Dorothy Hamill. DUH. I totally see it. And Carly and James = favorite couple ever. Until they, you know, divorced.

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