Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for September 18, 2021

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    dja1701  about 3 years ago

    Jay doesn’t look anything like Tony Orlando. And it’s not Dawn. So I wonder how many people get the reference.

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    mr_sherman Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I think the few times I double-shifted, I was single.

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    Dillithamir  about 3 years ago

    I don’t get it

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    C  about 3 years ago

    The ribbon is for her first husband.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Awwwwww… She still wants him♡♡♡.

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    TheDadSnorlax Premium Member about 3 years ago

    If I had that waiting at home, I NEVER would work late!

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    bobamiller Premium Member about 3 years ago

    “‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree’ is a song recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and produced by Hank Medress and Dave Appell, with Motown/Stax backing vocalist Telma Hopkins, Joyce Vincent Wilson and her sister Pamela Vincent on backing vocals. It was a worldwide hit for the group in 1973.

    The song is told from the point of view of someone who has ‘done his time’ in prison (‘I’m really still in prison and my love, she holds the key’) but is uncertain if he will be welcomed home.

    He writes to his love, asking her to tie a yellow ribbon around the “ole oak tree” in front of the house (which the bus will pass by) if she wants him to return to her life; if he does not see such a ribbon, he will remain on the bus (taking that to mean he is unwelcome) and understand her reasons (“put the blame on me”). He asks the bus driver to check, fearful of not seeing anything.

    To his amazement, the entire bus cheers the response – there are 100 yellow ribbons around the tree, a sign he is very much welcome.”

    Wikipedia

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    rshive  about 3 years ago

    I never gotten the impression that Jay worked an overly long schedule. Where I’ve worked, the computer gurus worked the same schedule as we engineers.

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    DawnQuinn1  about 3 years ago

    I remember that song as a hit. It was played non-stop for weeks. That is how old I am. lol

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    Bruce1253  about 3 years ago

    Don’t complain she still cares, it when you work late and they don’t notice that you have a problem.

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    raybarb44  about 3 years ago

    Smile……

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    tony_n_jen2003  about 3 years ago

    Glad I didn’t have a mouthful of coffee when I saw this.

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    Brian Fink  about 3 years ago

    I was five in 1973, and I remember my neighborhood had some yellow ribbons at the entrance of the subdivision for men returning from Vietnam.

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    WF11  about 3 years ago

    That song and others by Tony Orlando and Dawn were on the radio CONSTANTLY in the 1970’s, it seemed! I don’t see how anyone could forget it, whether they wanted to or not. Of course I tend to assume everyone is somewhere in my age group, but as I’ve gotten older I realize more and more are younger, in some cases by a whole bunch!

    When I remember it being used later the song was referred to as “almost forgotten”. I actually found that offensive, thinking “how could anyone forget that?” or “they’re assuming I forgot it too!” and I didn’t even care for it or Tony Orlando et al.

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