tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.comments2023-12-19T10:10:50.222-06:00Manilow Musingstexas_fanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02707238487661893256noreply@blogger.comBlogger1117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-459573310085412512021-12-01T19:30:09.063-06:002021-12-01T19:30:09.063-06:00the crazy thing is: "she took her life" ...the crazy thing is: "she took her life" after all what she did to play her role as a mother and wife. What's wrong of being a loving mother and wife?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04275731458102952836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-61129274512842236072021-11-05T13:19:23.254-05:002021-11-05T13:19:23.254-05:00It's about a woman who got married and had a f... It's about a woman who got married and had a family too soon and when everything just became too much, she wondered what would happen if she didn’t get married early and got to enjoy the things she misses. I think there is some aspect of regret in the song but I also think we all have regrets in life and that’s normal. There are days that regret comes creeping in. It would be naive to think that every single day is perfect. Sandra in the song is a woman that takes care, love, and understands her children and her husband. The woman that is the light of a family who unselfishly gives everything just for the sake of her family. But there is also a part of me that thinks that the song is not about pure regret or being selfish. It is about being so many things to other people in life that somewhere along the way you lose sight of yourself and now you want to find yourself again. It might also be about something quite small that you gave up a long time ago and then found it again and realised that you gave it up for all the wrong reasons. The song implies how this kind of circumstances is relevant in the present situations that you need to think twice before making any decision and one should be ready in entering a marriage life so that you will not regret in the end. And especially next to pure love of God is mother’s love and in order for a mother or for a wife to survive the hardship in life she also needs attention, respect, and genuine love from her own family.Kiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646699011580810700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-18094152610232059992021-11-05T13:18:12.437-05:002021-11-05T13:18:12.437-05:00It's about a woman who got married and had a f...It's about a woman who got married and had a family too soon and when everything just became too much, she wondered what would happen if she didn’t get married early and got to enjoy the things she misses. I think there is some aspect of regret in the song but I also think we all have regrets in life and that’s normal. There are days that regret comes creeping in. It would be naive to think that every single day is perfect. Sandra in the song is a woman that takes care, love, and understands her children and her husband. The woman that is the light of a family who unselfishly gives everything just for the sake of her family. But there is also a part of me that thinks that the song is not about pure regret or being selfish. It is about being so many things to other people in life that somewhere along the way you lose sight of yourself and now you want to find yourself again. It might also be about something quite small that you gave up a long time ago and then found it again and realised that you gave it up for all the wrong reasons. The song implies how this kind of circumstances is relevant in the present situations that you need to think twice before making any decision and one should be ready in entering a marriage life so that you will not regret in the end. And especially next to pure love of God is mother’s love and in order for a mother or for a wife to survive the hardship in life she also needs attention, respect, and genuine love from her own family.Kiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646699011580810700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-88314646136619623972021-01-21T09:56:41.179-06:002021-01-21T09:56:41.179-06:00Did sandra commit suicide? I dont think so...the s...Did sandra commit suicide? I dont think so...the song says "quite by mistake...". So it must have been by accident.<br /><br />How? When a glass falls when you do the dishes, your immediate response is to try to catch the glass to avoid breakage... but sometimes it hits the tile first then breaks a split second before your hand gets to it...then it is very possible to cut yourself or your wrisk by mistake. The wound it created was probably so big it caused her to collapse and lose enough blood and die... by mistake...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-18518339649530227192019-10-02T16:40:16.017-05:002019-10-02T16:40:16.017-05:00I love all those songs too. Makes me look forward ...I love all those songs too. Makes me look forward to December every year! --JBGreat PurpleRobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07554406594623449587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-53152610124686978602018-08-02T07:59:48.361-05:002018-08-02T07:59:48.361-05:00Hmm it seems like your blog ate my first comment (...Hmm it seems like your blog ate my first comment (it was super long) so I guess I'll just sum it up what I submitted <br />and say, I'm thoroughly enjoying your blog. I as well <br />am an aspiring blog writer but I'm still new to the whole thing.<br />Do you have any tips and hints for newbie blog writers?<br /><br />I'd definitely appreciate it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-53944095303820387672018-07-25T14:26:58.492-05:002018-07-25T14:26:58.492-05:00I don’t know but I just feel that I can somewhat r...I don’t know but I just feel that I can somewhat relate to this song. Don’t get me wrong, I love my children and husband but there are times when I kind of reflect and ask myself, what if I did not marry my husband or if I married someone else or never married at all, will I be happier? I have great kids, good husband, great job but I sometimes feel that something is missing and I can’t explain what! That’s why the lyrics of this song hit me hard sometimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-48646666937119730172018-07-11T03:04:00.069-05:002018-07-11T03:04:00.069-05:00It kills a mother's emotion who has to think o...It kills a mother's emotion who has to think of how to support her husband, how to take care of kids, and think how to survive financials. Maybe it's not regret in marriage but regret in status in life. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273502278541956748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-19252340879388731292018-01-07T00:12:35.822-06:002018-01-07T00:12:35.822-06:00Months ago, I was listening to old songs in my PC ...Months ago, I was listening to old songs in my PC and when this song played, I could hardly get it out of my mind. I am a 31 year old single guy (I think/feel I would be for life), but this song affects me so much because I associate it with my mother. My father loved her so much to the point of being suffocating and unreasonably possessive that my mother gave up her job and career when my youngest sibling was born when we were kids because my father would suspect my mother was unfaithful. I remember my mother telling me she gave up her career to focus on raising us as kids and just to satisfy my father as he preferred to be the sole provider. My mother ever since had to silently accept the changes, but you could feel it took much of her 'original self' away. I know my father loves us but since it was my mother who was with us everyday raising us, I felt much of what problems she was trying to keep for herself, even though she keeps on saying she doesn't have regrets since it is her kids who has given her meaning in life. Most often, I think I am not capable of repaying even just a bit for what my mother sacrificed for us and I know I can never except by showing her I love and accept her for whatever she is. I remember when I was a kid, my mother and father would fight regarding my father's suspicions and my mother asking me if I wanted her to live. I said yes but was so confused why she asked me that. As kids we would usually cry when they would quarrel. My father has been gone since 2011 and since my father had 2 families before us, one of our father's half-sisters even sent a text message saying it was ok if my mother would find a new husband, that they would accept it. My mother just laughed it off saying she did not need anything more since she has her kids. She told me how even her eldest sister/my aunt held a family meeting regarding her relationship with my father when my eldest sibling was born. My mother thought it was another family matter and was deceived to attend the meeting only to find out she would be the central topic. She walked out crying. My aunt at that time even explicitly threatened/mentioned to break the sister relationship just to save her reputation. My mother told me before that if it wasn't a sin and if she was just thinking of herself, it would have been long ago that she had already taken her life. I know she knows this song but I think she hasn't heard it recently. I do not want to remind her of the what-could-have-beens and past pains so I prefer not to mention it to her. I actually could not keep the tears from falling when I am alone and this song plays in my phone. It is because of my mother that I can empathize with mothers around the world and their constant selfless sacrifices for their families, how it has taken much, if not all, of their younger dreams, and how they have come to accept wholeheartedly that their family is now what gives them meaning in life.<br /><br />-JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-15987179688569150752016-01-25T19:48:43.855-06:002016-01-25T19:48:43.855-06:00Response to Anonymous/
You wondered if Sandra did ...Response to Anonymous/<br />You wondered if Sandra did kill herself by cutting her wrists. I don't think she did, but "it was real touch and go for a while". I think that Sandra, who previously had bouts of depression (including postnatal depression as the lyrics suggest), was feeling quite low when she dropped the glass on the tile floor. Maybe she cut her wrist while trying to clean up, but it is more likely that she picked up a piece of glass and cut her wrist on purpose in an impulse. She must have felt a bit desperate, but in order to seriously kill yourself you need to cut hard and deep through you radial artery and keep it bleeding. Sandra didn't cut too deep and soon regretted it and in the end what happened was that she accidentally cut her wrist when a glass fell on the floor while she was doing the dishes. Keeping up appearances.<br />Sandra is one of the many women who suffer in silence struggling to come to terms with the prosaic reality and limitations of married life after all the huge built up expectations become deflated. When you are a housewife, mother, entertainer/wife of your husband, a self effacing multi tasker, not much remains for yourself. And all the while you are trying to keep up appearances, pretending that all is well, when it isn't.<br />On the bright side: if Sandra became a mother and housewife at a young age, she would have been in her mid 40s by the time her children had grown up. Once they have left the house, she can look forward to a new phase in her life. make time for herself, pursuit the things she always wanted to do. A good husband would certainly have supported her in this all the way. A bad and selfish husband would have wanted her to stay at home and just be a housewife. She should tell that sort of husband to get lost. There is a whole new life out there for her.Ben Alofshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09453932760176383459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-16530026139730153332015-04-15T14:33:31.082-05:002015-04-15T14:33:31.082-05:00Always suspected Barry was possibly gay but it was...Always suspected Barry was possibly gay but it was hurtful the way it has came out. We the fans are the people who put him where he is today. Private life or not I think he owes it to his fans to be honest.For myself gay or not I shall still be a fan, but there are some that would find this very hard to deal with !!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-68955138719223266392015-04-15T13:31:41.971-05:002015-04-15T13:31:41.971-05:00You've hit the nail on the head! Perfect!!
And...You've hit the nail on the head! Perfect!!<br />And yes, I do fit into one to two of those categories. Ambernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-81358084209152218802015-04-15T08:25:05.884-05:002015-04-15T08:25:05.884-05:00Some of us appreciate the ability of Manilow and h...Some of us appreciate the ability of Manilow and his collaborators in producing/directing memorable music across the decades ....<br />He not only composes for himself, but for others too.<br />Including films, television and many other media.<br />His charity work is superb....putting music back into schools.<br />He brings happiness where it's needed, by taking that person(whoever it might be) by his music hand ,so to speak, and leading them to another wonderful place.<br />He does appreciate his 'family' ....because without them.<br />He wouldn't be where is is today.......!<br />Apart from that ... He has the qualities of a nice polite gentleman.<br />Eve dillawaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-11622901620789073922015-01-31T01:16:17.752-06:002015-01-31T01:16:17.752-06:00Today I feel like Sandra but not really wanting to...Today I feel like Sandra but not really wanting to kill myself and got married in my late 30s. Parenting is a two way street, but in my case I feel like a single parent sometimes. I don't have a problem taking care of my kids, I love them with all my heart but sometimes it is overwhelming when you're the only one doing all the the job in the house. Mostly men don't understand and will never understand how it is to be a housewife unless they experience it themselves. Maybe that's why Sandra took her life for her husband to understand how overwhelming it is to do all the housework and look after kids at the same time taking care of the husband too. But I guess men would handle it in a different way and they never have to do stuff for their wives alone. So at the end, Sandra's husband would still not understand since she killed herself and the husband would only look after the kids and probably just find a babysitter or a nanny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-42176256330664332782014-01-12T23:58:52.694-06:002014-01-12T23:58:52.694-06:00I was watching Barry on Youtube tonight and all of...I was watching Barry on Youtube tonight and all of a sudden some memories came back to me. When I was little, about 6 or 7 years old, between 1977 to 1978 back in Manila, Philippines, I started listening to Barry's songs. I remember these years because the following year in 1979 we moved to a different part of the Philippines. My father bought a record, it was a small record with orange circle on the middle. I would listen to it almost everyday. If I can remember the songs were Memories and Somewhere Down the Road but I am not sure. All I remember it had a nice lyrics and I just want to listen to it. My father said I was using too much batteries. We didn't have electricity back then and the player was like 12x12. Back then I know Barry's songs and his voice but didn't have a face to match the voice because we didn't have a television. I love all his songs but my favorite is Even Now. I still listen to his songs and now can watch him on Youtube. I moved here in the US 18 years ago, living here help me see Barry even on television shows only. I wish I can see him in person doing a concert. Anyway, it's not going to happen but if you guys get to talk to him let him know he has a fan way back in 1977 in Manila, Philippines and that she was a little girl back then. Thank you for this blog. Wilmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-66594705654774470432013-08-31T16:57:10.976-05:002013-08-31T16:57:10.976-05:00I doubt they have anyone's approval and the si...I doubt they have anyone's approval and the site is NOT official, despite what they imply. The anonymous admins are Sheila and Kimberly, of Retrofans. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-86747908083088715292013-05-14T21:31:15.533-05:002013-05-14T21:31:15.533-05:00@youbeginagain You said in your blog exactly what ...@youbeginagain You said in your blog exactly what I was trying to say...but so much better.texas_fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02707238487661893256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-90901979235093142082013-05-14T21:16:02.395-05:002013-05-14T21:16:02.395-05:00I thought of you when I saw the "news" r...I thought of you when I saw the "news" reports on TV.<br /><br />Also reminded me how I touched on this in one of my earliest blog posts.<br /><br />http://youbeginagain.blogspot.com/2008/03/not-what-you-see.htmlyou begin again....https://www.blogger.com/profile/07304359713667536041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-19991427452700553202013-04-14T17:53:54.445-05:002013-04-14T17:53:54.445-05:00Well said, I look forward to the fun times again t...Well said, I look forward to the fun times again too.Peachys Placenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-43548251980887273942013-04-04T12:17:36.294-05:002013-04-04T12:17:36.294-05:00did Sandra kill herself by cutting her risk with a...did Sandra kill herself by cutting her risk with a broken glass?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-92200684380031032102013-03-30T19:01:26.394-05:002013-03-30T19:01:26.394-05:00I remember my brother discussing this song with me...I remember my brother discussing this song with me. He was the one who brought the topic out. The song was not even playing on the radio. He probably brought the topic out just to have something to talk about. He said to me "Do you know that in the song "Sandra" Sandra killed herself?" So I replied "Why do you say that"? He said back to me "Well there is a line in the song that goes she cut her wrist quite by mistake". I have heard the song too many times prior to that discussion and could even sing it but it never hit me how sad Sandra was. My point is that it was a man(my brother) and not me (female) who understood the plight of housewives. I was still in college but my brother was already married with a 2-year-old daughter. <br />Years later I find myself being haunted by this song. Even though it was never mentioned in the song that Sandra's husband was a control freak, you will easily find yourself in the same boat as Sandra's if your partner is one. Unfortunately you can never be honest with a control freak because everything a control freak does is great and good for you and a hinting to your partner that you want something else even though there is no else is criticizing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-84084371797209653802013-02-26T19:28:08.348-06:002013-02-26T19:28:08.348-06:00To answer your question--it will never stop. At le...To answer your question--it will never stop. At least his run in New York is almost over. Then perhaps he can breathe; at least until his next concert or until he goes back to Palm Springs and is confronted with that batch of women. texas_fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02707238487661893256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-31659733043580057742013-02-25T19:15:18.087-06:002013-02-25T19:15:18.087-06:00Imagine what this weekend will be like. I'm s...Imagine what this weekend will be like. I'm sure the top level fanatics will stop at nothing to get to him, while embarrassing themselves in the process. Oh wait, it's just about having fun, fulfilling dreams or some other poor excuse for grown adults to behave in such a foolish way. <br /><br />This weekend might be perfect for him to buy out a night at a restaurant and enjoy time with his friends or go back to the suite and order fabulous room service. <br /><br />When will this ever stop?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-42379974059953729822013-02-24T07:33:12.781-06:002013-02-24T07:33:12.781-06:00Thank you for sharing this, Suzanne. It brings te...Thank you for sharing this, Suzanne. It brings tears to your eyes when you read it. It's obvious that she captured the heart of many with her kindness, gift of her heart, and the classy manner in which she did things. It did not go unnoticed by her friends, other fans and especially Barry's management. She is the one who got IT. Some fans could take a chapter out of her book as an example of how to get IT!<br /> Fran, like many other fans, know that you don't have to put up outlandish posts and go to extreme measures to get Barry's attention. She gave from the heart with no expectation of getting anything in return. The years of these outrageous posts, requests, and gestures are getting old. Can't some people just give it a rest once and for all. It's fine to put posts up and tell him how much you are looking forward to the show. I'm sure he appreciates it. Go to the show like most people do and visit with friends, make new ones and enjoy the show. You can show your appreciation by giving him the ovations deserved, but not by feeling it is your right to stand the entire time and block other people's views and make nasty comments about it. Just be classy about your experience like Fran was. <br /><br />I find it so heartwarming that so many are making contributions to the Manilow Fund in her memory. What a beautiful way to honor her and it appears that Garry and his team are thankful for it.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this! May Fran's memory live on and may she rest in peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290842832808936727.post-42321455550382771762013-02-18T04:53:44.168-06:002013-02-18T04:53:44.168-06:00I've always said that we cannot afford to wast...I've always said that we cannot afford to waste one single moment that we are given because life is fragile and we never know when our time is up. I am deeply saddened by Fran's passing. I never met her face to face, but we did talk via social media and she was always very kind to me. Life is odd, at best, and I never take the value my true friends add to my life for granted. Through the good times and the bad, thanks for all that you've done to support me. We might not have always seen eye to eye, but no matter what we were going through, I was always grateful for your friendship...yesterday, today and tomorrow...Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570156439664248519noreply@blogger.com