Song 782: This week the playlist puts the spotlight on Saturday Night by Bay City Rollers, written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, and you can find a YouTube video of it by clicking on the title. Near the end of the summer of 1975 I started hearing about how to enjoy the weekend darker hours, and while I personally had no problem spelling the final day of the week, I would bet this song did help some younger listeners get more adept at that. Unlike plenty of others I've known for most of my life, I rarely if ever cared about keeping cool in the summer, but living in the Windy City area at the time, I did not like dealing with the colder months in that region, and during the next winter season, I found out from a TV show about the moderate temperatures of the California Bay City area, which triggered me to start planning a move in that direction. At first I thought I'd head west in the summer of 1976, but then some dental complications made me decide I had to postpone the trip for two years, and I didn't stick my thumb out in the westward direction until July of 1978, when I finally did get to rock it up, roll it up, do it all and have a ball getting some free rides that took me to the Bay City.
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