(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection

So my friend Elena reminded me that she and I, on our way to school in our High School days, would love listening to Nelson. :) And we honestly loved Nelson, didn't we Elena? So today's song is dedicated to Elena because we had such fun driving to school together.

Nelson is compromised of Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, the sons of Ricky Nelson. Just for kicks I've included a song of Ricky Nelson's for today so you get the complete picture. :) Anyway, Matthew and Gunnar both got a lot of grief back in the days for their long blond locks and looks. Regardless of their looks they do hail from a great musician and they have the chops. They are great musicians! Imagine my surprise when I looked them up online and saw they were still playing, touring, creating. So I've also included their most recent song from their most recent release. I will say...they look WAY better today than they did in 1990 when Elena and I would sing at the top of our lungs with them! :)

Happy Monday!

(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection (Nelson - 1990)
Travelin' Man (Ricky Nelson - 1961)
You're All I Need Tonight (Nelson - 2011)

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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