Related Clues:

• Son (10) enthralled by foreign song -- he did this?
• Quit lying?
• Stopped slouching in a chair
• Got out of a slump?
• Didn't ignore a fair amount of advice from two editors
• Stopped lying to Deb from Budapest
• Got straighter in a chair
• Prepared to pay attention, in a way (2 words)
• Straightened in a chair
• Take notice? I’d say that man did
• Took notice, in a way
• Made oneself taller without standing
• Snapped out of a daydream, perhaps
• Came to attention
• Listened to, like advice