Saturday 9
My Sharona
Saturday 9: My Sharona (1979)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) The Knack's lead singer Doug Fieger wrote this song for his girlfriend, Sharona Alperin. That's Sharona on the record sleeve shown here. Who took the most recent photo of you?
It was at my cousin's wedding in June. I think it was my sister who took the picture.
2) Today Sharona Alperin is a realtor in Southern California. (The photo on her website is more demure than the recored sleeve.) She specializes in high-end properties. Have you ever attended an open house, not because you were interested in purchasing the property but because you were curious about the inside?
No. I've looked at photos on real estate websites, but I've never gone to an open house.
3) Doug Fieger's brother is Geoffrey Fieger, a prominent attorney in Detroit. Have you ever consulted a lawyer?
Um... I am a lawyer. My sister is a lawyer. My late mother was a lawyer. My older daughter is a court clerk. Younger daughter works as a business management expert for a law firm. Clearly I have more than a passing familiarity with the law...
4) The Knack's record producer was Jimmy Miller, who also worked with The Rolling Stones. What's your favorite Rolling Stones song?
5) In 1994, more than a decade after its initial release, "My Sharona" became popular with a new audience because it was included on the soundtrack of the movie Reality Bites. What's the most recent movie you watched?
6) President George W. Bush said he loved listening to "My Sharona" on his headphones while riding his bike. Do you often have music on when you exercise?
Of course.
7) In 1979, when this song was popular, the CBS TV show Alice was a hit. It was about a widowed mom who made ends meet working in a diner. Have you ever worked at a restaurant?
No
8) Also in 1979, the Voyager spacecraft sent back photos of Jupiter and its rings. Without looking it up, can you name all the planets in our solar system?
Yes. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. And let's include the dwarf planet, Pluto.
9) Random question: If you could erase your most painful day from your memory, would you do it?
9) Random question: If you could erase your most painful day from your memory, would you do it?
I honestly don't know.
Look at those lovely, long tresses! I'm surprised because the picture that accompanies your comments on my blog shows you with much shorter hair.
ReplyDeleteThe short hair photo is about ten years old, I think.
DeleteI love your answer to #3! I think more people should probably have seen an attorney. There are plenty of things the average person doesn't know. I had one after my mother died. People say you don't need a probate attorney, but I had to go to court to prove her handwriting on the envelope of her will was hers. The attorney went with me. My two youngest were born after she wrote her will, and she had just handwritten them on the envelope! In fact, for my son she just wrote, "Lisa, think of something." #9 got me thinking. Some might think it would be a no-brainer, but the worst memory is still an important special memory.
ReplyDeleteThe last movie *I* saw was Indiana Jones too. 14 of us went together.
ReplyDeleteI love that wavy beautiful hair of yours.
ReplyDeleteAnd...Yes, I would say that you clearly have the Law in your very Bones. And yes. The little Pluto should be in that line up! Agreed.
I think it's fantastic that your family are all in law. And it's nice to see your picture.
ReplyDeleteI remembered you were a lawyer. Start Me Up is a good song.
ReplyDelete"My Sharona" is one of my mother's favorite songs. It came on the radio, she turned that *way* up. Love your picture.
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