My Sharona

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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 probably a selfie. lol  Modern Times call for modern measures. 

2) Today Sharona Alperin is a realtor in Southern California. (The photo on her website is more demure than the recorded 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 haven't done that.  You are going to get a book here. . . .

The reason is that I wasn't curious about big houses anymore.  Several of my maternal Great Aunties and Uncles lived in a few of them in Pasadena and Altadena.  Our family all went to visit many times when I was small.  

I was especially in awe of the giant  Kitchen-maid mixers, and so was my little bro who climbed into one once.  I remember him peeping over the edge of the bowl.  I'm glad we weren't caught!  My great Aunt TH, and her husband, were so tolerant of children!  When my Grandpa was visiting from Ohio one year, one of my Great Aunts danced with me while Uncle B played the piano.  It was fun. 

Anyway, the staircases were something out of Gone With the Wind.  The Bedrooms were fabulous, we were still small enough to take naps so my little bro and I were allowed to rest there.

Much later, in my teens, I worked in the old houses that were being torn down in Altadena and Pasadena when a crew was helping to salvage fine woods and built-in furnishings inside of them.  It's sad that it even happened that they were teardowns, because they were all such beautiful houses.   

3) Doug Fieger's brother is Geoffrey Fieger, a prominent attorney in Detroit. Have you ever consulted a lawyer? Yes, to draw up a Living Trust. 

4) The Knack's record producer was Jimmy Miller, who also worked with The Rolling Stones. What's your favorite Rolling Stones song?  I really never liked Mick Jagger;s voice that much with the exception of this song and one other.  I still am in Like with their chief song writer and lead guitarist.... Keith Richards. 

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? 

Last night we watched, "Brain on Fire"  I had to watch it again because it's one of the things I forgot after that kitchen fall.  Life is getting strange for me Lol... I only forgot movies.  Not Books, music, or anything else.  Mighty curious.. Sort of "Doolalee" with a Twist of "Rogue Wildebeest".  

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?  I used to.  Now I like to hear the sound of the hand held vacuum cleaner because that is how I get exercise now.  That puppy is HEAVY and works wonders for upper body strength. 

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.  Unless, that is, fast food counts.  

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.  And, I am not a splitter... Uranus stays!  The Cheek of some Astronomers!  Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.  I think that is from the Sun, outward.  I'm never sure of Neptune and Uranus though. 

9) Random question: If you could erase your most painful day from your memory, would you do it?  No.  But I am not sure.  I think that a person learns from everything that has happened to them. And the older I get, the more I've come to realize that for me, this is true.  

Thank you Sam!  These all really made me think about a few things.  

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