On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
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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?
Whoa… let me think…
I remember it was Deja at a party in Vermont.
I think I was listening to someone playing the guitar.
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?
Nope. But while I was on Fire Island on Long Island two friends checked out a million dollar “cottage” open house.
3) Doug Fieger's brother is Geoffrey Fieger, a prominent attorney in Detroit. Have you ever consulted a lawyer?
Just for the usual things, selling my parent’s house, wills, etc.
4) The Knack's record producer was Jimmy Miller, who also worked with The Rolling Stones. What's your favorite Rolling Stones song?
Paint It Black, and runner up, Wild Horses.
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?
If you mean in a theater it probably several years ago and I can’t remember but on streaming video I think it was the Prime Video series “The Wheel of Time”
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?
Um… um… exercise? That is a big assumption!
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?
Nope.
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?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and I am an old-timer who still thinks of Pluto as a planet. I had to look them up but not for their names but how to spell Uranus, I butchered it so badly that spell checker had no idea what I was trying to write.
9) Random question: If you could erase your most painful day from your memory, would you do it?
Tear it up and throw it in the trash!
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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?
Whoa… let me think…
I remember it was Deja at a party in Vermont.
I think I was listening to someone playing the guitar.
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?
Nope. But while I was on Fire Island on Long Island two friends checked out a million dollar “cottage” open house.
3) Doug Fieger's brother is Geoffrey Fieger, a prominent attorney in Detroit. Have you ever consulted a lawyer?
Just for the usual things, selling my parent’s house, wills, etc.
4) The Knack's record producer was Jimmy Miller, who also worked with The Rolling Stones. What's your favorite Rolling Stones song?
Paint It Black, and runner up, Wild Horses.
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?
If you mean in a theater it probably several years ago and I can’t remember but on streaming video I think it was the Prime Video series “The Wheel of Time”
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?
Um… um… exercise? That is a big assumption!
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?
Nope.
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?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and I am an old-timer who still thinks of Pluto as a planet. I had to look them up but not for their names but how to spell Uranus, I butchered it so badly that spell checker had no idea what I was trying to write.
9) Random question: If you could erase your most painful day from your memory, would you do it?
Tear it up and throw it in the trash!
I have company this weekend so I will probably reply to your comments on Monday.
#3 -- It seems consulting a lawyer is just part of growing up, doesn't it?
ReplyDelete#6--you're absolutely right! Unfortunately my exercise consists of walking to my car.
ReplyDeleteSo far it seems everyone in our group has consulted a lawyer at least once.
ReplyDeleteIn four more months I'll be 81, and I spend a lot of time thinking about getting exercise but ...meh 👻.. Lol
ReplyDeleteWild Horses is a song that puzzles me when I listen to it. "Graceless lady," is a terminology that troubles me for some reason.
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