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20 Insane Facts About Famous People They Want to Keep Secret...pics (Original Post) one_voice Aug 2013 OP
Love the one about Prince Charles! LiberalEsto Aug 2013 #1
Ricky Gervais as teen idol. Graybeard Aug 2013 #2
He doesn't want to talk about it jakeXT Aug 2013 #3
Seona Dancing? Who in the motherfuck is Seona??? nomorenomore08 Aug 2013 #4
Sharona's sister KamaAina Aug 2013 #5
Well Done!!!!!! cliffordu Aug 2013 #6
Turns out there really is a Sharona KamaAina Aug 2013 #7
There is a whole book on girls in pop songs jakeXT Aug 2013 #11
Turns out it's actually pronounced "Shawna" KamaAina Aug 2013 #8
Wow In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #9
Hmmm, might explain that distance BRODERICK seems to project, veil of sadness despite UTUSN Aug 2013 #10

Graybeard

(6,996 posts)
2. Ricky Gervais as teen idol.
Thu Aug 22, 2013, 03:48 PM
Aug 2013

Amazing pic of Gervais as a teenager.

Some of these facts are really morbid and
some just goofy.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
7. Turns out there really is a Sharona
Thu Aug 22, 2013, 06:15 PM
Aug 2013

not only that, she's on the cover of the single!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sharona#Inspiration

When Fieger was 25, he met 17-year-old Sharona Alperin, who inspired a two-month-long run of songwriting, as well as becoming Fieger's girlfriend for the next four years. Fieger recounted that "It was like getting hit in the head with a baseball bat; I fell in love with her instantly. And when that happened, it sparked something and I started writing a lot of songs feverishly in a short amount of time."




I can relate to that baseball bat thing.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
11. There is a whole book on girls in pop songs
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 02:27 AM
Aug 2013
A story (co-author) Michael (Heatley) wrote is about Sharona Alperin from (the Knack’s) “My Sharona.” It’s this cliche rock star lust story of a guy, (Knack lead singer) Mike Chapman, seeing a girl in the local record shop thinking, ‘Well I can have her cause I’m a rock star. I can use my rock star cache and get with her and then start going out with her.’ They started dating, he put her on the cover of the album, they split up, but kept in touch, even after they were divorced. They remained lifelong friends, and Sharona was friendly with (Chapman’s) other wife, and when he got cancer, she was there with him. It’s just such an odd thing that out of this sort of lustful record you have a whole sort of cycle or life knowing each other.”

Read more: http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/The-Girl-in-the-Song-The-True-Stories-Behind-50-Rock-Classics.html

UTUSN

(70,725 posts)
10. Hmmm, might explain that distance BRODERICK seems to project, veil of sadness despite
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 01:36 AM
Aug 2013

being presented celebratorily everywhere. Otoh, he's got a great life and a couple of people lost theirs (O.K., I'm telling myself to shut up now... )

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