Oh my little pretty one, pretty one When you gonna give me some time Sharona When you make my motor run, my motor run Gun it coming, off the line Sharona

Quick Hit

“My Sharona”, The Knack (1979)

If you snapped on the radio in 1979 you may have heard “Born to Be Alive” by Patrick Hernandez, or “Good Times” by Chic. In the midst of the new wave craze an American band, dressing up in the skinny ties hit us with “My Sharona” that year. This crazy little song went to #1 and sold a million copies. The album “Get the Knack” sold over two million copies in the U.S. alone.

The time to hesitate is through No time to wallow in the mire Try now we can only lose And our love become a funeral pyre

Shaman or Fool?  I am the Lizard King I can Do Anything: The Doors  Part I.

Do people need to understand us for us to be free?

Is there freedom without self sacrifice? How about with self distruction?

Is there freedom only in death? Are we truly free only when we fully express who we are?

Is it freedom if it hurts others around us? Is it freedom if it sets everyone free around us?

 I think these are some of the questions Jim Morrison struggled with in his rather brief but irreverent life.  He was said to be a genius; but was he a Shaman or a fool?

The Doors gave birth to a strange and unique sound. It came of jazz and blues and flamenco guitar. It came of beach sounds, hallucinogens and deserts. It came of smoky bars, beat poets and French novelists. It burned the brightest when the creativity was turned up and left to go where it wanted. It waned and crashed when it was out of control and too self-aware.