Today, I was listening to some old power pop, and read/learned something new about The Knack’s timeless hit, “My Sharona.”

The Knack’s lead singer, 25-year-old Doug Fieger, met and instantly fell in love with 17-year-old Sharona, stating, “it was like getting hit in the head with a baseball bat.”

She inspired a couple of months worth of songwriting, posed for the iconic and brilliant single cover and follow up album cover, and frustrated Fieger by not returning his infatuations... although they eventually dated for four years.

As a hopeless romantic (emphasis on the “hopeless”), I think this is about the coolest fucking thing I’ve read in a long time.

And his frustration mirrors my own recently—only I lack talent in... well... anything.

Shamelessly stolen from the Wikipedia.

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