MetaFilter posts tagged with songorigins http://www.metafilter.com/tags/songorigins Posts tagged with 'songorigins' at MetaFilter. Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:49:58 -0800 Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:49:58 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 M M M My Sharona... M M M My real estate agent? http://www.metafilter.com/40636/M%2DM%2DM%2DMy%2DSharona%2DM%2DM%2DM%2DMy%2Dreal%2Destate%2Dagent <a href="http://www.mysharona.com/">M M M My Sharona... M M M My real estate agent?</a> Sharona Alperin was only 17 when she inspired the <a href="http://www.knack.com">Knack</a>'s 1979 hit single <a href="http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/realitybites/mysharona.htm">"My Sharona." </a>Now she sells real estate in <a href="http://www.mysharona.com/properties.php">Los Angeles</a>...On the flip side of lyrical fame, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer inspired another set of lyrics in 1979 -- the <a href="http://www.theboomtownrats.com/">Boomtown Rats</a>' haunting song <a href="http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/boomtownrats.htm">"I Don't Like Mondays"</a> -- which chronicled <a href="http://www.10news.com/news/528926/detail.html">Spencer's slaying of eight school children and a principal</a> at an elementary school near her San Diego, CA-area home. It's <a href=http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/mondays.asp>not an urban legend</a>: Spencer told a reporter who called her during the 6 1/2 -hour siege that she opened fire because, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day." Spencer reminds us today that <a href="http://www.knowgangs.com/school_resources/menu_002.htm">schoolyard shootings</a> are not a <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20050322/ts_nm/crime_shooting_school_dc">new phenomenon</a>. Now 42, Brenda is serving a 25-year sentence and is <a href="http://www.everyonesinternet.com.au/forums/showthread.php?s=18afc37f4c21defd59d20b86b37e3f74&p=149#post149">up for parole soon</a>... tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40636 Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:49:58 -0800 BrendaSpencer IDon'tLikeMondays inspiration music MySharona schoolshootings Sharona SharonaAlperin songinspiration songorigins songs TheKnack Mr Pointy