Music: My Sharona

"Rock Band," Harmonix's latest and greatest music game, is occupying a lot of time here at Shangrila Towers. One of the neat things about the game is that you can continually download new tracks to play, meaning the game really never has to end. There is a slow trickle of new music that comes out every week, and one of the songs I just had to pick up was a cover of "My Sharona."

Originally recorded by "The Knack," the song has one of the most obnoxiously catchy guitar riffs every captured on tape, as well as fun lyrics and drum parts, so it's a no-brainer for the co-operative play of "Rock Band." "Sharona" is actually a real person, too (at least they didn't give out her phone number like in "867-5309") I don't believe "The Knack" ever recovered from the runaway success of this breakout song, but c'est la vie: