Patrick Hernandez

I would probably be okay, but, you know, it's a, you, you don't know.

And obviously subconsciously everybody was thinking, you know, "Is she gonna get through this?" And so the first two songs were Staying Alive by the Bee Gees [laughs] and Born to Be Alive by Patrick Hernandez.

You know, those two kind of groovy ones.

[laughs]

I guess this could be said about music from any decade.

I don't think about Patrick Hernandez when Born to be Alive pops on at PetSmart.

The Verve is another one.

The only thing we really care about is Bittersweet Symphony.

They broke up while the song was still on top of the charts.

It was the second time they had broken up in their eight-year existence, but this time it was for good.

And before the decade was over, The Verve had become another set of Patrick Hernandez's.

Off to solo careers that no one will ever care about.

Back in the mid-'80s.

Uh, Patrick Hernandez, Born, Born to Be Alive.

Born to be alive.

And he had a cane, a walking stick, like a, a duck handle walking stick, and he was very classic.

Oh, it was a fantastic song.

Um, back in the disco party days, you know? Up at the, um, up at the nightclub and that song would come up, and, uh, it was a cracker.

Patrick Hernandez.

Mm.

we walked out to our theme song.

Mine was Born to be Alive by Patrick Hernandez.

Yeah.

And then I'll go up on the stage and the sun was putrid and...

...

Patrick Hernandez, thank you.

Patrick Hernandez.

Patrick Hernandez, Born to Be Alive.

That's been, like, "We were born to be alive.

We were bor..." I've also been listening to [laughs] like, some of my-