@@gogoyubari366 the rock and roll hall of fame is one of them and when the band was at their peak they overplayed My Sharona and never gave their other songs any attention
The Knack kicked ass and never got recognized for the awesome musicians they were. No band was as tight and together like they were. Their songs sounded simple but were not when it came to perfecting their sound! great post!
"No band was as tight and together like they were." Seriously? These guys are a great sound and fun times... but, that era was filled with bands fitting your statement. Sadly, it seems an era with lot of great bands, getting lost in the shuffle.
@@Dgggless Then you have never seen them in concert. Whether it was when they in their prime or 20 years later, they were an unbelievably good band--musically "tight" and professional in their musicianship. They were a much better band than their contemporaries. Their first two albums were recorded live in the studio with very little overdubbing. You would have to have seen them live to realize how good they actually were.
I saw them play live and they were electric & TIGHT..Bruce Gary are you kidding me??? he was an absolute genius on drums..Berton Averre is a seriously great guitar player.. you are 100% CORRECT Bob...well said..
@@newellgirl I agree. I'm a drummer and I'm blown away by how great this guy was (RIP) ,and how locked- in he was with the bass player. I THINK my band could play for 20 MORE years and not be that tight!!😀 PS THE cowbell was PERFECT!!😎
While skating 'round and 'round, Pickwick Skating Rink, Burbank, CA, Summer of 1980, this song, blasting over the speakers. One of the landmark memories.
The summer of 1979 had a lot of great memories for me. Elvis Costello. Joe Jackson. Devo. Talking Heads. Nick Lowe. Dave Edmunds. And of course, The Knack. The group that killed disco!
One of many songs that was popular for about 3 months and everyone forgot about it (except us few who check it out!). I still have this song on a 45 RPM. Also "Good Girls Don't" is an excellent song. Unfortunate that "My Sharona" is th only song associated with the Knack today, though it is a good song, too.
High school hit . I remember them so well. still one of my favorite bands ever. Heavily influenced by the Kinks . The riff looks like " wholl be the next in line" and it's amazing
True, this song is from BTLGU. Sorry if my remark seemed misleading to you about which album this somg was from. My mention of "Get The Knack" was in reference to my comments about their debut album and how every song on it is a true gem. While the songs on their follow-up album - BTLGU - were generally very good, not EVERY one was as stellar as those on GTK.
dogdyedblack- Yours is a very astute analysis of the band. I was working at a big chain record store (a nearly by-gone entity, these days) when The Knack broke out! They were HUGE and we sold a ton of the records and even more 45's ( all you young 'uns who are clueless can Google "45 rpm")! They were even hailed as "The Next Beatles", Well, THAT never came to pass, but EVERY song on 'Get The Knack" is awesome...great lead vocal, tight harmonies. wailing guitars and a driving beat. Cool!
This song is incredible and it's way better than My Sharona. You can tell a great song because it keeping getting better as it progresses. And the guitar solo at the end is the best part.
Summer 1979ish...Rocky Point...Shoreham Wading River L.I.N.Y. & THE KNACK'S MY SHARONA is blaring on Everyone's Pioneer car stereos...coming in loud & clear over the Long Island Sound from the New Haven FM station...dig that !
the phony fake music media press tried to destroy The Knack..and they failed...The Knack's music remains just as solid as it was released.. and has aged beatifically with it's kick ass power pop...i was so lucky to see The Knack live in Melbourne, Australia at Bombay Rock in 1979 when their single was no1 in the USA charts, my first ever rock gig how cool was that?!. I adore But The Little Girls Understand...so many brilliant tunes like I Want Ya & The Feeling I Get..How Can Love Hurt So Much..Mr Handleman.etc....years later i would interview Berton Averre and we spoke about how vitriolic the press of the day was to The Knack...the interview is available on my channel if you want to hear it..thanks for the post Knack Fan...
Just read your comment but, trying to watch the first Knack interview video, UA-cam says, for me, "We're processing this video. Check back later." The other Knack videos play fine.
Hey I like the 45 record cover at the end. I remember when this album came out in Feb.1980, and a few radio stations played it in it's entirety, the release of the Knack's second album was a big deal.
This song was all over the radio my sophmore year in high school. In fact it came out the same time I found a Penthouse mag in a gym locker, which I took home. Too bad my parents ended up finding it.
Bonitos recuerdos me trae está canción aunque no le entiendo algunas palabras pero el ritmo es el que me lleva a la emoción de oírla gracias 👌🫂 por compartir este video 📹😊
This band tried to replicate their 1st two hits over and over again and astonishingly was compared to the 'new' Beatles back then (80's) . . . . .please, please me oh yeah
agreed...the first LP is phenom....they were so tight during the recording that they basically played the sucker live and had it in the can within a week I think...
ma come si è fatto a dimenticare the knack o dire che erano solo quelli di "My Sharona"? Baby talks dirty è ancora la sveglia telefonica del mio cellulare....canzone anche più forte sotto certi versi della grande hit che li ha comunque resi immortali (grazie Dio!!!). E invece la gente che non capiva un emerito ceppo, da lì in poi li ha snobbati. Io li rimpiango moltissimo così come il loro suono live, la loro compattezza, il virtuosismo di Averre e Gary, la solidità di Niles e la poliedricità e assoluto carisma di Fieger. Mi mancano moltissimo ancora oggi e ancora non mi capacito della fine del loro successo. Ma le orecchie la gente le aveva improvvisamente foderate di prosciutto????????!!!!
These guys looked like four upperclassmen from the Alpha Epsilon Pi house at the University of Illinois circa 1980. Such a pity that cancer got both Mr. Fieger and Mr. Gary, both apparently leaving no wives or children. Their lyrics were frequently not acceptable, but they prided themselves on their musicianship and BOY could they blow away anyone I'm hearing in that department in American music today.
Que estraordinario grupo yo tenia 20 aʼnos ahora tengo 62 me sigue gustando sus canciones ya en este siglo las canciones no son buenas almirador jorge gonzales oruna desde lima peru 14.5.2020
Great song! I liked it better than "My Sharona." People think it's the same riff, but it's actually completely different. One of the best all time rock-n-roll bands ever! At least they could play their instruments!
I remember this from april-may 1980 when me and my buds used to hang around mcdonalds and get drunk in the parking lot sitting in my buds mercury marquis.
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Who's listening in 2020? Never gets old....RIP Doug and Bruce
Graduated 1979. 2023 still listening
I'm still listening in 2023!
@@craigcricket7932 same
@@craigcricket7932 same, listening now and class of '79
MEEE
One of the most underrated bands of all time. RIP Doug Feiger
What makes you believe they're underrated?
@@gogoyubari366 the rock and roll hall of fame is one of them and when the band was at their peak they overplayed My Sharona and never gave their other songs any attention
@@gogoyubari366 If they were appreciated as they should be, they'd be in the conversation with the Police, Motorhead, Van Halen, ...
Hahahahaha
Let's see... they sold 10 million copies of Get the Knack. Hardly call that underrated.
I still to this day dont know how this song even was allowed airplay back then.But i sure as hell am glad it did.
The Knack kicked ass and never got recognized for the awesome musicians they were. No band was as tight and together like they were. Their songs sounded simple but were not when it came to perfecting their sound! great post!
"No band was as tight and together like they were."
Seriously? These guys are a great sound and fun times... but, that era was filled with bands fitting your statement.
Sadly, it seems an era with lot of great bands, getting lost in the shuffle.
@@Dgggless Then you have never seen them in concert. Whether it was when they in their prime or 20 years later, they were an unbelievably good band--musically "tight" and professional in their musicianship. They were a much better band than their contemporaries. Their first two albums were recorded live in the studio with very little overdubbing. You would have to have seen them live to realize how good they actually were.
They were one of few bands (if not the only one) playing actually live on TV shows at that time, at least in Spain.
I saw them play live and they were electric & TIGHT..Bruce Gary are you kidding me??? he was an absolute genius on drums..Berton Averre is a seriously great guitar player.. you are 100% CORRECT Bob...well said..
@@newellgirl I agree. I'm a drummer and I'm blown away by how great this guy was (RIP) ,and how locked- in he was with the bass player. I THINK my band could play for 20 MORE years and not be that tight!!😀
PS THE cowbell was PERFECT!!😎
While skating 'round and 'round, Pickwick Skating Rink, Burbank, CA, Summer of 1980, this song, blasting over the speakers. One of the landmark memories.
This song and not My Sharona? Cool skating rink then!
Bruce had talent to burn. Awesome drummer. ❤
The summer of 1979 had a lot of great memories for me. Elvis Costello. Joe Jackson. Devo. Talking Heads. Nick Lowe. Dave Edmunds. And of course, The Knack. The group that killed disco!
@@thouswell8153 Beat Crazy was great, too. Glad they broke new ground with that one.
when I was sixteen, i recorded a cassette with only this song on it and listened to it over and over for a year. I still love this song.
One of the best, underrated and unknown songs in rock and roll history! LOVE this! :-)
+JoJo Everyone sucked dicks to all the Knack's songs. Boys and girls alike. At least they did at my high school.
It was unknown because it completely sucked.
Steve James You suck
This rhythm is so full of NRG. I could dance sitting on a chair💃
Their best song. My dog ate my album, but I still have their debut LP. Thank's for post'n.
One of many songs that was popular for about 3 months and everyone forgot about it (except us few who check it out!). I still have this song on a 45 RPM. Also "Good Girls Don't" is an excellent song. Unfortunate that "My Sharona" is th only song associated with the Knack today, though it is a good song, too.
Great song!!
RIP Doug..Thanks for ALL the great songs.
High school hit . I remember them so well. still one of my favorite bands ever. Heavily influenced by the Kinks . The riff looks like " wholl be the next in line" and it's amazing
Agosto del '80 acá en Argentina estábamos a FULL con esta canción!
Y con el Dieguito un pibe deslumbrando
I had this album, and i loved it, it still holds up!!!
The Knack sembró la semilla del Rock pegajoso y a la vez fuerte. Todavia su musica se puede disfrutar.
Fantastic! Great memories of adolesence! Perfect band for a 13 year old...or a 40 year old.
They kick ass!
Hit #38 in Billboard. God bless! RIP, Doug.
"Get The Knack" is one of the best Rock albums of all-time!
Round trip is their best album imo
This song is not on either of the albums mentioned ! But The Little Girls Understand !
@@davidellis5141 Never said it was.
Steven Ainsworth Agreed 👍🏻
It was music like this that stood proudly in the face of that disco crap which oozed out of FM radios everywhere.
2025 and my love for the Knack is STILL alive! 1/18/2025/Saturday-11:37am est This song is XLNT!!!
True, this song is from BTLGU. Sorry if my remark seemed misleading to you about which album this somg was from.
My mention of "Get The Knack" was in reference to my comments about their debut album and how every song on it is a true gem. While the songs on their follow-up album - BTLGU - were generally very good, not EVERY one was as stellar as those on GTK.
Love 💕 the knack always did always will they rock ❤
The Knack rocks!!!
dogdyedblack-
Yours is a very astute analysis of the band.
I was working at a big chain record store (a nearly by-gone entity, these days) when The Knack broke out! They were HUGE and we sold a ton of the records and even more 45's ( all you young 'uns who are clueless can Google
"45 rpm")! They were even hailed as "The Next Beatles",
Well, THAT never came to pass, but EVERY song on 'Get The Knack" is awesome...great lead vocal, tight harmonies. wailing guitars and a driving beat. Cool!
seres como ellos debieran ser eternos,nunca los olvidaremos doug and bruce
Screw the critics this is still a great song!
This song is incredible and it's way better than My Sharona. You can tell a great song because it keeping getting better as it progresses. And the guitar solo at the end is the best part.
Damn straight
@@dave9640 All artists do the same thing
@Brad Skinner Except for Daryl Hall & John Oates
Hellz yeah!!😀
Agree. Underated. RIP Doug and Bruce.
Great tune! RIP, Doug.
RIP Bruce
Obviously trying to ride just a little more of the "Sharona" formula but always liked this song.
Summer 1979ish...Rocky
Point...Shoreham Wading
River L.I.N.Y. & THE KNACK'S
MY SHARONA is blaring on
Everyone's Pioneer car stereos...coming in loud & clear over the Long Island
Sound from the New Haven
FM station...dig that !
I was fortunate to catch them at EPCOT in 2002. My wife tuned it out until "My Sharon's" because it was the only song she knew from them.
Underrated
the phony fake music media press tried to destroy The Knack..and they failed...The Knack's music remains just as solid as it was released.. and has aged beatifically with it's kick ass power pop...i was so lucky to see The Knack live in Melbourne, Australia at Bombay Rock in 1979 when their single was no1 in the USA charts, my first ever rock gig how cool was that?!. I adore But The Little Girls Understand...so many brilliant tunes like I Want Ya & The Feeling I Get..How Can Love Hurt So Much..Mr Handleman.etc....years later i would interview Berton Averre and we spoke about how vitriolic the press of the day was to The Knack...the interview is available on my channel if you want to hear it..thanks for the post Knack Fan...
Just read your comment but, trying to watch the first Knack interview video, UA-cam says, for me, "We're processing this video. Check back later."
The other Knack videos play fine.
The Knack, una banda emblemática.
Hey I like the 45 record cover at the end. I
remember when this album came out in Feb.1980, and a few radio stations played it in it's entirety, the release of the Knack's second album was a big deal.
I do too ,it was huge! I couldn't wait for it to be released. Played the first album the entire summer before on 8track. . .
I really like the 3rd album a lot. Radiating love is a
great. song
This song was all over the radio my sophmore year in high school. In fact it came out the same time I found a Penthouse mag in a gym locker, which I took home. Too bad my parents ended up finding it.
Gotta keep em way down in the lower underwear drawer, my man. Lucky for me my dad had stacks of 'em!
Andrew Chase listen to you, you are BAAAADDDD, Oh wait...you were bad all this time, ever since! 😂😂😂
C'mon, Andrew! Let it go! It was over 40 years ago! You can buy a new Penthouse mag! You're not still grounded, are ya? LMAO!
In all honesty this is my first time hearing another song from The Knack other than 'My Sharona' and I love it! Might have to download their album.
Mike Sparrow me too, this song is pretty cool
Good Girls Don't.
Just love Doug's sensual lyrics
This riff is very similar to the riff they used in "My Sharona". Both playing off octaves and very cool riffs. The hook that makes the song.
The interval this song’s riff is a minor 7th, whereas Sharona does use octaves.
This is classic!!!! The Knack kicked ass!!!! Crank it!
The best song the Knack ever did!
Excelente canción!!!!
Excellent composition and tremendous band will miss you Bruce Gary and Doug Fieger
The Knack hit #38 in Billboard, 3-15-80. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Doug Fieger. Shalom.
THE KNACK ROCKS FOREVER
Bonitos recuerdos me trae está canción aunque no le entiendo algunas palabras pero el ritmo es el que me lleva a la emoción de oírla gracias 👌🫂 por compartir este video 📹😊
Thank you Doug and Bruce.
Capolavoro e ritmicamente unico
Grew up listening to this...........great times!
Just fantastic! It is nice to see Doug not trying to be John Lennon and being himself; and he is very sexy in this video!
Though he is dressed liked Lennon here, I'm getting more of a Paul Simon vibe from him.
@@crapple009 i agree!!
The Karate kid on drums! AWESOME!!
Sad The Knack never made it big. Sure they had a major hit on their first album. So much talent, it seems it wasn't enough.
Gran banda, recuerdos de 1979, epoca dorada musicalmente......
I've never seen a better concert🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
¡Qué lindo! Hoy me voy a bailar esta linda canción en Kong, en Lima - Perú.
thank u for this great set KnackFan
Realmente Insuperable the Knack
Knack is back baby
"You know my baby, she says 'hurt me, hurt me!'...", hahahhaha... I love the song. I'll learn to play it in guitar later.
This album is one of the best I ever owned
I told people I thought The Knack's second album was even better than the first one.
13 años ....mis primeras fiestas ...y amor por las guitarras entre tanta Onda Disco...!! yeah..
tu música nunca morirá descansa en paz DOUG
From back in the day when LA was both punk and pop...and clubs all over town. Where did it all go???
LA power pop...yes!
This band tried to replicate their 1st two hits over and over again and astonishingly was compared to the 'new' Beatles back then (80's) . . . . .please, please me oh yeah
Es un Crack!
Nothing like "Stripped down Rock n' Roll!"
At 1:44 awesome Berton - like Page!
R.I.P. Dougie - you're sorely missed
Love em, Albums and all! 😊
Great Band! RIP DOUG!
amazing!
Temazo 🔥 🎶 👌
agreed...the first LP is phenom....they were so tight during the recording that they basically played the sucker live and had it in the can within a week I think...
This song reminds me of driving my newly bought (To me) 76 Gremlin X from my sister.
We drove a gremlin too
great number, love The Knack
ma come si è fatto a dimenticare the knack o dire che erano solo quelli di "My Sharona"? Baby talks dirty è ancora la sveglia telefonica del mio cellulare....canzone anche più forte sotto certi versi della grande hit che li ha comunque resi immortali (grazie Dio!!!). E invece la gente che non capiva un emerito ceppo, da lì in poi li ha snobbati. Io li rimpiango moltissimo così come il loro suono live, la loro compattezza, il virtuosismo di Averre e Gary, la solidità di Niles e la poliedricità e assoluto carisma di Fieger. Mi mancano moltissimo ancora oggi e ancora non mi capacito della fine del loro successo. Ma le orecchie la gente le aveva improvvisamente foderate di prosciutto????????!!!!
These guys looked like four upperclassmen from the Alpha Epsilon Pi house at the University of Illinois circa 1980. Such a pity that cancer got both Mr. Fieger and Mr. Gary, both apparently leaving no wives or children. Their lyrics were frequently not acceptable, but they prided themselves on their musicianship and BOY could they blow away anyone I'm hearing in that department in American music today.
Their Best!
I only remember 'My Sharona' and 'Good Girls Don't' back when I was a teenager in '79.
Woooowww!!!!!!!✨🙌😎🎉🎊✨🌟🎤🎼🎵🎶🙌💪👍💃
As far as tightness in a band The Knack is right up there with The Beatles
So good! You know~
TEMAZOOO !!!.-....
QUE TAL RECUERDO DE 1979 EN EL PROGRAMA DE CANAL 7 "DISCO CLUB" CON GERARDO MANUEL, UN CLASICO!!
TOTAL ROCK Indeed
Just So!
Damn Fun!
Love This!
-Sam
awesome track! Doug was still no doubt singing about Sharona here, who was his girlfriend in real life and smokin hot!
@danhuntersportHe is singing about Sharonas best friend abbe beck was also Dougs gf.
pero q chicos tan guapos, tan buenos tooooodoooossssm beso muchos besos!!!!
great song,.... underrated, its just a real good song, as compared to the shit we hear now
Que estraordinario grupo yo tenia 20 aʼnos ahora tengo 62 me sigue gustando sus canciones ya en este siglo las canciones no son buenas almirador jorge gonzales oruna desde lima peru 14.5.2020
Weird Al did a pretty funny parody of this song `Baby Likes Burping', which can be found on his Medium Rarities CD.
Great song! I liked it better than "My Sharona." People think it's the same riff, but it's actually completely different. One of the best all time rock-n-roll bands ever! At least they could play their instruments!
Doug ke tremendo cantante y muy sexy una voz potente
It doesn't matter if this was My Sharona redone and revised, still love this song and think it's amazing
I remember this from april-may 1980 when me and my buds used to hang around mcdonalds and get drunk in the parking lot sitting in my buds mercury marquis.
...me gustaba su cara de loco jajajajaja que recuerdos!!!
KNACK 3 BABYYYy