Lead guitarist starts shredding one of the best solos ever, and the cameraman decides it's a great time to focus only on the bassist and lead vocalist hopping around.
Forrestcupp, you are absolutely right. I directed multi-camera shows for almost 40 years and I believe the director and the cameraman didn't have a clue about their subjects music. The cameraman could have saved the director (if there was one) by tilting down from the head shot to the guitar. Better yet, get a frontal shot of this great piece of guitar playing! Rick
Actually, they have captured Berton's solo many times on live acts. You do know that they practiced so much that every time they played it was exactly the same?
man fucking shut up, shove your elitist bullshit up your ass and get the fuck over yourself, there's always been good music and there's always been bad music, that's never going to fucking change, look harder
That guitar player sure was the real deal. I like that he can replicate his studio version of the the solo with the same amount of energy and flash on stage.
I love the way he picks during the solo. I've always thought this is one of the greatest solos ever recorded. Because it's been branded as "Pop" it gets overlooked. Great solo!
PopShop2012 YES. I am well old enough to remember when this song came out. I came across the radio as a pretty good rocking radio hit. The short solos throughout the song got my attention. But then I heard that solo at the end... and thought. whoa....
@@Loosehead You're referring to the "45 version", which was a common practice at the time when it came to published recorded music in general. Most radio stations used these abbreviated versions, so they could cram more sponsor time into the same space of time.
The Knack were such a great band. Great musicianship, songwriting & performing. Bruce Gary was one one of the baddest ass drummers in rock & Doug wrote such melodic, well structured songs. They have their own secure spot in rock`n roll history IMO.
This song rocks and the solo is my favorite. Berton Averre is a master maestro and has to be the most underrated guitarist in the world IMO. Great vid. Thanks.
I've thought the same thing ever since I was a 14 year old in 1978. At 59 I am still flabbergasted why he and that solo are not talked about by every guitar player since!
One of the tightest live performances I have ever seen. When one can say that 'live' sounds better than the album, and with that guitar solo....... the Knack fucken rocked!
I remember waiting on line for tickets over night for this show. I was 2nd on line. Everyone had a great time. In the morning News cameras came over to us asking why we waited over night for tickets and asking us who The Knack were. The concert was amazing. Still have my ticket stub and program. Had a great time.
What a shock! I wasn't even aware Doug had cancer.....I toured with them in summer of 1979 - Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Orleans........30+ years ago! Doug was impossibly energetic and Sharona (who went with us) was a sweetheart! RIP Doug.....you WILL be remembered!
Trying to capture the whole British Invasion look which they did incredibly on the album cover. Doug’s eyes remind me of Ray Davies of The Kinks. Lost Doug Way Too Soon. He was really enjoying playing & performing. Thanks for sharing!
I was there - in the video, I'm the petite girl with short black hair at 1:18! At the time I was seeing a guy who worked for Capital Record A & R at the time, who made sure I was up close to the stage. It was a GREAT show!
Out of curiosity. What was the show? The Knack really only had one song but what a song it was! I get a picture of them popping up on stage for 6 minutes everywhere they appeared
I remember having to play this back in the old days of band on my Piccolo & marching. In 2025 I still play it for kicks when in Orchestra rehearsals sometimes before maestro appears.
Came here hoping to get some hints for working out this solo, always loved it and thought there;s some cool licks and technique to learn from it. My mind is blown at how accurately he plays it live with an almost cleaner tone. It's a bummer the cameras weren't focused entirely on his fret work the whole time. Pleasantly surprised to see so many comments about how others appreciate the solo, that's so cool. Guitar magazines never have this song in their "TOP 100 SOLOS OF ALL TIME" and they bloody well should. It's a masterpiece.
I'm 42 and I remember it very well. Had the album. Brings back memories of a junior high school party. I play in a cover band and this song still goes over really well.
Got me through a 7 week hospital stay. Me and three of my best buddies/fellow patients playing pin ball in the adolescent wing rec room '79-'80. This played with the bass way up constantly. Good time in a bad situation.
Agreed! This is the last time you ever heard an extended guitar solo in a major pop song. I remember back then, it was the solo that every guitarist had to learn. Just like how Terry Kath's solo on 25 or 6 to 4 was in 1970. My Sharona seemed to cap of the decade in style.
@viscig60-- You took the words out of my mouth! One of the all-time great melodic leads & the camera couldn't be bothered. I was bitching at the guy out loud with "the guitar, you idiot, the guitar:" lol
Ah! 1979. I was 9 years old. I thought the Beatles had returned in a new form. For 6 months that year, all Disco and Punk had to take their fighting outside while The Knack reminded us, or for a lad my age, re-introduced the rock world to the 1st generation of Brit rock. Never has any band before or since captured the songwriting brilliance of the Beatles, the sleaze of the Stones and the juggernaut power pop of The Who so perfectly. Sometimes in the same song!
I got kicked out of a Cafe around 10 pm Philippine time in 1980 dancing to this! SOBER! What a night that turned out to be..I believe the world series was playing and by the time that was on, I wasn't so sober!😂
My First Concert, 1979 Sophomore Year....in The Collisium at Seattle Center.... FRONT ROW and EVERYTHING WE WANTED IT TO BE!! I'll never forget that feeling.! It was the beginning of several years of concerts, including: Guns and Rose's opening for The Rolling Stones in LA (1989?) The US Fest in San Bernadino (1983) The Tubes, Peter Gabrial and Bowie in New Westminster (1982?) I don't remember every concert or every date... but I do remember that FEELING....and it all started with THE KNACK!! We'd have to describe it back then as..."Totally Awesome to the MAX!!"
This song was huge the year I graduated from HS. It was literally THE song at the time. It brings back so many memories! I'm so sad to hear that the lead singer died so young...RIP Doug.
Our generation was very lucky in terms of music and other things. There was such a can do feeling in the air. It was a great time to be young. What do kids today have that comes anywhere close to that?
This is a great version of a great pop song - I remember how these guys were mocked by us all back then due to the hype, but 30+ years later it's a great song about underage poon...
Proud to have such a hot song with my name in it. Showed it to my teen aged daughter! Asked her what her generation has today to equal its energy?! Those were them days!!! Too bad so few people have found this fab video!
And Yes indeed, this is absolutely one of the very best top-drawer guitar solos I've ever heard. I can't think of another one that more elevates my spirit. It makes me happy and free. The closest would be Terry Kath. I remember the very first time I heard this solo section. When I heard the album. It magically and seamlessly included this unmatched masterpiece solo which I'd never heard on the radio. Ugh. AND HOW GREAT IT WAS TO HEAR AND HEAR AGAIN!! I could not believe the emotions he was educing from within me with his guitar playing, his deeply passionate solo over those powerfully propelling chords, and the passionately powerful bass and drum team that would be the envy of any band. I felt taken out of my own sphere. And I still felt like that every time I listened to it today. Undefinable. A truly gargantuan guitarist. And a truly deeply underappreciated group of absolutely stellar musicians, whose sum was so much greater than the parts. A real BAND. No wonder they so effortlessly pulled off their Beatle-esque "Maybe Tonight". All they had to do was Act Naturally.
Incredible band! Way more then just a one hit wonder. The Knack were at their best during this gig, and it's a shame this concert was only released on LaserDisc. Still waiting for a re-realese on DVD.
Where was I? When I first heard this I started dancing and playing the air guitar on top of an F-111D at Cannon AFB NM. Wow, great memories and a SUPERB live video...much thx for posting
♬ Ma ma ma ma ma ma my Sharona! Ma ma ma ma ma ma my Sharona! ♪♬ ♬ Ma ma ma ma ma ma my my mine..ine Sharona! Wow! ♬♪ Their rhythmic tight sound is very best! This is too famous song to forget. I was in Japan. The Knack has come to Japan to show the live concerts in 2005.
This is #1 award on "Best Guitar Solo With Worst Camera Footage" on a live show.
Watch Ozzy with Randy Rhodes do crazy train and Mr Crowley in 81. They focus on everything but Randy when he's playing a tasty ass solo
Agree and unfortunately it happens for some unknown reason…….🙄
Lead guitarist starts shredding one of the best solos ever, and the cameraman decides it's a great time to focus only on the bassist and lead vocalist hopping around.
That's exactly what I thought!!!
Spot on..jc
Forrestcupp, you are absolutely right. I directed multi-camera shows for almost 40 years and I believe the director and the cameraman didn't have a clue about their subjects music. The cameraman could have saved the director (if there was one) by tilting down from the head shot to the guitar. Better yet, get a frontal shot of this great piece of guitar playing! Rick
Cameraman not a guitar player ☹️.
Sometimes they did that on purpose so you cant see what he's doing.ive seen that before.trying to hide the solo from other guitarist.
Burton Avarre’s solo…one of the most underrated and overlooked great guitar solos!!!
I noticed that lol
Yep superb solo, and listen to the tone! Practically ripping the strings off of that thing and doing it with practically no gain!
Spot on. The official video masks it as well by having the guitar set on a more 'soft tone'
A guitar solo like this one comes along once in a lifetime and the cameraman blows it.
At 3:18 they're coming in behind him thinking he's wrapping up, and then realize he's STILL not done! Haha.
Actually, they have captured Berton's solo many times on live acts. You do know that they practiced so much that every time they played it was exactly the same?
Pretty bad job there
Best guitar solo ever!
Bruce Gary, what an incredibly fast and perfectly timed drummer. RIP
One of the very best yet at the same time, most underrated guitar solos in all of rock history.
42 years later and this still rocks ...says a lot about music in 2021!!!
Says a lot about you. Every generation invents its own. 2021 music is no better or worse. .
@@ancientmariner3077 No, it's worse. We'll see how much of 2021 music is being talked about in 2063.
No , it says a lot about bloody good music whatever the year and this is one of those songs . I am an old hippie and this one got me up and dancing :)
man fucking shut up, shove your elitist bullshit up your ass and get the fuck over yourself, there's always been good music and there's always been bad music, that's never going to fucking change, look harder
THE KNACK..My Sharona.for me.the geatest pop rock music of all time.
That guitar player sure was the real deal. I like that he can replicate his studio version of the the solo with the same amount of energy and flash on stage.
Like they should!!
Ummm, the record was essentially a live recording. Best band I've ever seen.
Elliot Easton of the cars was the same way. His live solos were indistinguishable from the studio versions and he never missed a note
当時、日本の静岡市に来てくれた彼らのコンサートを1番前の席で観ました。
スタートから一切MC無く、ラストまで一気に演奏して、約35分でコンサート終了。アンコールも無く「え？もう終わり？」とビックリしたものでした。
このコンサートのように、あっという間に嵐のように過ぎ去って行ったザ・ナックでしたが、彼らが残した強烈なインパクトは、約半世紀たった今でも私の脳裏に鮮明に焼きついています。
I love the way he picks during the solo. I've always thought this is one of the greatest solos ever recorded. Because it's been branded as "Pop" it gets overlooked. Great solo!
PopShop2012 YES. I am well old enough to remember when this song came out. I came across the radio as a pretty good rocking radio hit. The short solos throughout the song got my attention. But then I heard that solo at the end... and thought. whoa....
so tasty and melodic!
It gets overlooked because most versions omit that awesone guitar solo.
@@Loosehead You're referring to the "45 version", which was a common practice at the time when it came to published recorded music in general. Most radio stations used these abbreviated versions, so they could cram more sponsor time into the same space of time.
@@Loosehead Yes, the radio edit cuts out the solo. What an awesome solo it was!
R.I.P. Doug Fieger, and Bruce Gary, we miss you, we love your music....Brillant song....
The Knack were such a great band. Great musicianship, songwriting & performing. Bruce Gary was one one of the baddest ass drummers in rock & Doug wrote such melodic, well structured songs. They have their own secure spot in rock`n roll history IMO.
This song rocks and the solo is my favorite. Berton Averre is a master maestro and has to be the most underrated guitarist in the world IMO. Great vid. Thanks.
I've thought the same thing ever since I was a 14 year old in 1978. At 59 I am still flabbergasted why he and that solo are not talked about by every guitar player since!
This is why Old time Rock and Roll is always the best
One of the tightest live performances I have ever seen. When one can say that 'live' sounds better than the album, and with that guitar solo....... the Knack fucken rocked!
Either somebody dubbed the music to this video, or the boys were playing to a backing track. Still a great song.
I remember waiting on line for tickets over night for this show. I was 2nd on line. Everyone had a great time. In the morning News cameras came over to us asking why we waited over night for tickets and asking us who The Knack were. The concert was amazing. Still have my ticket stub and program. Had a great time.
Eliot Wien what a night that must have been!
what a night it must have been...
youre lucky
You in the video? lol
Could've done a double bill with The Raspberries!
I always loved this song when it came on my car radio.
This is a great performance - such energy.
They’re tight as that snappy snare the drummer has. This is a tremendous performance
What a great live performance!!
Bruce Gary kicked the shit out of a set of drums!!!! And that lead solo..... LEGENDARY!!!!
The song, the album and the band that dominated the summer of 1979...and deservedly so.
The most unfortunate thing about millennials is that not only do they not have this music now, but they never will.
Awesome song and Band!!! Amazing Solo...Berton Averre , one of the best guitar player of all the time!!!
One of the best rock song ever... great guitar solo.
What a shock! I wasn't even aware Doug had cancer.....I toured with them in summer of 1979 - Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Orleans........30+ years ago! Doug was impossibly energetic and Sharona (who went with us) was a sweetheart! RIP Doug.....you WILL be remembered!
mr brother has doug's super beatle vox amp, he bought it from doug's brother in-law after doug died.
It really is a seriously aggressive song for every band member. And they all nailed it. Too bad the cameraman didn’t nail it.
Oh to go back to 79 and party w/the Knack live once.
Trying to capture the whole British Invasion look which they did incredibly on the album cover. Doug’s eyes remind me of Ray Davies of The Kinks. Lost Doug Way Too Soon. He was really enjoying playing & performing. Thanks for sharing!
I was there - in the video, I'm the petite girl with short black hair at 1:18! At the time I was seeing a guy who worked for Capital Record A & R at the time, who made sure I was up close to the stage. It was a GREAT show!
How old are you now if i may ask
@@freezingclockhands I was 22 then-how time flies, but I remember it all.
@@lilg3754 wow
Your 1.5 of fame!
Out of curiosity. What was the show? The Knack really only had one song but what a song it was! I get a picture of them popping up on stage for 6 minutes everywhere they appeared
Berton Averre's solos are amazing!
I remember having to play this back in the old days of band on my Piccolo & marching. In 2025 I still play it for kicks when in Orchestra rehearsals sometimes before maestro appears.
Best guitar solo ever. Totally underrated.
Came here hoping to get some hints for working out this solo, always loved it and thought there;s some cool licks and technique to learn from it. My mind is blown at how accurately he plays it live with an almost cleaner tone. It's a bummer the cameras weren't focused entirely on his fret work the whole time. Pleasantly surprised to see so many comments about how others appreciate the solo, that's so cool. Guitar magazines never have this song in their "TOP 100 SOLOS OF ALL TIME" and they bloody well should. It's a masterpiece.
This one and Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers, "Runnin Down a Dream".
I love watching Bruce go crazy on the drums. ♥️
기타솔로 예술입니다.... 크아..........
rock you!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember this show ... at the show I remember my friends and I saying Fieger looked coked out of his mind... great show!!!
Un solo fabuloso... and a Townshend windmill from Fieger at 5:39! This song never ages for me, it's always 1979.
Gosh! That guitar solo - always causes orgasms to my ears, whenever hear it (Berton Averre - half-God! 😍)
Super da war ich 20 Jahre alt... geiler Song !!!
Still a great video ! ! ❤😊
That solo with almost clean tone... Respect!
I'm 42 and I remember it very well. Had the album. Brings back memories of a junior high school party.
I play in a cover band and this song still goes over really well.
Glad to see a version with the full guitar solo .. kicks ass!
I was 12 when this came out and my folks bought me the album. One of my middle school favorites, still love it.
yeahhhh babyyyy que revienteeee
Great guitar solo and the camera was everywhere but the guitar!
Love the song, good music never dies back in the days rip doug
Got me through a 7 week hospital stay. Me and three of my best buddies/fellow patients playing pin ball in the adolescent wing rec room '79-'80. This played with the bass way up constantly. Good time in a bad situation.
Uno de los grandes solos de guitarra de todos los tiempos. Huyaaaaaa!!
One of the greattest all time's guitar solo . Huyaaaa!
Always like this song....These guys were great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed! This is the last time you ever heard an extended guitar solo in a major pop song. I remember back then, it was the solo that every guitarist had to learn. Just like how Terry Kath's solo on 25 or 6 to 4 was in 1970. My Sharona seemed to cap of the decade in style.
hell yea!!! they rocked when i was in highschool...1979!!!
Fantastic bridge/solo in this song
that just changed my life
38 here and totally remember this jamming on the radio in my cousin's bitchin' camaro. I loved this song as a kid.
….. and he did not disappoint
Devo needs to cover this
@viscig60-- You took the words out of my mouth! One of the all-time great melodic leads & the camera couldn't be bothered. I was bitching at the guy out loud with "the guitar, you idiot, the guitar:" lol
Turn it up.
I was 15 in 1979. We had no internet, but we had very good music ;-))
Ah! 1979. I was 9 years old. I thought the Beatles had returned in a new form. For 6 months that year, all Disco and Punk had to take their fighting outside while The Knack reminded us, or for a lad my age, re-introduced the rock world to the 1st generation of Brit rock. Never has any band before or since captured the songwriting brilliance of the Beatles, the sleaze of the Stones and the juggernaut power pop of The Who so perfectly. Sometimes in the same song!
I love how the people dressed
Awesome!
DJ泣かせの長いギターソロ（笑）でも、この長さのversionが好き＾＾
Love the song, good music never dies back in the days rip doug
One of the ROCKINGEST songs EVER!
Not one f*cking closeup of the guys hands
I got kicked out of a Cafe around 10 pm Philippine time in 1980 dancing to this! SOBER! What a night that turned out to be..I believe the world series was playing and by the time that was on, I wasn't so sober!😂
this a great rock testimonial, I bought this record when I was 10 and wore it out. it's great to see it live in all of its rawness.
Like his hand action on the mike stand at the end! Brilliant performance.
Quite the performance! Back when everything was loose, with everyone just slidin' along! We'll never see anything like it these days.
@@tombeyer375 No, we never will.
@@fiona4423 🤣
My First Concert, 1979 Sophomore Year....in The Collisium at Seattle Center....
FRONT ROW and EVERYTHING WE WANTED IT TO BE!!
I'll never forget that feeling.! It was the beginning of several years of concerts, including: Guns and Rose's opening for The Rolling Stones in LA (1989?) The US Fest in San Bernadino (1983) The Tubes, Peter Gabrial and Bowie in New Westminster (1982?) I don't remember every concert or every date... but I do remember that FEELING....and it all started with THE KNACK!! We'd have to describe it back then as..."Totally Awesome to the MAX!!"
This song was huge the year I graduated from HS. It was literally THE song at the time. It brings back so many memories! I'm so sad to hear that the lead singer died so young...RIP Doug.
great solo
A GREAT talent, Michigan remembers, RIP Doug !!!
Our generation was very lucky in terms of music and other things. There was such a can do feeling in the air. It was a great time to be young. What do kids today have that comes anywhere close to that?
This footage is gold, thanks for posting. NYC Carnegie Hall!? Wow! Thanks for the great songs Berton and Prescott... RIP Doug and Bruce.
I saw them at Carnegie hall. All I remember. Is the timer with the tenths of a second ticking away.
This is a great version of a great pop song - I remember how these guys were mocked by us all back then due to the hype, but 30+ years later it's a great song about underage poon...
If 17 is underage. Fieger was 25 when he wrote it about her. Sharona Alperin's happy.
42 years now!
this was the final nail in disco music's coffin - rockers like myself couldnt wait to trash disco for rock and roll again. this was our anthem!
Proud to have such a hot song with my name in it. Showed it to my teen aged daughter! Asked her what her generation has today to equal its energy?! Those were them days!!! Too bad so few people have found this fab video!
One of the ROCKINGEST songs EVER!
bestest fucking awsome guitar solo in the world
And Yes indeed, this is absolutely one of the very best top-drawer guitar solos I've ever heard. I can't think of another one that more elevates my spirit. It makes me happy and free. The closest would be Terry Kath.
I remember the very first time I heard this solo section. When I heard the album. It magically and seamlessly included this unmatched masterpiece solo which I'd never heard on the radio. Ugh. AND HOW GREAT IT WAS TO HEAR AND HEAR AGAIN!!
I could not believe the emotions he was educing from within me with his guitar playing, his deeply passionate solo over those powerfully propelling chords, and the passionately powerful bass and drum team that would be the envy of any band. I felt taken out of my own sphere.
And I still felt like that every time I listened to it today. Undefinable. A truly gargantuan guitarist.
And a truly deeply underappreciated group of absolutely stellar musicians, whose sum was so much greater than the parts. A real BAND. No wonder they so effortlessly pulled off their Beatle-esque "Maybe Tonight".
All they had to do was Act Naturally.
One of the best solos ever on one of the catchiest songs of the era.
Absolutamente maravillosos.
Just superb! Very few bands nowadays could play and sing as well as this live! Amazing.
RIP Doug, always loved your performance of this gig
Incredible band! Way more then just a one hit wonder. The Knack were at their best during this gig, and it's a shame this concert was only released on LaserDisc. Still waiting for a re-realese on DVD.
The only best solo by Berton Averre of The Knack
I was just listening to the studio version and this concert version of My Sharona is right on the money.. Tight!!
12 here and love this song .. i love 70's and 80's ... i don't understand technofreaks .. they should start listening to music!
Sorry for bad englidh
Where was I? When I first heard this I started dancing and playing the air guitar on top of an F-111D at Cannon AFB NM. Wow, great memories and a SUPERB live video...much thx for posting
♬ Ma ma ma ma ma ma my Sharona! Ma ma ma ma ma ma my Sharona! ♪♬
♬ Ma ma ma ma ma ma my my mine..ine Sharona! Wow! ♬♪
Their rhythmic tight sound is very best! This is too famous song to forget.
I was in Japan. The Knack has come to Japan to show the live concerts in 2005.
The lead guitar 🎸 🤩 one of the best solos on record. They knew it
Amo esta canción , es demasiado genial y el sólo es uno de mis favoritos
One of the great live performances ,
I feel your pain. I'm 38, and although I remember hearing it on the radio, I was too young to really appreciate it.
Grande Messi cantando My sharona. Cuando vea esto se va dedicar al power pop, new wave . ohhhhhhhhhhh yeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Antonio From caracas- Venezuela I was there in NYC.
I went to countless concerts but this is the one I regret not going CARNEGIE HALL 1979
😢