HIS WHAT?! 🎵 The Knack MY SHARONA Reaction 🍆

[@toodlescae]

The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger wrote the lyrics to this song, which is about a girl he fancied. Doug was in a long-term relationship when he walked into the clothing store where a high school student named Sharona Alperin (who had a boyfriend), was working. The age difference (he was about eight years older) and relationship status didn't deter Fieger, who was immediately lovestruck. With his girlfriend looking on, he invited Sharona to a show. Not long after, he broke up with the girlfriend and professed his love for Sharona, creating a weird dynamic where he would come on to her even though she had a boyfriend who often attended Knack concerts with her. It got pretty heavy when Fieger started writing songs about her - they weren't together when he composed "My Sharona." About a year after they first met, Sharona gave in and they started dating. She joined the band on tour and watched as the song Fieger wrote about her elevated them to stardom. The couple were together for about four years (and engaged at one point) before the rock and roll lifestyle and Fieger's alcoholism became too much for Sharona, and they called it off. In the aftermath, Sharona answered questions about the breakup by saying that she needed to become her own Sharona, not someone else's. After a cooling off period, Alperin and Fieger became friends. Alperin was with Fieger the last week of his life; he died of cancer on February 14, 2010.

[@toodlescae]

I got this from Song Facts. I knew it was about a girl but not the whole story.

[@Dooklawz]

@@toodlescae I do believe you're spot on with that...that's pretty much the story about this song (and their ultimate relationship) that I've read....it's a neat story of the history of the song. I thought I'd read awhile back as well that Sharona Alperin was (and presumably still is) a successful real estate agent in I believe southern California. Love this song...takes me back to my senior year in HS. Rock on ! :)

[@dvsreed]

Her picture is on the album cover

[@jerryarcher1923]

Pretty damn decent story there bro.

[@kkarnet]

Another tidbit about Doug. His brother, Attorney Geoff Fieger, has had a few high profile court cases, Jack Kevorkian, "Jack the Dripper", A lawsuit against Jenny Jones, another for a victim of Columbine school massacre. Geoff also ran for Governor of Michigan in 98 unsuccessfully.

[@jeffhintz]

This guitar solo is one of my all time faves!

[@stity23]

Yeah..I always wait for it ..

[@TheEmercio]

"The best"rock and roll guitar solo of all times ❤

[@DocRaunchy]

Lex Reaction is so damn funny. Laughed hard with her. When these two make up their theories about what a song is about, kills me almost every time.

[@TheMichaelseymour]

..its actually ....(according to cheech and chong ) " My scrotum "

[@785boats]

yeah! 'cause they are always wrong. HaHa!!

[@jongreene5000]

@@TheMichaelseymour was going to suggest that they do a reaction on that exact song by cheech and chong

[@TheMichaelseymour]

@@jongreene5000 haha

[@floorticket]

That guitar solo is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.

[@danaberman6929]

Lex cracks me up with that not so innocent laugh... :)

[@CoboProdz]

Except when there’s nothing funny going on. Then it’s just annoying

[@da_blade5040]

LMAO

[@ITPalGame]

Laughing over a misinterpretion of the lyrics.

[@kellykarcher7179]

Was Lex stoned or drunk during this "reaction"? She sure seemed that way. I'm not sure what is so funny about the lyrics. It's just a song about a guy who has a crush on a girl.

[@CoboProdz]

@@kellykarcher7179 my thoughts too. sometimes she acts extra silly

[@stephanieclark9849]

*The lead singer (Doug Fieger) wrote this song about a girl he liked named Sharona Alperin. She later became his girlfriend. Doug passed away in 2010 I believe. He and Sharona always stayed close friends and she was one of the ppl by his side at the end.*

[@domeshine69]

Doug's brother, Geoffrey Fieger, was the lawyer who defended "Dr. Death", Jack Kevorkian.

[@aulduronsmith5577]

Doug Fieger was the brother of Jack Kevorkian's lawyer and former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Geoffrey Fieger. Doug is definitely the better brother

[@Pavium]

Add to that, Sharona was 8 years younger than him. 17 to his 25 at the time they met.

[@aulduronsmith5577]

@@domeshine69 Man. I must type slow if you finished your post 3 minutes before I did.

[@raymo6795]

i wore this 8 track out when i was a kid

[@leehanson1416]

Glad you listened to the longer version. One of the best guitar solos of the time.

[@m.gideonhoyle409]

IMO, musically, this is one of the greatest rock/pop songs ever.

[@toddbell6989]

The solo - is just killer!!!

[@lantose]

You should see PhilX’s video of of this! Its damn good!

[@sixslinger9951]

@@toddbell6989 I forgot all about this solo. WOW, it really is great!

[@louisfrost4975]

Catchier than Covid and twice as deadly brah

[@da_blade5040]

Hellz Yeah it is!

[@neotheone7923]

fun fact..Alice Cooper thinks this is one of the best songs ever and that the guitar riff/hook is the best ever written and he wishes he had written it

[@richardcranium5048]

This isn't even The Knacks best song. They are a way under appreciated, for the most part unknown band, but definitely worth a look. It would be fair to say, all their stuff is good

[@neotheone7923]

@@richardcranium5048 dude take it up with the coop. i mentioned a thing i saw once and i really dont need a lecture ,,but did typing your answer out make you feel all giddy inside?

[@allisterfiend_2112]

@@neotheone7923 I just re-read @Richard Cranium message and I have to say, it sounded fine to me, it was not negative toward you at all and it seemed he was just adding a few statements with some more information that seemed geared toward any one else who might be reading this thread.

[@richardcranium5048]

@@neotheone7923 Lighten up Francis, a lecture? are you off your meds

[@okirrama3587]

This song even changed Nirvana's life

[@HillbillyWhisperer63]

Lex's reaction was off the charts! Love it!

[@briansmith48]

It sounded like she had a few puffs of something before filming. 🌿🌬️

[@Sandman60077]

The guitar solo in this song never gets the recognition it deserves.

[@davidjaynes7211]

So true....and never gets old. Genius.

[@dimitrisnikoloulis4071]

​​@@davidjaynes7211Solo is so genious one. The song is a masterpiece.

[@jamessmith-rd3sf]

I totally lost it when she said... " Is that his Egg Plant" LOL

[@kkarnet]

Doug Fieger was a Detroit native. When this song came out, you could not turn to a radio station and not hear it. It crossed every platform. It was on the soft rock stations, the hard rock stations, the pop stations, everywhere. I think even the NPR station was playing it between breaking Jimmy Carter news and the Iran hostage Crisis. OK, maybe not, but you get my point.

[@Chris-rh9ej]

Fun fact: his brother, Geoffrey Fieger is a well known lawyer in Michigan and was the defense attorney for Jack Kevorkian

[@stity23]

Criminally under rated guitar solo in Rock n Roll

[@findJLF]

So glad you heard the full version, with the loooong guitar solo! Epic playing. What a great song.

[@chrislaustin]

The guitar solo in this song is one of rocks best, and very under rated in my personal opinion.

[@jimfussell5455]

As funny as your reaction was, it's NOT an eggplant song! It was the 1979 debut single by The Knack and it was incredibly popular. It reached #1 on the Billboard chart, and stayed there for six weeks. The song’s infectious riff was written by guitarist Berton Averre before he joined The Knack. The late Doug Fieger, the band’s lead singer and rhythm guitarist, loved it so much he promised to make it a song. There was only one problem. The lyrics. Fieger couldn’t think of any. Until, that is, he met 17-year-old Sharona Alperin, and fell madly in love with her. His love for the raven-haired beauty was like musical cocaine. It sent him on a passionate song-writing jag that produced, among other songs, the band’s biggest hit, “My Sharona.” An interesting sidelight: “My Sharona” was the song that helped genius “Weird Al” Yankovic, who parodied the song with “My Balogna,” to score his first hit song. Great tune!

[@Scott_Forsell]

I like your last name. Not quite awesome as mine, but pretty close.

[@timcadwallader2704]

Brad & Lex... T y for making a 71 year old swinger, chuckle and smile.....You have the perfect chemistry, to provide the reactions....And at risk of being arrested by the thought police,in todays Orwellian age 🙄, to me Brad is the masculine one,and Lex the feminine one...So Brad, ignore the a***wipes who try put you down....Your the dude as a limey might say....And Lex, I'm not ignoring you,as I've yet to read a negative comment about you....Just keep your excellent output going, the both of you...Peace..🎸🥁

[@reality1958]

Man that guitar solo rocks

[@terryv2006]

The way you break down the lyrics, you’ll get a huge laugh out of “I’m Turning Japanese” by The Vapours. A different kind of love story.

[@JRcomments]

i forgot about that song. That should go over well today lol.

[@hairlokk8672]

@@JRcomments Seen the kirsten dunst version=? Not that bad actually

[@murreygellmann7708]

And that track is one of the weakest tracks from "New Clear Days"....a crusher of an LP.

[@ThePablo1961]

Great reaction pairing ! Hyper Lex and Baffled/Troubled looking Brad .

[@pdbordelon]

Wow what a song. The Knack are the definitive "Power Pop" band. That guitar solo at the end is unbelievable!

[@keithjones8889]

The eggplant song? The ghetto version of Sharon?! I'm dying!! 😅😂🤣☠️

[@happymethehappyone8300]

ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS "PUMP IT UP" & "WATCHING THE DETECTIVES"..MUST HEAR CLASSICS.

[@cometogether999]

This was everywhere in 1979, like it or not. The whole album wasn't bad. Weird Al did one of his first parody songs to this, My Bologna.

[@Mahnamahna1100]

And Cheech Marin sang, "my scrotum" in one of their movies. I forget which one.

[@TruthHurts2u]

The Chipmunks did it too.

[@chrispeel3123]

Winona Ryder bopped to this in the movie Reality Bites

[@timfeeley714-25]

Weird Al also did "nine coronas"

[@scottfrench4139]

This was like cotton candy to the Clash's meat and potatoes.

[@LetItBeSummer-1]

Oh my God you guys are making me laugh hysterically. The contrast between Brad’s calm attitude and Lexi giggling hysterically with her pigtails it’s too much lol 😂

[@mmurphy53]

One of the best pop song guitar solos ....period.....

[@matthawkins8880]

In 1999 I had just got out of the Army and was living in Norman Oklahoma and a friend called me up and said the Knack was playing in Dallas. We get to the bar and there were only like 20 people there, almost sad. They put on a show and it was awesome. They played All Along the Watchtower and it rivaled Jimi Hendrix’s version. They were shockingly great musicians. But the coolest part was after the show they came out and drank with us for an hour or more.

[@rodcampbell2391]

Your reaction is priceless!!! Guitar solo is great!!! That’s it!!

[@ShawNshawN]

love the eggplant interpretation. I NEVER thought about it at the time. We were too naive. LOL

[@belindajustice4113]

first piece of vinyl i brought great then great now.

[@vanessahunt586]

Lex you're hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I've heard this song, many times, I've never thought of this song like that 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@frankrizzo4460]

Same here 🤔

[@anthonymitchell8893]

loving it from England tonight the knack and men without hats both these records bring back such good memories I was in my prime 83/84 ha ha same year I think all the best

[@MusicFan1977]

I watched your live stream last night. Lex's take on this song was one I never would have thought up. Hilarious.

[@evervillalobos3971]

Lex's laugh is so awesome and contagious! He said, "is it d d d destiny" and lexs " I thought it was really UP" lol!! Brads face on the 2nd guitar solo lol priceless lol!!!!

[@frodothedodo]

This was my favourite song for a long time and I love the guitar solo

[@joesmith8725]

Great guitar solo for a new wave punk band. lol

[@d-2793]

This was a huge hit in my day. Lex cracks me up! Nothing gets passed her.

[@DougEvans]

Lex, don't ever change! Your laugh has me laughing with you!

[@joedirt688]

Lex you make me laugh my ass off at your reactions and cute mischievous grin. One of the most complex Guitar solo's in rock history!

[@Rogueorl]

Can I just say how adorable and funny Lex is when she laughs at some of these videos and her interpretations are very interesting to hear and see. I thoroughly enjoy watching you both react to these great songs from back in the day

[@pookiemartinez1745]

While Doug was on tour with the Knack over the drink, Sharon found Doug's dream home for him who was very pleased when he was back home. Sharon gained the attention of other realtors which she committed to exercise her new found love and successfully launched her new career in the Real Estate business, including high profile clientele in the entertainment industry. Truly blessed Round Trip is my Fave today. RIP Doug and Bruce

[@jaemyrick5277]

This song is featured the 1980’s movie. “Reality Bites” about the GenX decade. My Sharona is playing in a scene where a group of friends, who just graduated from high school are hanging out in a convenience store. Two of the characters are dancing. My Sharona was rumored to be controversial, because of the sexually provocative lyrics back in the 80’s and it was played on the radio in heavy rotation. A true rock classic.

[@jackrasbeary4156]

Jenny by Tommy Tutone should be on your ‘watch soon’ list.

[@brownbenplumm9027]

Facts.

[@1teamski]

Concur.

[@floydlawson3765]

Without a doubt.

[@dennissmith562]

Great guitar in this one. Great solo.

[@bugvswindshield]

My favorite song when I was in 6th grade. Great song. Long version with guitar solo is the ONLY version to listen too. Great solo too. I crank up the radio when ever this pops up on the oldies station.

[@mattjsherman]

One of the greatest guitar solos.

[@themusicbehindthegirl2335]

"Name his eggplant". Words I never thought I'd hear

[@tomhenson7168]

Love your reactions and can't watch Lex without smiling

[@memorast]

You guys are so funny I can’t believe how much I laughed!!!!!!! Great work

[@homerwimberly8693]

Love this song, this group rocks, 70 rock

[@Aloysius1966]

The greatest guitar solo in all of rock; IMO. 🔥

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

No such thing as the best, but it is great

[@davidcohen1424]

Lol! Are you serious?

[@Aloysius1966]

@@davidcohen1424 Absolutely! I've been playing guitar for 30 years. That is one of the hardest; and yet, most melodic solos ever. Put those two together; it's the greatest solo I've heard. OK, well maybe the into to "No Remorse" is better.

[@rickjames420]

Definitely underrated.

[@kentnottingham9635]

The guitar solo, OMG off the CHAIN! They sound just like this live too!

[@biff9999]

All the giggling from Lex is infectious......

[@redflamered]

That key change before the guitar break takes a good song to a great song.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

This song has without a doubt one of the greatest guitar solos and transitions in rock. Funny now that the words do seem sketchy but when I was 11 I was singing those lyrics in front of the parents without even realizing what I was singing about. It helps now to know That Sharona was an actual woman. (Legal). 😆

[@Vangoghjones]

I’ve listened to this song about a thousand times over the last 40 years and I’ve never appreciated the rich raunchiness as much as now watching you two. Thanks. One love.

[@Souldoubtrocks]

Lex you’re the greatest. And thank you for playing the long play version with the awesome guitar solo.

[@terrytsotigh4682]

What was she partaking in before airtime? Great guitar solo.

[@eileendobbs8009]

Easily one of the catchiest songs ever written. It's in your head now. Good luck getting it out.

[@trinitraveller2592]

Lex is so much fun. You made this review so delightful. This song is a classic and a bopper for sure.

[@Lokbatch]

Lex's reaction to this song is priceless, im crying! It's like she's 11 and JUST discovered an "eggplant" for the first time hahahah holy shit this is to funny!

[@greenshp]

One person's funny is another person's annoying as sh$t. Just saying

[@Christopher-Baltimore]

Reactions like this are a gem of KZbin.

[@randybaker6042]

This song just about killed people trying to dance to it. lol Great lead guitar.

[@surlechapeau]

most underrated guitar solo of all time by Berton Averre! even longer on kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWK3aGSGfMlggJI

[@randybaker6042]

@@surlechapeau definitely one of them and Averre is great musician.

[@gruntildavonbigglesworth734]

lmaoo

[@mj95b]

This was out when I was in h.s.(all girls school), most of us had hula & tahitian lessons since we were little, so the girls had no problems keeping this beat. The boys at dances were...not good, but they were sure cute!

[@rogerodle8750]

Lex is having tons of fun with this one.

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Oh yes!! LOVE this jam!!! And yes, Sharona was the name of the girl he was singing this too-- 👍✌️✨

[@cindyjensen2185]

Omg, we going way back for this one, I loved this song, still do, 53 now, but knew every word by about 6. Loved it.

[@JuanRamirez-xh3kc]

Finally someone gets around to the Knack, Great debut album, Good Girls Don't is another great tune by them.

[@ggghghnnngkgggjnbfbbf2048]

I love her reaction. shes so full of joy

[@happymethehappyone8300]

DONNY IRIS "AH! LEAH!" & "LOVE IS LIKE A ROCK"

[@paulshaw9953]

I was backstage at a festival once and saw Phil from Pantera dance like a maniac to this song

[@lennypignatello7493]

I seen them in NYC IN 79 THE CHICS WERE WILD RUNNING ON TUE STAGE TROWING PANTIES and bras ON THE STAGE the roadies would bring the girls o the statue and bring them back stage the singer would say that one and they would take her back stage pass

[@frankvizzi4617]

This is one of funniest reaction I've seen

[@debbiechang5781]

I had heard this song dozens of times and never heard the lyrics clearly. So many ways to interpret them, some of them illegal 🤔. Great beat. Can’t resist the urge to get up and dance. Great reaction 🌺✌️

[@johnrunion5357]

sharona is a girl.

[@thomasbrissee3251]

The Knack is seriously underrated band. I had their first two albums on vinyl when they came out and they were solid front to back. Catchy 80's pop music.

[@kruser79]

Oh my gawd, Lex's laughter through this one had me dying laughing!!! I love this episode so much! But yeah, the subject y'all were trying NOT to get into...was exactly what this song was about.

[@jonathanmercer7109]

Great choice.

[@BestofItMoviedoc]

Brad is like, never again, we won’t be recording after a night out drinking. FYI… Sharona was an actually a 17-year-old girl who inspired a productive two-month long songwriting span before becoming Doug Fieger’s (singer) girlfriend for four years.

[@MrFballard]

Imagine that? Reality?? Poor prudish Brad, there goes the "creepy, pervy eggplant" grand theory. I saw The Knack live back in the day with Cheap Trick! I bet Brad was somehow, somewhere in the crowd muttering: "No habla RockN Rolla!"🤔😤🧐

[@pn1457]

When this first came out they played it night and day and day and night every 15 minutes on every radio station till I was SICK OF IT! You could not escape MY SHARONA!!! It was years and years before I could again listen to it without gagging.

[@karlsmith2570]

Hey Brad and Lex, "Weird" Al Yankovic did a parody of this song titled "My Bologna" As a matter of fact, it's one of "Weird" Al's first parodies that he'd recorded

[@paradiddle1]

Yes!! Please do “Weird” Al!

[@TheEarlHaight]

This was such a big hit! Great musicians

[@3DJapan]

The lines say "come a little closer". I don't think you'd have to worry about an eggplant getting closer.

[@DonteKeys]

Or do you...?

[@stephengould4768]

Eggplant 🤣😂🤣😂 Lex.....you kill me!!!!

[@rob7953]

Watching you react to this makes me feel you'd have a blast with Ted Nugent's "Wango Tango."

[@RaefonB]

😂

[@bugvswindshield]

oh gawd...pls let that happen !! lol !

[@lucianomancinella9467]

Great in its day, nice to hear it again, thx....a fun review.

[@michaelakkerman407]

So you NEED to do "Good Girls Don't " UNEDITED VERSION by The Knack...

[@MrDleverett]

I second that. Dirty little tune.

[@dp67dl93]

Hahaha...yes

[@maiden-eq4uv]

What makes one of my all time favorite songs extra special is watching a gorgeous girl like lex giggle, smile and jam to one of the all time feel good songs ever created.

[@kdm71291]

The song is about the girl...."the younger kind"..."the touch for" which he "always gets it up"......her name is Sharona.....not his "eggplant", as you put it. This song was the shiznit in 1979...and we were jammin' to it!

[@stewartmcdowall2285]

Love the Lex reaction!!!

[@sergiomattos109]

I will come back to reapit: this girl she is a rocker with whole the soul.

[@432htz3]

That solo as simple as it may to seem to some is killer...It just haves that "thing" so good!

[@L0stJ0hnny]

I don't know if 'My Sharona' is about "eggplant action" - but 'Turning Japanese' by The Vapors (from the same era) definitely is!

[@FunkyMonk4Life]

Turning Japanese is not about self pleasure. If you listen throughout the song he's talking about taking pictures, he wants her picture and so on. It's a play on the stereotype of Japanese people taking pictures a lot. Whereas it may be a bit un-pc these days it's not about rubbing one out.

[@cleftturnip7774]

I thought it was about drugs

[@emileconstance5851]

Orgasm Addict by the Buzzcocks leaves no room for interpretation/ambiguity. Also, a great song!

[@garywilliams1948]

Wow love Lexie’s reaction . Known the song since it first came out but never heard those lyrics properly before !

[@rwfrench66GenX]

You guys will love Good Girls Don’t by The Knack!

[@alecblue5244]

Never caught one of your vids before, but the reaction of Lex is awesome I truly appreciate how happy she is.

[@karlsmith2570]

This song was about a young woman named Sharona Alpern whom lead vocalist, Doug Figer had a relationship with while he was still married One benefit of this song was that the woman whose name was the title of, actually had gotten across the correct pronunciation of her name

[@jarrodclark2004]

"Is his Sharona his eggplant?" 😆

[@imnotabotrlyimnot]

I won this album shortly after it came out by bouncing a ping pong ball into a fish bowl on the AC Boardwalk. Still have it, the whole album is good.

[@thomasbrissee3251]

Second Album, titled"...But the little girls understand." is also really good, You should check it out. I had both on vinyl, until I stopped moving a heavy box of ALL my vinyl around and abandoned it ALL. So very much still kicking myself about that. I have been recreating that collection digitally but I wish I had the vinyl, there's just something about the warmth of music on vinyl.

[@Keith_KC8TCQ]

oh wow the memories. this song takes me back to summertime as a kid, the local city swimming pool had a sound system and the lifeguards (mostly high school and college kids) were in control of the music. This song was a regular on the playlist.

[@jamesbarrick3403]

As a lover of all rock music from classic rock to Motown, metal, grunge, I mean I love it all... this is my favorite song ever. I know perhaps a bit of an odd choice but it has it all. Its pop, its punk, its rock for sure with a VERY tasty guitar solo. It has the hook on lyrics and a very cool bass line (could have more dirt for my taste). Its got the hot chick and just enough sexual suggestion. It also has a great story with a real infatuation. This song has it all. I'm not going to restate the whole story on this song, that is what google is for. Check it out.

[@bonoman1987]

Lex is adorable...wonderful personality!