MY SHARONA. THE KNACK. LIVE 1979 !

[@leokubatv]

This is #1 award on "Best Guitar Solo With Worst Camera Footage" on a live show.

[@eddiemoney1093]

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

[@philipwurm5121]

Agree and unfortunately it happens for some unknown reason…….🙄

[@Jazz8]

Burton Avarre’s solo…one of the most underrated and overlooked great guitar solos!!!

[@hmackie6823]

I noticed that lol

[@comet6885]

Yep superb solo, and listen to the tone! Practically ripping the strings off of that thing and doing it with practically no gain!

[@frankmurray194]

Spot on. The official video masks it as well by having the guitar set on a more 'soft tone'

[@paulsummers2640]

A guitar solo like this one comes along once in a lifetime and the cameraman blows it.

[@willmchale3001]

At 3:18 they're coming in behind him thinking he's wrapping up, and then realize he's STILL not done! Haha.

[@ericarnaud7983]

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?

[@P-Rob-LuvGod]

Pretty bad job there

[@GforceProdComp]

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.

[@luipumaventura9051]

That's exactly what I thought!!!

[@Samson-EC]

Spot on..jc

[@skycamproductions]

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

[@jamesfallman5323]

Cameraman not a guitar player ☹️.

[@patramirez5264]

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.

[@KillerKev1961]

Bruce Gary, what an incredibly fast and perfectly timed drummer. RIP

[@supercaptainbatdoggy]

One of the very best yet at the same time, most underrated guitar solos in all of rock history.

[@mikemiller4561]

42 years later and this still rocks ...says a lot about music in 2021!!!

[@ancientmariner3077]

Says a lot about you. Every generation invents its own. 2021 music is no better or worse. .

[@arthurbishop3173]

@@ancientmariner3077 No, it's worse. We'll see how much of 2021 music is being talked about in 2063.

[@berniecolley5524]

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 :)

[@phoenixmastrogiovanni157]

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

[@jdlozinski]

Best guitar solo ever!

[@starskyhutcho-vm2gw]

THE KNACK..My Sharona.for me.the geatest pop rock music of all time.

[@VultCult]

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.

[@adriantomlin2902]

Like they should!!

[@skiphamilton966]

Ummm, the record was essentially a live recording. Best band I've ever seen.

[@eddiemoney1093]

Elliot Easton of the cars was the same way. His live solos were indistinguishable from the studio versions and he never missed a note

[@PopShop2012]

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!

[@mmagliaro]

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....

[@guddergo7116]

so tasty and melodic!

[@Loosehead]

It gets overlooked because most versions omit that awesone guitar solo.

[@DeanMk1]

@@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.

[@bellbrass]

@@Loosehead Yes, the radio edit cuts out the solo. What an awesome solo it was!

[@luisvillegas3696]

This is why Old time Rock and Roll is always the best

[@Digmen1]

I always loved this song when it came on my car radio. This is a great performance - such energy.

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

R.I.P. Doug Fieger, and Bruce Gary, we miss you, we love your music....Brillant song....

[@AppleMan531]

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.

[@ideabarn]

Eliot Wien what a night that must have been!

[@ivanmalpass4881]

what a night it must have been...

[@jp6721]

youre lucky

[@Petey0707]

You in the video? lol

[@candelise]

Could've done a double bill with The Raspberries!

[@Illogicalcaptain]

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.

[@kcufmalsi]

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!

[@informaticonfig333]

The most unfortunate thing about millennials is that not only do they not have this music now, but they never will.

[@garyraynes]

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.

[@WaveMastersSurfSchool]

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!

[@cruikshank]

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!

[@chickenbiscuitbabyyewww9580]

They’re tight as that snappy snare the drummer has. This is a tremendous performance

[@strummercash5601]

I was 12 when this came out and my folks bought me the album. One of my middle school favorites, still love it.

[@nagica69]

Gosh! That guitar solo - always causes orgasms to my ears, whenever hear it (Berton Averre - half-God! 😍)

[@jamesbarrick3403]

Either somebody dubbed the music to this video, or the boys were playing to a backing track. Still a great song.

[@fredbearison8865]

What a great live performance!!

[@jennybh08]

Bruce Gary kicked the shit out of a set of drums!!!! And that lead solo..... LEGENDARY!!!!

[@SunnBurn]

The song, the album and the band that dominated the summer of 1979...and deservedly so.

[@michaelsowden5892]

It really is a seriously aggressive song for every band member. And they all nailed it. Too bad the cameraman didn’t nail it.

[@madhousesportsnyc3556]

I remember this show ... at the show I remember my friends and I saying Fieger looked coked out of his mind... great show!!!

[@THESTEVESBAND]

Awesome song and Band!!! Amazing Solo...Berton Averre , one of the best guitar player of all the time!!!

[@dlewisfl]

Glad to see a version with the full guitar solo .. kicks ass!

[@wasjaney]

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!

[@archangelmusic13]

mr brother has doug's super beatle vox amp, he bought it from doug's brother in-law after doug died.

[@bobthortwack7960]

Best guitar solo ever. Totally underrated.

[@ozmatterhorn2147]

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.

[@jasonlacroix6083]

This one and Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers, "Runnin Down a Dream".

[@mikeburke6828]

Still a great video ! ! ❤😊

[@wolfblues66]

One of the best rock song ever... great guitar solo.

[@heycisco]

That solo with almost clean tone... Respect!

[@michaelotten2724]

Oh to go back to 79 and party w/the Knack live once.

[@lilg3754]

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!

[@freezingclockhands]

How old are you now if i may ask

[@lilg3754]

@@freezingclockhands I was 22 then-how time flies, but I remember it all.

[@freezingclockhands]

@@lilg3754 wow

[@P-Rob-LuvGod]

Your 1.5 of fame!

[@P-Rob-LuvGod]

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

[@chekopresleylive]

yeahhhh babyyyy que revienteeee

[@김용훈-i5i]

기타솔로 예술입니다.... 크아.......... rock you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@laudanum669]

Berton Averre's solos are amazing!

[@dreyfalex]

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!

[@michaelotten2724]

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!😂

[@jbird0168]

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.

[@deputy1229]

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.

[@surferbri5346]

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.

[@ronturnertheseattledrummer]

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.

[@jackwolf2297]

Love the song, good music never dies back in the days rip doug

[@theaverageguys]

This footage is gold, thanks for posting. NYC Carnegie Hall!? Wow! Thanks for the great songs Berton and Prescott... RIP Doug and Bruce.

[@79thSeabee]

I saw them at Carnegie hall. All I remember. Is the timer with the tenths of a second ticking away.

[@imagine9265]

I went to countless concerts but this is the one I regret not going CARNEGIE HALL 1979 😢

[@larrymiller5456]

Always like this song....These guys were great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carlsimons6616]

This song always takes me to the same place.... at the county fair, riding the Matterhorn. They always blasted rock songs, and this was the biggest song of that summer. My babysitter bought the album for me the next day, and we jammed it while my parents were at work!!

[@viscig60]

Great guitar solo and the camera was everywhere but the guitar!

[@vintagegarden]

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.

[@TomCastor]

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

[@musicandfilms9956]

Un solo fabuloso... and a Townshend windmill from Fieger at 5:39! This song never ages for me, it's always 1979.

[@maxnj1]

I was just listening to the studio version and this concert version of My Sharona is right on the money.. Tight!!

[@RubHerSoul1]

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.

[@frumasara]

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?

[@ideabarn]

that just changed my life

[@thomascamara8398]

One of the great live performances ,

[@onlytakinalook]

The guitar solo reminds me of James Honeyman Scott of the Pretenders when he played "Up the Neck" live during 1979 - 82. Briliant stuff from the Knack, probably their best live performance. I remember seeing this show all those years ago - great post. Thanks!

[@breeddrastic7840]

DJ泣かせの長いギターソロ（笑）でも、この長さのversionが好き＾＾

[@misterashley]

38 here and totally remember this jamming on the radio in my cousin's bitchin' camaro. I loved this song as a kid.

[@fiona4423]

Like his hand action on the mike stand at the end! Brilliant performance.

[@tombeyer375]

Quite the performance! Back when everything was loose, with everyone just slidin' along! We'll never see anything like it these days.

[@fiona4423]

@@tombeyer375 No, we never will.

[@tombeyer375]

@@fiona4423 🤣

[@kirbygene]

@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

[@prepostero]

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...

[@musicandfilms9956]

If 17 is underage. Fieger was 25 when he wrote it about her. Sharona Alperin's happy.

[@adriantomlin2902]

42 years now!

[@nadineterry43]

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!!"

[@paulsummers2640]

If I had been in the band at that moment I would have dropped my guitar or drumsticks to just have stood back to watch Berton Averre's solo.

[@amaurycastillo102]

Uno de los grandes solos de guitarra de todos los tiempos. Huyaaaaaa!! One of the greattest all time's guitar solo . Huyaaaa!

[@WaveMastersSurfSchool]

Quite possible the most underrated guitar solo of all time. Berton Averre completely killed it!

[@RubHerSoul1]

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!

[@bigsteve777able]

proper music, maybe just that old that i miss those times, but it still sounds bloody great. sad the mans gone now. he changed lots of peoples lives with this great sound.

[@NFL9475]

I was 15 in 1979. We had no internet, but we had very good music ;-))

[@HenkRijks]

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.

[@paulcordwell610]

The lead guitar 🎸 🤩 one of the best solos on record. They knew it

[@fredrung5159]

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

[@jamesrichardson63]

hell yea!!! they rocked when i was in highschool...1979!!!

[@FABmetal123]

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

[@simes6600]

thanks for leavin us this wonderful song Doug. RIP

[@tyrionlannister6769]

Berton Averre cranking up the Gibson Les Paul...!

[@Murp268]

One of the best solos ever on one of the catchiest songs of the era.

[@tonihernandez6862]

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!

[@actron]

Fantastic bridge/solo in this song

[@ProfessorSteez]

The solo is so good that he doesn’t have to improv at concerts and he can play it straight off the track

[@cobaltmidnightoilamp6748]

I HAD SO MUCH FUN 🎉WATCHING THIS VIDEO 🎊 BTW, I spotted a tween or two in the audience.

[@habanaman]

I feel your pain. I'm 38, and although I remember hearing it on the radio, I was too young to really appreciate it.

[@RobbinsJoe]

I love KZbin so much more now. The Knack never got the credit they deserved. They weren't one hit wonders. Rocket O' Love is another great song that will get your motor running if I may borrow that.

[@bird-fan]

♬ 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.

[@aliwhitwell]

Just superb! Very few bands nowadays could play and sing as well as this live! Amazing.

[@1978robbymontana]

RIP Doug, always loved your performance of this gig

[@dimestorediamonds]

I love how the people dressed

[@UncleJeffreySpuds]

Could not agree with you more. This solo is up there with the best of them.

[@fcdaxfecgrex]

The only best solo by Berton Averre of The Knack

[@elismetal]

Amo esta canción , es demasiado genial y el sólo es uno de mis favoritos

[@박중필-t6j]

bestest fucking awsome guitar solo in the world

[@snsndnsnzksksksnskksdkk4440]

R.I.P. Doug Fieger, and Bruce Gary, we miss you, we love your music....Brillant song.... One of the ROCKINGEST songs EVER! Damn didn't know Messi was so talented in music

[@whip5209]

One of the ROCKINGEST songs EVER!

[@ruthcarter1360]

Brilliant musicians, sorry to hear about band members deaths. Gave us some great rocking songs RIP ♥️, excellent guitar work, awesome vocals and ripping drummer 🤟😜