The Knack - "Frustrated" - Official Video

[@douggrey6253]

So summer of 1979, I was 17 and livin…My Sharona explodes, then Good Girls Don’t gets radio play next quickly followed up by (She’s So) Selfish, I was blown away by this band, but it wasn’t till one morning I woke up and the radio played this jamm and that was it, I was sold and bought the Get The Knack album, and wore it out, add in Let Me Out, Number Or Your Name, Lucinda, That’s What The Little Girls Do and my favorite song Oh Tara and there was my soundtrack for that glorious pre Senior year summer of glorious memories!! Still play this album and all my Knack albums to this day!! Such an under rated band! RIP Doug and Bruce…

[@pgfault]

Berton Averre is a highly underrated guitarist. Amazing licks and solos. RIP, Doug.

[@TWTexasA1]

That’s why you never hear a guitar player try to copy his long version lead break on My Sharona…I got to see The Knack about 5 times and talked to Berton a couple of times he’s such a nice dude.

[@bellbrass]

My favorite song on the album...and that's saying something, because the whole freakin' album is incredible.

[@russellsuttles7785]

Wow Bruce Gary was such a phenomenal drummer!

[@vanhalenrulz9474]

Probably my favorite song from this excellent album.

[@faithhofeldt2283]

The album is full of naughty little ditties disguised as mundane pop songs. A highly underrated band.

[@markrush5013]

you nailed it dude...exactly!

[@ihatehandleshowaboutyou]

Most are written about Sharona.

[@unclekennymusic]

Damn, 45 years ago, I was in broadcasting school, I wanted to be a DJ...!!! Sure was a magical time, thanks Doug and Prescott, Bert, and Bruce...!

[@ricpel9975]

Another chicken delight, but the flesh is on the bone and she ain't giving you a bite, frustrated. I love it, they were great.

[@100chuckjones]

This song is the best fucken tune of the album next to "My Sharona". bought this album in 79 when it first came out and thought it was the balllz !! I think Bruce Gary is a very good drummer and as in most knack songs his drums are the driving force. this can also be attributed to Mike Chapman and his producing of this album. the whole album cost less than 50 grand and I believe took about 14 days. recorded live in one shots, rather than everything being done with overdubs (just solos and some of Fieger's background Vox) "Frustrated" also has one of the best outro's in rock n roll. its punk, its rock, its blues, all the above. I think we can all agree the band "Jett" sounds incredibly similar in many ways.

[@lisadaitch7809]

I'm kind of fond of "Let Me Out" ;-)

[@TWTexasA1]

Selfish is my favorite, but there’s so many good songs on this album take your pick…and they have to be the “R” rated versions not the wimpy versions they had to remake for radio airplay after the FCC discovered some of the language they used on the original album….👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@lansesteiner3563]

I think “She’s So Selfish” is their best

[@paulmckinney8141]

Such a great album! Love this song!. So catchy, edgy and funny - it rocks! Wish they made more records.

[@doggfacedboy]

My favorite song from The Knack. Thanks Doug!

[@doctorvibe11]

The knack were a revelation; I remember thinking to myself, 'this is what rock N' Roll is supposed to sound like!'

[@paulmckinney8141]

Yes!

[@realgemskyleera1810]

Agreed

[@theshawnmurphyjournal2946]

They were actually the rock band that ended discos spot for most consecutive #1 singles. For about 78 weeks not one rock song made it to # 1 , then my Sharona broke the streak

[@pedroseco4293]

Buén disco!!!.tiene fuerza y mucha onda...es cool!! y muy buena banda The Knack....es muy recomendable!!!..se disfruta al escucharlo....a mi me encantó!!..gracias!!!

[@matthewb8229]

When I was 9, 10 and 11 years old, The Knack, Van Halen, and Blondie were in constant play on my record player.

[@imagine9265]

When I first heard them thought for sure they were going to be next Beatles sadly that didn't happen but there music still kicks ass

[@eddiedulko4937]

A message to all radio stations worldwide....YOU are pathetic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Good Girls Don't", "Frustrated", "She's so Selfish" could have easily been No 1s as well. But no " They thrash "My Sharona" & give their other songs little or no airplay whatsoever. Then have the audacity to call The Knack one hit wonders. Really? Like 45 years later & I still enjoy this album like it was just released.

[@kathleenbannatyne9002]

Well at least if you grew up in Detroit they played the whole album on constant rotation summer of 79....four different rock stations!! Good times 😎😎👍👍

[@eddiedulko4937]

@@kathleenbannatyne9002 Perhaps I was a little harsh, however yea that's how it should be. More airplay of Rock bands other material.

[@kathleenbannatyne9002]

@@eddiedulko4937 I don't think you were being harsh. It would be nice to have real talent and good programming like we used to!

[@wildbillanderson9100]

U ROCK

[@VB-vl1tg]

As a teen, I couldn't wait to see their music videos !!!👍

[@rubedogg6969]

RIP Doug Fieger and Bruce Gary!

[@davidchereneimmel8820]

I'm so FRUSTRATED!!! Classic line!!!

[@tvgator1]

F*ckin' awesome. I've known this song for decades but never saw the video until now. It's exactly how I would've imagined. Great shots and great edits, even for a early-era video...

[@Sincopare]

Should have been the second single! A riff hard enough to please rock radio. Get the Knack album was recorded in just two weeks at a cost of only $18,000. That's how you make it sound raw.

[@thiscorrosion900]

Chicken Delight should've licensed this shit for their commercials back then.....would have been rather hilarious. I think Doug means a different kind of chicken anyway...but I could be wrong. LOL!

[@JC-ev9dy]

What blew my mind when I was in basic guys were telling the commander there frustrations and he said where the hell have u been? The girls were complaining 3 weeks ago

[@johnnymfan5065]

I'm frustrated that youtube took down someones remastered hq stereo version of this video. Their greatest tune

[@bishope.r.8154]

i miss this band

[@gl8466]

Brilliant!!!

[@alexmicahmillian3714]

its called individuality something the youth know nothing about

[@MaeNotEast]

@ATamandua I do agree with you to a certain extent, but several bands and more singers had already started adopting that white shirt skinny tie look, usually worn with a jacket. Maybe they were more avant garde than I'm aware of. But the thing that really marked The Knack as not-yer-average-garage-band was front man Fiegers eighth of an inch bangs. They'd have been seen to be strange even on a woman! LOL! And I definitely have a hard time keeping still when I hear their music.

[@imrevali6419]

I saw the knack in atlanta and was a great show . Not beatles but a fun band

[@FishHeadSalad]

Great album!

[@JTHeidrick]

Incredibly tight band!

[@mark11198]

The Knack was great and good video.

[@theshawnmurphyjournal2946]

The eighties American version of the Beattles that did not get enough airplay except for one song

[@squishydafishy]

🤘😁🤘

[@ATamandua]

I've got to be honest - these four guys looked like they were a quartet of upperclassman from the Alpha Epsilon Pi house at your nearest main state university. They didn't look like the Beatles (outfits notwithstanding). They weren't really 'longhairs". They certainly didn't look "punk" at the time, either. But those AEPi looks didn't bely the musicianship underneath. To be honest, I don't like a lot of their lyrics in retrospect. But, MAN, could they get your feet moving...

[@dogdyedblack]

I was just thinking much the same. The lyrics are obnoxious and Doug Fieger was hardly a charming front man--but the songs themselves and the playing!...one of the great bands of all time on that score. I love listening to the guitar/bass/drum interplay. My Sharona isn't one of my fave songs of theirs, but every time I hear that guitar solo, I have to stop what I'm doing and my jaw drops....

[@jimmypage2138]

why is it we never get to hear this song on the radio?

[@Dr.M.VincentCurley]

Money is what powers the radio these days, you think its commercials, nope.. its dirty money

[@dynjarren7523]

The money men control radio.

[@julianpatriciocarrillomend3395]

2018??

[@auflaforme]

heyo

[@how-to-linux.]

5 Dislikes ? WTF ? You make me feel frustrated.

[@theophonchana5025]

Frustrated - Doug Fieger

[@chadgreenawalt5738]

People don't be stupid they got more trim then you know.there songs sold themselves

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Sharona, Frustrated, Good Girl's Don't .... Doesn't sound like these guys were getting much sex.

[@Dr.M.VincentCurley]

Don't kid yourself.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Matt Curley Good lord, it's a joke.

[@5piecekit]

That was Doug wanting Sharona...

[@Isabellarose848]

Keith Urban

[@theothertroll]

This is one of those bands you love to hear, but blow chunks having to watch ~

[@MegaGobbler]

Elvis Costello

[@kindechoes]

lol agree, theothetroll...maybe less emotion would have served...looking blandly off while singing lyrics like those would be preferable to looking mostly insane and stalker like...lol loved the songs tho!

[@thiscorrosion900]

What? The whole point of the song is an exaggerated commentary about the alpha male who is expecting his comic book sex fantasy but doesn't get it because the girl is pulling the strings. Anyway Doug always kind of emoted the songs live, or on video. They weren't Van Halen, so that's the way they rolled.

[@rothsuede]

Too bad that singer did not play the drums, He would have made a good replacement for Kieth Moon.