Jesus Christ, that fucking "Get the Knack".....every single song is a freaking CLASSIC!!!!
@Vapourwear4 ай бұрын
One of the best pop albums.
@jasona94 ай бұрын
@@Vapourwear to this day it is hard to believe only two singles were issued from that double platinum debut album 💿.
@hoofbeat953 ай бұрын
Just spun this album tonight!!! Been forever since I have played it but I still know every single word to all the songs.
@deaterk3 ай бұрын
BINGO!!! Vastly under appreciated here in 2024.
@mikefagan35812 ай бұрын
The "Get the Knack" album is what we old-timers called a "drop the needle" album. This album was so good, you could drop the needle anywhere, same quality throughout. [ My fellow old-timers will have to explain to the youngsters what a record player was ]
@blackholesun200112 жыл бұрын
This band was amazingly talented whoever started that Knack backlash will lead a slow painful death whoever that wasn't didn't understand what these young talented musicians bought back to rock and roll...good melodies harmonies rhythm and beat....and talented songwriters...like the Beatles!!
@televisiondevil523511 ай бұрын
They were great for a short period of time but didn’t have the talent to really sustain it. Their sophomore album was just sort of a re-hash of similar sounding songs. I saw them at the Guthrie Theatre in 79 & they were killer live.
@Vapourwear4 ай бұрын
The brilliance of writing songs about this kind of shit and they are so damn fun… Incredible.
@RisingTidesAC4 ай бұрын
They were so original. Add to that the musicianship and you had the perfect band! The drums are just BAD ASS!
@JTHeidrick4 жыл бұрын
Killer drummer!
@flintfredstone9482 жыл бұрын
These mfers were so damn good. Everybody did their shit right. No weak link.
@ATamandua13 жыл бұрын
I don't like a lot of the lyrics, but I ALWAYS wanted to see Bruce "Life force" Gary live performing this - THANK YOU to the estate of Mr. Fieger for posting it.
@libertarianation112 жыл бұрын
I saw The Knack in 1979 live at the old demolished Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino..They opened for Boston and this was the first song they did. Man that place went crazy. They loved the Knack's energy....
@djteague3347Ай бұрын
I was there, too... they were fantastic. Filled in for Hagar, last minute, as I recall.
@slynngray9 жыл бұрын
Such a good band. So sad most only know "My Sharona".
@DialADriverAustralia8 жыл бұрын
+RockityRoll so true that mate
@janicep.92633 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs on their debut album
@JC-ev9dy Жыл бұрын
My Sharona got this band notice I believe
@FredScuttle196911 жыл бұрын
This song is in the running for greatest power-pop song ever. LONG LIVE THE KNACK.
@twistedviewlabs3 жыл бұрын
That first album easily plays like a greatest hits album. Every song is a banger and should be played loud enough to hear 3 states away. Fell in love with it when I first heard it in 1982 (I was 7). Fast forward to September 2018, my son (he's 15 now, 12 then) begs me for a turntable. He immediately fired up discogs and picked this as one of his first four records to go with it. He loves it and still plays it at least once a week. He prefers it to the heavily censored version on Spotify.
@eddiemichaels6285 Жыл бұрын
Yup
@thomasbrennan5286 Жыл бұрын
This was a great album
@johnanderson70306 жыл бұрын
Still sound amazing after all these years. Incredible underrated talent. Bruce & Doug are greatly missed. Thanks for keeping this alive.
@andthensome5128 жыл бұрын
Fucking great drummer.
@kenlieck77567 жыл бұрын
Don't swear! The Knack are a *family* act! >snicker
@4Laney411 ай бұрын
Great song and great band. The drums are friggin awesome. Some of the fills he plays are so incredibly cool. Looking forward to this level of playing and musicianship returning.
@jasona94 ай бұрын
Yes , Bruce Gary was one of the greatest drummers 🥁 of all time!
@jasona94 жыл бұрын
(She's so) Selfish was set to be the Knack's third single from their multi-platinum debut GET THE KNACK. Due to 'harsh cuss words' and sexual references radio stations INSISTED that the single be cut-up. The Knack refused to issue a PG version of (She's so) Selfish and it was never released as a single. Hence, My Sharona and Good Girls Don't were the only two singles from the album....WHAT A CRIME.
@stevenhoude8687 Жыл бұрын
They were a victim of those Puritanical times, I'm afraid. Unfortunate timing on the band's part!
@Vapourwear4 ай бұрын
Best song on the album. Tara should have been the B-side.
@jasona94 ай бұрын
@@Vapourwear 🎵 Oh Tara had a great beat….it also could have been a Single 🎶
@johnheidrick58508 жыл бұрын
Anyone who has ever played live music can attest to how tight this band was. Truly amazing. Percussion--drums AND bass--hold the song together. The rest is just magic. What an underrated band!
@jeffrey-dq3tz4 жыл бұрын
One of the worlds best bands Fucking love The Knack..Especially Good Girls Dont
@krisrao19283 жыл бұрын
Fantastic rhythm playing from Doug. RIP.
@swampfizz4 жыл бұрын
we all wore this vinyl out....
@Vapourwear4 ай бұрын
Still got it. Still sounds good. Good cartridges are a must. 👍
@Hipnosis655 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! Great band, great songs and clever, dirty little lyrics.
@scottprice19585 жыл бұрын
I can't believe only 80,000 hits! This shit is cool!
@drums4b4 жыл бұрын
Very underrated. Bruce Gary amaz9ing at drums! Total against the mainstream and totally too cool. Very College Garage rock!
@diligentsoul1111 жыл бұрын
I was 19 years old when this came out, and I played the tape over and over so many times! This song always was fun to sing, and I think it was superbly written and sung. Under rated song, and I think it would have made it as a single if there weren't the crude language used considering 1979s standards for radio. But then if they rewrote the words to sound better, maybe it wouldn't have had that awesome naughtiness about it!
@eddiemichaels6285 Жыл бұрын
I love this fucking band. Along with The Who and The Beatles. Best rock and roll on the planet.
@ggfinn877610 жыл бұрын
Fucking classic music!! Knack Rules
@DrummerMan19669 жыл бұрын
One of their BEST tunes! They had great energy live!
@nirv811 жыл бұрын
bruce gary was awesome, very under-rated drummer, great album not a bad song on the 1st album!
@janemiller64328 жыл бұрын
awesome album, Get the Knack. Brings back memories from the late 70's.
@DialADriverAustralia8 жыл бұрын
+Jane Miller That they were, i got to see them in Bombay Rock Melbourne right up the front :-)
@stevenhoude8687 Жыл бұрын
I was in USAF Basic Training when this album was released, and I get transported back to 1979, and to my lost youth. It was an amazing time in my life, and these guys were a big part of it all. RIP, Doug and Bruce. I miss you guys...
@stevenhoude8687 Жыл бұрын
@@DialADriverAustralia NICE!!
@scottjackson14207 жыл бұрын
This is terrific.
@michaelhennessy9997 жыл бұрын
this song was perfect for when i started dating. I DO KNOW THIS GIRL!!
@imogenimeson6643 жыл бұрын
You can't expect to do the nasty at first ,putz!
@pdxhoopfan11 жыл бұрын
Outstanding musicians!
@edgemontdrive11 жыл бұрын
I love how the live versions are so very close to the originals -- I mean in the sense that this sounds great without studio tricks and digital effects, etc. Only a handful of bands can do that today... maybe The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, how many others?
@MegaVstromer2 жыл бұрын
Pure, unadulterated rock!!!!!!
@stangtcodet426410 жыл бұрын
1979 what a year & i lived it ,great dayze
@stevenhoude8687 Жыл бұрын
Amen! If not for the Iranian Hostage Crisis, it would have been a perfect year.
@edwardwillis93487 жыл бұрын
First show I ever saw in 1979, was 16 was a friend of mine. Show was incredible on the SMU campus at Mcfarlin Auditorium.
@coast4011 жыл бұрын
The band I regret missing live.
@fabiosolanilla699410 жыл бұрын
look at this band , then look at the year , when i hear the must of today,s music i think we are going in the wrong way of music
@dontknocktherock12637 жыл бұрын
Rap, boy bands and the X Factor killed music. Now it's all been done and there's nowhere for music to go.....
@stevenhoude8687 Жыл бұрын
We certainly are Look how far music tastes have plummeted since the Glory Days of Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, The Four Tops, Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel and Nirvana! I'm now living in a music nightmare
@rokanrollallnite565611 жыл бұрын
awesome drummer love the guy
@0311Grunt7 жыл бұрын
1979 was definitely the year of the knack. The whole album or should I say 8 track awesome.
@scottprice19585 жыл бұрын
Cassette
@erickandsuzanne Жыл бұрын
I had it on 8 track
@kurtkensson2059 Жыл бұрын
8 track. Always played in the car on dates. Chicks dug it. 😁
@stevenhoude8687 Жыл бұрын
@@scottprice1958 Cassette,, then vinyl, then CD, and finally digital format. When the next music technology comes out, "Get the Knack" will be one of my first purchases!
@bmhouse36012 жыл бұрын
Tremenda cancion, estaba muy niño cuando escuche My Sharona y despues pude disfrutar de la musica de este excelente grupo..... saludos desde Peru
@theophonchana50254 жыл бұрын
She's So Selfish - Doug Fieger
@cdraw625511 жыл бұрын
i hate the fact that i never got to see these guys live. probably some of the best written stuff of the time. and you can't dismiss the talent of this band. incredible energy from that drummer resonates throughout the remaining members. stripped down and just damn good without all the digital bullshit that accompanies so many productions today. i will never sell these albums. it's nice to see so many folks visiting this band to give them props. turn some more folks on to THE KNACK!
@edgemontdrive12 жыл бұрын
so great to see this drummer live
@briansolo11 жыл бұрын
thanks for posting all of these. love it ~
@horsesensemusic20207 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, Ms. RockityrolL !
@edgemontdrive12 жыл бұрын
thanks love this one
@nocona123212 жыл бұрын
My Sharona, good tune....but The Knack was sooo much more than that!! Great music, before your times as far as airplay went...too fuckin cool!!!
@Julie-cc3fe Жыл бұрын
For my teacher and walker
@stevenhoude8687 Жыл бұрын
Walker?? As in "...Texas Ranger?"
@Wolfwolveswolf7 жыл бұрын
THE KNACK
@dm196097215 ай бұрын
Bruce Gary was an animal on the drums
@bangsmoke13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting all these again, "Doug." Why hasn't this thing been released on DVD yet?
@lanamurray2 ай бұрын
Doug you were a dirty handsome man. ❤ 2024
@jonathanzissman54762 жыл бұрын
Whoever did the production end of this concert didn't have a clue. He missed so many of Bruce Gary's best moments
@InsertName12511 жыл бұрын
This band was a victim of amazing success too fast. I wish that 1st album had been just a bit less popular, so they could have developed better. I remember being a little kid and listening to the radio stations (in Detroit) really trying hard to sell them as "the next Beatles". It was such a set up to fail. Very underrated band.
@stevenhoude8687 Жыл бұрын
Sadly, this is very true. It didn't help, though, that their second album sounded too much like "Get the Knack," which caused people to start writing them off as "a one horse pony" that couldn't come up with a fresher sound. Unfortunately, and to create a more perfect storm, The Knack's songs, with their sexually explicit lyrics, came out at around the same time that Congress became involved in the censorship of the music industry. I've always believed this band to be a victim of that lyric-hysteria. Too bad.
@jorgespahn95183 жыл бұрын
I only wish my speakers could do this justice
@user-po9nu5cv9q11 ай бұрын
Two drummers doing good
@josemeda45925 жыл бұрын
What is he singing from 2:40 to 2:44?
@russellsuttles77858 ай бұрын
Bruce Gary superb drummer! Try playing drums like that while standing!
@garymartin10456 ай бұрын
Drummer made the band is really, really good.
@juveale29 Жыл бұрын
No fuckame fuckame today! Oh well 🤣 Still a great tune from a great new wave album
@derekmoment12 жыл бұрын
Doug Fieger, Burton Averre, Bruce Gary, Prescott Niles - great songs, great live show - so underappreciated. The idiot critics from Jann Wenner's corrupt Rolling Stone Magazine savaged them. Why? For the Ramones or some other talentless act? . Get The Knack was phenomenal, Little Girls a tribute to the 50's early 60's, and Round Trip showed their musical growth/sophistication. I saw them live twice at clubs - phenomenal. They could create so much live with 4 piece band - like the Beatles.
@precob12 жыл бұрын
Is any of this footage available on dvd?
@lesflynn44553 жыл бұрын
OMG this was posted by Doug Feiger himself. Rip mate.
@theophonchana50254 жыл бұрын
Sharona Alperin (girlfriend of Doug Fieger)
@janellejandreau925624 күн бұрын
Why did they censor some words in the song? Coward youtube....
@Wolfwolveswolf7 жыл бұрын
BRUCE GARY - GRETSCH
@pichonzepelinm398911 жыл бұрын
desde peru
@chrispybattyone59372 жыл бұрын
Anyone know why Doug and Bruce could not get along?
@pichonzepelinm398911 жыл бұрын
lastima ya murieron era buena banda
@MzScarlet111 жыл бұрын
I think I know that girl
@jayberry27169 жыл бұрын
Loved these guys,,,,but the public is so fickle ! shit goes out of style so quick.
@JOEX30066 жыл бұрын
Doug looks like Chevy Chase.
@stevenhoude8687 Жыл бұрын
He DOES!!! Hahahahaha!!! Good catch!
@stangtcodet426410 жыл бұрын
was only 19
@stevenhoude8687 Жыл бұрын
So was I. Man, we're not getting old--we ARE old!!
@kimberlylongman829911 жыл бұрын
I am so selfish when it comes to ruckuses. :)
@kimberlylongman829911 жыл бұрын
I know who is so selfish. It is VEVO Hehehehehehe
@franciscocardenas907411 ай бұрын
Is that Messi singing?
@kimberlylongman829911 жыл бұрын
Who? So selfish?
@KaBoomChannel10 жыл бұрын
They were great musicians but they just didn't have the amount of good songs required to live up to the hype so they died out.
@screwyootube110 жыл бұрын
They died because the "Knuke the Knack" campaign slaughtered them. The entire "Get the Knack" album is incredibly good. It IS true that the followup album was lackluster, but by the time the album, the public turned on them, and no matter what they'd put out, it wasn't going to be accepted. Later years, the public remembered them more fondly, but by then their music was completely out of style. A shame.