"Till she puts you in your place"? Really? And they get away with "Cause you heard she's pretty fast, and your hoping that she'll give you some tonight"? Give me a break.
People who think that The Knack were merely a one-hit wonder are simply mistaken. These guys were part of that glorious Power Pop wave of the late 70's and early 80's and their debut album, as well as it's follow up, were solid albums that were full of potential radio hits. It was cool they had a monster hit, but I still think the band's entire catalog was underrated. The band's U.S. peers, like 20/20, Off Broadway, and Shoes, were also wonderful.
I was 14 when this came out. I couldn't believe the lyrics. This was REALLY racy for 1979. It definitely got me fired up because this was all I thought about at 14.
such a sad story of the knack. they were gonna be the next beatles just from their first album, but they couldnt sell their second and third. i dont even think they made a fourth
There is another line that was sensored. "so she puts you in your place" is "while she's sitting on your face". That's why you hear the words "it hurts" in the background at 2:31.
Guess I should have read the other post before I commented. Seems everyone else also noticed. That's what good ganja does to the human mind. Children don;t try that at home.
TV edit. The verse with "wishing she would give you a chance" is "wishing you could get inside her pants" on the vinyl I have. Still good. Just because one line of lyrics has been changed doesn't mean crapola. Plus the censors were more intense back then.
Damn it. Edited versions kill me.. By the way, this is early 80's Rock and Fuckin Roll... Good fun up beat, up tempo, catchy hook.. What else could there be for Pop music? This is why it was a great time for music..
O.K. early 80's college students, put away the convention, the rigid externalism and reclaim your college days for just a moment, or two. It's okay if you want to fantasize for just a few minutes about the life and vigor you had when your heard this song. Thumbs up if you're back in 80, 81, 82 right now and reliving the moment.
"school boy stuff, a sticky sweet romance." Anyone who was a college student when this came out could tell you all about those Friday and Saturday nights when they brought the 'good' girls up to their dorm room. This song takes me back to a Friday night U. of M. Frat party in October 82. Her name was Natalie. After a few Beck's and some frantic dancing, I was never so glad for a nice slow night upstairs in bed.
@fuzzymuffins Then you must not live in the USA. It used to be that way in Canada too, but now (on most FM stations) Cee Lo can actually tell his ex EXACTLY how he feels :)
The Fieger family did well producing this guy and Dr. Kevorkian's lawyer. Both smart guys with attitude. The uncenscored version is much more honest and accurate.
Great tune thanks for posting, The doche's that weren't even born till the late 80's are always the ones to comment on things they haven't a clue about. If you did'nt live it, stay quiet, and learn it ...you'll get a lot further ahead that way (sheesh). Great period of niche music '80-'83 ...
i saw them in 82 in boston at the orpheum theater, they did the whole album get the knack. the opening act was a group called the fools, they turned out to be a pretty decent band as well. good show by both bands.
@themitch1966 Yeah! But that's the beauty of the whole thing. You couple the lead singer's making of "Pervie faces" with the song's lyrics & you have a match made in rock & roll Heaven! You can't beat it for sheer musical comedy. It is, in my humble opinion, a classic.
want to know something really special that ASIO (aka the mickey mouse club) and the australian government dont want anyone to know................go to "she has to be loved jenny morris nzoz1989" and press "see all" to find my 3 hidden comments.
According to Doug, this is his parody of a Johnny Cash style song, hence the low key in the verse. Censoreed or not, I am too distracted by everything the guys do on this record. Yup, The Knack are truly fab.
Yes this brings me back to the night I lost my virginity back in '87 on New Year's Eve! I was 18 years old and I gave that young woman the best 5 minutes of our lives.
From what I can figure, there must be two alternative universes: 1) where she invites you over and ends up putting you in your place; and 2) where she invites you over and ends up sitting on your face. Humm . . . give me a sec.
it was 1979, i was 13, she was 12, this was the tune that her 'n' in her 2 friends danced to in the school talent quest following my dismal effort the previous day, trying to sing stevie wonder's 'you are the sunshine...'. i know.... . anyway, we lasted another 2 days. lol
i was 13, she was 12, this was the tune that her 'n' in her 2 friends danced to in the school talent quest following my dismal effort the previous day, trying to sing stevie wonder's 'you are the sunshine...'. i know.... . anyway, we lasted another 2 days. lol
Remember when they compared these guys to the Beatles... I used to get so mad! Now I hear them, and think...no they are no where close to being great like the Beatles... but they sure do make a good soundtrack for remembering ones youth!
@Cropduster777 - Dude, bands would LOVE to just suck ONE year as bad as the Knack did. You ignorant ass.
Holy shit are you dumb. There are Literally thousands of musicians who'd chop their left NUT off to be what the Knack was. Even if it was just for a year or so. - Christ. (facepalm)
@oldjizzy Just because they got temporary fame from a record producer liking their sound doesn't make most of their songs not suck. Achieving 15 minuets of fame has nothing to do with weather the songs are good. Look at Ke$ha: She's basking in her 15 right now, but her music sucks ass. If these guys made even just 2 more hit songs, then they would have passed a tipping point. It would have given them more time to experiment and we would still be hearing about them. Instead we got a 1 hit wonder.
@Cropduster777 I have to disagree (respectfully) I think this is one of the greatest pop albums of all time. The musicianship is great on it. Fantastic drumming. I am not a big fan of "pop" but I get what these guys were goin for and this came at the height of disco.
@robfolcroft Not just that, but overall the whole record just SOUNDS great. Yes, the musicianship is superb all over it, but the arrangements are terrific, the production is terrific, the whole thing sounds crisp and streamlined and punchy and just jumps out of the speakers. Fantastic album.
@Salguine Agreed. I also love the songwriting outside of the lyrics aspect. I love how you got 2 guitar players doin 2 different things on the same song. Layering with a great rhythm section. Perfection.
I was going to share this on facebook, but the fact they censored the lyrics burns me up- its a great song and it was written with integrity and honesty and those lyrics should never be taken out- its like looking back on history and trying to 'sterilize' the story. "It Hurts!"
@Vintagedude - oh- and I realize they cleaned up the song at the time for a single on radio, but still- I like the rawness of the original lyrics- oh well, they still were a totally kick ass band and I love every song on this album. Rest in Rock Doug and Bruce!
Actual lyrics say, "WISHIN' YOU COULD GET INTO HER PANTS" & that is what all of us guys wanted, including Doug who finally did get into Sharona's. The press was relentless and his behavior was excessive, so the band is no more. Sharonna sells real estate now, long separated from Doug. But she has the song My Sharonna, and who of us can say we had a Top 40 song written about us. Doug still rocks, but sadly, no airplay. Source - "Get The Knack" documentary.
Heard this song on the way home. INSTANT flashback to that summer. Noticed my hairline receding, and the bifocals fogged up, I got misty and etc. etc.
My, my my, how times have changed!!!! The music of that era, minus the Disco, was timeless!! What from this era will hold up like this...Lady Ga-Ga?!
Why can't they leave the song the way it was? Thye torn the song up because of the lyrics but they let all the rap songs cuz and killing and racial tentions go and don't censor them? I don't get it. Guess we have to buy the album and listen to it there. Doug's brother is Dr Kevorian's (A.K.A. doctor death) attorney here in Michigan.
" i heard this song when i was a kid and before life hit my family like a ton of bricks.
this brings me back to one of my first girlfriends, Leslie Klipenstein, she had those eyes and spunky little attitude that made me want to kiss her but she would not let me. her loss...i am one hell of a lover now ! i dumped her because she was going to slow."
I once called Doug the reincarnation of Keith Moon. His mania and drive pushed the band forward but also, maybe a little, backwards too. At the same time, their impact was so big and the industry push to make them repeat it was so strong, they were almost set up to fail. How do you top Get The Knack let alone My Sharona?
This could be stupid of me to say, and lord knows there's no shortage of that on this web site. The singer of this band looks like Daron Malakian from System of a Down - only with better teeth.
I remember the version where it DOES say "sitting on her face" and in the background someone says "ouch, that hurts!"... I knew that in some places they "censored" this song, but not on Seattle radio... :-)
The most underrated album of all time! Every son on Get the Knack is incredible and even though My Sharona is a good tune and was the most popular, there are better ones! If you've never listened to the entire record, DO IT NOW!!!!!
@jackmanning you're absolutely right. i'm partial to the first cut, "your number or your name," especially the part when bruce gary's drumming simulates the rumbling sound of a subway train.
HAHA> i think it is funny that they had to take out "get inside her pants' but " hope she will give you some tonight" was O.k. so was "sticky sweet romance" hahaha that last one kills me.I was in the 11th grade when this album came out and I remember thinking that these guys were the ONLY band out there truly singing about life in high school for teenage boys. Singing about a Madness that will not end till this chick is 'sitting on your face'. I remember those days clearly
I agree, nice edits. Man, that is what made the Knack so badass was how pop they were but how raunchy as well. I just get bummed that Doug is gone and that these guys never got their due credit!!
Exactly. EXACTLY. I will never forget that summer as long as I live. Probably the last time I had good clean (dirty) reckless and irresponsible fun. Middle age sucks.
@kingorbit I remember that too, I was a senior when this came out, my mom almost had a total FIT when she heard it. She tossed my 8-track in the trash...oh yeah, I snuck it back out. lol
HEY!!! This is the rated "G" version.
trumpetchump 1 week ago
rip doug, lost you in 2010 14 feb
TheOld45man 1 week ago
28 Dustin Be-Bop Fans can't recognize music.
NeilEP86 1 week ago
"Till she puts you in your place"? Really? And they get away with "Cause you heard she's pretty fast, and your hoping that she'll give you some tonight"? Give me a break.
michellesupport89 2 weeks ago
@michellesupport89 I will not share my kit-kat bar... but it is stupid. Catchy though. :p
Jrocka7x 2 weeks ago
@Jrocka7x Haha! Oh I love Kit-Kat-Bars. Come on. Give me a piece.
michellesupport89 2 weeks ago
whole lotta fun
dont get caught up in the whole Beatles thing
thats a record co decision
bands just want to play get laid have fun in the sun
same as you and me
kiddyuknot 4 weeks ago
great song. always thought that Doug Fieger was trying to sound like Roger Mcguinn.
MrRETEROROB 1 month ago
love the lyrics, love this video, great band, great song!
acdckisszeppelin 1 month ago
Excellent hook and tight harmonies. Good old fashioned pop!! I wish this kind of music would come back!!
1funkyangel 1 month ago 2
the knack was supposed to be the second coming of the beatles. i'm pretty sure that did not happen.
mr5exywolf 1 month ago
"Get The Knack" was a huge hit in album sales. But their 2nd album went nowhere.
wingnutofcoolness 1 month ago
this is the G rated version of the song i prefer the R rated version
renojim432 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos 4
@renojim432 Ditto that...
GonzoGuyy 1 month ago
loved this song and grew up on it. also fantasized about all the chicks in school to it!
acdckisszeppelin 1 month ago
Dang...memories of 8th grade lol!! Back in the day....
maukabud66 1 month ago 7
@maukabud66 Yes,I got my 1st "Stinky" finger then.
walleyrt69 2 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos
not a great analogy
Syzygy60 1 month ago
fuckin sexy
UnseenEntityMetal 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos
Song is like a strawberry milkshake
Sweet
Krakerfool67 2 months ago
I didn't wanna pull the Detroit card but Feiger is
Syzygy60 2 months ago
these guys r right on
Syzygy60 2 months ago
these guys are great.I watch them every week.
littlejoe371 2 months ago
People who think that The Knack were merely a one-hit wonder are simply mistaken. These guys were part of that glorious Power Pop wave of the late 70's and early 80's and their debut album, as well as it's follow up, were solid albums that were full of potential radio hits. It was cool they had a monster hit, but I still think the band's entire catalog was underrated. The band's U.S. peers, like 20/20, Off Broadway, and Shoes, were also wonderful.
KoenHead 2 months ago
pg version :D
GhostsInMyAttic 2 months ago
This song is awesome. Back when bands actually played instruments and not some back ground dubstep beat.
11Bost 2 months ago 2
clean version. fail
nuwavevidspud 2 months ago
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god i hated this shit band still do
sodbuster925 2 months ago
"When she puts you in your place"?
gpdude22 3 months ago
At the end I can just hear:
"It was you buzzing! You naughty boy!"
ThatOneMusicGuy789 3 months ago
Till she's sitt'n on your face!
cpfd10 3 months ago in playlist More videos from KnackFan
An even more hilarious Beatles parody than The Rutles!
angel4everable 3 months ago
This is the sanitized version..... Where is the one everyone played on FM radio back in the day?
MrVtFarmboy 3 months ago
This is a great album. The live show in 79 was awsome.
DrWatson221 3 months ago
Great pop composition and musicianship; stupid, offensive lyrics.
simplyscrummy 3 months ago
@jrock2264 I was thinking the same things (being a young teen in '79, the racy lyrics) as I was listening. Then I read your comment. Funny!
paindoc213 3 months ago
I was 14 when this came out. I couldn't believe the lyrics. This was REALLY racy for 1979. It definitely got me fired up because this was all I thought about at 14.
jrock2264 3 months ago
I like this very much.. :)
15HeavyMetalHead333 3 months ago
such a sad story of the knack. they were gonna be the next beatles just from their first album, but they couldnt sell their second and third. i dont even think they made a fourth
IsTapeSticky 4 months ago
Great, classic song... I still have the album.
There is another line that was sensored. "so she puts you in your place" is "while she's sitting on your face". That's why you hear the words "it hurts" in the background at 2:31.
blondespinedoc1 4 months ago
Guess I should have read the other post before I commented. Seems everyone else also noticed. That's what good ganja does to the human mind. Children don;t try that at home.
browsemusicvideos 4 months ago
TV edit. The verse with "wishing she would give you a chance" is "wishing you could get inside her pants" on the vinyl I have. Still good. Just because one line of lyrics has been changed doesn't mean crapola. Plus the censors were more intense back then.
browsemusicvideos 4 months ago
"look out! Herb Tarlick is selling life insurence and he's coming this way!" This was the song playing during a scene on W.K.R.P.
jimkelly812 4 months ago
@jimkelly812 Herb Tarlick! hahahahahahahaha
jrock2264 3 months ago
another great band from MI.
Etalimissa 4 months ago
Man these guys were the s$%t back in 1978/9. They disappeared as fast as they appeared though..
CAC62 4 months ago
Love this tune and The Knack. "Get the Knack" is a classic album. This is a very watered-down version. I prefer the one from the album.
bluzfreek 4 months ago
"Till she puts you in your place"?! That's not how I remember it...
kurinbo 4 months ago
Damn it. Edited versions kill me.. By the way, this is early 80's Rock and Fuckin Roll... Good fun up beat, up tempo, catchy hook.. What else could there be for Pop music? This is why it was a great time for music..
iriegnome 4 months ago
I like the dirty version so much better!
leatheretteheart 4 months ago
O.K. early 80's college students, put away the convention, the rigid externalism and reclaim your college days for just a moment, or two. It's okay if you want to fantasize for just a few minutes about the life and vigor you had when your heard this song. Thumbs up if you're back in 80, 81, 82 right now and reliving the moment.
jeff62rey 4 months ago
RIP Doug Fieger and Bruce Gary!! You guys had fun!!!
johnnyw12 4 months ago
As I recall, all bands l
oved the knack
AnthonyMancone 4 months ago in playlist AnthonyMancone's Favorited Videos
"school boy stuff, a sticky sweet romance." Anyone who was a college student when this came out could tell you all about those Friday and Saturday nights when they brought the 'good' girls up to their dorm room. This song takes me back to a Friday night U. of M. Frat party in October 82. Her name was Natalie. After a few Beck's and some frantic dancing, I was never so glad for a nice slow night upstairs in bed.
jeff62rey 4 months ago
"when she puts you in your place" ???? first time i've heard the 'censored' version of this song....
fuzzymuffins 5 months ago
@fuzzymuffins when she's sitting on your face better? LOL, yeah my boyfriend thinks so too.
JinnyCarey 5 months ago
@fuzzymuffins Then you must not live in the USA. It used to be that way in Canada too, but now (on most FM stations) Cee Lo can actually tell his ex EXACTLY how he feels :)
MoreMedication 3 months ago
stupid censorship...
zosovette 5 months ago
The Fieger family did well producing this guy and Dr. Kevorkian's lawyer. Both smart guys with attitude. The uncenscored version is much more honest and accurate.
nixongill 5 months ago
Jewish perfection never fails... Especially in music
LerfaMu1 5 months ago
Great tune thanks for posting, The doche's that weren't even born till the late 80's are always the ones to comment on things they haven't a clue about. If you did'nt live it, stay quiet, and learn it ...you'll get a lot further ahead that way (sheesh). Great period of niche music '80-'83 ...
cosmicowboy111 5 months ago
i saw them in 82 in boston at the orpheum theater, they did the whole album get the knack. the opening act was a group called the fools, they turned out to be a pretty decent band as well. good show by both bands.
kcarroll64 5 months ago
Those are some really Pervie faces he makes. I'm just sayin. . .
themitch1966 5 months ago
@themitch1966 Yeah! But that's the beauty of the whole thing. You couple the lead singer's making of "Pervie faces" with the song's lyrics & you have a match made in rock & roll Heaven! You can't beat it for sheer musical comedy. It is, in my humble opinion, a classic.
warpedsoul69 5 months ago
@warpedsoul69 Oh, I agree. i would never deny the classicness. He just . . .weirds me out a little bit.
themitch1966 5 months ago
want to know something really special that ASIO (aka the mickey mouse club) and the australian government dont want anyone to know................go to "she has to be loved jenny morris nzoz1989" and press "see all" to find my 3 hidden comments.
figbat1 5 months ago
According to Doug, this is his parody of a Johnny Cash style song, hence the low key in the verse. Censoreed or not, I am too distracted by everything the guys do on this record. Yup, The Knack are truly fab.
caeo100 6 months ago
Howie Mandal at 40 seconds! Poor lead singer was already doing a comb over!
gahloot 6 months ago
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gahloot 6 months ago
Stupid censor probably never had a girl sit on his face!
GetStuffed88 6 months ago
An absolute classic! Thank you for posting
pamelacotte 6 months ago in playlist Get the knack
The Knack, self titled album is a classic.
opiumtrails 6 months ago
Yea, yuck I hate this sensored version.
tcook052 6 months ago
Damn, censored version....
wildcatter63 6 months ago
Crap, edited version
WadeAlford 6 months ago
Yes this brings me back to the night I lost my virginity back in '87 on New Year's Eve! I was 18 years old and I gave that young woman the best 5 minutes of our lives.
warpedsoul69 6 months ago
From what I can figure, there must be two alternative universes: 1) where she invites you over and ends up putting you in your place; and 2) where she invites you over and ends up sitting on your face. Humm . . . give me a sec.
eswyatt 6 months ago
it was 1979, i was 13, she was 12, this was the tune that her 'n' in her 2 friends danced to in the school talent quest following my dismal effort the previous day, trying to sing stevie wonder's 'you are the sunshine...'. i know.... . anyway, we lasted another 2 days. lol
TheTwotonic 6 months ago
i was 13, she was 12, this was the tune that her 'n' in her 2 friends danced to in the school talent quest following my dismal effort the previous day, trying to sing stevie wonder's 'you are the sunshine...'. i know.... . anyway, we lasted another 2 days. lol
TheTwotonic 6 months ago
Am I a good girl hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
ladylovestotalk 6 months ago
how can you not like this tune?
toodazegone1965 7 months ago
hahahahahha ah man he's such a hilarious singer. gets me every time
AnaBanana311 7 months ago
This song completely kicks ass! Such an underrated song, and band!
laney50w 7 months ago
its called sensorship dumbass!
ianhunterfan 7 months ago
@ianhunterfan Isn't a sensorship where Mr. Spock spent some time before joining the Enterprise? :-)
mjstillman 7 months ago
u made the 70's fun! thanks
ianhunterfan 7 months ago
LOL sorority boys
FRMOutsideSpace 7 months ago
@FRMOutsideSpace adam was so hot as a girl i'm a guy but i'd bang him male or female especially male
jman4208 6 months ago
@jman4208 wich was adam lol i cant remember
FRMOutsideSpace 6 months ago
Hey, these aren't the correct lyrics
zuzanarox 7 months ago
@zuzanarox Yeah, gotta love censorship! I seem to remember the words "sittin'", and "face" being in the same sentence!
laney50w 7 months ago
Doug"ono"Fieger
gittahfiend 7 months ago
the Knack hit #11 in Billboard, 10-10-79. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Doug Fieger. Shalom!
DaveWollenberg 8 months ago
Remember when they compared these guys to the Beatles... I used to get so mad! Now I hear them, and think...no they are no where close to being great like the Beatles... but they sure do make a good soundtrack for remembering ones youth!
tiranchula 8 months ago
I got this record (yes, vinyl) when I was 12. totally inappropriate for a 12 yearold, but I turned out OK. ;)
chrisrenzi 8 months ago
i love the knack!
iswad420 8 months ago
Does Christian Slater can sing?
But joking apart, The Knack was much better than that shit music of nowadays.
dowahdiddydiddy 8 months ago
The beginning of the downfall!
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themelodeesuk 9 months ago
She puts you in your place?! WTF?!
thruster37 9 months ago
"Get The Knack" sucked balls. This and My Sharona are the only good songs this band ever did.
Cropduster777 9 months ago
@Cropduster777 You haven't really listened to the album properly then.
cudaj2 9 months ago
@Cropduster777 - Dude, bands would LOVE to just suck ONE year as bad as the Knack did. You ignorant ass.
Holy shit are you dumb. There are Literally thousands of musicians who'd chop their left NUT off to be what the Knack was. Even if it was just for a year or so. - Christ. (facepalm)
oldjizzy 9 months ago 48
@oldjizzy Just because they got temporary fame from a record producer liking their sound doesn't make most of their songs not suck. Achieving 15 minuets of fame has nothing to do with weather the songs are good. Look at Ke$ha: She's basking in her 15 right now, but her music sucks ass. If these guys made even just 2 more hit songs, then they would have passed a tipping point. It would have given them more time to experiment and we would still be hearing about them. Instead we got a 1 hit wonder.
Cropduster777 9 months ago
@Cropduster777 I have to disagree (respectfully) I think this is one of the greatest pop albums of all time. The musicianship is great on it. Fantastic drumming. I am not a big fan of "pop" but I get what these guys were goin for and this came at the height of disco.
robfolcroft 8 months ago
@robfolcroft Not just that, but overall the whole record just SOUNDS great. Yes, the musicianship is superb all over it, but the arrangements are terrific, the production is terrific, the whole thing sounds crisp and streamlined and punchy and just jumps out of the speakers. Fantastic album.
Salguine 7 months ago
@Salguine Agreed. I also love the songwriting outside of the lyrics aspect. I love how you got 2 guitar players doin 2 different things on the same song. Layering with a great rhythm section. Perfection.
robfolcroft 7 months ago
I was going to share this on facebook, but the fact they censored the lyrics burns me up- its a great song and it was written with integrity and honesty and those lyrics should never be taken out- its like looking back on history and trying to 'sterilize' the story. "It Hurts!"
Vintagedude 9 months ago
@Vintagedude - oh- and I realize they cleaned up the song at the time for a single on radio, but still- I like the rawness of the original lyrics- oh well, they still were a totally kick ass band and I love every song on this album. Rest in Rock Doug and Bruce!
Vintagedude 9 months ago
RIP Bruce Gary and Doug Fieger both died from Cancer!!!
johnnyw12 9 months ago
Great song. Also the answer to a great trivia question: What was the Knack's OTHER hit?
dougandsuzy 9 months ago
@dougandsuzy Don't forget "Baby Talks Dirty"
billsblue89 9 months ago
This is the CENSORED radio edit.
Actual lyrics say, "WISHIN' YOU COULD GET INTO HER PANTS" & that is what all of us guys wanted, including Doug who finally did get into Sharona's. The press was relentless and his behavior was excessive, so the band is no more. Sharonna sells real estate now, long separated from Doug. But she has the song My Sharonna, and who of us can say we had a Top 40 song written about us. Doug still rocks, but sadly, no airplay. Source - "Get The Knack" documentary.
alphakid42 9 months ago
@alphakid42 The band is no more because both Doug Feiger and drummer Bruce Gary are both now dead of Cancer..R.I.P. Doug and Bruce
smasherhits 9 months ago
Good girls don't...BUT I DO.
CLASSIC!
billsblue89 9 months ago
Ah, yes! The indulgence of THE KNACK. It is what it is. No hypocrisy.
Rextrent 9 months ago
Lmao i jus theard this song on a porn movie xD
TheSightgamer 10 months ago
great song
R.I.P Doug Fieger ♫♫♫♫♫
z2yu 10 months ago
SPECTACULAR piece of music!
obiwan2112 10 months ago
Heard this song on the way home. INSTANT flashback to that summer. Noticed my hairline receding, and the bifocals fogged up, I got misty and etc. etc.
NoNewsTV 10 months ago 2
Radio edit of their best song. I got to meet Doug Feiger once. Great guy. He is surely missed.
scotsmen3913 11 months ago
My, my my, how times have changed!!!! The music of that era, minus the Disco, was timeless!! What from this era will hold up like this...Lady Ga-Ga?!
robmerz19 11 months ago 2
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SukieMcQueen 11 months ago
@SukieMcQueen Your putting WAY to much thought into this! The song is about high school anxt!
Not to condone it, but it's how most of us teenage men at the time felt! Sadly, time has passed, and so have sexual morals of the time
robmerz19 11 months ago 2
@robmerz19 fuck you! the song is about moist pussy!
dkthg 8 months ago
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SukieMcQueen 11 months ago
This is the bullshit "AM radio version" of this song.
In the real version, you were "wishin' you could get inside her pants".
And she wasn't "puttin' you in your place".
You were having teenage madness until, "she was sittin' on your face".
But she was tellin' you, "Good girls don't... But, I do."
Oh Jesus, please bless all the High School sluts... Ever!
skeilak 11 months ago
Why can't they leave the song the way it was? Thye torn the song up because of the lyrics but they let all the rap songs cuz and killing and racial tentions go and don't censor them? I don't get it. Guess we have to buy the album and listen to it there. Doug's brother is Dr Kevorian's (A.K.A. doctor death) attorney here in Michigan.
13SKR13 11 months ago
RIP Doug Fieger
shellygirl5000 11 months ago 2
This reminds me of Sorority Boys. :P
ashleywhat1212 11 months ago 2
" i heard this song when i was a kid and before life hit my family like a ton of bricks.
this brings me back to one of my first girlfriends, Leslie Klipenstein, she had those eyes and spunky little attitude that made me want to kiss her but she would not let me. her loss...i am one hell of a lover now ! i dumped her because she was going to slow."
Burningchromosome 11 months ago
NOT the original lyrics. These have been sanitized.
Gazolba 11 months ago
Dougs brother is a lawyer in Detroit, i love it.
yeahlasley 1 year ago
I once called Doug the reincarnation of Keith Moon. His mania and drive pushed the band forward but also, maybe a little, backwards too. At the same time, their impact was so big and the industry push to make them repeat it was so strong, they were almost set up to fail. How do you top Get The Knack let alone My Sharona?
bruhe 1 year ago
They remind me of SWEET! Ballroom Blitz, Fox On the Run...etc..
slipshaft 1 year ago
I remember this from back in the day--the "sanitized" AM version substituted "till she puts you in your place"
The version played on FM outlets played the "sitting on your face" version.
351460 1 year ago
what happened to "sittin on your face?"
MarkAnthonyWallace 1 year ago
this is like a monkees version 1980!!!
dondorward2010 1 year ago
This could be stupid of me to say, and lord knows there's no shortage of that on this web site. The singer of this band looks like Daron Malakian from System of a Down - only with better teeth.
TheColt27 1 year ago
@TheColt27 Hmm... I kinda see it.
yeahlasley 1 year ago
The good:
A great performance by very talented artists.
The bad:
What is the obsession that music video producers have with "face close-ups" for nearly the entire video?
I would love to see some fancy guitar work, or more than 1 second of drum work.
NoEgg4u 1 year ago 5
seem to recall different lyrics when I first heard the song...like pants, and face.
eddiegill 1 year ago
@eddiegill this is the radio version. edited.
KumQuikLee2 1 year ago
at 1:24 id say they ripped off the beatles 'youre gonna loose that girl' scene from 'help'
hifijohn 1 year ago
@hifijohn Spot on. This is a video reincarnation of 'You're Gonna Lose That Girl' segment from HELP!.
tommylord 8 months ago 8
@tommylord Right on!
arieldove 2 months ago
i remember this growing up in Scarborough Ont. Had a girlfriend in Missisauga A.T. wow this is great stuff.
bmjf 1 year ago
its tight and talented.
gribbstone234 1 year ago
Wow, what a band..
simon12332 1 year ago
Brings back memories
BananaJSSI 1 year ago
I remember the version where it DOES say "sitting on her face" and in the background someone says "ouch, that hurts!"... I knew that in some places they "censored" this song, but not on Seattle radio... :-)
shmuli9 1 year ago
THEY CHANGED THE WORDS!!!!
jgraz42 1 year ago
@jgraz42 For radio. Sad but that's how lame some people are. Their head might explode if they hear the real lyrics. Morons.
Tommyr 1 year ago
LYRICS FAIL!! Those are SO not the lyrics. She makes you wanna scream for OTHER reasons than in THIS video.
phillipremaker 1 year ago
The most underrated album of all time! Every son on Get the Knack is incredible and even though My Sharona is a good tune and was the most popular, there are better ones! If you've never listened to the entire record, DO IT NOW!!!!!
jackmanning 1 year ago
@jackmanning you're absolutely right. i'm partial to the first cut, "your number or your name," especially the part when bruce gary's drumming simulates the rumbling sound of a subway train.
wallofvideo 1 year ago
Haha these guys have another song? I like it..
SCBianchi 1 year ago
@SCBianchi the whole album is amazing!
roejogan8 1 year ago
the microphone is one S.O.B.
gribbstone234 1 year ago
I love it <3
XxleandraXX01 1 year ago
wow! I never knew there was a "cleaned up" version of this.
bufumofo223 1 year ago
HAHA> i think it is funny that they had to take out "get inside her pants' but " hope she will give you some tonight" was O.k. so was "sticky sweet romance" hahaha that last one kills me.I was in the 11th grade when this album came out and I remember thinking that these guys were the ONLY band out there truly singing about life in high school for teenage boys. Singing about a Madness that will not end till this chick is 'sitting on your face'. I remember those days clearly
kingorbit 1 year ago 50
@kingorbit
I agree, nice edits. Man, that is what made the Knack so badass was how pop they were but how raunchy as well. I just get bummed that Doug is gone and that these guys never got their due credit!!
RIP Doug!!
Kozmonot91 1 year ago
@kingorbit
Exactly. EXACTLY. I will never forget that summer as long as I live. Probably the last time I had good clean (dirty) reckless and irresponsible fun. Middle age sucks.
NoNewsTV 10 months ago
@NoNewsTV You think so, huh? Wait till you try old age!
Alikah1 10 months ago
@kingorbit And don't forget, after "sitting on your face" is "And it HURTS!"
MikeB260 10 months ago
@kingorbit And don't forget, in the original, after "sitting on your face" is "And it HURTS!"
MikeB260 10 months ago
@kingorbit I remember that too, I was a senior when this came out, my mom almost had a total FIT when she heard it. She tossed my 8-track in the trash...oh yeah, I snuck it back out. lol
tigersong16 7 months ago
@kingorbit I was in 10th grade! My first concert and Doug came up to us on the lawn outside afterwards and asked if we liked the show.
ktcolo1 7 months ago
@kingorbit hahaha !! LOVE your comment !!! =)
looloorex 6 months ago
man he's got a vocal range and he looks like the dude from the down under band.
gribbstone234 1 year ago
BERTON AVERRE=Jedi.
uberscheisse 1 year ago
It's a portent. He has/had many of the same mannerisms as Bonn Scott. Sadly the result was early deaths.
jpheckrulesutube 1 year ago