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Title: the knack
Post by: pc31 on January 23, 2009, 02:25:02 PM
they had been compared to the beatles and may have tried to simulate the formula but never quite did it...they tried to evolve but couldn't...still they had a few good tunes...as a youngster i loved this one...Zc3KXwd8ZWQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3KXwd8ZWQ)
a later tune shows the tired to go on...pir69Od-y0s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pir69Od-y0s) but then they came back to the formula last year..y-sTmm1_jnI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-sTmm1_jnI)
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: Jane on January 23, 2009, 03:30:39 PM
I enjoyed it!
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: pc31 on January 23, 2009, 04:37:27 PM
you know i try... ;)
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: Jane on January 23, 2009, 08:11:06 PM
You have very good taste in music and very interesting interpretation of it  ;)
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: tkitna on January 24, 2009, 02:49:59 AM
I like The Knack. Bruce Gary (RIP) was a great drummer. I really liked his style and he even played on a set of Ludwigs too.
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: Bobber on March 30, 2010, 07:52:21 AM
Doug Fieger (singer/guitarist) died... Ringo and Barbara will attend his funeral.
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: pc31 on April 12, 2010, 09:22:52 PM
rest in peace dougal....
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: Kevin on August 17, 2010, 01:47:35 PM
I went way to Outward Bound for three weeks 10 1979 with my musical language completely Knack free. When I returned they had the number 1 album and single, billboards all over the place and were being proclaimed as the new Beatles. (But then again that was a tag used a lot in the seventies.) And then just as quickly they were gone. Awwwww.

Strangely, there was an article in this weeks Sunday Times about the very girl Sharonna, with whom one of the Knack was besotted. She got a nice career being a real estaste agent to the stars out of it. Every story does have a happy ending.
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: Mairi on August 18, 2010, 01:48:02 AM
I love the song "The Feeling I Get".
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: pc31 on August 21, 2010, 09:07:56 PM
and who gives it to you?
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: pc31 on August 21, 2010, 10:09:49 PM
The Knack - A Hard Day's Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ-GHxulq_E&feature=related#)
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: tkitna on August 22, 2010, 12:59:25 AM
The Knack - A Hard Day's Night ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ-GHxulq_E&feature=related#[/url])


Sweet. I've never heard that before. Interesting take by using the ride cymbal throughout. Cool.
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: stevie on August 22, 2010, 08:31:54 AM
Yep, great cover!  Doug even looks a bit like John with that nose.

I remember fondly when their first album came out in 1979. It was so fresh and new sounding. Probably one of the best debut albums ever. Bit of a shame the second album didn't take off the same.
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: pc31 on August 22, 2010, 01:58:49 PM
that was cool yeah and this one too....YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmJ-VWPDM4#)
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: pc31 on August 22, 2010, 02:09:20 PM
oddity...MR. HANDLEMAN. THE KNACK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNi3vM8ka5w#)
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: TomMo on June 24, 2012, 05:39:07 PM
The so-called comparison to the Beatles probably ruined their career because the couldn't live up to it. To me, their energy on "My Sharona" had the same energy the Beatles put into "She Loves You".

But then, didn't being labeled as the "Next Beatles" mean the kiss of death for bands over the years.
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: tkitna on June 24, 2012, 10:37:41 PM
The so-called comparison to the Beatles probably ruined their career because the couldn't live up to it. To me, their energy on "My Sharona" had the same energy the Beatles put into "She Loves You".

But then, didn't being labeled as the "Next Beatles" mean the kiss of death for bands over the years.

I know i'm wrong, but I always associated the Knack as more of a punk band than anything else. Its just me.
Title: Re: the knack
Post by: TomMo on June 26, 2012, 12:11:05 AM
I know i'm wrong, but I always associated the Knack as more of a punk band than anything else. Its just me.

You may be right, but just to hear it on the radio, it kicked butt.