The Knack is on! The Knack is on!

[johnnie]

Didn't they think they were The Beatles?

On Edit: On NBC. Some where are they now show.

[driver8]

1. I think it was Klattu that everyone thought was the Beatles...

[bbernardini]

2. Rolling Stone thought they were the next Beatles.

And, damn, they still sound spectacular.

[johnnie]

4. They actually did sound pretty good

They looked to be all original. I bet they do the "Jet" tune pretty well.

[cmkramer]

34. Lead singer Doug Feiger

He's the brother of Kevorkian attorney-turned celebrity trial pundit Geoffrey Feiger

I thought they were pretty good. And they haven't aged as badly as some of the other bands on that show.

[trackfan]

37. Really! I always thought they looked alike,

but I did not know that.

[AntiCoup2K4]

38. I figured that out when I saw an interview with Doug Fieger a while back..

...and he said he was from Michigan originally.

Well, maybe since his brother's not defending Dr Death anymore, he can get on the case with Capitol Records (or whomever) and get that old "Live at Carnegie Hall" video released on DVD.

[xmas74]

3. Are they doing My Sharona?

[johnnie]

5. They did

The show is about old bands that do their big hit, then they come out and do a new tune. The audience votes and whoever wins gets to donate 20,000 dollars to their favorite charity.

[xmas74]

6. dammit I missed it!

My mother hated that song. She always said it was inappropriate for me to listen to-so I used to turn it up full blast.

[Elidor]

7. Poor fuckers. Imagine playing My Sharona for 25 fucking years.

My heart goes out to them. And to everyone who had to listen to it.

[johnnie]

8. I remember seeing Eric Burdon

He put up a hell of a bitch when he started "House of the rising Sun". I guess it comes with the territory.

[AntiCoup2K4]

13. Mick Jagger's been singing "Satisfaction" for 40 years now

And he's not complaining. The songs are about the same in terms of subject matter, actually.

[Left Is Write]

24. Don't feel sorry for me listening to it. I love that song.

I was thirteen years old when it came out. :)

Feel sorry for me that we've been told it's on Shrubby's iPod, and I now have THAT unpleasant association.

[driver8]

32. Yeah -- "poor fuckers"...I wonder how much money that little song

put in their bank accounts??

[johnnie]

9. Now some old lady is singing.

Only the lonely.

[Left Is Write]

21. That would be the Motels.

Show is just starting for me in a couple of minutes.

[johnnie]

10. Back on

[Patsy Stone]

11. So bad!

Please leave this song alone. Thanks.

[johnnie]

12. They have to pick something

I don't think it was THAT bad..lol. It's what happens when you get old.

[Patsy Stone]

14. LOL

They shoulda picked a Britney song like Haddaway here. :crazy:

[johnnie]

16. Tommy isn't bad

[Patsy Stone]

17. He was at my Grad Nite -- along with The Pointer Sisters

Did everyone have Grad Nite? Ours was at Disney World. I like that song he covered, and you're right, he wasn't bad.

[Left Is Write]

25. We had grad night, but it was at the school.

No live bands.

[bbernardini]

15. What was wrong with it? It sounded like something he could have written.

Besides, how many times can people rip off the "Lust For Life" feel?

[Patsy Stone]

18. Not many more

but if they were gonna do it, they needed more energy. And he left out the word, "Honey" and it was important.

[bbernardini]

19. Isn't there a spot in the original that leaves out "honey"?

[Patsy Stone]

20. Not the first time, like he did. :) n/t

[bbernardini]

22. Well, they did have to edit down all the songs.

Perhaps they performed it that way, but it was left on the cutting room floor (so to speak).

[Left Is Write]

23. "My Sharona" came out when I was in 8th grade.

It was my favorite song for a while.

[El Fuego]

26. That was a good show

Watched it by accident.

[salin]

27. The Motels were better

[progressoid]

29. I used to have the Motels first album.

God I feel old.

[salin]

31. me too,

I snuck into bars - just a tad under age - when this would break out in the club. *makes me feel very old*

[progressoid]

33. Oy - now I sit here drinking caffeine free diet Coke

while my kids watch Pirates of the Caribbean on DVD....WHAT HAPPENED??

[RetroLounge]

28. Always liked the Knack!

Will have to catch the rerun...



RL

[salin]

30. Now is that embarrassment called: Vanilla Ice

why am I watching this? turn.the.channel.

[peekaloo]

35. lol....remember when he wanted to "distance" himself from that

song/persona?


Bills to pay.

p.s. I know it's for charity but still :eyes:

[jswordy]

36. Mah-mah-mah-my scrotum!

Oops, that was Cheech n Chong! LOL