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The Knack — My Sharona
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chyk5
(Florida)
Posted: May 01, 2013 - 07:40
 

Always reminds me of this scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQVw58aDt3Y



jimbaca
(The Space-Time Continuum)
Posted: May 01, 2013 - 07:36
 
Best 45 record sleeve ever!  (Not the one shown here)

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: May 01, 2013 - 07:35
 
This is fun...period. Not meant to be a truly meaningful song. The teenage angst and all that comes with it. This humping beat song nails it!

amprich
(Oregon)
Posted: May 01, 2013 - 07:33
 
Yesssss! HA!...never gonna stop...give it up....my sharona....dancing in my chair!

zenhead
(Maine)
Posted: May 01, 2013 - 07:32
 
Ah, love it! From back in the Day. What a great (dare I say iconic?) riff. And a great post-solo break. But, you know, haters gonna hate. 

Huey
(Netherlands)
Posted: May 01, 2013 - 07:32
 
 Dav3thedog wrote:
Hated it then, hate it more now.
 
Yup, you got that right.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Feb 27, 2013 - 17:27
 
 Shaken_Bake wrote:
Fuck, I'm old.
  What shaken bake said.

I love it!



Dav3thedog
Posted: Feb 27, 2013 - 17:25
 
Hated it then, hate it more now.
ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Jan 27, 2013 - 10:09
 
{#Bananapiano}

Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Jan 27, 2013 - 10:08
 
Cheech sang it best!

Charlie_rijsel
(Lille, France)
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 11:27
 
 Nadine wrote:
will always make my ears bleed and disturb me. does '79 excuse the weak production? this song is joke, right? bass, guitar and drums so weak and sooo weak in sound...  nah.
 

I agree totally except an essential word you missed: IRRITATING.

This is one of my most hated irritating songs (even more so than Purple Rain)

70s were mostly a golden age for music -this is just apalling.



GawgaBoy
(State of Confusion)
Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 17:02
 
This is one of those songs I have a hard time rating... the song deserves an 8, but I don't want it played that often so I at least knock it down to a 7, if not a 6.  Hey Bill, how about a two variable rating system?

Nadine
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:50
 
will always make my ears bleed and disturb me. does '79 excuse the weak production? this song is joke, right? bass, guitar and drums so weak and sooo weak in sound...  nah.

finoufk
(in my bed)
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:34
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
 

exactly !

max_p
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:33
 
It's amazing to me how a hit song describes or defines an era.
What the hell were we thinking here? 

just dance 

handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:32
 
What fun!

Keef
(Confluence of the American River)
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:31
 
 (former member) wrote:


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 
 
Romeo where did you go?

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:30
 
You have got to be kidding!

plaice3
Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 08:30
 
Bill gives us kids a treat! {#Biggrin}

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 08:06
 
 Vogelfrei wrote:

But thanks to Weird Al, I can't hear it without expecting a belch at the end.
 
Heh - that's the power of a good parody: it takes the place of the original in your mind.

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 08:05
 
 ladybinnath wrote:
Only the solo saves this.  Otherwise it's just a boring song I've heard too many times.
 

I disagree - the solo sounds like filler.

davell
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 08:01
 
Actually saw this band live when they toured with the album. It was an energetic show and a lot of fun. Isn't that what music is all about?

Grammarcop
(Proud owner of the smallest sailboat in the harbor)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 08:00
 
Hummmm...

I wonder what they're talking about on jock talk radio right now. 

ladybinnath
(Buffalo, NY)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 08:00
 
Only the solo saves this.  Otherwise it's just a boring song I've heard too many times.

michaelgmitchell
(Stirling, ON)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 07:59
 


bill-1956
(The Greater Moncure Metro Area, NC)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 07:59
 
Is it a great song? Noooooooo!

Is it a FUN song? Yesssssss!

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 07:59
 
 hayduke2 wrote:
holy shit
 


k1j2cat
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 22:08
 
Cranked it! Sing-a long time!

Shaken_Bake
(Mile High City-or is it just me?)
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 22:07
 
Fuck, I'm old.

bachbeet
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 22:06
 
Didn't like it then.  Still don't.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 22:06
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 22:05
 
1979 KNACK FLASHBACK! '70 Cutlass Hard-top 'S' Coupe: Metallic Green, Cragar mags, G-60 slicks, timing tweaked, Thrush Glass-Packs, gas-guzzling dragon-throated Rochester-fed 350, big ratio rear end, and plenty of crazy buddies with love for speed up for some racing; Wild & Crazy Guys Scene in High School, cruisin' the Boulevards all night long, smoking the good stuff, swilling the suds, tossing the Frisbee, looking at gals, and JAMMING TO THIS!

hayduke2
(Southampton, NY)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:54
 
 Thank you naggy!!!

(I meant holy shit in the best way possible, it's a catchy stinker of a tune)

nagsheadlocal wrote:
Weird Al's much better lyrics:


Ooh, my little hungry one, hungry one
Open up a package of my bologna
Ooh, I think the toast is done, the toast is done
Top it with a little of my bologna

Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna

Spreadin' on the mustard now, show me how
Spread it on a litle of this bologna
Hopin' that we don't run out, don't run out
If we do I'm sure that I'll miss bologna

Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna


Goin' to the market now, market now
I'm the city's biggest bologna buyer
Walkin' down the shopping isles, shopping isles
Filling up my basket with Oscar Meyer

Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
 



lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:53
 
I don't remember the wicked guitar solo - must have been edited out of the radio edit

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:52
 
 max_p wrote:
yes a breakout for Weird Al as well
 
MMM My Bologna.....

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:52
 
 max_p wrote:
yes a breakout for Weird Al as well
 
MMM My Bologna.....

max_p
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:51
 
yes a breakout for Weird Al as well

Vogelfrei
(Western Montana)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:49
 
 kingart wrote:
I've always loved the guitar break.
 
But thanks to Weird Al, I can't hear it without expecting a belch at the end.

orquidea
(Baquería)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:49
 
always sounds good...{#Drummer}

chelsiaann
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:49
 
 sdgserv wrote:
Make it stop

Yep. Ugh.



nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:49
 
Weird Al's much better lyrics:


Ooh, my little hungry one, hungry one
Open up a package of my bologna
Ooh, I think the toast is done, the toast is done
Top it with a little of my bologna

Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna

Spreadin' on the mustard now, show me how
Spread it on a litle of this bologna
Hopin' that we don't run out, don't run out
If we do I'm sure that I'll miss bologna

Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna


Goin' to the market now, market now
I'm the city's biggest bologna buyer
Walkin' down the shopping isles, shopping isles
Filling up my basket with Oscar Meyer

Never gonna stop, eat it up
Such a tasty snack I always eat too much, then throw up
But I'll soon be back for my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, my, my, yi, yi, woo
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna
M-m-m-my bologna

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:49
 
I smell Stroh's beer when I hear this. And unfortunately a taste of nicotine.

 

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:48
 
sooo happy to hear this.

hayduke2
(Southampton, NY)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:48
 
holy shit

ycb661
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 10:47
 
Turn it up, man!

impediguy
Posted: May 20, 2012 - 16:08
 
 run4more wrote:
Why was I thinking Phil Collins when I heard this?

 You were probably thinking of the Paul Collins Beat who had a similar sounding band at the time and a similarly minimalistic hit song entitled "I wanna be with a rock-n-roll girl".

I like this song. I don't know why, but ... Why not? I like letting go of wanting more sometimes. I guess I don't need virtuosity or wisdom all of the time. Just something that digs in and makes me feel a little happier than before the song began.


ziakut
(Albeit In The Meantime)
Posted: May 20, 2012 - 15:41
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
Obviously this song has been run into the ground, dug back up and run down again over and over. Ya know what? I don't care, love it!{#Cheers}
 
My feelings exactly. It's a staple of 1979. The number one billboard song for the year of 1979...which means it spent the most weeks at top spot #1. It's a great pop song and the documentary about the Knack is amazingly good. Check it out. RIP Doug Fieger.

 

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: May 20, 2012 - 15:34
 
see also - Judas Priest, Rocka Rolla, which precedes this song and is light years better.  

sdgserv
(Palm Springs)
Posted: Apr 18, 2012 - 22:07
 
Make it stop

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 11:11
 
 run4more wrote:
Why was I thinking Phil Collins when I heard this?

edit: I know... it was that Sussudio thing.
 
Dude, you've got to stop thinking about him - don't even conjure up his name..