Actually, they have captured Berton's solo many times on live acts. You do know that they practiced so much that every time they played it was exactly the same?
Lead guitarist starts shredding one of the best solos ever, and the cameraman decides it's a great time to focus only on the bassist and lead vocalist hopping around.
Forrestcupp, you are absolutely right. I directed multi-camera shows for almost 40 years and I believe the director and the cameraman didn't have a clue about their subjects music. The cameraman could have saved the director (if there was one) by tilting down from the head shot to the guitar. Better yet, get a frontal shot of this great piece of guitar playing! Rick
man fucking shut up, shove your elitist bullshit up your ass and get the fuck over yourself, there's always been good music and there's always been bad music, that's never going to fucking change, look harder
That guitar player sure was the real deal. I like that he can replicate his studio version of the the solo with the same amount of energy and flash on stage.
I love the way he picks during the solo. I've always thought this is one of the greatest solos ever recorded. Because it's been branded as "Pop" it gets overlooked. Great solo!
PopShop2012 YES. I am well old enough to remember when this song came out. I came across the radio as a pretty good rocking radio hit. The short solos throughout the song got my attention. But then I heard that solo at the end... and thought. whoa....
@@Loosehead You're referring to the "45 version", which was a common practice at the time when it came to published recorded music in general. Most radio stations used these abbreviated versions, so they could cram more sponsor time into the same space of time.
The Knack were such a great band. Great musicianship, songwriting & performing. Bruce Gary was one one of the baddest ass drummers in rock & Doug wrote such melodic, well structured songs. They have their own secure spot in rock`n roll history IMO.
One of the tightest live performances I have ever seen. When one can say that 'live' sounds better than the album, and with that guitar solo....... the Knack fucken rocked!
This song rocks and the solo is my favorite. Berton Averre is a master maestro and has to be the most underrated guitarist in the world IMO. Great vid. Thanks.
I've thought the same thing ever since I was a 14 year old in 1978. At 59 I am still flabbergasted why he and that solo are not talked about by every guitar player since!
I remember waiting on line for tickets over night for this show. I was 2nd on line. Everyone had a great time. In the morning News cameras came over to us asking why we waited over night for tickets and asking us who The Knack were. The concert was amazing. Still have my ticket stub and program. Had a great time.
What a shock! I wasn't even aware Doug had cancer.....I toured with them in summer of 1979 - Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Orleans........30+ years ago! Doug was impossibly energetic and Sharona (who went with us) was a sweetheart! RIP Doug.....you WILL be remembered!
Trying to capture the whole British Invasion look which they did incredibly on the album cover. Doug’s eyes remind me of Ray Davies of The Kinks. Lost Doug Way Too Soon. He was really enjoying playing & performing. Thanks for sharing!
Ah! 1979. I was 9 years old. I thought the Beatles had returned in a new form. For 6 months that year, all Disco and Punk had to take their fighting outside while The Knack reminded us, or for a lad my age, re-introduced the rock world to the 1st generation of Brit rock. Never has any band before or since captured the songwriting brilliance of the Beatles, the sleaze of the Stones and the juggernaut power pop of The Who so perfectly. Sometimes in the same song!
Agreed! This is the last time you ever heard an extended guitar solo in a major pop song. I remember back then, it was the solo that every guitarist had to learn. Just like how Terry Kath's solo on 25 or 6 to 4 was in 1970. My Sharona seemed to cap of the decade in style.
Came here hoping to get some hints for working out this solo, always loved it and thought there;s some cool licks and technique to learn from it. My mind is blown at how accurately he plays it live with an almost cleaner tone. It's a bummer the cameras weren't focused entirely on his fret work the whole time. Pleasantly surprised to see so many comments about how others appreciate the solo, that's so cool. Guitar magazines never have this song in their "TOP 100 SOLOS OF ALL TIME" and they bloody well should. It's a masterpiece.
I remember having to play this back in the old days of band on my Piccolo & marching. In 2025 I still play it for kicks when in Orchestra rehearsals sometimes before maestro appears.
Got me through a 7 week hospital stay. Me and three of my best buddies/fellow patients playing pin ball in the adolescent wing rec room '79-'80. This played with the bass way up constantly. Good time in a bad situation.
I was there - in the video, I'm the petite girl with short black hair at 1:18! At the time I was seeing a guy who worked for Capital Record A & R at the time, who made sure I was up close to the stage. It was a GREAT show!
Out of curiosity. What was the show? The Knack really only had one song but what a song it was! I get a picture of them popping up on stage for 6 minutes everywhere they appeared
I got kicked out of a Cafe around 10 pm Philippine time in 1980 dancing to this! SOBER! What a night that turned out to be..I believe the world series was playing and by the time that was on, I wasn't so sober!😂
@@SteveOuimette absolutely. I’m always surprised when they actually show the guitarist when they play a solo. This was some great footage of the side of F’ing head. I expect them to do this, but it still irritates me every damn time.
@viscig60-- You took the words out of my mouth! One of the all-time great melodic leads & the camera couldn't be bothered. I was bitching at the guy out loud with "the guitar, you idiot, the guitar:" lol
This is a great version of a great pop song - I remember how these guys were mocked by us all back then due to the hype, but 30+ years later it's a great song about underage poon...
Our generation was very lucky in terms of music and other things. There was such a can do feeling in the air. It was a great time to be young. What do kids today have that comes anywhere close to that?
I'm 42 and I remember it very well. Had the album. Brings back memories of a junior high school party. I play in a cover band and this song still goes over really well.
This song was huge the year I graduated from HS. It was literally THE song at the time. It brings back so many memories! I'm so sad to hear that the lead singer died so young...RIP Doug.
Incredible band! Way more then just a one hit wonder. The Knack were at their best during this gig, and it's a shame this concert was only released on LaserDisc. Still waiting for a re-realese on DVD.
Proud to have such a hot song with my name in it. Showed it to my teen aged daughter! Asked her what her generation has today to equal its energy?! Those were them days!!! Too bad so few people have found this fab video!
Where was I? When I first heard this I started dancing and playing the air guitar on top of an F-111D at Cannon AFB NM. Wow, great memories and a SUPERB live video...much thx for posting
♬ Ma ma ma ma ma ma my Sharona! Ma ma ma ma ma ma my Sharona! ♪♬ ♬ Ma ma ma ma ma ma my my mine..ine Sharona! Wow! ♬♪ Their rhythmic tight sound is very best! This is too famous song to forget. I was in Japan. The Knack has come to Japan to show the live concerts in 2005.
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This is #1 award on "Best Guitar Solo With Worst Camera Footage" on a live show.
Watch Ozzy with Randy Rhodes do crazy train and Mr Crowley in 81. They focus on everything but Randy when he's playing a tasty ass solo
Agree and unfortunately it happens for some unknown reason…….🙄
Burton Avarre’s solo…one of the most underrated and overlooked great guitar solos!!!
I noticed that lol
Yep superb solo, and listen to the tone! Practically ripping the strings off of that thing and doing it with practically no gain!
Spot on. The official video masks it as well by having the guitar set on a more 'soft tone'
A guitar solo like this one comes along once in a lifetime and the cameraman blows it.
At 3:18 they're coming in behind him thinking he's wrapping up, and then realize he's STILL not done! Haha.
Actually, they have captured Berton's solo many times on live acts. You do know that they practiced so much that every time they played it was exactly the same?
Pretty bad job there
Lead guitarist starts shredding one of the best solos ever, and the cameraman decides it's a great time to focus only on the bassist and lead vocalist hopping around.
That's exactly what I thought!!!
Spot on..jc
Forrestcupp, you are absolutely right. I directed multi-camera shows for almost 40 years and I believe the director and the cameraman didn't have a clue about their subjects music. The cameraman could have saved the director (if there was one) by tilting down from the head shot to the guitar. Better yet, get a frontal shot of this great piece of guitar playing! Rick
Cameraman not a guitar player ☹️.
Sometimes they did that on purpose so you cant see what he's doing.ive seen that before.trying to hide the solo from other guitarist.
Best guitar solo ever!
Bruce Gary, what an incredibly fast and perfectly timed drummer. RIP
THE KNACK..My Sharona.for me.the geatest pop rock music of all time.
42 years later and this still rocks ...says a lot about music in 2021!!!
Says a lot about you. Every generation invents its own. 2021 music is no better or worse. .
@@ancientmariner3077 No, it's worse. We'll see how much of 2021 music is being talked about in 2063.
No , it says a lot about bloody good music whatever the year and this is one of those songs . I am an old hippie and this one got me up and dancing :)
man fucking shut up, shove your elitist bullshit up your ass and get the fuck over yourself, there's always been good music and there's always been bad music, that's never going to fucking change, look harder
One of the very best yet at the same time, most underrated guitar solos in all of rock history.
That guitar player sure was the real deal. I like that he can replicate his studio version of the the solo with the same amount of energy and flash on stage.
Like they should!!
Ummm, the record was essentially a live recording. Best band I've ever seen.
Elliot Easton of the cars was the same way. His live solos were indistinguishable from the studio versions and he never missed a note
R.I.P. Doug Fieger, and Bruce Gary, we miss you, we love your music....Brillant song....
I love the way he picks during the solo. I've always thought this is one of the greatest solos ever recorded. Because it's been branded as "Pop" it gets overlooked. Great solo!
PopShop2012 YES. I am well old enough to remember when this song came out. I came across the radio as a pretty good rocking radio hit. The short solos throughout the song got my attention. But then I heard that solo at the end... and thought. whoa....
so tasty and melodic!
It gets overlooked because most versions omit that awesone guitar solo.
@@Loosehead You're referring to the "45 version", which was a common practice at the time when it came to published recorded music in general. Most radio stations used these abbreviated versions, so they could cram more sponsor time into the same space of time.
@@Loosehead Yes, the radio edit cuts out the solo. What an awesome solo it was!
This is why Old time Rock and Roll is always the best
The Knack were such a great band. Great musicianship, songwriting & performing. Bruce Gary was one one of the baddest ass drummers in rock & Doug wrote such melodic, well structured songs. They have their own secure spot in rock`n roll history IMO.
Either somebody dubbed the music to this video, or the boys were playing to a backing track. Still a great song.
Oh to go back to 79 and party w/the Knack live once.
Bruce Gary kicked the shit out of a set of drums!!!! And that lead solo..... LEGENDARY!!!!
They’re tight as that snappy snare the drummer has. This is a tremendous performance
One of the tightest live performances I have ever seen. When one can say that 'live' sounds better than the album, and with that guitar solo....... the Knack fucken rocked!
기타솔로 예술입니다.... 크아..........
rock you!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a great live performance!!
This song rocks and the solo is my favorite. Berton Averre is a master maestro and has to be the most underrated guitarist in the world IMO. Great vid. Thanks.
I've thought the same thing ever since I was a 14 year old in 1978. At 59 I am still flabbergasted why he and that solo are not talked about by every guitar player since!
Berton Averre's solos are amazing!
I remember waiting on line for tickets over night for this show. I was 2nd on line. Everyone had a great time. In the morning News cameras came over to us asking why we waited over night for tickets and asking us who The Knack were. The concert was amazing. Still have my ticket stub and program. Had a great time.
Eliot Wien what a night that must have been!
what a night it must have been...
youre lucky
You in the video? lol
Could've done a double bill with The Raspberries!
I always loved this song when it came on my car radio.
This is a great performance - such energy.
What a shock! I wasn't even aware Doug had cancer.....I toured with them in summer of 1979 - Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Orleans........30+ years ago! Doug was impossibly energetic and Sharona (who went with us) was a sweetheart! RIP Doug.....you WILL be remembered!
mr brother has doug's super beatle vox amp, he bought it from doug's brother in-law after doug died.
I remember this show ... at the show I remember my friends and I saying Fieger looked coked out of his mind... great show!!!
The song, the album and the band that dominated the summer of 1979...and deservedly so.
Still a great video ! ! ❤😊
Best guitar solo ever. Totally underrated.
That solo with almost clean tone... Respect!
I love watching Bruce go crazy on the drums. ♥️
Awesome song and Band!!! Amazing Solo...Berton Averre , one of the best guitar player of all the time!!!
One of the best rock song ever... great guitar solo.
It really is a seriously aggressive song for every band member. And they all nailed it. Too bad the cameraman didn’t nail it.
Trying to capture the whole British Invasion look which they did incredibly on the album cover. Doug’s eyes remind me of Ray Davies of The Kinks. Lost Doug Way Too Soon. He was really enjoying playing & performing. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic bridge/solo in this song
DJ泣かせの長いギターソロ（笑）でも、この長さのversionが好き＾＾
yeahhhh babyyyy que revienteeee
Ah! 1979. I was 9 years old. I thought the Beatles had returned in a new form. For 6 months that year, all Disco and Punk had to take their fighting outside while The Knack reminded us, or for a lad my age, re-introduced the rock world to the 1st generation of Brit rock. Never has any band before or since captured the songwriting brilliance of the Beatles, the sleaze of the Stones and the juggernaut power pop of The Who so perfectly. Sometimes in the same song!
Gosh! That guitar solo - always causes orgasms to my ears, whenever hear it (Berton Averre - half-God! 😍)
Super da war ich 20 Jahre alt... geiler Song !!!
I was 15 in 1979. We had no internet, but we had very good music ;-))
Agreed! This is the last time you ever heard an extended guitar solo in a major pop song. I remember back then, it was the solo that every guitarist had to learn. Just like how Terry Kath's solo on 25 or 6 to 4 was in 1970. My Sharona seemed to cap of the decade in style.
Came here hoping to get some hints for working out this solo, always loved it and thought there;s some cool licks and technique to learn from it. My mind is blown at how accurately he plays it live with an almost cleaner tone. It's a bummer the cameras weren't focused entirely on his fret work the whole time. Pleasantly surprised to see so many comments about how others appreciate the solo, that's so cool. Guitar magazines never have this song in their "TOP 100 SOLOS OF ALL TIME" and they bloody well should. It's a masterpiece.
This one and Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers, "Runnin Down a Dream".
Great guitar solo and the camera was everywhere but the guitar!
38 here and totally remember this jamming on the radio in my cousin's bitchin' camaro. I loved this song as a kid.
that just changed my life
One of the great live performances ,
The lead guitar 🎸 🤩 one of the best solos on record. They knew it
I remember having to play this back in the old days of band on my Piccolo & marching. In 2025 I still play it for kicks when in Orchestra rehearsals sometimes before maestro appears.
Got me through a 7 week hospital stay. Me and three of my best buddies/fellow patients playing pin ball in the adolescent wing rec room '79-'80. This played with the bass way up constantly. Good time in a bad situation.
Always like this song....These guys were great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to see a version with the full guitar solo .. kicks ass!
I was there - in the video, I'm the petite girl with short black hair at 1:18! At the time I was seeing a guy who worked for Capital Record A & R at the time, who made sure I was up close to the stage. It was a GREAT show!
How old are you now if i may ask
@@freezingclockhands I was 22 then-how time flies, but I remember it all.
@@lilg3754 wow
Your 1.5 of fame!
Out of curiosity. What was the show? The Knack really only had one song but what a song it was! I get a picture of them popping up on stage for 6 minutes everywhere they appeared
I love how the people dressed
One of the ROCKINGEST songs EVER!
I got kicked out of a Cafe around 10 pm Philippine time in 1980 dancing to this! SOBER! What a night that turned out to be..I believe the world series was playing and by the time that was on, I wasn't so sober!😂
@viscig60
Well spotted, this song has a great solo, its a absolute classic in many ways
Best pop/rock song EVER!!!!
Every cameraman. Every. Time. I've lost count how many times that crap has happened.
@@SteveOuimette absolutely. I’m always surprised when they actually show the guitarist when they play a solo. This was some great footage of the side of F’ing head. I expect them to do this, but it still irritates me every damn time.
@@dennisfox8673 1000%, lol!
@@SteveOuimette Not the cameraman - the director! Has no clue what good shots to get!
Un solo fabuloso... and a Townshend windmill from Fieger at 5:39! This song never ages for me, it's always 1979.
@viscig60-- You took the words out of my mouth! One of the all-time great melodic leads & the camera couldn't be bothered. I was bitching at the guy out loud with "the guitar, you idiot, the guitar:" lol
This is a great version of a great pop song - I remember how these guys were mocked by us all back then due to the hype, but 30+ years later it's a great song about underage poon...
If 17 is underage. Fieger was 25 when he wrote it about her. Sharona Alperin's happy.
42 years now!
hell yea!!! they rocked when i was in highschool...1979!!!
The most unfortunate thing about millennials is that not only do they not have this music now, but they never will.
Turn it up.
A GREAT talent, Michigan remembers, RIP Doug !!!
The only best solo by Berton Averre of The Knack
I was 12 when this came out and my folks bought me the album. One of my middle school favorites, still love it.
Our generation was very lucky in terms of music and other things. There was such a can do feeling in the air. It was a great time to be young. What do kids today have that comes anywhere close to that?
Uno de los grandes solos de guitarra de todos los tiempos. Huyaaaaaa!!
One of the greattest all time's guitar solo . Huyaaaa!
I'm 42 and I remember it very well. Had the album. Brings back memories of a junior high school party.
I play in a cover band and this song still goes over really well.
Like his hand action on the mike stand at the end! Brilliant performance.
Quite the performance! Back when everything was loose, with everyone just slidin' along! We'll never see anything like it these days.
@@tombeyer375 No, we never will.
@@fiona4423 🤣
If I had been in the band at that moment I would have dropped my guitar or drumsticks to just have stood back to watch Berton Averre's solo.
I went to countless concerts but this is the one I regret not going CARNEGIE HALL 1979
😢
Berton Averre cranking up the Gibson Les Paul...!
Love the song, good music never dies back in the days rip doug
bestest fucking awsome guitar solo in the world
12 here and love this song .. i love 70's and 80's ... i don't understand technofreaks .. they should start listening to music!
Sorry for bad englidh
This song was huge the year I graduated from HS. It was literally THE song at the time. It brings back so many memories! I'm so sad to hear that the lead singer died so young...RIP Doug.
Awesome!
This footage is gold, thanks for posting. NYC Carnegie Hall!? Wow! Thanks for the great songs Berton and Prescott... RIP Doug and Bruce.
I saw them at Carnegie hall. All I remember. Is the timer with the tenths of a second ticking away.
Incredible band! Way more then just a one hit wonder. The Knack were at their best during this gig, and it's a shame this concert was only released on LaserDisc. Still waiting for a re-realese on DVD.
One of the best solos ever on one of the catchiest songs of the era.
Proud to have such a hot song with my name in it. Showed it to my teen aged daughter! Asked her what her generation has today to equal its energy?! Those were them days!!! Too bad so few people have found this fab video!
RIP Doug, always loved your performance of this gig
Im only 13 but i prefer this song to the music today,AWESOME!!!
great solo
Quite possible the most underrated guitar solo of all time. Berton Averre completely killed it!
Love the song, good music never dies back in the days rip doug
One of the ROCKINGEST songs EVER!
Not one f*cking closeup of the guys hands
This solo is just... Fantasitc.
Could not agree with you more. This solo is up there with the best of them.
That guitar solo, quality
this was the final nail in disco music's coffin - rockers like myself couldnt wait to trash disco for rock and roll again. this was our anthem!
Where was I? When I first heard this I started dancing and playing the air guitar on top of an F-111D at Cannon AFB NM. Wow, great memories and a SUPERB live video...much thx for posting
this a great rock testimonial, I bought this record when I was 10 and wore it out. it's great to see it live in all of its rawness.
Wonderful stage👏👏👏👏👍
Antonio From caracas- Venezuela I was there in NYC.
I feel your pain. I'm 38, and although I remember hearing it on the radio, I was too young to really appreciate it.
Who needs to look at the guitar solo when they're dancing their fucking ass of like there's no tomorrow and no deadlines!!!!!
♬ Ma ma ma ma ma ma my Sharona! Ma ma ma ma ma ma my Sharona! ♪♬
♬ Ma ma ma ma ma ma my my mine..ine Sharona! Wow! ♬♪
Their rhythmic tight sound is very best! This is too famous song to forget.
I was in Japan. The Knack has come to Japan to show the live concerts in 2005.