Thank you The Knack for this awesome hit song! Since 1979 when I was in my senior year of high school I would crank this up on my radio. I still crank it up today on my cd 💿 which I listen to on replay mode and yes, I still crank it up in my car! What memories! Too bad we lost Doug Fieger - vocalist Bruce Gary - drummer Pat Torpey - drummer
I once heard a story that the solo was actually recorded afterwards and punched in, because the.....producer?...thought the song needed more "depth". If you listen to the album really close, you can hear the edit at the slide on the bass.
Mario Bohórquez E there are a couple of dud notes actually - not his best live performance of it. There’s one from Japan that is note-perfect. I heard an interview with Burton some years ago and he mentioned that this Australian concert was the first time that they’d been simulcast live on the radio and that he was particularly conscious of making mistakes. As is so often the case: the more you worry about making them the more likely you are to make them. And for the record yes I do play the solo live.
Great live version of this classic. But the camera work is awful. It’s a sing of the times. Why camera guys and producers felt we want to only see head shots while performing is beyond me. Pan out just a bit to watch them play their instruments.
