RIP Doug Fieger. https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26139#msg-26139 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:50:54 -0500 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26252#msg-26252 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26252#msg-26252


Hell awaits all ye who snicker.]]> HollowbodyKay Trouser Press Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:38:45 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26247#msg-26247 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26247#msg-26247
Well, I coined the term, and I was in kindergarten.

LOL]]> hoip chiggs Trouser Press Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:15:32 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26239#msg-26239 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26239#msg-26239
and i was in middle school]]> michael baker Trouser Press Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:02:19 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26234#msg-26234 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26234#msg-26234 rhettlawrence Trouser Press Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:31:29 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26230#msg-26230 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26230#msg-26230 The solo (one of the greatest and lengthiest in power pop is edited out on the single version) was performed by Aberre. The demo version was one take; the final version one take layered into two parts to mix wet. VOX & Bass were one dry take except for some buried background VOX containing "Fuck-a-me, fuck-a-me too much, my Sharona". Drums have slight reverb but one take.

1st album, so quick in-n-out.

Producer David Tickle:
"Everything had been worked out...it was polished, so what you hear is the real thing, a complete take. The band was very, very tight. That was a part of their trademark."

Now I'll have to plug in and see if I remember it.

The song was ruined for me when George 2 said it was his fave. But I'm over that now and agree with respecting Fieger's accomplishments.

]]> Paganizer Trouser Press Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:38:39 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26228#msg-26228 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26228#msg-26228
I've always heard that solo was a continuous take played by Averre. I play it continuously (and I think I already posted about that experience).

madisdis' story is awesome. Reminds me of my story about arguing that Nena and Nina Hagen were not the same person.

]]> Paganizer Trouser Press Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:16:04 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26224#msg-26224 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26224#msg-26224 willie Trouser Press Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:31:17 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26223#msg-26223 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26223#msg-26223 Aitch Trouser Press Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:27:55 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26222#msg-26222 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26222#msg-26222 en.wikipedia.org]. It didn't contain the offending language, so I guess I'm obligated to take back anything nice I said about Fieger.]]> rhettlawrence Trouser Press Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:53:16 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26221#msg-26221 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26221#msg-26221
Quote

You've got me thinking down a path towards all manner of TOP 40 songs that had especially naughty or ribald lyrics that escaped the moral watchdogs.

There was much debate over exactly what Toni Basil meant when she said she would please Mickey "any way I can" then offered to "take it like a man."

And of course there's the most famous example which involved radio programmers in 1972 apparently not knowing what "giving head" meant and letting Lou Reed have a top-20 single as a result.

A lot of people seemed to think that Frankie Goes to Hollywood really were just singing about relaxing.

And it's endlessly amusing going to sporting events and watching the crowd of fat midwestern protestants getting all worked up doing the hand gestures to "YMCA", an old disco song by a group of gay guys singing about hanging around a gathering place for boys and young men.]]> breno Trouser Press Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:45:12 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26220#msg-26220 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26220#msg-26220 "I come not to praise Caesar, but to ... yada, yada, yada."

You've got me thinking down a path towards all manner of TOP 40 songs that had especially naughty or ribald lyrics that escaped the moral watchdogs. Not in the "Louie-Louie-Can't-Understand-It-So-It-MUST-Be-Dirty" way ... but really shameful.

Sitting on his face?

I did not know that.]]> HollowbodyKay Trouser Press Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:38:09 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26219#msg-26219 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26219#msg-26219 rhettlawrence Trouser Press Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:21:25 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26212#msg-26212 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26212#msg-26212 love them or hate them you can't deny the buzz you got when you first heard"sharona", or the repulsion you felt watching the nobs in "reality bites" dance in the gas station to said song.

did meet his famous lawyer brother geoffrey at a corporate kickoff after his keynote speech.]]> madisdadi Trouser Press Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:36:21 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26147#msg-26147 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26147#msg-26147 STEVE Trouser Press Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:56:21 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26145#msg-26145 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26145#msg-26145 michael baker Trouser Press Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:43:24 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26144#msg-26144 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26144#msg-26144
After their initial buzz the knack continued to create fantastic power pop. Serious Fun comes to mind. A great rocking power pop album.

RIP Doug

Doug

]]> dkhazzam Trouser Press Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:25:17 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26141#msg-26141 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26141#msg-26141 blasmo Trouser Press Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:14:37 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26140#msg-26140 Re: RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26140#msg-26140
30 years after the fact it's hard to remember why people despised the Knack as much as they did. They were obnoxious to be sure, but when the airwaves were clogged up with Journey and Styx it seems silly to have hated on a competent power-pop band who broke through all that and got a fairly decent song like "My Sharona" to the top of the charts.



Post Edited (02-14-10 16:58)]]> breno Trouser Press Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:57:22 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26139#msg-26139 RIP https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,26139,26139#msg-26139 blasmo Trouser Press Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:49:49 -0600