The Knack was Gipped!!!

[Gooch]

They performed on "Hit me baby one more time" They were f-ing awesome and the dumb arses in the audience voted for Vanilla Ice!!!
They did their classic "My Sharona" and then did a cover of Jets' "Are you going to be my girl." They were awesome!!!

[assholitis]

lol Did he?! Hey thanks, Goochie I was going to serach online and see who won tonight. I caught a few of the performances and I was actually rooting for Vanila. I feel bad for the guy, he got a pretty tough break after making it big. Although I did miss his cover of Destiny's Child - Survivor. muahahaha

-Kevin

[Gooch]

lol Did he?! Hey thanks, Goochie I was going to serach online and see who won tonight. I caught a few of the performances and I was actually rooting for Vanila. I feel bad for the guy, he got a pretty tough break after making it big. Although I did miss his cover of Destiny's Child - Survivor. muahahaha

-Kevin

He brought on all the crap on himself by 1) lying and saying he was from the streets, and 2) by ripping off Queen and Bowie and not admiting it.
I have no sympathy for the guy, even though he is a hottie. The only part of the cover that had anything to do with Destiny's Child's Survivor, was the word survivor. It was a new song he made up and even had the balls to mention Madonna's name in it.
I have no respect for this dumbass...

[gidgetgoestohell]

I agree Goochilla....Himself and I were going WHHHAAAAA??? Even Martha Davis was better than Ice Cream boy....sheesh....Himself said, Yeah he hates the Ice Ice Baby song, and now that he was on the Surreal Life he is singing it. Sell out!

I was also shocked that he rapped. I thought that he was a metal singer now.....

[Gooch]

here you go:
http://www.cohnfamily.org/knack/

[Gooch]

I agree Goochilla....Himself and I were going WHHHAAAAA??? Even Martha Davis was better than Ice Cream boy....sheesh....Himself said, Yeah he hates the Ice Ice Baby song, and now that he was on the Surreal Life he is singing it. Sell out!

I was also shocked that he rapped. I thought that he was a metal singer now.....

Not only that, in countless interviews, he says he doesn't want to be associated with that song anymore. I believe he even said that on the Surreal Life!!! What an f-ing arsehole...
Now, should I tell you guys how I really feel about it?

[gidgetgoestohell]

Sure sweetie...tell us how you REALLY feel......LOL

[Gooch]

Sure sweetie...tell us how you REALLY feel......LOL

Hmmmm...where shall I start....

[gidgetgoestohell]

Ok buzzsaw, where DO we start???

[Gooch]

Ok buzzsaw, where DO we start???

I think I would overload the Jack Shack systems with all I have to say....

[gidgetgoestohell]

Hehehehehehe. I think I could figure out pretty much all that you would say, anywho. And I'd agree with it all to boot!

[Gooch]

Hehehehehehe. I think I could figure out pretty much all that you would say, anywho. And I'd agree with it all to boot!

Thanks Trixie!!! I'm glad someone does...

[a KROQ spy!]

I agree Goochilla...

Ha, that's cute.

[Gooch]

I agree Goochilla...

Ha, that's cute.

What> That she agrees or that she called me Goochilla?

[a KROQ spy!]

Goochilla - It sounds funny when you say it.

[Gooch]

Goochilla - It sounds funny when you say it.

By the way....you never stopped by....

[gidgetgoestohell]

I call her Goocherino...Goochilla.....Goochfest...Gootchiemama....etc etc etc....

[Gooch]

I call her Goocherino...Goochilla.....Goochfest...Gootchiemama....etc etc etc....

And I love every single one of them.....

[gidgetgoestohell]

~winks~

[morriseylookalike]

dont forget.....Goochie Goochie Goo!......

[MicheBel]

Well, the Morrisseyman certainly knows which avatars to use to win a girl's heart...

--Miche

[lsinger9404]

here you go:
http://www.cohnfamily.org/knack/

Thanks for putting that up. We missed it, but I read the article today and my wife and I were bummed we missed it...but set the DVR to catch the next. We don't want to miss potential train wrecks.

Anyhow...I met the Knack's drummer at Liverpool Days (a Beatlefest-esque convention) and that was NOT him. He's actually a SEASONED session guy, and has quite the resume. http://brucegary.com/ And i'm no expert, but those were NOT his signature Gretch drums. Mabye this kind of thinng was below him, and he doesn't need the monney as much as Fieger.

[Gooch]

here you go:
http://www.cohnfamily.org/knack/

Thanks for putting that up. We missed it, but I read the article today and my wife and I were bummed we missed it...but set the DVR to catch the next. We don't want to miss potential train wrecks.

Anyhow...I met the Knack's drummer at Liverpool Days (a Beatlefest-esque convention) and that was NOT him. He's actually a SEASONED session guy, and has quite the resume. http://brucegary.com/ And i'm no expert, but those were NOT his signature Gretch drums. Mabye this kind of thinng was below him, and he doesn't need the monney as much as Fieger.

My pleasure dahlink...

[morriseylookalike]

Isinger,

Bruce Gary is no longer in the Band and hasnt been for awhile...The relationship between Doug Fieger and Bruce is a strained one, Unfortunatley. I had the pleasure of being in a band in 1986 that opened for the Knack and got to meet them all. Bruce Gary to me is one of the best drummers in rock history. Even if The Knack is not someone's personal favorite, they are an amazing group of musician's and they still rock.....They will be playing a free concert in August in Woodland Hills, Ca. If you want I can post details when the exact information is announced....

[lsinger9404]

He's an amazing drummer. Looking at his resume, it just seems like The Knack was a passing thing.

YES...post the details. I'm all uip for free concerts. But where the hell is Woodland Hills?

Larry

Isinger,

Bruce Gary is no longer in the Band and hasnt been for awhile...The relationship between Doug Fieger and Bruce is a strained one, Unfortunatley. I had the pleasure of being in a band in 1986 that opened for the Knack and got to meet them all. Bruce Gary to me is one of the best drummers in rock history. Even if The Knack is not someone's personal favorite, they are an amazing group of musician's and they still rock.....They will be playing a free concert in August in Woodland Hills, Ca. If you want I can post details when the exact information is announced....

[lsinger9404]

By the way...just to set the musical record straight, The Knack can not legally be termed a "one-hit wonder". They did have a second hit, albeit not as huge or long lasting as "My Sharona". It was "Good Girls Don't".

Now Vanilla...he's a bonafide, 100% pure OHW.

[gidgetgoestohell]

I was going to come back in to this thread and say that The Knack got ripped off AGAIN. But, I realized that the show was a repeat. DOH. Blonde on board!

[MicheBel]

He's an amazing drummer. Looking at his resume, it just seems like The Knack was a passing thing.

YES...post the details. I'm all up for free concerts. But where the hell is Woodland Hills?

HEY! I work in Woodland Hills. It's not THAT far away. Sniff...

--Miche

[Gooch]

Hit me with a second season
Sunday, June 26, 2005

By Ed Masley, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

How can "Hit Me Baby One More Time" be losing viewers in a nation where
the average person's appetite for TV train wrecks is, by all accounts,
insatiable?

Is there some level on which Tommy Tutone looking back on Jenny and the
day he found her number on the bathroom wall is less enjoyable -- less
watchable -- than "Dancing With the Stars"?

Of course, you'd like to think not.

NBC has put together a show in which bands and solo acts that had just
a moment in the spotlight return to the stage for a weekly competition,
with the audience voting for its favorite. But there is a fundamental
problem with this summer show, and I'll tell you what it is.

You cannot bring the "My Sharona" demographic to the table and expect
it not to have a problem with an audience of Lindsay Lohan's peers
deciding that Vanilla Ice is somehow better than The Knack. In any
year. On any stage. It's just not right.

And I don't say this just because I think The Knack deserved to win
that night, although they clearly did. Nor do I say it just because I
own at least five albums by the band, including "Round Trip" in at
least two formats.

No, I say this as an armchair sociologist who never went to school for
armchairs, much less sociology. But you cannot mix and match nostalgia,
not the way they've done it here. You're either young enough to think
Vanilla Ice was better than The Knack -- or old enough to think The
Knack was better -- or you're not.

It's just the essence of nostalgia.

Is it really any wonder that Arrested Development, a group with three
gold singles in the Top 10 in the early '90s, was a bigger hit with
"Hit Me Baby" voters -- all of whom seemed young enough to be carded
for cigarettes -- than Loverboy, whose singer's clearly put on 20 years
and 40 pounds since he could rate a Random Note in Rolling Stone?

Or course not.

It's ridiculous to pit those groups against each other.

Kids who cut their teeth on Arrested Development don't want to sit
through a Loverboy song any more than the folks who know the words to
"Working For The Weekend" want to see a rap group beat the dude who
sang the theme to "Footloose."

If there is a way to win this show a second season, then, it's
narrow-casting. I can't tell you what Vanilla Ice's demographic wants.
But as a member of the "My Sharona" demographic, I can tell you how to
build a better, more effectively nostalgic second season for the folks
who grew up on the Motels, Greg Kihn, Tommy Tutone and "Baby Talks
Dirty" (the Knack's third hit).

Let's start with Dexys Midnight Runners, an Irish jug band from
Birmingham, England, that topped the American charts in 1983 with the
anthemic, spirited, frankly ridiculous "Come On Eileen." Of course, to
really turn this show around, they'd have to let them do the whole
song, including the part where it slows to a crawl and gradually speeds
up again, not like the Knack, who were forced to do "My Sharona"
without a guitar solo.

Gary Numan would be a New Wave coup for Season 2. "Cars" is a
techno-pop classic, riding Numan's timeless synth riff and some
amazingly paranoid lyrics to the Top 10 back in 1980, the same year the
Vapors earned their spot on "Hit Me Baby, One More Time," with "Turning
Japanese," a jittery power-pop song about getting a doctor to take your
picture "so I can look at you from inside as well." And kids will
recognize the Vapors from the "Charlie's Angels" soundtrack. The Jags
would be another good jittery power-pop choice for "Back of My Hand."

The Boomtown Rats would also be a great addition to the cast. I know
Bob Geldof's plate is looking kind of full with Live 8 at the moment,
but if Bono can juggle his saving the world and doing an iPod
commercial, couldn't Sir Bob tear himself away from starving children
long enough to sing "I Don't Like Mondays"? I should think so.

There should be some weirdos, too, of course. Try Toni Basil, whose
"Mickey" topped the charts in 1982, but only if she does it right. In a
cheerleading outfit and pigtails. Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio"
would be a hoot, as would After the Fire's "Der Kommissar," but the
quirky New Wave act to beat might be the Buggles, whose "Video Killed
the Radio Star" hit twice, as a Top 40 single in '79 and the first song
played on MTV in '81. Unless, of course, they lost to Devo, whose only
mainstream pop hit, "Whip It," sold a million copies back in 1980. Like
Basil, though, they'd have to suit up or it wouldn't be the same. And
don't forget the whip.

Other possible contenders for a stronger second season:

Nick Lowe ("Cruel to Be Kind") Modern English ("Melt With You"), Soft
Cell ("Tainted Love"), The Waitresses ("I Know What Boys Like"), Tom
Tom Club ("Genius of Love"), Aztec Camera ("Oblivious"), Timbuk 3 ("The
Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"), Haircut One Hundred ("Love
Plus One"), Bow Wow Wow ("I Want Candy") and Lipps, Inc. ("Funkytown").


Again, these are only suggestions. But if I were NBC, I'd have a lot of
calls to make.