I'm listening. As a matter of fact, I had the words "but I do" stuck in my head. Then I had a brain freeze. I knew it was something from The Knack but I couldn't think of the name of the darn song. It sounds as clean and fresh today as ever!
@@zandithshloper2005 1979 was very much a transition year. It's not like they were The Clash, Devo, Talking Heads, The Specials, Split Enz or any number of other great bands to come up in 79, 80 or 81. They simply had a few decent songs. They were never a movement. 😆
1979 was an awesome year for music.... The Knack didn't have a lot of hits but the ones they did have still rock today.... i love this track. i'm gonna play it again.
12 years ago today (valentines day) we lost Doug Feiger, one of the best musicians and song writers. RIP Mr. Feiger, thank you for all the great music and concerts..
I never even knew there was this radio edit till now. My sister had the 8 track and the "explicit"😂 version was on it. It also played that way on the radio. As kids, we laughed because we has no clue what it meant. Great song either way, but really didn't need a radio edit considering the TRASH they play nowadays.
@@daze023 Your face! 🤪 I was a junior in. high school when this album came out. It fucking rocked. Shame the PC police had to come in a jack the lyrics around. Good girls do!
Funny, I was barely a year old when this song came out, but I was listening to the Chipmunks' version of this by the time I was 4. Will never forget the "Chipmunk Punk" record! I would play it over & over for hours! 😜🤘🏼
"Good Girls Don't" is one of the GREATEST tunes EVER in Rock 'N' Roll! Doug's Harmonica (and a SOLO!), Prescott's heavy bass, Burton's harmonies, Gary's driving drums, great lyrics and a "hook"! It's a perfect song! The Beatles would be proud.
One of my favorite all time bands …great songs , Berton Averre such an underrated guitar players. And Bruce Gary the drummer who didn’t like touring left and became a great studio drummer but unfortunately died pretty young from medical condition, I was lucky to see them the first time back in 1979 when they came to Texas…👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
A classic power pop song. The Knack was unfairly maligned and never got the credit they deserved. All you ever hear is My Sharaona but they were not a one hit wonder as this song just missed the top 10. I think their mistake was on the second album they tried to duplicate My Sharona with Baby Talks Dirty and the album was rushed by the record company to capitalize on their success. They also got a lot of backlash because of the "Meet the Beatles" comparison to "Get the Knack". That was unfair to them.
@@simplechronology2605 Maybe a few but compared to the crap in rap and hip-hip "Good girls Don't" was very tame. Melody is almost always more important than lyrics anyway and this song has a very catchy melody.
haven't heard this song in at least 35 years and it has aged surprisingly well. excellent songwriting, pure vocals, joyous major scale melodies and bounce, and oh that hook. a little pop gem.
Nothing like original rock & roll from back in the day!. I've seen so many "react" vids and over & over they say "they sound exactly like their recording (back then was vinyl). I'm always like, duh, that's why we are still so completely enamored and loyal to our pre 21st century musicians. They're authentic.👍👍🤟🤟✌️
Oingo Boingo “Until she’s sitting on your face” appeals to teenage boys and adult males who haven't grown up. At 53, I find the ”Sitting on your face” version silly, boring and a sad attempt to be outrageous on a song that doesn't need that to be great. Before you pat yourself on the back and tell me I’m sensitive, I listened to Howard Stern for 20 years while working in New York. No, I’m not offended, I just grew up.
Berton Averre is one of the all time underrated rock guitarists. You can see a couple of shots here of the counterpoints he's providing to the lyrics. Subtle, but they really make a memorable song out of one that would have been ordinary in the hands of most other guitarists 👍
I got this album without knowing anything about it. At my Catholic primary school we had a magazine selling scheme and you'd get to select prizes. I always went for music albums. This was before cable and MTV hit my home town. The cover of Get the Knack reminded me of Meet the Beatles. At that time, I mostly listened to my mom's records from the50s and 60s. I still remember putting this on and continually listening to it thinking, this is nothing like Meet the Beatles. Being a Catholic girl, this was my favorite song even though I wasn't exactly sure what it meant. I just knew it wasn't what my teachers would like and that gave me delight. I was still officially a good girl for another decade, but I could live through music.
My Sharona was something unique and appeared at the right time in America. This follow-up is reminiscent of The Beatles 1965. It was never going to capture that surprise of My Sharona.
Heard this on SiriusXM last night and it gave me goosebumps. 1979 was my last year of high school and this song transported me back! Love this tune, these guys were great!
In 1981 I was 21 graduating Tech school and getting married in October. I was and still am a drummer. Loved this song, My Sharona,Frustrated & the whole Album. 💿 loved the whole Meet the Beatles vibe of the Album. Such a shame he passed so early. They’d hopefully be touring today.
1979. I was but 17 with an incredible head of long,thick,wavy hair. Still recall buying this lp that summer at a short-lived but much loved record store. Great times.
I was 17 when this came out and this song was played out in the real world for me many times back when I was an innocent kid. Aaah the memories. Great tune!
Doug was a bit of a perv when it came to lyrics, which made their stuff so great! It had catchy rhythms and beats, and the guys always dressed great so the causal listener/square parent would think The Knack were "OK" or even "Wholesome!" Then you listen to the lyrics and you see this isn't exactly the case. I loved that about these guys. Plus, all of them were down to earth and cool in person, at least when I met them. I miss Doug a lot...
Absolutely agree with the comment about the guys being average shmoes... I met them right about this time in LA. They were playing and a couple friends and I waited out by the bus to get our 30 seconds of their time, and they absolutely gave it to us. My guys and I told them we were putting a band together, and they took a few minutes to give a bunch of 13 and 14 year olds support and advice ("don't ever let anyone tell you no"). I had a chance to open for them as a bassist on their last tour and were permitted a meet and greet (which most bands don't do for opening acts), and I spent almost 20 minutes with Prescott talking equipment, technique, and just general chat. I know he was tired, and wanted to get back to the hotel, but he (and the rest) actually hung out and gave us time when we could do nothing for them.
@@thecollective1584 Thank You for sharing this story nice to know they are exactly the way they seem..good guys with bad thoughts and talent coming out of their ears!
The Knack at the time this was recorded in 1979 (became a hit in early 1980) were being billed as "The Next Beatles." Their album "Get The Knack" was being compared to "Meet The Beatles" (from almost 16 years earlier in early 1964) and they were on Capitol Records (where The Beatles originally were on in the US). This would turn out besides "My Sharona" (#1 song of 1979 & #10 overall for the 1970's) to be their only Top 20 hit as they fizzled quickly after this.
This was the first band I ever saw in concert in 1979 - they were great. Wish they hadn't sanitized the song, the original is pretty tame compared to some of the music out there today.
88 Elliott , album lyrics - She's your adolescent dream, Schoolboy stuff, a sticky sweet romance. And she makes you want to scream, Wishing you could get inside her pants. So, you fantasize away. And while you're squeezing her, you thought you heard her saying... "Good girls don't, Good girls don't, Good girls don't, but I do." So, you call her on the phone To talk about the teachers that you hate. And she says she's all alone, And her parents won't be coming home til late. There's a ringing in your brain, Cause you could've sworn you though you heard her saying... "Good girls don't, Good girls don't, Good girls don't, but I do." And it's a teenage sadness Everyone has got to taste. An in-between age madness That you know you can't erase Til she's sitting on your face. You're alone with her at last, And you're waiting til you think the time is right. Cause you've heard she's pretty fast. And you're hoping that she'll give you some tonight. So, you start to make your play, Cause you could've sworn you thought you heard her saying... "Good girls don't, Good girls don't, Good girls don't, but I do." And it's a teenage sadness Everyone has got to taste. An in-between age madness That you know you can't erase Til she's sitting on your face. Good girls don't, Good girls don't, Good girls don't, but I do...
Wow an oldie I love to hear over and over again !! Prob one of my favorite songs on the whole album ! Too bad the had to edit the original version . Either way The Knack rocks !! R. I. P. Doug .
OK all you mid 40's-50 people, if you could go back in time to relive the 80's, BUT you would lose 15 to 20 years of your life, would you it??? The 80's were a unique and amazing decade. The music! The parties! The dances! The friends (many of which you still have 30 years later). Even the movies (ET, The Breakfast Club, Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Dirty Dancing ("Nobody puts Baby in the corner!")!! Now that you know that the worst that can happen to you is to be grounded for a week or two, would you have done more than you did the first time?? I gotta say YES to both questions. Many of us want to get back to the big hair, the leg warmers, and the jean jackets! The 80's were the last decade that, as a kid, we could stay out until dark, safely go into neighbors houses, and there was no reason to get out of bed if you fell asleep and forgot to lock the front door. We didn't have XBox or Wees, or cell phones. If we had a day of technological gaming, it was playing Frogger or Pong! We were totally happy playing hide and seek or Cowboys and Indians (I'm part Native American, though being an Indian never bothered me) and we never heard of being PC. We made complex tunnels in the snow banks, used ropes to swing 5 or 6 kids at a time 20 to 40 feet in the air (and we all lived when we fell off!), and fed marshmallows to raccoons from the back door steps. Some of us with a lot of patience even taught chipmunks to eat nuts out of our hands or on our shoulders. Life was easier, and a hell of a lot more fun than any kid has today. Why? Because we were safe. Children could wander the neighborhood, ride our bikes along roadsides, and enjoy running through connected yards sometimes until 9 or 9:30! To put it simply, we were safe. Everyone knew everyone but maybe it was because we could go OUTSIDE (and we preferred it that way)!
Yes it was the 70's...but it was still a HUGE song in the early 80's! I used to reset the record and listen to it over and over! And My Sharona! I used to feel like I was doing something "bad" when I listened to this song (I was only 11 in 1980). My Mom used to FREAK when she heard my brother and I listening to this...haha!
+Jason Place Okay; here goes my reply. I'm 51. Yes it was a fun time, but no I would not go back if I could. I have no regrets, and am still doing new things and accomplishing my goals. For one, I no longer need to work so I have plenty of time and resources. As far as the worst thing being grounded for a week or two, well that is just a cheap shot. For most of the 80's I served in the U.S. Air Force and was shot in Honduras and injured in the first Gulf War. Despite that, I loved every minute of my "youth". Thirty years later and guess what? I still manage to listen to great music, go out and party with friends (including new ones I meet) all the time. So if you are ever in Orlando, look me up. I'll bet you the bar tab I can still drink anyone under the table and stay out later than most! I hope you don't take what I just said as an insult or in any way meant to put you down, it's just I here people much, much, much younger than me say they wish they did this or did that, or yadda yadda yadda. In this song he even says: "It's a teenage sadness everyone has got to taste, and between each madness that you know you can't erase". Everyone has their own experiences in life and makes their own decisions. To quote Lester Burnham from a movie in the 90's, "It's never too late to start".
@@tryithere The radio version changed the lyrics, which originally were "Wishing you could get inside her pants" and "When she's sitting on your face." The Knack were really smarmy (but fun).
There’s a funny interview out there with Elliot Easton of the cars. He said the cars were trying to get a number one song but the knack had it at that time and there were Knack life sized cut out figures of the band at record shops in every city they went to. He said Rick Ocasek are used to get so pissed off seeing those cardboard figures of the Knack. So one day the band stole one of them and they put it in bed with Rick while he was sleeping so when he woke up there was the Knack.😄
Fantastic music video! I used to watch in on MuchMusic in Canada! It was awesome then and is still a fab song, thanks so much for posting!!! Good Memories!
Remember when this album came out. Told my high school teacher they looked like The Beatles in their suits. All great songs on that album. Their own tunes and Buddy Holly copy's. Fuckin" great band.
This was my favourite song of theirs. I guess I had grown a bit tired a My Sharona. But actually, like My Sharona was a song about a crush. A cute girl my first year of secondary school named Lisa my mine. When I saw her, she was singing this song and I said to myself, she's the one!
Get the knack was one of the few albums I purchased as a teenager. Most were 8 track tapes. I am so glad I bought the album the tapes are 40 years old and too bridle to play. My Knack album still rocks today! Great music and a great band!
Was a junior in high school and a virgin, lol...heard that song and heard every "cool guy" who was getting laid since they were 10...just summed up adolescence to a tee...oh, and the fact that they wouldn't play it on the radio made it that much bigger!!
The same thing happened to Lou Christie with his song "RHAPSODY IN THE RAIN". The line "WE WERE MAKING OUT IN THE RAIN" had to be changed to "WE FELL IN LOVE IN THE RAIN". The line "OUR LOVE WENT MUCH TOO FAR" had to be changed to "LOVE CAME LIKE A FALLING STAR". Likewise, with "GOOD GIRLS DON'T" by the Knack, The line "WISHING YOU COULD GET INSIDE HER PANTS" had to be changed to "WISHING SHE WAS GIVING YOU A CHANCE". The line "TILL SHE'S SITTING ON YOUR FACE" had to be changed to "TILL SHE PUTS YOU IN YOUR PLACE". These songs had to be changed to get played on the radio. Censorship was a lot TOUGHER back then.
This was the clean version of the song. I know because i have the first album they put out on CD and well... it's a pain you can't erase, till she sits on your face! AND IT HURTS.
Doug, you are the quintessential instrumentalist! I always enjoyed this song, especially on Rock of the 80’s vol. 15…it was right before Secret Separation by The Fixx.
They don't sing them like this anymore. it's 2024 who out there is still listening to this great 1979 classic?
I'm listening. As a matter of fact, I had the words "but I do" stuck in my head. Then I had a brain freeze. I knew it was something from The Knack but I couldn't think of the name of the darn song. It sounds as clean and fresh today as ever!
I still play in a band with my high school friends, and we are playing this on Saturday
moi
me since a few weeks!!
Me and all my neighbors
I got The Knack back in 1979. And I STILL got The Knack in 2024!
Don’t worry, this song will never die. I‘m 16 years old and I‘m a big fan of their music, so! Mark my words.
I totally agree with you. Saw them in concert in the 70's and they sure are great.
You were born too late. You would've fit in with us back then.
i’m 17 and i listen to them too! i seem to like the older artists rather than the ones around today.
They were sellout one hit wonder freaks. But what do I know?
@@zandithshloper2005 1979 was very much a transition year. It's not like they were The Clash, Devo, Talking Heads, The Specials, Split Enz or any number of other great bands to come up in 79, 80 or 81. They simply had a few decent songs. They were never a movement. 😆
1979 was an awesome year for music.... The Knack didn't have a lot of hits but the ones they did have still rock today.... i love this track. i'm gonna play it again.
one of the best power pop songs ever written. just a masterpiece.
12 years ago today (valentines day) we lost Doug Feiger, one of the best musicians and song writers.
RIP Mr. Feiger, thank you for all the great music and concerts..
love the smiles and pure energy , music will never be like this ever again ., rip good sir
Still stands up as a very cool song. It's impossible to overstate how much more fun everything was back then.
You got that right
How does this not have millions of hits in 10 years? It was a hit!
I never even knew there was this radio edit till now. My sister had the 8 track and the "explicit"😂 version was on it. It also played that way on the radio.
As kids, we laughed because we has no clue what it meant.
Great song either way, but really didn't need a radio edit considering the TRASH they play nowadays.
@@markbest5127 You realize that makes no sense, right? Two wrongs don't make a right
@@lemurianchick, they're not specifically calling out WAP. Also, I never said either was wrong, I called out a lot of current music as TRASH!
Stupid song,
Hard to believe this is from over 40 years ago. They dressed sharp and had a timeless look. Oh yeah, the music is good too!
How old are you? I mean, about?
@@irishmoon1283 I was in middle school when this album came out.
@@bassfiddlesteve I was in high school.
@@irishmoon1283 As a 53-year-old, I too would have never assumed that he was in his 40s or 50s from his response.
The knack👍👍👍😎
The true lyrics make this and the whole album a classic .
About gittin' some pussy.🤫😉🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't know who outlawed reality, but, life was way more interesting when I pictured her sitting somewhere, instead of putting me in my place
@@daze023 Your face! 🤪 I was a junior in. high school when this album came out. It fucking rocked. Shame the PC police had to come in a jack the lyrics around. Good girls do!
IT'S KNACK BABBBYYYYY WOOOHOOO IT'SA MASTAPIECE
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Tristan Roebuck hell yeah brother
@@tristanroebuck2662 Baseball? Cuz we know that other thing came first.
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A very dear friend of mine had this song played at her wedding reception. The crowd went wild. There were cocktails involved.
Thats funny. Probably the only wedding it ever played in. .Kind of a forgotten olide
The Muffin Man Yeah, what’s that supposed to mean, Muffin Boy? Your parents are boomers ya little turd. 😂
The Muffin Man and you're a dick
Why would they tell penis story's at a wedding??
@@charliemunk2947 Could be because they have a sense of humor?
I was 9 when this broke the radio and us kids went NUTS!! Such a great time to be alive. Happy New Year's Eve Everyone!
I was 15 qhen it came out. It was a great time to be young. But u were really late 80s
Funny, I was barely a year old when this song came out, but I was listening to the Chipmunks' version of this by the time I was 4. Will never forget the "Chipmunk Punk" record! I would play it over & over for hours! 😜🤘🏼
wow we are old 1970 F...it
Yes... you bet late 79 around New Years into the 80s
Happy New Year's from the Future!
"Good Girls Don't" is one of the GREATEST tunes EVER in Rock 'N' Roll! Doug's Harmonica (and a SOLO!), Prescott's heavy bass, Burton's harmonies, Gary's driving drums, great lyrics and a "hook"! It's a perfect song! The Beatles would be proud.
One of my favorite all time bands …great songs , Berton Averre such an underrated guitar players. And Bruce Gary the drummer who didn’t like touring left and became a great studio drummer but unfortunately died pretty young from medical condition, I was lucky to see them the first time back in 1979 when they came to Texas…👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I love The Knack...One of the best debut's ever . Pure fine rock and roll.
A classic power pop song. The Knack was unfairly maligned and never got the credit they deserved. All you ever hear is My Sharaona but they were not a one hit wonder as this song just missed the top 10. I think their mistake was on the second album they tried to duplicate My Sharona with Baby Talks Dirty and the album was rushed by the record company to capitalize on their success. They also got a lot of backlash because of the "Meet the Beatles" comparison to "Get the Knack". That was unfair to them.
Some people were turned off by the absolutely filthy, misogynist lyrics too.
@@simplechronology2605 Maybe a few but compared to the crap in rap and hip-hip "Good girls Don't" was very tame. Melody is almost always more important than lyrics anyway and this song has a very catchy melody.
@@rzrbckmz23 Which rap songs in 1979 had the vulgar lyrics are you referring to?
haven't heard this song in at least 35 years and it has aged surprisingly well. excellent songwriting, pure vocals, joyous major scale melodies and bounce, and oh that hook. a little pop gem.
Yup. Not one to play at The Church Social, but The Boys Understand...
Nothing like original rock & roll from back in the day!. I've seen so many "react" vids and over & over they say "they sound exactly like their recording (back then was vinyl). I'm always like, duh, that's why we are still so completely enamored and loyal to our pre 21st century musicians. They're authentic.👍👍🤟🤟✌️
'till she's sittin' on your face is the correct version.
Exactly. This is the radio-friendly version
No, that version is too crass.
yes it is
Oingo Boingo “Until she’s sitting on your face” appeals to teenage boys and adult males who haven't grown up. At 53, I find the ”Sitting on your face” version silly, boring and a sad attempt to be outrageous on a song that doesn't need that to be great. Before you pat yourself on the back and tell me I’m sensitive, I listened to Howard Stern for 20 years while working in New York. No, I’m not offended, I just grew up.
@@Yodelinthegully-d7r Obviously you are face-sitting challenged....
Berton Averre is one of the all time underrated rock guitarists. You can see a couple of shots here of the counterpoints he's providing to the lyrics. Subtle, but they really make a memorable song out of one that would have been ordinary in the hands of most other guitarists 👍
An inbetween age madness that you know you can't erase until she's sitting on your face
Our school bus driver played this often over the PA. I'm transported back to junior high every time I hear this.
I got this album without knowing anything about it. At my Catholic primary school we had a magazine selling scheme and you'd get to select prizes. I always went for music albums. This was before cable and MTV hit my home town. The cover of Get the Knack reminded me of Meet the Beatles. At that time, I mostly listened to my mom's records from the50s and 60s. I still remember putting this on and continually listening to it thinking, this is nothing like Meet the Beatles. Being a Catholic girl, this was my favorite song even though I wasn't exactly sure what it meant. I just knew it wasn't what my teachers would like and that gave me delight. I was still officially a good girl for another decade, but I could live through music.
Album was released on my 12th birthday. Absolutely love it.
In a perfect world, this song would have been every bit as big as "My Sharona." Amazing song, fantastic harmonies.
My Sharona was something unique and appeared at the right time in America. This follow-up is reminiscent of The Beatles 1965. It was never going to capture that surprise of My Sharona.
I consider this song to be the beginning of “New Wave” in 1979. My sr year in HS. There was nothing else like it on Pop Radio. Definitely a new sound.
Just finished sophomore year the summer this hit! There was nothing else like it.
Such a beautiful pop song. One of the best.
One of the horniest songs of my youth. Man, I loved these guys!
Damn right, I was nailing chicks in my dreams every night. LOL
Yep like a lot of their songs …about girls and sex, perfect 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
The Late 1970s! My Gosh--If I Could Only Go Back................
They might be remembered as something of a flash in the pan, but one thing's for sure, these boys could play.
Heard this on SiriusXM last night and it gave me goosebumps. 1979 was my last year of high school and this song transported me back! Love this tune, these guys were great!
On of the best bands and albums ever, got this cassette in 1979!!!!!
The Knack loved the Beatles so very much, it's all over this track
God rest Doug Fieger. . I remember the radio stations had a hard time playing this one.
These guys are awesome. The harmonizing is perfect!
I come here almost every day just to listen to this song. :)
Me to
Agreed! 👍
1981, I was 13 years old, this rocked.
This was Released *June 11 1979*
I wish i could be zapped back to the 80’s!
R.I.P. Douglas Feiger. You rocked !
In 1981 I was 21 graduating Tech school and getting married in October. I was and still am a drummer. Loved this song, My Sharona,Frustrated & the whole Album. 💿 loved the whole Meet the Beatles vibe of the Album. Such a shame he passed so early. They’d hopefully be touring today.
This song would have been a bigger hit in '83! Definitely before it's time!!
More like after. The song was written in 1972.
1979. I was but 17 with an incredible head of long,thick,wavy hair. Still recall buying this lp that summer at a short-lived but much loved record store. Great times.
I was 17 when this came out and this song was played out in the real world for me many times back when I was an innocent kid. Aaah the memories. Great tune!
Doug was a bit of a perv when it came to lyrics, which made their stuff so great! It had catchy rhythms and beats, and the guys always dressed great so the causal listener/square parent would think The Knack were "OK" or even "Wholesome!" Then you listen to the lyrics and you see this isn't exactly the case. I loved that about these guys. Plus, all of them were down to earth and cool in person, at least when I met them. I miss Doug a lot...
have you ever seen the documentary?
watxch the documentary
Absolutely agree with the comment about the guys being average shmoes...
I met them right about this time in LA. They were playing and a couple friends and I waited out by the bus to get our 30 seconds of their time, and they absolutely gave it to us. My guys and I told them we were putting a band together, and they took a few minutes to give a bunch of 13 and 14 year olds support and advice ("don't ever let anyone tell you no").
I had a chance to open for them as a bassist on their last tour and were permitted a meet and greet (which most bands don't do for opening acts), and I spent almost 20 minutes with Prescott talking equipment, technique, and just general chat. I know he was tired, and wanted to get back to the hotel, but he (and the rest) actually hung out and gave us time when we could do nothing for them.
@@thecollective1584 Thank You for sharing this story nice to know they are exactly the way they seem..good guys with bad thoughts and talent coming out of their ears!
A bit of a perv? One of the reasons why The Knack went downhill, is the predatory behavior with teenaged girls.
The Knack's first album is a perfect blend of power pop. I love Berton's licks on this tune!
The Knack at the time this was recorded in 1979 (became a hit in early 1980) were being billed as "The Next Beatles." Their album "Get The Knack" was being compared to "Meet The Beatles" (from almost 16 years earlier in early 1964) and they were on Capitol Records (where The Beatles originally were on in the US).
This would turn out besides "My Sharona" (#1 song of 1979 & #10 overall for the 1970's) to be their only Top 20 hit as they fizzled quickly after this.
This was the first band I ever saw in concert in 1979 - they were great. Wish they hadn't sanitized the song, the original is pretty tame compared to some of the music out there today.
I agree
88 Elliott , album lyrics -
She's your adolescent dream,
Schoolboy stuff, a sticky sweet romance.
And she makes you want to scream,
Wishing you could get inside her pants.
So, you fantasize away.
And while you're squeezing her, you thought you heard her saying...
"Good girls don't,
Good girls don't,
Good girls don't, but I do."
So, you call her on the phone
To talk about the teachers that you hate.
And she says she's all alone,
And her parents won't be coming home til late.
There's a ringing in your brain,
Cause you could've sworn you though you heard her saying...
"Good girls don't,
Good girls don't,
Good girls don't, but I do."
And it's a teenage sadness
Everyone has got to taste.
An in-between age madness
That you know you can't erase
Til she's sitting on your face.
You're alone with her at last,
And you're waiting til you think the time is right.
Cause you've heard she's pretty fast.
And you're hoping that she'll give you some tonight.
So, you start to make your play,
Cause you could've sworn you thought you heard her saying...
"Good girls don't,
Good girls don't,
Good girls don't, but I do."
And it's a teenage sadness
Everyone has got to taste.
An in-between age madness
That you know you can't erase
Til she's sitting on your face.
Good girls don't,
Good girls don't,
Good girls don't, but I do...
It turns out that good girls ALSO do, though I didn't discover that until college.
THATS THE POINT OF THE SONG
GOOD GIRLS DO...GET IT
i have loved this song since the '70s
I can remember a wandering around Middle School in 1979 wishing I had a girl that wasn't good
I’m 55 and I never knew there was a “clean version”.
lol 57 same here
@@avenueb I do believe the original lyrics were' sittin' on your face' 😛 (put you in your place) must be the radio version
Wow an oldie I love to hear over and over again !! Prob one of my favorite songs on the whole album ! Too bad the had to edit the original version . Either way The Knack rocks !! R. I. P. Doug .
Well, these days, it’d probably go out as is on the album.
This Music is Superb. The Group is Nothing Short of Outstanding, So Talented, and Clever. One of the Greatest Bands of All Time !!
OK all you mid 40's-50 people, if you could go back in time to relive the 80's, BUT you would lose 15 to 20 years of your life, would you it??? The 80's were a unique and amazing decade. The music! The parties! The dances! The friends (many of which you still have 30 years later). Even the movies (ET, The Breakfast Club, Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Dirty Dancing ("Nobody puts Baby in the corner!")!! Now that you know that the worst that can happen to you is to be grounded for a week or two, would you have done more than you did the first time?? I gotta say YES to both questions. Many of us want to get back to the big hair, the leg warmers, and the jean jackets!
The 80's were the last decade that, as a kid, we could stay out until dark, safely go into neighbors houses, and there was no reason to get out of bed if you fell asleep and forgot to lock the front door. We didn't have XBox or Wees, or cell phones. If we had a day of technological gaming, it was playing Frogger or Pong! We were totally happy playing hide and seek or Cowboys and Indians (I'm part Native American, though being an Indian never bothered me) and we never heard of being PC. We made complex tunnels in the snow banks, used ropes to swing 5 or 6 kids at a time 20 to 40 feet in the air (and we all lived when we fell off!), and fed marshmallows to raccoons from the back door steps. Some of us with a lot of patience even taught chipmunks to eat nuts out of our hands or on our shoulders. Life was easier, and a hell of a lot more fun than any kid has today. Why? Because we were safe. Children could wander the neighborhood, ride our bikes along roadsides, and enjoy running through connected yards sometimes until 9 or 9:30! To put it simply, we were safe. Everyone knew everyone but maybe it was because we could go OUTSIDE (and we preferred it that way)!
this was still in the 70's
Yes it was the 70's...but it was still a HUGE song in the early 80's! I used to reset the record and listen to it over and over! And My Sharona! I used to feel like I was doing something "bad" when I listened to this song (I was only 11 in 1980). My Mom used to FREAK when she heard my brother and I listening to this...haha!
I was 16 and ALREADY had my own show on College FM Radio, EVERY Saturday, prime time, ALL SUMMER LONG !
+Jason Place Okay; here goes my reply. I'm 51. Yes it was a fun time, but no I would not go back if I could. I have no regrets, and am still doing new things and accomplishing my goals. For one, I no longer need to work so I have plenty of time and resources. As far as the worst thing being grounded for a week or two, well that is just a cheap shot. For most of the 80's I served in the U.S. Air Force and was shot in Honduras and injured in the first Gulf War. Despite that, I loved every minute of my "youth". Thirty years later and guess what? I still manage to listen to great music, go out and party with friends (including new ones I meet) all the time. So if you are ever in Orlando, look me up. I'll bet you the bar tab I can still drink anyone under the table and stay out later than most!
I hope you don't take what I just said as an insult or in any way meant to put you down, it's just I here people much, much, much younger than me say they wish they did this or did that, or yadda yadda yadda. In this song he even says: "It's a teenage sadness everyone has got to taste, and between each madness that you know you can't erase".
Everyone has their own experiences in life and makes their own decisions. To quote Lester Burnham from a movie in the 90's, "It's never too late to start".
+Jason Place Yes, we all knew this song was "dirty".
"That sounded pretty good"? It's sounded fucking amazing!!!
Miss Doug so much..
Amen to that Brutha
+Matt Curley I miss Bruce Gary RIP
AM Pop stations played this version. FM stations played the dirty one.
This song should have 100 million views
The radio edit version is a little disappointing when you've already heard the album. But that's the way it was back then.
The original lyrics were played on the radio until there were complaints.
this is the 45 rpm version you ought to hear the chipmunks
@@MichaelHansenFUN I have the Chipmunk Punk Vinyl.
@@tryithere The radio version changed the lyrics, which originally were "Wishing you could get inside her pants" and "When she's sitting on your face." The Knack were really smarmy (but fun).
@@tryithere This is the first time I've ever heard this version. I remember "sitting on your face" on the radio, back in the day.
One of the most underrated bands ever! They helped kill disco!!!
great song....this band's debut album was so GOOD!
I love this song this band what an epic era !!! R I P Doug !
those days were amazing
There’s a funny interview out there with Elliot Easton of the cars. He said the cars were trying to get a number one song but the knack had it at that time and there were Knack life sized cut out figures of the band at record shops in every city they went to. He said Rick Ocasek are used to get so pissed off seeing those cardboard figures of the Knack. So one day the band stole one of them and they put it in bed with Rick while he was sleeping so when he woke up there was the Knack.😄
Great song--probably their best. Very "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" video vibe. Hey, why not emulate the best.
even I noticed
Wasnt Frustrated better? That was one of my fave rock tunes in genreal.
That's the first thing I noticed - and this is the first time watching the video!
Such an underrated band with three classic albums.
How does an underrated band spend 5 straight weeks as number 1 on the charts and sell 6 million albums worldwide 😂
Great songs are created with colloboration with real musicians, not computers. Miss bands like this.
I would play this over and over in junior high. In early 80's. Funny songs we used to love. I'm smiling
Fantastic music video! I used to watch in on MuchMusic in Canada! It was awesome then and is still a fab song, thanks so much for posting!!! Good Memories!
Oh, the sad edits. I love that I have the CD and can listen to the real lyrics, as well as the full guitar interlude in My Sharona.
Saw them live back in 1979 - they were great!!!!
An anthem from that era.
Remember when this album came out. Told my high school teacher they looked like The Beatles in their suits. All great songs on that album. Their own tunes and Buddy Holly copy's. Fuckin" great band.
Came out in the summer of 1979 LOVE THE 70s
Great song, great band. These are the PG lyrics for the radio :)
Perfect teenage pop song, I liked this more than my Sharona in 79 and couldn’t understand why it wasn’t massive.
This was my favourite song of theirs. I guess I had grown a bit tired a My Sharona. But actually, like My Sharona was a song about a crush. A cute girl my first year of secondary school named Lisa my mine. When I saw her, she was singing this song and I said to myself, she's the one!
GREAT tune. Timeless!
Love the song, love it more with the original lyrics
This was such a great album!!!
this was a great group
It's 2023 now, and this is one of those songs that is just as good now as it was back in 1979.
Saw The Knack on a party booze cruise out of Boston Harbor back in 1980.
Get the knack was one of the few albums I purchased as a teenager. Most were 8 track tapes. I am so glad I bought the album the tapes are 40 years old and too bridle to play. My Knack album still rocks today! Great music and a great band!
2020! sounds better then ever!!
Their best tune....
Was a junior in high school and a virgin, lol...heard that song and heard every "cool guy" who was getting laid since they were 10...just summed up adolescence to a tee...oh, and the fact that they wouldn't play it on the radio made it that much bigger!!
Had the 45"...first song I learned all the way through on the guitar. I miss that old Memphis Les Paul copy ..
I loved this song for decades 🎉
I think it was in the movie soundtrack of "Middle Aged Crazy" with Bruce Dern. ?
its just a great song we grew up with
I love this song ! long time since I've heard it
KNACK 2 BAYBEEEE!! SHOW ME THE MONEYYYYYYY
The same thing happened to Lou Christie with his song "RHAPSODY IN THE RAIN". The line "WE WERE MAKING OUT IN THE RAIN" had to be changed to "WE FELL IN LOVE IN THE RAIN". The line "OUR LOVE WENT MUCH TOO FAR" had to be changed to "LOVE CAME LIKE A FALLING STAR". Likewise, with "GOOD GIRLS DON'T" by the Knack, The line "WISHING YOU COULD GET INSIDE HER PANTS" had to be changed to "WISHING SHE WAS GIVING YOU A CHANCE". The line "TILL SHE'S SITTING ON YOUR FACE" had to be changed to "TILL SHE PUTS YOU IN YOUR PLACE". These songs had to be changed to get played on the radio. Censorship was a lot TOUGHER back then.
So did “(She’s So) Selfish”! But that was - from what I’ve read - only a single in Canada.
Awesome song, used to have it on 8-track.
Sounds like something The Kinks would sing. Good stuff!
It’s good isn’t it
best harmony ever!!!
I love the knack..had this album and the other one at bout 15 years old.. it worked
This was the clean version of the song. I know because i have the first album they put out on CD and well... it's a pain you can't erase, till she sits on your face! AND IT HURTS.
I have the unedited album as well
just heard this on tv talk about a blast from 35 years ago I thought I know this song,looked up wow amazing
Doug, you are the quintessential instrumentalist! I always enjoyed this song, especially on Rock of the 80’s vol. 15…it was right before Secret Separation by The Fixx.
Love the Knack - had all 3 albums! This one better than "My Sharona" IMHO
This song kicks ass 👍