Gracelander Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Doug Fieger, leader of the power pop band The Knack who sang on the 1979 hit "My Sharona," died Sunday. He was 57. Fieger, a Detroit-area native, died at his home in Woodland Hills near Los Angeles after battling cancer, according to The Knack's manager, Jake Hooker. Fieger formed The Knack in Los Angeles 1978, and the group quickly became a staple of Sunset Strip rock clubs. A year later he co-wrote and sang lead vocals on "My Sharona." Fieger said the song, with its pounding drums and exuberant vocals, was inspired by a girlfriend of four years. "I had never met a girl like her — ever," he told The Associated Press in a 1994 interview. "She induced madness. She was a very powerful presence. She had an insouciance that wouldn't quit. She was very self-assured. ... She also had an overpowering scent, and it drove me crazy." "My Sharona," an unapologetically anthemic rock song, emerged during disco's heyday and held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard pop chart for six weeks, becoming an FM radio standard. It became a pop culture phenomenon, parodied by Weird Al Yankovic and others and sampled by rap group Run DMC. In 1994, "My Sharona" re-entered the Billboard chart when it was released as a single from the soundtrack of the Ben Stiller film "Reality Bites." "My Sharona" gained attention again in 2005 when it was reported that George W. Bush had the song on the presidential iPod. Their songs, about young love and teenage lust, included the hits "Good Girls Don't," "She's So Selfish" and "Frustrated." The Knack continued to release albums and tour through the mid-2000s but they never replicated the success they enjoyed with their first two albums, "Get the Knack" and "... But the Little Girls Understand." Fieger battled cancer for six years. In 2006 he underwent surgery to remove two tumors from his brain. He is survived by a sister, Beth Falkenstein, and a brother, attorney Geoffrey Fieger of Southfield, Mich., who is best known for representing assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian. A Los Angeles memorial service for friends and family is being planned http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100215/ap_en_mu/us_obit_doug_fieger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 "I had never met a girl like her — ever' date='" he told The Associated Press in a 1994 interview. "She induced madness. She was a very powerful presence. She had an insouciance that wouldn't quit. She was very self-assured. ... She also had an overpowering scent, and it drove me crazy."[/quote']Hopefully we've all been fortunate enough to have one of those women in our lives. I know I have, and it's simply the greatest thing in the world. RIP dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Maybe the best one-hit wonder, ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I like that whole album, and to me My Sharona is not the best song on the album. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LjsOoO0VdM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LjsOoO0VdM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3KXwd8ZWQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3KXwd8ZWQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Hopefully we've all been fortunate enough to have one of those women in our lives. I know I have, and it's simply the greatest thing in the world. Apparently on multiple occasions......... I know. I must've said, "Hello, I love you" at least 15 times during the opening ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aREDSKIN Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Doug Fieger, lead singer of rock group the Knack, died at 57 after a battle with cancer, his brother Geoffrey confirmed today. “I’ve had 10 great lives,” Fieger told the Detroit News in a January interview. “And I expect to have some more. I don’t feel cheated in any way, shape or form.” Get the Knack, the album that featured “My Sharona,” spent six weeks at No. 1 in 1979. The hit single was perhaps best immortalized (or at least revitalized) via a hilarious impromptu gas station dance party in 1994’s Reality Bites. “Can you turn this up please? Please? You won’t be sorry.” http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/02/14/r-i-p-doug-fiegler-lead-singer-knack/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Posted yesterday bro. http://extremeskins.com/showthread.php?t=317353 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Night Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I loved these guys. I will always associate "My Sharona" with summer camp when I was like 12 years old. Great summer, great song. It rocks, you can dance to it, and it has an incredibly catchy hook with an unusual girl's name (see: Hang On Sloopy, Mony Mony, et al). What more do you want? And you gotta love a band that doesn't take itself too seriously. RIP Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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