Tag: The Knack

Knack – Good Girls Don’t ….Power Pop Friday

Good girls don’tGood girls don’tBut, she’ll be telling youGood girls don’tBut I do

The Knack was huge after their debut album but the record company wanted another one quickly. That was a huge mistake. A band takes years and years to make their first album. What I mean is they are writing songs as teenagers and later until they get a record deal. They use most of them up for the debut and now are stuck with coming up with a new album in a few months. That is a hard chore to do and why there is a sophomore slump with some bands.

Good Girls Don’t was released by the Knack in 1979 off the album Get the Knack. It was written by Knack singer  Doug Fieger and peaked at 11 on the Billboard Charts. Everyone knows their other big single off that album “My Sharona” but I really liked this one at the time and still do. I was going to write…this song would not fly today but…I’ve heard rap songs that make this sound like Mother Goose.

One of the main reasons I like this song is the bridge. I don’t talk about a song’s bridge very much but it’s put together well. It starts with it’s a teenage sadness and builds. I will say this…I still like My Sharona…but I’ve My Sharonaed out. I still like it but in small doses. This one is a lot of fun.

I was 12 about to be 13 when I heard this song for the first time. For a new teenage boy, it was a great song. Fieger wrote this song in 1972 and didn’t want to record it for the album until the producer talked him into it. It is a strong power pop song with some edgy lyrics for 1979 and a “clean” single was released also that edited out the naughty things. It is a teenage song but it’s still fun.

The first video is the cleaner version of them in the studio…the second is the real version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOryKDicvKg

Good Girls Don’t

She’s your adolescent dreamSchool boy stuffA sticky, sweet romanceAnd she makes you wanna screamWishing you could get inside her pants

So you fantasize awayWhile you’re squeezing herYou thought you heard her saying

Good girls don’tGood girls don’tBut, she’ll be telling youGood girls don’tBut I do

So you call her on the phoneTo talk about the teachers that you hateAnd she says she’s all aloneAnd her parents won’t be coming home ’til late

There’s a ringing in your brain‘Cause you could have sworeYou thought you heard her saying

Good girls don’tGood girls don’tBut, she’ll be telling youGood girls don’tBut I do

And it’s a teenage sadnessEveryone has got to tasteAn in-between age madnessThat you know you can’t erase‘Til she’s sitting on your face

You’re alone with her at lastAnd you’re waiting ’til you think the time is right‘Cause you’ve heard she’s pretty fastAnd you’re hoping that she’ll give you some tonight

So, you start to make your play‘Cause you could have sworeYou thought you heard her saying

Good girls don’tGood girls don’tBut, she’ll be telling youGood girls don’tBut I do

And it’s a teenage sadnessEveryone has got to tasteAn in-between age madnessThat you know you can’t erase‘Til she’s sitting on your face(And it hurts)

Good girls don’tGood girls don’tBut, she’ll be telling youGood girls don’tBut I do

Good girls don’tGood girls don’tBut, she’ll be telling youGood girls don’tBut I doBut I doBut I doBut I do