Following this weekend's loss of musician Doug Fieger, I'm going through some YouTube vids and found two of my favorites from the less-appreciated 2nd album by The Knack, "But the Little Girls Understand."
"I Want Ya" was the second cut - just a bunch of simple chords but Bruce Gary's drumming is even better than I remember.
This is the cover of The Kinks', "The Hard Way," that I mentioned on Monday.
And yes, I owned a black and a brown skinny tie - the only way to express individuality in a boys Catholic school uniform in the late 70s and early 80s.
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