History YMMV / TheKnack

* AudienceAlienatingEra: Everything after their first LP, due to most of their songs [[StrictlyFormula sounding exactly the same]] with no more catchy hooks or melodies. The liner notes for ''...But the Little Girls Understand'' [[LampshadeHanging even say]]: "The songs are an assortment of feelings and emotions expressed redundantly as only The Knack can... [[MoneyDearBoy This record is very dear to me and my bank manager]]."

* DorkAge: Everything after their first LP, due to most of their songs [[StrictlyFormula sounding exactly the same]] with no more catchy hooks or melodies. The liner notes for ''...But the Little Girls Understand'' [[LampshadeHanging even say]]: "The songs are an assortment of feelings and emotions expressed redundantly as only The Knack can... [[MoneyDearBoy This record is very dear to me and my bank manager]]."

* WhatAnIdiot: A ''huge'' one courtesy of their label, Creator/CapitolRecords. So, you have a band with a #1 hit single, and a fine album to go along with it. You promote them as the next [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]], which is a bold claim to make, but whatever.\\
'''You'd Expect''': To let the band do interviews, as any other up-and-coming artists would happily do. That way, they can get their name out there better, and come across as amiable to the public and press. It's not as if most interviewers ask hard-hitting questions anyway.\\
'''Instead''': Capitol specifically tells them ''not'' to do interviews to [[InsaneTrollLogic preserve their mystique]], heavily leading to the backlash against the band, as it causes folks to think they're full of themselves, indirectly leading to the band's failure of a second album, and their unceremonious breakup. [[SarcasmMode Great job]]!

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: ''My Sharona'', of course, but several other tracks from their debut album as well, like ''Good Girls Don't'' and ''Frustrated''.

* {{Narm}}: ''Baby Talks Dirty'' from their second LP, which has Doug having ''[[FanDisservice an orgasm]]'' throughout the track. Eww.

* DorkAge: Everything after their first LP, due to most of their songs [[StrictlyFormula sounding exactly the same]] with no more catchy hooks or melodies. The liner notes for "...But the Good Girls Understand" [[LampshadeHanging even say]] "The songs are an assortment of feelings and emotions expressed redundantly as only The Knack can... [[MoneyDearBoy This record is very dear to me and my bank manager]]."

* {{Narm}}: ''Baby Talks Dirty'', which has Doug having ''[[FanDisservice an orgasm]]'' throughout the track. Eww.

* {{Narm}}: ''Baby Talks Dirty", which has Doug having ''[[FanDisservice an orgasm]]'' throughout the track. Eww.

* WhatAnIdiot: A ''huge'' one courtesy of their label, Creator/CapitolRecords. So, you have a band with a #1 hit single, and a fine album to go along with it. You promote them as the next Beatles, which is a bold claim to make, but whatever.\\
'''You'd Expect''': To let the band do interviews, as any other up-and-coming artist would happily do. That way, they can get their name out there better, and come across as amiable to the public and the press. It's not as if most interviewers ask hard-hitting questions anyway.\\
'''Instead''': Capitol specifically tells them ''not'' to do interviews to [[InsaneTrollLogic preserve their mystique]], heavily leading to the backlash against the band, as it causes folks to think they're full of themselves, indirectly leading to the band's failure of a second album, and their unceremonious breakup. [[SarcasmMode Great job]].

'''Instead''': Capitol specifically tells them ''not'' to do interviews to [[InsaneTrollLogic preserve their mystique]], heavily leading to the backlash against the band, as it causes folks to think they're full of themselves.

* WhatAnIdiot: A ''huge'' one courtesy of their label, Capitol Records. So, you have a band with a #1 hit single, and a fine album to go along with it. You promote them as the next Beatles, which is a bold claim to make, but whatever.\\

* WhatAnIdiot: A ''huge'' one courtesy of their label, Capitol Records. So, you have a band with a #1 hit single, and a fine album to go along with it. You promote them as the next Beatles, which is a bold claim to make, but whatever. //
'''You'd Expect''': To let the band do interviews, as any other up-and-coming artist would happily do. That way, they can get their name out there better, and come across as amiable to the public and the press.It's not as if most interviewers ask hard-hitting questions anyway. //

You'd Expect: To let the band do interviews, as any other up-and-coming artist would happily do. That way, they can get their name out there better, and come across as amiable to the public and the press.It's not as if most interviewers ask hard-hitting questions anthey. //
Instead: Capitol specifically tells them not to do interviewers to prezerve their mystique, heavily leading to the backlash against the band, as it causes folks to think they're full of themselves.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: ''My Sharona'', of course, but also several other tracks from their debut album, like ''Good Girls Don't'' and ''Frustrated''.