"I like a good story, well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself." - Mark Twain
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Sunday Music: Hit Me With Your Best Shot
The ass-kickingest monster hit from 1980 by the decade's ass-kickingest female rocker, Pat Benatar, which hit #9, and put her on the rock map beyond any doubt, and showcased the virtuosity of her lead guitarist and later husband Neil Geraldo, in an epic solo break. We chose it because evidently now, thirty years since she's had a hit on the charts, she's jackassically announced she will no longer sing it, and f**k what her fans want, because of "gun violence". Notably, she isn't returning the royalties from the song, nor the gold and platinum records it earned. Color us shocked. To which duplicity and hypocrisy we say, "It's a song, not a political ad. Shut up and dance, monkey." We aren't going to let her soft-headed senility now ruin a perfectly good Godzilla-sized rock mega-anthem from back in the day, before she lost her mind.
After the smoke clears and just before the start of the Nuremburg 2.0 trials we can have Neil Young sing..."The Needle and the Damage done"...for the opening theme.
Some time ago, Chet Atkins put together an album of the guitar players he considered the best. Mark knopfler was one of them, the late Roy Clark was another. I wish I could link to that album, but I've yet to locate it.
Great Arist!, I got a chance to see her back on her 1981 tour in San Jose CA. When I was stationed at Mare Island in Vallego CA.
ReplyDeleteAfter the smoke clears and just before the start of the Nuremburg 2.0 trials we can have Neil Young sing..."The Needle and the Damage done"...for the opening theme.
ReplyDeleteI always thought that she was a member of the Runaways with Lita Ford and Joan Jett but no she was not in that band.
ReplyDeleteSome time ago, Chet Atkins put together an album of the guitar players he considered the best. Mark knopfler was one of them, the late Roy Clark was another. I wish I could link to that album, but I've yet to locate it.
ReplyDeleteGuns and Roses, black and white version.
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/1w7OgIMMRc4
Benatar is the odd aunt that downs a bottle of Manischewitz and calls it medicine. Still I like a great many of her songs.
ReplyDeleteI like it, but I'm still going with Joan Jett as the ass-kickingest.
ReplyDeleteFor kick-ass rock songs with a great voice, as well as nostalgia for an object of my 20-something lust, it's hard to beat Pat.
ReplyDeleteFor political commentary, not so much.
Meh. Aging rocker struggling for "revelance" .
ReplyDeleteIs she gonna stop playing "Helter Skelter" too? That one actually relates to murder
Boat Guy
Ha ha. Wonder what she has to say about "Love is a Battlefield"?
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