 piper909  | 12 Mar 2017 11:20 p.m. PST |
Might as well let the People decide: Joan Jett (as herself or with the Runaways), what's you favorite song of hers? If any. As I play a collection today, I'm torn between Fake Friends, Backlash, Cherry Bomb, Light of Day, Good Music, Bad Reputation, Crimson and Clover -- all I know is it ain't I Love Rock and Roll. |
| Cerdic | 12 Mar 2017 11:43 p.m. PST |
I only know the one. I think it was her only hit in Britain? |
| Mako11 | 13 Mar 2017 1:14 a.m. PST |
Rock and Roll is really good, as is "I hate myself for loving you". Just watched some of her videos on Youtube. Lots of good nostalgic stuff there. |
| John Treadaway | 13 Mar 2017 1:51 a.m. PST |
I think I saw her with "The Runaways" in the late '70s at the Roundhouse in Camden. Can't remember much about it…. Not surprisingly!  John T |
| ZULUPAUL | 13 Mar 2017 2:41 a.m. PST |
Didn't she do a version of "Little Drummer Boy"? |
| Gunfreak | 13 Mar 2017 3:31 a.m. PST |
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| Militia Pete | 13 Mar 2017 4:47 a.m. PST |
Bad Reputation.
The kids think she is having a "bad vacation" and is upset about it. Good stuff |
 Murphy  | 13 Mar 2017 5:02 a.m. PST |
"I Love You Love".. The video is fun also… Know some folks that know her and have worked with her. They say she's a great performer, but a b***** (rhymes with 'witch") as an actual person…. |
| shirleylyn | 13 Mar 2017 5:12 a.m. PST |
Greg Graffin from Bad Religion said she is quite the b****. |
| Tommy20 | 13 Mar 2017 5:13 a.m. PST |
Gotta give the nod to Cherry Bomb. |
| Major Mike | 13 Mar 2017 6:06 a.m. PST |
She sat behind me in school for a class. I hate myself for loving you |
| Old Wolfman | 13 Mar 2017 7:01 a.m. PST |
"Do Ya Wanna…",and Zulu Paul,she did do a cover of "The Little Drummer Boy". She also has some acting chops too. |
| Wackmole9 | 13 Mar 2017 8:38 a.m. PST |
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 McKinstry  | 13 Mar 2017 9:36 a.m. PST |
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| thorr666 | 13 Mar 2017 9:49 a.m. PST |
Hate myself for loving you |
| Winston Smith | 13 Mar 2017 9:53 a.m. PST |
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| nazrat | 13 Mar 2017 11:54 a.m. PST |
I've seen her live and appreciate her music but I have no favorite. I guess I don't like her enough to have one. |
| piper909 | 13 Mar 2017 1:21 p.m. PST |
Yes, Joan did a rockin' version of Little Drummer Boy that belongs on any Christmas music collection! Maybe Greg Graffin is mad because she turned him down for a date? Joan has a rep, or had a rep, for being very gracious toward fans, at least. I remember her sitting in a tour bus after a show in Austin in about 1993 or 1994, patiently signing autographs and records for people who'd hung around after the show, wrapped in a big coat against the cold. Still got those! And a year or two later, she signed the sole of one of my bagpipe chanters! On the other side, Jackie Fox of the Runaways gave a story to a reporter (Rolling Stone?) a couple of years ago, widely reproduced -- try Huffington Report -- that shows young Joan in a very bad light, as being an abusive bandmate who hazed her and did nothing when creepy "manager" Kim Fowley actually raped Jackie at a party in the presence of other Runaways. So there's that (alleged, but probably true) ugly episode that stains her legacy as a pioneer for women in rock. |
 etotheipi | 13 Mar 2017 2:24 p.m. PST |
This. Because, reasons. I Joan Jett and the Blackhearts open for KISS back in 19-non-of-your-business. Well, OK, I can't remember exactly when, but maybe Behind the Mask tour? Googling the facts seems like a lot of effort and a completely superfluous act with respect to asserting things on the Internet. They played this and this, too. Great concert. |
| shirleylyn | 13 Mar 2017 5:25 p.m. PST |
Do you mean "unmasked" tour? |
| etotheipi | 13 Mar 2017 5:28 p.m. PST |
Unmasked … yeah, that sounds right. |
| Shagnasty | 13 Mar 2017 7:12 p.m. PST |
Sorry, got to go with "I Love R & R." Actually any video when she was wearing black leather! |
| piper909 | 13 Mar 2017 8:55 p.m. PST |
Yeah, the leather suit. Joan owes a major debt to Suzi Quatro for that. But the red Converse Chuck Taylor hi-tops were all her own! |
| CeruLucifus | 13 Mar 2017 9:34 p.m. PST |
Hello, daddy. Hello, mom.
I'm your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Hello world! I'm your wild girl.
I'm your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb! I think the Runaways version is the classic (made it into the "Guardians of the Galaxy" soundtrack) but she did cover it solo as well. Saw her live at a small hall at UCLA in …. mmm … 1984 I think. The opening band was Social Distortion, back when they only had the Mommy's Little Monster record. |
| COL Scott ret | 14 Mar 2017 3:52 p.m. PST |
I like her music with no particular favorite. Saw her when she opened for Hall and Oates, it was right when I LR&R came out so she had to have another band open for her. Much of the audience left after her show |
