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Concert review: JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS
from: jsonline.com
by Dave Tianen, Journal Sentinel staff
Photo by Maggie St. Thomas (www.35mmmaggie.com)
Dave Marsh calls JOAN JETT the female Chuck Berry, which has a generalized validity but gets most of the specifics wrong.
Berry was a rock 'n' roll outsider because he was black and a street hustler. Jett's outsider status is mined from white chick delinquency. Where Chuck was sly, Jett is defiant.
As Jett and her BLACKHEARTS showed she's keeping her punk credentials in good form for a woman of 43. She still spits and snarls, and she can still pull off the tight leather pants and halter. Butch hair, eyeliner and lots of attitude do the rest.
One thing she does share with Berry is that many of their best songs tend to be anthems, which works in her favor at Summerfest. Tunes like "I Love Rock and Roll," "Light of Day" and "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" are tailor-made for bouncing on picnic benches and singing along.
The other Berry virtue she shares is a sense of humor. It's not her best-known work, but her punk send up of the Mary Tyler Moore theme "Love Is All Around" may be her finest moment - at least soon after "I Hate Myself for Loving You."
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