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Guilty Pleasure
from: fuseaction
During my formative years (80's &90's) there were
three girl bands that rocked on a consistent basis. The
Go Go's, JOAN JETT and Pat Benetar, in that order. Yes,
there were others and some female fronted bands had some
great individual songs but I think overall this was your
upper echelon.
Last night on a whim I tried to see if I could catch
JOAN JETT playing North Six. I figure seeing any big
star on a small stage can't be all bad. Seems I was
right. I got lucky and snagged a ticket even though the
show was sold out and mini riot ensued when the club
stopped letting people in after a certain point. There
is something to be said for sponteniety. Walking in just
as the stripped down BLACKHEARTS were setting up was
just magical.
JOAN JETT looked and sounded great playing all ofher
hits and stuff off her new album. I even got a little
misty eyed hearing Bad Reputation. Say what you want,
that's punk. It may be pop but it's real punk rock. I
Love Rock N Roll is pure attitude and I Hate Myself For
Loving You is the strut. The new album sounded pretty
good too from what I heard. About the only things I
could have done without were some of the cover songs
like the Sly and the Family Stones' Everyday People,
although Crimson and Clover came out pretty heavy.
I heard the sound man complaining about the size of
the venue as I was leaving. I have no idea what he was
talking about. I may have never seen her before but I
doubt I will ever want to do so after being in an
intimate setting like North Six. Heck, I could see Joan
Jett sweat and hear her give shit to her goofy faced
guitarist between songs. At one point I heard her
admonish him "Don't make me yell out to you again!".
Yeah, she's still got the swagger.
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