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JOAN JETT rocks Riverplace with 34 years of music under her studded belt
from: lehighvalleylive.com
by Adam Richter
JOAN JETT has a simple formula for her music: Keep the chords simple, speed up the tempo and crank the volume to 11. Tonight -- 34 years to the day since the founding of the RUNAWAYS, she told the crowd -- Jett used this formula to great success as she rocked the thousands of fans at Musikfest's RiverPlace.
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS played the opening set before the B-52s hit the stage, giving the crowd a roughly even mix of new songs and classics. Of course, she started with "Bad Reputation," but it was another 45 minutes before she played her other signature hit, "I Love Rock 'N' Roll." She followed that with "Crimson and Clover," another easily recognizable hit from the 1980s.
Jett, clad in a gray "RUNAWAYS" T-shirt, leather pants and a studded belt, sounded just as gruff and aggressive as she ever has. She got the biggest cheers for her familiar songs but that didn't stop her from playing some of the rarities: "Androgynous," a song written by The Replacement's Paul Westerberg, "Change the World" -- both songs from her 2006 album, "SINNER" -- and "You Drive Me Wild."
The last song, she said, was the first she ever wrote.
Small pockets of fans stood up for "Do You Wanna Touch" but it was the tail end of the band's set that got the crowd on its feet and kept them there. Jett played, in order, "I Love Rock 'N' Roll," "Crimson and Clover" and "I Hate Myself For Loving You," her last song of the evening.
The highlight was her RUNAWAYS material, even if the crowd didn't recognize it as much: "Cherry Bomb," "You Drive Me Wild" and "I Love Playing With Fire." At Musikfest, Jett showed why she is still one of a kind.
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