tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post497993608453209558..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Joan Jett Explains It All For YouNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-75766689532320388842007-10-12T10:52:00.000-04:002007-10-12T10:52:00.000-04:00We agree about the song and how she does it, but I...We agree about the song and how she does it, but I think she looks a little to comfortable with those nip and tuck folks. She is after all, 49. Yep, 49. I would say it was all the clean living that makes her so youthful, but I cannot quite make myself type that!<BR/><BR/>Which is not to bag Joan or the song. I just wish she had let herself look 49, I think it would suit her better.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-78100182034415949602007-10-11T20:40:00.000-04:002007-10-11T20:40:00.000-04:00I could not love her any more. I had a fantastic ...I could not love her any more. I had a fantastic encounter with her last Saturday (see my blog under Oct. 8) and she was so lovely and gracious. She is so awesome!Stealthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432247151896003689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-59250509793719818722007-10-11T16:26:00.000-04:002007-10-11T16:26:00.000-04:00Well speaking purely for myself, I think she looks...Well speaking purely for myself, I think she looks gorgeous. I love the cheekbones and everything else. She did a fine job with the song, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-28536073667832882522007-10-11T15:58:00.000-04:002007-10-11T15:58:00.000-04:00I agree Steve. I think part of the difference was ...I agree Steve. I think part of the difference was the lilting cadence that Paul used in the song. Joan is more rhythmically straight ahead in her version.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-53826951261345272572007-10-11T14:54:00.000-04:002007-10-11T14:54:00.000-04:00I took the original as more of a vignette than any...<I>I took the original as more of a vignette than anything like a manifesto or call for change. <BR/><BR/>But then maybe this is why Joan did the remake.<BR/><BR/>Trey<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>I think you're right. I don't think Westerberg was consciously making a larger political point, but it's implicit in the song nonetheless.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-6911500780627918812007-10-11T14:26:00.000-04:002007-10-11T14:26:00.000-04:00I do like the clear and unaffected manner in which...I do like the clear and unaffected manner in which she sings. I do not like the way her cheekbones and lips look, well, weird and a bit artificial.<BR/><BR/>I agree, it is always great to see John Doe! It seems like Joan is getting a preachy quality from the original that I missed, she sets the video as her teaching the children, an outreach if you will.<BR/><BR/>I took the original as more of a vignette than anything like a manifesto or call for change. <BR/><BR/>But then maybe this is why Joan did the remake.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-37050846856379074612007-10-11T13:54:00.000-04:002007-10-11T13:54:00.000-04:00Sweet.I'm going to borrow thisSweet.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to borrow thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-17548212643937368142007-10-11T11:15:00.000-04:002007-10-11T11:15:00.000-04:00In about 1980 – give or take – I was at First Aven...In about 1980 – give or take – I was at First Avenue to see X, who came through town a lot in those days. Every few months, trundling off to see X. Opening were the Replacements, about whom I cared very little, as they seemed unrelated to my constant search for the same wham I got from the Grateful Dead. (I was evolving though – I did love X.) <BR/><BR/>So I’m standing in the middle of the largely empty First Avenue main floor, watching the Replacements. And I look over and I’m standing right next to Exene, who’s about four and half feet tall, also holding a beer and really grooving to the Replacements. “Hi Exene!”<BR/><BR/>She really loved the Replacements. “Oh yeah these guys are great.” So she had noticed them, and I hadn’t. Of course that was her field, pop music that is, whereas I spent my days on radical community organizing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-51401105121849577012007-10-11T07:59:00.000-04:002007-10-11T07:59:00.000-04:00Her cover of Crimson and Clover was a total, perfe...Her cover of Crimson and Clover was a total, perfect reimagining of that song as well.NYMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-21179659212129582172007-10-11T02:09:00.000-04:002007-10-11T02:09:00.000-04:00Joan Jett as librarian/teacher is like a few 8th g...Joan Jett as librarian/teacher is like a few 8th grade fantasies come to life.<BR/><BR/>Hey, John Doe! Awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-89422120290033581572007-10-11T00:26:00.000-04:002007-10-11T00:26:00.000-04:00That was awesome :) I saw Joan Jett and the Blackh...That was awesome :) I saw Joan Jett and the Blackhearts live about 25 years ago. Great show, and it's nice to see that she's still out there doing her thing :)refinnejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288302263845704442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-27790369993001447052007-10-11T00:24:00.000-04:002007-10-11T00:24:00.000-04:00God only knows what most Replacements fans made of...God only knows what most Replacements fans made of this song back in the day.<BR/><BR/>Seriously -- this was on the same album as "Answering Machine" and "Gary's Got a Boner." <BR/><BR/>And "Unsatisfied." And "I Will Dare." And a cover of a Kiss song that finds some depth in the original.<BR/><BR/>There are days I think it's the greatest record ever made.<BR/><BR/>And they were kids when they did it.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-53293129729623625652007-10-11T00:19:00.000-04:002007-10-11T00:19:00.000-04:00Joan's cover of this Paul Westerberg song reveals ...Joan's cover of this Paul Westerberg song reveals to me her massive skills as an interpreter (being totally hot doesn't hurt) and Paul's as a latter day Tin Pan Alley songwriter and lyricist. Note here how Joan enunciates clearly every single word, most of which Paul slurred to hell in his original. What a stirring antidote to this shithole fundamentalist O'Lielly world. It makes you feel clean and hopeful just listening to it. Much of it is Joan. How can you not love this woman !!!<BR/><BR/>thx. steve.Douglas Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686351092076044875noreply@blogger.com