An Open Letter To Rolling Stone (Joan Jett is PISSED and I don't blame her!)

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[I_Love_My_Husband]

John Doe was a fantastic musician, and I loved Exene when she didn't sing on key!

[sneakypete]

I love that song "I Saved The World Today"...it was done by the Eurythmics in 1999...fantastic.

I think my favorite by her is "Sweet Dreams" (are made of this). As powerful as she is,I keep waiting for her to really open up and blow ALL the speakers out.

[sneakypete]

Thanks! I never could remember her name,but have heard she has one of the most beautiful voices around. What CD do you recommend the most?

BTW,check out the woman singing the soundtracks in the movie "The Gladiator". Amazing,simply amazing.

[Physicist]

Let's talk about a set of pipes: Alison Moyet of Yaz:

[general_re]

BTW,check out the woman singing the soundtracks in the movie "The Gladiator".

Her name is Lisa Gerrard, BTW.

Amazing,simply amazing.

Yes. Absolutely. Couldn't agree more.

[RikaStrom]

I've always like Joan Jett.

[L.N. Smithee]

You have these corporate morons running FM that have no clue. In the early 90's there was this wave of stations mixing classic rock with modern rock. Look, the last thing I want to hear is Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" followed by some Green Day song.

While I don't dig Green Day, I miss the days when you could turn to a place on the dial and couldn't tell for sure what was going to be played.

Maybe I am unusual, since all the genii that are programming FM nowadays have determined that they will only give listeners what surveys say they want to hear. But I cherish my memories of pre-Walkman Top 40 radio. After being only allowed in my single-digits to listen to the "beautiful music" stations (department-store instrumentals of hit songs, Roger Whittaker, Andy Williams, Perry Como, etc) and 60's "MOR" or Middle Of the Road stations (Herb Alpert, Tom Jones, The Lettermen, Carpenters, etc.), KFRC (San Francisco) was a revelation to me. Hard rock, country, R&B, disco! When I got out of school, I ran home to turn on the radio up high before my sisters and parents got home.

KFRC exposed me to other forms of music that I never appreciated. The closest thing to that experience nowadays is Launch, an online radio station that lets you program your own channel. Today, due to the current radio trend of "narrowcasting" instead of "broadcasting," it's tough to explain why I don't hate Led Zeppelin even though I like Missing Persons, or how I can groove to the Police, Lynyrd Skynyrd, George Benson, The Mamas and the Papas, Rush, Bootsy Collins, The Ramones, Traffic, No Doubt, Chuck Berry, Abba, Def Leppard, Adam Ant, Toby Keith, Motorhead, James Brown, and yes, even Roger Whittaker back-to-back.

[the_doc]

Joan Jett gives us yet another reason not to read Rolling Stone--but not one of the really good reasons, IMO.

(Shall I list the good reasons? I can't. I have never read Rolling Stone. So, I wouldn't know the reasons.)

[Physicist]

What CD do you recommend the most?

Well, if you want all her hits, The Whole Story is the one to buy. Not a bad song in the lot, but you know how it is: the better the artist, the less likely it is that her best stuff will suit a commercial taste.

Her most popular album is The Hounds of Love, which is great, but I'm partial towards The Dreaming.

[RightOnline]

Joan can rock. Period. I know. I've been slinging rock guitar for over 30 years.

[Revolting cat!]

How about some unpopular music for a change? No hype, just pure sounds! Marti Jones! Produced by Don Dixon. Check out especially her samplers and free MP3's from Unsophisticated Time. (Latest album sounds a little ho hum.)

[Physicist]

Let's not forget Björk Gudmundsdottir of the Sugarcubes:

[general_re]

No mention for Sensual World? Always liked that one, myself...

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Bjork was great when did that Birthday song...and Allison Moyet!...that diary song...

You've got great musical taste!

[Cindy]

I've never heard of Joann Jet, don't listen to Britney Spears, and have never read Rolling Stone. I read this post and couldn't find anything redeeming or important about this issue.

FYI.

[F16Fighter]

"Because Joan has a set of brass ones, as opposed to somewhat bouncy silicone ones."

Who's denying any of this? My money is on the testosterone. The last I saw of Joan Jett and her Marine crew cut I thought "she'd" become a "he."

[Physicist]

Bjork was great when did that Birthday song

In general I lean more towards the Sugarcubes, but her song "Hyperballad" was just devastating, and perversely danceable at the same time.

[angry elephant]

Joan Jet is a pal of NOW's President Patricia Ireland. Pardon me for intruding,but so what?

Well, since NOW totally supported Klintoon's "Women as throw-away sex objects," I don't know why Joan would get upset with Rolling Stone portraying young throw-away rock artists. After all, isn't this NOW's new thang? I think it shows her to be a hypocrite. She knows NOW and Jesse and the rest of her gang have no respect for real people.

[Arkansawyer]

Arkansawyer's Daughter says:

Oh god, don't give me more nightmares than I need... :: sits down in a corner and starts rocking back and forth ::

If Britney Spears does a remake of "Stairway to Heaven", I will personally... do very bad things. I LOVE that song, and if it EVER gets remade by Britney Spears, it will mean that the end of the world has come.

Erm... Spear Britney. That's all I have to say on that.

As for Joan playing for soldiers in Afghanistan: Go Joan! At least she's a rock star paying attention to what's going on... (I don't see any pop stars doing anything about it. It's all "me, me, ME!!" for them. Ugh.)

[I_Love_My_Husband]

Grandma! So glad you could make it here!! Nice to see you! Here we have some ...(nudges dead and bella and physicist), ummm, Bing Crosby records for you to listen to!