Posted on 11/23/2002 4:57:59 PM PST by I_Love_My_Husband
The entire grunge thing was people mistaking a lack of talent for genius.
If you were to take all the grunge and change the instrumentation to fiddle, slide guitar and banjo, it's country!
Oh good! The new one is out?!? I cant read my last one, the pages are crooked because it was bound in Mexico and the whole thing is written in engrish...
Veruca salt is on the mix with PJ Harvey, the Breeders, Lucious Jackson etc...
My mixes of "girl groups"... so I do like a couple of the Nina Gordon solo stuff, but haven't heard the whole album.
As you all know, he is one of the icons of rock, like Skynard, Zep, and Bowie. Joan is right. These days Rolling Stone is just for pop music.
Hey! I marked this thread earlier this year (did a JJ search about her then). I marked the page since it had JJ stuff on it. It’s an old thread, but I had to try to find Freepers who are probably Jett Heads just to say...
I saw my first Joan Jett concert at Milwaukee’s Summerfest on July first, this past Thursday. I’ve been a fan since college when her first 2 albums were just out. Joan was rockin’ while I was at college and she is about 4 years older than me. She looks awesome, no matter what her age. How did she stay so slim? Vegan, I know, but still she is in awesome shape.
I have nearly every album (old LPs and new CDs).
Did you see “The Runaways” film this spring? It’s worth a watch. It ended too soon, just as Joan was going off on her own to form JJ and The Blackhearts. And recently a book about her came out, just called “Joan Jett”, also purchased on amazon.com. It has lots of pictures and the text is from interviews with the book’s author. The pics of her as child are so cute. She was adorable.
Anywho, the concert was amazing. Really fun crowd, and we all got in for general admission of 15 bucks. Can’t beat that with a stick!
Wondering how many concerts you may have seen?
I am going to keep checking her tour schedule and go as often as I can to future shows.
Joan had a headcold the night of the concert. Poor thing. She never said it, but we could tell she didn’t feel well. She just rocked on through the show. Her “n’s” and “m’s” were nasal-y and when she talked you could tell she had a head cold. She snuck a few Kleenex between songs. She was such a pro, she never mentioned she was sick. She was into it about 4 songs before I noticed.
Enzo the guitar player was so into it. It was infectious how he WAS the music. He was one with his guitar. Man he was fun to watch. Kenny Laguna was there on the keyboards, loyal friend to Joan as he is. Dougie Needles was awesome. The whole ensemble was a rock machine. Not one bad note! Pure perfection.
Good thing I have a concert on DVD of her’s (Live at the Rockies, circa 2001 available on amazon.com) to get me through until the next live concert.
I was going to post a “hey I went to a JJ concert” thread, but I know that only a select few of us would care to comment, you know, in a kind manner, without flames. Hee Hee.
At the end of the show, after the encore, the last thing she said was “And God Bless this great country of ours.”
Then she walked off. Looking like she needed to rest. It was nearly midnight. Then 2 days later(tonight) she’s in Texas and then on to California. No wonder she got a cold. She had been in London earlier this year and will be in Switzerland later this year. She’s a busy grrrl.
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: )
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