In addition to Isaac Hayes' South Park role, he scored the music for the 1971 movie "Shaft", and received an Acadamy Award for the iconic theme song, fittingly called "Theme From Shaft". The man sure knew how to write a slick, funky groove.
Thanks for helping me appreciate this song more. Don't give me wrong, I've always liked it. But I never really "listened" to it until I watched you guys. I get it now - you are right - thanks again!
First half of the song, the Germans are sweeping through Russia, Belorussia, and Ukraine. Second half, the Russians are bearing on Berlin. "The old men and children they send to confront us they can't slow us down". Then what? He's sent to the gulag by the paranoid Lenonist/Soviet govt?
If you do “Love, look what you’ve done to me” please watch the LIVE VERSION!!! He is older but not slipping a bit, but the end you need to hear!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Guys you need to understand that albums in the '60s, ''70s, and '80s were meant to be listened to as a collection or complete thought. So if you ever do that on your own, it will be a sensory experience...😊
Here is early Chicago in a nutshell imo, bluzy, jazzy, classical, and rock-n-roll. Pete’s tenor voice sounds like a horn at times. Terry’s voice is deep, full and gutsy. Then there is Bobby in the middle smooth and melodic. Add the tremendous drumming of Danny and the horn section of Lee, Walt and John that sounds like a complete string section with the guitar and piano sounds and that is Chicago. No duplicates period.
Thank you for including At Last! It is just a little before my time, but it is perfection! If you are looking for 40's. Try anything Glenn Miller, maybe the Andrew Sisters! The 50's Rockabilly music is a sound you might really like. Keep the reviews coming. I really enjoy them.
If you ever get a chance to see the video of the wife ride where you're doing a concert. You really love that 1, especially on this Halloween tour. One back in the 1988 in Detroit. That's a hell of a concert there. I got the video on that 1. The DVD another one. You might want to see if it's called runaway train. And that's a good song or the last man on earth is another good song. You'd probably like it too. There's a lot of malice Cooper.'s I mean he just got him after somewhere different from each other but they all rock
THANK YOU for reacting to JOAN JETT!!! She is called the “Godmother of Punk” and “Queen of Rock n Roll”, and has pioneered women in hard rock since the 70’s! She got her first guitar at 13 as a Xmas present from her parents and was musically influenced by T-Rex, Bowie, Iggy Pop & SUZI QUATRO. At 15 years old she started the FIRST ALL GIRL punk/metal influenced hard rock band in 1975 which also featured a teenage Lita Ford on lead guitar and vocalist Cherie Currie (However, FANNY was the first all girl ROCK band but punk had not come into the music scene yet until the mid 70’s). In 1976 they debuted their first album “The Runaways” which spawned the classic song “Cherry Bomb”, which Joan Jett wrote as an audition song for vocalist Cherie Currie, alluding to her name and the fact that they were all “teenage firecrackers” (Cherie Currie, 16, wore a corset, fishnet stockings, black underwear and high heels on stage which gave them the reputation as “jailbait rock”). Although this was their most recognized song, it certainly does not define them as a band. Their album debuted the same time that Heart debuted their album “Dreamboat Annie”. Both bands had to deal with sexism and misogyny from the male dominated genre of hard rock, although Heart was backed by male band members, the Runaways got it worse being ALL teenage girls. They released “Queens of Noise” in 1977 and toured Japan where they were HUGE, they were NEVER taken seriously in America. Lead vocalist Cherie Currie quit the band during the tour making Joan the front girl of the band. After the tour they recorded what I think is their best album, “Waiting for the Night'' which Joan Jett wrote most of the songs, along with some songs written by Lita Ford. It was a punk/metal influenced album after touring in England and being exposed to the punk rock scene, later touring with the Ramones, Cheap Trick, etc. By 1978 there was heavy drug abuse and tension among the remaining 3 members of the band (Joan, Lita and drummer Sandy West) after they released their 4th and final studio album “And now, the Runaways” (which featured the song “Black Leather” written by Steve Jones and Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols). Joan Jett gravitated towards a Punk sound and both Lita and Sandy towards a more heavy metal sound. By Spring 1979 the band broke up and Joan Jett began her solo career which would last till this day. Later Lita Ford would also find mainstream success. In 1979 Joan Jett met Kenny Laguna, a producer who also became her manager. Together they set out to launch Joan’s solo career but NO ONE wanted Joan Jett. Joan recorded FIVE songs on a demo tape: “I Love Rock n Roll”, “Crimson and Clover”, “Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah!), “Bad Reputation” and “You Don’t Own Me”. The demo was sent to *23* major, and minor, record labels. ALL *23* labels rejected her saying, in essence, she wasn’t marketable. Their letters said Joan “should lose the guitar” or “look prettier” and she needed a “song search”. Not giving up, Kenny Laguna took some money he had saved and both Kenny and Joan started their OWN record label, BLACKHEART Records. They recorded their first album titled “Joan Jett” in 1980 and sold their records at shows from the trunk of their car. Eventually they were signed on to Boardwalk Records and they re-released the album as “Bad Reputation”. Joan put an ad saying, “Wanted 3 good men” for a band and the Blackhearts were formed. While still struggling as a woman in hard rock the band recorded the album “I Love Rock n Roll”. The title track went to #1 on the Billboard chart for 8 weeks in a row!!! The next single “Crimson and Clover” went to #5 (a cover song from Tommy James and the Shondells which Kenny Laguna temporarily played keyboards with and he brought the song for Joan to sing). They re-released the songs “Bad Reputation” and “Do You Wanna Touch Me” and they became hits. The video for “Bad Reputation” was a JAB at all 23 record labels that rejected her (note that the 4 songs that were rejected were 4 hits on the Billboard charts). Joan Jett was HUGE and was touring with Queen, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and other big bands. In 1983 she released the album called “Album” which had 2 hits “Fake Friends” and a cover of Sly and the Family Stones’ “Everyday People”. In 1986 she appeared in the movie “Light of Day” with Michael J. Fox, with her acting performance getting great reviews, and the title track song written by Bruce Springsteen. In 1988 “Up your Alley” was released and 2 songs were hits “I Hate Myself For Loving You” and “Little Liar”. In 1990 “The Hit List” was released, an album of ALL cover songs, including the covers of “Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)” by AC/DC, “Love Hurts” by Nazareth and “Have You Ever Seen The Rain” by CCR. In the early 90’s the Grunge era came but Joan continued putting out albums and non stop touring. “Notorious” (1992) and “Pure and Simple” (1994) were released. Joan also did other TV shows and movies such as “Boogie Boy”. In 2000 she was doing “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on Broadway playing Magenta. “Naked” CD was released in Japan (not in America) which had the song “Science Fiction, Double Feature”. In 2006 she released the “Sinner” CD which had the video for the song “ACDC”, a cover of the Sweets’ song (about bisexuality) which featured Carmen Elektra. Joan Jett also toured the Vans Warped Tour main stage that year. In 2013 she released “Unvarnished” and the song/video for “Any Weather” co written by Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and the song “Soulmates to Strangers” co written by Trans musician Laura Jane Grace from Against Me. In 2015 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame after the previous year when Joan Jett performed “Smells Like Teen Spirit” w/ Nirvana when they were inducted. Throughout the years Joan Jett has written songs for other artists such as Alice Cooper, L7, Bikini Kill, etc. She was dubbed the leader of the “Riot Girrl” movement of the 90’s. She produced other bands and signed them to her Blackheart Records label. She is an animal activist for P.E.T.A. For years she also goes to play free shows for American troops overseas bringing them “a piece of home”. She is a singer, musician, songwriter, producer, record label owner, activist, pioneer, legend and Icon. Below will be some links to Official Videos and performances. For a more in depth account of her history check out the Showtime music documentary “Bad Reputation” it’s on RU-vid.
“Bad Reputation” is from her first solo record in 1980 (right before forming the Blackhearts). The Runaways (Joan’s first band, all teenage girls, 1975-1979) had a reputation for being “jailbait” rock and had a reputation for partying. However, after the Runaways broke up in Spring of 1979 Joan went into a DEEP depression. She contemplated joining the military, but MUSIC was her PASSION. At first she didn’t know WHAT to do. When the Runaways were a band the MEDIA and the INDUSTRY all told them “girls can’t play rock n roll” (something the Go-Go’s and other female artists and bands would deal with) and at this point it LOOKED like they all won and were laughing at Joan. She started drinking REAL heavy and abusing drugs badly. She hung out w/ “punks” from the L.A. scene such as Sid Vicious and others, that got her labeled as a trouble maker, thus she had a bad reputation among the industry and NO ONE would sign her to a record deal (23 major and minor record labels sent her rejection letters which she still has to this day), so Joan and her manager started their OWN label “Blackheart Records” and put the first 2 albums on their own. The SONG “Bad Reputation” was about her attitude towards the haters. “Everyone can say what they wanna say, it never gets better anyway. So WHY should I care ‘bout a bad reputation anyway? Oh no!” AFTER the song and album “I Love Rock n Roll” became HUGE they RE released the song “Bad Reputation” as a single and NOW became a hit!!! They recorded a video for it basically giving a middle finger to all the record companies that told her NO, worth checking out. The song would also become a staple in Pop Culture being used as the opening song for the show “Freaks and Geeks” and used in films such as “10 things I Hate about you” and “Shrek” and recently as Professional Wrestler Ronda Rousey’s walk out theme song.
What a great reaction. Us old guys who heard this stuff when it first came out appreciate the young guys discovering it. This music is so well written and performed it will never be equaled.
This song was inspired on the message of encouraging this planet to unite in a notion of love. A world of love, tolerance, and understanding is the core of this timeless masterpiece. 🌍🌎🕊️ Seeing Nick respond to this song the way he did, was heartfelt man. This song really does hug the heart.
The best thing about a truly enjoyable reaction video is when you are able to connect with the song AND tune in to things I personally never thought about musically when I heard it all those years ago. I simply knew I loved it. Glad you enjoy it so much. Maybe with more of young people spreading the word, artists will start exploring and producing this type of music again.
Boz was the king in the eighties. Yes a bouncer wouldn't let him thru the front door of the Whispers nightclub in Brisbane bcos he was wearing loafers but he is still the king.
Please guys, for vocals out of this world, watch John Farnham from Oz, doing "Help ", live, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and his other work. Love you, young men with such open minds, hearts and souls. You make my day ❤
Jeff Buckley plays Jeff Buckley music; he’s better live than listening to his records. Jeff Buckley - Live in Chicago is the whole concert to react to, it’s other. Just a suggestion but have you guys ever done a full concert reaction? As said, it’s other and at a small venue. Jeff Buckley plays Jeff Buckley music. Very prophetic in many ways this concert; gone way too young.
"Blitzkrieg" means "fast war". If you would look for another song from this band, PLEASE consider listening to "Pet Sematary", cause it's different, slower than most of their great hits. That's why it hits differently and it's an awesome Halloween track. You would love it. Cheers!
I think the song isn't aimed at mature women but the rebellious teenagers. It's too repetitive for me, although I love Blitzkrieg Bop and I Wanna Be Sedated by Ramones. I dig punk but that's mediocre for me.
