Pat Benetar and Neil Giraldo are great. They were both on CBS Sunday Morning last summer. There was one moment of the interview where Pat discussed how often she received push back having Neil's name appear with her on a marquee. She said, "because every song that you love and listen to was created by him, you,.. asshole" God I love artistic integrity and come on, who doesn't love a wife that has her husband's back? And her voice, perfect rock and roll.
@@chrisoakley5830 I saw them somewhere around 98 or 97. They are just the most pleasant couple anyone could imagine. They sincerely complimented the crowd of ~5000. They performed like they were in front of a half million. Giraldo performs brilliantly in some of the later, lesser know albums. One such song is The Outlaw".
@@stephenwerner1662 That's something else that never gets mentioned about him. He's a really great guitarist and songwriter. He wrote many of Pat's big hits, which is why she insisted that before any Hall of Fame recognition that his name be included along side her's. They seem to compliment one another as a loving couple should.
@@stephenwerner1662 Thanks. One of the great things about these videos is when someone in the comments mentions a great song I've never heard, but now have to track down.
As many have commented on here, Pat and Neil are still out there today sounding as great as ever. Professor, I don't know if you have tried to get them to sit down for an interview, but I'm sure everyone on here would be thrilled if that happened. They have been among my favorites for over 40 years. A marriage made in heaven, both musically and in real life!
12 year old girl with body image issues in the 80's, walks into Musicland in the mall. In her pocket is all the money she worked hard for because she wasn't given an allowance. There was no extra money for that. She walks up to the records and there on display was a black covered record with Benetar blazoned across the dark color in Pink. It also came with a pin for your jean jacket that looked like the cover. Pat was my hero and Hell is for Children was so important to me. I was one of those kids she was singing about and at 12 I understood what she was singing about and it helped so much to know someone out there knew even if I couldn't speak about it yet. They knew and that gave me strength.
I heard a lady discussing her marriage and unironically said, "Love is a battlefield." Yes, she was in her late 50's...1983 was a blast, and a great time to be a kid...love Pat Benatar!
@@raulbeck3722 Ummmm... is that why there are so many battered and abused women and domestic violence shelters? Please stop spouting false narratives...
@raulbeck3722 you do realize that women might consider love to be a battlefield because they need to stay themselves, and not just stay in the shadow of the man? For so long women's place was seen as "in the home." Even in an abusive relationship, the victim is fighting to keep themselves. Whether this is the intention of the song or not, this is what resonates with some people who hear this song.
Pat Benatar still has it. I have seen her live within the last 3-5 years several times and she can still sing it like she did. Yes, the fact it took her so long to make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was a shame.
Agree!!! Debra Harry was my first and Pat was a close second (Throw Joan Jett in there somewhere!) . It wasn't until 37 years later when I found out she was (edit: is) only 5 feet tall! Have you seen recent pics of her? STILL amazing!
❤I just saw Pat Benetar and John Waite this past Sunday here at The Mill of Terre Haute, IN.,( My 7th time seeing Pat and Neil, was my first time seeing John Waite)😊 Fabulous concert ❤
I love this song and I had two of her albums growing up. Every time love is a battlefield came on night tracks, we would move the furniture out of the way so that we could be ready to do the dance sequence. Just couldn't get enough of it 😍
Holly Knight is plain awesome...very creative and ingenious with her works. Love that she prefers to give credit to the singers and musicians. Putting together the lyrics she has for so many...just incredible. Was never a fan of the music video for Love is a Battlefield...but HUGE fan of the song and Pat Benatar...and now Holly Knight as well. Thanks for the insights...yet again!!!
...her '88 Solo was ACE, Man! ....a (former) co-Worker SWORE by it, and I play it alongside the Patti Scialfa & Katey Sagal solo Albums....when I'm in 'Chick' mood! ...ha-HAA!!
Pat's always been a tier or two above the rest. Her vocals would almost melt the speakers in my home or car system. Just listen to her, closely... such a powerhouse.
The fact that she's so tiny yet has such a massive voice always blew my mind. She's five-zero and slim, yet can just belt out such powerful lyrics, always loved listening to her.
I was stationed in Germany in 1987.. I had just purposed to my then girlfriend... she said yes.. on our way home we're hit by a drunk driver.. the radio was playing "shadows of the night" as she died in my arms.. the song will always have a very special place in my heart
Just saw Pat Benatar in DC with Pink. It rained at Nationals Park and Pat Benatar stood out the rain with all us fans and sang. Neil joined her on the catwalk and rocked out on the guitar. I saw the Get Nervous tour back in the day and that was phenomenal. Obvs a lifelong fan. Love her.
One of the things I love about the POR is the introductions to fantastic songwriters and musicians that are behind these classics I would never know because the singer or band gets all the attention for the hits. Holly Knight is an amazing songwriter and artist, thanks for her story. Great episode!
@@ProfessorofRock I know it is not the era you do and really isn't rock but I would love to see a Frank Sinatra episode perhaps to introduce listeners to the icon of his era and fantastic music he made
@@ProfessorofRock or maybe the tragedy of the almont speedway and the free music festival or the day Buddy Holly, the big bopper and Richie valence died or maybe a T Rex episode. So many I would like
I hear this a few times a week on the car radio. Every time she sings "we are young" I can't help saying to the radio, "Not anymore." That was 40 years ago, Pat. But I still love the song.
The “scumbag pimp” was my old friend Gary. He was sooooooooo proud to be in that video. If I’m not mistaken, he actually choreographed the entire video. He was a very highly regarded choreographer at the time.
Shadows of the Night is hands down my favorite Pat Benatar song. It has the Phil Specter wall of sound going on, the big beautiful chorus, and the mesmerizing keyboard riff in the outro. It's just an amazing song.
It was written by a guy named D.L. Byron. He wrote and recorded it, but Clive Davis said it wouldn’t ever be a hit! His label shelved it. Pat heard it and loved it.
I saw Pat Benatar twice. The first time she opened for Steve Miller (around 1994), and the second time she opened for Styx (circa 1997). She was fantastic both times.
@@lauriesolonka2477 Does Wait do any Baby's stuff and if so, does he do "Too Far Gone"? In my teens I was in a bad punk band and we did a crummy cover of that song🤣😂
Holly is a songwriting powerhouse and what better artist to sing her song than another powerhouse singer! I remember her from her band Device but never realized she wrote so many great songs until later. Pat can sing the back of a cereal box and it would sound like she really loves it or flat out hates it!
I actually started with Device and started noticing all the stuff she had written (Animotion and Heart in particular) and I also have her solo album. And then there are the less known artists who have sung songs by Holly as well. She wrote a LOT of stuff. :)
@@marcoperez6599 I suspect some of the early songs with Spider and Device (several were covered by others) were "teen years" songs. She was early 20s when she was in Device for certain though. She wrote for EVERYBODY over the next 20 years though. Sounds like her bio may be interesting. :)
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" put Pat Benatar on my radar. "Love Is A Battlefield" made me a lifelong fan. That song, among others, helped to define that era for sure. Absolutely love Pat Benatar!
....y'know, WHY don't we ever give a shout to "Le Bel Age" & "S-ex As A Weapon"!??? ....a bit 'noisy' they were, but they ROCK too, ya know! ...."Hit Me.." was fun, but those 2 defined who Pat was a SINGER, for me..... jus'sayin'.... ; )
This is the only channel on TH-cam where I bust my butt to watch new videos the day they come out. That's because I love to guess the song before Adam reveals it. I don't scroll down so I can't read the summary or the contents. I just see the title and the records Adam's got in the background. I always have an educated guess before he names it and I'm right about two out of every three times. Thank you for making this such a fun channel, Adam!
You have NO IDEA how long I've been waiting for you to cover Pat Benatar. She was my girl back in the early 80's. If I knew that she had an album coming out ---- I had it pre-ordered and paid for MONTHS in advance to make sure I got the first copy.
I've always loved Par Benatar's music, During the first half of the 80's, she was the top female rocker. I was so glad when she finally was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She is currently on a 2023 Concert Tour. I heard that she will not be performing her first top 10 hit, what I consider her signature song and my personal favorite "Hit Me With Your Best Shot". She explained why she permanently retired this song from her concert setlist. I completely understand and respect her for her decision. It has to do with all of the mass shootings and gun violence that has taken place in recent years. Feeling so much empathy for the victims and their families, she just can't sing the words "fire away" with a smile on her face or get any enjoyment out of it. I'm sure most of her fans will understand, support her, and still attend her shows.
I was the drummer for my 2 early college bands back in the day, we covered Heartbreaker. Myron Grombacher is a seriously under rated drummer. I play by ear and wore out the cassette tape just to learn that song.
I've been a Pat Benatar fan from the beginning and I've seen her in concert numerous times. Why she and Neil were not first-ballot inductees, I'll never understand. There are those who still comment that Pat and Neil do not belong in the RRHOF; rubbish! They are either tone-deaf or jealous that a woman rocks harder than them. I recently saw Pat and Neil in concert and they were as good if not better than when I saw them in the early 80s. Rock on Pat and Neil!
I don’t know why, but I’ve always like female rockers. Their voices just sounded so much better than most male rockers. Their voices conveyed.the emotions of the song they sung much better than their male counterparts. Eighty three was one of the best summers I ever had. I was 15 and I had a great summer job, and one of the things I bought with my first paycheque was this album. Every song could have been a single as far as I was concerned. I played the tape without fast forwarding, enjoying every song on the tape. She was a great value, actually every album was the same. I’ve never heard a Pat Benatar song I did like. The fact that she was hot didn’t hurt either. Lol
I’ve seen this tiny woman with the huge voice in concert several times and have always loved her concerts! Back when this song became popular I was still in college. I was dating a girl who always came up with witty “wrong lyrics”. She sang this song at our college parties as “Love is a Bladder Full”. Now that’s all I hear when this song plays 😂😂!
Never heard of Holly Knight before this video. Love her music because it sounds so strong. I don't understand who runs the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voting but obviously those people need to be changed because they seem to have a real problem with people who sing rock and roll and don't get voted in.
I was a senior in high school when Heartbreaker came out. Fell in love with Pat then, she is still my favorite. She and Neil are a class act. Got to go backstage once to met them, have a photo of Pat with her arms wrapped around my 8 year old son. He's been "star-struck" ever since!
My wife and I saw her at poplar creek outside Chicago in the 80s. Neil her husband and lead guitar player had a broken arm or wrist and had a cast on his right arm. He was great and so was she. One of the best concerts I've ever been to.
I love almost everything that Pat Benatar has done. That operatically trained voice is simply incomparable. We Belong, Love Is A Battlefield, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Heartbreaker; all fantastic. However, there is something special about Shadows Of The Night. It may not have been her most commercially successful song, but it is as close to a perfect song as the 80’s produced.
Life is tough, and you really have to fight for everything that you want, not literally but metaphorically, so it makes sense that the songs that we gravitate to are inspirational, motivational, or invokes sympathy for the character in a song.
I saw Pat Benetar live in Detroit. I had to be 1980 or 1981. Fantastic concert! She was the headliner, but I no longer remember who opened for her. I was a twenty-something dude with a huge crush on the Spandex-clad singer, and the concert didn't disappoint. She played ALL her hits, although it has been so long since I couldn't tell you which song I liked best. It's a great memory (what's left of it).
Hey Prof. thank you for this awesome interview. I grew up on Pat Benetar, I was a kid living in Burbank, California in the 80's. I graduated from high school in 1986 and went off to the Marines to grow up and fulfill my dreams. While I was overseas, I continued my journey of life and love for music while stationed in southern Spain. Cheers
I worked security for Pat Benatar and Niel Geraldo in Napa, CA. If Pat had tripped on her way out to her bus I could have reached out to catch her. There were a lot of really cool people at that show but they were by far the coolest. Her staff treated us great. Great show, great performers, great music, great times.
Neil and Pat are Rock and Roll for me. Can listen to that forever. When I was a preteen bringing records over to friends house to listen to, Benatar was the coolest you could have. I laughed when I discovered it was her ex’s name because Benatar is such a cool name.
Love this one Prof! This is an all-time favorite. When didn’t get Mtv until ‘83 (out in Western Washington State, it took a little longer) and this video is one of my earliest video viewing memories. I loved it. Still do. It’s so cool! And have always loved this song. Imagine how proud I was when I came home from work one day not too long ago, and heard my youngest son, playing this song on Guitar Hero! Yeah, I got it right as a Dad! We’re still going strong, playing it together on GH and Rock Band. Great episode. Love what you do my man.
When I think of Pat Benatar, my first thought is how awesome a singer and performer she's always been - followed by the (pardon me) battles she fought to be recognized for her singing. It was said that she was only becoming famous for her looks. On VH1, she reflected on one case in which an advert of hers involved her clothes being airbrushed off to make her appear naked. But, she triumphed.
I first heard Pat Benatar on the King Biscuit Flower Hour in 1979 and I was Sold. She epitomizes the Woman Rocker like no other. Her voice. Her songs. Her attitude. Neil’s guitar. Glad she finally made it into the RNRHOF!
@@williambenner701I have dreamed many great songs, but when I wake up, they are gone. It sucks, because I have composed at least three or four songs in my dreams - words, music - everything. Then in the morning, they disappear.
I remember when In the heat of the night came out. Killer hard rock. Then came Crimes of passion. These two albums cemented Pat as a legendary singer. So many great songs.
I was a Freshman in high school & Pat Benetar came out & changed the course of music & strength of women. My 80’s life started right then & there! I feel she really changed women’s feelings towards themselves.
Love is a battlefield… my favorite song by Benatar!!! The performance Pat and Neal did on the AXTV special from their 35th anniversary tour was amazing!!! I love it more than the original version! That entire concert was outstanding!!!
Pat was my favorite Female rocker in the 80s... Heart right behind her Had the pleasure of seeing her live in the late 90's ... she still had a rock solid voice.
When I was a kid, 17, I would go to this bar in Brewster NY called the Fore n Aft. Went there because they didn't card (drinking age was 18 back then). One night we go, and there was this small lady and a rock band. She raised her hand, and dropped it, and the downbeat came, and man could she belt. It was Pat Benatar, and I've been a fan since. She had a record out within a year. She was fire.
I am seeing Pat Benatar and her husband and guitarist Neil Girardo in concert this Saturday. I AM SO EXCITED! Never saw her live in the 80’s but I have loved her since. Ill be singing and dancing the whole night!
People forget how good the album Precious Time was... Deep cuts like Take it Any Way You Want It and Just Like Me made that album great! After that she pivoted to more keyboard enhanced songs, most likely to stay with the times...
Love that album. It is rare that I don't skip at least one song on an album, but this is one of those rare times. Precious Time is one of my favorite Pat Benatar songs. I can't believe they didn't release it as a single.
Pat Benatar was one of my heroes as a young girl, I wanted to be strong and tuff like she was. Pat’s voice is strong and edgy which makes you feel her words. Love is A Battlefield gave young girls, many in single family homes, an anthem we didn’t know we needed
Again, thank you for another Pat Benatar segment (and loving the Pat Benatar albums behind you as always❤❤❤❤) she’s my womon musically speaking; I’m a lady too here: AWOMON to PAT BENATAR and the ladies similar to her music of the early to mid 80s❤❤❤❤
Pat Benatar has one of my favorite voices of all time. Beautiful texture to it. Love Is A Battlefield is just one in a litany of masterpieces to Holly Knight's credit and one of my favorites. Love hearing some of her insight and can only imagine if everything was done how she envisioned it.
Pat Benatar is fantastic! I’d read somewhere that she’d had opera training and that’s why she has such a powerhouse voice. Holly and Mike’s song was perfect for her and the video so iconic. I still dance out my problems lol 😂
I have always found it interesting that the videos for "Love is a Battlefield" and Corey Hart's "Never Surrender" are essentially identical, both coming of age teen rebellion stories including an opposite-gendered younger sibling witnessing the rebellion and the musician struggling to survive in the sleaze of downtown. And both are fantastic songs and videos.
It was reality. Teens running away to what they thought was the glamor of the big city, only to be hit by the harsh reality that life in the city is cruel and tough, was a big issue. MTV was still big, and it was the perfect medium to try to show teens that it wasn't always easier to run away from your problems.
Loved Pat Benatar - strangely more of a hit a couple of years later - in the UK here - just want to say love your channel - 52 years old here and a child of the 80s!
Took my 14 yo son to see Pat and Neil in concert last Wednesday in St Louis. She's still rocking at 70. Played all the hits you featured here, except of course Hit Me with your Best Shot. First 45 I ever bought with my own money was said song, when it first charted. My favorites are probably Invincible and All Fired Up.
This segment taught me a LOT! In '83-4 we had MTV on all day, like my Mom had her big upright radio on when I was a kid. By then, it was much harder to find a fave on a 45, if you could find it at all. I was very aware of Pat Benatar, and "Love Is A Battlefield" always made me stop whatever I was doing, and watch. I became a fan, of course, and I'm guilty as charged, of 'typecasting' her as a rock, almost 'punk' at times, artist. But I was in for an epiphany - while playing a stack of 45s in my little record store, "The Ooh Ooh Song" came over the sound system. *GASP!* A New-Wavy chukka-chukka beat gave way to a soaring, gorgeous vocalise that demanded a second, third, fourth play. It's still one of my top faves, and I can still never play it just once. But Holly! I'd always gotten my background info off of the labels of my 45s, and album lining notes. This interview taught me how much I love her music - even though I didn't know it. Thank you!!!
Holly doesn't like "stupid" lyrics. My own pet peeve is when an artist (?) repeats a line or the chorus over and over and over and over again. Usually it just feels like they just couldn't come up with just ONE more good lyric to put in there, but their agent demanded their song be >this< long. One song that breaks this "rule" well is "Breakthrough" by Queen. Freddy repeats the line many times, but sings it differently each time, give each time it's own feel and voice. Freddy Mercury was a genius!
I heard a rumor that, as they were recording this song, Don Henley was recording one of his solo albums down the hall and was having trouble nailing just the right beat for one of his songs. As he was going down the hall one day, he overheard Pat et al laying down "Love is a Battlefield" and that quirky beat caught his ear. He stopped in and asked if he could use the rhythm on one of his songs. They graciously told him to have at it, after which he returned to the studio and put the finishing touch on "Boys of Summer."
I grew up to this music and I had no idea that Holly Knight worked with all of these great female singers during that era. She even wrote Better Be Good to Me for Tina Turner. She deserves to be in RR-HoF along with Benatar.
Great 👌😊 interview with Holly Knight, Adam. Did you ask her about the Christmas album she did back in the 80's shortly after love is a battlefield came out? It was called Holy Night by Holly Knight.
While I know the classic rock stations play what are most downloaded but there are so many great songs that are so much better than those popular songs played over and over sometimes 4-5 times a day
She talked about sometimes just mumbling sounds because that's what feels right for lyrics... Bono does this, and they call it Bonolese. I saw this just the other night in a U2 documentary about their career up to achtung baby. The band members all narrated, amazing video.
I remember the first time I heard a Pat Benatar song. It was Hell Is For Children. I was with my church group of youngsters out at one of those go-kart/Putt-Putt golf places on an event that night. Now of course we weren't allowed to listen to rock and roll but it was playing through the sound system at the place and I was captivated by her voice. I had to figure out who the artist was and the rest is history. It's kind of ironic but I have five Pat Benatar LPs sitting right behind me right now stacked on top of each other. I pulled a few out just two days ago to go through them again and listen since I haven't heard them in three or four months. Not being able to listen to rock and roll at home or anywhere that it wasn't naturally playing in public as I was growing up, I felt like I was really missing out on a lot of what touched me, my heart, and what I was going through in life as a kid. That story was probably from 1979 or 1980 (and much more going up) through I'm going to say 1981 because that's when I started sneaking and hiding the music I came across and loved. The catalyst that sent me over the top to where I had to find the music and own it was the night my family and I were sitting at a red light in Houston and a Honda Goldwing pulled up next to us with the beginning of Don't Stop Believin' jamming on that motorcycle. Thank God, that red light stayed red all the way up until the ending parts of the song where Steve Perry was singing "Don't stop believing, hold on to that feeeeelin'. Street lights..." I was blown away by the music and the vocals. That song was describing me and spoke to me like no song ever had. I can't explain it but I can still feel it! I was actually getting depressed at that age because I couldn't listen to music, things like even kissing a girl were supposed to be wrong at that age, and I was just stifled and it seemed like everything I wanted to do I was told I couldn't do. Maybe that's just normal preteen/teenage feelings but that music spoke to me. I felt like Hell Is For Children, even though about a totally different topic I now know, and not stopping in believing were songs made for me. I had to go backwards from about 1981 to maybe 1976 and find music from the artists I loved. I got in a lot of trouble at the church school for exchanging REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity that a girl had brought to do trade listen on with an album I had brought. I can't even remember what I brought but we got caught and I got swats with the board of education... AKA a paddle with holes in it. I don't blame those who were trying to keep us kids from listening to the music. They thought they were doing the right thing. But I also know there was not things wrong with the music I was listening to as it touched my life that they thought was immoral and wrong. It's definitely a time in life that I won't forget but it's also a time in life that some of my favorite music today comes from. I'm just kind of realizing that right now. Going back and buying the albums and tapes, sometimes numerous times because they occasionally got found and broke by my dad, and learning about the music that I had not been allowed to listen to for a few years really caused me to like that music a lot more I think. I would have loved the music anyways because it spoke to me. There were some great bands that had some great music and messages that were good at that time. And Pat Benatar was definitely one of those that I still listen to and love today and I remember the first time I heard the song that got me started! She was awesome and I've seen her a few times live and her and Neil made a spectacular couple and band! They are part of the soundtrack of my youth and life 👍 Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
I was taking a college class and “ Hell is for children” was the 1st page of my class project. My moms ex-boyfriend was released from San Quinton prison after serving time for murder. I was 8 years old. He was about 265lbs. Drunk everyday. My mom worked and he sat home drinking and would beat me for “ Things you got away with” That song comes on the radio and I automatically turn the channel. He’s dead now. His niece told me the day her mom passed, he was her moms brother, her dad kicked his ashes down the middle of a dry ditch. That’s a really personal song. Thanks for sharing your story. ✌🏻
@@dtw63 Wow, it sounds like it's really a personal story and song for you also. The things people do. And like you said, they used to get away with it a lot easier also. Thanks for sharing your story and I'm sorry you went through that. I could understand why you would not want to hear the song definitely!
@@Bootradr Thank you. It really has a personal meaning to me. He’s dead. The last time I saw him I was 19. I was 6’3” but only 125 lbs. He stood up to shake my hand and looked up. He said “ You got big.” I was the same little kid I was at 8 years old. He was scared of me. That was all I needed. I’ll be 60 next week. Until I was 30, any authority that called me on the carpet made me shake. I don’t hate anyone but I hope he’s burning in hell.
@@dtw63 Yes I do keep mine stored sideways. But occasionally I'll have a few that I'm listening to sitting on top of each other laying flat. That doesn't do any damage as long as you don't leave them that way. And I definitely would not put a bunch of them on top of each other that way either. I learned that lesson back in the 1980s unfortunately :-) But thanks for the reply and recommendation! You definitely are correct!
POLL: What is your pick for the greatest rock song/performance by a female singer in rock history?
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....there was a REASON Tina was "...rollin' down the River...", Prof. ..... ; ) .....
I'll nominate "You're No Good" by Linda Ronstadt.
@@RBS_ Preach!
Alone. Ann Wilson of Heart.
Pat Benetar and Neil Giraldo are great. They were both on CBS Sunday Morning last summer. There was one moment of the interview where Pat discussed how often she received push back having Neil's name appear with her on a marquee. She said, "because every song that you love and listen to was created by him, you,.. asshole" God I love artistic integrity and come on, who doesn't love a wife that has her husband's back? And her voice, perfect rock and roll.
I think I saw that too. They are so adorable together.
They should be held up as an example of how a celebrity couple can have a successful relationship.
@@chrisoakley5830 I saw them somewhere around 98 or 97. They are just the most pleasant couple anyone could imagine. They sincerely complimented the crowd of ~5000. They performed like they were in front of a half million.
Giraldo performs brilliantly in some of the later, lesser know albums. One such song is The Outlaw".
@@stephenwerner1662 That's something else that never gets mentioned about him. He's a really great guitarist and songwriter. He wrote many of Pat's big hits, which is why she insisted that before any Hall of Fame recognition that his name be included along side her's. They seem to compliment one another as a loving couple should.
@@stephenwerner1662 Thanks. One of the great things about these videos is when someone in the comments mentions a great song I've never heard, but now have to track down.
As many have commented on here, Pat and Neil are still out there today sounding as great as ever. Professor, I don't know if you have tried to get them to sit down for an interview, but I'm sure everyone on here would be thrilled if that happened. They have been among my favorites for over 40 years. A marriage made in heaven, both musically and in real life!
If they could get Ms. Holly Knight to join them, it would be great!
12 year old girl with body image issues in the 80's, walks into Musicland in the mall. In her pocket is all the money she worked hard for because she wasn't given an allowance. There was no extra money for that. She walks up to the records and there on display was a black covered record with Benetar blazoned across the dark color in Pink. It also came with a pin for your jean jacket that looked like the cover. Pat was my hero and Hell is for Children was so important to me. I was one of those kids she was singing about and at 12 I understood what she was singing about and it helped so much to know someone out there knew even if I couldn't speak about it yet. They knew and that gave me strength.
I heard a lady discussing her marriage and unironically said, "Love is a battlefield." Yes, she was in her late 50's...1983 was a blast, and a great time to be a kid...love Pat Benatar!
Awesome!
@@raulbeck3722
Ummmm... is that why there are so many battered and abused women and domestic violence shelters? Please stop spouting false narratives...
Haha, it’s a saying these days…
@raulbeck3722 you do realize that women might consider love to be a battlefield because they need to stay themselves, and not just stay in the shadow of the man? For so long women's place was seen as "in the home." Even in an abusive relationship, the victim is fighting to keep themselves.
Whether this is the intention of the song or not, this is what resonates with some people who hear this song.
@@tiffanysandmeier4753 No, I think of South Park when I hear it...sorry, kind of...
Pat Benatar still has it. I have seen her live within the last 3-5 years several times and she can still sing it like she did. Yes, the fact it took her so long to make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was a shame.
I saw her at the Fair last summer, and she and Neil were awesome!
Pat Benatar is truly a force of nature. I've always loved the sound of passionate female vocalists, and Pat Benatar ranks among the very best.
Same here!
Agree!!! Debra Harry was my first and Pat was a close second (Throw Joan Jett in there somewhere!) . It wasn't until 37 years later when I found out she was (edit: is) only 5 feet tall! Have you seen recent pics of her? STILL amazing!
Love Is a Battlefield is one of those iconic 80's videos that we all LOVE! But to be honest, everything she sang was awesome! 👍💯✌🇨🇦
She was just amazing.
I saw PB in concert last week. She's still got it. ❤ And, of course, she sang this song.
Where at?
@@ProfessorofRockBattle Creek, MI
❤I just saw Pat Benetar and John Waite this past Sunday here at The Mill of Terre Haute, IN.,( My 7th time seeing Pat and Neil, was my first time seeing John Waite)😊 Fabulous concert ❤
What else did she play?
@@Honolulu-Blue I was there! Great show! Amazing how great she still sounds!
I was 9 years old in 1983,I'm turning 50 this year,thanks for making me feel old.
I love this song and I had two of her albums growing up. Every time love is a battlefield came on night tracks, we would move the furniture out of the way so that we could be ready to do the dance sequence. Just couldn't get enough of it 😍
The dance part is a mandatory get out of your seat.
Love that song, love her vocals, and her voice is so cool.
My 7yo daughter loves Pat. We sing to this song all the time in the car. Her favorite Pat song is “We belong”
Pay Benatar is one of my all time favourite artists - I wanted to be just like her! She gave a lot of strength to this quiet, shy girl in the 80's
Holly Knight is plain awesome...very creative and ingenious with her works. Love that she prefers to give credit to the singers and musicians. Putting together the lyrics she has for so many...just incredible. Was never a fan of the music video for Love is a Battlefield...but HUGE fan of the song and Pat Benatar...and now Holly Knight as well. Thanks for the insights...yet again!!!
She is 70! Dear Lord she looks 50!!
@@PeterStawicki
Exactly !
Holly Knight is such a great song writer. I love Pat Benetar's music. Love Is a Battlefield was, and still is, a great song and video.
I agree. One of the best of the 80s!
...her '88 Solo was ACE, Man! ....a (former) co-Worker SWORE by it, and I play it alongside the Patti Scialfa & Katey Sagal solo Albums....when I'm in 'Chick' mood! ...ha-HAA!!
The video is an icon. Love the dialogue in it!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 ...and, the VERY FIRST Video to have dialogue in it! (5:16) ...ha-HAA!!
@@RBS_ That is correct!
Pat's always been a tier or two above the rest. Her vocals would almost melt the speakers in my home or car system. Just listen to her, closely... such a powerhouse.
Good call!
She can sing about anything and it would sound so good.
She'd originally been trained
as an opera singer.
@@laustcawz2089 Also Steve Perry from Journey had opera training. Several others as well, but I don't recall them right now.
The fact that she's so tiny yet has such a massive voice always blew my mind. She's five-zero and slim, yet can just belt out such powerful lyrics, always loved listening to her.
I was stationed in Germany in 1987.. I had just purposed to my then girlfriend... she said yes.. on our way home we're hit by a drunk driver.. the radio was playing "shadows of the night" as she died in my arms.. the song will always have a very special place in my heart
Just saw Pat Benatar in DC with Pink. It rained at Nationals Park and Pat Benatar stood out the rain with all us fans and sang. Neil joined her on the catwalk and rocked out on the guitar.
I saw the Get Nervous tour back in the day and that was phenomenal. Obvs a lifelong fan. Love her.
One of the things I love about the POR is the introductions to fantastic songwriters and musicians that are behind these classics I would never know because the singer or band gets all the attention for the hits. Holly Knight is an amazing songwriter and artist, thanks for her story. Great episode!
Thanks My Name! What would you like to see next?
@@ProfessorofRock I know it is not the era you do and really isn't rock but I would love to see a Frank Sinatra episode perhaps to introduce listeners to the icon of his era and fantastic music he made
@@ProfessorofRock or maybe the tragedy of the almont speedway and the free music festival or the day Buddy Holly, the big bopper and Richie valence died or maybe a T Rex episode. So many I would like
Yup, we gotta recognize the people behind the scenes!
@@ProfessorofRockoooh, can you do The Fixx? And don’t forget the Stranglers!
I hear this a few times a week on the car radio. Every time she sings "we are young" I can't help saying to the radio, "Not anymore." That was 40 years ago, Pat. But I still love the song.
The “scumbag pimp” was my old friend Gary. He was sooooooooo proud to be in that video. If I’m not mistaken, he actually choreographed the entire video. He was a very highly regarded choreographer at the time.
Shadows of the Night is hands down my favorite Pat Benatar song. It has the Phil Specter wall of sound going on, the big beautiful chorus, and the mesmerizing keyboard riff in the outro. It's just an amazing song.
absolutely agree on this. Shadows of the Night was awesome. Loved watching that video when it used to come on during the early days of MTV.
My favorite Pat song as well. The instrumental is fantastic.
It was written by a guy named D.L. Byron. He wrote and recorded it, but Clive Davis said it wouldn’t ever be a hit! His label shelved it. Pat heard it and loved it.
@@5roundsrapid263 great info Ty !
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 it really is
I saw Pat Benatar twice. The first time she opened for Steve Miller (around 1994), and the second time she opened for Styx (circa 1997). She was fantastic both times.
So cool!
Both events are envy worthy... even though the Styx you saw had no Dennis 😉
I just saw Pat Benetar and John Waite this past Sunday here at The Mill of Terre Haute, IN. John & Pat Still have IT ❤😊 Fabulous concert 😁
@@lauriesolonka2477 Does Wait do any Baby's stuff and if so, does he do "Too Far Gone"? In my teens I was in a bad punk band and we did a crummy cover of that song🤣😂
@@stevenfunderburg1623 yes he did, a few Babys, solo, & Bad English 😁❤️
Holly is a songwriting powerhouse and what better artist to sing her song than another powerhouse singer!
I remember her from her band Device but never realized she wrote so many great songs until later.
Pat can sing the back of a cereal box and it would sound like she really loves it or flat out hates it!
Thanks!
I actually started with Device and started noticing all the stuff she had written (Animotion and Heart in particular) and I also have her solo album. And then there are the less known artists who have sung songs by Holly as well. She wrote a LOT of stuff. :)
Haha, I can only imagine Pat’s sugary cereal songs!
She must have been a teenager when she wrote those songs.
@@marcoperez6599 I suspect some of the early songs with Spider and Device (several were covered by others) were "teen years" songs. She was early 20s when she was in Device for certain though.
She wrote for EVERYBODY over the next 20 years though. Sounds like her bio may be interesting. :)
Awesome stories behind the music, Professor! What a force Holly Knight is!
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" put Pat Benatar on my radar. "Love Is A Battlefield" made me a lifelong fan. That song, among others, helped to define that era for sure. Absolutely love Pat Benatar!
Amen! She's the best. The Best! Ever seen her live?
....y'know, WHY don't we ever give a shout to "Le Bel Age" & "S-ex As A Weapon"!??? ....a bit 'noisy' they were, but they ROCK too, ya know! ...."Hit Me.." was fun, but those 2 defined who Pat was a SINGER, for me..... jus'sayin'.... ; )
@@RBS_- How about Painted Desert? 😃❤
Heartbreaker that started it all, made me a huge fan.
Her take on John Cougar's I Need A Lover is pretty solid, and it was actually released in the US before his version was.
This is the only channel on TH-cam where I bust my butt to watch new videos the day they come out. That's because I love to guess the song before Adam reveals it. I don't scroll down so I can't read the summary or the contents. I just see the title and the records Adam's got in the background. I always have an educated guess before he names it and I'm right about two out of every three times.
Thank you for making this such a fun channel, Adam!
Met her in person at a corporate event back in 04. I couldn't get over how tiny she was! Think she is only 5" Her husband is such a great guy, as well
You have NO IDEA how long I've been waiting for you to cover Pat Benatar. She was my girl back in the early 80's. If I knew that she had an album coming out ---- I had it pre-ordered and paid for MONTHS in advance to make sure I got the first copy.
I've always loved Par Benatar's music, During the first half of the 80's, she was the top female rocker. I was so glad when she finally was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She is currently on a 2023 Concert Tour. I heard that she will not be performing her first top 10 hit, what I consider her signature song and my personal favorite "Hit Me With Your Best Shot". She explained why she permanently retired this song from her concert setlist. I completely understand and respect her for her decision. It has to do with all of the mass shootings and gun violence that has taken place in recent years. Feeling so much empathy for the victims and their families, she just can't sing the words "fire away" with a smile on her face or get any enjoyment out of it. I'm sure most of her fans will understand, support her, and still attend her shows.
I was the drummer for my 2 early college bands back in the day, we covered Heartbreaker. Myron Grombacher is a seriously under rated drummer. I play by ear and wore out the cassette tape just to learn that song.
I've been a Pat Benatar fan from the beginning and I've seen her in concert numerous times. Why she and Neil were not first-ballot inductees, I'll never understand. There are those who still comment that Pat and Neil do not belong in the RRHOF; rubbish! They are either tone-deaf or jealous that a woman rocks harder than them. I recently saw Pat and Neil in concert and they were as good if not better than when I saw them in the early 80s. Rock on Pat and Neil!
Thanks for watching!
The fact that it took this long for them to be recognized is bad enough.
I don’t know why, but I’ve always like female rockers. Their voices just sounded so much better than most male rockers. Their voices conveyed.the emotions of the song they sung much better than their male counterparts.
Eighty three was one of the best summers I ever had. I was 15 and I had a great summer job, and one of the things I bought with my first paycheque was this album. Every song could have been a single as far as I was concerned.
I played the tape without fast forwarding, enjoying every song on the tape. She was a great value, actually every album was the same. I’ve never heard a Pat Benatar song I did like. The fact that she was hot didn’t hurt either. Lol
Good call.
1983 was an insane year for music. So many songs competing for the top 10 spots that summer.
I love the music video - great dancing
Pat Benatar’s Beat It
Exactly!
Michael Jackson would have been proud.
I’ve seen this tiny woman with the huge voice in concert several times and have always loved her concerts! Back when this song became popular I was still in college. I was dating a girl who always came up with witty “wrong lyrics”. She sang this song at our college parties as “Love is a Bladder Full”. Now that’s all I hear when this song plays 😂😂!
Never heard of Holly Knight before this video. Love her music because it sounds so strong. I don't understand who runs the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voting but obviously those people need to be changed because they seem to have a real problem with people who sing rock and roll and don't get voted in.
Pat Benatsr got inducted last year.
I was a senior in high school when Heartbreaker came out. Fell in love with Pat then, she is still my favorite. She and Neil are a class act. Got to go backstage once to met them, have a photo of Pat with her arms wrapped around my 8 year old son. He's been "star-struck" ever since!
My wife and I saw her at poplar creek outside Chicago in the 80s. Neil her husband and lead guitar player had a broken arm or wrist and had a cast on his right arm. He was great and so was she. One of the best concerts I've ever been to.
I love almost everything that Pat Benatar has done. That operatically trained voice is simply incomparable. We Belong, Love Is A Battlefield, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Heartbreaker; all fantastic. However, there is something special about Shadows Of The Night. It may not have been her most commercially successful song, but it is as close to a perfect song as the 80’s produced.
Love Is A Battlefield is one of my all time favorite songs.
It’s an all time classic.
Always, always, ALWAYS glad to hear from Holly Knight. She and Pat Benatar are both legends, and rightfully so.
For sure. She's written so many classics!
She’s so cool.
Life is tough, and you really have to fight for everything that you want, not literally but metaphorically, so it makes sense that the songs that we gravitate to are inspirational, motivational, or invokes sympathy for the character in a song.
I saw Pat Benetar live in Detroit. I had to be 1980 or 1981. Fantastic concert! She was the headliner, but I no longer remember who opened for her. I was a twenty-something dude with a huge crush on the Spandex-clad singer, and the concert didn't disappoint. She played ALL her hits, although it has been so long since I couldn't tell you which song I liked best. It's a great memory (what's left of it).
A teen in the 70's Pats songs were part of my everyday listening, Zep, who, stones, Floyd, petty, Pat, loved cranking her tunes back in the day
Hey Prof. thank you for this awesome interview. I grew up on Pat Benetar, I was a kid living in Burbank, California in the 80's. I graduated from high school in 1986 and went off to the Marines to grow up and fulfill my dreams. While I was overseas, I continued my journey of life and love for music while stationed in southern Spain. Cheers
Pat Benetar is a goddess! The power in her voice and attitude radiates through every word she sings.
Just caught Pat and Neil last weekend. Short show but wonderful. Neil is amazing too. Both sounded great.
I worked security for Pat Benatar and Niel Geraldo in Napa, CA. If Pat had tripped on her way out to her bus I could have reached out to catch her. There were a lot of really cool people at that show but they were by far the coolest. Her staff treated us great. Great show, great performers, great music, great times.
This songwriter is a GENIUS!!! PAT BENETAR IS AN AWESOME SINGER!!! WOMEN POWER FOR SURE!!! THAT VIDEO IS A CLASSIC CANT NEVER 4GET IT❤❤❤
Neil and Pat are Rock and Roll for me. Can listen to that forever. When I was a preteen bringing records over to friends house to listen to, Benatar was the coolest you could have. I laughed when I discovered it was her ex’s name because Benatar is such a cool name.
Love this one Prof! This is an all-time favorite. When didn’t get Mtv until ‘83 (out in Western Washington State, it took a little longer) and this video is one of my earliest video viewing memories. I loved it. Still do. It’s so cool! And have always loved this song. Imagine how proud I was when I came home from work one day not too long ago, and heard my youngest son, playing this song on Guitar Hero! Yeah, I got it right as a Dad! We’re still going strong, playing it together on GH and Rock Band. Great episode. Love what you do my man.
Thanks!
It’s great to see so many of these songs make it onto some of our favorite video games.
Pat and Neil are legends. And Holly Knight - what a songwriter!
Without great song writers we would not have great song! Holly & Pat are both power houses!!
Holly Knight has written so many great songs.
When I think of Pat Benatar, my first thought is how awesome a singer and performer she's always been - followed by the (pardon me) battles she fought to be recognized for her singing. It was said that she was only becoming famous for her looks. On VH1, she reflected on one case in which an advert of hers involved her clothes being airbrushed off to make her appear naked. But, she triumphed.
Thanks!
The sexualization of women in the music industry was a pervasive problem during this time, and Pat challenged these gender norms.
I first heard Pat Benatar on the King Biscuit Flower Hour in 1979 and I was Sold. She epitomizes the Woman Rocker like no other. Her voice. Her songs. Her attitude. Neil’s guitar. Glad she finally made it into the RNRHOF!
My wife and I did a figure skating routine to this song in the mid 90s. Her music has been a blessing to us.
She was great in concert.
Very edgy performance.
Love Shadows Of The Night.
Love the Boston TShirt also Adam.
Another great segment.
Thanks Hugh!
I'm pretty sure Shadows of the Night was MTV's 2ND video ever
My favorite song by her.
Kinda scary to think what would have happened if that paper did fall in the pool haha. Songwriting comes in the coolest and funnest of ways.
Right? Love that story!
Thought the same thing 🤠
The story brought me back to memories of paper airplanes and it is hard to believe that it didn't fall in the pool at least once.
@@wishingb5859as a lyric writer myself, I would be devastated if that happened to me. Many times great lyrics can be quite fleeting
@@williambenner701I have dreamed many great songs, but when I wake up, they are gone. It sucks, because I have composed at least three or four songs in my dreams - words, music - everything. Then in the morning, they disappear.
Pat will ALWAYS be my favorite power singer of the 80s. No one else compares! She could punch a hole through steel with that voice.
I just saw Pat Benatar in concert last week. She was just as powerful as she was in the 80s!!
I remember when In the heat of the night came out. Killer hard rock. Then came Crimes of passion. These two albums cemented Pat as a legendary singer. So many great songs.
Well Deserved Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee!!
Amen! So happy she and her husband made it!
Finally!
I was a Freshman in high school & Pat Benetar came out & changed the course of music & strength of women. My 80’s life started right then & there! I feel she really changed women’s feelings towards themselves.
The shoulder shaking showdown always made me laugh. 😂
No kidding. DANCE FIGHT!
...It was JIGGLE-LICIOUS!! ...ha-HAAA!! ...ah, to be a Healthy Young Man, Dec. '83, again, Man.... ; )
ESPECIALLY the man’s face.
Love is a battlefield… my favorite song by Benatar!!! The performance Pat and Neal did on the AXTV special from their 35th anniversary tour was amazing!!! I love it more than the original version! That entire concert was outstanding!!!
Pat was my favorite Female rocker in the 80s... Heart right behind her
Had the pleasure of seeing her live in the late 90's ... she still had a rock solid voice.
Every eighties kid loves this song and Pat was then and still is beautiful
Pat Benatar is my favorite Female Rock singer of all time.
When I was a kid, 17, I would go to this bar in Brewster NY called the Fore n Aft. Went there because they didn't card (drinking age was 18 back then). One night we go, and there was this small lady and a rock band. She raised her hand, and dropped it, and the downbeat came, and man could she belt. It was Pat Benatar, and I've been a fan since. She had a record out within a year. She was fire.
Pat spent her pre-fame early life in and around Richmond, VA. She went to my alma mater Virginia Commonwealth University where she studied voice.
I am seeing Pat Benatar and her husband and guitarist Neil Girardo in concert this Saturday. I AM SO EXCITED! Never saw her live in the 80’s but I have loved her since. Ill be singing and dancing the whole night!
People forget how good the album Precious Time was... Deep cuts like Take it Any Way You Want It and Just Like Me made that album great! After that she pivoted to more keyboard enhanced songs, most likely to stay with the times...
That's right Flave! You remember. When she was the queen!
Love that album. It is rare that I don't skip at least one song on an album, but this is one of those rare times. Precious Time is one of my favorite Pat Benatar songs. I can't believe they didn't release it as a single.
Precious Time is an underrated album.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 - My favorite Pat Benatar album is Crimes of Passion. I place Precious Time just below it. Both are excellent albums.
@@tedbecker4051 Crimes of Passion is fantastic as well. It’s got Hit Me With Your Best Shot on it.
Pat Benatar was one of my heroes as a young girl, I wanted to be strong and tuff like she was. Pat’s voice is strong and edgy which makes you feel her words. Love is A Battlefield gave young girls, many in single family homes, an anthem we didn’t know we needed
Again, thank you for another Pat Benatar segment (and loving the Pat Benatar albums behind you as always❤❤❤❤) she’s my womon musically speaking; I’m a lady too here: AWOMON to PAT BENATAR and the ladies similar to her music of the early to mid 80s❤❤❤❤
Just saw her live in Pennsylvania in July. She is still amazing and her vocals are still powerful at 70!
One of my favourites, and one of the most 80s of 80s videos!
I love Pat Benatar. She is one of the absolute greats, with a lot of catchy, memorable songs.
Thanks for this video! I've been a Holly Knight fan since the days of her band, Spider and would love to be able to talk to her myself someday.
My little sister and our cousins used to do the love is a battlefield dance back in the day! So much fun!
I love it!
Same here Jenny.
Pat Benatar has one of my favorite voices of all time. Beautiful texture to it. Love Is A Battlefield is just one in a litany of masterpieces to Holly Knight's credit and one of my favorites. Love hearing some of her insight and can only imagine if everything was done how she envisioned it.
She is and always will be my favorite. I love all her songs. ❤
Pat Benatar is fantastic! I’d read somewhere that she’d had opera training and that’s why she has such a powerhouse voice. Holly and Mike’s song was perfect for her and the video so iconic. I still dance out my problems lol 😂
I have always found it interesting that the videos for "Love is a Battlefield" and Corey Hart's "Never Surrender" are essentially identical, both coming of age teen rebellion stories including an opposite-gendered younger sibling witnessing the rebellion and the musician struggling to survive in the sleaze of downtown. And both are fantastic songs and videos.
So true.
It was reality. Teens running away to what they thought was the glamor of the big city, only to be hit by the harsh reality that life in the city is cruel and tough, was a big issue. MTV was still big, and it was the perfect medium to try to show teens that it wasn't always easier to run away from your problems.
I wonder what Corey Hart himself has to say about this!
@@jenx5870 Very true. I almost ended up there myself at 13 and now work professionally with teens who have.
Always loved the whistling at the end!
Loved Pat Benatar - strangely more of a hit a couple of years later - in the UK here - just want to say love your channel - 52 years old here and a child of the 80s!
Took my 14 yo son to see Pat and Neil in concert last Wednesday in St Louis. She's still rocking at 70. Played all the hits you featured here, except of course Hit Me with your Best Shot. First 45 I ever bought with my own money was said song, when it first charted. My favorites are probably Invincible and All Fired Up.
This segment taught me a LOT! In '83-4 we had MTV on all day, like my Mom had her big upright radio on when I was a kid. By then, it was much harder to find a fave on a 45, if you could find it at all. I was very aware of Pat Benatar, and "Love Is A Battlefield" always made me stop whatever I was doing, and watch. I became a fan, of course, and I'm guilty as charged, of 'typecasting' her as a rock, almost 'punk' at times, artist. But I was in for an epiphany - while playing a stack of 45s in my little record store, "The Ooh Ooh Song" came over the sound system. *GASP!* A New-Wavy chukka-chukka beat gave way to a soaring, gorgeous vocalise that demanded a second, third, fourth play. It's still one of my top faves, and I can still never play it just once.
But Holly! I'd always gotten my background info off of the labels of my 45s, and album lining notes. This interview taught me how much I love her music - even though I didn't know it. Thank you!!!
Holly doesn't like "stupid" lyrics. My own pet peeve is when an artist (?) repeats a line or the chorus over and over and over and over again. Usually it just feels like they just couldn't come up with just ONE more good lyric to put in there, but their agent demanded their song be >this< long. One song that breaks this "rule" well is "Breakthrough" by Queen. Freddy repeats the line many times, but sings it differently each time, give each time it's own feel and voice. Freddy Mercury was a genius!
Thanks Professor👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Fabulous episode, Professor!!!
Pat was a force to be reckoned with!!! Love her!!!!
SO MANY INCREDIBLE SONGS! She was freaking awesome.
I heard a rumor that, as they were recording this song, Don Henley was recording one of his solo albums down the hall and was having trouble nailing just the right beat for one of his songs.
As he was going down the hall one day, he overheard Pat et al laying down "Love is a Battlefield" and that quirky beat caught his ear. He stopped in and asked if he could use the rhythm on one of his songs. They graciously told him to have at it, after which he returned to the studio and put the finishing touch on "Boys of Summer."
An awesome songwriter, and she still looks amazing too ☺
I remember tuning in to Friday Night Videos and watching Love is a Battlefield. It was epic!
I grew up to this music and I had no idea that Holly Knight worked with all of these great female singers during that era. She even wrote Better Be Good to Me for Tina Turner. She deserves to be in RR-HoF along with Benatar.
Great 👌😊 interview with Holly Knight, Adam. Did you ask her about the Christmas album she did back in the 80's shortly after love is a battlefield came out? It was called Holy Night by Holly Knight.
While I know the classic rock stations play what are most downloaded but there are so many great songs that are so much better than those popular songs played over and over sometimes 4-5 times a day
She talked about sometimes just mumbling sounds because that's what feels right for lyrics... Bono does this, and they call it Bonolese. I saw this just the other night in a U2 documentary about their career up to achtung baby. The band members all narrated, amazing video.
I remember the first time I heard a Pat Benatar song. It was Hell Is For Children. I was with my church group of youngsters out at one of those go-kart/Putt-Putt golf places on an event that night. Now of course we weren't allowed to listen to rock and roll but it was playing through the sound system at the place and I was captivated by her voice. I had to figure out who the artist was and the rest is history.
It's kind of ironic but I have five Pat Benatar LPs sitting right behind me right now stacked on top of each other. I pulled a few out just two days ago to go through them again and listen since I haven't heard them in three or four months.
Not being able to listen to rock and roll at home or anywhere that it wasn't naturally playing in public as I was growing up, I felt like I was really missing out on a lot of what touched me, my heart, and what I was going through in life as a kid. That story was probably from 1979 or 1980 (and much more going up) through I'm going to say 1981 because that's when I started sneaking and hiding the music I came across and loved.
The catalyst that sent me over the top to where I had to find the music and own it was the night my family and I were sitting at a red light in Houston and a Honda Goldwing pulled up next to us with the beginning of Don't Stop Believin' jamming on that motorcycle. Thank God, that red light stayed red all the way up until the ending parts of the song where Steve Perry was singing "Don't stop believing, hold on to that feeeeelin'. Street lights..." I was blown away by the music and the vocals. That song was describing me and spoke to me like no song ever had. I can't explain it but I can still feel it!
I was actually getting depressed at that age because I couldn't listen to music, things like even kissing a girl were supposed to be wrong at that age, and I was just stifled and it seemed like everything I wanted to do I was told I couldn't do. Maybe that's just normal preteen/teenage feelings but that music spoke to me. I felt like Hell Is For Children, even though about a totally different topic I now know, and not stopping in believing were songs made for me.
I had to go backwards from about 1981 to maybe 1976 and find music from the artists I loved. I got in a lot of trouble at the church school for exchanging REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity that a girl had brought to do trade listen on with an album I had brought. I can't even remember what I brought but we got caught and I got swats with the board of education... AKA a paddle with holes in it. I don't blame those who were trying to keep us kids from listening to the music. They thought they were doing the right thing. But I also know there was not things wrong with the music I was listening to as it touched my life that they thought was immoral and wrong. It's definitely a time in life that I won't forget but it's also a time in life that some of my favorite music today comes from. I'm just kind of realizing that right now. Going back and buying the albums and tapes, sometimes numerous times because they occasionally got found and broke by my dad, and learning about the music that I had not been allowed to listen to for a few years really caused me to like that music a lot more I think. I would have loved the music anyways because it spoke to me. There were some great bands that had some great music and messages that were good at that time. And Pat Benatar was definitely one of those that I still listen to and love today and I remember the first time I heard the song that got me started! She was awesome and I've seen her a few times live and her and Neil made a spectacular couple and band! They are part of the soundtrack of my youth and life 👍
Brian in Fort Worth 🎶
I was taking a college class and “ Hell is for children” was the 1st page of my class project. My moms ex-boyfriend was released from San Quinton prison after serving time for murder. I was 8 years old. He was about 265lbs. Drunk everyday. My mom worked and he sat home drinking and would beat me for “ Things you got away with”
That song comes on the radio and I automatically turn the channel. He’s dead now. His niece told me the day her mom passed, he was her moms brother, her dad kicked his ashes down the middle of a dry ditch.
That’s a really personal song. Thanks for sharing your story. ✌🏻
@@dtw63 Wow, it sounds like it's really a personal story and song for you also. The things people do. And like you said, they used to get away with it a lot easier also. Thanks for sharing your story and I'm sorry you went through that. I could understand why you would not want to hear the song definitely!
@@Bootradr Thank you. It really has a personal meaning to me. He’s dead. The last time I saw him I was 19. I was 6’3” but only 125 lbs. He stood up to shake my hand and looked up. He said “ You got big.” I was the same little kid I was at 8 years old. He was scared of me. That was all I needed. I’ll be 60 next week. Until I was 30, any authority that called me on the carpet made me shake. I don’t hate anyone but I hope he’s burning in hell.
Can I suggest not stacking them? Turn then on their side. Stacking vinyl is really bad. 😳
@@dtw63 Yes I do keep mine stored sideways. But occasionally I'll have a few that I'm listening to sitting on top of each other laying flat. That doesn't do any damage as long as you don't leave them that way. And I definitely would not put a bunch of them on top of each other that way either. I learned that lesson back in the 1980s unfortunately :-) But thanks for the reply and recommendation! You definitely are correct!