"Summer of the Band" is the most popular variety show this summer, it gave many viewers a return to rock music, so that these niche rock bands out of their own circles.
● Hedgehog Band
As a member of a rock band, mixing men and women seems to be a normal thing today. However, decades ago, this was really not the case, each music genre has a corresponding gender, skin color, region, if someone intends to break the dimensional wall, it will attract criticism from the melon-eating masses.
● Joan Jett（1958-）
Many people will be discouraged because of these barriers, but some people dare to be the first to try to be the first to eat crabs, such as Joan Jett, known as the "Queen of Rock".
Who is Joan Jett? Don't say you don't know, you've definitely heard her songs.
Remember last year's hit movie Ready Player One? When the Laser Eye man entered the first level of the game, he was accompanied by a song called "I hate myself for loving you" (I hate falling in love with you), which was really explosive. The singer of the song is none other than Joan Jett.
"Ready Player One", a movie that plays with the terrier to fly, the reason why it chooses this song must be because it is a golden song for most people's memories. If you listen to this song, you may think of another one – Andy Lau's "I Hate My Obsession".
That's right! "I Hate My Obsession" is not Andy Lau's original song, this song is actually a cover song. The 80s and 90s were the heyday of the Hong Kong music scene, and in order to make up for the shortcomings of their creation, they often bought the copyright of foreign songs and then refilled the lyrics. At that time, Andy Lau's cover song Joan Jett was also an affirmation of her.
Joan Jett's album Up Your Alley
The song was originally titled "I Hate Myself Because I Can't Get Laid" (I hate I can't get it). Joan Jett consulted well-known record producer and songwriter Desmond Child with the song. Child informed that the song would not be popular, asked her to change the song title to "LOVE", and proposed changes to the lyrics. After this change, the song was sung.
"I hate myself for loving you" was Joan Jett's famous song in the late 80s, but her passion for music began early, and she received her first guitar at the age of 14, which officially opened her musical path.
Joan Jett before he became the Queen of Rock'n' Roll
While others were still good students at school, maverick Joan Jett had formed his own band: The Runaways. The legend of this band is that it was the world's first all-female rock band.
● The Runaways
As the opening paragraph said, many american ideas at that time were still very conservative, and they believed that only boys could play rock and roll. It seems absurd now, but the mainstream of society at that time was indeed the same.
Joan Jett's experience with The Runaways was made into the film The Fugitive Band, starring "Twilight Girl" Kristen Stewart (Kristen Stewart) as Joan Jett.
● Joan Jett和Kristen Stewart
The movie opens with Joan going to the clothing store to buy clothes, and the clerk who is flirted with by the boy at the front desk sees Joan walking toward the men's clothing area and says, "There are no clothes you want there."
"There is a difference in the clothes of men and women" seemed to be the stereotype of the time, and the domineering Joan took out a bag of coins, pointed to the boy's clothes, and said, "I'm going to buy what he wears." This is joan's first time wearing a leather coat.
Joan Jett, played by Kristen Stewart
Joan has to be different not only in terms of dress, but also in the choice of instruments. She wanted to learn electric guitar in guitar class, but the teacher replied, "Girls don't play electric guitar." This made Joan very impatient, and she plugged in the guitar and began to play herself. Finally blasted out by the guitar teacher.
The same thing Joan didn't encounter less, and she never compromised on the pursuit of "cool". The Runaways was born, allowing her spirit to be discovered by the world.
The Runaways unexpectedly caught fire, especially in Japan, where The Runaways had the opportunity to tour early. Rock girl groups were very new at the time, but also because all the staff were women, they also attacked some conservative people. But one after another of the most popular music quickly gagged the trolls.
After The Runaways, more and more female rock bands came out. However, with the core members leaving one by one, The Runaways will have a hard time continuing. In 1979, Joan decided to fly solo.
In 1981, Joan formed his own other band, Joan Jett & TheBlackhearts, and released his second album of his career, which diversified in style and created many classic hard rock works.
For example, "Bad Reputation", for Chinese music fans, may be more familiar with Lavigne's version. Lavigne played the song on the "Beautiful Bad Things" parade in 2008 and was included on a new album in 2011. The two rock queens talk to each other, as if two time and space have been opened.
Joan's Divine Comedy is certainly not only this one, "I love rock n' roll" is another of Joan's main divine songs. The song was also covered by another celebrity – Britney Spears.
I don't know if anyone knows this diva with a sense of age, you may not believe it, she has been popular all over the world and is known as a new generation of Madonna. The diva of the year chose to cover Joan's song, which also explains her position in the rock world.
● Spears OfTeer Britney
Of course, Joan Jett is much more "grandfather" than Lavigne, the little sweet Britney. Joan's neutral dress also started a trend, with jet-black hair, heavy smoky makeup, skinny leather pants and leather jackets, all kinds of studded metal accessories... All outfits are standard in punk outfits.
Don't tell them it's not a woman's dress, they'll give you a sharp white eye.
Although Joan has passed her peak after the 90s, she has still been bouncing on the stage after all these years. After all these years, you will find out if her appearance has not changed much, and she is still on the road of "cool".
Joan Jett is an indispensable star in the history of rock and roll, she opened the way to women's rock, to rock more Peace & Love. Joan gives the whole history of rock and roll a lesson: when it comes to "cool", gender is not a matter!
bibliography:
1.Joan Jett official website
2. Style idol photo 丨Joan Jett - Genderless Rock Queen/MOMIC Adventure
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