The irony of Joan Jett and the whole "she had to show everybody she could rock like a guy!" thing is that she always seemed perfectly fine playing rhythm guitar like a guy, singing like a guy or working a crowd like a guy, but was either unable or uninterested in writing a song herself, which is the one thing nobody ever questioned whether or not a woman could do. 🤔🤷♂️
Saturday, May 17, 2025
A Note on the Curious Career of Joan Jett
I don't begrudge Joan Jett anything, but in watching her on Letterman just now I gotta ask: has there ever been an artist with a more dramatic inverse ratio of Greatest Hits packages to actual songs written than Joan Jett? - XMASTIME
The irony of Joan Jett and the whole "she had to show everybody she could rock like a guy!" thing is that she always seemed perfectly fine playing rhythm guitar like a guy, singing like a guy or working a crowd like a guy, but was either unable or uninterested in writing a song herself, which is the one thing nobody ever questioned whether or not a woman could do. 🤔🤷♂️
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment