Made a Pact to COVER OBSCURE B-SIDE She KNEW Would Be Huge...Hit #1 for 6 weeks! | Professor Of Rock
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- "Coming up, the evolution of a universal rock standard that was rescued from obscurity by a 17 year old, future icon, who happened to see a live performance of the song while watching TV in a hotel room in London. Joan Jett was touring with the Runaways when she saw the Arrows perform I Love Rock and Roll on TV. Joan made a pact to cover the song no matter what. She Knew it would be a #1 hit. It took 6 years after her band rejected it and it was released as a B-side not once but 2 times. When She finally covered it as Joan Jett and the blackhearts including Ricky Byrd on guitar it was a #1 smash. topping the billboard hot 100 for 6 weeks. The story of perseverance and destiny…is NEXT on Professor of Rock.”
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it’s time for another edition of our series The New Standards. This show takes an in-depth look into songs that transcend genre, decade, and fads - songs that are monumental touchstones in our culture and society. On previous episodes we have covered Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin, Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, and Hotel California by The Eagles But today we are gonna put another dime in the jukebox and celebrate one of the biggest #1 hit of the 80s I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett…
By the time Joan Jett assembled her back-up band, and re-recorded her massive breakout hit in 1981, she was already a music icon. At 15, Joan co-fronted The Runaways, one of the first all-female rock bands, and established a “Bad Reputation” for being an unabashed rebel determined to crush the status quo.
Joan was rejected by record labels 23 TIMES, You hear me right. 23 times… before taking the 'Do It Yourself' approach, and earned the titles Queen of Rock n’ Roll and Godmother of Punk. In 1976, Joanie, as she is affectionately called, was in the United Kingdom during a European leg of touring with The Runaways. Kicking it in her London hotel room to pass the time, she watched an episode of the TV series Arrows, which was a show formatted for teens back in the 70s featuring live music performances.
The series was named after the London-based band the Arrows, and on that particular episode, the Arrows performed their single “I Love Rock ’N Roll. Joan was instantly captivated.
She said the song “screamed hit” to her. Joan expressed interest in recording her own version to the Runaways manager Kim Fowley.
She bought a copy of the 45, and excitedly presented the track to her bandmates as something for the Runaways to record, but the other 4 musicians in the group, consisting of Sandy West, Cherie Currie, Lita Ford, and Jackie Fox spurned the song. 
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Poll: What was the first song you played on a jukebox?
I don’t know if I should admit to this but as a four year old, my mum would give me money to play The Good The Bad and the Ugly in a cafe we used to go in on a Saturday morning
Crocodile Rock!
Fashion. Bowie.
I think it was "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" by ELO, but when I made my comment an instant debate began inside my head, so it was either that one or "Lady" by STYX.
How many more times - Led Zepplin
I am Alan’s widow and I know he would be tickled to read how his song was a part of so many lives. Thank you, Professor of Rock for giving him the credit for writing the song in such detail - I am sure he is pleased wherever he is!
Alan certainly created a piece of art that will forever be a part of world culture. Few people can say that.
Thank you Joan. Alan’s mom was famous too huh?
@@kingofallwhites yes she was and so was his father Aaron Sachs who was known for his saxophone playing
Alan had a great instinct for song writing. I'm sorry for your loss.
Met Joan at a concert. She is one of the nicest, most gracious performer I’ve ever met!
The first time I heard the song, I knew that the over-the-hill, dismal disco era was over, and REAL Rock was back! Thank you Joan Jett!
I hated disco! 😂😂😂
The success of the song really shows how the production and mixing of a song can have a drastic effect. When you hear the Arrows version and the earlier Joan Jett version, it doesn't have the same effect as the final hit version. The overpowering guitar and unique sound of that song in addition to JJ's powerful vocals make such a difference.
Joan Jett, Blondie and the B-52's introduced me to a whole new world of music when I was 12.
There were a trifecta of enlightenment for me too, though I was a few years older. :) Having Joan sing on Doom or Destiny on the Blondie album Pollinator was a dream come true for me.
Love Blondie!!!
My best friend and I followed the B-52s and the Ramones around So Cal when they did shows. Most Rock & Rollers back then didn't appreciate the B-52s. Fortunately, I have a very open mind for music and have gotten to see a lot of bands in intimate locations like the Golden West Ballroom and the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach. First saw the B-52s at the former and the Ramones did a surprise pop-up at the latter. Thank you Jesus for Rock & Roll!
I saw JJ in concert in San Juan PR. When this one came up in the concert she was the opener for Billy Idol (he said “how do we follow THAT”?) the place went wild. We eventually broke our chairs because the whole night we were dancing and jumping up and down on them lol what a concert memory!
OMG, cool!!!
Awesome!
Great Vid! Fun Joan Jett story. I was going to see her at the Del Mar Fair in San Diego in 1987. I get there early so I could be close to the stage. I keep seeing all these old people (40s and 50s) with cowboy hats on and I am thinking, "What is going on?" Then I see a tour bus that says 'Crystal Gayle' on it. I went a day early! LOL. So I bought a ticket for the next day. She was awesome!!!
Very cool! Thanks for watching and sharing.
....ha-HAAA!!! "🤣" ...Ya should stayed, to see CRYSTAL!! ....ah, those switchin' venues! ... ya gave me a good chuckle today, Man, THANKS!
Love Crystal.
I was that mom back in the 60s who had a stack of 45s playing all day on the stereo! I was a young mom back then…ponytail, and all….I had a daughter when I was 19, and she had the benefit of listening to the stereo, and the oldies with me! She decided very young she wanted to be a Music Therapist, and ended with a degree from Indiana University (John Mellencamp was huge at supporting Music Therapy at IU!) I like to think I helped influence her love of music! Her college friends use to comment on her knowledge of oldies, and she would tell them she cut her teeth on that music! I just wanted you to know it is now fun for me to listen to you explain how these songs came to be! I get to go to Professor of Rock college! I am thankful I played so much music in my home…music was important! One last treat for me was becoming friends with the lead singer of The Lettermen..Tony Butala! He would sit, and share stories with me of some famous groups, I had close friends who were friends of his, so I got included in dinners…after concert parties! Finding your channel has been such a learning experience! You make it fun! For some reason lots of memories today, as you are playing music my daughter had playing in high school, and college!
Thanks for sharing!
@@ProfessorofRock A bit wordy, but the music brought back memories! At my age of 76 I thank you for allowing me to share! 🤗
Wow, I would love to talk to you to find out more!
This song has the "it" factor just the same as "Whiter Shade of Pale" has the "it" factor. Some songs are so good that people feel sublime listening to them over and over again. Joan did it right and that's why we are still talking about it all these decades later.
Such a feel good rocker.
This song never gets old for me, i am 58 now and everytime i hear it.... i blast it.
Me too!
Crank it all of the way to 11.
Same here, 62 and still loving Rock and Roll!
I was a little kid when this song came out on MTV and I’ve been obsessed with Joan Jett ever since. As a result, she is one of my first Guitar heroes! A true badass!!
For sure!!!
Joan Jett was an 18 yr olds fantasy rocker in 1982. I was lucky enough to see JJ and the blackhearts open for The Police on March 16,1982. I was surprised she was opening for the Police since back in the day you typically didn’t know who the opening band was.
Of course “l Love R&R” was moving up the charts. Joan proudly let us know the song had reached #1 that week. Wow the opener had the number one song and I still got to hear the Police too. One of my all time favorite concerts.
Thanks PofR for sharing the story.
This guy is such an awesome storyteller. Really crafts the plot points and trivia into something that is some how even bigger. Idk if he writes it all himself. But wow. The topic could be something I never cared for, and I'm hanging on every word, and coming away with a bigger appreciation for it. Thanks for doing this.
Suzi Quatro and Joan Jett were the first female rockers for me. Joan said she got her look from Suzi.
That said, I love the band Fanny. The first all female band to release albums on a major label and tour extensively.
Fanny was signed by Reprise Records, founded by Frank Sinatra.
They blazed the trail no doubt. Dom't forget Heart!
Fanny and Birtha were magnificent all-woman bands. Professor, they need some love!
David Bowie loved the band Fanny. Saw a early interview he gave about his love for the band.
I love Suzi.
I thought Suzi Quattro was just an actress on Happy Days and wasn’t a real musician. I never knew to take her seriously because she played Leather Tuscadero on the tv show.
Who remembers the mini juke boxes that sat right on your table, at the diners and greasy spoons?
I have one of those!
I remember seeing those as a baby!
I loved those. 😊
I remember when that song was released in 81. It was played a dozen times a day on the radio. Every time I went to the pool hall it got played on the jukebox 3 to 4 times in just a couple of hours. It’s still a toe tapper today in 2022. Thank you Joan for recording this song we have enjoyed it immensely.
It certainly takes you back!
It was one of the first songs I learned on drums with my band in 1982. Fun times!
No kidding. It became THE jukebox song.
I mostly hate all those overly played top 40 hits still today. But I still crank and shout along with I Love Rock And Roll!
ILR&R spent 7 weeks at #1 in 1982. Interestingly, it kept We Got The Beat by The GoGos from reaching #1 (it peaked at #2 for 3 weeks straight).
Both "I love Rock and Roll" and "Rock and Roll" from Runaways are 2 of my favourites songs ever
Joan knows how to rock
As well as Cherry Bomb!
I’ve seen Joan over a dozen times throughout the years and she is still one of the most solid concerts you’ll ever see. Any time I wear one of Joan’s t-shirts, I always get compliments. She is a living legend and a true musician. And anytime I can catch her live, I always catch her. She absolutely crushes every single time.
Alan Merrill performed in New York City every week or so until his death. He was definitely the nicest and kindest person on the local music scene and had no ego. He had such great stories about his childhood and career. He wrote a classic song.
I was in a Troma movie back in 2019 with Alan, the BEST guy I have met in the music industry. He accomplished so much! He was on the show, Encyclopedia Brown, his song was played from outer space. In a few hours of talking to him I became a fan. Very humbled that I got to meet him and be in a scene with him. Very down to Earth dude.
He was a great guy.
I was a high school Junior in 1981 and we had managed to convince the school administration to let us have a jukebox in the cafeteria. Now, after all these years, there are 3 songs in particular that take me right back to that cafeteria every time I hear them: I love Rock n’ Roll, J Geils Band’s Centerfold, and Billy Squier’s The Stroke. (Also, all the songs from the Supertramp album Breakfast in America album have the same effect, I seem to hear those less often, unfortunately.) Thanks for another flashback, Professor!
Great 3 songs bro.🤑
Edit: I just listened to that SuperTramp album. I forgot they existed. I remember how much I liked them and Supertramp brings back memories of the Triumph song Magic Power. So much I have forgotten.
All great classics!
Don’t Say No is an incredible album - “In the Dark” is an amazing banger too. I’d love to see Squier get more attention (he’s still underrated compared to other late 70s/early 80s rockers)
In 1981 I was a Junior in high school in Toledo and I can remember kids walking down the hallways at school with ghetto blaster cassette tape/radios propped on their shoulders with this song playing. I graduated in 1982, joined the Air Force in 1984 and was stationed in England by 1985. The 1980’s was SUCH an awesome decade!!! And to be stationed near London England in the middle of that decade?!? It was magical!!
Sony Walkmans! I’d love to go back to the 80s.
Adore this song. Joan is a phenomenon!!!! And Bad Reputation is also rad!!!
Bad Reputation is my favorite!!!
Her cover of "Crimson And Clover" is another great one.
I saw Joan Jett at the Concord Pavilion in 1981. She was the opening act for Greg Kihn that night. I had never heard of her, but after that concert I went to the record store and bought her album.
Always in awe of her, once heard a news report of her flying on the L.I.E.
in her Ferrari (if I recall correctly) and confirmed she was a “for real” bad ass rocker.
This was truly one of the first big rock songs that entered my consciousness, in '82 I was 8 y.o. in 2nd grade and for weeks on the school bus ride home I remember all us kids singing this as loud as we could, clapping and stomping to the beat. I can see it in my mind's eye clear as anything and every time I hear this song I think of that.
Same, except I was in 3rd grade. Great memory.
Same age, same experience
🤜 🤙
Same experience in Middletown, NY. 4th grade.
True. I was really into soft rock at that age (also 8 in '82, at least the later half of the year). But still, I loved Joan Jett and Twisted Sister, when they came out. I was divided on Van Halen then (love all the DLR stuff now, and some of the Hagar days, too) but I loved I'll Wait and Panama from 1984. Back in '82, though, I mostly remember the band, Asia. They were very popular on MTV back in the day.
Wow. What a coincidence. I was at work today and this song played over the radio. First time I heard it in years. And I thought - wow, what an 80's song! What a powerful female vocalist. She really help pave the way for other women in rock. I don't think most kids these days know that. Back in the 80's as a teen girl, I felt so empowered by just her vocals just hearing this song. A great song with great energy.
She was such a trailblazer. Inspired so many.
When I was a freshmen in college, I moved into an apartment off campus with some buddies from the dorms. We had a muscle bound obnoxious neighbor upstairs from us. He came down to our door and cussed us out for playing music too loud for his tastes early on a Saturday afternoon. What we did was childish, but it still makes me laugh. We turned on "I Love Rock and Roll" -- on repeat ... and left for the afternoon!
Can't imagine the 80s without that song. Great video as usual Professor.
I saw Joan in San Bernardino when this was a hit. It was my first concert. I was right next to the PA speaker and thought, “Oh this is gonna be great!” Well, my ears were ringing for the next few days, but I still wouldn’t change a thing. She gave it her all. And that “hit” is the right word for it because it hits you the first time you hear it. Those opening drums and Joan’s signature scream floored me. I developed a crush and started dressing like the band and that didn’t go over too well with my dad, but he let it go saying only, “choose the right”. She was my favorite artist for a long time, dropping to number two when I heard Pride and Joy.
She knew it would be a hit and it was exactly that! I love those stories.
When this one came up in the concert she was the opener for Billy Idol (he said “how do we follow THAT”?) the place went wild. We eventually broke our chairs because the whole night we were dancing on them lol what a concert memory!
It sounds like a hit. Easily. Joan is a badass.
I saw Joan Jett open for Steve Miller Band about 10 years ago in Laughlin & was blown away by her performance. She still had her voice. Always liked her music.
VERY COOL. Love Steve Miller too.
What a cool concert that must have been.
I love the history lesson, I remember when this song came out, I was like 12, but had no idea it was a cover and had never heard of the runaways.
High school 1972.
Hung out at a coffee shop that had a box at each table which appeared to date from around 1960 or earlier. A quarter got 2 plays. In the basement was the master player loaded with 45's and of course each had a B side. The place was so busy at times that your choice could be backed up for half an hour, but it was non stop music.
A true Rock and Roll anthem. I would love to own a juke box to play my 45s. 😊❤
When I was a kid, there were juke boxes at the pizza parlor and the bowling alley. I remember Playing With the Queen of Hearts by Juice Newton.
You can find them relatively cheap on Ebay.
I’m thinking of buying a jukebox after today’s video so I can play 80s new wave all day!
I love Queen of Hearts. Great song.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Me too! 😊 Adam mentioned a tiny juke box in the video that fits on a table. I did purchase a 45 adapter DJs use. It is metal and fits on the spindle so I don't have to put those plastic things into the center of the record. I should be happy with that 🙂. Always one purchase away from happiness. I still going to check Ebay.
@@catherine6653 I haven’t seen that type of jukebox since I was 2 or so. I might have to go on eBay to see if there is anything I’m interested in in regards to music.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Let me know if you buy a Juke box. I probably don't have room for one. The piano I play takes up the front room.
This song was insane! Vivid memories of walking down the halls in school with a huge silver ghetto blaster playing this song over and over. No one complained or told us to stop. Have seen Joan live many times she's definitely the hardest working rocker!
This song always takes me to ice skating in Orlando while in middle school 1982. I was feeding a quarters to the video games and hearing this playing.
I luckily got to see the Runaways at the SF Cow Palace when Golden Earring had to cancel. Bill Graham backfilled that band with B-52s that didn't last half of a song with stuff being thrown on stage, and Bill Graham came back out to say we'd love the next band. It was the Runaways. The crowd was totally motionless for their first song but erupted after they finished the first song. Then, a decade or so ago, I was at a Joan Jett concert with a DSLR and huge lens. She flipped me off and I captured that. The best photo I have of her.
Thanks for sharing. I've always wanted to see a show at the Cow Palace!
Super cool!
Grabbed me too...that opening riff is a pure jolt...actually got to know Alan Merrill before he died...really nice guy & what a talent...he said that ILRR was so big that it put his kids through college...and the most money he made from it from from Britney Spears' version...for years, Joan did not want to acknowledge Alan Merrill as the original writer, thinking it would sink her own career...but it all worked out in the end...I like/love her other stuff, both originals and covers...great live performer, deserving of all her success...
Yeah almost. He didnt make much money "only about enough for a second hand car" from Joan Jett version Derringer and Meat Loaf put the oldest kids thru school and Britney put the youngest through college/uni.
In the 1980s Country Kitchen had Jukeboxes at each table and you could play a song for a dime. Joan Jett is awesome in concert. She has played on the Leinenkugel stage year after year in Chippewa; also at Summerfest. She is a power full singer in concerts. I hope she feels good about touring for many more years.
@Badger Pa: County Kitchen is a name I haven't heard since I was in my 20's. As for Joan Jett, to be diplomatic, I've never warmed up to her. On the other hand, I like Lita Ford and I liked the Runaways
She absolutely kills it live.
Brilliant. Grade 7. Girl that lived near the elementary school had a boom box... when that was the newest coolest thing! She played Joan Jett over and over while we hung around in amazement. Such a cool memory. Love Joan Jett... love that song...
Interesting why the reason "dime" was used was because it's was the only single syllable coin available. Thank you Adam for bringing this "oldie" back to light.
This is such an insanely awesome song, which gets your entire body pumping with each listen. I wasn't even initially aware that it WAS a cover, since it's arguably eclipsed the original. 😎💖
It definitely eclipsed the original!
Like many other covers All along the watchtower, Man who sold the world etc
I didn't know it was a cover until today, too. Love this song since the first time I heard Joan Jett sing it. 🥰
This song is so amazing that it’s shocking that she covered it! I always thought it was her own song!
I'm just finding out it was a cover lol. I played this constantly - I loved her attitude and thought she was gorgeous !
(esp in the French Song vid - back when MTV played music vids)
The sound of Joan and Blackhearts cut through the early 80s like a buzz saw. The guitar tone and production of those records should be studied like a Masterclass...
I taught my teenage daughter about Joan Jett, and all of her record label rejections, her perseverance and the struggles that her and a lot of other female artists of her time who fought hard to be taken seriously in rock music. Joan did this song justice, and she is a pioneer in the music industry.
Joan and I went to the same high school, a few years apart. I think she's terrific.
The first few seconds of that hard monster riff just grabs you and takes you on a journey of a pure adrenalised Rock and Roll ride. It is truly one of the best rock anthems. Joan is a true legend and has helped blazed a trail for many music artists who have wanted to have a career in the music industry.
One of the best riffs ever. 🎸
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Nice touch with the guitar emoji.
I became a fan of Joan’s the first time I heard her.
That badass voice and that crunching distortion is so signature to her and The Blackhearts.
She could tale a song and make it her own.
Favorite Album: Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth.”
Favorite Song, “New Orleans.”
What a legend she is.
Great choice!
Alan was a lovely chap. I still miss him being around.
I wore that tape out and I'm not kidding. Before that album, everything I owned was vinyl or 8-track. I bought my 1st cassette player and I Love Rock n Roll just before getting on a cross country bus ride to basic training. It was my only cassette for 2 months, lol. Never got sick of Joan. Still love her.
Love these stories about how a "backburner song" resurfaces later on as a monster hit. Sad how things turned out for Jake and Allan, though. Your comment about supportive mangers is well taken, Adam. As we've seen the labels don't always get it right! As for juke boxes, always loved the booth versions at certain restaurants. You didn't even need to get up to put the dime in!
Thanks Robster. Always fun seeing your comments!
@@ProfessorofRock Thx Adam. Sent you a message on Patreon.
It was a great story.
The drummer of the Arrows, Paul Varley died of HIV/AIDS related pneumonia in July 2008.
@@ludovica8221 Wow. Is there a curse on this band?
Def Leppard's "Let It Go, " Triumph's "Magic Power," Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like A Hole," and Joan Jett's "I Love Rock and Roll" were my picks for most anticipated videos on MTV. I would stay up late just to see them.
In college in 1992, in west Texas, country was still king, but my friend and I really liked smells like teen spirit by nirvana. One day in the school lounge, we had it playing and a group of guys plugged in their country picks while they waited for our song to end. The bad mouthed it the entire time it was playing and not too quietly. Well, my friend and I dug up every coin we had and put them in the jukebox to play smells like teen spirit over and over again; and then we left.
When we came back later that afternoon, the june box was unplugged and had a sign on it “out of order.” We looked around, didn’t see anyone, plugged it back in and to our surprise, it worked just fine. A dollar fifty in and another house of smells like teen spirit played while we played pool waiting for our last class. That was a great day!
While 14 my two friends and I had morning paper routes. That summer the three of us walked downtown every night after supper and ordered pizza and soda from our profits. That meant so much to me because it was the first time we got a touch of acting like adults. The owner was our friend for life after that summer. Seven years later I was listening to Joan Jett saying I love rock 'n' roll for the first time with one of those friends while we were plowing snow together. So there you go, a jukebox and Joan Jett story had one paragraph :-)
Professor of Rock, thank you for this wonderful tribute to one of my all time favorite songs, Joan Jett has been one of my favorite artists since Bad Reputation. Alan Merril was a genius, many of my friends who've worked in the industry held him in the highest esteem. He was the son of legendary jazz singer Helen Merrill, and one of the first recognized foreign pop stars in Japan. WHen his mother decided to make her retirement album Lilac Wine in 2003, one of her objectives was to demonstrate what a voice from someone in their 70's was like, recognizing the changes the decades had on a trained voice. Most of the tracks were standards she'd sung earlier in her career, but the final track was an unexpected choice, a cover of Radiohead's "You" from Pablo Honey, a duet with Alan.It's absolutely amazing, and I think it's a touching and fitting tribute to Alan and his talented mother. It's pretty easy to find on YT, well worth checking out. I'm not sure what the first song I ever played on a JB was, but it was most likely an early 70's country song. :)
Just saw Joan Jett live last month, and she rocked! I was 9 yrs old when it came out. I remember rocking out to it in the skating rink and arcade. I wasn't fully into music at that point, but this and few other songs I loved at the time. btw, that whole album is great.
Ahhhh…the joy of skating in the 80s.
As I always say, there's a reason why Joan's version is a timeless Classic and the original is virtually unknown. Back in 81-82, when I first heard this one it
Immediately became one of my all-time favorites...and I was only 8 in '81.
FOR SURE. We always remember those first few songs we heard as kids.
My aunt was a junior in high school when this catchy anthem came out and couldn’t help but sing along.
I loved this song when it came out and shortly afterward I picked up the vinyl. Still play it every so often. Great song. Thanks for bringing it up Professor.
My friends had a garage band in the early 80s. I love R&R was one of their dozen or so songs they played and, in my opinion, their best. We graduated in 82 so this song was huge in our senior year of high school. It always brings back great memories of that time of my life. Thank you, as always Professor
Amazing! Some teachers at my school graduated with the Class of 1982 and remember this song really well!
Love your shirt!
Keep up the great work, Professor!
Thanks!
This is such a magic rendition of this song. Loved it from the first time I heard it and still love it today. One of the many songs on my favourite playlist.
First heard this diamond of a gem on MTV (back when it was the real MTV)...that voice...the tenacity she has...couldn't help but fall in love with her. I do love rocky road...but I love rock-n-roll more! Thanks for a great view into the history of the songs we grew up with, and continue to grow up with, and bringing back some of the better days of life. Still love you Joan!
Simply a timeless Rock anthem, no doubt. Thank you for the long and detailed stories into these classics.
Thank you!
This is a story of a song that was inspired by another song (it’s only rock and roll) that inspired another artist (Joan) to record it. This theme of artists inspiring artists keeps coming up in your show. It’s so cool!!!!
I had no idea about this fact.
Big memories of this song! Me in my room with my little portable record player cranking out Dirty Deeds by AC-DC, while my older sister was in her room trying to drown out my deeds with Joan Jett and her hit I Love Rock And Roll. The whole time our parents telling us to turn them down or they would take away our record player. What is great about this is Joan re did the Dirty Deeds song and my sister and myself both loved it and talked about our old times having music wars in the house. Thanks for another great show bud, keep up the great work.
Hello Professor. Yours is the only channel on RUclips that I put time aside to watch. Every Monday I watch at 7pm. Regards from Bendigo Australia...
This is such a great song. When I think of the best rock songs that went to #1 on the pop charts in the 80's, I Love Rock And Roll is one of the very first songs that comes to mind. It really captures the spirit of the music I love. Joan Jett was very influential and female trailblazer for all the women in rock that were to follow,
Ann Wilson, Pat Benatar, etc. They owe it all to Joan Jett.
I like Joan but seriously? Ann Wilson owes Joan? I have to call that out since Ann and Heart had albums with hits out in the mid-70's , long before Joan was ever heard of... And as far as talent and records sold, Ann wins that battle hands-down. If anyone could be said to "owe" someone for blazing the trail for female rockers then Joan would have to be sending roses to Ann and Nancy because "Magic Man" and "Barracuda" paved that particular road for females in hard rock.
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I recall at one point "I Love Rock 'N Roll", "Physical", and "We Got The Beat", were 1-2-3 on the Billboard charts making it the first time in history 3 female performers topped the charts in the US.
I'm a little confused since the Blackhearts were men. Did you mean the first time three female lead singers?
We Got the Beat only hit #2. One of my favorite songs ever though.
@@bobdavis4848 Do you also believe the Silver Bullet Band and Cra,zy Horse are also the main act?? Yeah, no.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 We Got the Beat never got to #1 but it still was the first time 3 female artist were ranked 1, 2, 3.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Lilly: Yes, but DeadBunny69 did not claim "We Got The Beat" hit #1. DB seems to be referencing a week when it was at #3 before or after being at #2.
I've seen Joan Jett in concert a few times now but the first time I went to one of her concerts was as the Runaways. They were booked to play in a border community called New Westminster at a small club so a friend and myself went out to the pub and waited for them to appear. About an hour after they were to perform an announcement was made that they had been denied entrance into Canada due to the nature of their show and because they were underage to perform at a licensed liquor location in British Columbia. So I never got to see the Runaways other than on videos many years later.
The last and best of the jukebox songs. Love the power of the chords.
Man, this was the only song I wanted to listen to when it was out. I remember buying the 45 & wearing it out. Another winner, Mr. Professor!!! 🤘😎
THanks Bill!
No kidding.
This is one of the songs that every band learned and played at every high school/college party back in the early 80's. We had an all girl band in our high school and they played this at the end of year talent contest. I can't remember if they won, probably not.
Cheerleaders!
Wow, you just blew my mind. When I was in first grade, we had a neighbor that we used to drive to school with us. She would come over in the mornings and she would bring over music that we would listen to. It was where I was first introduced to Joan Jett. I loved that song, and it stands out as one of my favorite songs of all time. But, I just realized it could not have been the Blackhearts version because I went to first grade in 79/80!
Such a great song! Love Weird Al's parody as well! Love all of Joan Jetts catalog the Runaways, solo, Evil Stig, ect!! As well as, ironically with what you posted a few days ago, her cover of Twisted Sisters We're Not Gonna Take it!!🤘😎🤘
32 years ago Joan held my new born daughter for a little when we talked after a concert that was cut short cuz she was hit in the face/eye when someone threw jewelry at her. I worked at the fair venue so was there when they were tearing down the stage and whatnot. She just played the same venue and I as fate would have it have a newborn son. Had I not been in Brazil at the time I'd definitely have been there!!
Thanks Tim!
Rocky Road!!!
I am in a movie with the man, Alan, who wrote this song in the UK. He's accomplished so much and this was just one of them. If he never wrote it, she would've never gotten anywhere (especially because Lita Ford, also a cool woman I know) was the soul of that group. Merrill we amazing to work with and that's not all he ever did.
He had a song go to space, he was in the show Encyclopedia Brown. He deserves the credit for it! I'm humbled to have met him and got to talk to him for hours. Great guy.
👍 Alan Merrill was an amazing, talented and wonderful guy who never had the credit he deserved
Lita wasn't the soul of The Runaways! Joan Jett is the reason that group gets any attention, and she was the reason it was formed. She is also the co-writer of their only hit "Cherry Bomb". The Runaways existed before Lita too, by the way. And Joan has other hits besides ILRnR- like Bad Rep and Hate Myself.... that was adapted for Sunday Night Football. She would have been just fine without ILRnR- maybe nowhere near as iconic, but still successful.
Adam, I don't know how you do it but you can pick music that hits me to my heart. I remember the Runaways quite well lol. I was young and so were they but their music blew me away and so did their image. When they broke up I supposed I wouldn't hear them again so I stashed my stuff away. When I heard Joan and The Blackhearts I laughed out loud and actually it was her cover of Crimson and Clover that brought me back with love. It was Tommy James version that brought my wife and I together when they played a country fair here in Pulaski county KY back in '73. I asked her to go steady that night and we've been together ever since. So when Joan covered it so well it was awesome. Gonna shut up now, love y'all man, keep it up
I met Joan in Kansas City circa 1981 and I still have her autograph somewhere. I remember giving her a tape of my band and my phone number I still remember it was 941-BAD1 lol! My production company name was Bad Habit Productions back then and the band I was in, Strutter, had just broke up but we had recorded several tunes and I gave them to her on a cassette. Fun times! 🙂
Did you ever hear back from any of her people?
I've seen Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in concert twice and both performances were great!
What years did you see her?
I’ve seen her in small clubs, festivals, and a sold out stadium, she’s always awesome!
@@ProfessorofRock I was trying to remember when I posted that but I can't remember the exact dates. I should have just searched (like I just did). The first was 1988 and the second was 2007.
That’s awesome!
Destined to be a hit, yes, but you can’t discount the impact that MTV playing it certainly helped expose it to millions. And the video is cool too!
Here's another memory you can use...
If you remember going to all night roller skating to cool music in the 80s..You'll love this channel.
I met my first boyfriend skating and we first grasped hands to this song. Love it!
Hard to imagine a world without this track!
I'm a million by the runaways is great
Prince really melts "crimson and clover" on Lotusflower.
My strongest memory of this tune happened just a couple of years ago. I used to play in a local band here in Nottingham (UK) back in the 80's and we were pretty much the bad boys around here, getting banned from everywhere we played because of the mayhem and mess we left behind (good times! 😁). A few years ago myself and the singer from that band decided to have one more go at it just for a laugh One of the tunes we decided to do was this one........ We only got to do one rehearsal as it turned out the other guitar player, err, couldn't so we started to look for a replacement. Sadly before we found one, my old singer and best friend lost a fight with that bastard called cancer. Last tune I ever got to play with him.... And a memory I will treasure for ever.
Frankly, after watching this video, I’m really interested in going to iTunes and sampling music by “The Arrows”. I really like what I heard from them on your video.
Thanks!
When I was in college, a local bar had a Friday afternoon happy hour special with a plate of chicken wings and all the beer you could drink from 4 to 6 pm for only $6.50. That left me enough money to play several songs in the jukebox, and Van Halen's "Right Now" was always the first song I played.
Joan Jett was my second concert I ever went to in 1983! I idolized her back in the day..
Met her back in the 80's and was less than impressed... She was arrogant and thought she was doing everyone a favor by being present, she was nothing to speak of and actually left when she realized no one was interested in her BS and she was largely ignorred...
That's too bad.
Was this at a bar with another band there? If so, I think I know what day you're talking about. It was one of her rare off-days. She's not usually like that.
The automation of those early jukeboxes is amazing. There are youtube channels that go in depth into how these masterworks actually functioned. Fascinating how much automation they got out of a mainly mechanical system.
I've seen Joan Jett twice in the last few years and she is one of my son (9YO) favorite performers. A real, gritty, bad-ass.
I guessed the artist and the song just from the thumbnail. You never disappoint me. Thank you!
I love your content! Most times management is instrumental in an artist’s success or failure whether it's the manager or management of the record label. Few bands succeeded in spite of crummy management. Billy Joel, Boston, and Ozzy succeeded despite terrible management.
Joan Jett was my first concert. She performed at the Walsh Center on Rhode Island College campus September 23, 1983. I've seen her many times including The Living Room in Providence, RI / Sunset Station Henderson, NV/ Fremont Street Las Vegas, NV/ Boulder Highway Las Vegas, NV. Never disappoints!!
I remember when this song came out my mom and I talked about it and she said wow she’s much better than the original. My mom played the original for me and I said that was always her song so glad she did it. It was my theme song in high school I loved it so much. I’m 58 now and when I hear it it gives me the strength that I lack It just has so much power Joan Jett has always been one of my favorites ever since she never let you down with her music.
The amazing memories of this song from my teenage years! I used to ride the public bus to Jr High and had a little boom box that I received for Christmas in 1981 and like most of us recorded our favorite songs from the radio (because who could afford cassettes that young 😂) I remember when I Love Rock n Roll came out and taking my boom box to the bus stop after I had recorded it off the radio and all us kids jamming to it at the bus for at least a few weeks! It was awesome and I am surprised my parents never got mad at me with all the batteries I went through back then 😊 what great memories! Thanks again for another great video -Ronni
I met her in 1988 in Sunrise, FL at the Ramada Inn in Sunrise, FL, when she was opening for Robert Plant's Non Stop Go tour, supporting his Now and Zen album.
I was working there and got to serve her breakfast for room service. She was really nice. Her pseudonym for checking in was, Jane Hooker.
That's funny! She's also used Ms. Randy Hooker as a check-in name (talk about a play on words there). She's obviously got a great sense of humor haha. Do you remember what she ordered for breakfast?
I was 20 in '81 and fondly remember hitting up the jukebox to play my tunes that you could tell others in the joint didn't want to hear. I love Rock and Roll! I would play 10 songs at least so my meal was in my time. Rock On!
The evening of April 1st, 1982, I was in my bedroom cleaning it up and putting stuff away because I was leaving for boot camp the next morning and this song came on the radio and I heard it for the 1st time. I was transfixed! I also heard "I've Never Been To Me" by Charlene for the 1st time that night, too. 2 lifelong favorite songs on my last night ever as a civilian.
I've fallen down your rabbit hole! You have an AMAZING SET UP BRO! Amazing job and interviews and the work you put into this is Amazing! Love this channel man!
While feeding new baby the 20 minutes is perfect for me and as a kid of the 70s/80s I remember everything you talk about here ....THANK YOU
OH and now look forward to the albums in the back and the shirts man! Well thought out EVERY EPISODE!
You should be on TV man!
A true rock anthem for the ages!
I was a college freshman in 1981, the perfect age to appreciate the birth of MTV and the great music that came out then. I would dance and pump my arms to this defiant, in-your-face Rock anthem!
I remember this song from the early 80's. Some of my friends would chant this song on the school bus. Such great memories of the 80's. Unfortunately I never got the chance to use a juke box. Thank you.
I remember as a young kid going to Chris’ Hotdogs in downtown Montgomery, Alabama where they had a jukebox and at each table they had the small jukebox that worked the big one… it had pages that you flipped to look at the songs and took your dime. It was all chrome and red. A really badass little machine that matched the big badass jukebox. My older sister would always play the Beatles and I played Jeremiah was a bullfrog and the Stones… Chris’ is still around and they still serve the badass hotdog that has made them famous and every time I go in there I get all nostalgic and really want to see the little badass machines at each booth but it will just never be that way again. I have always loved Rock n Roll and when I heard Joan Jet sing that song I fell in love with it and her! And it makes me think of Chris’ and Jukeboxes…
Than you for the video, Adam. I really love your style of relaying info on your vids!
This song always brings back memories of starting at a new school in Marietta, GA. It was late fall/early winter of 1981. The music teacher at my school liked playing popular music for the students. During my time at that school, I found out about Joan Jett's I love Rock and Roll and The GoGo's We Got the Beat.
I wish I had a music teacher like that!