Pat Benatar is somebody I need to explore more, but man am I glad I watched this video. Jamie’s passion for her music was incredible and the personal stories helped me to explore the idea of why I listen to music myself. Jamie, thank you for sharing.
I think I saw Jamie in his most passionate state, and why not! Growing up I too had my one and only rock and roll crush on Pat Benatar. I really liked her in that pixie haircut...she was adorable. Then she would sing, she was even more beautiful. Having said all that, I witnessed her #1 fan in Jamie, hands down. Her voice is versatile, but I do love when she rocks. "Hell is For Children" still gets me to this day.🎶🎤
Great show Pete and Jamie. This I think might be my favorite album ranking episode. Not because of the band but to see and hear Jamie get so excited was awesome. You could tell this was more than just a ranking for him. Great job Pete for letting him has have this moment. Awesome show!If you stop and think about it, I’m sure we all have some kind of emotional connection with either a song or an album that just means the world to us for one reason or another. A couple of these newer albums I have not heard but after this show guess what I’ll be listening to tomorrow?
This was brilliant, and as another life long fan, it was so great to see a guy be so passionate about an artist unashamedly (and also married!) who he blatantly loves! I also get his top two choices (my number one is the same) as albums mean the most to you when you share them with no one!
Pat Benetar holds a very special place in my heart. First: Back then, when I first heard her powerful voice and then saw her, I fell in love with her. Pat and Neil still remains in that special place in my soul. I do have many of her early albums on LP, but have some on Cd too. Great music through and through. At almost 70 she is still so hot and sweet. Jamie, I have similar feelings. Their were years I thought I would take my life, because of the stuff I was going through. Pat and Neil was one of several bands that kept me alive. I owe them my life and my love for them is steeped in love. To meet her and Neil in person and spend 15 minutes with them would be so very special. They are two very incredible beautiful people in love with each other and go way beyond classy soul mates through and through.
I grew up listening to Pat like everyone else my age. If you had a radio or MTV, she was inescapable! In the early 80's, my first real job was at a record pressing plant, and we made tons of her "Live From Earth" and "Tropico" albums. Somehow, I never managed to see her in concert back in the day (guess I was too much of a metal-head back then), but I finally rectified that last year when I saw her and Neil live in Brown County Indiana, right after they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She introduced the classic songs by simply stating the year they were released, before launching into them, to the crowd's delight. Super fun show, and her pipes were as good as ever!
I would never in a million years believe that I would sit and watch a 90-minute video about an artist I never listen to, don't like and don't plan on listening in the future. But Jamie is so passionate and so genuine in his love... That's what music is... This became one of my favourites and most precious video on this channel and it's on something I don't care about. Thank you Jamie from the bottom of my heart for displaying such passion.
Thus was a treat! I remember buying those first 7 albums as they were released. Jamie, music IS emotional and personal,that's what makes it so special. You are not alone in feeling that way. We all have an emotional connection to our favorite artists!
Never bought a Pat Benatar album but always enjoyed most of the radio "hits". Geraldo is a great guitar player. This episode has inspired a deeper dive. Thanks guys!
I really appreciate how heartfelt and thought provoking Jamie's explanations for his love for these records. A lot of the things he said I can definitely relate to. I think I've heard maybe 3 Benatar songs but I was excited more and more to hear Jamie's personal stories as the episode kept going on.
This was fun and pretty special for me. And I should add, even though I never met her I did have a brief conversation with her on the phone in 1986 when she was on the radio show, Rockline. I still have the recording.
Previously Jamie you dressed up as Elton John and Stephen Stills to do these shows. I was mischievously wondering if you would make an appearance in drag and dress up as Pat for this one 🤣 thank god you didn’t
The first four albums are all good but Crimes of Passion and Precious Time are my favourites. Saw Pat Benatar at the Birmingham Odeon 🇬🇧on the Get Nervous tour, it was brilliant. It was a strange audience, half were straight dudes in their evening best and the other half of us were dressed in denim and leather.
Neil Giraldo tops my list of the most underrated guitarists of all time. Listen to his vibrato on the Treat Me Right solo. Gives me chills. My top five: 1- Crimes of Passion 2- Precious Time 3- In the Heat of Night 4- Get Nervous 5- Wide Awake in Dreamland
Pat is the best and with her Rock Hall induction it's great to see her finally getting her due. Jamie's passion is awesome and reminds us all of why we love music so much. Thanks for this!
I get that she went with softer, more commercial tunes but Pat was a rocker, and that band was definitely a ROCK band. I challenge any of the current crop to replicate the power of that voice - Shadows of the Night would leave most of them struggling ;)
I only ever owned the first 4 albums. Pretty sure those would be my top 4. I saw her on the Crimes of Passion tour and still have the t shirt even though it no longer fits.
Omg. Fun rank video of cool memories. I have many of the same stories. Huge fan right here first time watching your videos. I'm one of those people who voted every day for Rock hall of fame. Born and raised in Pittsburgh PA brought back many memories that you mentioned with Ross Park mall when you bought Wide Awake in Dream land. I however remember at Stedford records on the north side. One of my fav old record stores. Of coarse seeing her at the civic Arena for Get Nervous & 7 the Hard way tours. Now living on the west coast in Vegas I've seen her play many more times in OR, LV & LA . I've met her daughter in LA last year in Sept at one of the first shows of the tour in 2022. Cool selfie with Hana and we even bought Hana's first round of drinks before the show. Super cool memories
I don’t really listen to Pat Benatar but I love listening to anyone soo passionate about something..It’s like listening to Nick and Ryan talk about death and black metal
Mr. Laszlo has a lyrical heart. My memory of 'Tropico' was the first time i went to the beach while stationed on Guam it was in the boom box. That was a good day.
Thank you guys, for your picks. All the damn time. My Top 5 Picks: Pat Benatar 1. In the Heat of the Night * Love all the songs !! Heartbreaker and the remake of, Sweet’s, No You Don’t, rocks !! 2. Crimes of Passion 3. Precious Time 4. Get Nervous 5. Tropico Honorable Mention: * Live from Earth 🎤🎸🎵🎹🥁 Life is better with music.
Jamie’s first show with ELTON years ago was epic. He probably outdid it here today with PAT. GEORGE made a tremendous comment on live chat , about Jamie’s first episode. It was dead on. 👍💯
Love Pat! My fav album has always been Get Nervous (bought it when it came out). I got a bit burnt out with Love is a Battlefield and stop listening to her for awhile, but bought her albums on occasion. Great stuff! Still missing Innamorata & Go. Great show! Edit: I just ordered Innamorato (paired with a 1980 Live cd)...couldn't resist :-) Cheers.
When Pat & Neil recorded "Tropico", they had their 1st baby girl (which there is a picture of Pat pregnant) (also same picture in the "Seven The Hard Way" t-shirt)!!
Great episode. I can relate to what Jamie said about Tropico. For me, that album is Vital Signs by Survivor. The band whose music is home to me is Night Ranger. I love a lot of Pat Benatar’s music and I’ve seen her twice in concert, but I need to dig into her discography more.
yeah seriously guys this is the best Pat Benatar episode on RUclips, well besides mine of course. I never thought their was anyone as hardcore of a fan than me until now. Jamie I've met Pat and Neil several times over the years and they are so lovely and sweet to their fans. I still need them to sign Tropico and Seven The hard Way. All the others are signed. So happy to see so many people these days rediscovering these incredibly timeless talented people as Pat and Neil. This is going to be shared by millions. its so awesome indeed.
11. Go 10. Innamorata 9. True Love 8. Wide Awake in Dreamland 7. Gravity's Rainbow 6. Tropico 5. Seven the Hard Way 4. Get Nervous 3. Precious Time 2. In the Heat of the Night 1. Crimes of Passion
Greetings from Northumberland. Great show Pete. Jamies love n passion for Pat Benatar shines through great to see. She was a talent but so was her husband they made some great tunes.
I really enjoyed this show. I can't do a ranking myself as I only own the middle four studio albums: "Get Nervous" thru "Wide Awake In Dreamland". I really like these four albums but "Seven The Hard Way" is my favourite. I was disappointed that when Pete name checked the tracks, the only one he didn't mention was "Run Between The Raindrops" as this is a personal favourite. Pete and Jamie both often alluded to the fact that Pat was pretty much always easy on the eye, so I was surprised they didn't mention the cover of STHW where I think she looks particularly stunning. I am also slightly bemused to hear that when a track is not a hard rocker, it is deemed to be a "pop" song. There is no way that I would describe "Too Long A Soldier" (off "Wide Awake In Dreamland") as a pop song. I would describe it as an emotional pop/rock song with a strong message. At nearly seven minutes long, it's too long to be a pop song in my book anyway!
1. Tropico 2. Crimes Of Passion 3. Precious Time 4. In The Heat Of The Night 5. Get Nervous 6. True Love 7. Seven The Hard Way 8. Go 9. Gravity's Rainbow 10. Innamorata 11. Wide Awake In Dreamland
Cool! - the Get Nervous tour was a pivotal early concert for me. Monster’s Den crossover comment - Shadows of the Night well used in Strangers 2: Prey at Night.
Pat Benatar is one of the artists who is massive in the US but never did a thing in the UK, apart from maybe "Love Is A Battlefield." Though it is always interesting to listen to someone with so much enthusiasm for her music talking about it, even if I do not know it myself.
Great job Jamie and Pete! I'm sold and will start on filling out the holes in my Pat collection. Some great heartfelt comments Jamie... Myself, I had a huge crush on Pat and that first LP in '79 shortly after moving out on my own to KC. Also saw the band live on that tour.
Love all the album when all the members of her band was still there, after that something was lost. Myron Grombascher, great drummer who never gets mentioned...
You guys killed it! Glad that Pat finally got the ranking treatment. I don't have her last two, but I may have to remedy that. My ranking: 1. Precious time 2. Get Nervous 3. Crimes of Passion 4. In The Heat of the Night 5. Gravity's Rainbow (her dark horse IMHO) 6. Tropico 7. Seven The Hard Way 8. Wide Awake In Dreamland 9. True Love
The guitar riff at the beginning of the song "Ooh Ooh Song" (from 1984 "Tropico") reminds me of the guitar riff from Jethro Tull "Hymn 43" (from 1971 "Aqualung")!!
That was certainly laying in all out there. I am a Benatar fan. Her best song is YOU BETTER RUN. The video is killer. And Ms. Benatar certainly should have been in the RRHOF a decade or more sooner. Just like Bryan Adams but that's another story.
I survived for years with just her Best Shots hits album and foolishly thought that was all I needed. Can't remember what sparked it but picked up one of them cheap 5 albums in one box package and loved them all, so now have 9 of her first 10 albums. Precious Time is the one that's missing, looks like I need to sort that out!
Very enjoyable video guys and wow Jamie really is a big fan! I only have eight albums - 1. In the Heat of the Night - when I first heard it I didn`t realise how many songs were covers so it wasn`t an issue for me. 2. Precious Time 3. Crimes of Passion 4. Get Nervous 5. Seven the Hard Way 6. Wide Awake in Dreamland - my favourite track on this album is `Don`t Walk Away`. Something about it.. 7. Tropico 8. True Love
There’s just something about listening to someone’s passion that is fun even if the catalogue is virtually unknown to me. I took a chance on Miley Cyrus’s last album given Jamie’s rave and I got Pat’s Greatest Hits for my daughter last Xmas as she was noted often. Great to hear Pete’s take too. Fun show!
Fantastic !!!! This one and the recent Tom Petty ranking are my two favourite SOT ranking shows . Thank you Jamie and Pete ! Thanks for showing all some of your Pat merchandise Jamie and sharing your stories. . Thank you Pete . Great stuff ! Chez
So many great tunes from Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. My guitar tech, an excellent player in his own right, is a friend of Neil's and used to jam with him at his house.
Pat Benatar is Very Special to me as a Music Fan! OMG I LOVE Her!! She & Joan Were the 2 BAD Girls of Rock Main Stream, When I was in elementry school, a High school student decided out of the blue to just give me a 35 EP of Heartbreaker, with My Clone as a B-Side. I went home & played this on my little Spiderman record player, which I played Sesame Street, and a few other kids stuff and just fell in love with this Hard Rock, Almost Heavy Metal!. Then, the son of my fathers best friend, knew that I Loved this music, gave me KISS Alive II and KISS D-Platinum and on the same record player & my future was set for music! I also got Bad Co "Gone, Gone gone" and Stones "Miss You" 35.. As almost a preteen I started collecting all of Pat Benatar's tapes with a fever, starting with "Best Shots", (A "Great" Beginners Guide to Benatar BTW!), up to ultimately "Wide Awake", where after, I gradually lost interest, when she started the Blues mellow thing after... I tried a few of the newer stuff, here and there and just said Ehh.. I Do Need to hear more of the newer stuff for sure and give it a chance. The last Great album for Me is "Seven-THW".. The first 4 albums are Priceless classics for sure! The album covers and music prove it. It was not about commercialism, that would prevail, it was Music First! Pete I acctually rank this album at Almost #1 about! = Very UNDERRATED, Very well produced. Came out at a very bad time though in a way. The production of the Actual TAPE and sleve was reallly Weird as it was thicker than most.. This is a Weird album, and I LOVE IT! Is it her Best?? Maybe, but not a true classic! I can go either way, but very underrated for sure! I Did not know that Heart Breaker was a cover! I feel the shock of this after I learned about BOC "White Flags" & Queensryche "Gonnet Close to You". Great topic Pete & Jamie! ;-) I Can not beleive that she is 70 Years old now!! I would think that she might be in her early 60's rig ht now,.. But Time maskes everything about perception. But Pat is PURE 80's Americana for Sure, right along with Madonna, Cyndi L, Blondie, Missing Persons and Berlin! IMHO! She is an Icon. My Faves's 1's= Heat of the Night and Crimes Get Nervous! Precious Time Seven Tropico.. This could change tomorrow!
Great to see Jamie Laszlo talk about his favorite artist. Get excited and Get Nervous! :D My top five are: 5: Wide Awake in Dreamland 4: In the Heat of the Night 3: Crimes of Passion 2: Get Nervous 1: Precious Time Hey Pete, if you don't have it find and purchase one day the Synchronistic Wanderings Box Set to get her soundtrack songs, rare outtakes and demos and the Spanish version of the Ooh Ooh Song.
...... finally a show on Pat Benatar one of the great female rockers of all time...... I heard somewhere she was taking Hit Me With Your Best Shot off her setlist because of so much gun violence in the country...... I always thought the song empowered women ..
Pat has been a mainstay for me since the 80's so as a fan for most of my life. I like the catchy pop of the mid to late 80's despite practically everybody else preferring the first 4 so here's my top 7 1. Tropico 2. Seven the Hard Way 3. Get Nervous 4. Wide Awake in Dreamland 5. Crimes of Passion 6. Precious Time 7. In the Heat of the Night
I was a causal PB fan in the 80's but I can relate to Jamie's experience for Kim Wilde was my ultimate crush during the mid 80's to mid 90's for me. Close being my "emotional blanket". Great episode guys !
The song "No You Don't" from the 1980 live concert (released later on CD) "Treated you like "s--t" BUT radio stations played the word backwards to "this"!!
Tropico has only gotten better with age. Back in the day I was a bit put off by its softer material but there’s some really fantastic songs on that album.
In all honesty, I haven't really listened to anything post "Wide Awake in Dreamland", which is surprising, since I really adore team Benatar/Giraldo. My top 7 would look like this: 7. Tropico 6. Wide Awake in Dreamland 5. Precious Time 4. Seven the Hard Way 3. In the Heat of the Night 2. Crimes of Passion 1. Get Nervous
Saying Jaime loves Pat is reductionist. It is adorare! Awesome video, whether you love Pat or not watching this video is powerful because you think of the band that means so much to you. Never doubt the power of music to stir the soul and Jaime your comments on being young helping you how many people has music saved from a dark hole. Love this video!!
My ranking: 11. GO, 10. Tropico 9. True Love 8. Seven The Hard Way 7. Innamorata 6. Precious Time 5. Wide Awake In Dreamland 4. In The Heat Of The Night 3. Gravity's Rainbow 2. Crimes Of Passion 1. Get Nervous
Jamie is certainly the biggest Pat Benatar fan ever. I get very passionate about the music I love so I appreciate that. Great show. I'm one of the biggest Phil Lynott nerds ever...he opened the door to the world for me.
Top Pat Benatar albums for me are 10. Go (2003) 9. Live From Earth (1983) 8. True Love (1991) 7. Innamorata (1997) 6. Get Nervous (1982) 5. Tropico (1984) 4. Seven The Hard Way (1985) 3. Gravity's Rainbow (1993) 2. Crimes Of Passion (1980) 1. * Wide Awake In Dreamland * (1988)
Im a lifelong fan, and i had the live from earth video, which i transfered to dvd, which then doesnt play. Is there any way to get a dvd of that gig now? I have looked. And yes ,i know the songs are on you tube, but not as a whole concert.
... never been one for actually ranking albums myself - we like what we like (and it changes often) and I don't try to analyse it to that degree - but thoroughly enjoy watching many of Pete's ranking videos and comparing against my own (maybe even using the video to go find/buy a lot of new stuff!!!) However as we are discussing PAT BENATAR, I thought I'd quickly create myself a Spotify playlist; here's my default 'ranking' looking at the playlist afterwards and the results were quite surprising even to myself. Not scientific in any way - simply by number of tracks from each album added with only a couple of seconds scan and no deep thought process. Here we go... 1 Seven the Hard Way (8 tracks) 2= Get Nervous (7) 2= Wide Awake in Dreamland (7) 4 Gravity's Rainbow (6) 5= Crimes of Passion (5) 5= Precious Time (5) 5= Tropico (5) 8= In the Heat of the Night (4) 8= True Love (4) 10= Innamorata (3) 10= Go (3) I knew I always liked Seven the Hard Way and could never really understand all the negative comments I'd seen/heard about it over the years - but I still didn't expect it to be top of my list !
This is fuckin great! Jamie is so charismatic that you may not like the band or artist but you watch it just for Jamie. I do like Pat, her album Crimes of Passion may be her best.
Fun watching Jamie geek out on Pat, though his rankings are a little weird. I agree with Pete: “Precious Time” is #1, “Crimes of Passion” is #2. “Promises in the Dark” is my favorite female rock vocal performance by anyone, ever. With all due respect to Ann Wilson, Janis Joplin, and other legends, no woman was as great a rock singer as Pat (and very few men are in her league too). The highlight from this show: Jamie’s use of “Dan Brown-ing” as a verb was priceless. Jamie, if you’re reading this: l assume you’re familiar with the live record, “Alive in America,” recorded in Denver while touring to support the debut album. If so, please share your thoughts! I love it-very raw, heavy, almost punk versions of those early songs. I haven’t heard any other recording in which Neil or Pat rock harder. Seems like it might be a soundboard bootleg, as it has been released with other titles too: Live in America and Concert Classics. (Edit: It seems to be official: www.benatargiraldo.com/music-details?dd_id=16.) If by some weird chance you haven’t heard it yet…enjoy!
Jamie, Being a huge Pat fan, have you heard the slightly different version of Hit Me With Your Best Shot? It starts off with a portion of the guitar solo along with the main riff
During the late 70's I seem to recall that Pat was much feted in the UK music press that championed heavy rock and metal - predominantly Sounds paper - so when I chanced upon a copy of her EP with Hit me/you better run/heartbreaker/we live for love, on red vinyl no less, I had to grab it. At that time I never got into any more of hers as neil Girlado dodnt come across to me as much of a gutar hero and at taht time I was getting into hard and heavy rock & metal bands with proper guitar heroes, until my then girlfriend kept going on and on about Sex is a Weapon, which I found t be quite the thing - through her i also got into Huey Lewis & the News , so I then ventured more into her catalogue and while I wouldnt say shes an absolute favourite shes definitely a great listen, and wouldnt argue with any of your choices. By the way Smokie are still going now, though there are no originals left - Chris Norman left years ago and pursued a solo career that headed into Country & Western territory, apparently he was big in Germany. Pete Lincoln who used to be in Sweet is now with them and the keyboard player and drummer have been with them snce around the mid 1980's. They were big in the 70's alongside the likes of Sweet and Slade and although they did rock a bit they were a lot softer veering towards Country at times. I only have a small interest in them as they formed at the same secondary school that 20 odd years later my son went to , and living in Bradford UK there's not a great number of top bands and musicians that came from here - most famous (to me at least) is Allan Holdsworth, thenthere's The Cult and Kiki Dee who duetted with Elton, Terrorvision, John Verity once of Argent.
Pat Benatar is somebody I need to explore more, but man am I glad I watched this video. Jamie’s passion for her music was incredible and the personal stories helped me to explore the idea of why I listen to music myself. Jamie, thank you for sharing.
Happy for Jamie to see him this excited and thankful to Pete for granting one of his wishes
This was every bit as informative and entertaining as I anticipated.
All them Pat Benatars on Fast Times at Ridgemont High. A dream come true for ya Jamie.
I think I saw Jamie in his most passionate state, and why not! Growing up I too had my one and only rock and roll crush on Pat Benatar. I really liked her in that pixie haircut...she was adorable. Then she would sing, she was even more beautiful. Having said all that, I witnessed her #1 fan in Jamie, hands down. Her voice is versatile, but I do love when she rocks. "Hell is For Children" still gets me to this day.🎶🎤
Great episode guys! I really appreciate Jamie's passion for Pat and the band.
Have been a fan since the beginning 1979, so much good stuff from Pat n Neil!!
Great show Pete and Jamie. This I think might be my favorite album ranking episode. Not because of the band but to see and hear Jamie get so excited was awesome. You could tell this was more than just a ranking for him. Great job Pete for letting him has have this moment. Awesome show!If you stop and think about it, I’m sure we all have some kind of emotional connection with either a song or an album that just means the world to us for one reason or another. A couple of these newer albums I have not heard but after this show guess what I’ll be listening to tomorrow?
This was brilliant, and as another life long fan, it was so great to see a guy be so passionate about an artist unashamedly (and also married!) who he blatantly loves! I also get his top two choices (my number one is the same) as albums mean the most to you when you share them with no one!
Pat Benetar holds a very special place in my heart. First: Back then, when I first heard her powerful voice and then saw her, I fell in love with her. Pat and Neil still remains in that special place in my soul. I do have many of her early albums on LP, but have some on Cd too. Great music through and through. At almost 70 she is still so hot and sweet.
Jamie, I have similar feelings. Their were years I thought I would take my life, because of the stuff I was going through. Pat and Neil was one of several bands that kept me alive. I owe them my life and my love for them is steeped in love. To meet her and Neil in person and spend 15 minutes with them would be so very special. They are two very incredible beautiful people in love with each other and go way beyond classy soul mates through and through.
One of the best episodes yet. Thanks guys. Awesome.
Oh, hell yes. I've been waiting for this one. Thank you, Pete and Jamie. I love me some Pat Benatar as well. 🤗
I grew up listening to Pat like everyone else my age. If you had a radio or MTV, she was inescapable! In the early 80's, my first real job was at a record pressing plant, and we made tons of her "Live From Earth" and "Tropico" albums. Somehow, I never managed to see her in concert back in the day (guess I was too much of a metal-head back then), but I finally rectified that last year when I saw her and Neil live in Brown County Indiana, right after they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She introduced the classic songs by simply stating the year they were released, before launching into them, to the crowd's delight. Super fun show, and her pipes were as good as ever!
Jamie what a pleasure to support an artist that you love so much. You are so fun to watch and one day I think you will be able to interview her.
I love how seriously Jamie takes his appearance is. That Pat Benatar setup behind him is phenomenal.
I would never in a million years believe that I would sit and watch a 90-minute video about an artist I never listen to, don't like and don't plan on listening in the future. But Jamie is so passionate and so genuine in his love... That's what music is... This became one of my favourites and most precious video on this channel and it's on something I don't care about. Thank you Jamie from the bottom of my heart for displaying such passion.
Thus was a treat! I remember buying those first 7 albums as they were released. Jamie, music IS emotional and personal,that's what makes it so special. You are not alone in feeling that way. We all have an emotional connection to our favorite artists!
I'm a casual Pat fan at best, but this was a fun conversation due to Jamie's infectious enthusiasm.
I recall seeing her do Heartbreaker on American Bandstand when the first album came out. I was sold
Never bought a Pat Benatar album but always enjoyed most of the radio "hits". Geraldo is a great guitar player. This episode has inspired a deeper dive. Thanks guys!
I really appreciate how heartfelt and thought provoking Jamie's explanations for his love for these records. A lot of the things he said I can definitely relate to. I think I've heard maybe 3 Benatar songs but I was excited more and more to hear Jamie's personal stories as the episode kept going on.
This was fun and pretty special for me. And I should add, even though I never met her I did have a brief conversation with her on the phone in 1986 when she was on the radio show, Rockline. I still have the recording.
That’s cool. Nice 👍.
Awesome. I used to love listening to Rockline with Bob Coburn (RIP).
Previously Jamie you dressed up as Elton John and Stephen Stills to do these shows. I was mischievously wondering if you would make an appearance in drag and dress up as Pat for this one 🤣 thank god you didn’t
yeh our local station hadrockline with bob that was a good show
Thank you for the great and heartfelt show!!
The first four albums are all good but Crimes of Passion and Precious Time are my favourites. Saw Pat Benatar at the Birmingham Odeon 🇬🇧on the Get Nervous tour, it was brilliant. It was a strange audience, half were straight dudes in their evening best and the other half of us were dressed in denim and leather.
One of my favorite artists from the 80s.. I still have to keep digging into her catalogue, but there's waaaay so much more than THAT song.
Neil Giraldo tops my list of the most underrated guitarists of all time. Listen to his vibrato on the Treat Me Right solo. Gives me chills. My top five:
1- Crimes of Passion
2- Precious Time
3- In the Heat of Night
4- Get Nervous
5- Wide Awake in Dreamland
It was wonderful to hear Jamie talking about this. Thanks for sharing mate. Cheers
Pat is the best and with her Rock Hall induction it's great to see her finally getting her due. Jamie's passion is awesome and reminds us all of why we love music so much. Thanks for this!
Pat & Spider what a great tandem team. Musically and life all these years.
That's cool you got to rank her discography.
I always wished Pat Benatar's albums were more consistent but love Jamie's passion! I'm here for it, and will revisit all those albums!
the best ranking the albums so far...thank you
Wonderful job, Jamie! I hope Pat takes note!
I only own ‘Tropico’ on vinyl but she has some amazing songs, glad she finally made it to the RNR Hall of Fame.
who finally made it...jamie?
I get that she went with softer, more commercial tunes but Pat was a rocker, and that band was definitely a ROCK band. I challenge any of the current crop to replicate the power of that voice - Shadows of the Night would leave most of them struggling ;)
I only ever owned the first 4 albums. Pretty sure those would be my top 4. I saw her on the Crimes of Passion tour and still have the t shirt even though it no longer fits.
My first concert was Pat Benatar in '81. David Johansen (New York Dolls) opened up.
Omg. Fun rank video of cool memories. I have many of the same stories. Huge fan right here first time watching your videos. I'm one of those people who voted every day for Rock hall of fame. Born and raised in Pittsburgh PA brought back many memories that you mentioned with Ross Park mall when you bought Wide Awake in Dream land. I however remember at Stedford records on the north side. One of my fav old record stores. Of coarse seeing her at the civic Arena for Get Nervous & 7 the Hard way tours. Now living on the west coast in Vegas I've seen her play many more times in OR, LV & LA . I've met her daughter in LA last year in Sept at one of the first shows of the tour in 2022. Cool selfie with Hana and we even bought Hana's first round of drinks before the show. Super cool memories
That's cool! I hope you stick around and check out the other videos Pete and his gang do. We have a lot of fun here.
I don’t really listen to Pat Benatar but I love listening to anyone soo passionate about something..It’s like listening to Nick and Ryan talk about death and black metal
I always enjoyed Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo is such an amazing Guitarist. My wife is a huge Pat Benatar Fan.
Mr. Laszlo has a lyrical heart.
My memory of 'Tropico' was the first time i went to the beach while stationed on Guam it was in the boom box. That was a good day.
Thank you guys, for your picks.
All the damn time.
My Top 5 Picks:
Pat Benatar
1. In the Heat of the Night
* Love all the songs !!
Heartbreaker and the remake of, Sweet’s, No You Don’t, rocks !!
2. Crimes of Passion
3. Precious Time
4. Get Nervous
5. Tropico
Honorable Mention:
* Live from Earth
🎤🎸🎵🎹🥁
Life is better with music.
Jamie’s first show with ELTON years ago was epic. He probably outdid it here today with PAT. GEORGE made a tremendous comment on live chat , about Jamie’s first episode. It was dead on. 👍💯
I love this ranking. I am a big Pat Benatar fan and finally getting to see her in concert in 2 weeks here in New Zealand. I am excited!!
Love 💘 Pat Benatar when I was in high school 79-83 we were all in love with Pat Benatar ❤
Love Pat! My fav album has always been Get Nervous (bought it when it came out). I got a bit burnt out with Love is a Battlefield and stop listening to her for awhile, but bought her albums on occasion. Great stuff! Still missing Innamorata & Go.
Great show!
Edit: I just ordered Innamorato (paired with a 1980 Live cd)...couldn't resist :-)
Cheers.
love the quirkiness of looking for a stranger from get nervous
When Pat & Neil recorded "Tropico", they had their 1st baby girl (which there is a picture of Pat pregnant) (also same picture in the "Seven The Hard Way" t-shirt)!!
Really enjoyed this ranking, and will definitely dig into more of her catalog.
The song "Everybody Lay Down" (from 1993 "Gravity's Rainbow") I think was Pat's final radio airplay song.
Great episode. I can relate to what Jamie said about Tropico. For me, that album is Vital Signs by Survivor. The band whose music is home to me is Night Ranger. I love a lot of Pat Benatar’s music and I’ve seen her twice in concert, but I need to dig into her discography more.
Yeah you're right I could go with that Howard. I like the rockingness of vital signs it's a great album but it flies under the radar for so long.
yeah seriously guys this is the best Pat Benatar episode on RUclips, well besides mine of course. I never thought their was anyone as hardcore of a fan than me until now. Jamie I've met Pat and Neil several times over the years and they are so lovely and sweet to their fans. I still need them to sign Tropico and Seven The hard Way. All the others are signed. So happy to see so many people these days rediscovering these incredibly timeless talented people as Pat and Neil. This is going to be shared by millions. its so awesome indeed.
11. Go
10. Innamorata
9. True Love
8. Wide Awake in Dreamland
7. Gravity's Rainbow
6. Tropico
5. Seven the Hard Way
4. Get Nervous
3. Precious Time
2. In the Heat of the Night
1. Crimes of Passion
Great show guys. I would love to see your bootleg collection of pat benatar jamie
Greetings from Northumberland.
Great show Pete. Jamies love n passion for Pat Benatar shines through great to see. She was a talent but so was her husband they made some great tunes.
I really enjoyed this show. I can't do a ranking myself as I only own the middle four studio albums: "Get Nervous" thru "Wide Awake In Dreamland". I really like these four albums but "Seven The Hard Way" is my favourite. I was disappointed that when Pete name checked the tracks, the only one he didn't mention was "Run Between The Raindrops" as this is a personal favourite. Pete and Jamie both often alluded to the fact that Pat was pretty much always easy on the eye, so I was surprised they didn't mention the cover of STHW where I think she looks particularly stunning. I am also slightly bemused to hear that when a track is not a hard rocker, it is deemed to be a "pop" song. There is no way that I would describe "Too Long A Soldier" (off "Wide Awake In Dreamland") as a pop song. I would describe it as an emotional pop/rock song with a strong message. At nearly seven minutes long, it's too long to be a pop song in my book anyway!
1. Tropico
2. Crimes Of Passion
3. Precious Time
4. In The Heat Of The Night
5. Get Nervous
6. True Love
7. Seven The Hard Way
8. Go
9. Gravity's Rainbow
10. Innamorata
11. Wide Awake In Dreamland
Cool! - the Get Nervous tour was a pivotal early concert for me. Monster’s Den crossover comment - Shadows of the Night well used in Strangers 2: Prey at Night.
Pat Benatar is one of the artists who is massive in the US but never did a thing in the UK, apart from maybe "Love Is A Battlefield." Though it is always interesting to listen to someone with so much enthusiasm for her music talking about it, even if I do not know it myself.
I loved pat growing up so I really enjoyed this episode
Great job Jamie and Pete! I'm sold and will start on filling out the holes in my Pat collection. Some great heartfelt comments Jamie... Myself, I had a huge crush on Pat and that first LP in '79 shortly after moving out on my own to KC. Also saw the band live on that tour.
Pat Benatar w/ Eddie Money Universal Amphitheatre (1980??) Crimes Of Passion Tour. Only time seeing Pat live so due to see her again!
Love all the album when all the members of her band was still there, after that something was lost. Myron Grombascher, great drummer who never gets mentioned...
thank you bought back so many great memories
You guys killed it! Glad that Pat finally got the ranking treatment. I don't have her last two, but I may have to remedy that.
My ranking:
1. Precious time
2. Get Nervous
3. Crimes of Passion
4. In The Heat of the Night
5. Gravity's Rainbow (her dark horse IMHO)
6. Tropico
7. Seven The Hard Way
8. Wide Awake In Dreamland
9. True Love
Jamie your video in the background is genius. Who is gonna stop watching? Her debut was exciting.
The guitar riff at the beginning of the song "Ooh Ooh Song" (from 1984 "Tropico") reminds me of the guitar riff from Jethro Tull "Hymn 43" (from 1971 "Aqualung")!!
That was certainly laying in all out there. I am a Benatar fan. Her best song is YOU BETTER RUN. The video is killer. And Ms. Benatar certainly should have been in the RRHOF a decade or more sooner. Just like Bryan Adams but that's another story.
Yay! I love her. In the Heat of The Night is my fav.
I survived for years with just her Best Shots hits album and foolishly thought that was all I needed. Can't remember what sparked it but picked up one of them cheap 5 albums in one box package and loved them all, so now have 9 of her first 10 albums. Precious Time is the one that's missing, looks like I need to sort that out!
Very enjoyable video guys and wow Jamie really is a big fan! I only have eight albums -
1. In the Heat of the Night - when I first heard it I didn`t realise how many songs were covers so it wasn`t an issue for me.
2. Precious Time
3. Crimes of Passion
4. Get Nervous
5. Seven the Hard Way
6. Wide Awake in Dreamland - my favourite track on this album is `Don`t Walk Away`. Something about it..
7. Tropico
8. True Love
Completely agree with GO comments
In the heat of the night is my favorite but all first 4 albums are great😄👍
Her band had one of the best drummer ever(in my opinion),the one and only Myron Grombacher. He was/is also a very good songwriter.
I thought it was just me out there with Myron on the mind. Cheers 🍻
Haha..no! He has many fans out there,belive me😁👍🍻
@@magnuswettermark8293 A lot of people seem to really like the drummer for Blondie as well
Christmas of 1980 got my first guitar & my two favorite albums were Head Games & Crimes of Passion
There’s just something about listening to someone’s passion that is fun even if the catalogue is virtually unknown to me. I took a chance on Miley Cyrus’s last album given Jamie’s rave and I got Pat’s Greatest Hits for my daughter last Xmas as she was noted often. Great to hear Pete’s take too. Fun show!
Fantastic !!!! This one and the recent Tom Petty ranking are my two favourite SOT ranking shows . Thank you Jamie and Pete ! Thanks for showing all some of your Pat merchandise Jamie and sharing your stories. . Thank you Pete . Great stuff ! Chez
Pete - great side comment about Sabbath love - I have a friend who gets really emotional about his Black Sabbath connection also.
Saw Pat on the Get Nervous tour. Classic Pat and Neil. They played all those great rockers like a freight train!! Good times!
Jamie, on her 3-disc compilation Synchronistic Wanderings is where you'll find Rise part 1.
Oh, yes. That's right. It's been a while since I pulled that collection out.
So many great tunes from Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. My guitar tech, an excellent player in his own right, is a friend of Neil's and used to jam with him at his house.
Pat Benatar is Very Special to me as a Music Fan! OMG I LOVE Her!! She & Joan Were the 2 BAD Girls of Rock Main Stream, When I was in elementry school, a High school student decided out of the blue to just give me a 35 EP of Heartbreaker, with My Clone as a B-Side. I went home & played this on my little Spiderman record player, which I played Sesame Street, and a few other kids stuff and just fell in love with this Hard Rock, Almost Heavy Metal!. Then, the son of my fathers best friend, knew that I Loved this music, gave me KISS Alive II and KISS D-Platinum and on the same record player & my future was set for music! I also got Bad Co "Gone, Gone gone" and Stones "Miss You" 35.. As almost a preteen I started collecting all of Pat Benatar's tapes with a fever, starting with "Best Shots", (A "Great" Beginners Guide to Benatar BTW!), up to ultimately "Wide Awake", where after, I gradually lost interest, when she started the Blues mellow thing after... I tried a few of the newer stuff, here and there and just said Ehh.. I Do Need to hear more of the newer stuff for sure and give it a chance. The last Great album for Me is "Seven-THW".. The first 4 albums are Priceless classics for sure! The album covers and music prove it. It was not about commercialism, that would prevail, it was Music First! Pete I acctually rank this album at Almost #1 about! = Very UNDERRATED, Very well produced. Came out at a very bad time though in a way. The production of the Actual TAPE and sleve was reallly Weird as it was thicker than most.. This is a Weird album, and I LOVE IT! Is it her Best?? Maybe, but not a true classic! I can go either way, but very underrated for sure!
I Did not know that Heart Breaker was a cover! I feel the shock of this after I learned about BOC "White Flags" & Queensryche "Gonnet Close to You".
Great topic Pete & Jamie! ;-) I Can not beleive that she is 70 Years old now!! I would think that she might be in her early 60's rig ht now,.. But Time maskes everything about perception. But Pat is PURE 80's Americana for Sure, right along with Madonna, Cyndi L, Blondie, Missing Persons and Berlin! IMHO! She is an Icon.
My Faves's 1's=
Heat of the Night and
Crimes
Get Nervous!
Precious Time
Seven
Tropico..
This could change tomorrow!
Fantasic voice! Must admit that it was a long time since I listened to the albums. Maybe Seventh The Hard Way is my fave.
Great to see Jamie Laszlo talk about his favorite artist. Get excited and Get Nervous! :D
My top five are:
5: Wide Awake in Dreamland
4: In the Heat of the Night
3: Crimes of Passion
2: Get Nervous
1: Precious Time
Hey Pete, if you don't have it find and purchase one day the Synchronistic Wanderings Box Set to get her soundtrack songs, rare outtakes and demos and the Spanish version of the Ooh Ooh Song.
...... finally a show on Pat Benatar one of the great female rockers of all time...... I heard somewhere she was taking Hit Me With Your Best Shot off her setlist because of so much gun violence in the country...... I always thought the song empowered women
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Pat has been a mainstay for me since the 80's so as a fan for most of my life. I like the catchy pop of the mid to late 80's despite practically everybody else preferring the first 4 so here's my top 7
1. Tropico
2. Seven the Hard Way
3. Get Nervous
4. Wide Awake in Dreamland
5. Crimes of Passion
6. Precious Time
7. In the Heat of the Night
I was a causal PB fan in the 80's but I can relate to Jamie's experience for Kim Wilde was my ultimate crush during the mid 80's to mid 90's for me. Close being my "emotional blanket". Great episode guys !
The song "No You Don't" from the 1980 live concert (released later on CD) "Treated you like "s--t" BUT radio stations played the word backwards to "this"!!
Tropico has only gotten better with age. Back in the day I was a bit put off by its softer material but there’s some really fantastic songs on that album.
In all honesty, I haven't really listened to anything post "Wide Awake in Dreamland", which is surprising, since I really adore team Benatar/Giraldo. My top 7 would look like this:
7. Tropico
6. Wide Awake in Dreamland
5. Precious Time
4. Seven the Hard Way
3. In the Heat of the Night
2. Crimes of Passion
1. Get Nervous
Love Jamie’s Crimes of Passion!
Saying Jaime loves Pat is reductionist. It is adorare! Awesome video, whether you love Pat or not watching this video is powerful because you think of the band that means so much to you. Never doubt the power of music to stir the soul and Jaime your comments on being young helping you how many people has music saved from a dark hole. Love this video!!
My ranking:
11. GO,
10. Tropico
9. True Love
8. Seven The Hard Way
7. Innamorata
6. Precious Time
5. Wide Awake In Dreamland
4. In The Heat Of The Night
3. Gravity's Rainbow
2. Crimes Of Passion
1. Get Nervous
Jamie is certainly the biggest Pat Benatar fan ever. I get very passionate about the music I love so I appreciate that. Great show. I'm one of the biggest Phil Lynott nerds ever...he opened the door to the world for me.
Top 5 for me is:
1. Get Nervous
2. Tropico
3. Gravity’s Rainbow
4. Wide Awake in Dreamland
5. In the Heat of the Night
Top Pat Benatar albums for me are
10. Go (2003)
9. Live From Earth (1983)
8. True Love (1991)
7. Innamorata (1997)
6. Get Nervous (1982)
5. Tropico (1984)
4. Seven The Hard Way (1985)
3. Gravity's Rainbow (1993)
2. Crimes Of Passion (1980)
1. * Wide Awake In Dreamland * (1988)
Im a lifelong fan, and i had the live from earth video, which i transfered to dvd, which then doesnt play. Is there any way to get a dvd of that gig now? I have looked. And yes ,i know the songs are on you tube, but not as a whole concert.
... never been one for actually ranking albums myself - we like what we like (and it changes often) and I don't try to analyse it to that degree - but thoroughly enjoy watching many of Pete's ranking videos and comparing against my own (maybe even using the video to go find/buy a lot of new stuff!!!)
However as we are discussing PAT BENATAR, I thought I'd quickly create myself a Spotify playlist; here's my default 'ranking' looking at the playlist afterwards and the results were quite surprising even to myself.
Not scientific in any way - simply by number of tracks from each album added with only a couple of seconds scan and no deep thought process.
Here we go...
1 Seven the Hard Way (8 tracks)
2= Get Nervous (7)
2= Wide Awake in Dreamland (7)
4 Gravity's Rainbow (6)
5= Crimes of Passion (5)
5= Precious Time (5)
5= Tropico (5)
8= In the Heat of the Night (4)
8= True Love (4)
10= Innamorata (3)
10= Go (3)
I knew I always liked Seven the Hard Way and could never really understand all the negative comments I'd seen/heard about it over the years - but I still didn't expect it to be top of my list !
This is fuckin great! Jamie is so charismatic that you may not like the band or artist but you watch it just for Jamie. I do like Pat, her album Crimes of Passion may be her best.
Pat Benatar rules! Pete you mentioned that a Danzig ranking show is coming, that was at least 2 years ago😀 So what is the progress with that?
Fun watching Jamie geek out on Pat, though his rankings are a little weird. I agree with Pete: “Precious Time” is #1, “Crimes of Passion” is #2. “Promises in the Dark” is my favorite female rock vocal performance by anyone, ever. With all due respect to Ann Wilson, Janis Joplin, and other legends, no woman was as great a rock singer as Pat (and very few men are in her league too). The highlight from this show: Jamie’s use of “Dan Brown-ing” as a verb was priceless.
Jamie, if you’re reading this: l assume you’re familiar with the live record, “Alive in America,” recorded in Denver while touring to support the debut album. If so, please share your thoughts! I love it-very raw, heavy, almost punk versions of those early songs. I haven’t heard any other recording in which Neil or Pat rock harder. Seems like it might be a soundboard bootleg, as it has been released with other titles too: Live in America and Concert Classics. (Edit: It seems to be official: www.benatargiraldo.com/music-details?dd_id=16.) If by some weird chance you haven’t heard it yet…enjoy!
Yep. I have it as Concert Classics It's great.
Jamie, Being a huge Pat fan, have you heard the slightly different version of Hit Me With Your Best Shot? It starts off with a portion of the guitar solo along with the main riff
During the late 70's I seem to recall that Pat was much feted in the UK music press that championed heavy rock and metal - predominantly Sounds paper - so when I chanced upon a copy of her EP with Hit me/you better run/heartbreaker/we live for love, on red vinyl no less, I had to grab it. At that time I never got into any more of hers as neil Girlado dodnt come across to me as much of a gutar hero and at taht time I was getting into hard and heavy rock & metal bands with proper guitar heroes, until my then girlfriend kept going on and on about Sex is a Weapon, which I found t be quite the thing - through her i also got into Huey Lewis & the News , so I then ventured more into her catalogue and while I wouldnt say shes an absolute favourite shes definitely a great listen, and wouldnt argue with any of your choices.
By the way Smokie are still going now, though there are no originals left - Chris Norman left years ago and pursued a solo career that headed into Country & Western territory, apparently he was big in Germany. Pete Lincoln who used to be in Sweet is now with them and the keyboard player and drummer have been with them snce around the mid 1980's. They were big in the 70's alongside the likes of Sweet and Slade and although they did rock a bit they were a lot softer veering towards Country at times. I only have a small interest in them as they formed at the same secondary school that 20 odd years later my son went to , and living in Bradford UK there's not a great number of top bands and musicians that came from here - most famous (to me at least) is Allan Holdsworth, thenthere's The Cult and Kiki Dee who duetted with Elton, Terrorvision, John Verity once of Argent.