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Fit To Be Tied: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (Bonus Enhanced Footage)

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Band: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Title: Fit To Be Tied: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (Bonus Enhanced Footage)
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Release Date: 1997-11-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Bad Reputation 2: Light of Day 3: Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!) 4: Roadrunner [#] 5: I Love Rock N' Roll 6: Victim of Circumstance - Joan Jett, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Joan Jett 7: Everyday People 8: I Hate Myself for Loving You [#] 9: Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Joan Jett 10: Fake Friends 11: Make Believe 12: Cherry Bomb - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Joan Jett 13: Little Liar [Live][#] 14: World of Denial [#] 15: Love Is All Around [Theme from The Mary Tyler Moore Show][#]

Way good
I loved the first half right away - Joan Rocks! The second half isn't quite as good but still rocks. Really good CD. I'm going to buy some more CD's.

We all love rock and roll
Sadly, this isn't it. Now that Joan Jett is getting her due as a seminal rock and roll influence, it's about time a decent hits set appeared. While the music on "Fit To Be Tied" certainly merits the four star rating, I am going to have to assume contractual issues with CBS forced Jett to either omit or substitute alternative versions of well-known songs.

For instance, her huge hit "I Hate Myself For Loving You" is an alternate take from the "Up Your Alley" version, and "Little Liar" is a live version. I am not sure how many versions of "Roadrunner" Joan has recorded so far, but the take here is previously unreleased and kicks butt. So does the new recording of the signature Runaways song, "Cherry Bomb. " MIA are such well known Jett tunes as "Good Music" and her version of "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. " The albums she recorded for Warner Brothers are bypassed entirely.

Nonetheless, you still get some of the great proto-grrll rock from "Bad Reputation" to the terrific new "World of Denial. " Joan Jett also was queen of the perfect cover choice, as her hit versions of "Everyday People," "Crimson and Clover" and - of course - "I Love Rock and Roll" prove. She also had that glam bam done like few before or since. The BOOM/whack/BOOM/whack that explodes from her cover of Gary Glitter's "Do You Wanna Touch" and her own "I Hate Myself For Loving You" made both songs burst from whatever radio played them some eight years apart. You'd be hard pressed to know that much time had passed between these songs. . . which proves that Joan Jett is a timeless artist.

But she deserves better. There is a good Japanese compilation that covers all the albums up to "Naked" (which eventually formed the base of "Sinner"), called "Jett Rock: Greatest Hits of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. " It boasts a pretty hefty price tag, so if you're just a casual fan looking for "I Love Rock and Roll," this will do. If not, hit that link.

Essential Joan Jett. But could've been longer.

While he career has had it's fair share of ups and downs, this collection of music shows how electrifying this woman can be when she's "on". Joan Jett still remains one of the sexiest and most original women in the wide world of rock.

My only gripe is that the CD itself is only a little over 47 minutes long. They could've filled out the rest of the CD with album cuts, but as a greatest hits CD, it does what it's supposed to do. But I've got to knock off a star as it really bugs me when I buy a greatest hits CD and it's not coming close to being 80 minutes long in some way.

Plus, the sound is remastered to crystal clear clarity. To the best of my knowledge, her back catalog has still yet to be remastered in any form. So people wanting a great sampler of the sexy Joan Jett that covers all of the bases in a quick amount of time, this CD comes highly recommended. .

It rocks
I love the way she sings "you. Tonight we have, nostalgically speaking, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and she can rock. " She just bites it off. She makes you believe she loves you and hates you just by the way she sings it: "I still dream 'bout JYOU. " She of the black boots, chains and the junior high school lyrics, e. g. , "Fake Friends - you don't lose nothin when you lose fake friends. " (Listen closely to the lyrics and you will hear the SAT word, "sycophants. ")

This album has most of her big hits including "I Love Rock and Roll" with the oh so apropos lyric, "I said what's your name? He said it doesn't matter, cause it's all the same. . . He musta been about seventeen. . . and he was with me, me, yeah ME!"). It also has "That's Why I Hate Myself for Loving You" which is just perfect. "You want in and I want out, and that's what love is all about" is also just right and lyrically interesting.

It doesn't have "I Wanna Be Your Dog" which is pure six-pack rock, or the bland, but kind of interesting, "Ridin' With James Dean": ". . . Rebel without a cause/You got so much to say. . . Tell me how you feel/Tell me what you see/Ridin with James Dean. " Too bad. But it does have "Hey, little liar, I believe in you" which is sooo cute.

"Hello, Mama, Hello Daddy/Cherry Bomb!"

Some of the songs appeared on the earlier albums, "Album," "Bad Reputation," "I Love Rock and Roll" and "Up Your Alley. " All of this seems right since I suspect that her managers thought she had a kind of back street sex appeal similar to the Billy Joel of "Uptown Girl. " I think they were right. Joan Jett is the kind of girl who would appeal to the uptown boy from Harvard Yard, I suppose. She is kind of interesting. I recall when she was really big in the eighties that rebelling junior high school girls imitated her slavishly the way their rapacious sisters imitated Madonna. Jett was the spiritual sister, musically-speaking, of bad-girl actress Kristy McNichols. Her fan club (mentioned on the label) is Bad Reputation Nation--"Bad Reputation" is also a lyric from the song, "Victim of Circumstance" (included). The teeny boppers really made her, but she was good anyway, ironic and almost innocent despite the boots and the chains.

"Hey jack it's a fact they're talking in town/I turn my back and you're messing around. . . I hate myself for loving you/Can't break free from the things that you do. " These last two lines pounded out in a Pink Floyd Storm Trooper-rally tempo (as with a megaphone). I can see the fans on their feet, waving their arms.

She's billed on the CD blurb as "the female Chuck Berry" and "the last rock and roll star. " The last track is "Love Is All Around," the theme from the Mary Tyler Moore TV show, done up tempo and in a hurry. "Everyday People" is another song on this album that sounds a little like it should have been from a TV sit com.

Joan Jett punches it out, but I thought, she's really just a sweet kid pretending to be bad.

Joan IS the best female rocker out there.
That is a great song, but it's also not her only great song. Most people, when they think of Joan Jett will think of the song I Love Rock And Roll. This greatest hits package prooves it without a doubt. I love all the songs on the cd, especially Make Believe. Whether she's doing fast songs, ballads, or remakes, she's great! Listening to her, you can tell that the girl rocker groups of today like The Donnas were influenced by her music. The remake of the Mary Tyler Moore song is too short. It's only one minute long!! But only Joan Jett could take a theme song like that and turn it into something incredible. I can't wait to search out and get all of Joan's early cds. Her voice is very unique and excellent for this genre of music. I wish she was still on the charts today. She is a very under-rated talent. Those who wrote her off in the 80s as a one-hit wonder are so wrong. The cd is chock full of great songs. This greatest hits cd is an absolute must-have! My one big question is why was Britney Spears allowed to re-do the song I Love Rock And Roll? WHY?! Did Joan give permission? I hope not, and i hope she sues Britney. Then again, with Britney doing that song, it might make younger listeners want to hear the original version, and that would mean a renewed interest in Joan's music. I hope so. The world needs a Joan Jett comeback. Of all the female rockers from the 80s that i can think of, Joan Jett definitely is at the top of my list for someone i'd love to see on the charts again with a new cd. In the meantime, try and find a copy of this greatest hits cd. It's a hidden treasure. .

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