Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Live!

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Live!


Starring:Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
Studio: Bmg Special Product
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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The late 1970s and early 1980s saw the rise of butt-kicking female rockers who followed the punk wave of the late 1970s: Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, the Go-Gos, and the Runaways, the seminal American punk band that gave us Joan Jett. Jett was a chart-topping feminist icon of the early 1980s, a tough rock & roller in leather and eye makeup, sexy and defiant and tough. Though pop-music styles may have passed her by, Jett remains a satisfying live performer, as this set reveals. Taped in 2001, the rather amateurishly shot show offers Jett blazing through a list of both her own hits and the hits of others. The songs that thrilled today's 35- to 40-year-olds when they were in high school include "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," "I Hate Myself for Loving You," and "Do You Wanna Touch Me." Jett also displays her exceptional taste in covering everything from Bruce Springsteen's "Light of Day" to the Runaways' "Cherry Bomb" to "Love Is All Around," the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song. DVD features include a pair of videos, biography, discography, and photo album. --Marshall Fine
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Live!
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great Performance, Poor Movie
  • Absolutely storming!!!
  • You've Come a Long Way, Baby
  • Answer to a question above from a veteran Jetthead
  • I Hate Myself for Loving You Joan
 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Live!
Starring: Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
Manufacturer: Bmg Special Product
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00005NNSL
Release Date: 2001-06-05

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The late 1970s and early 1980s saw the rise of butt-kicking female rockers who followed the punk wave of the late 1970s: Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, the Go-Gos, and the Runaways, the seminal American punk band that gave us Joan Jett. Jett was a chart-topping feminist icon of the early 1980s, a tough rock & roller in leather and eye makeup, sexy and defiant and tough. Though pop-music styles may have passed her by, Jett remains a satisfying live performer, as this set reveals. Taped in 2001, the rather amateurishly shot show offers Jett blazing through a list of both her own hits and the hits of others. The songs that thrilled today's 35- to 40-year-olds when they were in high school include "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," "I Hate Myself for Loving You," and "Do You Wanna Touch Me." Jett also displays her exceptional taste in covering everything from Bruce Springsteen's "Light of Day" to the Runaways' "Cherry Bomb" to "Love Is All Around," the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song. DVD features include a pair of videos, biography, discography, and photo album. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Great Performance, Poor Movie.......2006-11-18

I've been a fan of Joan Jett since I first heard her in 1980. My low rating is not a rating of her performance. This video is poorly directed and poorly cut. It's difficult to watch, and there even seem to be either some unintentional drop-outs or deliberate bleeps at a couple of points. As far as I know, it's the only recorded live performance of JJ available, so if you're a fan, you'll get it and probably enjoy it. Just don't expect a work of art.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely storming!!!.......2006-07-25

WOW - this show is awesome. Joan and the Blackhearts turn in a performance that is tight and rocks like you wouldn't believe. The setlist features tracks that span her entire career and you really couldn't ask for a better selection. Every song rocks, and the filming is excellent - none of that style where the camera is on one person for a split second and then jumps somewhere else, and then repeat, repeat and repeat... until you have a headache trying to focus. The show is watchable again and again - buy it now and ENJOY!

4 out of 5 stars You've Come a Long Way, Baby.......2006-03-26

While I was in college twenty years ago, I had a poster of Joan Jett on my dorm wall. I thought she was one of the hottest girls in all of show business, not just rock and roll. Her jet black hair, her intense angry eyes, those sneering red lips, that raspy voice. She had such a raw sexuality about her along with a passion and drive that made her seem remote and unattainable.
Music was everything to her.

I was thrilled that this DVD was produced--I think any fan of her will love it--but I'm taking a star off for an entirely non-musical reason: I miss her black hair. That butch blonde crew cut doesn't work for me.

It may sound completely superficial of me but I want my Joan with that black hair. What would Elvis have been without his black hair and sideburns? (At least there's one video of "I Hate Myself for Loving You" included in the extras from a 1985 MTV New Year's Party of the Joan I remember).

I still love you, Joanie, just bring back your hair!

5 out of 5 stars Answer to a question above from a veteran Jetthead.......2004-12-17

To reviewer Steve J. Ahladas above: Joan's been saying f**k in Cherry Bomb since the first time she sang it sans Runaways, circa 1980. :-)

3 out of 5 stars I Hate Myself for Loving You Joan.......2004-12-11

It pains me to give this only 3 stars, if you like Joan you should still get this, but you should know what to expect. This was a 'staged' concert to make the video, so the crowd is small and for Joan Jett, a very passive crowd indeed. This takes away from making this DVD a concert like show. There is also breaks between many (all?) titles, which further takes away from the concert experience, it's more like a series of staged live appearence in front of CSN&Y fans. The sound is good, but like many rockers Joan has aged and it shows in her live performance. When I saw her live ~15 years ago she bounced around on stage like a mexican jumping bean, not anymore she's pretty much anchored on stage (at least she is on this DVD). She has obviously become more punk in the last few years based on her appearence, and since when are the words in Cherry Bomb "I'm the f**k you've been waiting for"? Hmmm, may be time to scour for some old bootlegs...

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