Comments on: The Pat Benatar of Zits and Other Reasons to Consult Your Doctor http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2009/05/13/the-pat-benatar-of-zits-and-other-reasons-to-consult-your-doctor/ Your Life Through Music Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Robb http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2009/05/13/the-pat-benatar-of-zits-and-other-reasons-to-consult-your-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-41901 Robb Tue, 19 May 2009 03:54:14 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=26411#comment-41901 Are you kidding me? A "glammy popstress" who didn't rock as much as Joan, Janis, Joni and Janet? Puh-lease. This smirking, sideways attack on the legacy of Pat Benatar is completely misplaced and misinformed. Benatar is a four-time Grammy-winning artist. She has sold more music than the first three "J" singers you mention combined. Her five-octave range likely encompasses the vocal ranges of Janis and Janet combined. Joan, who's a terrific rocker, has never had the vocal firepower or success that Benatar enjoyed and actually opened for Pat in the one concert bill they shared. And Joni? A rocker in any sense of the word? Yikes! I know this is all in fun, but a little fact-checking for the preamble would've been nice. Are you kidding me? A “glammy popstress” who didn’t rock as much as Joan, Janis, Joni and Janet? Puh-lease. This smirking, sideways attack on the legacy of Pat Benatar is completely misplaced and misinformed.

Benatar is a four-time Grammy-winning artist. She has sold more music than the first three “J” singers you mention combined. Her five-octave range likely encompasses the vocal ranges of Janis and Janet combined. Joan, who’s a terrific rocker, has never had the vocal firepower or success that Benatar enjoyed and actually opened for Pat in the one concert bill they shared. And Joni? A rocker in any sense of the word? Yikes!

I know this is all in fun, but a little fact-checking for the preamble would’ve been nice.

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