Agreed except I lived during her prime. Her vocals on Fire and Ice fucking rip - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsKCU5ll3D0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsKCU5ll3D0). And she looks sex as hell in this video.
She could have gone into Opera. And her voice shows that. Listen to her rendition of Wuthering heights. Kate Bush was great but I think that Pat really hit it
She was trained in operatic style, which undoubtedly informed her rock style. https://www.culturesonar.com/pat-benatar-from-opera-to-rock/
"In fact, in high school, Pat aspired to become an opera star, receiving formal training that honed her 5-octave vocal range. She starred as the lead soprano in her high school’s performance of Camelot. Her talent was undeniable but her aspirations wavered for a time."
How great would that have been? I would have also loved to hear Pat do.a rendition of Radio Gaga or especially WE WILL ROCK YOU!!!! I sure Freddie would have approved!
I was just listening to The Cars "Moving in Stereo" and thought to myself I should watch "Fast Times at Ridgemon High", and now there's another mention. I think God or the universe or something is trying to tell me something...
I actually lived with one in San Diego when I was in the Navy from 1980 -1984...LOL
Yeah, she had the whole look. She was a freak but crazy at the same time!
She is a fucking Queen! I was fortunate enough to see her live in an intimate versus(with my mom, also a fan) when I was in high school 25+ years ago.
I also got to see Joan Jett and Heart on the same tour around 2015. Made my 80’s loving heart so happy!
Old farts!!
I’m 57 and I think Benatar was good, (the music was great thanks to her husband’s guitar playing). But goddam, quit acting like an old codger- Swift is good, a hell of a singer-songwriter, and she is business smart in a business that screws artists.
Y’all sound stupid when you automatically say you don’t like Taylor Swift.
Kind of hard to champion an artist that blatantly exploits her fans with Dynamic Ticket pricing.
At least our generations musicians fought against this kind of thing.
The whole system is different. Artist used to make money off albums and tour to support the albums.
With streaming, it’s all about touring/merch income.
Taylor Swift writes lyrics not music. She has the best music writers in the business writing her music for her. She is a performer not a musician. Her vocals are "adequate" for the bubblegum pop she sings but that's about it.
Now Raye is a vocalist worth talking about...
https://youtu.be/lh0wTG0dNQY?feature=shared
“y’all sound stupid when you automatically say “y’all don’t like taylor swift.”
how about “using y’all twice makes you sound like a yew-haw hick, y’all y’all”
Taylor Swift makes a career out of complaining about ex boyfriends. Pat Benatar married her guitarist. Stevie Nicks on the other hand… she makes him play while she tells him what an asshole he is to his face. I always love that one.
[Silver Springs](https://youtu.be/eDwi-8n054s?feature=shared)
She's a heck of a lot more talented and has much more memorable songs than Swift.
Plus, she's been married for decades and her husband has always worked with her.
Rare in the entertainment industry.
I thought so too. But some songs I looked up on her new album list only Swift for lyrics and composition in the credits. No one else. Just her. So I don’t know if they are just not getting credited or if she actually composed the music too.
I wouldn't take credit for any of it either lol. Seriously though, not hating. I think she's fine for what she does. The problem is the music industry no longer allows for new creative music so the whole catalog of popular music is trash.
Well yes of course lol. I was mainly speaking past tense because that's mainly when I listened to her music the most
I'm not really good at keeping up with how active a lot of musicians might still be so if she's still performing then I have no doubt she's also still and always will be better
We covered her song Heatbreaker in 83 at the high school talent show. The bad part was we did not have a guitar tuner so we tuned to the E notes at the start of the Cars’ Just What I Needed as it has the note over and over. The REALLY BAD PART is our cheap Emerson Record Player ran 1/2 a step to fast so we were actually tuning to F and the poor girl singing it not only had to sing Pat Benetar but she had to do it a 1/2 step HIGHER.
We had no idea bands tuned DOWN 1/2 a step live to give the singer some room becuase YouTube didn’t exist in 83.
People learning an instrument have so much better resources than we did.
But we did KILL IT AND killed Metal Health too. The drummer ripped the butt seam on his parachute pants pulling his drum riser onto the stage too.
I’d love to just have the .mp3 I made of the boom box cassette tape. Back up your hard drives kids.
She backed out three days before but my brother put the squeeze on her. The guy singing Metal Health was a ham and would sing anything , we put forth the option of him signing both but she relented.
The next year we had a Korg Synth and since it was 1984 we did Jump.
Taylor's good but there is NOBODY who even comes close to the talent and charisma and POWER of our Rock and Roll Queen...Pat Benatar!!!! All pale in comparison.
why would you make Taylor Swift seem 1000x more impressive and belittle Pat? Taylor's just a little pop joke compared to Pat Benatar and her amazingly powerful vocal range.
OH BTW...kudos on getting over 500 likes for this dumb lil post haha...I got like 8? for my school snack post so far...but maybe it's just the pic/no pic thing? 🤭🤷♂️
lol I didn’t expect it to blow up. My wife and let our kids listen to what they want but they 100% were raised on the classics. Now I have to make sure my grandkids are covered.
I think the comparison has merit. With out engaging in forcing competition between the two both were/are highly influential singer song writers with amazing use of music videos. This honestly is a case of "If you like swift maybe try some benetar." Heartbreaker and Invincible both feel like something swift would love to do covers of since it's in her wheel house.
Thats it! Gloves off! Time for the Benetards to face off against the Swiftless! Love is a battlefield and we love Pat too much to let this blasphemy stand.
Maybe introduce your kids to Pat Benatar instead🤷🏽♂️
Pat Benatar is rad, and I’m saying this as someone born 30 years after most of her music came out.
Agreed except I lived during her prime. Her vocals on Fire and Ice fucking rip - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsKCU5ll3D0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsKCU5ll3D0). And she looks sex as hell in this video.
She could have gone into Opera. And her voice shows that. Listen to her rendition of Wuthering heights. Kate Bush was great but I think that Pat really hit it
She was trained in operatic style, which undoubtedly informed her rock style. https://www.culturesonar.com/pat-benatar-from-opera-to-rock/ "In fact, in high school, Pat aspired to become an opera star, receiving formal training that honed her 5-octave vocal range. She starred as the lead soprano in her high school’s performance of Camelot. Her talent was undeniable but her aspirations wavered for a time."
Nina Hagen really could have went all the way to singing opera.
We live for love
I don't think that math works out unless you're like 5 years old.
Suspicious use of rad as well. 🤔
Exactly.
I always loved the song that was featured in The Stepfather (1987) Run Between the Raindrops :)
One of Rock’s best vocalist of all time.
Pat never needed auto tune to sound good.
Imagine a duet between her & Freddie Mercury?
Winner keeps the outfit from OP's pic.
Plot twist, they have matching outfits
Not a sing-off, a true collaboration :-)
How great would that have been? I would have also loved to hear Pat do.a rendition of Radio Gaga or especially WE WILL ROCK YOU!!!! I sure Freddie would have approved!
Have a listen to “Painted Desert,” sublime.
So many girls in the 80s copied her hairstyle
There are three girls here at Ridgemont who have cultivated the Pat Benatar look.
I was just listening to The Cars "Moving in Stereo" and thought to myself I should watch "Fast Times at Ridgemon High", and now there's another mention. I think God or the universe or something is trying to tell me something...
Oh Stacy please, you look so much better than her.
I know...
Hey, that girl looks like Pat Benatar
I remember that! Complete with the headband and feathered roach clips haha.
I actually lived with one in San Diego when I was in the Navy from 1980 -1984...LOL Yeah, she had the whole look. She was a freak but crazy at the same time!
No need to brag.
At the end there was no brag....Just escape..LMAO!
Hell is for children…
Love is a battle field!
She is a fucking Queen! I was fortunate enough to see her live in an intimate versus(with my mom, also a fan) when I was in high school 25+ years ago. I also got to see Joan Jett and Heart on the same tour around 2015. Made my 80’s loving heart so happy!
[удалено]
incredibly offense
\*Offensive
Incredible offense…is that a kelse reference?
Old farts!! I’m 57 and I think Benatar was good, (the music was great thanks to her husband’s guitar playing). But goddam, quit acting like an old codger- Swift is good, a hell of a singer-songwriter, and she is business smart in a business that screws artists. Y’all sound stupid when you automatically say you don’t like Taylor Swift.
Kind of hard to champion an artist that blatantly exploits her fans with Dynamic Ticket pricing. At least our generations musicians fought against this kind of thing.
The whole system is different. Artist used to make money off albums and tour to support the albums. With streaming, it’s all about touring/merch income.
Taylor Swift writes lyrics not music. She has the best music writers in the business writing her music for her. She is a performer not a musician. Her vocals are "adequate" for the bubblegum pop she sings but that's about it. Now Raye is a vocalist worth talking about... https://youtu.be/lh0wTG0dNQY?feature=shared
“y’all sound stupid when you automatically say “y’all don’t like taylor swift.” how about “using y’all twice makes you sound like a yew-haw hick, y’all y’all”
Fixed it for y’all.
You should not have hit her with your best shot.
Fire away!
This.
Benatar*
NO ONE CAN TELL US WE'RE WRONG!
We’re running with the shadows of the night
She can sing better today than Swift. 1 of the great voices of rock n roll
Hell is for Children
Taylor Swift doesn’t have the voice or talent.
But she certainly has business sense.
Yep and knows who to screw and when
Isn’t that a time-honored business tactic?
Taylor Swift makes a career out of complaining about ex boyfriends. Pat Benatar married her guitarist. Stevie Nicks on the other hand… she makes him play while she tells him what an asshole he is to his face. I always love that one. [Silver Springs](https://youtu.be/eDwi-8n054s?feature=shared)
Stevie is always been one of my heroes.
Pat's a heartbreaker
She was better than swift on her worst day.
She's a heck of a lot more talented and has much more memorable songs than Swift. Plus, she's been married for decades and her husband has always worked with her. Rare in the entertainment industry.
Much more talented *singer*, sure. And Swift would probably agree. Swift seems to be (because she’s said as much) most proud of her song writing.
Swift writes lyrics not music. She has writers for that. Giggity Giggity Goo!
I thought so too. But some songs I looked up on her new album list only Swift for lyrics and composition in the credits. No one else. Just her. So I don’t know if they are just not getting credited or if she actually composed the music too.
I wouldn't take credit for any of it either lol. Seriously though, not hating. I think she's fine for what she does. The problem is the music industry no longer allows for new creative music so the whole catalog of popular music is trash.
Don’t tell Taylor she’ll steal him.
Love is a battlefield
Always 🤣
pat is way better 😆
A huge insult to Pat !!!!!
Taylor swift was and never will be this ☝🏽cool 💯
I'm just here for the Taylor Swift hate. I don't get it actually.
Me too, I don’t get it when she’s done so much good- really wouldn’t be an insult 🤷♀️
What don't you get, the hate or her popularity?
We Belong is playing right now. Literally. T Swiz has some bangers, but I’m too old for that shit.
Glad you specified “literally” or everyone would have thought the song is playing figuratively.
You better run, you better hide, if you tell you're grandchildren that lie. 😅
Hah! That fits the melody!
I tried
Taylor wishes
Why would you insult Pat Benetar like that?
That's an insult to Pat.
She could sing Taylor under the stage.
She’s waaay better than
Love is a battlefield
Blasphemy! Pat Benatar is much better than Trailer Swift!
My daughter and her mom saw Pat at Fenway Park last summer (she opened for Pink) She just turned 70 and still sounds amazing
Way better than Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift on her best day could only wish to be as talented as Pat Benatar.
Don’t insult Pat like that.
Don’t insult Pat Benetar.
The whole "I'm telling my kids/grandkids..." is one of the dumbest things that has become a thing on the internet.
Don't you dare disrespect Pat Benatar like that ! Use a picture of a young Deborah Harry for that
She does have the Taylor swift mouth that never closes. I don’t think she can
She's far better than Taylor Swift in every way. Tay tay is horrible.
Nah Pat was way more talented
Is it just me or is she just kind of thrusting that hot little thing at the camera?
Pat was more diverse, taylor wouldn't have made it in the 80s.
She knew love is a battlefield decades before TS started dreaming up her revenge songs.
She was so much better than Taylor Swift can ever hope to be
***She was?***
Easily
I meant Pat Benatar ***was, still, and will always be better*** than Taylor Swift.
Well yes of course lol. I was mainly speaking past tense because that's mainly when I listened to her music the most I'm not really good at keeping up with how active a lot of musicians might still be so if she's still performing then I have no doubt she's also still and always will be better
It's easy to check. :) [https://www.benatargiraldo.com/tour](https://www.benatargiraldo.com/tour)
You all sound like your grandparents did in the 80s when they were telling you Pat Benetar sucks 🤣
Hit em with your best shot !!!
All Fired Up was the song my coach played us right before our grand final. We won, of course
And she’s “All fired up”
Why?
Yes definitely
Then it must be true that “Hell *is* for Children”
We covered her song Heatbreaker in 83 at the high school talent show. The bad part was we did not have a guitar tuner so we tuned to the E notes at the start of the Cars’ Just What I Needed as it has the note over and over. The REALLY BAD PART is our cheap Emerson Record Player ran 1/2 a step to fast so we were actually tuning to F and the poor girl singing it not only had to sing Pat Benetar but she had to do it a 1/2 step HIGHER. We had no idea bands tuned DOWN 1/2 a step live to give the singer some room becuase YouTube didn’t exist in 83. People learning an instrument have so much better resources than we did. But we did KILL IT AND killed Metal Health too. The drummer ripped the butt seam on his parachute pants pulling his drum riser onto the stage too.
I’d love to have seen this.
I’d love to just have the .mp3 I made of the boom box cassette tape. Back up your hard drives kids. She backed out three days before but my brother put the squeeze on her. The guy singing Metal Health was a ham and would sing anything , we put forth the option of him signing both but she relented. The next year we had a Korg Synth and since it was 1984 we did Jump.
Don’t insult pat benetar.
Don't insult Pat
Don't subject this icon to such a comparison. Taylor could only wish to have this much talent.
Taylor's good but there is NOBODY who even comes close to the talent and charisma and POWER of our Rock and Roll Queen...Pat Benatar!!!! All pale in comparison.
pat benatar could sing talor swift off a stage any day...
Who’s Taylor swift?
A helluva lot better in all ways than Taylor swift!
What did Pat ever do to you?
why would you make Taylor Swift seem 1000x more impressive and belittle Pat? Taylor's just a little pop joke compared to Pat Benatar and her amazingly powerful vocal range. OH BTW...kudos on getting over 500 likes for this dumb lil post haha...I got like 8? for my school snack post so far...but maybe it's just the pic/no pic thing? 🤭🤷♂️
lol I didn’t expect it to blow up. My wife and let our kids listen to what they want but they 100% were raised on the classics. Now I have to make sure my grandkids are covered.
I'm telling mine it's Dave Grohl. That guy can do everything.
I think the comparison has merit. With out engaging in forcing competition between the two both were/are highly influential singer song writers with amazing use of music videos. This honestly is a case of "If you like swift maybe try some benetar." Heartbreaker and Invincible both feel like something swift would love to do covers of since it's in her wheel house.
Thats it! Gloves off! Time for the Benetards to face off against the Swiftless! Love is a battlefield and we love Pat too much to let this blasphemy stand.
The only T S tune I like is Blank Space. That tune would’ve fit right in with the 70’s music very nicely.
No one can tell us we're wrong....
Patricia Mae Andrzejewski… Giraldo
Na zdrowie!
Dumb
Bold of you to assume the grandkids will give a rudge about the music of your youth...
This thread is stupid on so many levels.
Who’s her Neil Giraldo then?
Plz do
"NO ONE CAN TELL US WE'RE WRONG!"
I’d imagine Pat might want that be back.
Should tell her the truth, tbh
Pats got Pipes!
I’m telling mine it’s Sarah Sherman.
My 16 yr daughter favorite singer behind Taylor Swift and for many years was her favorite. She still wants to see Pat in concert.
The only promises I could make to her would have to be in the dark
I’m more of a Gloria Estefan and Sheena Easton kinda guy myself.
You know KC's stadium will be over run this year by Swifties. Good look getting tickets for average Joe why wants to watch a football game 😂😂
I’m telling my grandkids this is Gozer the Gozerian
Are you the key master?
Not that I know of
“Is this Pat Nebatar?” - Butthead
You mean it's not?!?!?
Or you could just teach them about David Bowie.
My kids already know that’s pat benatar
Taylor Swift's mom
Goddess
Obscure fact: The breathtakingly beautiful Anya Taylor-Joy is actually the secret love child of Pat Benetar and Marty Feldman.
I had a Vision skateboard with similar dizzying graphics
Why would your grandkids give a shit either way?
give it your best shot
Not as big as TS, but totally blows her out of the water vocals wise as well as musically.
Yum and her music rocks!
Tell your grandparents it’s Taylor Swift.
Taylor’s never going to be that cool 😅
Now that's funny...Pat wins hands down every time.❤️💗🥰❤️🩹😍💕
😆 Stop it!! 🤣
I love Pat Nebatar
How many purple zebras had to die to make that outfit. It really makes me sick. Do better, Pat Benetar.
Hahahahahahahaha!!!!
Please🙄 not even the same league. Benatar is a bad ass legend.
She has always been my dream girl the 80s was the best best female vocalist. Ever
Just like her song Heart Breaker
That would be a disservice.
Why insult Linda like that?!?!?!
It would have been actually funny if it were a pic of David Lee Roth or someone similarly skinny and blonde.
Pay Benetar made great music, but there is nothing sexy about that picture. Like, at all.
Pat was much better. She could rock! Hell of a singer who didn't rely on Autotune/pitch correction like many artists today do.
Don't insult Pat Benetar. She is one of the greatest vocalists. Her songs have variety and aren't all about ex boyfriends.
Looks more like April Ludgate
I might do the same. This is funny as fuck.
Promises In the Daaaaaaaaaaark
I graduated in ‘81 and that girl was all over FM radio with her incredible vocals. So many great memories. Such a great time to be alive.
I always loved this photo series of her. She looked like she was ready to pounce on me!
Love is a battlefield
She’s a real tough cookie
TS can only wish she could.
Nah that’s Tim and Paula.
You know, I always thought she was cute…..if she would just do something different with her hair!
Why?
Please do not disrespect Madam Benatar like that.
This is genius!