Posted on 07/22/2022 1:08:08 PM PDT by Libloather
Pat Benatar won’t perform her 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore.
Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she’s come to view the song differently.
“I’m not going to sing it,” Benatar told USA Today.
While the song’s meaning is about strength and resiliency, Benatar said “you have to draw the line” and be aware of lyrics.
“I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t,” Benatar said, adding that the decision is her “small contribution to protesting.”
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Benatar said she will continue perform “We Belong,” “Heartbreaker” and other hits from early in her career. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the singer’s first Top 10 hit.
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depending on how often your neighbor blares that song, maybe someone would get shot. I’d say 10 times in one day played overly loud could get a violent respose...but it would be justifiable.
Just as stupid as Lee Greenwood not going to the NRA convention after the moron in Texas killed children.
Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.
I still love that song.
Just reading through the lyrics made me feel like I was 20 again. Thanks for the post.
I couldn’t stand her stupid songs when they were new.
It would be great if for her next several shows people show up and burn their tickets in the parking lot, and spend the evening there, blasting this song.
Nope. Only Phoebe Cates
So much for artistry. If she had an ounce of creativity, she could just modify the lyrics.
Jab me with your clot shot. I said, jab me with your clot shot! Jab me with your clot shot, Fauci would say!
See? That took two whole seconds and it’s just as lame. Sheeesh.
———————now thats a good one. lol
What the heck is keep Keith R alive? crazy man.
I don’t doubt she’s sick of singing the same handful of songs over and over again. I don’t blame her for coming up with an excuse to drop one from her set.
Pure Con Artist .
This fat ugly rip off artist is famous for ripping off
Smaller events in which she demands the money upfront and never appears .
The event planners does not have the funds to sue this Whore Ass .
Pure Evil .
She’s modifying her song list to aim for a targeted audience.
That’s okay, I never want to meet her for her brains anyway.
Or put it another way, a lot of guys probably did something common to mammals that would make her brains fall out, BITD.... of course.
When your her age, singing hit me with your best shot is cringey at best.
yes i wanted to shoot my self
No just the carrot scene
Ansel Adams disliked the term “shooting a photograph” for similar reasons.
Until she gives back and stops receiving the royalties it’s just a virtue signal.
She’s previously quit singing that song in protest of domestic abuse. Kinda think she just doesn’t like it.
Thanks Pat!
I thought it was about hitting someone...
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