ONE FOR THE ROCK N' ROLL HISTORY BOOKS?! First Time Hearing Joan Jett - I Love Rock & Roll Reaction!

[@beachbumsailordude]

Joan's cover is the definitive verson of this song. It was her biggest hit. Joan is Rock royalty.

[@katrinaprescott5911]

This was THE roller skating song of the '80s. Everybody waited for this one.

[@FranciscoSalgado-ezc]

FYI. The song playing at the beginning is another banger by Joan Jett "Bad Reputation." It was also covered by Miley Cirus.

[@markhodge7]

Bad Reputation should be reacted to so they can hear her roots, including her attitude.

[@shack8110]

XD Miley Cyrus. What an untalented turd.

[@gregstilwell7760]

It was also used as Rhonda Rousey's ring entrance song

[@RedDawnRocker]

Jukeboxes were definitely still a thing in the 80s. We had them everywhere from small mom and pop restaurants to chain restaurants to classic little dines (not to mention the bars and arcades). There were different kinds, from the standalones like you see in the video to individual little ones at diner and chain restaurants booths and tables. The difference is while in the 50s and 60s they were a nickel or a dime in the 70s they went up to a quarter and by the 80s they went all the way up to $1 a play at most places. As for Joan, the song the video started with "Bad Reputation" was actually used in the movie "Kick-ass" and it's as adrenaline-fueled as one would think.

[@ciphernine7824]

Joan has been called “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” “Godmother of Punk,” and the “Original Riot Grrrl,” having helped open doors for women in the music industry, and she's been an inspiration for many, always following her dreams and doing what she loves - and doing it her way. Joan (with the BH) clearly went out of her way to avoid making this sound like a typical high-polished pop-laden album, which she could have done. But she wanted it to have a raw and edgy "old-school" rock feel, that combined the best elements from punk, glam and metal, with '50s and '60s rock & roll, a fierce DIY spirit, and a disdain for conformity.

[@Cynthorrpg1]

She's one of my favs but many folks don't know when she was in her teens and up through the runaways era one of her idols was Suzi Quatro who has the same gritty voice. Joan uses/copies Suzi's facial expressions like the eye opening thing and the growl. I don't mind because i think she does it even better than the OG Suzi.

[@WardHarrington-et1gf]

I remember this song as a teen....full on BANGER!!! You know it's a _classic_ , when you "put another dime in the jukebox"...

[@glennallen239]

I was born in 1964 the last year of the Baby Boomers. I am 59 years old and I graduated High School in 1982. I remember Dancing and Roller Skating to this song. This was played everywhere. This was a Rock Anthem." Put another Dime in the Jukebox Baby" was a popular phrase in our time as many Bowling Alleys and Restaurants had Jukeboxes.

[@lexiburrows8127]

Hey, same! Englishwoman here. We still had jukeboxes way after that though. I recall one really good pub where they had a whole Motley Crue album - which I naturally played!

[@brentgunderson1349]

Monster hit. #1 for 7 weeks and #3 song of the year for 1982 on Billboard.

[@southernbella6535]

When the video started , that song was Joan Jett singing "bad reputation"...should do that one also :) . Keep going guys !

[@markmorgan3058]

Joan's version in 1981 was the version that made this song popular. The song was huge in 1981.

[@mikemiller3069]

I think the "boom, boom, clap" thing started in the 70s with Queen's "We Will Rock You" which is still done at sporting events, although the clap is usually a "stomp".

[@BillGraper]

This was "THE SONG" back in 1982. I loved when it went to #1, and spent a bunch of weeks there. There's nothing like knowing a lot of people share the same love for a great tune! Nostalgia!!!

[@theodoreritola7641]

1st in the 70s by the ORIGINALS THE 70s Rock Band ARROW.

[@BillGraper]

@@theodoreritola7641 Yeah, but it wasn't a hit. The Joan Jett version was huge in 1982.

[@BillGraper]

@@drewpall2598 That's true. Same with a lot of other songs, including "Alone" by Heart. 🙂

[@theodoreritola7641]

@@BillGraper i know that im 63 years old. I was just stating the truth THATS ALL

[@zpitzer]

My history with this song: I'm Swedish but was in Florida in 1981, this song was played on all radio stations, all the time, that and Start me up with Rolling Stones. This is still one of my favvo songs ever.

[@paulhadfield7909]

she rocks

[@lisalovemc717]

Ooooh love this song! Big time high school song. Everyone loved this song as well as Joan Jett.

[@mondospieler]

Watching Sam rock along with this 🫡 Also, the tune playing on the jukebox before tbe song starts is "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, another hit for them.

[@kallsop2]

I seem to remember the video for that was a take off of all the record companies that wouldn't sign her so she created her own label and proved them wrong.

[@MetalphysicalMel]

Definitely react to "Bad Reputation"

[@karlsmith2570]

Which was a cover of an Iggy Pop song

[@powertothebauer296]

@@karlsmith2570 sorry to spoil it for you ,it is an original

[@daveray44]

When I lived in Virginia during the mid-nineties, my favorite radio station would throw an end of summer rock an roll bash, for free. Joan played at least 3 of these. Only problem was her birthday always seemed to be around this weekend. (Sept 22nd). She always confessed to have partied a little bit the night before and she still put on a great show!

[@boqndimitrov8693]

That's right, it's one of the anthems of rock and roll! 🤟

[@heathspencerdrew]

Was 18 when this came out. Thanks So much Phil & Sam. Awesome Memories for me.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

All time classic! I suggest *Joan Jett - Do You Wanna Touch*

[@tomlind2]

We saw her in 2022 during the stadium tour with def leopard, motley Crue and poison. She still looks and sounds great.

[@kelleewolfe2834]

Even though I was into 70's rock and 80's metal, this was my favorite song in high school. 😉

[@TheOnespeedbiker]

This is actually a cover from a UK band called the Arrows; the Arrows had moderate success in the UK but never charted in the US; its one of those cases were the cover far outsold the original version and the song is actually identified as Joan Jett's insanely popular rock anthem that was her highest charting song and the number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982.

[@bradparnell614]

The Arrows were actually Americans who were living and working in the UK.

[@timothybush9633]

Hi Phil & Sam, good song as a musician I also met Joan and the other Runaways in the 1970s 😎

[@TimKCSportsFan]

Saw her as part of a day long music concert back in the 90s in Vegas. The headliner was another awesome guitarist, Joe Walsh

[@leomagitz2321]

Joan Jetts gave us one the all time great rock'n'roll anthems. Great stuff!!

[@allisterfiend_2112]

The Arrows gave us this rock-n-roll anthem, but Joan did a great job of bringing it into the 80's.

[@theodoreritola7641]

From the 60s and huge in the 70s cover SONGS Like this one

[@christophermerlot3366]

When I was a young teen in the 1980s, this was a staple at the roller rink. I didn't find out it was a cover until years later.

[@Mario-it3po]

Yes. There were still jukeboxes in the eighties, especially in some Mexican restaurants in Houston while I was growing up there. In fact, they still have them.

[@theAkildare]

Another rock lady to listen to would be Suzi Quatro. She is still rocking and touring Her songs are Rock Classics like Can the Can, Stumblin In, Devil Gate Drive, 48 Crash, If You Can't Give Me Love

[@jhood758]

Y’all did the black and white version. The good one is where she had black leather when she walked up and looked in the window. When she entered the building she has on red leather. Looked good too!

[@storybellz]

Ironically, even though I agree that that’s the better one, Joan herself thought that the color video looked hideous, so she decided to have it done in black-and-white and that’s the version that she sent to MTV. The color version leaked later.

[@jhood758]

@@storybellz Oh wow, I didn’t know that and I’ve always been a big Joan Jett and Black Heart fan.

[@storybellz]

@@jhood758 I guess it isn’t widely known in general, but she mentioned in a couple of interviews, I know of. One of them was her music video collection release, that she did in the early 2000s. It’s funny how many of her own music videos she didn’t care for ha ha. It’s like they say, we are our own worst critics.

[@jhood758]

@@storybellz I kind of thought she looked bad azz in the red leather. To me anyone who could pull it off it was Joan Jett. Walking up in black and white then leaving like, pretty cool.

[@storybellz]

@@jhood758 I agree! She looked really great😎

[@stern12akachris32]

Joan Jett started in a Band Called the Runaways but she was inspired by a artest called Suzie Quatro who never made it in the US but man did Jett get her look !!!!!!

[@pompanomark2024]

Song was HUGE

[@allengray5748]

One of those wished I'd seen Live in the beginning! So as this is a cover she has a bunch of other great covers; CRIMSON AND CLOVER LOVE HURTS DIRTY DEEDS LOVE ME TWO TIMES HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN!! etc. Great Job Bars and Barb!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎

[@bobschenkel7921]

Got to see Joan Jett and The Blackhearts twice, once from even closer than I am to my TV right now, at a club in Boston, and later they were the openers for ZZ Top at The Centrum in Worcester, Mass., a fairly large arena. In both cases Joan OWNED the room and was a dynamic presence on the stage. She was also in a really cool movie called "Light Of Day" with Michael J. Fox (Back To The Future) and Michael McKean (Laverne & Shirley, This is Spinal Tap). She was very good in the movie, and at the end she sang the title song, and ended with a spirited "Thank You Very Much!" BTW, she is VERY cute up close.

[@boosingh]

Saw Joan last month when she opened for Alanis Morrisette and blew her off the stage!

[@christarpley6861]

They used to play this at the skating rink all the time

[@alexhaas9653]

Now we need the reaction to the spoofs "I love Rocky Road" by Weird Al and maybe "Ich find Schlager toll" by the German Guildo Horn.

[@JetLagRecords]

BARS & BARBELLS, amazing content keep it up dude

[@MarkRichter-j2l]

Joan Jett is thee EPITOME of Rock-n-Roll...coulnt get signed by ANY label..so she created her own, 1st song went to #1 on the charts.....

[@elvwood]

There was a video game in our local pub called "Roc 'n Rope", so back in '84 my college comedy band did a parody version with lyrics based around our love of gaming. We made one big mistake: we forgot to decide how many times to repeat the bit at the end, and it had already gone on too long when I thought to hold up a hand of fingers and count down. I should have just held up a couple of fingers! Anyway, classic Joan. Hope you do her earlier _Bad_ _Reputation_ too sometime.

[@onechess]

I love this.....when I was a much younger man I loved all of her music!!

[@tnolddawg]

Joan Jett is a pioneer in women's music performance Favorites are this song, "Bad Reputation" (a MUST REVIEW video), her cover of "Crimson and Clover", and later hits like "I hate myself for Loving You"

[@biggeorge2964]

Love y’all. Be the first to listen to the wall.whole album

[@stevenseul361]

Again Joan Jett is a Bad Ass

[@Punkrocket8]

This song is one of many that got me into rock n roll and want learn how to play 🤘🔥🔥🤘

[@michaelasay8587]

Saw her, Journey and Loverboy in 81!!

[@neonknight821]

My favorite female artist

[@Shabenn]

The summer this came out, the yearly carnival came to town. There was a ride that was hugely popular and it seemed like everytime I got on that ride, this was playing. Everybody on the ride sang it out like we were at a concert! So much fun. Good one, y'all.

[@yogililly1]

Joan (born 1958 same year as myself, Madonna , Prince and Michael Jackson along with many others) would have been around 23 at this time and a veteran of the music sceen having been touring with Runaways (Cherry Bomb) since the age of 16 (1975-1979) who opened for acts such as Cheap Trick, Rush, Talking Heads, Tom Petty and Van Halen. She has had success doing many covers including Crimson and Clover from Tommy James, The Beach Boys Fun, fun, Fun… CCR Have you ever since the rain… Arrows I Love Rock and Roll… Iggy Pop Real Wild Child… J Geils Band Love Stinks… ZZ Top’s Tush… David Bowie Rebel, Rebel… and AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Cheap (a favorite of mine).

[@rowenatulley852]

Do You Wanna Touch Me is another great Joan Jett song . . . (written by Gary Glitter)

[@timlacreta8221]

Weird Al's "I love Rocky Road" take on this song is worth a listen.

[@P-M-869]

Loved watching Sam's reaction 😀

[@KimberlyEichler]

They are great

[@georgeglasser8220]

We will rock you by Queen is the boom boom clap start.

[@richdiddens4059]

For all her bad ass attitude and leather she's wearing a pair of old fashioned black canvass high top tennis shoes. You get a glimpse of them as she climbs up onto the bar.

[@ronaldnelson6692]

Joan Jett has a good cover album called the Hit List. She covers AC/DC, The Doors, ZZ Top and others. Good album to listen too.

[@johnhagan582]

Definitely Lita Ford mainly cause she's a hell of a hard rock guitarist .

[@gregstilwell7760]

So is Lzzy Hale and Halestorm

[@GuinevereKnight]

My introduction to this song and Joan Jett was through the video from 1993. That video was played A LOT! Also a Canadian connection through Mike Myers (video made for Wayne's World 2).

[@no_onein2024]

Oh and just for the record, Joan Jett did NOT try to "sound" like Kurt Cobain, Joan Jett has had the gritty vocals FIRST, which made her perfect for that ending on Smells like Teen Spirit. Joan Jett songs like "Had Enough" and "Coney Island Whitefish" and "Handyman" (all 3 from her 1983 album titled "ALBUM") show her rasp and grit and screams.

[@fishboy91]

She has about a 1000 watts of attitude

[@laurasmith4435]

My favorite is Bad Reputation ❤ I know you guys will love it too!!

[@no_onein2024]

The song in the beginning is “Bad Reputation” from her first solo record in 1980 (right before forming the Blackhearts). The Runaways (Joan’s first band, all teenage girls) had a reputation for being “jailbait” rock and had a reputation for partying. However, after the Runaways broke up in Spring of 1979 Joan went into a DEEP depression. She contemplated joining the military, but MUSIC was her PASSION. At first she didn’t know WHAT to do. When the Runaways were a band the MEDIA and the INDUSTRY all told them “girls can’t play rock n roll” (something the Go-Go’s and other female artists and bands would deal with) and at this point it LOOKED like they all won and were laughing at Joan. She started drinking REAL heavy and abusing drugs badly. She hung out w/ “punks” from the L.A. scene such as Sid Vicious and others, that got her labeled as a trouble maker, thus she had a bad reputation among the industry and NO ONE would sign her to a record deal (23 major and minor record labels sent her rejection letters which she still has to this day), so Joan and her manager started their OWN label “Blackheart Records” and put the first 2 albums on their own. The SONG “Bad Reputation” was about her attitude towards the haters. “Everyone can say what they wanna say, it never gets better anyway. So WHY should I care ‘bout a bad reputation anyway? Oh no!” AFTER the song and album “I Love Rock n Roll” became HUGE they RE released the song “Bad Reputation” as a single and NOW became a hit!!! They recorded a video for it basically giving a middle finger to all the record companies that told her NO, worth checking out. The song would also become a staple in Pop Culture being used as the opening song for the show “Freaks and Geeks” and used in films such as “10 things I Hate about you” and “Shrek” and recently as Professional Wrestler Ronda Rousey’s walk out theme song.

[@kevincaulder96]

Ok, guys. DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME (OH, YEAH. ) is the rock anthem you need. Play it, shout it, and clap along!! Keep going and enjoy the music.

[@bobpat56]

"Crimson and Clover" is another great Joan Jett cover.

[@donjackson5522]

Joan Jett did a great job reinventing songs instead of just covering them. Crimson and Clover is a great example.

[@theodoreritola7641]

They are the NUMBER 1 COVER BAND Most are covers from the 60sand 70s BECAUSE Thats when most of the BEST ROCK AND ROLL was RELEASED,

[@maxmosquera4936]

Joan’s version of this song is actually, also, a cover. The original was performed by the Arrows.

[@mucksmith3569]

My favorite song off this album was Victim of Circumstance. But it’s a great record. Lots of great songs and covers.

[@no_onein2024]

I always loved the B side to Crimson and Clover, the song "Oh Woe is Me" which has the most EPIC scream in it!!! They replaced "Little Drummer Boy" w/ it after December 1982 when Xmas was over with. In the deluxe CD both songs are included.

[@bacaloff]

For us guys that was teenagers in the 80's Joan Jett was the go to girl...the hottest rocker

[@puck34100]

I saw her live a great show.

[@gswithen]

Joan started out in the all girl group The Runaways. They had a hit with Cherry Bomb. This was a massive song. Now, you must check out Weird Al's parody, I Love Rocky Road.

[@stanleymyrick4068]

Crimson and Clover is also a great song by her.

[@no_onein2024]

“I Love Rock n Roll" song, the story: When Joan Jett was in her first band the Runaways (all teenage girl punk/metal influenced band) they toured London, England. The Arrows, in England, used this song as a "B-side" song to one of their hits in 1975 and when Joan heard it she INSTANTLY wanted to do a cover of it on the 2nd Runaways album. However, since the Runaways already did a cover with "Rock n Roll" in the title on the first album in 1976 (Lou Reed's "Rock n Roll"), the girls didn't want to have another song with "Rock n Roll" in the title and look "cheesy" so Joan held onto the song for a bit. Once the Runaways broke up and Joan started to pursue a solo career she originally recorded this song (as well as another one) w/ Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols (another English Punk Rock group), It's on youtube if you want to hear it. When Joan formed the Blackhearts in 1980 (after she released her first solo record as just "Joan Jett", later renamed "Bad Reputation") her manager thought it was a good idea to RE-record the song w/ the Blackhearts and make it a stronger and less "Sophomoric" sounding and THIS is the result. The song went to #1 on the Billboard chart for 8 weeks in a row!!! The original video was shot in color, however Joan HATED the red jumpsuit they gave her so they decided to release it in black and white and they loved it because of its vintage look. The color version is now available as well

[@leemires5315]

You gotta do Bad Reputation! It was playing at the beginning of this video.

[@ramonortiz2508]

Any Epic History TV reactions in the near future ?

[@krisa990]

This is pure rockn roll...I dont know if anyone did this before Joan Jett..I think its her original song...and its as good as it gets in my view...this is pure rock...very good quality rock music..a great classic...dont feel the need to hear any other versions of this...I liked this one for decades...

[@lovnlite]

Joan did the song as a cover too. The song is from 1975-The Arrows w/Alan Merrill.

[@sukie584]

⁠@@lovnliteRIP Alan.

[@GoWestYoungMan]

This is the only one I've ever heard.

[@kallsop2]

Boom boom clap? Queen We Will Rock You.

[@Jagangela]

Number 1 Anthem of all time in my book!

[@theodoreritola7641]

1970s ROCK the Real Rockn Roll from 1977

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

Must hear the Runaways

[@CorwinPatrick]

I Love Rocky Road...

[@tonybarnett1158]

"Do ya wanna touch? Yeah!"

[@StevenQ74]

This version is actualy also a cover, the original is from "The Arrows" from 1975

[@kingscorpion7346]

Joan Jett's version was so popular in the US, Weird Al Yankovic parodied it with "I Love Rocky Road"!

[@elizabethfranco1284]

I had this album and Pat Benatar’s Crimes of Passion album

[@genenekoebelin8707]

Punk Rock

[@jaydoubleu3419]

Misspent youth is great cd by Joan Jett

[@mikeb36240]

Joan Jett -"Do You Want To Touch Me" kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWTbaYCirrClipIsi=IBvYHHbE2EBJfTl- 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ramiromaia592]

Joan Jett's version is also a cover

[@lilamuzik3385]

BaaaadAsssss

[@vicprovost2561]

Great tune, she never, ever mailed it in, Joan is the real deal. She has many tunes to try, next do: Do You Wanna Touch Me, another all time banger and huge video on MTV. Enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎶🔥

[@scottgorski7931]

From when MTV was all about music videos. Weird Al came out with his version called I Love Rocky Road. At the time it was really BIG to have Weird Al do a parody of your song. Joan's version is still a foot stompin rocker to this day.

[@jotave65]

This IS a Rock anthem. First track of their debut album.

[@ktown64]

This one was also parodied by Weird Al, “I Love Rocky Road.”

[@karlsmith2570]

1:29 Hey, Sam and Phil, if you really want to get a little bit nit-picky, this song's also a cover of a band named The Arrows

[@SG-js2qn]

The original version was very muted in comparison to this one. Jett added all of the rock accents and clapping, making a somewhat plodding song into a rock anthem. As for the boom boom clap, I think that was iconic for Queen with "We Will Rock You" in 1977.

[@no_onein2024]

Joan Jett's first version of this cover was in 1979 w/ the Sex Pistols. It was included in her compilation CD "Flashback" back in 91 I believe. It's on youtube too.

[@rosspapagelakis5693]

band she played in was the runaways please find and play that

[@jamessomers8808]

They used to have small jukeboxes at your table in diners. Except, in my time it was way past a dime it was $.25.

[@michaelcorley3622]

If you listened to rock or pop radio in the winter/spring of 1982, you heard this song!

[@cspaikido]

#1 for 7 weeks.

[@kevinhooper3003]

Fun fact…. This video was originally filmed in color. Joan had them change it to black and white because she didn’t like the way her red leather jumpsuit looked.

[@donjackson5522]

As with so many popular rock songs of this time, Weird Al has a great parody, called I Love Rocky Road.

[@thetomgibson]

11:14 Jukeboxes were different because you had control over what everyone in the restaurant or bar was listening to.