Joan Jett and the Blackhearts-Bad Reputation

[heyandy889]

Awesome, great upload, @workjobb. I will usually try to dig up live performances in favor of studio recordings or music videos. While the studio version is the one that everyone knows, I feel like we're getting a better look at the artist by seeing the live performance.

[xSergioRottenx]

the drummer looks like CJ Ramone

[joeshow94]

sooob g!!!!!

[simmo3able]

Yeh this is the studio version......recorded buy English musicians......who have still not been paid......maybe thats what gave her a bad reputation

[KillBaddBugz]

She's awesome 

[dtfros]

Saw her live in Atlanta in the early nineties with a shave head a kick ass attitude. Under appreciated talent.

[6709ify]

@kettykins I was wondering the same thing. I'm like "This sounds exactly like the studio version." If this is real, she's badass!!!!

[MARXA123]

2:10 very pretty

[karsaurlong]

joan jett is short

[MsVal321]

oan still looking great at a challenging time whatr i wouldn/t do far her and to her at any chance. She and Bruce Springsteen provide the true soundtack to my life and i will cherish them both forever for that,we are so lucky to have the worlds best female and male rocker alive in our generations. they belong to us. Watch their performance of :LIGHT OF DAY on youtube. real love and chemistry tween them.

[MARXA123]

is she lesbian?

[xxscreamoxgirlxx]

@MARXA123 Yeah 

[crifoter69]

Saw her awesome show in '87 at the Roch NY War Memorial B4 REO; talk about a mixed crowd!

[hotrod1387]

when a mullet would look truly badass on a girl it would only be on her

[CollectorOfMusic]

she so bad ass!!!

[Gorilla010]

What a great performance. Well, fake performance, but bad ass nonetheless.

[blakmagik4]

does she only play like two chords through the whole song?

[SBEighteen]

@blakmagik4 she plays 4

[MarkAndrewMusic]

@SBEighteen at least 8. key change ;)

[SBEighteen]

@MarkAndrewMusic Ahh right haha =]

[totalanomalie]

lol who is that guy it cuts to at the very end?

[evie11535]

Doesn't really look live

[UVS19992]

joan rocks more than many guys and she is sexy

[lespaul1397]

joan jett and the trademarks LOL

[topjimmyfairwarning]

"Live" my ass

[MALF1363]

she's the best i love all her songs i am one of Joan's biggest fans i met more than 4 times she is cool to hang out with

[evie11535]

@MALF1363 That's tight! I would love to hang out with her!

[cellosareawesome]

Joan Jett and the Trademarks???

[StaceyvonTease]

Love this! Thanks for posting it! Hard to find good older live stuff.

[devilslittlehelper98]

i first heard thes song when i was uh little girl[6] fuckin parents raised me listenin to rock

[skylineXpert]

the best female guitarist, i love her music, the first i heard with joan jett was: i hate myself for loving you (gh a)

[mykolabferrari]

joan jett forever

[Mezzza]

lol, she seems kinda drunk or i dunno

but cute!!

[maxheadlessness]

You know how to tell that it's not live? Their guitars aren't even plugged in.

[9pinkyandthebrain]

it kinda looks like she got socked in the face.

[R1PD1O]

to bad she does not look like that anymore

[kilt]

I need getting used to the 80s make-up. xD

I love JJ.

[Celina947]

Why does it say "Joan Jett & The TradeMarks"??? its BlackHearts!♥ Anyways love her! :D She's a legend!

[captam666]

this doesn't sound live. is it? awesome anyway. joan looks a little hard here. good for her.....

[ironheadbrick]

she is just the best i absaloutley love her.

[vestitiperragazzi]

playback???

[MissusFingerBottom]

@vestitiperragazzi sounds like it!

[dentherocker]

Avril lavigne sings it way better :/

[madtvmangaprtvifan]

@dentherocker avril lavigne is a ridiculous bitch with bad taste in clothes tht im tired of listening to! NOTHING BEATS THE ORIGINAL!

[breezybaybehh21]

@dentherocker i have to disagree. avril lavigne is talented in her own style but this song was MADE for joan's voice. its just perfect. gotta agree with @madtvmangaprtvifan NOTHING BEATS THE ORIGINAL

[Starbuckfsd]

@dentherocker wow....can you be any more misguided. It's allright. you're only 15. Avril's music is aimed at the twink crowd...

[kettykins]

is she lip synching in this?

[maxxbono]

boy, she was chubby... but I'd still do her back then and now... I always loved her.

[dgrrrl]

@maxxbono - Joan went down hill after the Runaways break up. Lots of drinking & drugs and it was starting to show on her physically at his time in her career. she straightened up and got healthy and in shape..but she was a little chunky and rough from the booze here..but like you said. - we'd all still do her!!

[raywagman]

@dgrrrl nice

[NiggieTheMagicalJoo]

@dgrrrl wtf are you talking about? seriously? she was fucking gorgeous. 

[dgrrrl]

@NiggieTheMagicalJoo I am one of joan's biggest fans - met her 3 times. Seen her over 25 and would never diss her. I LOVE her and think she is always gorgeous.I'm just saying that you can tell that she looks a little beat up here.. this is right before she peaked - she did gain a little weight after the runaways broke up as she was depressed and drinking. No diss to Joan - she peaked right after this. I LOVE HER ..

[sickpuppiesX]

naah i don't like her ;x

[fabiossh]

so get out you're a motherfucker sick puppies is shit

[sickpuppiesX]

to fobiossh-it's my opinion u idiot,prove that sick puppies is shit then talk u slutish freak.

[xsugarlumpsx]

is she miming? just wondering...

there's a coupla times where it looks like she's gonna sing something else and then she just kinda fits it back in with the audio...anyways...it doesn't really matter...she's amazing...

[CaitlinH12345]

good song

[TruemetalandpunkONLY]

Great footage here, and wow was she cute back then! : ]

[Mast3rOfMuppets82]

she's still is, even though she is 51

[CliffyGiffy]

0:12 The Trademarks? I feel like I missed something...

[SatanicMajesty]

To whom are you referring when you say "prissy bitches"? I don't see where anyone is complaining about steel strings making their fingers hurt.

[SatanicMajesty]

I love seeing Eric Ambel playing guitar in his youth when he was totally on top of his game. Plus, he was really cute.

[moe17moe]

haha the cutest? Don't know. Do know that when he was in the Del-lords walking the streets of NY with no other than Lou Reed,in that"judas kiss"vid? he was the coolest. Best period of Ambel for me was with roscoe's gang on that record "loud and lonesome" song nr 5, "I'm not alone"they can play at my funeral.

[SatanicMajesty]

I have that cd "Loud and Lonesome". I used to play it a lot. Haven't listened to it for awhile. Maybe it's time to dust it off and put it in the cd player. His solo cd's (with Roscoe's Gang) are good. I haven't seen the "Judas Kiss" video? Is it on YouTube?

[moe17moe]

the video of "judas kiss"was on YT for a while. Poor quality, video-taped from TV. But was taken down due to a copy right claim.

[SatanicMajesty]

I think I remember seeing a picture of The Del Lords walking down the streets of New York City on a cd cover, but I didn't notice if Lou Reed was in the picture or not. I need to dig out that cd and check out the front and back cover. A lot of good stuff gets taken down for copy right infringement. It's frustrating. It's usually the good, rare stuff too.

[SatanicMajesty]

Awesome, Eric Ambel on guitar (right side). This was when he was just getting started. It's rare to find footage of him from his Joan Jett period. He was a great guitar player. I think Ambel should have stuck it out a few more years with Joan Jett though.

[vcgjr76]

What's up with the video intro that says Joan Jett and the Trademarks?

[SatanicMajesty]

I was wondering the same thing...LOVE the fact that Eric Ambel is in the band for this performance.

[Xxwannabe15foreverxX]

wtf was that at the end?

anybody notice that?

subliminal message or something?

[f674]

Eric"Roscoe"Ambel Guitar player, producer extraordinaire!!! Badass red boots!!! Love JJ!

[SatanicMajesty]

Amazing old footage. You don't see much of it with him in it. He used to be a phenomenal guitar player until he injured his wrist a few years ago. He hasn't been quite as good since. As far as his record producing. He doesn't really produce very well known bands...bands that are well known to the masses that is. I know he has done some amazing work when he worked with Neil Young on Nils Lofgren "Crooked Line". Imagine working with Neil Young, one of the greatest of all time!

[gambadude]

Yeah fuck

[ladyvampire007]

joan jett is like, my idol. love her, especially when she was still in the runaways before the band split because of musical differences...

[mazza1717]

Freaks and Geeks!!

[colijemamada9404]

she is THE BEST

[mkl62]

I have seen her 6 times. The first time was in January 1987 at The Boathouse in Norfolk, VA. This was on the Good Music tour. Sadly, this album didn't do too well. She would rebound with Up Your Alley, though.

[saraarribas]

jo! ke suerte!!

[MaxTorque123]

Nice touch when she adjusts the volume on her guitar at 1:20.  Considering the fact that it is not plugged into an amp!

[saraarribas]

jajjaj! buena obsevación!

es un pedazo de playback! poor drumer too! =)

[awesomevids16]

Dude its called Wireless lmfao

[prezzakid]

SHE FUCKING ROCKS !!!

[oncelosthorizon]

Thin Lizzy song by the same name is waaay better.

[mandiegirl68]

omg i think she is lip syncing

im not sure to dont be talking

shit about me plz!!

[hj351]

she is totally lip synching.

[mandiegirl68]

i posted this 7 months ago.

[Puff154]

you know...TV and stuff :)

[mandiegirl68]

uhhhh

[spotswoodthenewt]

Always did dig The Trademarks! LOL.

[funnyhaha07]

I love Joan Jett and Ann Wilson of Heart!!!!!!!

[trentacid008]

i love these type of videos.

the bands aren't even playing and it plays the original version.

so its like....live and perfect quality

[trentacid008]

i love these type of videos.

the bands aren't even playing and it plays the original version.

so its like....live and perfect quality

[svaleklint123]

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[PYRAMIDALIZEE]

I saw them, also at CENTER STAGE in East Providence RI around 1981- 82 or so. She changed the lyrics to I dont give a FUK about my bad reputation! I wrote an article about that show for the NEWPAPER which is now the Providence Phoenix

[playmeri]

I saw her at the URI campus around the same time. She puts on one hell of a concert!!

[ActivityGrrrl]

omg how old is this? gotta be early 1980 cuz that's not Ricky Byrd, that's Eric Ambel!! and they were called The Trademarks??? what? that was so not live, that was the studio recording of the song, you can so tell! she doesn't seem too into it, omg this is sooooooo old!!

[PYRAMIDALIZEE]

Joan Jett is 49 years old now

[ActivityGrrrl]

ya I know. I was wondering how old this video is

[xxxREDOXxxx]

lol one year younger than my own DAD

[bostonrocker69]

There was a Boston band called the Trademarks at that time. I'm thinking they might've been on the program and someone just a typo or something.

[jzfanclub]

so funny...you can tell joan is lipsinging and she probably hates the fact that she had to do that....she messes her own words up...they probably wouldnt let her do it live...bummer