The original a-side version from 1975 by the band Arrows. The group were produced by British legend Mickie Most, and the tune was written by Arrows Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker. The song was later ...
The original a-side version from 1975 by the band Arrows. The group were produced by British legend Mickie Most, and the tune was written by Arrows Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker. The song was later covered by Joan Jett, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and many more. Lead vocals & bass guitar by Alan Merrill, guitar & backing vocals by Jake Hooker, and drums and backing vocals by Paul Varley. The Arrows released both an a-side version and a b-side version of this particular song. Having their own TV series, the band recorded many versions of their songs for performance on the show, in accordance with musician's union rules at the time. The video was made in three locations. The park is Berkeley Square, London England, W1, the street scenes are on Charles Street, same area. The performance was filmed on Quay Street in Manchester England, at the Granada/ITV studios. This clip aired on Granada/ITV in 1976, produced by Muriel Young and directed by Peter Walker.
Clip trivia: The mystery man standing by the tree with the Arrows at the end of this clip is Monsieur Kamayatsu of the legendary Japanese band The Spiders. Cosmic oddity: Arrows singer Alan Merrill and Joan Jett are both left handed, but play their instruments right handed. More trivia- Joan Jett was initially introduced to her manager Kenny Laguna by a tv producer named Alan Sacks. Arrows singer Alan Merrill's legal birth name is Allan Sachs, same pronounciation. A little eerie, don't you think?
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That's Hiroshi Kamayatsu of the famous Japanese band The Spiders. He was in London in 1975 to interview The Arrows, Suzi Quatro and Geordie for Fuji TV and was at the Arrows video shoot.
I don't really see any differences between this,which is the original, and Jett's version BUT her version has one badass solo. This one is very good too,I guess I prefer Joan's hoarse voice. Anyhow, I LOOOOOOOOVE ROCK 'N' ROLL!!!!!!
On Jett's version the solo is more country and western, and the Arrows is more blues based. The two singers have very different vocal approaches so that's just a matter of taste, and factor in these were recorded about seven years apart. Arrows in 1975 and Jett's 1981. I like both versions equally for different reasons.
Anyone seen the Mackenzie Phillips book?? "High On Arrival"- She mentions the Arrows on pages 72 and 73. The singer was quite a lover boy back in the day!
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This one is very good too,I guess I prefer Joan's hoarse voice.
Anyhow,
I LOOOOOOOOVE ROCK 'N' ROLL!!!!!!
rock on
Al the versions rock, but none of them compare to the original one.
Keep on rocking!!