I can't belive this is the final day of February. I'm enjoying life so much, but cannot belive it's going so quickly. I honestly enjoy each day here, which is fantastic and has really taught me to view each day as important and special in the journey of life I am on.
Now lets not get too deep at this present moment.
Anyway, a few thoughts. I recently watched the movie "The Runaways", which is about the 1970's all-girl-rock-band and a lot about Cherie Curry and Joan Jett. Now even if you haven't heard of The Runaways and Cherie Curry, I'm sure you have all heard of Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, or at least know thier famous hit "I Love Rock n' Roll", so you can kind of get the gist of what type of rock we are dealing with here. The Runaways were popular while they were around, but never really stood out to years after they had broken up. Joan Jett was really the only one who became succesful in the muic buisness after The Runaways. She went solo and then formed Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in which she didn't just play lead guitar, like she had before, but sang lead voclas as well.
I didn't like the movie all that much, but the story being told was really one I appriciated and was inspired by. It was amazing to see how much of a stuggle it was even in the late 70's for females to shake their "traditional expectations" and break into the rock n' roll world. When Joan Jett wanted to play electric guitar, a teacher actually said to her "You can't play that. Women don't play the electric guitar; they are only allowed to play the acustic." Well, I bet that guy regreted telling her that. Anyway, it was inspirational to see these young women battle these gender steryotypes that had been laid out and making a name for women in music culture like it hadn't been before.
Below is probably thier most famous hit.
This is probably one of my new favorite songs.
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