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Speaking of Pat Benatar:
One thing I always found interesting about her is that she didn’t write much of her own material. Indeed, three songs on her first album were written Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who used to write hits for Sweet, and there were also songs by John (Cougar) Mellencamp and Alan Parsons Project on there. Even by her third album, at least three songs were written by outsiders, and even the ones involving Benatar and her guitarist/husband Neil Giraldo sometimes had collaborators outside the band.
That said, Benatar is also one of those rare singers that can do wonders with other people’s songs. Her cover songs were usually quite good. If nothing else, few singers could get away with covering both The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” and Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights”, much less make them sound good.
You may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer,
This is dF
One thing I always found interesting about her is that she didn’t write much of her own material. Indeed, three songs on her first album were written Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who used to write hits for Sweet, and there were also songs by John (Cougar) Mellencamp and Alan Parsons Project on there. Even by her third album, at least three songs were written by outsiders, and even the ones involving Benatar and her guitarist/husband Neil Giraldo sometimes had collaborators outside the band.
That said, Benatar is also one of those rare singers that can do wonders with other people’s songs. Her cover songs were usually quite good. If nothing else, few singers could get away with covering both The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” and Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights”, much less make them sound good.
You may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer,
This is dF
