She was brave enough to talk about child abuse, domestic violence and other assorted topics people ignored. She was ahead of her time.

Fun fact: Pat Benatar trained as a classical and as an opera singer. Girl can belt it out! Next recommended Pat Benatar song: “We Belong”

@carolevary8197

3 жыл бұрын

or shadows in the night, but she have many good songs

@eatsmylifeYT

3 жыл бұрын

Why is that "fun"? Why do people keep insisting on using "fun fact" when other people don't actually consider it fun?

@riccileighisreal6889

3 жыл бұрын

Or Hell is for Children.

@jameshelm2847

3 жыл бұрын

She is a daughter of a trained opera singer.

@GradyBroyles

3 жыл бұрын

She has a... wait for it... 6 octave range. Yeah. She's the real deal.

Pat Benatar was my very first concert back in 1982. Did you know she wanted to be an opera singer? She trained in the '70's and has a 5 octave range. She is incredible.

@dtchouros

11 ай бұрын

I saw her back in the day. I also saw her just a few years ago. I have NEVER been to a “retro” concert where the artist was at least as good now as they have ever been. She killed it!!!

Love me some Pat Benatar. This is me in 1980. I didn’t get along with my stepmother. She told my dad either he goes or I go. I packed my backpack and my boombox. And I was out. And I never looked back. Riding the bus and eating at McDonalds after hours. They would toss the food out at night. It was a struggle at first. But I survived. Today I have an amazing job and I own my own house. Life is good. The Pat Benatar album that did it for me was Get Nervous. It had all the right answers to what I was going through in life.

Love this one but her best in my opinion is Hell is For Children...followed by Hit Me With Your Best Shot....love u two...such a adorable 💑

@RJsStudio131

3 жыл бұрын

Yes...Hell is for children...awesome song...

@brendagross6695

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely her best!!!

@dalefleming6427

3 жыл бұрын

BOTH!!!!!

@kennethhelms3907

3 жыл бұрын

You sould check out Hell is for Children. By Pat Benatar

@jadedemerald

3 жыл бұрын

Promises in the Dark too

You would not believe all the Pat Benatar clones running around back then. She was that hot sht! 🔥🔥🔥

@dalefleming6427

3 жыл бұрын

So very true, I lived through that also.....Movie Legend of Billie Jean also.

@nitro_001newman2

3 жыл бұрын

They emphasized it on Fast Times at Ridgemont High (three Pat Benatar look a likes at Ridgemont).

@Kim-hc5si

3 жыл бұрын

@@nitro_001newman2 They did! 😁😁😁

@tonyhoughton6857

2 жыл бұрын

That is why she did album track my clone sleeps alone

@alhollywood6486

Жыл бұрын

@@nitro_001newman2Several girls at Ridgemont have cultivated the Pat Benatar look. Mary Ann Zlotnick in the red tights.

And this iconic rocker still has not been inducted into the rock ‘n’ roll hall of fame. Unbelievable.

@karenstrader6300

2 жыл бұрын

She should’ve been this time for sure. Totally robbed

@nothingelse9602

Жыл бұрын

'Bout time!

Prime MTV era. She is fantastic live on stage

This was one of her tame songs. She usually rocks way way harder than this!!!!

@ivanabonacicdoric3448

2 жыл бұрын

live versions are 💓💓💓💪

I saw Pat in concert about 7-8 years ago. She was like 61 at the time and she still has PIPES!!!! One of the best female vocalists I’ve ever heard in person! She’s amazing!

@GirlWithAnOpinion

3 жыл бұрын

Still married to her husband after 30+ years to one of her guitarists.

@brandothecatmeow

2 жыл бұрын

Had the pleasure of hearing her sound check a capella, this was about 4 or 5 years ago, and she gave me chills. Still kills it.

@katherineheasley6196

Жыл бұрын

@@GirlWithAnOpinion Neil Girardo, if I'm not mistaken.

One of the best female singers ever !!

Pat Benatar, so iconic.... A female rocker who's voice is amazing!!! She's still rocking it today and with her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she'll rock many more years to come!!

A seasoned rocker, this was one of Pat's more danceable club-friendly cuts. The choreographed routine was very cool (& of the MTV era), if diff from Pat's usual steelo. Pat was a hot rock star ( perhaps the very hottest) in her heyday.

Check out her song Hit Me with Your Best Shot. She is a badass 🖤

@vegasbaby3669

3 жыл бұрын

Yesssss

@JahleeyahKalonji

3 жыл бұрын

yup

@muffinamy83

3 жыл бұрын

We covered that song in our all-girl band in college in 1984. I love her.

@tammywhite1028

Жыл бұрын

She won't sing Hit Me With You Best Shot anymore. For gun violence that has happened in the past years. But that is my favorite along with We Belong.

I love this. I remember when MTV played videos back in the 80’s. They played this video on MTV in rotation. Brings back such great memories. I was in high school no worries just carefree all the time partying all the time going crusin, oh man those were the days!!❤😊

Her mother had her professionally trained to sing Opera, but she met a band and got another idea! Lucky for us!

@lisakaz35

3 жыл бұрын

Tiny woman, HUGE voice.

Pat is great. You should listen to her song "We Belong".

"Promises in the Dark" is another fire song from her

@Kim-hc5si

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! 🔥🔥🔥

@444dkm

3 жыл бұрын

My absolute favourite of hers!!!

@yotaman2112

3 жыл бұрын

You have to scream this out loud as a fire song to react to. I just wonder if they are just like all the rest of today’s reactors that only take PAID requests. I hate that crap. I feel that soon enough they will be looking for corporate sponsorship on order to even look on your direction.

@dalefleming6427

3 жыл бұрын

YES!!!!

@evacovault2880

3 жыл бұрын

YES!!! That and Hell Is For Children, though Promises In The Dark is my fave!

One of my favorite songs of hers was Shadows of the Night

80’S WERE THE BOMB!!!!

Pat songs are all about the social issues. "Hell is for Children" about child abuse. Promises in the dark, is about abuse against women, and so on. She is a great performer and an incredible woman. Pls. Pls do some Heart. Ann and Nancy Wilson, one of the 1st women in rock and roll. Listen "Straight on" or "White Lightning and Wine". Or for an incredible treat listen to them at the Kennedy Center doing a tribute to Led Zeppelin (with members in the audience) singing "Stairway to Heaven".

"Hell Is For Children" is def Her greatest.

@willfromyadkinville

3 жыл бұрын

@Geo Dio yes it is! but do not forget about "Invincible" it was pretty strong!

@ZoeyPaigeLunaPhD

3 жыл бұрын

It’s sure up there

@EverendeverGroup

3 жыл бұрын

I concur

@janycehansen7896

3 жыл бұрын

You beat me to making the suggestion - Hell is for Children has always resonated with me. It gets the message across!

@jessicagentry2228

3 жыл бұрын

Yes her best it's bad ass

"What genre is it... is it going to be soft?" Oh you sweet summer child....

Got to watch this again. This has some personal meaning to me. My father kicked me out of the house when I was a kid. Luckily I didn't get into her situation in the video, but I do know what it is like to get kicked out. And the parts about her father worrying about her - my mother told me later that my father was so upset when I did leave and worried constantly about me.

Please react to: Pat Benatar: -We Belong -Hell is for Children -Heartbreaker -Hit Me With Your Best Shot -Thanks!!!

@TimedRevolver

3 жыл бұрын

Invincible is another good one.

@pdog547

3 жыл бұрын

Invicible and We Belong, two of her best. Also, Run Between The Raindrops.

Annie Lennox is such an amazing bad ass!!!!!! Please react to the video Why. She will blow you away!!!✌❤

@matthewdrake4385

3 жыл бұрын

Good call. Any of the Eurthymics songs would be worth it too.

@evacovault2880

3 жыл бұрын

I second this!!! Either the official video or the Unplugged version.

@xenacats

3 жыл бұрын

Please, please watch Eurthymics " Would I Lie To You " , either the original video or the Live version from their Revenge Tour. PS : doing the Love Is A Battlefield shimmy out of context and randomly is highly recommended 😄

@evacovault2880

3 жыл бұрын

@@xenacats Yes to all of the above!!

I am a major fan of Pat Benatar. She has 5 octaves to her voice, she's incredible.

Total eclipse of the heart by Bonnie Tyler

@khanyi8512

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Or hold out for hero

Listen to Fire and Ice...shows just how good her pipes are....I truly love her

My favorite is "You Better Run". It rocks and has a killer guitar solo

@lindenarden667

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't suffer from overplay in my corner of the country.

@michaelwatt9401

2 жыл бұрын

It was the 2nd video ever played on MTV.

One of the finest voices pop rock ever heard. Pat Benatar was classically trained. and owned a tone and range like few others.

Invincible (Theme from "The Legend Of Billie Jean") is her hardest track

Pat Benetar is so awesome. "Hit Me With You Best Shot" is the next song and "Hell is for Children" is sad but a terrific song. She is such a badass in the 80's . My hero!

@Jayscollo

11 ай бұрын

Hell is for children is so heartbreaking but such a powerful song!!

The women don't look happy because this is a place where men pay to come in and pay for dancing with any woman they chose. Pat Benatar was a huge deal in the '80's with a powerhouse voice. Give a listen to Hell is for Children.

@george217

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, she was a "Taxi Dancer".

@DashcamRiprock

3 жыл бұрын

@@george217 Very similar in concept to Tina Turner's "Private Dancer."

@RedRoseSeptember22

3 жыл бұрын

Probably a lot more than dancing.

@dandurant4845

3 жыл бұрын

@@RedRoseSeptember22 No doubt, I guess you could say necessity is the mother of prostitution.

@tumslucks9781

9 ай бұрын

​ Fishing!

So if you want to know, I believe back in the day it was called "taxi dancers". Girls got jobs where they were paid to dance with the guys who came in... So they didn't look happy, cuz creepy guys would be pawing them, cuz they didn't have their own girlfriends to dance with. The rented taxi dancers. (not unlike strippers or hookers, except obviously, dancing didn't cross that line..) When all the badass dancing babes got tired of working for their dance pimp, they made a stand and boogied right out of there haha!! Classic. And thanks- cuz yeah, we did have some pretty cool styles back then (in the 90s too!) Glad to see y'all can appreciate it😄

@afry6400

3 жыл бұрын

Officially they didn't cross that line but some of those places got busted for prostitution on the side.

@xenacats

3 жыл бұрын

Or as Tina Turner would say " I am your private dancer "

@larsbonzai

3 жыл бұрын

@@xenacats this video also makes me think of the movie "A League of Their Own"... Madonna's character didn't want to go back to being a dancer...

When she flexes her vocal chords, the heavens open up!😇😇

"Why do none of the women look happy?" The guy there isn't dressed like a pimp for nothing.

@randomlibra

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO. I think they missed the 80's pimp look :)

@rayniecox7683

3 жыл бұрын

Theresa T, these are "dime a dance" girls. Goes back to WWII in dance halls. The dance halls would hire girls to dance with the soldiers on leave and paid them 10 cents a dance. That's why they looked bored.

@stevejoshua9536

3 жыл бұрын

Right !! Seems like Pat and her producers chose not to go the full "prostitution" route with this, maybe for obvious reasons, so they went with kind of a blend of dance hall girls being pimped to dance . . . and the rest is left vaguely to our imagination, I suppose.

@theresat4782

3 жыл бұрын

@@rayniecox7683 The original concept was that they were prostitutes but that didn't fly with the censors. They kept the setting and the obvious pimp but toned it down to dime a dance girls, despite the fact that they were basically unheard of by the 80s.

@kevanleigh

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen a few reactions for this video and no one gets that these are hookers. My question is EVEN IF this was Private Dancer (Tina Turner) moment and they were really just dancing, would Pat B and Sleazy G have a dance off?

My all time favorite singer...she's even better live.

Pat Benatar was one of those bad ass chicks right up there with Joan Jett!!! Rocker Babes!!!!🤘🎤🎧🎸🎶🎼🎵

❤❤❤ This is one of my favorite songs, (and one of my favorite singers for that matter) from the 80's. I even got my 13-year-old son hooked on Pat Benatar.

She is trained classical and she knows how to sing a song. She puts on hell of a concert

I love everything Pat Benetar ! Fun fact......the lead guitar his name is Spyder and he is her husband 😍🤘🤘

@mon796

3 жыл бұрын

His nickname is Spyder, but his name, Neil

@ritacarducci344

3 жыл бұрын

@@mon796 yes i know

She married her lead guitarist, who is a great guitarist. Since 1978 I've seen her in concert 5 times. She smokes it.

"Mummer's Dance" or "The Highwayman" by Loreena Mckennitt. Beautiful music by a genius woman.

@timothyochoa1841

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh, good choices!

@ladyruby684

2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see Loreena McKennitt as a recommendation

@lisat9322

2 жыл бұрын

@@ladyruby684 - Have you seen "Nights in Alhambra" live? it's on YT. Beautiful, sensual, feel it in your bones music to just sit and stare into the fireplace or up at the night sky and just relax and listen.

@lisat9322

2 жыл бұрын

@@timothyochoa1841 - Look up "Nights in Alhambra" live on YT. Wonderful music and atmosphere to listen in.

@ladyruby684

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisat9322 Oh, yes.. absolutely magnificent performance. I'm a long-time fan. :)

I love the way we dressed in the 80’s girl we rocked with the big hair and clothes

Damn the 80s had some great music! She has lots of great music, but I also really love "We Belong."

She is a fabulous singer. She can belt it out! She studied as a classical singer. Her parents ( I think it's her mother was a opera singer). She's worth looking up guys !!!!

This is her greatest and biggest hit what makes this song great is that it has three types of music Pop ,rock and dance 💃 vibe to it a brilliantly done .

She did another song, “Hell is for Children” that was good. I wouldn’t mind hearing some Tina Turner. Her “We Don’t Need Another Hero” was really good. Alanna Myles’s, “Black Velvet” a song about Elvis Presley is good. The Bangles, “Walk Like an Egyptian” is a fun one. Ooh. A woman who was barely noticed in 2000’s Billy Myers and her one hit wonder, “Kiss the Rain”.

Seen her at least 3 times, so much energy and strong voice packed into this small fireball. The guitarist Neil Gerardo her partner and husband for about 40 years and cowriter on many of the songs. Still tours a must see.

The song that showcases her vocal range more than any other, and her husband's guitar skills, is Promises in the Dark. Incredible. The band I was in in the mid 80s was blessed to have a great female vocalist, and she could cover Benatar and Heart without changing key. Incredible talent, but I will tell you, Promises wore her out. We did Hell is for Children, the live version, which you should check out. Honestly, the live versions are the best. Guitars are heavier, more prominent, and her vocals are killer. She'd a tiny thing, about 5 foot tall, but the voice that come out of her is a giant. If you want another female vocalist that will blow your mind, Sass Jordan is the name you want. A good introduction there is Pissing Down, which was her first hit. She's as good live as in the studio. Total bad ass. Also, Try Crybaby for a soft ballad, that explodes with power into a rocker. I'd also say, for a killer tune with a hell of a groove, and a funny intro, do Ugly.

She was great in concert --- My sister and I were the oldest ones in the crowd and we got up and got jammin --- a whole bunch of young gals got up and joined us --- cant just sit still when Pat was belting out

Just a neat fact about her, she was trained in classical music. She can sing in more than four octaves.

@RobSquadReactions

3 жыл бұрын

True talent

@elizabethklaver7404

3 жыл бұрын

Her most famous song is probably Hit Me With Your Best Shot but also the one she hates singing the most now. I've seen her in concert several times.

@R.POWELL

3 жыл бұрын

Can't go wrong with Pat Benatar !! But you should react to Stevie Nicks when she went solo - any song !!

"Hit me with your best shot" was one of her biggest hits. I saw her when she first hit it big in January of 1980 at the Tampa Theater. She performs with her husband Neal Geraldo who is a tremendous guitarist and music arranger.

@angelabowman1614

2 жыл бұрын

Great Roller Skating music! Lol...She has many great songs! I saw here with my sister and my one of my Nieces. Great concert! 😊 👍

This song was played to death when I was in my teens and love the dance a bit of West Side Story in there I think. Top. top, vocalist and still playing, Pat Benatar synonymous with class.

Now I was only about 12 when Pat Benatar was a rising star.. but I had her album!! (Saw her in concert too. She'd had a cold and kept apologizing, but she's such an amazing singer you couldn't even tell

Definitely one of the best female vocalists. Heartbreaker, hell is for children and hit me with your best shot are great songs of hers.

Pat and her husband/guitarist appear on an NPR Tiny Desk from about a few years ago. Her voice is a bit rough from the years of performing but the duo is still damn good. Back in the day Pat was a major heartthrob and a really amazing talent.

Her songs are a soap opera and totally over the top, powerhouse singer.

Pat Benatar was my first concert in 1980... I was 13 yes old.

Saw her live in the ‘80s. One of the better concerts I’ve seen. A big hit of hers was Hit Me With Your Best Shot. And “We Belong” is a really cool song. “Hell is for Children” is another I remember.

Pat is one of those voices you just can't ignore. She can rock out hard. She can belt with the big voice, but I also love her ballads. My favorite ballad from her is "We Belong". Her other big hits are "Hit me with your best shot", "Heartbreaker", and "Invincible" ( also known as the Billie Jean King anthem from the movie Billie Jean).

Early in her career, promoting her first album, I caught her in a small radio sponsored concert at University of Central Arkansas (Rodman's college). It was fm-93 so the tickets were $2.93...miss the good'ol days, when you heard it on radio and bought the vinyls. We are about the same age, she was Juilliard trained, I was on my first Harley. The possibilities were promising... She blew everyone away

I saw Pat Benatar 4 times as a teen.

Song is pure fire 🔥

My favorite from her is Hell is for Children. A bangin' song and a powerful message! She was a dynamo for a long time; loved her for many years.

FACTS: * at 3:56, the guy with the baseball cap and half shirt is the Choreographer of the dance routine you see in the bar. * He also choreographed "Thriller" video and also "Beat It" video for MJ. * Oh, in the "Beat It" video, he's the gang leader dude in the white leather. * Rest in Peace, Mr. Michael Peters.

@denisehodge6126

Жыл бұрын

That’s why the dance routine looks so familiar. There are moves from thriller and beat it in here. Love it.

Pat Benetar and Donna Summer were my secret straight crushes. 😁

It's amazing how you two feel the music and make me appreciate it all over again. You guys are amazing. Keep keeping on.

Her song Promises In The Dark (live version) is a great one for you to react to! Really, ANY of her songs.....her range is unbelievable!

I saw Pat Benatar in the 90’s at Nassau Coliseum in NY…she was awesome!

Both of your reaction after Pat started to dance and when water on face thrown is "priceless"! You go girl! ❤U both!

Running with the Shadows of the Night was one of Pat Benatar's best. Also, if you haven't done it already, another good one for your Female Fridays is Alannah Myles - Black Velvet.

One of the best parts about Pat is her and her husband have been together about 40 years now. We saw them twice in the last few years and they only have eyes for each other on stage. He is an underrated guitarist too.

Pat Benatar is a pint sized powerhouse. She takes her stage surname from her first husband Dennis Benatar. The lead guitarist for her back up band is her second husband Neil Geraldo. By all accounts they were love at first sight. Almost 40 years later theirs is one of the most enduring rock and roll marriages.

Pat Benatar was one of those female rockers who paved the way for those that followed.

She's got some awesome songs! She has a great voice! You should check out Hell is for Children...Hit Me With Your Best Shot.

For a complete change of pace, listen to kd lang's Constant Craving. kd lang is a country music artist and that song is very powerful.

She dominated the 80s. She's a fantastic singer with a varied catalog, check out more of her stuff sometime.

Her voice is SO incredible. She was one of the best music badasses of my day.

The CMT series Crossroads had an amazing episode with Pat and Martina McBride

@dorindacunningham9452

3 жыл бұрын

That was an awesome video, they sang Independence Day.

Pat is one of the best female rockers ever. She gives a too level stage show as well. I recommend Promises In The Dark; Hit me With Your Best Shot and Heartbreaker. This song was not representative of the majority of her music. Not that it was bad...I always love anything by her.

One of the first albums I ever bought as a young teen. I remember sitting on the floor in my bedroom with my headphones on listening to Pat Benatar over and over.

Pat is my all time favorite! I chuckled when I see this video because I’ve heard Pat say multiple times that she’s not a dancer. I can’t wait to hear more.

"We Live for Love", "Promises in the Dark", "Heartbreaker" and if you want to hear her range listen to her rendition of "Wuthering Heights".

Please listen to Promises in the Dark. It show cases her highest note she can sing out of any of her songs. She's a Legend !!

Pat Benatar...the absolute EPITOME of women in Rock’n’Roll.....four Grammys don’t lie!!!!

1983.. the pinnacle of 80's even in year three it was clear the 80s were very very different than the 70s.

Good stuff. Annie Lennix is awesome. Suzi Quatro was an early rocker.

You need to watch her live to really see her let go.

Pat Benatar was one of my top best females of the 80s. She was a Rock power house.

The very best reaction I've ever seen! Rob was spot on with the dance moves and the reaction on your faces when she threw that drink in his face 😂😂😂😂😂

I love you two's reactions! It's nice to have a male and female point of view. A few humble suggestions for Female Friday: Nina Simone-Feeling Good, Etta James-At Last, Aretha Franklin-I Never Loved a Man (actually anything from Aretha), Barbara Streisand-When the Sun Comes Out or Judy Garland-The Man That Got Away (either the Star Is Born version or the live version from the Judy Garland Show). There's a plethora of great female voices out there!

HELL IS FOR CHILDREN.. HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT are also great songs by Pat benatar

shes super underated and should be in the rock n roll hall of fame !!!!!!!

One of my favorites of her!! Love can indeed be a battlefield. My experiences with love have been like a battlefield with no victory sometimes.

You should check out her song heart breaker

It is Memorial Day weekend in Honor of all the men and women who have given their lives for our country. will you please play Arlington, by Trace Adkins and Angel Flight by Radney Foster. Thank you. I've been enjoying your reactions, keep it up. Best with both of you on. Amber is awesome, but you know that already.

@maxwellshammer5283

3 жыл бұрын

“Brothers in Arms” by Mark Knopfler is another good one. Gives me chills every time.

Pat’s mother was a professional opera singer and Pat began following in her footsteps as a classically trained singer who was accepted to Juilliard. Like many women before her, she left to marry her high school sweetheart. That got old so she headed for the Big Apple where the rest is history. Please do Fire and Ice. It’s a great song that I think you’ll really love. ❤️

Pat Benatar is a criminally underrated singer.