Pat Benatar

Pat Benatar played it like a runty neighborhood punk right out of the box. To paraphrase a
memorable passage from one of her early interviews: most chick singers tell their men, "If
you hurt me, I'll die." Pat Benatar says, "If you hurt me, I'll kick your ass." In the Heat of the
Night sounded like a test-tube baby with an AOR radio programmer and a record-company
exec for parents. Some of it lumbered and crunched, much of it snarled and gra... More >