C/D - Pat Benatar, "Invisible"

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I heard it at the office today and - WOW! It's even better than "Love is a Battlefield." What the fuck was Pat Benatar thinking in recording that faux hard-rock in the early '80s. Clearly her mission on earth was to combine New Wave synths with hopped-up drums and glam guitars, sorta like solo Stevie Nicks.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 02:54 (twenty years ago)

Do you know there is not one single thread devoted specifically to this woman in all of ILM until now? FOR SHAME!

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

*blush

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:00 (twenty years ago)

And I suspect more ILM'ers hum Pat than they do the Shins.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:04 (twenty years ago)

Pat Benatar could change your life. By the way, do you mean "Invincible"?

― Sara Sherr, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

Yet another reason to blush.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)

Seriously, I went looking for one just before you posted this, just for the hell of it, expecting at least one and...nothing but tiny TS threads that went nowhere. I was just really surprised, but hey, whatever. I guess she's not "cool" to like, that must be it.

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I was worried he might have meant Invincible too which is unfortunate, as that is one song I really really do not want to hear again at all.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:07 (twenty years ago)

Also, "We Belong" really isn't all that special.

But that Precious Time album...

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

I did mean "Invincible," bimble. Blame my misspelling on my excitement at hearing my newly downloaded copy.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)

Invincible *is* amazing. That operatic voice gets me every time! My personal favorite is Heartbreaker, off In The Heat Of The Night, and pretty much all of Crimes Of Passion. Can I give a nod to "Hell Is For Children"? "TELL GRANDMA YOU FELL OFF THE SWING." Too classic for words.

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 03:58 (twenty years ago)

i'll put 'Invincible' and 'Love Is A Battlefield' very high on my list of classic hits. 'Heartbreaker' less so.

― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 06:23 (twenty years ago)

'In the Heat of the Night' vs 'Crimes of Passion'

― imanegativecreepandimstoned, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 07:39 (twenty years ago)

"Invincible" was on the radio when I was involved in my first car crash. Tried to go through the windshield (I was in the passenger seat btw) but didn't quite make it.

Irony to thread.

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

Are we talking about the song from that film, "The Legend of Billie Jean"? Fuckin' VH1 Classic has a real throbbing hard-on for playing that video every damn chance it gets (while stacks of Killing Joke and Stranglers videos go forever unplayed).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

"Invincible"? Love it. Particularly those extra beats heading into the chorus. "We Belong"? Meh. "Love is a Battlefield"? Yuck.

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

I think i saw the video once; it did not make me miss Killing Joke.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Hahahahaha

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

Pat Benatar's finest hour, of course, remains the UNSPEAKABLY RIDICULOUS vid for "Love is a Battlefield".

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

"I'm young, Dad! I have the right to be a hooker!"

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

Rick M way OTM about the lead-in to the chorus.

― Jeff Wright (JeffW1858), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Triumphalism! Jingoism!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 28 August 2006 01:16 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.endlessgroove.com/nwslvs/nw135.jpg

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 28 August 2006 01:58 (eighteen years ago)

Look, I like the Pat Benetar album "Precious Time" an awful lot. The one with "Fire & Ice" on it. It still sounds good today to me, even though it came out in oh god...1981?? I don't fuckin' remember. Have to look that up. But "Invincible" sucks arse, okay. That songs sucks arse.

― Joker! Hysterical! Face! (Bimble...), Monday, 28 August 2006 02:05 (eighteen years ago)

Sorry.

― Joker! Hysterical! Face! (Bimble...), Monday, 28 August 2006 02:07 (eighteen years ago)

http://eil.com/newgallery/Alison-Moyet-Invisible-17934.jpg

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 28 August 2006 05:52 (eighteen years ago)

Uh... I swear that first one got pwnt. Sorry...

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 28 August 2006 05:53 (eighteen years ago)

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