Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with guns or
even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their best wooing
game.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pat-benatar-wont-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings-212118829.html

On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:02:41 -0500, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
>because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with guns or
>even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their best wooing
>game.
>
>
>https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pat-benatar-wont-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings-212118829.html
>

Maybe she's just tired of singing the song and this is a good excuse
to stop.

On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:02:41 -0500, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
>because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with guns or
>even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their best wooing
>game.
>
>
>https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pat-benatar-wont-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings-212118829.html
>
I'm with Benatar - while I completely agree with you there are enough
incredibly stupid people out there who would interpret ANY use of the
word 'shot' with a firearms discharge.

And I understand (as she probably does too) that while she might not
be LEGALLY responsible for violent acts done by complete idiots, she
might feel morally responsible and given it's her song, it's her
right to choose to sing it or not.

At the end of the day she has as much right to a clear conscience as
you or I do.

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:02:41 -0500, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
>> because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with guns or
>> even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their best wooing
>> game.
>>
>>
>> https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pat-benatar-wont-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings-212118829.html
>>
> I'm with Benatar - while I completely agree with you there are enough
> incredibly stupid people out there who would interpret ANY use of the
> word 'shot' with a firearms discharge.
>
> And I understand (as she probably does too) that while she might not
> be LEGALLY responsible for violent acts done by complete idiots, she
> might feel morally responsible and given it's her song, it's her
> right to choose to sing it or not.
>
> At the end of the day she has as much right to a clear conscience as
> you or I do.
>

We’ll always have Patty Smyth and bang bang the warrior

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

In article <8m6kdhtcqkv8v0cc8l40i0adv359l9k70c@4ax.com>,
shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:02:41 -0500, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
> > because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with
> > guns or even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their
> > best wooing game.
> >
> >https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pat-benatar-wont-sing-hit-me-with-your-be
> >st-shot-after-mass-shootings-212118829.html
> >
> Maybe she's just tired of singing the song and this is a good excuse
> to stop.

Or maybe she's just an aging singer with no new material of note jumping
on an opportunity to get her name in the headlines again.

On 7/21/2022 10:02 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
> because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with guns or
> even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their best wooing
> game.
>
>
> https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pat-benatar-wont-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings-212118829.html

She's one of the best rock singers in the history of mankind so I'd give
her a lot of latitude. But please, tell us how those pieces of shit
Nugent and Kid Rock ring in on the subject.

On 7/22/2022 12:34 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <8m6kdhtcqkv8v0cc8l40i0adv359l9k70c@4ax.com>,
> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:02:41 -0500, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
>>> because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with
>>> guns or even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their
>>> best wooing game.
>>>
>>> https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pat-benatar-wont-sing-hit-me-with-your-be
>>> st-shot-after-mass-shootings-212118829.html
>>>
>> Maybe she's just tired of singing the song and this is a good excuse
>> to stop.
>
> Or maybe she's just an aging singer with no new material of note jumping
> on an opportunity to get her name in the headlines again.

No, you just don't know shit about music.

On 7/21/2022 8:34 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:02:41 -0500, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
>> because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with guns or
>> even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their best wooing
>> game.
>>
>>
>> https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pat-benatar-wont-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings-212118829.html
>>
>
> Maybe she's just tired of singing the song and this is a good excuse
> to stop.

Or its old enough that too many stupid people judge it by its title. I
can only imagine what they think of 'Love is a Battlefield'.

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 7/21/2022 8:34 PM, shawn wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:02:41 -0500, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
>>> because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with guns or
>>> even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their best wooing
>>> game.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pat-benatar-wont-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings-212118829.html
>>>
>>
>> Maybe she's just tired of singing the song and this is a good excuse
>> to stop.
>
> Or its old enough that too many stupid people judge it by its title. I
> can only imagine what they think of 'Love is a Battlefield'.
>

We‘ll always have Cher’s cover of Nancy Sinatra‘s “bang bang (he shot me
down)”

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

On 7/22/2022 8:15 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>> On 7/21/2022 8:34 PM, shawn wrote:
>>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:02:41 -0500, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
>>>> because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with guns or
>>>> even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their best wooing
>>>> game.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pat-benatar-wont-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings-212118829.html
>>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe she's just tired of singing the song and this is a good excuse
>>> to stop.
>>
>> Or its old enough that too many stupid people judge it by its title. I
>> can only imagine what they think of 'Love is a Battlefield'.
>>
>
> We‘ll always have Cher’s cover of Nancy Sinatra‘s “bang bang (he shot me
> down)”
>
'Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves'

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

> BTR1701
>
> Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
> because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with guns or
> even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their best wooing
> game.

I always thought it was about female empowerment but whatever.

> The Horny Goat
>
> And I understand (as she probably does too) that while she might not
> be LEGALLY responsible for violent acts done by complete idiots, she
> might feel morally responsible and given it's her song, it's her
> right to choose to sing it or not.

She didn't even write the tune, a Canadian guy did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Schwartz

In article <f1b6bd05-81f3-4bdf-b027-0af31c440899n@googlegroups.com>,
Ed Stasiak <edstasiak1067@gmail.com> wrote:

> > BTR1701
> >
> > Pat Benatar will bizarrely no longer perform "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
> > because of school shootings, even though the song has nothing to with guns
> > or even violence-- it's about challenging someone to bring on their best
> > wooing game.
>
> I always thought it was about female empowerment but whatever.

I don't know how he pulled "bringing on their best wooing game" out of
his ass.

She may have to reconsider several of her songs like "Love Is a
Battlefield" and "Prisoner of Love" that talk about the strife and
potential violence in M/F relationships.

I think "Fire and Ice" is her masterpiece.