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Joan Jett is a name synonymous with rock. A musical legend, she topped charts with such hits as, Bad Reputation, Do You Want to Touch Me, and her cover of Crimson and Clover to just name a few. Not knowing what to expect, I headed out to NorthSix, a small venue that ended a mini-tour (Bowery, CBGB, Southpaw) before she embarked to go on Warped Tour. The crowd was sold out and anxiously awaiting Joan. She came out to a large applause in black leather pants and a black leather top, showing she still has the body to go with the voice of rock. With a mischievous grin and giant smiling eyes, Jett said hello to the crowd. It seemed that after playing to enormous crowds her whole career, this little audience was in the palm of her hands. Mixing in songs from her new album SINNER, Jett showed her concern with the war in Iraq in her song, Riddles, even sampling Donald Rumsfeld, who she reportedly gave a piece of her mind to when sitting next to him at a dinner function. With other songs like A.C.D.C. and Fetish, SINNER is an album that throws sexuality back in the face of society and shows that Joan Jett is still relevant in this music world that puts out female dancers and lip synching pop stars instead of the rockers of yesteryears. Jett was happy to play her most famous hit to the crowd, and took her time, starting to put the dime in the jukebox, stopping to tune the guitar, changing her guitar, tuning again, amplifying the energy in the room before giving the people what they were calling for. Covering Sly and the Family Stone's 'Everyday People' for the encore, Jett brought the crowd back to the New York City roots that made her a star. Check out Joan Jett on the Warped Tour this summer
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Joan Jett and the blackhearts, Northsix
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Posted on 7/13/2006
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