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"Shadows of the Night" by Pat Benatar was originally written for the soundtrack to "Times Square" in 1981, but ultimately rejected by the label.
Rachel Sweet and Helen Schneider released solo recordings of the song, but the most successful version was by Benatar, which won her a Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1983.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | October 7, 2020 3:41 AM |
Midnight Angel
Won't you say you will?
(The only lyrics that Pat actually lip-synchs in the 1982 video!)
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 4, 2020 6:54 PM |
Her best song
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 4, 2020 7:00 PM |
The video is sublime 80s ridiculousness. Pat's Rosie the Riveter turns pilot who flies behind enemy lines with her squadron, culminating with the German commander breaking his war map stick and everything blows up and Pat gives the A-Ok sign in the fading night sky.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 4, 2020 8:30 PM |
Is Pat an example of someone who is more "sexy" than pretty or beautiful?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 6, 2020 1:23 PM |
Love her, hate that particular song.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 6, 2020 1:26 PM |
It's my favorite song by her!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 6, 2020 2:06 PM |
R10 Me too!
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 6, 2020 2:16 PM |
One of my Top 5 Pat songs.
"We Live For Love"
"Hell is for Children"
"We Belong"
"Shadows of the Night"
"Promises in the Dark"
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 6, 2020 8:20 PM |
How did this woman every become a sex symbol? She was midget short, had no tits or ass, and had pop eyes and tombstone teeth. And those spandex leotards she always wore just emphasized her figure flaws. A sex symbol for the 80s, I guess.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 6, 2020 8:22 PM |
It never really happened for Rachel Sweet, did it?
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | October 6, 2020 8:25 PM |
"How did this woman every become a sex symbol? "
I sort of get it. Being sexy doesn't always necessitate being traditionally attractive. It was the sexualized images, she seemed like she'd be up for sex.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 6, 2020 9:14 PM |
Talent is sexy too. Mick Jagger didn't get laid by however many thousands of people because of his classic good looks.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 7, 2020 12:57 AM |
Agree that this song is terrible. It’s so repetitive and dull. A real snoozer.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 7, 2020 1:31 AM |
Perfect Song
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 7, 2020 1:43 AM |
Pat Benatar always made hilariously bad videos. What was that one where she was playing a teenage runaway (she looked 30)? Was that "Love is a Battlefield?" I remember she was shaking her nonexistent tits in that one, too.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 7, 2020 3:27 AM |
Yes, Love is a Battlefield. Awful, yet great. I enjoy laughing at it and enjoying the music.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 7, 2020 3:30 AM |
MTV played Love is a Battlefield every hour for months.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | October 7, 2020 3:34 AM |
R18 Correct. And while Pat doesn't really come across as sexy in music videos, she definitely has a sexy powerful stage presence. I could easily see how people found her sexy when I saw her live, and that was many years after her peak.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | October 7, 2020 3:35 AM |
Did the squadron of hookers dance ALL night. When they left the club it was still dark, but they finish dancing and say their goodbyes in the daylight. I hope Pat took them for breakfast.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | October 7, 2020 3:37 AM |
Pointing out the three girls dressed like Pat Benatar in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" was based what girls were wearing in San Diego high schools at the time.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | October 7, 2020 3:41 AM |
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