Pat Benatar's Hit Me with Your Best Shot being cancelled because of gun violence. What's the world coming to? What's next? Lynyrd Skynyrd's Saturday Night Special?
Pat Benatar's Hit Me with Your Best Shot being cancelled because of gun violence. What's the world coming to? What's next? Lynyrd Skynyrd's Saturday Night Special?
RIP to .38 Special on Spotify.
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This is pure nonsense! What's next,Rage Against The Machine-Bullet In The Head,Jimi Hendrix-Machine Gun,Filter-Hey Man Nice Shot,Pearl Jam-Glorified G,Johnny Cash-Dont Bring Your Guns To Town????? There's simply too many to list.
Who's canceling the songs? A few thousand idiots on Twitter? Reminds me of blaming video games for violence in the 90's. Cancel the fuckers refusing to do anything about our laws and regulations around gun ownership.
Who's canceling the songs? A few thousand idiots on Twitter? Reminds me of blaming video games for violence in the 90's. Cancel the fuckers refusing to do anything about our laws and regulations around gun ownership.
The only one cancelling Hit Me With Your Best Shot is Pat Benatar, i believe. She announced that she wasn't going to sing it any more as she didn't feel it was right. Doesn't look like anyone pressured her or "cancelled" her.
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ah yes. a post offered up without any context to kick off this little detour.....
lyrically its more akin to domestic violence than shooting.
whatever, its her song , her choice.
Of course, this'll be a great opening to bitch about "cancel culture." Like when the owners of the rights to Dr. Seuss books "cancelled" a few of the lesser-known books. People bitching about the cancellation didn't really have any idea who they were upset with. And they went out and bought all the well-known Seuss books (maybe this was a calculated marketing ploy by the owners of the book rights?).
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Pat Benatar won’t perform her 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore.
Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she’s come to view the song differently.
“I’m not going to sing it,” Benatar told USA Today.
While the song’s meaning is about strength and resiliency, Benatar said “you have to draw the line” and be aware of lyrics.
“I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t,” Benatar said, adding that the decision is her “small contribution to protesting.”
The US is on pace in 2022 to match or surpass its worst year ever for mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit that tracks gun violence incidents across the country.
Benatar said she will continue perform “We Belong,” “Heartbreaker” and other hits from early in her career. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the singer’s first Top 10 hit.
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Not sure about the complaining about Hal’s post. Benatar cited gun violence.
Pat Benatar won’t perform her 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore.
Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she’s come to view the song differently.
“I’m not going to sing it,” Benatar told USA Today.
While the song’s meaning is about strength and resiliency, Benatar said “you have to draw the line” and be aware of lyrics.
“I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t,” Benatar said, adding that the decision is her “small contribution to protesting.”
The US is on pace in 2022 to match or surpass its worst year ever for mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit that tracks gun violence incidents across the country.
Benatar said she will continue perform “We Belong,” “Heartbreaker” and other hits from early in her career. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the singer’s first Top 10 hit.
…
Not sure about the complaining about Hal’s post. Benatar cited gun violence.
Yeah, I'm not knocking Halifax's post, just clarifying it for the comments that followed.
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I remain unconvinced that more guns is the best solution to America’s gun problem.
Really? Come on man, you know arming everyone is the way to go. Yeah, OK, some people in a situation where a mass shooting is going on will pull out their piece and freak out because they are nervous or overly excited, or will shoot wildly because they are untrained, or don't really understand the accuracy of a .38 special across a crowded shopping mall and might knock off a few unsuspecting innocents standing in the way, but what the hell? That's the price you gotta pay, man. I say arm the shit out of everybody and let's see who is the last man, woman or child standing. Let's stop being so weak about this shit and LOCK AND LOAD,baby!
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I remain unconvinced that more guns is the best solution to America’s gun problem.
HE’S OK, though, right?
So I guess it worked. He protected himself.
He’s not ok though, the guy who held him up took $20 & his car keys from him.
Definitely things worth accidentally killing a child over
Oh, man, that stinks. If only someone else would’ve had a gun. Might’ve killed another innocent, or maybe that guy would have his $20 and car keys back.
Welcome to 'Murica, where the majority of white males aged 35-55 are scared. Manipulating the media, making false claims and being wed to the NRA to sell firearms to scared people. Greatest country in the world. Or is it dupiest?
Imagine going through life "not trusting others around you?" Maybe they meant, "the other?"
But hey, get yours now, what with members of congress actively promoting a white, Christian Nation. Or your Evangelical ID. Might come in handy.
Gunmaker’s Super Bowl stunt sheds light on marketing of ‘America’s rifle’
Sales soared in the past decade at Daniel Defense, the maker of the gun used in the Uvalde shooting, as the firm employed aggressive marketing tactics to sell AR-style rifles
Hunter described the company’s target demographic as largely White, conservative men ages 35 to 55.
That audience is in line with the typical gun owner of today, according to a closely held 2020 study conducted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearm industry’s trade association, and shared with gun manufacturers. The Post obtained a copy.
“Protection for themselves and others at and away from home is the top motivation for purchasing a firearm,” the study said of the average buyer.
The study found that a demographic it termed “Urban Defenders” — the most likely to buy guns because they “do not trust others around them” — was the fastest growing segment and bought guns at a higher rate than any other in 2020.
Daniel Defense has appealed to such anxieties in its print marketing, using the image of a man in pajamas poised with a rifle and recommending its guns “whether you’re on the battlefield … or protecting your family in the middle of the night.”
I always thought Hit Me With Your Best Shot was about pick up lines. I have always been strongly against guns and gun ownership. I did not even allow my kids to have nerf guns or shooting games as they were growing up. My wife is Japanese and I think we all know their stance on guns. I always thought having a few Louisville sluggers and a couple of large knives (and fake samurai swords) around the house would be enough protection. I live in an affluent suburb where violent crime does not exist, but recently I have started to think it may not be such a bad idea to have weapon in the house or even the car. Highly conflicted but violence seems to be rearing its ugly head these days. I just don't know. What is also weird is that I was taught how to shoot .22 rifles at sleep away camp when I was 11!!!
I always thought Hit Me With Your Best Shot was about pick up lines. I have always been strongly against guns and gun ownership. I did not even allow my kids to have nerf guns or shooting games as they were growing up. My wife is Japanese and I think we all know their stance on guns. I always thought having a few Louisville sluggers and a couple of large knives (and fake samurai swords) around the house would be enough protection. I live in an affluent suburb where violent crime does not exist, but recently I have started to think it may not be such a bad idea to have weapon in the house or even the car. Highly conflicted but violence seems to be rearing its ugly head these days. I just don't know. What is also weird is that I was taught how to shoot .22 rifles at sleep away camp when I was 11!!!
Yeah I think she's reaching on that....whatever
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I always thought Hit Me With Your Best Shot was about pick up lines. I have always been strongly against guns and gun ownership. I did not even allow my kids to have nerf guns or shooting games as they were growing up. My wife is Japanese and I think we all know their stance on guns. I always thought having a few Louisville sluggers and a couple of large knives (and fake samurai swords) around the house would be enough protection. I live in an affluent suburb where violent crime does not exist, but recently I have started to think it may not be such a bad idea to have weapon in the house or even the car. Highly conflicted but violence seems to be rearing its ugly head these days. I just don't know. What is also weird is that I was taught how to shoot .22 rifles at sleep away camp when I was 11!!!
Yeah I think she's reaching on that....whatever
As do I, but it's not like she's bending to some leftist mob. I have to respect her decision even if nobody was calling for it. To me it's no different than if PJ decided to stop playing Dance of the Clairvoyants because "I'm in love with clairvoyants 'cuz they're out of this world" is just too damn cheesy.
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well when I treat most of your scatterbrained drive by post like posting while drunk, whats the point really.
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Pat Benatar won’t perform her 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore.
Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she’s come to view the song differently.
“I’m not going to sing it,” Benatar told USA Today.
While the song’s meaning is about strength and resiliency, Benatar said “you have to draw the line” and be aware of lyrics.
“I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t,” Benatar said, adding that the decision is her “small contribution to protesting.”
The US is on pace in 2022 to match or surpass its worst year ever for mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit that tracks gun violence incidents across the country.
Benatar said she will continue perform “We Belong,” “Heartbreaker” and other hits from early in her career. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the singer’s first Top 10 hit.
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Not sure about the complaining about Hal’s post. Benatar cited gun violence.
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Yeah, I'm not knocking Halifax's post, just clarifying it for the comments that followed.
I remain unconvinced that more guns is the best solution to America’s gun problem.
Really? Come on man, you know arming everyone is the way to go. Yeah, OK, some people in a situation where a mass shooting is going on will pull out their piece and freak out because they are nervous or overly excited, or will shoot wildly because they are untrained, or don't really understand the accuracy of a .38 special across a crowded shopping mall and might knock off a few unsuspecting innocents standing in the way, but what the hell? That's the price you gotta pay, man. I say arm the shit out of everybody and let's see who is the last man, woman or child standing. Let's stop being so weak about this shit and LOCK AND LOAD,baby!
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Imagine going through life "not trusting others around you?" Maybe they meant, "the other?"
But hey, get yours now, what with members of congress actively promoting a white, Christian Nation. Or your Evangelical ID. Might come in handy.
Gunmaker’s Super Bowl stunt sheds light on marketing of ‘America’s rifle’
Sales soared in the past decade at Daniel Defense, the maker of the gun used in the Uvalde shooting, as the firm employed aggressive marketing tactics to sell AR-style rifles
Hunter described the company’s target demographic as largely White, conservative men ages 35 to 55.
That audience is in line with the typical gun owner of today, according to a closely held 2020 study conducted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearm industry’s trade association, and shared with gun manufacturers. The Post obtained a copy.
“Protection for themselves and others at and away from home is the top motivation for purchasing a firearm,” the study said of the average buyer.
The study found that a demographic it termed “Urban Defenders” — the most likely to buy guns because they “do not trust others around them” — was the fastest growing segment and bought guns at a higher rate than any other in 2020.
Daniel Defense has appealed to such anxieties in its print marketing, using the image of a man in pajamas poised with a rifle and recommending its guns “whether you’re on the battlefield … or protecting your family in the middle of the night.”
Gunmaker Daniel Defense’s Super Bowl stunt sheds lights on AR-15 marketing - The Washington Post
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I don't trust a single person there because I'm pretty that sure every single dunderheaded one of them has a loaded weapon out in their pickup truck.
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