It would be nice to have it for our children, for the fans, everything else. But the point is, does this validate, not validate what we've done? No. 'Listen, when you win things, it's really fun. That kind of pushback, they say, explains one of the great mysteries of the rock universe вЂ“ that, given her influence, impact, and number of hits, how can Pat Benatar not be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? (She's not.)ДЄxelrod asked, 'Does it bother you at this point that you're not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?' 'Somebody said, 'I don't understand why his name has to be up on the marquee, too.' I said, 'Because every song that you love and listen to is created by him, ass****.'' 'He and I did this together, from Day One.' Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar perform in Minnesota in 1985.ДЄxelrod said, 'It seems like it's important to almost set the record straight.

'I didn't start this by myself,' Benatar said. 'Oh, the chemical thing was ridiculous!' Benatar laughed.Д«y 1982 they had married, formalizing their two-against-the-world posture in dealing with the music business.

'There was this sort of winning life's lottery component to it,' Axelrod said. So, that changed everything.'ДЄlmost instantly, Benatar and Giraldo had realized their connection went far deeper than musical collaborators. If I change this for myself, it will start the ripple effect. And then I finally started to realize, 'Wait. 'In the beginning, I mean, I was still kind of, like, timid. What's happening here?''Д«enatar recalled, 'The minute I'd walk in there, he'd say, 'Why don't you sit right here, and we'll see if we can get that record playing.' 'Oh, f*** you.' And I remember standing there thinking to myself, 'Hhmm. So, I had been doing fine, having gigs and all that kind of stuff. Pat Benatar, dressed to rock.Д«enatar said, 'I had all this big eyeliner on, I had this little short thing with these black tights and these little short boots and a ray gun. Spandex вЂ“ and her career вЂ“ would never be the same. Then came Halloween 1977, and her costume, taken from the B-movie 'Cat Women of the Moon.' Within a few years she was divorced and in New York City booking any club she could. It's just the fact that I saw somebody doing what I really, in my heart, really wanted to do.' 'Literally no Liza Minnelli, no Pat Benatar?' asked Axelrod. I had never done anything like that in my life.' 'The next day, I quit my job, and I started looking for gigs. 'My fabulous gay friends said, 'Let's go see Liza Minnelli at the Richfield Coliseum.' And it was packed. One of the greatest voices in rock history was born at a Liza Minnelli show. And then the story might have ended, had some friends not dragged her to a concert.

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