ROCK • A • RAMA
THE RUNAWAYS-Queens off Noise (Mercury)::Listen, all you sexists and ageists, STOP PICKING ON THE RUNAWAYS! When’s the last time you paused and reflected that these gals are only 17 and 18, i.e., at least 2 or 3 (sometimes 15 or 20) years younger than most of the male “punk” competition to which they keep getting unfavorably compared? At that rate, they’ve got more raw growth potential than already-peaking whizzes like the Ramones.
ROCK • A • RAMA
THE RUNAWAYS-Queens off Noise (Mercury) ::Listen, all you sexists and ageists, STOP PICKING ON THE RUNAWAYS! When’s the last time you paused and reflected that these gals are only 17 and 18, i.e., at least 2 or 3 (sometimes 15 or 20) years younger than most of the male “punk” competition to which they keep getting unfavorably compared? At that rate, they’ve got more raw growth potential than already-peaking whizzes like the Ramones. Uh huh! That said, even this partisan has gotta remark that Cherie Currie’s shrill Bowie-idolatry makes her the most expendable Runaway (heresy!), gimme gimme Joan Jett (electric Connie Francis, resident Lennonesque auteur) or Lita Ford (lovely bitch-in-boots charisma plus Hendrix-rattler guitar solos) any day. R.R.
