#up your alley

[beautiesofbygoneeras]

Uschi Digard appearing in, "Up Your Alley," (1971).

[riphertoshreds]

Joan Jett photographed for Up Your Alley in 1987.

[sappho-loves-rockstar-losers]

so i didn't get a soul for christmas, but i did get a joan jett vinyl, and that's about the same thing so

[fasterhaji]

Haji Filmography

Motorpsycho! (1965) 

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) 

Good Morning… and Goodbye! (1967) 

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) 

Bigfoot (1970)

Up Your Alley/ Bang Bang, the Mafia Gang/ The Mellon Affair (1971) 

Supervixens (1975) 

Wham! Bam! Thank You, Spaceman! (1975) 

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976)

The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (1976)

Demonoid: Messenger of Death (1981)

The Double-D Avenger (2001)

Killer Drag Queens on Dope (2003)

[randgugotur-6]

May 23, 1988

On this day thirty six years ago Joan Jett released her sixth solo album, “Up Your Alley”. The album includes the classics “I Hate Myself For Loving You” and “Little Liar”, both written with legendary songwriter Desmond Child.

Besides the hits, what are your favorite songs on this album?

[faerie-daddy]

Faerie Daddy

Romp party 07/30/23

"Adventures in kinkland"

@ 1015 Folsom

San Francisco, CA

[movieposters1]

[blackbirds-of-promise]

@actuallyyangxiaolong

getting blazed as fuck in public, thinking "boy I sure hope no one knows how high I am right now", and then having the jumpscare of your life when duolingo gives you this notification

[beautiesofbygoneeras]

Uschi Digard appearing in, "Up Your Alley," (1971).

[rolandrockover]

I Love Myself For Hatin' You

Welcome to partner therapy with Joan Jett's I Hate Myself For Lovin' You (1988) and Kiss' You Love Me to Hate You (1989), where, if you take a look at both titles, the complex of problems should become instantly clear, but you will inevitably ask yourself just where to start.

For the purpose of my endeavors at least, this should not be my problem so much as that of Desmond Child, whom I hereby appoint to take on the role of the therapist, because it was he, after all, who literally twisted the words in the mouths of our two lovebirds. Which basically says it all, but hey, why stop when it's so nice?

So, even if Joan Jett takes on the rather masculine and less squeamish part here, she complains not insignificantly about the central subject of her passion, which (un)fortunately only works in alternating current, but if she does so, then she does it in style and cuts a pretty good figure in the process (1). On top of that, she seems painfully aware of her own dysfunctionalities, which lends this already delicate situation a not exactly unwelcome masochistic framework.

Paul Stanley, on the other hand, representing his band, takes a kind of complementary approach to the matter and comes across a bit like a professional, loophole-tested first-class creep. Relatively speaking, of course. The mind games therefore seem to come more from himself, but of course he presents himself as the unfortunate victim and blames everything on the evil woman, and apparently also finds a perverted kind of pleasure in it.

If they're both into that sort of thing, they have my blessing, and even if on the surface they don't seem to be particularly happy together, they complement each other perfectly and match extremely well nonetheless.

And that suits my needs for a reasonably successful transition just fine, because the verses and choruses of I Hate Myself For Lovin' You and You Love Me to Hate You could be said to work kinda similar, because although they have little in common with each other they are pretty much interchangeable without affecting the functionality of the other song in any way. On the contrary, I would say.

However, there is still a momentum of (musical) agreement, and that would be a small but nevertheless unmistakable part between the two vocal bridges and choruses, which forms the perfect axis for such a switch. But no more horizon seems necessary for this eternally unmatched courtship like between the moon and the sun anyway.

Whether Desmond Child played them off against each other or simply did them both a favor, I can't decide. Only one thing is pretty certain:

He made a small fortune out of both of them. More with one, less with the other.

Side Note:

(1) It's not too often that another song contains more ass-wiggling than one by Kiss.

You Love Me to Hate You (1989)

I Hate Myself For Lovin' You (1988)

[primmsfairytale]

@clumio

Roman Baby Rattle || Peepy

[duranduratulsa]

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Little Liar (Official Music Video)

Song 🎵 of the day: Little Liar by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (1988) from Up Your Alley #joanjettandtheblackhearts #joanjett #littleliar #upyouralley #80s

[arcteris]

pictomancer is so vibrant and whimsical but now i'm thinking about the good dark, edgy potential

[hiccuppop]

A SILLY SNAKE!!!

I thought @kitakami-kid gorgon kiki idea was super cute!!!! so i decided to draw it :))) (btw i hope you like it srry if i got some colors wrong lmao)

[saint-augustines-pears]

@fartyrobbins

Fata Morgna

A Superior Mirage that comes from the Italian term named after the Arthurian sorceress Morgan le Fay, from a belief that these mirages, often seen in the Strait of Messina, were fairy castles in the air or false land created by her witchcraft to lure sailors to their deaths. It’s also believed that this illusion caused the myth of The Flying Dutchman to emerge.