Lexi, in cutoffs and a plain white t-shirt, was absently stroking one of Ginny's kneecaps with the tip of her thumb.
"You know, it's funny, but I think they did at first. Nowadays, you get someone like Britney or Christina or Mandy and it's like, they're a face, they're a voice, they're recognizable. But where the hell is their band? Yeah, you have them on video gyrating or trying out their acting chops, but unless you see them live, their band doesn't factor in.
"Benatar, though ... that was different. Because she was only half the Benatar icon, if that makes sense. Her voice was to die for, and where it stopped, Neil Giraldo's guitar started.
"So Pat Benatar wasn't 'just' a pop singer, she was part of a rock band. Nobody just waved her off or dismissed her.
"It got weird when she changed her style and went all New Wave, though. See ... like this," she said, as the "Love is a Battlefield" video started. "She changed with the times, became more pop star, less rocker. Less guitar, less Neil. Bigger hits ... less respect.
"And then the worst thing of all happened ... she got happy. 'We Belong' was it. That ended her career. She didn't write angry stuff anymore and Neil was barely audible."