SXSW Interview: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo | SXSW Music 2016
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- čas přidán 16. 03. 2016
- Rock legends Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo sit down for an interview with USA Today's Mike Snider to discuss one of the most enduring partnerships in music history and the road ahead. Brooklyn-born, four time Grammy winner, multi-platinum artist and mezzo-soprano, Pat Benatar has always been a trailblazer. Her top 40 hits dominated the MTV revolution with iconic titles such as Love is a Battlefield, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, We Belong, andHeartbreaker. Producer, songwriter and husband, Neil Giraldo aka Spyder, crafted the signature Benatar sound with his masterful arrangements and steel bending guitar. He also produced hits for a variety of other top performers including John Waite, Kenny Loggins, Rick Springfield. Together Benatar and Giraldo continue to be a force to be reckoned with as they hit the road each summer inspiring new bands and thrilling fans all over the world.
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Their love and dedication to each other and their craft is so clear. Just amazing.
I have always been a fan of Pat Benatars since I was a teenager. She always has seemed to be very honest and straightforward.
@@susanmurphy457 I agree. She takes no shit. I love their relationship and that they stayed together. I have been married for 31 yrs and to meet your soulmate is the best thing ever
Good for them. They have love and longevity. Two extremely talented people. Pat Benetar is a true bad ass.
T Angelone badass for sure. She's smart cus she recognized enough to see his gift and let go a bit. He's smart for obvious reasons. Smart......meet......smart, fall in love....make great music. How awesome. They are truly beautiful. The love just makes me smile.
So is Neil, and he is a gorgeous man!♡
BENATAR
She's still so damn beautiful !
Really good honest people who have made great music all their lives. I remember the early days and how all the women i knew were so inspired by Pat's vivaciousness and great talent.
One thing about being old is that I've got to live rock and roll. A lot you folks out there can only imagine what it was like to see the legends in their prime. I was blessed to be there for a lot of it, and that I'm still breathing to talk about it. Never forget artists like these two. They paved the way for a lot of us. Maybe a lot of you too...
I was born in the summer of love, 69, so too young to see the true legends of the sixties like Hendrix or Joplin, The Doors etc...but I sure went to a lot of concerts in the 80's and 90's. Van Halen, Judas Priest, Pat Benetar, Scorpions, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd,Iron Maiden, Metallica, Steve Miller band, Robert Plant, The Firm, Ratt, Motely Crue, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Paul McCartney, Heart, George Thoroughgood, Eric Clapton, Collective Soul and on and on. Music was better back then.
@@vaskylark Honorary Boomer, thank you Kyle
Pat and Neil have amazing chemistry.
This is an A-level Masterclass about how to behave, socially & in the music industry. P & N are so open and clear about their past and mutually respectfull, and obviously still deeply in love.
I have always appreciated how Spider always refers to Pat as "Patricia". True respect.
They seem like they actually love each other, which is very rare… And they’re so full of energy
I remember my cousin had the Crimes of Passion album back in 1980. I stared at the album cover and listened to the album from start to finish. Does anybody remember being so fascinated with listening to an album while staring at the cover? And it's amazing now that both Neil and Pat lived that rock life and survived it to become two great people. It's rare to see people who have lived a life and kept their passion and dignity let alone two people who went through the rock-n-roll life. Much respect to them. I love a success story!
I love these guys!!! So Real!!! Pat is precious and Neil is a great cool nice person!!! Saw them at Pachanga the Indian Casino in Temecula,ca.when the casino was small and homey.They had a big tent for the band to play in,so it's was bad ass,got to be right near them the whole time.Pat laughed about the city of Temecula,ca.She joked and said,Where are you guys at? I never heard or knew this place was here.Also saw them at Perris fairgrounds.Was a lot of fun.Pat wanted to sing her new songs and the audience was yelling noo!!! laughing,they wanted,"Hit me with your best shot",Pat jokingly says,Ahhhh Guys,we're sick of those songs.So they sang their new songs,of course.who wouldn't!! lol New songs were great too!! How could they not be? Thanks guys for making my teens the best,very fun party days!!!! Still listen to all!!! Love you for it!!! Stay Gold!!!...Jason... :) The 70's rock!!!!l
Only just discovered this interview. I love these two so much! What wonderful people! I am literally crying my eyes out watching this...
hands u a tissue
Pat is one of my favorite female rocker all time!
PAT BENATAR RULES , SHE IS MY FAVORITE FEMALE SINGER !!!
@@melissakurzbard2061 Amen! She is #1.
I love this clip, the way he calls her Patricia, and the fact he loves her voice above no other, she was 1 of my first 45's 'Hit me with your best shot', I was shy but when I got home from school I would dance to that song in my room
"Everybody needs their muse" "creativity was always a battle (with the label)" "wish for that next song to be written"
"there was no path, we made the path!" "old school rules still apply" "I'll sing Heartbreaker until i'm dead"
There are few celebrities that I would really want to know. Even if they had no talent, I would love to be friends and neighbors to these genuine people.
absolutely one of the best interviews of all time of one of the greatest rock vocalist (not female, just plain ROCK vocalist) of all time...
I am a christian (catholic) yet my parents let me listen to whatever I wanted when I was growing up, and I used to listen to the album that Hell is for Children was on (it was my older sisters album may she RIP) and even I knew what the song was about as a seven year old kid.
"The best voice I've ever heard" says Neil I AGREE
Great interview! Funny how each told their story about meeting and it was the same and different :.)
Oh my goodness, no...I could NOT imagine Pat Benatar being a school teacher1 Where would all of her energy have gone?!? If she were a school teacher, however, she would have been the coolest, best one ever, lol...but nope couldn't even picture it in my mind.
I just spent the Best hour + listening to my Favorite Singer of all time, and her Husband Neil.
The fact that he calls her Patricia is wonderful 🙌❤️ They Belong.
Love these guys! Hopefully a new album is around the corner.
It wouldn’t be the same.
Even though i was born in the late 90's i listen to the 70's and 80's rock more than today's rock music. The first time i listened to Pat Benatar was in late 2011 and til this day i still listen to her music.
She's still stunning.
I have enjoyed their music so much over the years. Neil Giraldo is one of my all time favorite guitar players and inspirations. I have watched this video twice and am amazed with the dedication to their music and each other. Saw them in 2016 as a duo. Being a musician and guitar player it is cool to here them speak as themselves and to find how much we have in common.
They should make a biopic about these two. I would watch.
Great Music! one of kind person ( pat ) and Neil did an awesome job at writing, arranging, producing, performing, and just making it all happen!!!!! AND HE STANDS AS NOT ONLY ONE OF MY PERSONAL GUITAR INSPIRATIONS ( and i mean that from a pure musical/guitarist stand point!! i loved his riffs, his rythems, his leads, his solos.. great tone too! he seriously ROCKED ) BUT WAS ALSO, ONE OF THEEE BEST GUITARISTS IN THE 80s " GUITAR GOD ERA " .. he didnt wear the look of that hair era, and the powers that were, shunned him for that, but he was true to himself, AND STILL KICKED ASS ON GUITAR, AND WHEN YOU HEAR HIS PLAYING ON ALL THOSE RECORDS, YOU WILL KNOW IT......... SO HERES TO YOU NEIL AND PAT, FOR BEING YOU AND BRINGING ME AND MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE TO HEAVENLY MUSICAL PLACE WHENEVER YOU DID! AND FOR SHOWING THAT DREAMS DO COME TRUE, TRUE LOVE DOES EXIST AND ALSO COMES TRUE!, AND WE ALL HAVE A SOULMATE, AND, BEING A NEAR PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PARENTS, AND HOW TO BE GOOD PARENTS TOO! AND FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE DONES IN AND BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THIS A BETTER WORLD WHILE WE ARE ALL HERE TOGETHER~~~~ I LOVE YOU BOTH.... ( BYRON SHOEMOCKER!! WHAT A DRUMMER ) p ~ YOUR FRIEND AND FAN, VINCENT
I had the biggest crush on Patricia :) It makes me feel better all these years later to know that she found her soulmate and that makes me happy but envious.
Excellent interview. These two seem like they really do like each other. Good for them. 👍❤️
I admire this couple quite a bit. They produced really great music back in the days, some of my most favorites songs. They are a perfect match for each other.
Love love love Pat to the point I wanted to name my daughter after her. I have met her 4 times and they were so nice! I'd love she ever decided to tour Europe!!
That is a totally real couple. Down to earth and so in love very rare in this world
Hello 👋how’re you doing?
This video shows you Pat, still have the fire. I'm so glad to see that both you and Giraldo are still rocking and rolling but still have your love for the music and carrying on to the audience that which they need after a week of hardship to betterment in life. May you have future prosperity for much longer but have peace when it is all done. Thank you both for your insight and music for eternity.
I Love these 2 people together !!
They both seem so genuine and humble love them both.Very nice couple they totally compliment each other in every way.Congrads Neil and Pat you seem like very nice people and you can tell Neil is still madly in love with Patricia.
I remember Pat benatar my favorite song was love is a battlefield 1983 I did not know she married the guy in the band. He is very nice guy her live show 1983 was great. When you look back the years. Stay safe 2020
Great people, great singer and great musician he brought her out of her shell he brought that beautiful voice out for us!! They brought out the best in each other!!!❤❤
I love them as a couple. Perfect together.
You both are so true to yourself. And your contributions to music is so grand. You did it your way. Great attitudes. Winning attitudes . You never let anyones light shine brighter than your own. And you both represent what self worth combined with talent hard work in the world of Rock and Roll can succeed without giving up your Class ! You both are a Class Act!
Her words at the end were genuinely inspiring. I needed to hear that right now. Awesome interview!
the best of the traditional midwest/east coast comes through so clearly in their attitude and song. And it has to be said...Neil Geraldo is a monster guitar player.
All fired up and Le Bel age are my 2 faves of all time ❤️
I hope to have a relationship like theirs. You can tell how they compliment each other.
I've listened & loved Benetar from the begining without knowing the Giraldo (Spider) story & togetherness for so long. Truly Amazing & heartwarming!!!
Both of them inspired me, much love and Bountiful Blessings to both of them, Stay protected Always!!
Why isn’t Pat Benetar in the ROCK-N-ROLL HALL OF FAME?????
Because the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame is a sham and doesn't deserve real artist.
BENATAR
Spyder can you please put the long version of "Hell is for Children" on CZcams? I would love to hear it.
Beautiful couple who make amazing music. Thank you Pat & Neil!
sounds to me like these 2 should host there own reality/spirituality show. motivational speaking.❤️
Awesome to get to know you this way after all these years. Thank you.
Wonderful video to just happen upon. What strikes me is how they praise each other and fawn over each other even now after so many years. That's the real secret to a loving relationship, seeing the world through your partner's eyes and loving doing it. Today all we hear about is the self and be true to yourself. That leads to self love and who shares that? This is real, giving and uplifting love. So happy I found this tonight.
I love these two!
Hello 👋how’re you doing?
Thanks!!!
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo still rule. OXOXOX
Sxs
What a great interview!! Love these two! So genuine!!
The Original Power Couple.
Im a huge fan from the very beginning, have seen them four times and to this day am still star struck when they are on the screen.
Adore this couple, so lucky I've seen them live.
Enlightening interview .I saw them when they first started out basically in a small venue off Overton Square in Memphis.16 bucks at the door packed and just incredible..
THE GREATEST ROCK N ROLL FEMALE SINGER,PERIOD,HER GENIUS HUSBAND GUITAR PLAYING MAESTRO,I LIKE EM
Loved their story just amazing. Can't wait till they perform at Pala ca :-)
legends, pure legends
What a Great Couple.
My Besties!! Love Them Both!!!
Nightwish picked up on this combo. They are symphonic metal. They even had an
operatic soprano. They currently have a very versatile meral/pop/theater/opera singer. This lady is FloorJansen.
When talking about Shadows of the Night video, Neil was taking about Billy Squier’s Rock Me Tonite which arguably ended his career.
True!
sweetest rock couple ever
She is one of my all time favorite female singers,talent coming out of her ears.
her voice is a great one of a kind sound and I love it also.
Great interview!!
I used to fall in love with these women lead singers.
Pat....0h Pat....I loved her. I was crushed at 15 to find out she was married to her guitarist. But now, 40 years later, I am just impressed. They are still together. Just great! Glad for both of them!
She belongs in the rock and roll hall of fame
He has aged well. I never would have guessed he was 60.
Almost 65 now
Great interview! Love Pat and Spyder!
What a great great interview! This was done perfectly! Ask the question n just let them tell their stories... not 1 INTERRUPTION!
Amazing people. Beautiful story.
Fire and Ice: Pat and Neil.
Wow.. I love them both!! Incredibly talented, intelligent, respectful and strong 💪 pair of Stars 🌟 🌟 ❤️❤️ fantastic!
I hope you two do a movie on your life and play yourselves! That would be awesome too! 🎥
Amazing.Great advice
You two are great together! I remember when you came out with that 'girls can rock attitude' and blew everyone away. Now I know who the ballsy guitar caring the load was. Great team. THANK YOU! ps. Rick Derringer is one of my all time favorite guitarists.
Thanks for sharing ..✨✨👋🏻
Hell is for children came out I was 10 and I was abused by my father and mother. So, it was my anthem for a long time!!! Because it is a true song, every word of it!!!
You can tell they still totally dig each other all these years later, and are so f'ing cool!
Two very grounded rock stars.
You guys make me proud to be a Capricorn. You are so insightful, down to earth, and unbelievably pragmatic.
Neil's a Capricorn too?
@@hinjurock December 29, 1955.
I've been a Pat Benatar fan when the DJ on the radio kept playing Hit Me With Your Shot everyday on the radio (along with other up and coming music stars back then); I wasn't attached to her or her music just yet nor didn't know her name yet on the school bus on my way to my 4th grade class everyday that year, not paying attention to any songs as I was talking to other kids on the bus to school every morning but later that year [Pat] really did "Hit Me With HER Best Shot, and the rest is HERSTORY😚😚😚😚 I've seen her 3 times in concert and I STILL have all my original cassette tapes of her in good condition when they 1st came out; but I bought all her 80s albums in the 90s at a used record store JUST FOR THE ALBUM COVERS etc😀😀 Pat is MY WOMON MUSICALLY SPEAKING, I'm a lifelong fan of hers, AWOMON😀😀
yo love music Banatar . sucesso . y Belong y Belong the Guyd
Happy 65th Birthday Pat Benatar
I remember seeing Pat & Neil at the Caps center in DC and the Hell is for Children started with this huge church organ with candelabras and cobwebs it was so erie and original because it was near Halloween.
Great listen
US Festival 82/83 what a night there! Neil Is totally underrated as a guitar player. Patricia's vox! Great interview. True Love Wins ! thanx for sharing how you two met. really special and very smart people. Neil got hotter with age.
I always loved PB band.. It had zero to do with how she looked
It didnt hurt that she was sexy, but it wasnt abt her looks.. Neil Giraldo is prolly a genius
Incredible !!! XOxoxoxxo
Back in the day she was the QUEEN!, no one could touch her!
I love Pat and I think she sings great
GREAT INTERVIEW , and I haven't listened to the whole thing !!!
Pat and Neil are the most awesome and most successful rock 'n' roll couple ever.
what a magical story. two titans meeting like star crossed lovers in the night.
Increíble couple
Beautifull ❤
Induct them into the Hall of Fame Now! They earned and Deserve it
I need to hear the 14 minute Hell is For Children....
I want my life to be like yours, when I grow up. I'm 63. But I meant what I've said! Wonderful!
Great couple.
A class act!