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SANDY WEST: I said, "Hi,
you know, I play drums, and I'm in a band right now." He goes, "How old are you?"
"Well, I'm 15 and a half." He says, "You're kidding me." He goes, "I'm working with
a girl right now who's 14. I think she knows
a friend out in the Valley who plays electric guitar."
Turned out to be Joan. She arrived
a couple weeks later with her little Sears guitar
in hand, three buses
and four hours later from Canoga Park
to Huntington Beach, and she had such great rhythm that hit it off
so well together. Picked up the phone,
called Kim, said, "Listen to this,"
and we played some sort of
Chuck Berry-ish thing or maybe "Wild Thing." ♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ You make my heart sing ♪ ♪ You make everything ♪ ♪ Come on... ♪ JOAN: Man, Sandy,
we really connected. That was the genesis
of The Runaways. It was the heart. INTERVIEWER: What were your
first impressions of LA? It was Rodney and Kim Fowley
walking down somewhere together
you know, I play drums, and I'm in a band right now." He goes, "How old are you?"
"Well, I'm 15 and a half." He says, "You're kidding me." He goes, "I'm working with
a girl right now who's 14. I think she knows
a friend out in the Valley who plays electric guitar."
Turned out to be Joan. She arrived
a couple weeks later with her little Sears guitar
in hand, three buses
and four hours later from Canoga Park
to Huntington Beach, and she had such great rhythm that hit it off
so well together. Picked up the phone,
called Kim, said, "Listen to this,"
and we played some sort of
Chuck Berry-ish thing or maybe "Wild Thing." ♪ Wild thing ♪ ♪ You make my heart sing ♪ ♪ You make everything ♪ ♪ Come on... ♪ JOAN: Man, Sandy,
we really connected. That was the genesis
of The Runaways. It was the heart. INTERVIEWER: What were your
first impressions of LA? It was Rodney and Kim Fowley
walking down somewhere together
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SANDY WEST: I said, "Hi,
you know, I play drums,
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and I'm in a band right now."
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He goes, "How old are you?"
"Well, I'm 15 and a half."
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He says, "You're kidding me."
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He goes, "I'm working with
a girl right now who's 14.
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I think she knows
a friend out in the Valley
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who plays electric guitar."
Turned out to be Joan.
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She arrived
a couple weeks later
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with her little Sears guitar
in hand,
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three buses
and four hours later
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from Canoga Park
to Huntington Beach,
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and she had such great rhythm
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that hit it off
so well together.
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Picked up the phone,
called Kim,
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said, "Listen to this,"
and we played
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some sort of
Chuck Berry-ish thing
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or maybe "Wild Thing."
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♪ Wild thing ♪
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♪ You make my heart sing ♪
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♪ You make everything ♪
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♪ Come on... ♪
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JOAN: Man, Sandy,
we really connected.
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That was the genesis
of The Runaways.
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It was the heart.
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INTERVIEWER: What were your
first impressions of LA?
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It was Rodney and Kim Fowley
walking down somewhere together.
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Movie Summary
Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.
