The Bangles or The Go-Gos

GoGos were pretty good too tho'

Question is, how many Bangles fans have actually seen The Allnighter? ;-)

But to be honest, the first band I thought of was Wednesday Week.

That said, I do like some Bangles songs...but anyone who would seriously pick the Bangles over the Go-Gos is mad! I think they were one of the first bands I ever really loved.

kissing Valentino by a crystal- blue Italian stream

Is that an actual line from the song? That nutty Prince.

Having said that, it's nowhere near the best song The Bangles did. That would either be "Hazy Shade Of Winter" (especially for the bongo solo in the 12" remix), "Manic Monday", or "If She Knew What She Wants".

The only good song Whitesnake released was "Is This Love?", whereas Heart had great songs with "These Dreams" and "Alone" but truly augmented them with bizarrely inappropriate videos. The less said about "All I Wanna Do ..." the better.

Nope, don't remember it all! It's been years upon years since I heard the song, I should note. All I remember is most of the chorus.

Six o'clock already
I was just in the middle of a dream
I was kissing Valentino on a crystal-blue Italian stream
[... oh shit, I can't believe I've forgotten the rest of the first verse, bang goes my point]
It's just another manic Monday
Wish it were Sunday
That's my fun day
My "I don't have to run" day
It's just another manic Monday

[...fuckfuckfuck how does the second verse start?]
But I can't be late because [something about getting] paid
These are the days when you wish your bed was already made
It's just another manic Monday...

[This is the part where Susanna gets all chirpy and incomprehensible] (Last night, last night)
[More Susanna chirps] employment's down
Then he whispers in his bedroom voice,
"Come on baby, let's go make some noise." (Oh oh oh oh!)
Funny how time flies (when you're having fun...)
It's just another manic Monday...

Fun fact: Robert Forster covered "Alone," and did a damn good job of it.

Oh, and Sterl? You've got the end of the bridge wrong.

Wow, if I'd known it was this easy to horrify you guys, I would have brought this up YEARS ago!

Re: "Eternal Flame," Dan Perry is OTM except the lyrics aren't really terrible in the Bernie Taupin sense of the word. However, my vote goes to the Go-Go's, since there were more of them and because of the sex and because Belinda was in the Cramps. Plus, "OUR LIPS ARE SEALED"! Holy shit! How did this thread go so far with only ONE mention of one of the ALL-TIME TEN GREATEST POP RECORDINGS EVER! Sheeps! I thought ILM was a "popist" forum!

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"Crazy On You" and "Magic Man" are like the two best songs of all time but 80s Heart was pretty execrable. (This is because rock is superior to pop. High culture is also superior to low culture. And men are - just kidding.) I didn't really mind "Slide It In" and "Here I Go Again" but I wasn't mad for them either. I really liked Starship's "Sara" when my age was in single digits, which is the main criterion by which I judge music from that time.

I would have. I would have said, "Holy shit! Heart has recorded a video that's appropriate to the song!"

Celine Dion should cover Eternal Flame. A better match doesn't exist.

Destiny's Child could do a KILLER version of "Eternal Flame".

Bangles ROCK!!!

Anyone who seriously picks the Go-Go's over the Bangles is a looney! The Bangles are much more of a tight rock outfit with some serious musicianship going on and stellar harmonie vocals whilst the Go-Go's are still the Go-Go's and thats not good. LOL! What has happended with them since that awful disc GBTGG's anyway?

I have to pick Bangles because MY BAND ARE SUPPORTING THE BANGLES ON TOUR NEXT WEEK!!! WWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

No, I don't know any details. There are two British dates, Manchester on Wednesday the 19th, London (Shepherds Bush Empire, I think?) on Thursday the 20th.

Yes, I am bricking it. I mean, the freaking BANGLES. Everyone is going to be like "Oh, yer supporting the Bangs again" but no, we're supporting the Bangles. I just checked my phone to make sure I didn't dream the whole thing. But wow. I was just trying to figure out the riff from Hazy Shade of Winter the other day...

I hate the Go Gos but Belinda is OK. Jane Weidlin's voice makes me want to punch her in the face.

So, yeah, Bangles.

And cast my vote for "Eternal Flame" is awful.

I know I should be happy and honoured and everything that we were even considered, but right now it's leaving a horrible taste in my mouth because we couldn't even get a definite "no" out of anyone.

in answer to the question, i'd probably say the go-gos on account of "beauty and the beat" being a fave record of mine. but i want to pick the bangles because michael is bee-yoo-tifull.

Dan, it goes: "I can't be late cos then I guess I just won't get paid. These are the days when I wish my bed was already made." Just in case you were still wondering, years later.

Oh, and the Bangles all the way. I never liked the Go Go's besides "Vacation". In fact, I hate them. Hazy Shade of Winter blows apart like every other song in the 80s, besides the other ones I like.

The Go-Gos' first three albums were all pretty good, so I guess I'd have to give it to them for consistency.

We used to have a song called "In Your Room" in homage to the Bangles, as well. Heh. I'm going to shit myself. I mean, the motherf@cking BANGLES!!!

OH MY GOD THE BANGLES WERE SO LOVELY!!!

They were amazing. They sounded good, they looked good, and they were so SWEET!!! It's utterly amazing what fantastic musicians they are, I was totally flabbergasted. Vicky Peterson ... christ! it was embarrassing being on the same stage as her, she is so good! And the harmonies... WOW! It's hard enough to pull off two-part harmonies live, but they just sang like birds, it was utterly mind-blowingly incredible how good they sounded. Horton and I were coming down the backstage stairs at the Empire, and we could hear them warming up in their dressing room, just singing a capella, and it was AMAZING, we just stood outside and listened to them. Oh, they rocked. They were so incredible.

And they're lovely. They really are. We snuck upstairs into their dressing room at Manchester, and I was so convinced they were going to throw us out, and they were really polite as I was gushing about how good they were until they realised "Oh, wait, you're a Lollie!" and it was just love, love, love, they were so wonderful. I kept gushing at Vicky what an inspiring guitar player she was, I think I embarrassed her, but she's incredible. It was so cute, because we got to the Empire early, and we were stood there watching the soundcheck and they're waving at us from the stage.

It was just a really really wonderful experience. Yes, they played all the hitz- Hazy Shade of Winter (rah!), Manic Monday, In Your Room, Walk Like An Egyptian, If She Knew What She Wants, Going Down To Liverpool, Hero Takes A Fall ... it was really fantastic. I love them so much!

I just bought the Bangles grebtest hits for £3.99!! And BLOODY HELL...there's a version of Emmit Rhodes's 'Live' on it!! WHOA!!! I DIDN'T KNOW THEY DID THIS!!! Was it a single or summat? I'm familiar with the original via the Nuggetts box, but this is even grebter. Wow.

Did they do this the other night, Kate?

Second the recommendation for AOTP--what a wonderful album.

The Bangles are headlining the LA Pride festival in June, together with Taylor Dayne and Berlin.

(Were 1986 and 1987 particularly gay/lesbian/bi/trans years?)

So, I'm wondering, is this a generational thing? Like if you were a club-hopping teen of the times, do the Bangles go way up for some reason? Because for this to even be a contest, to my ear, there has to be something else in play. Otherwise it's the Go-Gos in a walk.

Also, I hate the Go-Go's.

The Go-Go's were just as uneven, but they have one more near-great album (Talk Show) than the Bangles. So, the Go-Go's win, in a photo finish.

So, yeah, the Go-Go's were better songwriters.

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wth is that

re-reading kate's post about supporting the bangles lo these many years later is pure joy.

Great Jane Wiedlin interview here.

Four tracks into 'Sweetheart of the Sun' and it's a bit of a gem. I can't help but think that Susanna Hoffs is an underrated vocalist, the Rainy Day version of 'I'll Keep It with Mine' is in my top 10 of Dylan covers.

Really excellent album. There's a little discussion of it already on the old 'Doll Revolution' thread.

Did they ever tour together? If so, who opened for whom?

Four tracks into 'Sweetheart of the Sun' and it's a bit of a gem. I can't help but think that Susanna Hoffs is an underrated vocalist, the Rainy Day version of 'I'll Keep It with Mine' is in my top 10 of Dylan covers.

i think they toured together in the recent past, but not in the old days. might be wrong though.

so dreamy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7uSyTZN0xk&feature=related

really feeling beauty and the beat right now

"Can't Stop the World"!

"our lips are sealed" is really one of the greatest blasts of pop euphoria ever eh

I always think of the great stories in We Got The Neutron Bomb... their manager calling up Gottehrer (?) yelling "you ruined my band!" after hearing the final mix, the gals chopping up coke on their UPS packages...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zKkUfMj8pzLoQpL50oUQb?si=R2SdwaTHT8-r8iDqxRXFJA

enjoying this, might wind up buyingthat first lp on cd.

INteresting seeing whoever it was turn up in Teerry graham's memoir Punk Like Me. I think he hung out with several of the girls pre-band, dated one and did the Sex pistols Southern tour with at least one of them.

But otherwise thing I knew best about tehm was teh co-write on Our Lips Are sealed which i knew better by the Fun Boy Three.

I probably prefer the Go-Go's over the Bangles - listening to the three LP's they both made during their heyday, the Go-Go's were far more consistent to the end of that run. But in both cases, I have a soft spot for their early underground recordings, particularly the Bangles (or the Bangs as they were briefly known). Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's (which may be a little too much and still missing some key tracks) and Ladies And Gentlemen . . . The Bangles! are probably my favorite releases from either band.