Going Down to LiverPOLL (Katrina & The Waves vs. The Bangles)

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Recorded in 1983 by Katrina & The Waves, in 1984 by The Bangles, and again in 1985 by Katrina & The Waves (in a supercharged, superproduced rearrangement). It's a shame the trend didn't continue for the rest of the '80s, with a different band covering the song and K&TW coming back with a newer version the following year...but they ran out of steam.

Which is your favorite?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
The Bangles / 1984	12
Katrina & The Waves / 1983	2
Katrina & The Waves / 1985	0

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2009 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link

Big advantage to the Bangles for having Leonary Nimoy in the video:

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2009 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link

Also, for reference, the '85 version by K&TW:

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2009 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link

Bangles, although props to Katrina & The Waves for actually writing the song.

Almost a bit like a "Hey Joe" for the 80s, except it was covered in considerably less versions.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 3 April 2009 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link

That Bangles video is downright strange.

― WmC, Friday, 3 April 2009 23:09 (fifteen years ago) link

my recollection is that the first katw version sounded rather more like the bangles version.

id say yeah, even rew cant elevate it to bangles level

― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Friday, 3 April 2009 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link

The first K&TW version did sound almost exactly like The Bangles' version, I just couldn't find any representation of it on the web.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2009 23:35 (fifteen years ago) link

xpost what is goin on in that bangles vid... Their version is one of my favorite 80's songs, so obvious choice..

― billstevejim, Sunday, 5 April 2009 01:38 (fifteen years ago) link

I didn't know there were two Katrina versions. I'll have to catch up.

― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Sunday, 5 April 2009 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link

Second K+Ws version was lame, must investigate the ur-version.

― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 April 2009 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link

(Relative) Landslide!

Has Susanna Hoffs ever looked directly into the camera for more than two seconds?

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago) link

Funny, cause if you ever went to a Bangles gig, she always seemed to be looking at some camera out in the outside somewhere.

― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 April 2009 01:33 (fifteen years ago) link

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