Friday, September 07, 2012

The Bangles & The GoGo's

I was listening to The Bangles recently on Songza. Here's their best song...



Watching the video reminds me of the question I had back in the late 1980's, when the Bangles were hot and when that video came out: Why can't an all-female group just play music? Why do they have to be sexualized to sell albums?

That's a question with many more questions and many more thoughts. For another post.

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We saw them a few years back at The House of Blues here in New Orleans. They're worth seeing live.

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Speaking of girl groups of the 80's and misogyny, the best GoGo's song is Head Over Heels...





1 comment:

jason said...

I always hated the Bangles.
I know, heresy.
:)
I'm not even sure why.

The GoGos were fun...but that Carlisle gal got on my nerves when she started thinking she was Ann Margret.
Ok, rant over. :)