Go-Go's Do E.T.

Go-Go's to Alien: "Feed Off Of Us!"

The Go-Go's sat down with Entertainment Tonight recently and discussed the 30th anniversary of Beauty And The Beat as well as their just launched Ladies Gone Wild tour in this all too brief clip.  Check it out:

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Go-Go's Do Hollywood Heartbeat 1980

GIRLS GONE WILD 1980

With the recent release of the remastered Beauty And The Beat 30th anniversary edition and the kick-off of Ladies Gone Wild!, their first tour in nearly two years, the Go-Go's have been busier than they've been in years.  As they themselves allude to in the tongue in cheek name they gave for their summer tour, girls they ain't anymore and it's hard enough for a girl to weather the stress of life on the road, let alone a lady gone wild...  This was best illustrated this week when Belinda Carlisle's throat doctor ordered her to take a three-day vocal break, which resulted in the band postponing two shows on the east coast.  We send Belinda our best, and wish for a speedy recovery so the Ladies can get back to doing what they do best...no, not putting on red clown noses and simulating live birth with each other, but rocking, and rocking quite harder than I think they ever have if the recent Seeds-esque sounding performances of "We Got The Beat" are anything to go by.

On a related note, check out this early clip from 1980 of the band doing "We Got The Beat" on the TV show Hollywood Heartbeat back when they actually were girls and did all sorts of wild and naughty things for real.  Anyways, this was back in that almost mod period the band went through after their initial punk start when they were all about doing the cool jerk and the watusi and hanging out with the Specials and Madness and wearing headbands and day-glo colors rather than trash bags. It's probably the first television appearance the band ever made and certainly one of the few to feature original bassist Margot Olivarria.  Enjoy!

The Go-Go's Do GMA (June 3, 2011)

LADIES GONE WILD 2011

The Go-Go's made an appearance on the June 3, 2011 episode of ABC TV's Good Morning America (see playlist above for all the related segments) as part of the show's 'Summer Concert Series' performing hits "Our Lips Are Sealed", "Vacation" and "We Got The Beat".  The band also gets briefly quizzed by GMA-anchor-with-a-porn-star name Robin Roberts about the 2011 Ladies Gone Wild! Tour and the 30th anniversary of the landmark album Beauty And The Beat, which has recently been remastered and re-released with extra tracks (Go here or here to purchase online.)

VIDEO: Hole covers "Bad Romance"

Being no stranger to 'bad romance' herself, Courtney Love serves up an amusing cover of Lady Gaga's mega-hit along with the rest of Hole 2.0.

VIDEO: Go-Go's - The Way You Dance

GO-GO'S

"The Way You Dance"

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Recently, I was watching the video for the Go-Go's "Get Up And Go" - you know the one with the cheesy 1982 claymation in it - and had a good laugh at the scenes of the girls dancing with their claymation counterparts.   I enjoyed it so much, that i re-edited the dancing scenes together and looped it, and set it to the song "The Way You Dance" off of the Vacation album.   I get a good laugh at all the girls "dances" but i especially love the strange wonky dance that Gina does as well as the retarded enthusiasm Kathy seems to put into hers.   Those poor girls...looking back on this they must be mortified.  (But we still love you!)

YOUTUBE: Hole - Petals (Live in Houston TX 7/6/10)

HOLE

"Petals"

live from the House Of Blues

Houston, Texas

July 6, 2010

Courtesy of YouTube member OfficialTonyTerror.

Despite her statement at the beginning of this clip, this is the first time "Petals" has ever been publicly performed. A rare treat from the current 2010 'Hole Evolution' tour.

VIDEO: The Go-Go's: Beauty Talk 2001

The Go-Go's: Beauty Talk 2001

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Original version from the 2001 DVD The Go-Go's Live From Central Park.

As the Go-Go's prepare for what they claim to be their final tour, a brief two week jaunt in July in between promotional duties for Belinda Carlisle's new tell-all memoir Lips Unsealed (NOTE 7/5/10: Due to Jane Wiedlin's recent injury, the band has had to cancel their farewell tour. It is up in the air at this point if they will make these dates up next year, or if we've already seen the last of the Go-Go's as a performing band. Time will tell...), i've decided to roll out some fun extras from the Go's 2001 DVD Live in Central Park to remind us all of a time when the band was full of excitement and promise, just off the release of their first album in 15 years God Bless The Go-Go's.

In this first segment, which i've dubbed "Beauty Talk 2001", the band is interviewed while getting their hair and make-up done prior to the show. Jane hams it up as usual, playing to the camera and sharing some amusing anecdotes about the girls first few times in New York while Charlotte proudly talks about her daughter Astrid's love of art and the sounds of classic rock. Surprisingly though, Gina is the star here, who comes off as extremely likable, humble and above all else funny, talking about the early days of the band and clowning around with her stylist. In contrast, Kathy Valentine and Belinda Carlisle - who both obviously declined to be interviewed directly on camera during the filming of these extras - suffer from their lack of camera time and come off as cold and aloof compared with their bandmates warmth and charm here. (A lesson to be learned, ladies?)

YOUTUBE: Go-Go's "Head Over Heels" (live on the Joan Rivers Show 1984)

YOUTUBE: Go-Go's "Yes Or No" (live on the Joan RIvers Show 1984)

YOUTUBE: Go-Go's "Girl Of 100 Lists"

YOUTUBE: Go-Go's "Beautiful"

YOUTUBE: Mary's Danish "7 Deadly Sins"

"7 Deadly Sins" (originally titled "Black and Blue") was the centerpiece of Mary's Danish's second (and best) album 'Circa' both literally - the song appeared halfway through the record - and thematically, as it best embodied the 'haunted house' vibe of the overall record than any other track. 'Circa' has to rate as one of my top 5 records of all time.

YOUTUBE: Tentacles - The Touch

Tentacles was a short-lived recording project that featured Lois Maffeo (of 'The Lois'), Carrie Brownstein (of Sleater-Kinney) and Peter Momtchiloff (of Heavenly, Talulah Gosh and Marine Research). Their only released recording was "The Touch" 7" on K Records in 1999, which featured Momtchiloff performing primary vocal duties on the b-side "Louie Louie Got Married" with Maffeo singing lead on a-side cut "The Touch" as can be heard in the clip above.

TENTACLES
"The Touch" 7"
Label: K
Catalog#: IPU 94
Format: Vinyl, 7"
Country: US
Released: 1999

A The Touch
B Louie Louie Got Married