I was playing this as I drove down the M62 into Liverpool to start university in 1986. I was so excited and fully intending to do nothing. If only I could have had Spock driving me, but that would have been illogical
Debbi has an amazing voice. Part of me wishes she sang lead on more of their songs than she did. The other part of me likes it the way it was because we would have missed out on the absolute beauty of Debbi and Vicki harmonizing together on the supporting vocals that they did.
Loved this song and the album for decades. Only caught the video on UA-cam a couple of years ago. Didn’t know until then that Nimoy was on it. I’m a Star Trek fan and Bangles fan. Seems like something I should have known all these years.
I forgot the drummer sang this song, great voice. This is one of those easy breezy song gems that simply works on every level without trying too hard. A totally underrated song with a great hook and next level melodies. This is the type of song most bands wish they had in their catalog. Whenever this song came on the radio it instantly lifted the energy and positivity in the room, car, or wherever it was played.
I thought the all had good voices. The unusual thing is that in this band they did not think that the lead singer should be the one who sang all the songs, it was not only unusual back then it is even true today.
Leonard Nimoy was the chauffeur for The Bangles in their music video for 1984's "Going Down To Liverpool." He took on the part as a favor to the video's director, Tamar Simon Hoffs, mother of Bangles member Susannah Hoffs. He was a long-time friend of the Hoffs family.
For anyone who doesn't know, Liverpool was a hotbed of unemployment at the time and a lot of demonstrations and riots took place there. A "UB40" was a brown card given to the unemployed to take with them to Government stations to sign the unemployment register in order to receive meagre Government payouts.
I remember them doing this on The Tube in the 80s, and thinking "Going Down To Liverpool" only has one verse repeated three times, no chorus as such, barely any lyrics, no great depth or meaning, and yet... It's fucking brilliant!! Listening now, it's so simple but it hits a sweet vibe and sucks you right in. You too wanna "go down to Liverpool and do nothing for the rest of your life" with these cool-assed people!! My favourite Bangles track by far.
Vicki Peterson's comedic timing at 1:21 is awesome! This is such a great song! Debbi Peterson plays drums and sings lead on this! (I remember seeing this on MTV's "Live at the Syria Mosque" in PA back in 1986.) The Bangles are the best when it comes to 4-part harmonies!!
I know the story of why Nimoy was in the video but still got such a kick out of it. The Bangles, still a relatively new act, being driven around by the legendary Spock. How mind-bending is that? RIP.
Aww, I heard this little gem just last night on Radio 2!! Superb song! And Leonard Nimoy in the driving seat LOL. Love it. So cool I need to hear it again.
Yes... They all had great singing voices. But of course, Susana Hoffs was the band's "IT Girl". I get it, she was cute as hell, but it's not like the remaining three were unattractive and talentless.
A band member of the go-go's made it into a star trek movie. Star trek 4, the voyage home. (She's on one of the back screens) Reporting in to starfleet headquarters
A Bangles song about Heroin. In the mid-1980s, an influx of cheap brown heroin gave Liverpool another bad reputation as “smack city”. Other parts of the Mersey Region, including the areas of the Wirral and Bootle had similar high levels of heroin use
I always liked Katrina and the Waves, but this is one tune where the cover raises the original to new heights. and having "Spock" in the video is a wonderful touch.
He helped ruin my life. Don't be logical. The World is generally not conducive to it. Make big strong loving families. Do that and you won't be as rude and miserable as me when you ignorant twats grow up and go do something useful
I have said it before and will say it again. One of the best pop songs of the 80s. I live it as much today as I did back in 1984 I had so hoped it would be a huge hit for them. Its the perfect pop song in the perfect key with perfect harmony. I wish we had a time machine
Re: the song's subject matter,unemployment in the UK soared past 3 million at the tail end of 1981,and didn't fall back below that figure until the earliest bit of 1987!
I remember watching this video with my dad once in the early 2000’s and he described Leonard Nimoy’s facial expressions as “What the heck am I even doing here??” 😂😂 Anyway, this song is absolutely amazing and I think Walk Like an Egyptian overshadowed this song. Either way, this is a great song and band
@@NeilCWCampbell To me, the really cool guy-along with Spock-was Illya Kuryakin in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." Still, at 88, David McCallum is still cool as Dr. Ducky Mallard on "NCIS" (or anything else he's done over the years).
These girls should have made it big with the first album All Over The Place. Going down to liverpool or Hero takes a fall could have been the first single.Great debut album by these girls.
Love this song. Unfortunate it never got the same recognition and radio play as their most famous songs and wish they had more songs like this. Didn't even know it had a video until I just stumbled on this. Definitely fits in with indie / college rock, maybe it gets some airplay on those stations. Original was written for Katrina and the Waves (makes sense given Liverpool is in England) but this take on it sounds a lot better.
This was the first Bangles song I heard,in 1985 when it didn't chart. Following their number 2 success with Manic Monday,followed by If She Knew What She Wants,this song was re-issued in mid-1986 and did chart but fell short of the Top 40. Later that year came Walk Like an Egyptian,of course.
@@rjjcms1 Hero Takes A Fall ,and this are classic, much better than Manic Monday, and Walk Like An Egyptian, pretty good, but also not nearly as powerful . .
It's not the same now but way back then, Liverpool was practically the home of English unemployment and there were fears from the establishment that it was becoming the birthplace of revolution (seriously). Until Derek Hatton, hailed as the leader of change but really a nobhead, became leader of the city. Now HE was Liverpool's big mistake.
@@rafaelsale6364 "Spock" is a Conservative lackey trying to silence them, and so he is everything this intensely political song from Thatcher's wasteland protests against.
Fascinating. Mr. Spock at the com as Debbi gets a rare single lead, with a pre-blonde Vicki, an adorable Michael and a slightly frizzy Susanna on a song written by Kimberley Rew, who would hit himself (yeah, he's a guy), writing "Walking on Sunshine" and perforning it with Katrina and the Waves the following year. A good calling-card single that preceded "Manic Monday".
This song brings tears to my eyes. First heard it on Radio 1 when up early to get the coach to London to meet up with my brothers and find work, after being unemployed for seemingly years. Oh the irony...
I love cameos in the videos from the eighties. Nimoy's expressions say it all. I don't think I would have fooled with the radio once he shut it off though
Fascinating... Susanna Hoff's family was very close to Leonard Nimoy's. His kids, Susanna and her brothers used to play together. So it was quite normal for Susanna to ask him if he would like to join the Bangles in this video.
This was my lockdown song. On furlough, unemployment looming. Walking on my own in the sun listening to this. Felt like it was apt (except I was 30miles up the road in Manchester)
My all-time favorite Bangles song -- and one of my favorite songs Ever. Period..... oh, and Leonard Nimoy was 52 years old in this video but doesn't look a day over 30. He stayed young-looking for a long time. (R.I.P.)
My favourite Bangles video of all time, directed by award-winning writer, director, producer Tamar Simon Hoffs, mother of Susanna Hoffs, and very close friend of Leonard Nimoy and all the Nimoy family. Rest in peace Leonard Nimoy. Live Long and Prosper out there amongst the stars.
I love Susanna's new wave dancing,. Fun since the Bangles were originally sold to new wave music fans. It was amazing how many different genres of music were the influences for the new wave. Definitely the best and most underrated genre of rock, because there was so much variety to it. Like The Bangles, they were inspired by mid 60s folk rock acts.
1:20 I like how Nimoy "Spocked-Out", did he forget that he also tried his bit at singing? A forgotten gem from the Bangles, BTW. Enjoy your voyage to the stars, Lenny!
Seriously I know its only trolls, but how can you possibly dislike this.. I was crazy for this song back in 1984 when it came out.. I was 15 and it is still one of my favorite songs of the 80s.. They just had perfect pop harmony sensibility and if I had a time machine.... Believe me... I would already be back there
I love their version of this song, but I do wonder if they even know what a ub40 was? Still great a great version of this song. Katrina and the waves did create it though
It's so strange - American women singing an Englishman's song and the Englishman comes from down South so technically he'd be going up if he wanted to go to Liverpool.
This song is about heroin. In the mid-1980s, an influx of cheap brown heroin gave Liverpool another bad reputation as “smack city”. Other parts of the Mersey Region, including the areas of the Wirral and Bootle had similar high levels of heroin use
🎸The Bangles deserve their inclusion in the Rock Hall of Fame. 🖖It is beyond logic, they are not honored.
I wholeheartedly agree. If you let the Go-Go's in, you can't justify keeping the Bangles out.
Agreed; the omission is highly illogical. ;-)
I've always liked The Bangles better. It took forever to get the Moody Blues in. Hope it's less of a wait.
I had no idea. That is disgraceful
Hopefully one day they will be inducted,,I await that day with so much ❤ in my heart.
Rest in peace, Leonard Nimoy. Great song
Katrina and the wabes original song
Yup.
🖖👽
This song has to be about heroin
One of his best.
As a Vulcan, I approve of this song. Live long and prosper 🖖
Peace and long life.
It was agreeable to listen to this again.
@@humbleevidenceaccepter7712 From my calculations, yes.
I would love to go back to the 80's, but the Vulcan Science Directorate says time travel is impossible.
Debieron haber aparecido en Star TRECK
1:20 Vicki leaned over that seat like "You TOUCH that dial again, you will neither live long NOR prosper..." 😂
😂😂😂
Going down in this greedy and unpleasant land ?
@@williamcarrington61 green and pleasant
I just came to see an old friend who will never be forgotten.
I came to watch Susanna Hoffs look to the side a lot.
I was playing this as I drove down the M62 into Liverpool to start university in 1986. I was so excited and fully intending to do nothing. If only I could have had Spock driving me, but that would have been illogical
Mm. I believe that they had a device known as a clutch.
My favorite Bangles video. Michael was so beautiful. Wherever she disappeared to, I hope she is having a wonderful life.
She is Amazing in this video
Wikipedia says she retired to Northern Cali to concentrate on painting. I hope she is doing exactly that. I loved her.
She lives next door to a family friend and is a lovely person!
@@Global00Vintage A lot of people's favourite Bangle.
@@Global00Vintage Great.
Brilliant song with an unforgettable lead vocal from an underappreciated Debbi Peterson
Befor susanna take the over
Debbi has an amazing voice. Part of me wishes she sang lead on more of their songs than she did. The other part of me likes it the way it was because we would have missed out on the absolute beauty of Debbi and Vicki harmonizing together on the supporting vocals that they did.
All four of them can sing. Each of them has sung lead from time to tome. They've got amazing harmonies.
Loved this song and the album for decades. Only caught the video on UA-cam a couple of years ago. Didn’t know until then that Nimoy was on it. I’m a Star Trek fan and Bangles fan. Seems like something I should have known all these years.
@@r.j.sullivan2104 Surprising what you learn even now.
I forgot the drummer sang this song, great voice. This is one of those easy breezy song gems that simply works on every level without trying too hard. A totally underrated song with a great hook and next level melodies. This is the type of song most bands wish they had in their catalog. Whenever this song came on the radio it instantly lifted the energy and positivity in the room, car, or wherever it was played.
I thought the all had good voices. The unusual thing is that in this band they did not think that the lead singer should be the one who sang all the songs, it was not only unusual back then it is even true today.
You should check out the original version by Katrina and the Waves then.
Susanna’s eyes though are something else
The drummer also sang lead on "Be With You," one of my favorites. Check it out!
@William HELLHASEYIS Apparently that was a whistle machine that was used
Their harmonies are just deadly. So good.
I love Leonard Nimoy's face in this music video. He's just like 'Fascinating' and 'I do not understand these human females' through the whole thing.
VulcanTrekkie he brought his Star Trek character into this.
When the video started, & Mr Nimoy took off his shades, I recognized him! 🖖
Lol! I like your comment.
Nobody understands them. But we love them anyway.
Can't get over how cute Susanna is in this video. She likes to find a face to sing to and Mr. Spock got that honor!
Those gorgeous upper harmonies floating through the sky like lacy clouds crossing the sun on a perfect day...
"wafting through the firmament like diaphanous visions of mercurial beauty adjacent to the first day of the end of forever"
Ashley Pomeroy Say, that's pretty good. Write lyrics much?
Nicely said :)
That was very good Michelle!
Leonard Nimoy was the chauffeur for The Bangles in their music video for 1984's "Going Down To Liverpool." He took on the part as a favor to the video's director, Tamar Simon Hoffs, mother of Bangles member Susannah Hoffs. He was a long-time friend of the Hoffs family.
👍🖖🖖
Really?? Wild
Love the song, love the band. Beautiful music, beautiful ladies, every one of them.
This song has to be about heroin
Michael Steele is an absolute goddess. Gorgeous ❤
All 4' are good looking. I. Don't think Michael got enough credit for her looks and talent. Probably did the best backing vocals.
For anyone who doesn't know, Liverpool was a hotbed of unemployment at the time and a lot of demonstrations and riots took place there. A "UB40" was a brown card given to the unemployed to take with them to Government stations to sign the unemployment register in order to receive meagre Government payouts.
@@upturnedblousecollar5811Later UB40 would be known as a reggae band.
Yes. she looks sexy here, but the guitarist is equally hot.
@@davidleigh443 She looked her best during the 'In the Room' performances from 1988 - absolutely smoking.
I remember them doing this on The Tube in the 80s, and thinking "Going Down To Liverpool" only has one verse repeated three times, no chorus as such, barely any lyrics, no great depth or meaning, and yet... It's fucking brilliant!! Listening now, it's so simple but it hits a sweet vibe and sucks you right in. You too wanna "go down to Liverpool and do nothing for the rest of your life" with these cool-assed people!! My favourite Bangles track by far.
It does mean something when you're a song writer.
I am from Liverpool and I have never seen a bangle around here :-) . Cool band I love the bangles.
They didn't write it.
@@Hellwyck It's a Katrina & The Waves song.
The World & Their Wife knows that I thought.
Rest In Peace Leonard Nimoy.
The only Star Trek movie I ever went to see was; "Search For Spock." Good luck on your new trek Mr. Nimoy.
tryithere True story: 2 of my friends who never watched a Star Trek episode before did so because of this video back in the day.
tryithere eyes on the road there Mr. Nimoy lol. 5 second glances turned around not paying attention to the road causes accidents :D
hellokitty1006 never said he would be a good taxi driver... by the way am a scouser
tryithere Here's something odd: I clicked this song because i thought it was Leonard Cohen!
I LOVE how flawlessly and beauifully they harmonise together :D
The guitar sound also blends real well with the Harmonies.
Fascinating. A flawlessly logical statement.
Vicki Peterson's comedic timing at 1:21 is awesome! This is such a great song! Debbi Peterson plays drums and sings lead on this! (I remember seeing this on MTV's "Live at the Syria Mosque" in PA back in 1986.) The Bangles are the best when it comes to 4-part harmonies!!
Such an intensely political moment, the attempt to silence the people's protest at Thatcher's destruction of their lives to make her friends richer.
I know the story of why Nimoy was in the video but still got such a kick out of it. The Bangles, still a relatively new act, being driven around by the legendary Spock. How mind-bending is that? RIP.
I've loved this song forever, but never saw the video. Leonard Nimoy is perfect, along with Susie's lip gloss!
The bass player is my favorite.
2024 anyone ? Beam me up scotty back to the 80’s 😊
Definitely, don't go without me.
If only...
Aww, I heard this little gem just last night on Radio 2!! Superb song! And Leonard Nimoy in the driving seat LOL. Love it. So cool I need to hear it again.
Such a great pop-rock band. And their harmonizing is some of the best ever.
those harmonies are beautiful ...i love this song so much
You can tell The Bangles just loved having Spock in their video, who wouldn't!!!
Nimoy and Huffman were familiy friends
It's amazing that every single member of the band could have been a lead singer.
Yes... They all had great singing voices. But of course, Susana Hoffs was the band's "IT Girl". I get it, she was cute as hell, but it's not like the remaining three were unattractive and talentless.
From riding around on the Enterprise to riding around with the Bangles. Trippy,indeed.
A band member of the go-go's made it into a star trek movie.
Star trek 4, the voyage home.
(She's on one of the back screens)
Reporting in to starfleet headquarters
It's amazing that Linerd Nimoy did a Bangles video.😮
He was a friend of the Hoffs family.
@@Afriend-nv4uq He was Godfather to Susanna
You mean "Leonard" not "Linerd".
~Dutch
logical
A Bangles song about Heroin. In the mid-1980s, an influx of cheap brown heroin gave Liverpool another bad reputation as “smack city”. Other parts of the Mersey Region, including the areas of the Wirral and Bootle had similar high levels of heroin use
Bangles and Spock. We could sure use more Bangles and Spock.
THAT'S FOR DAMN SURE!!!
Spock Bangles shall be my band's name!!😅
I always liked Katrina and the Waves, but this is one tune where the cover raises the original to new heights. and having "Spock" in the video is a wonderful touch.
Interesting! I didn't know this was a cover.I'll have to listen to the original sometime.Thanks for the fact.
@@glamcruehead0515 NO PROBLEM! KATRINA AND THE WAVES HAD A GREAT 80s JANGLE POP SOUND. TAKE CARE!
Depends on what you mean by "original". The Canadian release of the KATW album is much better than the version they later released in America.
I love Michael Steele ,what talent and Beautiful ,
Lady Michael Steele is So Underrated
Which lady is that. Man?
1984: Awesome year for music
We'll miss the driver; he lived long and prospered.
We prospered because he lived long.
RJ lol he did fantastic...
He shall always be our friend
Logically we should miss him, because he made a positive contribution.
He helped ruin my life. Don't be logical. The World is generally not conducive to it. Make big strong loving families. Do that and you won't be as rude and miserable as me when you ignorant twats grow up and go do something useful
I have said it before and will say it again. One of the best pop songs of the 80s. I live it as much today as I did back in 1984 I had so hoped it would be a huge hit for them. Its the perfect pop song in the perfect key with perfect harmony. I wish we had a time machine
Re: the song's subject matter,unemployment in the UK soared past 3 million at the tail end of 1981,and didn't fall back below that figure until the earliest bit of 1987!
We do have a time machine - you're looking at it! I agree with you though, fantastic song.
@@rjjcms1 Good call, I reckon you're right. And there, in itself, is just one example of how criminally underrated this band was.
@@paulsanders860 this is a cover of Katrina and the Waves who also did "Walking on Sunshine" ua-cam.com/video/iPUmE-tne5U/v-deo.html
They should re-release this with the video. It'd get a decent reception.
I never knew Leonard had done this! I'm tearing up.
Spock: "Ah . . . An emotion!"
I remember watching this video with my dad once in the early 2000’s and he described Leonard Nimoy’s facial expressions as “What the heck am I even doing here??” 😂😂
Anyway, this song is absolutely amazing and I think Walk Like an Egyptian overshadowed this song. Either way, this is a great song and band
"even" wasn't being abused back then.
Maybe your recall added it.
Susanna Hoffs parents were friends with Leonard Nimoy and his wife plus Susanna was in the same class and also friends with his son…..
@@richarddutchholland4780 I used to take my UB40 for the dole and some bloke with weird ears kept saying _"Sign on and prosper"_
"I'm goin' down to Liverpool to do nothing". I love that lyric!
I think this song is about Heroin
@@ToneSoCooL3 But the tone is so cool
I love the Bangles, and this is my favorite song from them. The vocals are great= and this video with Leonard Nimoy is awesome.
It's not a Bangles song. They just covered it.
I can't stop listening To this Great Song. Bangles are the Best Band Ever
So much to love.
I love it so much! Leonard Nimoy forever!
I can't get over how super cool Nimoy is in this!
The only thing missing is the ears.
Possibly the coolest guy in the sixties... possibly second to rod Serling (or sterling I can never remember)
My voiceover style is based in part by his voice.
@@NeilCWCampbell To me, the really cool guy-along with Spock-was Illya Kuryakin in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." Still, at 88, David McCallum is still cool as Dr. Ducky Mallard on "NCIS" (or anything else he's done over the years).
Underrated song❤
Not sure what it is, but every time I see Susanna Hoff singing...... oh my.
We will never forget you Mr Nimoy. Thank goodness we have your voice.
I'm just glad that i knew the Bangles since "way back" & can appreciate all that they've done!!! They truly are a great band!
This was the first song I heard by them back in the 80s and was instantly hooked!
Scottie has beamed you up, Mr. Spock.....you will be missed, Rest in Paradise
These girls should have made it big with the first album All Over The Place. Going down to liverpool or Hero takes a fall could have been the first single.Great debut album by these girls.
Love this song. Unfortunate it never got the same recognition and radio play as their most famous songs and wish they had more songs like this. Didn't even know it had a video until I just stumbled on this. Definitely fits in with indie / college rock, maybe it gets some airplay on those stations. Original was written for Katrina and the Waves (makes sense given Liverpool is in England) but this take on it sounds a lot better.
This was the first Bangles song I heard,in 1985 when it didn't chart. Following their number 2 success with Manic Monday,followed by If She Knew What She Wants,this song was re-issued in mid-1986 and did chart but fell short of the Top 40. Later that year came Walk Like an Egyptian,of course.
@@rjjcms1 Hero Takes A Fall ,and this are classic, much better than Manic Monday, and Walk Like An Egyptian, pretty good, but also not nearly as powerful . .
It's not the same now but way back then, Liverpool was practically the home of English unemployment and there were fears from the establishment that it was becoming the birthplace of revolution (seriously). Until Derek Hatton, hailed as the leader of change but really a nobhead, became leader of the city. Now HE was Liverpool's big mistake.
Why didn't anyone from the Bangles want to sit up front with Spock?
@@rafaelsale6364 "Spock" is a Conservative lackey trying to silence them, and so he is everything this intensely political song from Thatcher's wasteland protests against.
Mr. Nimoy: Thanks for helping out a young band. You were much, much more than just Mr. Spock.
.
Yeah, he was probably a Zaharian...
Mr. Nimoy apparently was friends with Susanna Hoff and her mom :-)
Don't forget his start with Mission Impossible.
@@MsStarbuck11 they met each other through their mutual friend Anton LaVey
When I'm feeling down, this is great medicine.
The Bangles have that irresistible mix of knowingness and innocent enthusiasm.
Ver o Leonard Nimoy em um vídeo de uma banda que eu gosto, foi d+...Amo O nosso eterno Spock e adoro anos 80.
Leonard Nimoy had incredible charisma. He could have played comedy brilliantly - so talented, he could do anything.
The bangles..going down to liverpool...I miss you this song..............
Sensors indicate I could be about to get lucky! Live long and prosper Captain...I'm off to Liverpool with the babes!
Want to set my phaser on stun, baby?
Richard Helliwell in j
Liverpool
He regarded them as nieces, particularly Susanna.
Or, alternately...
"Sorry, Jim, give Willie and Barney my regrets - I'm tired of the sausage party and I'm off to Liverpool."
Fascinating. Mr. Spock at the com as Debbi gets a rare single lead, with a pre-blonde Vicki, an adorable Michael and a slightly frizzy Susanna on a song written by Kimberley Rew, who would hit himself (yeah, he's a guy), writing "Walking on Sunshine" and perforning it with Katrina and the Waves the following year. A good calling-card single that preceded "Manic Monday".
" Fascinating, Captain "
The 80's were much more fun than nowadays
unless you lived in Liverpool, or any other part of the Thatcherite wasteland...
This song brings tears to my eyes. First heard it on Radio 1 when up early to get the coach to London to meet up with my brothers and find work, after being unemployed for seemingly years. Oh the irony...
So so true from a fella scouser
loved these girls for a long time now, they always had a good sound with great melodies and harmonies
There was so much more to Leonard Nimoy than just Spock. I am so glad he is being remembered here as well.
Well, there was Paris, too......
Oh he definitely not just Spock...
One of the greatest 80s pop songs ever. A true masterpiece.
masterpiece ? a really good pop song
@@TheThaggsa really good pop song is a masterpiece
There's a legend that Susanna once looked straight ahead!
I met her and sat with her for an hour. She does look straight ahead. Class on steroids!
I love cameos in the videos from the eighties. Nimoy's expressions say it all. I don't think I would have fooled with the radio once he shut it off though
You weren't thrown on the UB40 in Thatcher's 80s then!
Fascinating... Susanna Hoff's family was very close to Leonard Nimoy's. His kids, Susanna and her brothers used to play together. So it was quite normal for Susanna to ask him if he would like to join the Bangles in this video.
Did they wind up collaborating every "7years"??!!!🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖❓
Really like the song, love Nimoy's acting!
This was my lockdown song. On furlough, unemployment looming. Walking on my own in the sun listening to this. Felt like it was apt (except I was 30miles up the road in Manchester)
My all-time favorite Bangles song -- and one of my favorite songs Ever. Period..... oh, and Leonard Nimoy was 52 years old in this video but doesn't look a day over 30. He stayed young-looking for a long time. (R.I.P.)
These ladies harmonize so well together. Love Susan Thomas.
Should have changed name to Susan Steele. That would have been cool.
R.I.P. Leonard
Susanna with a curly bob hairstyle and Vicki turning the radio back on were great!
Met Leonard nimoy got his autograph and gave me the spock sign never forget that moment...rip.
Live long and prosper….
Flashback in the 80's
Im gooing down to live pool to see the bangles my girls😍😍😍😍😍😍
I have always liked this song, but now that Mr. Nimoy has passed away, this song will always remind me of him.
My favourite Bangles video of all time, directed by award-winning writer, director, producer Tamar Simon Hoffs, mother of Susanna Hoffs, and very close friend of Leonard Nimoy and all the Nimoy family. Rest in peace Leonard Nimoy. Live Long and Prosper out there amongst the stars.
radioirish p
I finally get to play this video while on vacation in Liverpool!
haunting, such a pretty song
LOVE Susanna’s cute little “shadow dance” there @ the end! 😆❤️🤗
I love Leonard Nimoy. Good to see him in a 1980s Music video.
Live long and prosper earthlings of the eighties! 🤘🏼🖖🏼🤘🏼🖖🏼🤘🏼🖖🏼🤘🏼🖖🏼🤘🏼🖖🏼
Leonard Nimoy crushed it as the chauffeur & The Bangles crushed it with Going Down To Liverpool. 🖖
Gotta be my fav bangles tune
Nostalgia is an amazing feel good drug!!!!
I love Susanna's new wave dancing,. Fun since the Bangles were originally sold to new wave music fans. It was amazing how many different genres of music were the influences for the new wave. Definitely the best and most underrated genre of rock, because there was so much variety to it. Like The Bangles, they were inspired by mid 60s folk rock acts.
i love how vicki turns the radio back on. :D
1:20 I like how Nimoy "Spocked-Out", did he forget that he also tried his bit at singing? A forgotten gem from the Bangles, BTW. Enjoy your voyage to the stars, Lenny!
Love that prominent Rickenbacker sound from Susanna’s guitar!
Seriously I know its only trolls, but how can you possibly dislike this.. I was crazy for this song back in 1984 when it came out.. I was 15 and it is still one of my favorite songs of the 80s.. They just had perfect pop harmony sensibility and if I had a time machine.... Believe me... I would already be back there
Probably trolls who believe any kind of cover is a "sin" (to put it lightly).
Leonard Nimoy has always been bloody awesome 👌 and a man who never had to say what he thought of you it's all there on his face
This song is the musical equivalent of a cool summer breeze 🍃
And yet singing about a city that was enduring mass unemployment and serious rioting at the time.
I love their version of this song, but I do wonder if they even know what a ub40 was?
Still great a great version of this song. Katrina and the waves did create it though
This video is so funny. Love how they're all relaxed lol Especially Suzanna lol the way she looks at him. Love this song always
I like when they share lead vocals, it keeps things interesting
It's so strange - American women singing an Englishman's song and the Englishman comes from down South so technically he'd be going up if he wanted to go to Liverpool.
The best girl group at all times! Amazing girls!
As a 14-year-old boy? I dreamt of going to Liverpool in a car with the Bangles.
This song is about heroin. In the mid-1980s, an influx of cheap brown heroin gave Liverpool another bad reputation as “smack city”. Other parts of the Mersey Region, including the areas of the Wirral and Bootle had similar high levels of heroin use
@@ToneSoCooL3 I always thought it was about unemployment, hence the reference to a UB40 and 'doing nothing'.
@Ruda-n4h to each their own, I totally think this song is about Heroin and, yes also unemployment. They look smacked put of their minds on that car
BANGLES Number One!!
Live long and rock out!
Such a wonderous angel in the back with her short brown hair. I die inside every time I see her.