Lex was right about dancing in the '80s. It was a non-stop sweat fest. The music was so fresh, original, and incorporated the new digital synthesizers. It was a Renaissance of new music and enlightenment. There was never a lack of creativity and always some new beat or riff to explore. It was anawesome time to be in high school and young adult.
The GoGo's were ahead of their time and Lex is right in the fact that they were bad-ass rebels. They looked like the girls-next-door but were known to party hard and got in a little bit of trouble with excessive partying. They are a very successful all-woman rock band that played all their own instruments which was a rarity in the late seventies/early eighties when they were just breaking out! They are very underrated as rock icons so I am so happy they finally received their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021! Check out some of their other hits, such as, We Got The Beat, Our Lips Are Sealed, and Vacation! 💖💖
You nailed it Lex, "They're rebels." Yep, they started as a punk band; a bonafide, genuine, respected punk band before they became the cute pop/rock band they appeared to be later as they got big.
@@briandoornink7597 By all accounts I've seen, the Go-Go's were considered an integral part of the late 70's-early 80's LA punk scene, before they got signed. You don't think so?
So much fun. The girls are back together and touring again (Gina was out with medical issues, so Clem Burke [the drummer for Blondie] subbed in, but they've been doing fine). Belinda is currently 63 (she's one day younger than Madonna) and her voice is a great as ever. The clips I'm seeing from their shows are taking me back, effortlessly.
Brad & Lex, you’ll love their "We Got the Beat" and “Vacation”!!. Also check out lead singer Belinda Carlisle’s "Mad About You" and "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" from her solo career!!
Yeah, it really did take a lot of energy to dance like that -and I danced exactly like that- I always had to decide between dancing & looking fresh & cute, both wasn't possible...aaahh, those were the days...
Lead guitarist/piamist here Charlotte Caffey wrote the theme for the TV series 'Clueless.' I charted it in case some of the girls I taught band wanted to play it. Did the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' theme with a boys group.
Lex was pretty accurate about them being rebels..they started out as punk and are notorious in the early days for their um lifestyle on the road , there was a shocking video at that time of them on their tour bus..today with other band stories it isnt as big of deal but back then it was.
That was the thing about the New Wave movement: for a hot minute all the punks and the robotics and well-dressed "mod" boys and the girl bands were all this one genre, before it shook out over the next couple years through the early 80's. They were all playing the same shows to the same audiences. So the Go-Go's really were playing to hardcore punk crowds early on.
Oh, heck yeah. The girls all had the nice and smiling reputation and they got good press, but they could party like nobody's business. Give them enough booze and coke and a hotel suite and they could burn Palm Springs to the ground, IYKIM. Gina Schock (the drummer) went on to date Jodie Foster in the early 1990s. Jodie was the stable, serious one in that pairing.
This is such a banger. So is "Tonite". Fun fact - Jane Wiedlin (guitar) plays Joan of Arc in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Only just learned that like a year ago. Anyway... all my love you two. Keep em coming.
Also learned a couple of years ago that Jane is deep into BDSM for many years now.. For someone that looks so adorably cute and wholsome it kinda suprised me..
Love the Go-Gos. And yeah they definitely got caught up in the rock'n'roll lifestyle of drugs and booze; so much so that one of them (Charlotte?) was actually kicked out of Ozzy's dressing room for being too out of control. I can't even imagine that level of intoxication.
This was like our first all girl band back in the 80's...and they kicked ass! None of them knew how to play an instrument when they started out, but they had to learn! Then came the Bangles. 😁😉👍
...ok, this video puts me straight back in the '80s with the fashion and hairstyles. More than any other they've reacted to. It's like they just came from hanging out at the mall to do the video shoot.
You're right. The Go-Gos were notorious partiers. Several ended up with drug issues. But it went behind drugs & alcohol. They indulged in groupies too. The 80s were a wild time.
I want to hear more about Daffy Duck! LOL! Belinda Carlisle has a great voice and is super cute, yes that's me stating the obvious! I was shocked when I saw she wasn't making the same $ as some of the band members because she didn't write any songs! Her stunning good looks was the identity of The Go-Go's! I'm glad they figured it out and now are paid equally!
Every teen in the 80's were rebels. Just look at the teen movies back then e.g. The Breakfast Club, Footloose, Pretty In Pink, Streets of Fire, Warriors, Lost Boys..just to name a few. Heck, even the most popular teen actors at the time were called "The Brat Pack".
They were fun to see in concert. I don’t think they were crazy popular yet when I saw them (early to mid 80’s). I also think they were backing up for someone bigger. Just don’t remember who. LoL
I had such a crush on Belinda Carlisle as a teen in the 80's. She was and is a very girl next door kind of cute :) Great talent also, along with her band mates. Here and gone, but they made their mark. More than most can say!
Man there was lots of dark with the girls...the one playing the piano was a heroine addict all throughout their time in the spotlight. Their partying was legendary. They werent squeaky and clean at all lmbo. However they were groundbreaking ...they wrote their own songs and music had the early to mid 80's in their pockets. The 80's honestly was such a strange and wonderful time to be a teen. I was like 17 when this song came out and yep we all wore ourselves out when we danced....lots of bopping up and down.
I would love to go back to this time when a car didn’t cost as much as a house. One income was more than enough to live well. You didn’t worry about you or your kids being shot. When police weren’t gunning down primarily black men. I grew up in a very diverse neighborhood and schools, we didn’t try and see our differences we went with what’s inside.
My favorite Go-Go’s hit! It’s quite deceptive because people assume it’s about falling head over heels in love but I think it’s actually about your life spiraling out of control…by this time fame had taken its toll on the Go-Go’s, there was a lot of substance abuse and partying, they pretty much hated one another, and they were about to break up. I think the song is more about that than falling in love.
Belinda Carlisle started out as the original drummer of the LA punk band the Germs but was known as Dottie Danger. Pat Smear of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters was also in the Germs.
Belinda Carlisle Sweet voice with the Go Go's and her solo career too I like her voice alot and the band plays some groovy groovy music.classic 80s when the instruments were real and the artists were very talented
Great song...one of my favorite 80s bands...so fun...and yes...eah they started as punk rockers....lots of shenanigans from these innocent looking girls back in the day...things you wouldnt expect....love em...you should do Lust To Love or This Town
@@lavalleecg Colleen Lavalle this dance was before Carlton actually this was when Alfonso Reberto aka Carlton was doing the Pepsi commercials W/ Michael Jackson and when he was co - starring on Sliver Spoons.
@@BKLYN_TZU thanks. I know it was before the "Carlton" dance and Alphonso Riberio has said he got part of the inspiration from how white girls were dancing at the time. So when I rewatched the video with Brad and Lex (isn't that what is great about reaction videos) I noticed Belinda dancing in a way I didn't when the video first came out. 😅
@@lavalleecg Colleen Lavalle your welcome alot of people know him as Carlton he goes back further then that character I knew him as Alfonso Spears on the TV Show Sliver Spoons in the early '80s that dance was a very popular when I was a kid back then to this day I still don't know what that dance was called lol.
You nailed it lex I went to a after concert party in the 80s it was lit.. Everybody was enjoying the white libations to the max blinda was as high as a person could be without passing out. They made all there male groupies pull pants down and had a size contest. Thank god I wasnt in that contest..lol😎 The things I seen that night have made led zeppelin blush..🤪🤪
You should check out the gogo’s documentary. They put on the sweet girlie persona, but they were bad, bad, bad gals. They had to make it in the punk world predominantly, men. So they acted just like the guys, sex, drugs and music.
First kiss was after this song finally finished at the roller-rink. I remember waiting forever for this song to end, so I could make my awkward move…..The “kiss” was received well, but we looked like you might imagine. Her hair got caught in the frame of my glasses, and I proudly wore smeared lip-gloss on my cheek for the rest of the night. Thanks Gogos!
Great song! They are rebel. they began as punk rockers. True Punk, there first album Beauty & the Beat the record company had them all pose in bath towels & face cream on the album cover /. a little more wholesome marketing. Punk is an attitude really & Lex always spots it! This Town is another great Go Gos
I love all their songs but this video is special the way it shows each member individually and together, each of them super talented!! Belinda Carlisle was the epitome of cute chick and she had a great, distinctive voice we all loved! This really takes me back! *sniff sniff*
Do more GoGos! Lots of good songs and videos from these Rock n Roll Hall of Famers. Pretty girls. They were a great late '70s and '80s new wave, post-punk band. They always had good bass guitar, surf rock and bouncy music to 🕺 dance to. Definitely party animals rebels, punks from Southern California. Lol. They dressed new wave, punk style and hair, too. Yall picked it up. They broke up during the '80s and had solo careers. Lot of ppl danced back then, ha.
I don't know for certain but I think the lyrics are less about being head over heels in love than about the topsy-turviness of being rock stars, being on the road all the time, and always having demands made of you. Belinda sings about "been running so hard, I've nearly lost all track of time" and "one hand's just reaching out and one's just hanging on". By this time in their careers they were all pretty into their own addictions and were burning out. But like others have said, that was the beauty of their music - it sounded like pop but always had something heavier underneath.
Lex was right about dancing in the '80s. It was a non-stop sweat fest. The music was so fresh, original, and incorporated the new digital synthesizers. It was a Renaissance of new music and enlightenment. There was never a lack of creativity and always some new beat or riff to explore. It was anawesome time to be in high school and young adult.
Or being an '80s child/teen, too.
Agreed! 👍
Oh my God we would drink so much back in those days but would never get drunk cuz we would just sweat it all off dancing.
Love the piano solo and touches in this song. One of their best. Fun music
The GoGo's were ahead of their time and Lex is right in the fact that they were bad-ass rebels. They looked like the girls-next-door but were known to party hard and got in a little bit of trouble with excessive partying. They are a very successful all-woman rock band that played all their own instruments which was a rarity in the late seventies/early eighties when they were just breaking out! They are very underrated as rock icons so I am so happy they finally received their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021! Check out some of their other hits, such as, We Got The Beat, Our Lips Are Sealed, and Vacation! 💖💖
My favorite song by these women! Now that they have their rightful place in the Rock Hall of Fame the world finally makes a little sense.
You nailed it Lex, "They're rebels." Yep, they started as a punk band; a bonafide, genuine, respected punk band before they became the cute pop/rock band they appeared to be later as they got big.
the singer was the first drummer for "the germs" i dont think she ever played a show however. Punk? not so much.
Lex nails it every time!!!
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As innocent seeming as they were, they were hard partiers too.
@@pauljohnstone180 Effortlessly. She's got a real pulse on this stuff.
@@briandoornink7597 By all accounts I've seen, the Go-Go's were considered an integral part of the late 70's-early 80's LA punk scene, before they got signed. You don't think so?
She did the Carlton Dance before Carlton did! lol I had a mad crush on Belinda Jo Carlisle back in the day!
I've always loved their bass sound. It always stands out to me.
So much fun. The girls are back together and touring again (Gina was out with medical issues, so Clem Burke [the drummer for Blondie] subbed in, but they've been doing fine).
Belinda is currently 63 (she's one day younger than Madonna) and her voice is a great as ever. The clips I'm seeing from their shows are taking me back, effortlessly.
You're right Lex dancing was non-stop moving! It was fun but exhausting!!
Brad & Lex, you’ll love their "We Got the Beat" and “Vacation”!!. Also check out lead singer Belinda Carlisle’s "Mad About You" and "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" from her solo career!!
these and also our lips are sealed was pretty awesome
@@truecrimelover2022 check out their reaction to that song on Jun 7, 2022.
@@surlechapeau oh thanks i missed that
They'd probably recognize the former.
The above are all correct.
I sure miss the 80's!!!
New wave, post-punk! Dance-punk.
Bass Player Kathy Valentine was my favorite.. She has a great Bass Riff in this song..
They started out kinda punk...Lex nailed it. They were C R A Z Y
Greatest all female band that play their own instruments and write their own songs.....LEGENDERY!
Yeah, it really did take a lot of energy to dance like that -and I danced exactly like that- I always had to decide between dancing & looking fresh & cute, both wasn't possible...aaahh, those were the days...
Lex nailed it.
Those ladies, in addition to being a great band, are trouble!!!
Lucky for us.
Yes, Lex is so keen on things. They were punk before they went kind of pop/punk. And yes they all "got in trouble" lol
Love the Go Gos
The greatest all-time female group and of course they're from SoCal❤
My all-time favorite song of theirs is "This Town"
Yes Lex, we danced our asses off for hours!💃
Lead guitarist/piamist here Charlotte Caffey wrote the theme for the TV series 'Clueless.' I charted it in case some of the girls I taught band wanted to play it. Did the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' theme with a boys group.
Lex was pretty accurate about them being rebels..they started out as punk and are notorious in the early days for their um lifestyle on the road , there was a shocking video at that time of them on their tour bus..today with other band stories it isnt as big of deal but back then it was.
That was the thing about the New Wave movement: for a hot minute all the punks and the robotics and well-dressed "mod" boys and the girl bands were all this one genre, before it shook out over the next couple years through the early 80's. They were all playing the same shows to the same audiences. So the Go-Go's really were playing to hardcore punk crowds early on.
Oh, heck yeah. The girls all had the nice and smiling reputation and they got good press, but they could party like nobody's business. Give them enough booze and coke and a hotel suite and they could burn Palm Springs to the ground, IYKIM.
Gina Schock (the drummer) went on to date Jodie Foster in the early 1990s. Jodie was the stable, serious one in that pairing.
This is such a banger. So is "Tonite". Fun fact - Jane Wiedlin (guitar) plays Joan of Arc in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Only just learned that like a year ago. Anyway... all my love you two. Keep em coming.
She is also the singing telegram girl in Clue!
@@steviekc9057 Cool! I always misrecalled it as being Annie Potts.
@@steviekc9057 That's so funny. She gets shot right away. lol!
@@steviekc9057 Hysterical scene!
Also learned a couple of years ago that Jane is deep into BDSM for many years now.. For someone that looks so adorably cute and wholsome it kinda suprised me..
Go-Go's rock. The little black haired guitarist was Joan Of Ark in the 2nd Bill & Ted movie.
She was also Annie Ajax in a punk band that spit on the audience.
And also in Clue
That was the first movie.
Love the Go-Gos. And yeah they definitely got caught up in the rock'n'roll lifestyle of drugs and booze; so much so that one of them (Charlotte?) was actually kicked out of Ozzy's dressing room for being too out of control. I can't even imagine that level of intoxication.
Apparently, all of them were kicked out for being unruly, but can you imagine? Charlotte was the quiet one.
Haven't heard this in years. I forgot how catchy it is.
My favorite Go-Go's song! Love the piano and the bass break.
This was like our first all girl band back in the 80's...and they kicked ass! None of them knew how to play an instrument when they started out, but they had to learn! Then came the Bangles. 😁😉👍
...ok, this video puts me straight back in the '80s with the fashion and hairstyles. More than any other they've reacted to. It's like they just came from hanging out at the mall to do the video shoot.
You're right. The Go-Gos were notorious partiers. Several ended up with drug issues. But it went behind drugs & alcohol. They indulged in groupies too. The 80s were a wild time.
This is why being in college in the 80s was so much fun.
Yeah they partied HARD. Sometimes a little too hard.
I wish the Go-Go’s had made more albums. Their music is a treasure today.
Belinda Carlisle had a great new wave sound to her voice
yeah for their 'pop-y' output of songs...the girls were straight punk monsters!!!😉🤘🤙🤟✌
I want to hear more about Daffy Duck! LOL! Belinda Carlisle has a great voice and is super cute, yes that's me stating the obvious! I was shocked when I saw she wasn't making the same $ as some of the band members because she didn't write any songs! Her stunning good looks was the identity of The Go-Go's! I'm glad they figured it out and now are paid equally!
Every teen in the 80's were rebels. Just look at the teen movies back then e.g. The Breakfast Club, Footloose, Pretty In Pink, Streets of Fire, Warriors, Lost Boys..just to name a few. Heck, even the most popular teen actors at the time were called "The Brat Pack".
My favorite Go-Go's tune is still "How Much More".
This is sooo 80's....I mean, the dance and the dress is definitely 80's
They were fun to see in concert. I don’t think they were crazy popular yet when I saw them (early to mid 80’s). I also think they were backing up for someone bigger. Just don’t remember who. LoL
I had such a crush on Belinda Carlisle as a teen in the 80's. She was and is a very girl next door kind of cute :) Great talent also, along with her band mates. Here and gone, but they made their mark. More than most can say!
Don’t let their clean cut looks fool you these girls were partying punk rockers in early 1980’s
Charlotte Caffey was a heroin addict. She even got kicked out of an Ozzy Osborne party. She got clean soon after that, thankfully.
we just had the 40 year anniversary of Vacation album. these are my girls!
Lex nailed this one. They were known as party animals.
New Wave.
i love belinda carlisle she is my favorite gogo
Belinda the lead singer just has a beautiful voice.
They had a documentary come out last year and it was really good.
💃 the gogo's were kind of pink punk. 👏 Head over heals 🎶🎶👏✨💖💖💖👏
Man there was lots of dark with the girls...the one playing the piano was a heroine addict all throughout their time in the spotlight. Their partying was legendary. They werent squeaky and clean at all lmbo. However they were groundbreaking ...they wrote their own songs and music had the early to mid 80's in their pockets. The 80's honestly was such a strange and wonderful time to be a teen. I was like 17 when this song came out and yep we all wore ourselves out when we danced....lots of bopping up and down.
You pegged them. They were punk rockers before making it main stream. And were known for wild parties.
I would love to go back to this time when a car didn’t cost as much as a house. One income was more than enough to live well. You didn’t worry about you or your kids being shot. When police weren’t gunning down primarily black men. I grew up in a very diverse neighborhood and schools, we didn’t try and see our differences we went with what’s inside.
The 80s rocked, thanks!
I loved classic rock, but even then I actually liked the Go Go’s. Cute girls singing catchy tunes. Pretty cool
One of the greatest "Girl Groups"! The best one along with the "Runaways". Both awesome bands! One of my favorite Go-Goes songs and love the video.
A must-dance tune SO popular at high school dances back then, the floor was flooded when songs like this came on. You couldn't help it.
Boomtown Rats, new wave "I never Eva Braun"
My favorite Go-Go’s hit! It’s quite deceptive because people assume it’s about falling head over heels in love but I think it’s actually about your life spiraling out of control…by this time fame had taken its toll on the Go-Go’s, there was a lot of substance abuse and partying, they pretty much hated one another, and they were about to break up. I think the song is more about that than falling in love.
Belinda Carlisle started out as the original drummer of the LA punk band the Germs but was known as Dottie Danger. Pat Smear of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters was also in the Germs.
Our lips are sealed....go.go's
First concert I ever attended was The Go-Go's.
I had this song/album on repeat. I wore out headphones listening to these women. I hope y'all listen to more of them.
"Remember the time I tried to fight Daffy Duck at Six Flags" is definitely the best sentence I've heard this month.
Love Belinda Carlisle. Love The Go-Go's.
Belinda Carlisle Sweet voice with the Go Go's and her solo career too I like her voice alot and the band plays some groovy groovy music.classic 80s when the instruments were real and the artists were very talented
"Leave the Light On For Me" is the lead singer, Belinda Carlyle's song. I love it.
Great song...one of my favorite 80s bands...so fun...and yes...eah they started as punk rockers....lots of shenanigans from these innocent looking girls back in the day...things you wouldnt expect....love em...you should do Lust To Love or This Town
"This Town" and "Lust to Love" are their best songs.
There’s a reason why this song opened the concerts I went to in the eighties. That introduction just set everyone off…great song…
Belinda Carlisle was still only a cute caterpillar but later... what a wonderful butterfly. ;)
The bass and the clap towards the end has stuck with me since I was 11 and I’m 53 now!! These girls were awesome and truly bad ass!!
The most impressive thing about The Go- Gos was the '80s dance swaying from side to side that dance lasted the whole decade lol
And a part of the composition of the "Carlton" dance. Lol
@@lavalleecg Colleen Lavalle this dance was before Carlton actually this was when Alfonso Reberto aka Carlton was doing the Pepsi commercials W/ Michael Jackson and when he was co - starring on Sliver Spoons.
@@BKLYN_TZU thanks. I know it was before the "Carlton" dance and Alphonso Riberio has said he got part of the inspiration from how white girls were dancing at the time. So when I rewatched the video with Brad and Lex (isn't that what is great about reaction videos) I noticed Belinda dancing in a way I didn't when the video first came out. 😅
@@lavalleecg Colleen Lavalle your welcome alot of people know him as Carlton he goes back further then that character I knew him as Alfonso Spears on the TV Show Sliver Spoons in the early '80s that dance was a very popular when I was a kid back then to this day I still don't know what that dance was called lol.
The Go-Go’s have Rock n Roll street cred 🤘
My wife and I loved this one. We were in high school when the Go Go’s got big! We were rollin’ at everything you guys said tonight! Love you guys!
You nailed it lex I went to a after concert party in the 80s it was lit.. Everybody was enjoying the white libations to the max blinda was as high as a person could be without passing out. They made all there male groupies pull pants down and had a size contest. Thank god I wasnt in that contest..lol😎 The things I seen that night have made led zeppelin blush..🤪🤪
Belinda Carlisle was such a hottie back in the day.
You are exactly right, look so good and wholesome but they were kinda..........................like you said!
Go-Gos rule
Outstanding talent! I'm so glad you two reacted to this group.
The Go-Go's were good.
Love all their songs!!!!
Lex you are so right the dark haired girl is a dominatrix now lol.
Brad: “now it’s a lot of twerkin’ and stuff…”. No truer words have ever been said on this channel!
You should check out the gogo’s documentary. They put on the sweet girlie persona, but they were bad, bad, bad gals. They had to make it in the punk world predominantly, men. So they acted just like the guys, sex, drugs and music.
First kiss was after this song finally finished at the roller-rink. I remember waiting forever for this song to end, so I could make my awkward move…..The “kiss” was received well, but we looked like you might imagine. Her hair got caught in the frame of my glasses, and I proudly wore smeared lip-gloss on my cheek for the rest of the night. Thanks Gogos!
You are so right , they were bad girls!! I seen a documentary on them and they were pretty wild 😝!!!!!
Great song! They are rebel. they began as punk rockers. True Punk, there first album Beauty & the Beat the record company had them all pose in bath towels & face cream on the album cover /. a little more wholesome marketing. Punk is an attitude really & Lex always spots it! This Town is another great Go Gos
I think their song "We Got the Beat" is their best
Even though I have a monster crush on Lex.... you two are awesome together. Good on you two!! *** love from afar***
I love all their songs but this video is special the way it shows each member individually and together, each of them super talented!! Belinda Carlisle was the epitome of cute chick and she had a great, distinctive voice we all loved! This really takes me back! *sniff sniff*
Back in the day these ladies partied as hard as the guys when on the road. The stories are legendary.
I’m remember this era like it was yesterday. Obsessed, I was OBSESSED with this album and song and video. ❤
Lex is a lemon drop of beautiful adorability.
If you want to know where Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel Air got his dance from.....look no further
I want the whole Daffy Duck story.
Do more GoGos! Lots of good songs and videos from these Rock n Roll Hall of Famers. Pretty girls. They were a great late '70s and '80s new wave, post-punk band. They always had good bass guitar, surf rock and bouncy music to 🕺 dance to. Definitely party animals rebels, punks from Southern California. Lol. They dressed new wave, punk style and hair, too. Yall picked it up. They broke up during the '80s and had solo careers. Lot of ppl danced back then, ha.
YOU FOUGHT DAFFY DUCK, BRAD?!?! 🤣🤣🤣 WE GOTTA HEAR THAT STORY!!! 😂 Anyway, this is my favorite Go-Gos song. Thanks for covering it!
Lol. Yes, the Go-Gos were definitely bad party girls.
I don't know for certain but I think the lyrics are less about being head over heels in love than about the topsy-turviness of being rock stars, being on the road all the time, and always having demands made of you. Belinda sings about "been running so hard, I've nearly lost all track of time" and "one hand's just reaching out and one's just hanging on". By this time in their careers they were all pretty into their own addictions and were burning out. But like others have said, that was the beauty of their music - it sounded like pop but always had something heavier underneath.
love the go-go's, first album I ever bought. But I want to hear more about fighting daffy duck at 6 flags, that sounds way to interesting to pass up.