Go-Go's - Beauty & The Beat
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Artist: Go-Go'sBrand: GO GO'S
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: A&M
Soundtracks:
- Our Lips Are Sealed
- How Much More
- Tonite
- Lust To Love
- This Town
- We Got The Beat
- Fading Fast
- Automatic
- You Can't Walk In Your Sleep(If You Can't Sleep)
- Skidmarks On My Heart
- Can't Stop The World
Free Music Notes for Beauty & The Beat
Free Music Review: One of the brightest musical beacons of 80's innocence, style and fun!
Hit: 5 Stars
In 1981 the Go-Go's took the world by storm with the release of their debut effort "beauty and the beat". The album was destined for the history books and became the first #1 album by an all-girl group (who wrote and performed their own material). Of course the Go-Go's were MUCH more than just an all-girl group and they were certainly NOT a novelty or a gimmick. In an era of new wave synth-pop, the Go-Go's kept rock n' roll at the top of the charts!
There's so much more to the Go-Go's than just "we got the beat" and "our lips are sealed", as you'll soon discover when you listen to the other nine tracks. It's obvious the Go-Go's were influenced by the pure and simple approach of 50's and 60's era rock, which helped them to become a lighting rod for a youthful energy and cool rock beat that had been dormant throughout most of the 70's. Along with the Knack, Romantics, Stray Cats and other groups of the late 70's and early 80's, the Go-Go's helped to usher in one of the brightest and most enjoyable eras of Rock n' Roll!
In the 90's, many groups who enjoyed fame in the 80's had to downplay their success and "80's image" to survive in a new "grunge ridden" landscape. Desperate critics and other "rock authorities" who seem to think that a group of "nice" girls will not be taken seriously, always play-up the punk card and stress the groups early "punky" beginnings. An example of this pathetic exercise in trying to harden the Go-Go's image can be seen in the Amazon Editorial review by Beth Bessmer, who compares the Go-Go's to Courtney Love and Hole. Another method to supposedly add more credibility is to bring up various drug related issues and group turmoil, thus proving how REAL the group was. Of course, all of this extraneous information has ZERO bearing on what caused these girls to sell millions of albums. The Go-Go's presented an image of pure fun and innocence, and it's that simple ROCK 'N ROLL FANTASY that had music fans falling in love with them. The music of the Go-Go's possessed the same youthful magic that was found in the music of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the early Beatles. In my opinion, that's certainly nothing to have to apologize for. It's also an image that need not be altered or hardened so that they can seem cool to a modern, jaded music audience.
Enjoy the innocence found in the music of the Go-Go's! They really did manage to recapture a very special spark that had been lost in Rock n' Roll since the mid 60's.
The Go-Go's released two follow-up albums before disbanding. Vacation (1982) and Talk Show (1984). Both are top notch efforts that will not disappoint. They have also released numerous HITS packages, most notably the 1994 release "beyond the valley of the Go-Go's", which contained 3 new tracks (and various early and unreleased songs). The Go-Go's finally released a fourth studio album in 2001 titled "God Bless the Go-Go's", a very strong addition to the Go-Go's legacy.
Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Gina Schock have all released solo projects;
Belinda Carlisle: Solo
Jane Wiedlin: Solo / Frosted
Charlotte Caffey: The Graces
Gina Schock: House of Schock
Kathy Valentine: Delphines / Solo
-JM
Beauty & The Beat Poster
No Description Available.Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 5-MAY-1986
When the 1970s punk scene was washed away by the undertow of '80s new wave, few bands surfed the transition as well as the Go-Go's. These Valley grrrls dressed up their punk heritage with a sense of glamour so that their music was at once ballsy and fanciful. The peppery singles "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed" were their debut's chart climbers and glossiest tracks. The rest of the album has a tougher crust. For example, the jittery "Can't Stop the World" would make the Ramones proud. And take a look at the lyrical content of "This Town": "Change the lines that were said before / We're all dreamers--we're all whores / Discarded stars / Like worn out cars / Litter the streets of this town." Hole's single "Celebrity Skin" is a '90s rendition of the same theme: "When I wake up with my makeup / Have you ever felt so used up as this? / It's all so sugarless / Hooker / Waitress / Model / Actress / Oh, just go nameless." Just as Courtney Love has made a career out of publicly displaying her glam-trash lifestyle, the Go-Go's song about the self-eroding lifestyles of Hollywood revealed that they, too, were more hard living than hard candy. --Beth Bessmer
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