#the go gos

[the80s]

The Go Gos today

#80s #1980s #80s music #the go gos

[retropopcult]

"Vacation" is a 1982 song by the American all-female rock band, the Go-Go's. It was released as the first single from their album of the same name and quickly climbed the charts, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming their second top 10 hit. The song was released on 7" vinyl format, with the surf rock song "Beatnik Beach" as the single's B-side. It also carries the distinction of being released as the first known cassette single or "cassingle".

The music video, directed by Mick Haggery and C.D. Taylor, famously features the band water-skiing and having a lot of fun goofing around. it was shot in one very long day on a $50,000 budget (large for the time) and the group was coming off a debut album that had just reached number. 1 on the charts. "We still saw videos as an annoying waste of time," recalls Jane Wiedlin. "After seven or eight hours we sent out someone to sneak in booze." Kathy Valentine says they drank "lots of champagne. Lots." Wiedlin says the effects are evident during the closeups of the women at the end: "... if you look at our eyes, we're all so drunk. We didn't even try to make it look like we were really waterskiing."

#The Go Gos #Belinda Carlisle #1980s #Charlotte Caffey

[infestedguest]

I like ABBA as much as the next guy, but I kind of hate how in the Stranger Things fandom it’s become the go-to example of era-appropriate preppy pop music . They were huge in the 70s yeah, but their last major hit One Of Us came out in 1981 (a full two years before season one), and they became seen as incredibly uncool for the rest of the decade. According to an interview with The Guardian in 2021, they were so disliked by 1982 that Björn Ulvaeus thought they’d never get the group back together. It wouldnt be that weird to headcanon one of the older characters liking them, but headcanoning the younger ones enjoying them unironically and without shame, especially the ones characterized as being "hip" or up to date with whats cool (which is why it`s so odd that Steve of all characters is the one most often subjected to this phenomena).

I have literally never seen anyone in this fandom mention The Go-Gos. Ever. That is an actual crime. You are all going to jail. The closest I’ve heard y’all get is mentions of Belinda Carlisle’s Heaven Is A Place On Earth, which came out in 1987, a year off from season 4 and definitely way too late for the first three seasons. The Go-Gos were literally the most popular all female rock band of all time. Head Over Heels is the U.S. national anthem and anyone who says otherwise is a liar. That second part was a joke but the first one is true. Personally I’d headcanon Steve and El in particular liking them. Steve because I’m pretty sure the only artist we see him listening to in canon is Pat Benatar, so him liking another, albeit much peppier, female lead rock act doesn’t seem like that much of a stretch. El because she deserves to have fun. If you want some song recommendations, my favorites from them are Head Over Heels, Turn To You, and Can’t Stop The World. Especially Turn To You, that song goes so goddamn hard.

Another band that I like and was popular at the time that I never see any mention of in this fandom is The Cars. I will admit though that that may be partially because the name “The Cars” is really hard to search for since both words in it are incredibly common. I also headcanon Steve liking them, he just seems like a The Cars kinda guy. Maybe Max as well (though I was a bit more confident in this headcanon before season 4). My song recommendations for them are Just What I Needed, Bye Bye Love, Let’s Go, and It’s All I Can Do (just note that these particular songs are actually from 1978-79, just because I happen to prefer their earlier work. It would probably still be considered pretty relevant, since there`s a world of difference between older songs by a band that is currently popular and older songs by a band that currently publicly disliked, but I thought I should address it anyway, since a lot of my argument hinges on relevancy. A couple songs that are more apropos are Drive and You Might Think, which are both from 1984).

I like a lot of other songs an artists from this time period and general genre, but these were the two that I thought were the most egregiously overlooked in the very, very specific context of the Stranger Things fandom, as well as being two of my favorites.

Sorry if this post came off as aggressive, you can headcanon literally anything you want (that’s kind of the point of headcanons lol), even in the face of historical inaccuracy, it’s just the ubiquity of that misconception in this fandom that bothers me a little, especially since it typically means overlooking other period and genre appropriate bands, especially ones I happen to like. Again, there’s nothing at all wrong with ABBA, or headcanoning ST characters liking ABBA. I especially liked WriterRose‘s (@wannabe-cartoonist on here I think) depiction of Steve liking ABBA in “Bah humbug” where the kids find one of their records in the player at his house and he tries to convince them it’s his mom’s. The music references in that entire fic series are great actually, you should go read it if you haven’t.

#take a shot every time I say the word “headcanon” #stranger things #stranger things fandom #pet peeve #st #music #stranger things headcanons #stranger things headcanon #the go gos #abba #the cars #eleven #el hopper #jane hopper #eleven hopper #max mayfield #steve harrington #st2 #st3 #st4 #anna talking about stuff #in this essay

[popgodz]

#belinda carlisle #the go-go’s #1986 #mad about you #the go gos

[acidtripper666]

Looking for mutuals/friends, please follow if you're into:

Music

Judee Sill

The Replacements

The Beatles

The Velvet Underground/Lou Reed

Drive-By Truckers/Jason Isbell

Alt-country/Americana in general

The Go-Go's

Post-punk/new wave

Classic soul/funk music

TV shows/movies

The End of the Fucking World

Halt and Catch Fire

Roswell (OG or New Mexico)

Always Sunny

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Star Wars

John Hughes films

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Velvet Goldmine

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains

Other interests

Leftist politics (specifically southern/Appalachian leftists)

Disability activism

History

Appalachia

There may occasionally be adult-oriented material on this blog.

#looking for friends #looking for mutuals #looking for moots #judee sill #the beatles #the replacements #the go gos #lou reed #the velvet underground #jason isbell #drive by truckers #alt country #post punk #the end of the f world #roswell #atla #velvet goldmine #halt and catch fire #disability #southern leftists

[wintoplane]

The Go Go's - Belinda Carlisle

#the go gos #belinda carlisle #charlotte caffey #kathey valenitine #jane wiedlen #gina schock

[hrulian-no-more]

Just got a new sketchbook and it’s put me into such a nice place motivation-wise. The paper is so nice and smooth, but the binding snapped instantly, and the glue is rapidly giving out T-T. Pages are falling out left and right, though it’s nice for photos and giving away art!

#art #traditional art #my art #cloak draws #sketch #sketchbook #legends of zelda #the Linda lindas #the go gos

[cosmicretreat]

#the go gos

[take-a-dip-in-the-deadpool]

This is what I’ve been doing at work for the last 15 minutes instead of working



#our lips are sealed #the go gos #seal #kissed by a rose

[kckatie]

Tonight's earworm: The Go-Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed

#earworm #the go gos #Youtube

[acronymking4tdp]

The Go-Gos on International Women’s Day

Probably the best all women band playing and writing their own music.

They were the first—and remain the only—all-women band who wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to reach number one on the Billboard charts. 10 Fun Facts (Yes, a Go-Gos song came up in the playlist while Tumblr was open...)

#international women's day #The Go Gos

[rollingstoneandvogue]

THE GO GO'S

#the go gos

[mikewheelerfan2022]

Should I be scouring this for clues

#stranger things #doritos #the go gos #the go-gos #soft cell #corey heart #charlie xcx #live from the upside down #livefromtheupside down #stranger things season 4 #concert #stranger things concert #liveblogging

[popgodz]

#the go-go’s #talk show #The go gos #belinda carlisle #charlotte caffey #jane wiedlin #gina schock #kathy valentine

[cemeterything]

been thinking about fantasy/scifi rule systems and free will

#🐉 #human rules is you can go nuts show nuts but so can everyone else

[wintoplane]

The Go Go’s - Belinda Carlisle

#the go gos #belinda carlisle #charlotte caffey #jane wiedlen #kathy valentine #gina schock