Blogcritics: Comments on The Bangles, Doll Revolution

Comment by jack e. jett

Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:08:44 EDT

i spent three years touring with the go go's and another three working as an assistant to belinda carlisle. as many times as i heard the go go's perform, i never got sick of their music. i think gina shock is one of the greatest drummers in music. the girls work together about 3 weeks out of the year. belinda now lives in france and tours europe doing her solo stuff. a couple of years ago i did a bit on belinda for the lifetime network. one thing that i think people never know about her is that she has the most twisted sense of humor. anyway, i just thought i would do some name dropping. jack e. jett

Comment by SFC SKI

Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:50:15 EDT

I am a fan of both the Bangles and trhe Go-Go's, it is good to know both of their reunion albums are worth the price. It seems to me that both of these all female bands could play big like rockstars, but keep the music simple, good, and fun, not overwrought or self-parodying.

Comment by Jim Carruthers

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:32:27 EDT

If there's one thing The Bangles should be celebrated for it is setting a milestone in copyright law. In the 80s, they sued The Swinging Eurudites for releasing the record "Walk With An Erection". The suit was overturned because the SE's paid the copyright royalties and the Bangles cashed the cheque. (which lead to Weird Al holding a parade).

Comment by Bill Sherman

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:09:29 EDT

Don't mind me. I was just having a Neurotic Writer's Moment. . .

Comment by Natalie Davis

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:30:28 EDT

Bill, I didn't get that message from Temple's posting. I thought he was just saying that my comment reminded him that the Bangles have new product available. Your name, clearly, is listed as author of the article, and bravo, good job!

Comment by Bill Sherman

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:06:55 EDT

Hey, half a mo, Temple - Natalie didn't write the original post. I did! And I'm with Eric: though I temperamentally favor the Go-Go's for their early punkiness and surf inflections, the Bangles were and are a damn fine pop-rock unit.

Comment by Natalie Davis

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:36:50 EDT

To your girlfriend and to the lovely Phillip -- the CD is a great gift idea. Just be sure to include jewelry with it.

Comment by Temple A. Stark

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:29:47 EDT

Great post Natalie - I'd forgotten they were releasing something. You made me want to go out and buy it. Or as Phillip said, hint to someone strongly that it would make a good present. I'll e-mail this page to my girlfriend now :)

Comment by Natalie Davis

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:00:28 EDT

And they rock credibly today. Not bad for folks in their 40s. Woo hoo!

Comment by Eric Olsen

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 13:09:19 EDT

I agree - overall I see the Bangles and Go-Go's as separate but equal, and both are underrated to this day. Completely apart from gender, they each made some great power pop, played their own instruments, wrote (mostly) their own songs, and wre equally good at rockers and ballads. What's not to love?

Comment by Jim Carruthers

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 12:41:28 EDT

Coincidentally, I was watching disc 3 of SNL 25 Years of Music, which features The Bangles performing "Hazy Shade of Winter". Rickenbackers and big hair. I always thought they were the second string Go-Go's. But some of the solo material isn't too bad and never got as LA silly as the Go-Go's, so more of a steady path stylistically.

Comment by Ben

Sat, 18 Oct 2003 09:00:43 EDT

Looks great now. Thanks!

Comment by Phillip Winn

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:32:05 EDT

Er, and Ben, try the RSS feeds now.

Comment by Phillip Winn

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:28:00 EDT

Actually, Ben, I control the RSS feed. And I've considered stripping HTML from titles for HTML display purposes, too. I do in some instances, I'll add the RSS feeds to that list. And on-topic, my wife is a huge fan of the Bangles, so I think I might have found a Christmas present. Thanks!

Comment by Ben

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:24:24 EDT

Thanks for the change. Actually, putting HTML in the title would be fine if you could somehow filter it out for the news feed. I emailed Eric about it earlier in the week, but I don't think he knew what I was talking about until now.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:30:07 EDT

Oh, I see what you mean. Bill, could you please send me an email telling me where you got your pic address from Amazon for the Television story? I can't figure it out.

Comment by Bill Sherman

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:13:07 EDT

Just changed it.

Comment by Bill Sherman

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:01:41 EDT

Actually, I did place html italics coding in the title (and have historically done so), but I didn't know it could interfere with anything.

Comment by Ben

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 12:58:47 EDT

Not the title of the page. The title of the post has Doll Revolution in italics and it ends up in your news feed.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:57:12 EDT

throaty vocals...mmmmmmm

Comment by Eric Olsen

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:53:55 EDT

Ben, there is no HTML in this post at all, including the title.

Comment by Ben

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:46:37 EDT

Sorry if this is off topic, but is there a policy that BlogCritics authors must use HTML formatting in their titles? It's not good for news aggregators.