The Go-Go's are on the road promoting the thirtieth anniversary of their 1981 debut album, "Beauty And The Beat
". I saw them on their stop in Los Angeles on August 17th at the Greek Theater.The ladies marched out to the sound of Foreigner's "Hot Blooded
" and looking not much different from when they first came on to the scene. With the original line-up still intact; Kathy Valentine on bass, drummer Gina Schock, Charlotte Caffey on keyboards/lead guitar, the newly, bleached blonde, Jane Wiedlin on guitar and lead vocalist, Belinda Carlisle who came out barefoot and ready to rock.I have seen the Go-Go's many times over the years and they still put on a high-energy, good time show, doing not only most of the songs from their first album but a few tunes from their other two albums, "Vacation"
and "Talk Show".
This time the girls ventured out to do other artist's songs as well as some of the member's solo efforts such as Carlisle's "Mad About You
", Jane's hit song with Sparks, "Cool Places" and the Rolling Stones tune, "Mother's Little Helper
" in which Belinda got to sarcastically sing the line "What a drag it is getting old" as today just happened to be her birthday. During the encore, a cake was brought out and the audience sang "happy birthday" to her and she looked visibly touched by the moment.Here are a few songs from The Go-Go's first album, which were performed that night:
"We Got The Beat" - The Go-Go's (1981)
"This Town" - The Go-Go's (1981)
"How Much More" - The Go-Go's (1981)
Enjoy the music video of The Go-Go's first hit song as they were one of first bands to have MTV help break them out:
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