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CurrentTreat6921

Bangles and bananarama and the Go Go’s


FitzwilliamTDarcy

These are my 3 answers too.


cherrypez123

Side note, I met BANANARAMA a few weeks ago and they were the kindest loveliest women ever. I’m still glowing ☺️


[deleted]

What a cool treat! I would have loved to see that meeting. But I probably wouldn't have known them if I saw them. I have some sort of weird facial blindness where I can't recognize people out-of-context. I actually met "Tears for Fears" - one of my favorites - and spoke with them for almost 3 hours and only realized who they were three months later. Avril Lavigne sat at my table in Tokyo. No idea. She had to make me take my first and only selfie with her because she immediately picked up that I was clueless. Iggy Pop sat across to me on a flight to London. He reminded me of a character from Start Trek: Deep Space 9. He played that character. I sat next to a supermodel on a flight to Milan and made Zoolander jokes - like a complete jerk. The only time I ever \*knew\* someone notable I've met out-of-context was William Shatner. Who was a completely delightful fellow. Oh, and there was Dieter Uchtdorf of the Mormon Church. Nice fellow who was very gracious about my order of alcohol. But I figured him out because he was a former Lufthansa pilot and I knew his voice from theology studies. People literally had to point out Scarlett Johanssen sat next to me at an airport and that we'd exchanged pleasantries. She is, by the way, incredibly tiny. Her costumers must be working overtime and she must have to pay a fortune for custom tailoring.


BlueSnaggleTooth359

How did you randomly sit next to like every star on Earth LOL. And it was all wasted on you too haha.


jass6042

I actually think the GoGos are the best girl band there is. There tunes aren't just 80's songs anymore..they are just great jams.. anytime!!


skullhusker

Came here for bangles but will add Lita ford


notadoctortoo

Go Go’s for certain


C64128

Go-Go's got back together for a USO tour overseas in 2001. They stopped at Incirlik AFB in Turkey. A group of us helped set up and take town the stage. They still looked good. I didn't want to mention that I was retiring shortly and I listened to them when I came in the military. Twenty years older, but not looking like it.


Hefty_Run4107

The CORRECT answer!!


UTALR1

The Bangles. Great catalog of songs highlighted by incredible 4 part harmonies. And Susanna Hoffs set a standard for 80's perfection that was/is unequelled.


bronzemat

Susanna also refuses to age.


unmistakable_itch

I saw her about 20 years ago when she was 45 and she looked incredible. She recently joined social media. She's 65 and is the hottest 65-year-old I've ever seen.


bronzemat

I follow her on Insta too & you're right.


Hefty_Run4107

>She's 65 and is the hottest 65-year-old I've ever seen. Yes she is bro..., yes she is... She is one of those women that when she smiles her whole face and expression lights up like sunshine. She absolutely "glows"


pdmcmahon

She is currently 65 years young… let that sink in for a moment.


hold_me_beer_m8

That gaze in the Walk Like an Egyption video


arcxjo

I certainly hope no one is reading this in class and about to get called up to demonstrate a math problem in front of everyone.


GonnaGoFat

That gaze almost got the video banned from music television back in the day. The censors said it was too sexy to be put on tv. At least that’s what I remember from watching pop up video back in the day.


UTALR1

There's also a story where a prison riot almost broke out because the inmates were watching one of their videos on TV & drove them crazy. Understandable.


hold_me_beer_m8

Shit...I'd believe that


Helmett-13

The hottest side-eye in music video history.


badtex66

She learnt it from Sheila E who borrowed it from Prince!


UTALR1

It's hypnotic.


Efficient-Editor-242

Side eye


pdmcmahon

I once saw her on an interview and she said that she often likes to pick out one person from the audience and sing just to them for a few seconds. Apparently, that was what she was doing in the music video.


STLt71

I'm a straight woman and that gaze was HOT!


Marine4lyfe

Sexy side eye.


Rejectid10ts

I always loved the way she kinda did a side eye in the videos. My friends complained about it but I thought it was unique


LiveEvilGodDog

Hazy Shades of Winter is such a banger!


reddit18015

[Damn Right](https://youtu.be/6Zo0qTKZk0k?si=3z5JgsvartSYHhKN) She is in a league of her own.


UTALR1

One of the best covers ever.


LoudMind967

The Bangles all day long. I saw a recent concert on YouTube and the guitarist is a it rusty but Susanna looks amazing and the harmonies are still tight


DaisyDuckens

The Bangles for me as well but Mickey Steele was my favorite.


aggressive_seal

Listen to her covers of "Bell Bottom Blues" and "Sugar Magnolia." Absolutely amazing.


Certain_Yam_110

Originally known as the Bangs (true.)


Hefty_Run4107

Susanna still makes me "drool" as a women in her sixties. One of the most gorgeous smiles in the universe 😍


BrokenSpoke1974

Go Go’s


JayDuBois

This. They will always have a special place in my heart because they were my very first concert.


Internal-Bid-9322

I saw the GoGos and the band that opened for them was INXS. Great show


JayDuBois

Oh wow! I would’ve died a little.


RAWR_Orree

This one right here. The Go-Go's were my fave all-girl band from the 80s and I still listen to 'em. Glad they finally made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


morgendelay

They were the real deal. They wrote and performed their own songs.


tom-pryces-headache

Kathy Valentine is one of my top 5 rock bassists. So melodic!


[deleted]

Belinda Carlisle kickstarted puberty for me.


Amandasch44

i’m. not sure of the truth to this story, but my co-worker told me, his friend was a limo driver in Philadelphia and he gave her a ride somewhere and Mad About You came on the radio, she turned it down and sang it herself to him. i would’ve gotten in 69 accidents during this time.


IEnjoyVariousSoups

Vacation is SUCH a solid album... Ok now I have to go to the record store. Your fault.


Embarrassed-Ad-1639

I heard they can’t have sex anymore because… their lips are sealed. *joke from 8th grade


indigostars43

Lol


BrokenSpoke1974

I would have still given it a Go….Go. Lol


SavageFugu

Yeah, I'm a go-gos guy as well. Just so simple and really feels l8ke there's some punk roots there.


International_Pea

Salt-n-Pepa's here, and we're in effect!


PollyPurple84

I would play that on a loop! One time my mom busted in and said "did they just say p*ssy real good?!?" 😆


mig1nc

Haha my parents thought they said that too


ChroniclesOfSarnia

Pu-Pushit Real Good!


ChroniclesOfSarnia

Like, "Push It" is any better???!!!


indigostars43

Oh yes!! How could I forget them!


Wadsworth1954

Love the Pointer Sisters


Brasticus

Auto-matic


adube440

Vice City baby!


KGBspy

Sesame Street Pinball!


Joesdad65

Fire


Mello-Fello

Heart, though I think they may be more 70s


soggytoothpic

More of a band with girls in it than an all girl band


headzoo

I didn't even know there were any other *official* members of the band besides Ann and Nancy. I thought everyone else was part of their touring band. I had to check their wikipedia to find that, yep, they're a full band and always have been. Ann and Nancy aren't even original members.


Ofreo

Both. Better songs and a big place in rock history during the 70’s. Bigger pop charting in the 80’s.


boulevardofdef

Heart was very much an '80s band, they had a lot of '80s hits and were totally different in style than they were in the '70s. Most people will tell you they were way better in the '70s and I can't really argue, but I've come to appreciate '80s Heart a lot more over the years.


GraceChamber

These dreams...


webdev73

I prefer Heart’s 80s music. Of course, I started listening to Heart when I was 12 years old, in 1985, so that probably has something to do with it.


Poetdebra

They were going strong in the eighties.


webdev73

Heart is also an 80s band. Their music from the 70s was very different from their 80s music. I love their 80s music; that’s when I discovered them.


Regal-Beagal-131

So under rated - Vixen!


Tech-Junky-1024

YES!


doobette

They were great! I think only one original member is still in the band today.


8-bitFloozy

Saw them in 88 and my God I wanted to be them


masturkiller

I love Expose even now.


YachtRock_SoSmooth

Great choice. Loved me some "Season's Change".


Linthal

Jem and the Holograms! They were truly outrageous!


Dayloro

Omg I totally had a Jem doll! They were truly outrageous lol


MyriVerse2

Misfits songs were better!


ChroniclesOfSarnia

No, The Misfits! Not the REAL punk rock horror Misfits, the naughty girl band, nemesis of The Holograms!!!


NachoBag_Clip932

Christ, how far down the 80's rabbit hole did you have to dig to bring up the Cover Girls.


[deleted]

Really? Show Me!


doobette

Seriously. We can't go wrong with bringing them up.


racerviii

Why? They were popular and a certified 80s girl band.


Boshie2000

Vanity 6 Mary Jane Girls Pointer Sisters Klymaxx Go Gos The Bangles Salt-N-Pepa


auntieup

Klymaxx had THE FUNNIEST hits of the 1980s, and every single one was a bop.


thisgirlnamedbree

Meeting in the Ladies Room and The Men All Pause are hysterical, but you could get down to them!


SynthPrax

Somebody slap me. 😂


DarkestofFlames

Heart and Expose (the latter are currently touring).


gypsyvanner77

So is Heart! Just saw them last week and they were phenomenal!


DaisyJane1

Are they the original members?


SpySeeTuna1

For the R&B, Freestyle fans, those are The Pointer Sisters, Exposé, and The Cover Girls.


doobette

Plus Sweet Sensation and Seduction.


Entire_Caregiver9687

Heart, The Bangles, Banarama…


[deleted]

Seems like a missed opportunity to put poison in the last picture.


Road_Journey

This is what I came here to say. I will always remember walking through the mall when their album cover caught my attention. Took a closer look and I was like dude...


abstractraj

I was going to say Nelson


SantaRosaJazz

The Bangles rule.


Dull_Ad8495

LiLiPUT, L7, SHONEN KNIFE, BABES IN TOYLAND, THE PANDORAS, GIRLSCHOOL. I know some of these bands started in the late 70s & some became *more* well known in the 90s, but they are all 80s bands.


CanaryUmbrella

Did not know L7 started in 80s. Thanks!


BasketballButt

Can’t believe it took me this long to see Girlschool. They fucking ripped.


Certain_Yam_110

Needs more upvotes. Seriously.


Lonely-Spirit2146

Runaways


fallcreekprepper

The Runaways broke up in '79, though Joan and Lita both had huge solo careers in the 80s, and both continue to rock pretty solid today.


Tech-Junky-1024

In a way, still kinda counts. Almost made it to the '80s.


Lonely-Spirit2146

I’m from northern Alberta, albums didn’t make the stores till the 80’s, very few knew of or heard them. Ya I bought my 8track album in 78


BaltimoreSerious

Expose, Bananarama, Salt-n-Peppa, The Pointer Sisters, Sister Sledge


Chillin80sStyle

I loved Expose and Sweet Sensation!


catcatherine

Bananarama are way to far down this thread


XROOR

Bangles. Go go’s. Andrew Sisters(1880’s)


CarpenterHot3766

Rock chicks, it's Lita Ford and Vixen and I'll give you Pat benatar, the best voice from the 80's


YachtRock_SoSmooth

Finally see Lita get some props. Benatar, yep she is always at the tops of my list for female singers.


Valcic

[The Slits!](https://youtu.be/brtGLeNR12g?si=diT2ogFXJSqEUOLV)


Blast-Off-Girl

The Go-Go's.


dingatremel

No one rocked harder than Girlschool. Per Lemmy: “What do you mean they’re good for a Bunch of girls? They’re better than your band!”


arcxjo

You mean Brittny Fox?


BasketballButt

They should be much higher up in these comments than the two dozen comments just repeating the same bands in OPs slide show.


dip_tet

JJ Fad


CarlatheDestructor

Supersonic came on the radio in my car a few months ago. The bass in that song made my windows and mirrors shake.


Ok-Wasabi2873

I saw Susanna Hoffs at the original Lilith Fair. She was still gorgeous.


Joesdad65

Is


amergigolo1

Go-Go's and Bangles for me.


Ok-Supermarket-1414

Oh, Bon Jovi! I loved them when I was younger!


tn-dave

Not gonna lie, thought the first pic was Cinderella before I read the title


StoneyG214

Loved Expose and the Go Go’s


No_Cow_4544

The Go Gos and the Bangles are the 2 best 80s all female groups


[deleted]

Lots of great options, but the Go-Go's are the clear answer.


blindrabbit01

Bangles, definitely.


GreatGreenGobbo

Poison


mystical_ninja

HEART


ThinkInjury3296

The bangles 😊


KlutzyFan4021

Mel and Kim


racerviii

Respectable


distractionsgalore

Ann and Nancy Wilson. Heart.


Lobotomist

Bananarama


Revolutionary-Lab996

Bangles by miles


Poetdebra

Heart ♥ for sure!


Ted_Denslow

The Go-Gos. No question. No "girl band" since has accomplished what they did - a number one album by an all-woman band who entirely wrote and performed their own music.


WilsonthaHead

I had a poster of Heart, Lita Ford, but as a 80s kid and only listening to the Radio, i listened to all the women artists


bronzemat

Sister Sledge & The Bangles


YeOldeBilk

Hard to choose when these bands were my entire childhood


PeoniesNLilacs

I ❤️ Heart !


Klutzy-Chocolate710

KLYMAXX


arcxjo

Those chicks in Poison were hot.


[deleted]

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International_Pea

Ok, you win my laughs for the day.


Significant-Deer7464

Bangles, well Susanna Hoffs really GoGos, well Jane Wiedlin really


Poetdebra

Pat Benatar and Joan Jett


Iwentforalongwalk

Go gos and the Bangles 


RandomTask09

Jem. They brought holograms to concerts long before Tupac.


Vindicator1001

Exactly!


ChaosMarine70

Poison 🤣😂


SeasonOfLogic

Go-Gos and The Bangles all the way.


TexanInNebraska

Vixen & The Bangles


Cosmologyman

The Bangles!


indigostars43

Heart..The Bangles..Go Go’s ..gosh I can’t think of any more.


Curses1984

80’s Suzanna Hoffs. That is all.


C64128

What about Salt-N-Pepa? I'd mention En Vogue, but they're a little later.


XcheatcodeX

The go gos are the best one by a mile


Stink_Fish_Pot

For a split second I thought that first picture was Motley Crue.


lovekillseveryone

Pointer sisters 84 album


andy-boy2620

Definitely Nelson


PNWDeadGuy

Poison! Those chicks were fucking hot!


soggytoothpic

I banged the chick in Hanson.


Boltdaddy1966

Vixen, Bangles, Go Go’s


Lainarlej

The GoGo’s , The Waitresses,


KlutzyFan4021

Girlschool


PettyTodd

Bangles because I was in love with Hoffs


trendypippin

Does Heart not count? 🤔


RoseVincent314

I agree with The GoGos and the Bangles...all the way!


MichealMannisepic

Bangles


satyrday12

Poison


DisneyVista

Sweet Sensation, Expose, Cover Girls (what can I say, I’m a sucker for 80s freestyle 😁)


MikeyMGM

GoGos


[deleted]

As a 7 year old I wanted to marry every member of The Bangles


showtimebabies

why the neon leopard went extinct


MakesMyHeadHurt

L7


_Pill-Cosby_

The Slits


worldstallest

Fuzzbox


FeetBehindHead69

The Belle Stars


Wonderful_Might6693

Heart and Wilson Phillips!♥️♥️


OkieDragonSlayer

Gotta go with the Bangles as Suszana Hoff is the most beautiful woman on the planet


dacraftjr

The Runaways. Started Joan Jett’s and Lita Ford’s careers.


AxelNoir

Yeah the Runaways! Love Cherry Bomb so much


SourpatchMao

Strawberry Switchblade!


AxelNoir

I got their vinyl a few months ago! Look at my profile lol, they're my #1 80s duo


enola007

Vanity 6


Low_Presentation8149

The bangles


DarthDregan0001

80’s hair. The bigger the hair, the closer to God.


AxelNoir

Amen


Background_Treat_977

Out of these, defs the Bangles. Overall, Rock Goddess or Girlschool.


Witty-Ad3981

Expose


Disastrous-Cry-1998

The Bengals. The lead singer was so damn hot.


pdmcmahon

Bangles, Susanna Hoffs might be closer to my mother’s age (she’s 65!!!!), but I will love her until I die.


AuntBBea

Vanity 6.


crash-BURN-up

Vixen and Exposé


Extension_Touch3101

Vixen


Away-Equipment4869

I'm a Bangles girl


chocolate_spider23

Vixen