Bangles - Hero Take a Fall/Going Down to Liverpool live - Letterman (1984) 

Just one man's opinion here, but All Over the Place and the 2 songs they played this night are better than any of the hits they had off of Different Light and Everything.

I saw them in 2016 and Fred Armisen got on stage to play the drums so Debi could sing upfront.

Drum and bass driven.

it's a great city too , love from Liverpool .. this song made possible by Thatchers cold capitalism and 80's greed.

I do agree The actuel music are whitout joy lightness sexy clothes smiles And they were super pro musicians

Debi's smile as she sings is enchanting :)

UB40 in your hand?

@@user-kl4bh4lq6r UB40 is the British Unemployment Form (that the band by the same name borrowed). The line in the song is that the person is going down to Liverpool to do nothing.

No Rickenbacker here mate. First song she plays a Fender Strat, second song an acoustic guitar.

@@markschmidt6941 I think her acoustic guitar is a Koa.

Yes, wonderful, a bit like George!

Thought the same thing, I love that song

Their consolation prize for missing The Ed Sullivan Show owing to when they were born. Ed would have flipped over them.

Written by the great Kimberly Rew, ex Soft Boys, with Robyn Hitchcock and also Lead guitarist and head songwriter for Katrina and the Waves.

The interesting thing is how Suzy aged from a sex kitten into an elegant woman.

Joey Makowski Well, I am 60, and you are correct young man. Trivia: I am four months older than Susanna Hoffs. She looks much better for her age, though.

Who cares how old you are, I'm a thousand

lol, fans are blind. The GoGos are in the Rock&Roll HOF. This group will NEVER snif the Hall.

@t-bo-lesotho This is late I saw them as the Bangs in LA, Vicki used to let me carry her gear when venue was over age..this is was rt before they sold out and let the music biz process the soul out of them..

Their best, IMO.

Exactly.

You are very right. Things like “Manic Monday” and “Walk Like an Egyptian”,etc. are examples of that. Wonderful musicianship.

Actually, David Byrne was on the show the same night the Bangles were.

Agreed

It's always been Vicki for me.

Debbi does a great job. Have you ever seen Karen Carpenter sing & play drums? She was likely the best singer/drummer ever.....regardless of gender.

Yes, absolutely. Karen was amazing. Her drumming was mellow yet pretty complicated. She considered herself a drummer first and singer second despite having one of the most beautiful voices in pop. Debbie...not so much.

@Tess Don Henley? Don't want to diss Karen at all though. It was a shame Richard wouldn't let her play drums really. Didn't fit the 'image' I guess.

@@fundies2 go listen to the Be With You video. Debbi Peterson may have the best voice of them all.

@Sasha Siregar with good reason Debbi’s vocals on the Be With You video is incredible.

One of the strongest voices of the 80s. They could all sing.

She has a distinct voice. I agree that it would of been nice to hear more songs with her singing. She reminds me a lot of Christine McVie.

ang galing talaga ng bangles?

Written by Canadian band "Katrina and the Waves"

I think you meant "can't not be cute". Unless you were actually trying to insult her.

Hi do you mean that Micki is gone for ever ?

Kai Thomas

Yeah for most musicians the ideal is to make no money playing music. Much better to work odd jobs for the rest of your life. Purity is its own reward..

they allowed it.

They wanted to be a 60's throwback band that wrote and performed great albums and great songs like in this performance. The industry wanted to sell singles and Susanna Hoffs' looks. The 80's was a funny world where women in the alternative scene were about art, but in the the corporate world wanted them to be about sex. It would wear anyone down.

This song is Boring

@@user-kl4bh4lq6r shows how clueless YOU are!

Apparently the director isn't a fan of redheads.

Agree about the camera work. Letterman Show USUALLY had great camera work (for the time) for music acts (see my Nick Lowe Letterman "Raging Eyes" post). Not one solo shot of Michael Steele on bass - her part during the break (1:48) should have been featured. The show was not broadcast in stereo. Only Tonight Show was conducting test experiments in MTS stereo at time of this Letterman broadcast. So ease your mind, stereo does not exist and this is as good as it gets. Check out this click with improved MONO sound (sound level was low on this clip): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yRRHSH3v7Ek.html. From Wikipedia: "Sporadic network transmission of stereo audio began on NBC on July 26, 1984, with The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, although at the time only the network's New York City flagship station, WNBC, had stereo broadcast capability; regular stereo transmission of NBC programs began during early 1985."

That was a whole bunch of utter crapola you just shat....

ang galing ng the bangles

They were jealous.

This was on a Friday night special that Letterman occasionally had broadcast. All the Friday night bands of this era got to play 2 songs. Please click on my name below the video title and see: R.E.M. (My Channel) , X (My Channel), Nick Lowe (My Channel) and Marshall Crenshaw (elsewhere).

Stephen Polly Thanks for the additional info. I don’t remember the Friday night special episodes, as I was in my twenties back in the 80’s and actually used to go out and have fun on Friday nights! I was also wondering why Dave wasn’t wearing a suit!

Those were worn by the aerobics/Flashdance people. These indie chicks wouldn't be caught dead in 'em! ;)

Still, what we see here was done by their record company wardrobe people. It wasn't really true to the band. The Bangles dressed really cool, very 60s/mod chic prior to signing with a major label.

littlegoobie All of those styles would be a Major improvement today.

People say that?

And cocaine

Well manic monday and walk like an egyptian isn't there work

John Brian Catedrilla They didn’t write the songs, but their recordings of them is their work.

galaxyuno1 did you listen to their early garage sound early 60s influence days

John Brian Catedrilla Yes, I prefer their early work. I think “All Over the Place” is the best of their albums.

@@galaxyuno1 too bad since they signed for columbia records things change there musical style instead of being rock they became pop rock/ pop

Stephen Polly Why don't you ask this question on the Bangles' website? You can contact Vicky, Debbi and Susanna there, and (who knows?) maybe you'll get an answer.

She looked even worse in prior years. And had an ADHD type stage presence that now looks flaky. Within a year of this, I assume Vicki went blonde, lost weight, and got rid of her twitchy stage presence. Debi looks great here, she started to look slightly worse in comparison after this as Vicki and Susan began to look better. And Michael is just Michael, just rock solid and consistent most of the years. Either you liked her look or you didn't. I did not like Michael's look during the 1980s, now I love it. Liked Vicki the most in the 1980s, now she is 3rd on my list behind Susan and Michael. Go figure. Debi, well, poor Debi. Being the drummer and the larger of the 3 girls, well ...

Agreed. [It's Micki on bass, though.]

ChildOfThe1970s: "Dover Beach" is one of the greatest-ever pastiches of the Byrds (and the Rubber Soul era Beatles).