Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go Go's | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION! 

one of the greatest pop songs ever recorded. Perfect ear candy.

One of first all female groups to play their own instruments!

F’n 80’s man - best time on the planet!

Deep cuts on this album are great: How Much More, This Town, Can't Stop the World...

Your next 80s song should be Blue Monday by New Order, which was a new wave synth-pop song that will blow your mind! It was revolutionary at that time because that kind of music was unheard of until it came out, and it always packed the dance floor. Totally different kind of music than what you usually react to, but very worth it!

Hey guys. Another great 80s female artist is Lita ford. You should definitely check her out. She’s one of the few female metal/hard rock signers and guitar players. Do a live performance. Oh yeah and she is HOT!

You guys have no idea how fun the eighties and nineties were! This was a popular song in the bars. And it is still a fun song that many generations just love to rock out too.

Next songs: We Got the Beat was the Go Go's next big hit, but Lust to Love, This Town, and Can't Stop the World are great album cuts. You could also check out the Specials and their song Ghost Town. Their lead vocalist, Terry Hall, co-wrote Our Lips Are Sealed with the Go Go's Jane Wiedlin.

Look, I love my classic rock, but this may be one of the best pure pop songs ever recorded. Perfection!

Saw them in 1984 - one of my first concerts! Huge deal to see an all-girl group back then as a 16-year old! 😊

Lust to love , this town and how much more are all bangers.

The Go-Go’s are AMAZING!

Myles Copeland (the Police) signed the go-gos to IRS records. They we're running in the same circles as Los Angeles punk bands like X when they were young and starting out.

Awesome tune, now watch the video!

There are dance friendly pop songs and there are dance averse pop songs. I don't recall ever hearing Andy & Alex evaluating a songs danceability. Could anyone imagine Andy & Alex DJ'ing a high school dance party? Would the set list favor couples dancing or a mosh pit?

As big as The Go-Gos were for a time, I think they still don't get enough credit for how good & how deeply influential & inspirational they were. Growing up in the 1980s, I heard endlessly that anyone can start a band in their garage and, with luck & effort, make it big. Problem was, there was always a huge, "no girls allowed," sign over everyone's garage. In music/band class in school, girls were encouraged to play certain instruments (piano, violin, cello, woodwinds), & discouraged from playing others (guitar, any percussion that wasn't tambourine or triangle, bass, brass). Needless to say, most of the instruments associated with Rock music were considered unladylike. Women were occasionally lead singers of bands, but more often they were relegated to background vocals. Rarely there might be a single female musician in an otherwise all-male group & it was always a big deal. We could look back to women in Rock & Pop groups of the '60s & '70s, but there was a weird vibe change that happened in the '80s in which girls & women were typecast as more suitably Rock groupies than musicians. The Go-Gos were one of a handful of women who made it. Yes, once they signed to a major label, a lot of their edges were sanded off to to make them more Pop than Punk, because that's where the $$$ was. That said, they never gave up on who they were at their core; they were, "Riot Grrrls," a decade before the term was even invented. Performing live (or at moments even in their Pop-piest hit songs), you could still hear their roots as a middle-fingers-up Punk/Garage band.

That was a Friday, end of week and feeling good plus up by Andy. It's definately candy and I love the song too. Gotta have some candy every once in awhile.

Listen again to the bass line in that song. That's good. Well arranged. The GoGo's opened for the Police at the Chrysler Center in Tidewater back in the day. This was break I was looking from the 1970's trash and in 1983 when cable and MTV came along? Such good times back then.

Started as a punk band. Lead singer, Belinda Carlisle, was brought into a band to play an instrument she didn’t even know. First-award winning girl group to play their own instruments and write their own songs. Fun documentary is available.

"This Town" is my favorite Go-Go's song.

Jane Weidlin, Go Go's bass player, briefly played in the LA punk band The Germs, which is the same band that Pat Smear (Nirvana/Foo Fighters) was in, though not at the same time. Also, she was Joan of Arc in "Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure".

Kathy Valentine's bass line in this is really worth some attention -- fantastic stuff, supports the song perfectly.

GOOOOOOOOIOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!!! ☮️💟♾️

Awesome story related by a band member. Might have been Belinda. The story is they were on tour and had never trashed their green room, like proper rock stars. So they did. But then decided they couldn’t leave it a mess, so they picked up after themselves. Hilarious. Saw them open for the Police in Chicago. They ROCKED.

This is a jam ...coming from a dude who has seen SLAYER 10 or more time in my life 😁

The Go Go's were great!

Great song!

I like Belinda Carlisle, Mad About You. It was a really good song. She did well on her own.

They were always very pop HOWEVER...So I remember seeing them in 1980 maybe 79 at Madame Wong's or Hong Kong Cafe? These were some pretty hardcore punk clubs back in the day. The punk rockers hated them (but thought they were hot let's not fool ourselves lol) cups and bottles were flying at the band, guys were trying to piss, spit at them. They were getting spit on those girls would pick up the bottle just thrown and drink out of it. Belinda the lead singer had loogies dripping down her face singing her heart out. Then they go in the back hallway doing blow and banging the guys backstage. It was the most Rock and Roll thing I'd ever seen. I'd never seen women who could take it, and dish it out like that so I have mad respect for The Go-Go's. Oddly one the most Punk Rock bands ever.

Check out their videos. Very imaginative.

We all liked The Go Go's.

BELINDA !!

RIP Terry Hall.

school songs about secrets Scotty doesn't know 🎶😅

Try "Turn to you", a banger by the Go-Gos that gets overlooked. Thanks!

next stop: "We Got the Beat". :)

"Alex the Seal" ;-) ♥️🇭🇲

Please do a session of listening to funny songs of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Don't play Disco Duck! "They're Coming to Take Me Away,” ”Shaving Cream,” and ”Snoppy and the Red Baron” are some good ones.

Alex The Seal - A famous misheard lyric

Always prefered the Fun Boy Three version tbh.

What's with the absence of Prince, guys? Must start with When Doves Cry. So many others from there. Keep up the good work! (BTW, he had a hand in the Go-gos - literally - and practically every other female act in the 80s :) )

At first I thought this song was about a form of birth control.

Great little tune, but why was it chosen in an 80’s poll? Thousands of better 80’s tunes!

Belinda Carlisle was smoking hot, she was my first celebrity crush.

I caught them live in like 84, they were the loudest, raunchiest, hardest rocking band I had seen in a while. This was no pre-packaged girl group. Real talent and ambition.

This song is co-written by Jane Wiedlin (Go-Go’s) and Terry Hall, who was in Fun Boy Three at the time (originally from a band called The Specials). Hall also recorded a version with Fun Boy Three. The album this Go-Go’s version is on has a special distinction that it was the first and only album by an all-female band (in which they wrote their own songs and played their own instruments) to top the Billboard album charts - remaining at number one for six consecutive weeks

I am a hardcore Metalhead. I have no shame in admitting that I've loved the Go-Go's since I was 8 years old

"We Got the Beat" was the Go-Gos most popular song, but I think their best song is "Head Over Heels" then "Vacation" then "Our Lips Are Sealed." I'm a dude, but in 1981, it was unusual and definitely inspirational to young women to see an all girl rock band (even if they were very poppy). You should definitely check out "Head Over Heels."

A&A, you'll love their "Vacation", "We Got the Beat", "Head Over Heels" and lead singer Belinda Carlisle solo hits "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" and "Mad About You" !!!!

Classic GO GO'S. Brings back good memories!

The bridge with Jane singing makes the song, “hush my darling…”

You’ll love “We Got the Beat too

The Go Gos, like The Bangles, were my generation - same age. Both groups were looking backwards at 1960s music for inspiration - the music of our childhood. They were in their twenties when they wrote this.

Go-Gos came to Seoul, Korea, when I was stationed there in the Army in 84. They rocked the club so hard, we were all up on our feet, bouncing all over the place, such a great memory. What a bunch of kind souls too, going overseas to perform for the troops!

The first Billboard number one album from an all female rock band. Also the last.

This song: jr high age, sleep over with best friends, hair wrapped in towels... singing in hairbrushes and dancing around. Carefree bliss

Definitely one of the greatest pop songs of the 80s. "We Got the Beat" and "Vacation" are the next ones to check out. Belinda Carlisle went on to a big solo career, "Mad About You" is a great song to check out as well as "Heaven is a Place On Earth. The Bangles were another popular all-girl 80s band, try "Walk Like an Egyptian" or "Manic Monday" which was written by Prince, who offered it to the Bangles.

Really glad you guys liked it so much ! .. I love it ( "S" for me ), but wasn't sure how it would go down with you two .. Surprised, but stoked that Alex gave it an A+ 😊😊

Thanks for getting to the Go Go's!! Believe it or not, they rose out of that great LA punk scene in the late 70s and decided to become more pop oriented when they realized they had the talent to do so. They were groundbreaking. All females writing and playing their own instruments was not common. And they could PARTY and hang with the most debouched colleagues. Many good tunes left to cover (please) but my fav is This Town from the same LP. It retains some of that punk edge that would be pushed down for more pop-oriented material.

That’s one that really needs the official MTV vid accompanying it.

Andy, you were absolutely right. I was in junior high when this came out and it was definitely my favorite song for the longest time! Another enormous hit from this album was “We Got the Beat” and it would be a killer song for your next Go-Go’s reaction! More ‘80s, please, guys!!!! 💖

I really loved this girl band, they were so much fun. Such a catchy chorus.

The Go-Go's and the B-52's helped me stay in shape in my college years. Sweated many a night to that song on the dance floor.

Classic early 80s new wave

They actually played their own instruments and are in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame

Go gos rocked. A banger song by them that also showed some cool musicianship? "Head over Heels" So good.

I think the bass on this song is the unsung hero.

"I licked a seal ... " In all seriousness, you nailed it Andy about middle and high school girls at that time really liking it. I was in seventh grade, and this was my jam!

Love the moody Fun Boy Three version, too.

They were sold as "new wave" back in the day but really The Go Go's were a power pop band at heart. Tight songwriting, harmonies, hand claps. So fun.

They were a total punk band when they started out. They carried this over into their commercial success. A solid band, solid song, solid album.

The breakdown is so good. What a fantastic song

YESSSSSSS! Nice reaction, glad you dig it! I was in high school at the time, and the guys loved it as well. What a time for female rockers! Blondie, Kim Wilde (Kids in America), Joan Jett, The Pretenders, and Pat Benatar, and Heart were all rocking the airwaves in this era!

I was in Walmart a couple of months ago and "Turn to You" was playing over the loudspeaker. That's one of my favorites from them.

A really fun and catchy song! A bit of a throw-back sound even back then. Emblematic of the era. And you gotta dig chicks rocking out.

Belinda Carlisle after she left to go on her own turned into a real beauty David Letterman couldn't believe how hot she became with her as a guest on his show 🌋🔥🔥🌋

Simple, clean, 80's pop, very well done. The Go-Go's rock.

The Go-Gos stand up remarkably well. I always loved that middle 8, especially the bass and vocals parts.

As good as "Power Pop" gets! A great album full of great, solid songs! The Go Gos keep on going!!!

Saw this band backing-up the Stones in '81. Harder and faster live, lots of energy!

Such a GREAT song - it made the group. At the time, they were so young, so fresh, and so fun - it was a different, yet wonderful, era.

If you’re up for some other 80s forgotten hits, check out Ultravox’s Vienna, Level 42’s Lessons in Love, FGTH’s Relax, and The Communards’ Don’t Leave Me This Way

If ever there were a song made for blaring while driving around with the top down on the car…this is it! Also, edit to my real life experience…dancing full stop to this song blasting from a boombox just outside the library doors at the University of Oregon in 1981. 😎

Good reaction and glad to see you finally check them out! In 1981 there weren't many all-female bands who played and wrote their own songs--and there weren't ANY who did that had a #1 album (and that might still be true, they might still be the only ones). Most female artists were solo acts or vocal groups. Anyway, this song brings back a lotta great memories, so thanks for checking them out!

This song seems to get better as it goes along.

Believe it or not, the Go-Go's are still the only all-female band to have had a no.1 album that was both written and performed by the band.

Billy Squier, Billy Squier, Billy Squier,

You need to hit the entire Beauty & the Beat album.

Ah, the early 80s were a great time to be alive. Perfect tune riding the line between rock and new wave. I was in 4th grade when this came out and it brings me back to when my neighbor would be outside cranking this, Billy Squire, The J. Geils Band, Ozzy, Asia, etc. There were quite a few female fronted bands from this era who produced cool sounding music without losing their femininity like Missing Persons, The Motels, Joan Jett, Scandal, Quarterflash, and of course Pat Benatar. All are worth a listen.

The "other" song that talks about this subject, that you were alluding to is Voices Carry. Good tune. Yall should check it out. Same vibe.

These ladies proved that women could live the rock n roll lifestyle as hard as any dudes. They were legendary for how hard they could go.

The 80s girl-group revival was great. They took off from the girl groups of the early-to-mid 1960s and updated the sensibility without losing that pop sound, as well as played their own instruments, which girl groups of the 60s did not.

I much prefer the Funboy Three version of this song. More atmosphere 😊

Ugh!! Just missed the live stream!! This is probably a Top 10 80's song! An all woman band that came out of L.A.'s punk scene, I think their main song writer was Jane Wieldin(?), the bassist. Super influential! Boys liked them too!! LOL!!

You have to listen to We Got The Beat!! It's a banger!!

The other 1980s girl group-the Bangles. Let me recommend 3 bangers from their first LP, which was before they took a softer, pop sound that yielded several big hits. These 3 songs weren’t hits, but they are 80s bangers: “Hero Takes a Fall” “Dover” “Going Down to Liverpool”

The song was written by the Go-Go's guitarist, Jane Wiedlin , based off a letter written to her by Terrence Edward Hall , lead singer of The Specials, while they toured together.

Bit of a 60’s vibe

I used to imagine the unobtainable girls I was in love with at the time singing it "My hips are sealed." lol

The GoGos were referred to once as the Female Beach Boys and The Bangles ( which you did hit once in a livestream with their remake of Simon and Garfunkel’s Hazy Shade of Winter) were the Female Beatles. Mostly in terms of their sound. I do know that when I compile a summer sounds playlist, I always pull in everything by The Beach Boys and everything by the GoGos. There was a good documentary about them in 2020. At one point they were on tour as the opening act for The Police.