i would kill for her tone, deep and gritty

Yeah I like her bass sound

seriously, they're in a coma!

There were a lot of awesomer bands on The Tube.

@@StratsRUs Yes, The Jam doing Beat Surrender has a completely different dynamic.

Its true ,UK wasnt that into the GoGo's by the bands own admission

yes didnt do it in uk,same as there were fab

Agreed...I watched this on the night and over 40 years later can vividly remember my disgust at the audience's non-participation...there was a lot of snobbishness towards US bands at the time - plus no-one had seen an all-female outfit...

Sometimes UK crowds can be jaded to the point of apathy. This show was a case in point. If it were Blondie they'd be bouncing off the walls. They love that band.

100 per cent agree...

Studio audience.

Damn straight

Yes, 06/16/2024.

Thanks for listing the songs.

They never sounded this good live !!!!

Thank you maam!

Song listers are the modern heroes.

The drummer during "Vacation" is beyond awesome.

I totally agree it's as shame the crowd looked so stunned 😯

The Go-Go's rhythm section was one of the best in 80's pop, period. Gina and Kathy drove the band's sound

Totally. I wonder how hard they had to fight to do that live and not just stand there as eye candy over a play back track

@@jasonbartolo5308 It’s because they do two recordings one with sound and one without! The crowd is film with limited sound ! Why nobody looks into it ! Deep purple early live recordings you see this too.

As I remember, the Tube was always live. If you want to see a great live performance on TotPs, hunt up John Otway doing Really Free. He went so off script they couldn't put a pre-recorded track over it.

Yes an excellent bass performance and tone. Great mix to showcase this bass work.

She's the "do your job and do it well" kind of bass player. Not in the business of showing off. Also sounds quite punk here.

Not bad for reportedly having not played the instrument for like a year before this was filmed. Previously Kathy had been a guitar player.

Agree

I was lucky enough to meet her at a concert at Irvine Meadows in the early 80's. My girlfriend and I were sitting rather high up in the seats below the lawn when these two people walked up and sat in front of us. I instantly recognized Kathy and her date... Clem Burke, the drummer from Blondie. At one point they turned around and chatted with us. Great memory.

@@danberkman8227 Love Kathy's bass lines. But speaking as a bassist myself going from guitar to bass is like going from playing a drum set to playing tambourine. It's not that difficult of a transition.

same here. Saw them in the summer of 82 while in college, about to enter Junior year. The crowd was crazy. The ratio was about 70% to 30% girls to boys. And they all looked great, channeling their own Go-Go's look.

Me too! My first concert in Ithaca NY

Me too, Spectrum in Philly

Saw The Police in 83 with Berlin, Flock of Seagulls, and The Fixx opening in L.A.

Saw them down at Duke University in the fall of 1982. Just terrific. A Flock of Seagulls was so good. God, I can't believe that's almost 40 years ago. As a side note, I could watch Belinda Carlisle dance, like she did in the early 80s, all night long.

It was......

During Our Lips Are Sealed, it looks like the band is sad that the crowd is dead still.

I had a girlfriend who loved the GO Go's. I was a metal head. I had a great time at the shows. I think I dropped acid to the Go Gos. 80s were fun.

Not really, they're often flat/sharp as with a large percentage of live acts. If they did a vocal take like that in the studio it would be scrapped. That's why a lot of artists used to spend a week or more laying down a vocal track for one song.

@@johnmcgahern3946 Who cares? Concerts are awesome for fun people.

@@johnmcgahern3946 Are you a big fan?

@@johnmcgahern3946i didn't hear anything off with the vocals. I couldn't hear any difference between this and the recorded version's. I was pretty impressed. They didn't miss a beat or a note. Their sound was almost to perfect to be live. Hard working girl's. They should be damn proud of that show. Love Belinda's hair. Classy !.

@paultune1696: I've seen the same audience behavior in other videos filmed in the UK.

Great performance, nice to see Jane playing with a yamaha, don't think the Gogos got the recognition they deserved

In the 2020 documentary the band said there was alot of sexism they faced. So happy they are in the Hall Of Fame

Reminds me of Jeremy Clarkson with Lethal Bizzle. Crowd: what the fuck is this? Me if I was there: One of the greatest girl rock bands of all time. Glad they are finally in the hall of fame. Truly deserved it.

I was just noticing that myself. But automatic had been a single in the UK so they had to know who they were. But that one guy like shakes his head.. He looks at them like eeeee ur really bad and they're doing fine. I don't get it

Nicely said.

I think New Wave and Punk more-or-less happened alongside each other.

@@washyrose5904 Descendents proved that :)

Sorry to say it's my least favourite album of theirs, but I still like it though as I like all their albums alot. I loved the title track Vacation, also He's So Strange, We Don't Get Along, Get Up and Go, It's Everything but Partytime, The Way You Dance, Worlds Away & Beatnik Beach.

So is Mike trout, bass player

She got that bass poppin'

Yes bass player is great 🤟🤟🤟👏👏👏👏🤟🤟👈👈👈!!!?

DEF....! Love her!!

So true!

She moved from guitar to bass to be able to join the band. She said in an interview that thinking like a guitarist was her secret weapon.

@ArturdeSousaRocha It definitely is a secret weapon. Lemmy was another guitarist who played the bass like a rhythm guitar. It’s a huge part of what made Motörhead great.

and she aged beautifully ✨

Belinda is perfection .... I've always wanted to hear her with Blondie ........ I mean the Go-Go's ... but with Deborah Harry also!

most of todays stuff is rubbish. nothing equals the gogos, the bangles or the runaways. The Donnas were excellent as well

I am 54 and it makes me frustrated and sad to see comments like this. I bet you were between 16 and 24 when the Gogos were popular, and those years are your comfort zone and you won't venture outside of it. There is fantastic music in every single decade. There is also complete garbage in every single decade. Look at ANY top 40 chart from ANY year, and you will see complete garbage on it. Top 40 is like McDonalds - not premium quality stuff, but it is a representation of the average taste of consumers. I am hesitant to suggest any bands because I imagine your mind is already made up about them before even hitting play, but why don't you check out a few tunes from The Beths? Fun, upbeat rock music. Great harmonies. Talented players. And that is just one band. There is ALWAYS great music out there. You just have to be willing to listen to it and look outside of the Spotify top 40 for it.

Exactly. I wish their albums had more of their punk, new wave vibe. You can still feel it, but it's hidden behind a pop veneer.

I jave a girl crush on Jane.

If your daughters like The Go Go's then get them to check out Fanny (that's a real band name) who were active in the 60's. And The Runaways who were active in the late 70's. They're both great all female bands. 🎶

@@turdferguson7264 And The Bangles, but start with the live show from Pittsburgh from 1986. There are several copies on YT. They were a rock band on stage because they could and a pop band in the studio because the label overrode their style.