One of the greatest music moves ever!

It's unnaturally hot

I saw it back in the 80's on MTV when I was like 7 year sold. It had an effect on me back then, and it still does today.

Agreed!

Anything from her melted many a male heart in the 80s..Those eyes..😍😍

I agree! They are both great! Simon and Garfunkel gave us one of their great folk songs, and The Bangles turned it into a great rock song!

The Bangles made this cover incredible. I feel that it is way better than the original. No offense to Simon and Garfunkel.

​@wildmike951 even Paul Simon said this was better than the original

It was the best time!! ❤

Yes it was!!!

Not really, but it's a nice to look back at the good times

@@davidrich7678 exactly David. It’s much better today when people don’t even know what gender they are anymore. 🙄

I was just a kid, but I agree and know what you mean.

And yet most people only know them for "Walk Like An Egyptian". Fucking shame, I'd say. This songs proves they were criminally under-rated. So much wasted potential.

The descending baseline that leads into the chorus.

​@@HanHeldit's not their song though.but I prefer it to the original

@@HanHeld Don't forget about "Walking down your Street"--their best song, IMHO

​@@HanHeldnothing was wasted ,they created something beautiful in this rotting world and what they created will live on forever and ever !

And then and now it's one of the best covers of a SnG song ever recorded. The band Rehab out of Georgia did a GREAT version of Sound of Silence. Beats the hell outta the Disturd version.

@@ericjohn8466 excuse me,Disturd?? I get you don't like disturbed,but that's a huge disrespect to the cover they made which is regardless one of the best songs they've made even if it was a cover

@@giltyakhtar and if a cover song is one of the best songs theyve ever done shows me you have the musical depth of the parking lot puddle. Not for nothing, their grandkid's grandkids are gonna be millionaires. I think Draiman is one of the worst frontmen and beyond self serving with his brothers and sistera schtick on stage and then he goes and ruins a classic.

Beautiful song x

Suzanna Hoffs has held up amazingly well after 30 years as well. She’s still gorgeous.

You hit the nail on the head

its an awesome song to play in the fall... Autumn

Well the one thing these girls always had going was harmonies and that helps on ant Simon and Garfunkel tune

Strange when the cover is the version they play on the radio. So I thought this was the original didn't even know the other existed.

Oh I had no idea. It's like covers are where the real art expression appears

80's crush, 90's crush, 2000's crush, 2010's crush, 2020's crush, and then some.

Isn't her first name "Susanna"? (Susanna Hoffs, if I'm not mistaken)

@@not-so-smartaleck8987 yes

She's awesome. All of them are cool but I will say the lead guitarist comes off a little annoying to me. She tries to do all these "I'm rockin' out!" poses as if she's playing Barracuda or Immigrant Song and it appears a little silly on a pop song like this.

@@WithaJoeFro That's because you do not know the backstory to what was going on in the band and what eventually led to them breaking up. Susanna Hoffs was being "groomed" by producers as the lead, the face of the band (which, I might rightly point out, was a good decision, she is by far the most charismatic, as most will agree) - but the other band members could not accept that and that led to fracturing, posturing, and the whole "only me" syndrome that eventually broke the band up.

It is not too short - it is perfect. No note wasted.

They had to cut part of it though. There was a reference to "drinking my vodka and lime" that the record company cut. And they cut more than that to fit.

The original was lomger.

But you can always press play again 😉

For real. 🤘

Yes, it was.

Glad u said that. I think so too.

The harmonies are incredible.

Agreed. This and only Walk like an Egyptian we got to here most of them sing.

The Bangles are so superior to the Go-Gos it's not funny. The Go-Gos sound like a bunch of cheerleaders--no harmony, just shouting. But given the politics and bias, and the fact that the whole institution was poorly thought out and executed from the beginning, I'd consider it more a badge of honor (and would be in better company) if I weren't inducted into it.

AGREED!!! It wasn’t until 2022 that Duran Duran was finally inducted. The political aspect outweighs the true greatness of rock and roll. The Bangles belong there!

@@MrTrashcan1 The Bangles are not superior to the Go-Gos. The Go-Gos wrote all their own songs, and the Bangles never had a record anywhere close to the Go-Gos first.

@@marcgrossman980 Agree. If nothing else, I think the Go-Gos had more catchy hit songs than the Bangles. (Besides, who cares about the lame-ass "Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame"? Or the even more lame-ass "Hollywood Walk of Fame"...IMHO the only REAL Halls of Fame are the sports Halls of Fame for the 4 major North American team sports: baseball, football, basketball & hockey. Anyway, the Hollywood- and pop music-types get enough "fame" and/or glory as it is, without creating these bogus "Halls"/"Walks" of Fame...or for that matter, the ridiculous "EGOT" distinction, yawn.)

Hey, both were good.

Make that 2 of the seven wonders.

The rest of her ain't too shabby....

No kidding! She still looks absolutely stunning at age 60!!!!

Vikki Petersen is pretty hot in this too

Amen to that

Blinded by the Light was also a great cover...

ITS TERRIBLE!!!

I have to agree!

They sound great and it is a very good cover but, there is only one original. I can't say it surpasses the Simon and Garfunkel original.

The Bangles are such a great band

Well said...the energy is amazing, and it's certainly one of my favourites from the 80's, pop-punk-rock at it's finest. 🙂

Never realized they harmonized that well.

@@thesunreport thank you for your kind comment.

@@AVweb I was surprised just how good they were,it’s a shame I never saw them live as they were a great live band.

@@AVweb Give a listen to their song, "Dover Beach." Beautiful harmonies!

Pas la guitare solo, c'est pas elle qui joue!

@@alainquinzelaire1253 Vicky Peterson es la guitarrista LOL.

it was the fab 4 that got them going

@@timothylines631 Beatles Fab Four...? Explain.

Hot babes 80s 😊

This song was always playing at the college center when I was at Community college. This may be the most improved song from original to cover I've ever heard.

when mtv was worth a dam

ABSOLUTELY!!! THANK GOD FOR YOU TUBE!! THEY DIG A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES!!!

Yeah.. And dreaming of a life that was much more simple.. When a all girl band could Rock!!

my first time for most of these, we couldn't get cable in Brooklynn back then

@dan goth The original is probably a good song, but this version *rocks*

Ironic how he played a character that (besides the prostitution) he mirrored in his real life. I'm very glad he's back and made it through too!

Anyone that can come back from thst is inspiring! Love those kind of stories I’m best friends with a former drug addict and I saw him through his darkest days and I’m so happy he made it out to the other side, it’s the best kind of story to tell being a survivor watching this movie brought me to tears because it was a reality for me at one time.

Thanks ... that is encouraging

What a kind message!

I really appreciate that you’re explaining the backstory a little for some people who might not now. But please don’t assume, that only because someone is young, they don’t know about stuff that happened before they were born :) Anyways, this song is amazing!

I was thinking the same thing after viewing this vid for a zillion times and never looked at anything besides Susanna until now.. 😎

She totally is. Talented artist, amazing voice and beautiful, sexy woman.

@@samharper8293 To be fair, Susanna is quite the attention getter.

Definitely

Turns out the riff is from Simon & Garfunkel . This song is a cover.

Probably a reaction from all the "Captain Sober" AA types here who saw the one movie mucking up the comments with their "personal journeys" as if anyone gives a flying-squirrel shit.

You know what they say - you can't fix STUPID!

@@arlettasloan6453 What the hell are you talking about? Eternal Flame wasn't a song they "took over." It was COWRITTEN by Susana Hoffs.

Well , 30% of America has beyond proven they have no minds left , nutty basterds that dislike this will get the farthest most left corner of hell with big huge thumbs down icons having their way with them lmao

Who cares what others dislike

I never left 😢

@@josebro352 I live back in the 82 lol

Yes!!! 80s rule!

Sorry, but life is about moving forward, and not dwelling on the past--so get over yourself, and live your current life to the fullest! ...Besides, who says the 80s were so great?!? Some of us might say the 60s-70s were better, at least in terms of legendary music--as opposed to light-weight pop songs of later generations.

I've been stuck in the 80's my WHOLE Life and has NO Plan to leave the greatest decade we've blessed with, Anytime Soon !!!

That riff, the tone of the guitar, and the entire song are produced way too thin. It's produced like a pop band instead of a rock band, and the lead guitarist is trying way too hard to look like she's playing Immigrant Song or Barracuda instead of a pop song.

@@WithaJoeFro Still reached #2 in the Billboard charts

@@opa-age And Disco Duck reached #1 on Billboard. I'm not sure that is an indication of quality.

Mi amor Vicky Peterson 😍😍😍😍😍

Need more COWBELL

More cowbell!

I've got a FEVER!

Just a little more.......nottt!!!!

Thanks, now thats all I'll hear

Listening in 2021 to a 1987 Bangles cover of a 1966 Simon & Garfunkel song ....

Much better than all those other sexualised, poppy girl groups from the 90s to 2000s

Especially when you consider Downey was actually going through those things in real life.

@@last12know30life imitates art.

Imagine if no one made them take those first hits. Oh, wait....no one did.

You're right, but peer pressure can be a bitch. ​@@dcpack

Agreed. Most covers are ego trips for a current artist - The Bangles went the other route and Knocked It Out Of The Park!

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Billboard number 2 actually

@@fregarl Oops, it was the Cash Box Top 100 number 3.

The Bangles version is clearly superior. S&G would agree.

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Girls? What girls? You mean those men dressed in drag? Pause the video at 0:19 and just LOOK AT THEM! Those are men! I wish I was joking. How has no one noticed this before?

@@BrockLee3 Put down that spiked eggnog at once! LOL

@@BrockLee3 Dude, I saw them live. No way, no chance. Go get an appointment with a good optometrist :D

@@BrockLee3 This folks is why drugs don't work!

i was just thinking that she still looks like that!!!

Natural beauty, class, and grace have no sell by date.

@@SpaceLord2025 I wouldn't go that far. But she definitely looks good for 65...Frankly, I don't think ANYONE looks as good as she did back then...

What difference does it make? In my experience, after a certain age, say early 20s, actual age doesn't matter much.

I was her mate for awhile back in the early 90s

Who isn't?

and Michael steele

Sigh

Understandable. I can identify. I think my husband would be ok with it.

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Susanna was so respectful and humble about doing the cover and meeting Paul Simon after it did so well on the charts. On the Bangles website, she talks about meeting Paul Simon after watching Simon & Garfunkel in concert: "We had loved Simon & Garfunkel, and naturally we also loved Paul as a solo artist, and we were really happy to see them perform and then go backstage for a meet-and-greet. This was after our version of 'Hazy Shade of Winter' had come out, and although I don't think we talked about it very much, I remember he was very sweet, and I'm sure he was happy the song had done so well. I think it's always good to have your song covered, but it was a little uncomfortable talking to him about it, because when Simon & Garfunkel did the song, it had gone to #17 (sic), and the Bangles version went to #2. You're proud, of course, but you never want to come off as full of yourself or arrogant you know?"

53 and know what you mean .....

almost 64. This song brings me back to times much better than today.

@@BadWolf1958 2 More Months on January 6th. and Turning 61. Class of 1980.

Ok boomer

@@BadWolf1958 Amen brother. (age 67)

The Lemonheads did Mrs Robinson better than S&G as well.

Joe Cockers version of The Beatles" With a little help from my friends " is so good it's not seen as a cover, it's seen as an original.

Yep

Disturbed! That was epic.

And all would say f-you...we're musicians before your eye candy lol 😂

Bananarama may have made some sugary pop confections but they were one of the hardest partying girl groups out there. Don't let the sweetness fool ya.

The Runaways were 70s by the time The Bangles came around Joan Jett was with The Black Hearts and Lita Ford went solo. I will say The Bangles over The Go Gos any day

Some of us take all artists seriously, regardless of the supposed social norm bull shit.

They started out as more than that and got messed around by their record company. Their first couple of albums could have been transported directly from the 60s.

The book is so much darker than the movie… but that movie is awesome to this day- remember seeing it in the theater ❤

Me too 😀😀🇩🇪🎄🎉❤️

Movie ? What movie ? 😁

I'm a huge S&G fan and I agree.

Got it on cassette that Christmas. Such an odd & wonderful mix-tape!!

Danzig. You and Me I always think of Jamie Gertz when I hear it.

Yes❗ 😀

+NocturnalLunacy You, me and half the planet I guess...

+NocturnalLunacy I feel ya

+Mark Five Sorry - she is mine!

+Merya Tathagres She also plays guitar to a good standard, So get off your high horse

+Merya Tathagres anyone know what year this came out?

+jerlan23 Agreed, BUT, ONLY after they put 'CHICAGO' in before them, where they richly belong (& are LONG OVERDUE)!

You got your wish! Chicago: Class of 2016 and long overdue

Cire YOU ROCK & Im very very Happy to hear that you are the class of 2016 your voice is my future Thank You and please study the 80's music! Why do you think NWA was such a hit right.....our generation changed everything introducing way more than just rap - hip hop - house music the list goes on and on! You give me hope and YOU ROCK!!

jerlan23 ,they should be there but, must be all political thing and seems they rather have others who came after them

DFS54 They deserve to be on the R&R HOF

They really were a "band to be taken seriously", So much clever material, super tight production, and "Michael" was "way more" then she ever got props for, Yea, check out everything other than "Manic Monday, and Walk Egyptian", no matter what your "main genre" is , "good music is good music", just let it soak in, this was a great fucking band

Check out the version by Foxes and Fossils.

I have tried to take them seriously, but I can't get past the 3 dudes in drag on stage with Hoffs.

SirHatchporch The best times with the best music.. 😀

Loving the 80s brought me here!

Best😊✌💞🌿💃🕺

Shit, she’s not even the best singer in the band. Vicki Peterson is the real talent here.

Patti Smyth was easy on the eyes too!

Absolutely. That sideways glance in Walk like an Egyptian is one of the sexiest things I've ever seen😍

Very true

Susanna Hoffs is a fairly attractive individual.

Your words, maker me cry.

Don't worry you're not the only one

Same here.

Where else to get stuck?..... 70's isn't to bad though too..

@@rider660r or 60s....and so on....especially if youre a "white" person...back in those days those people got to really enjoy the "privilege" before the woke crowd put the kibosh on things....wonder if ELP had time traveled from the future to write "Lucky Man" specifically for that generation? "he had White horses, and ladies by the score...." He sure did Greg....he sure did, lucky bastard!

Depends on your generation. Boomers would be more familiar with the Simon and Garfunkle original.

Also, Don't forget "foolish beat" by Debbie Gibson.

What a comment

That would be second to 'Time after Time' by Cyndi Lauper, I'm 50 now.

And a beautiful voice. And she likes rock music. It doesn’t get much better.

Thats a rock and roll song !!!

@@quesadag Nah it's P0P....but good P0P

Hard to believe, isn't it? And the song is much older yet. The original version was written and performed by Simon and Garfunkel in 1966. Kudos to the Bangles for choosing such a great song to cover, and actually improve. Plus Suzanna Hoffs is WAY cuter than Paul Simon :-)

Maafa 1619 Not so obvious, jackass. A lot of people only know this song from the Bangles.

oh snap he called you a jackass, jackass.

Brad Pitt was an extra in the movie.

was in BASIC and AIT when this was popular

Paul Simon is a living legend. Also I saw the story /pics of Susanna hoffs the other day as well, agree 100%, and even at 65, she is 100% out of my league 😉

The movie, Less Than Zero, is great. I highly recommend it. Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Gertz, Andrew McCarthy, James Spader. Really good drama with some surprises. Watch it soon, I think that you will love it. Great music too. Let me know what you think after you watch it. KMF

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so same

Actually came out in 1968.

I'm 48 still blast it in my truck I look ridiculous but I dont care

Same on all counts. :)

Their best cover. It is Simon and Garfunkel`s song.

@@monetarnie3841 A cover yes, but they completely made it their own. Love Simon & Garfunkel, but I think this is a superior version.

No, it isn’t. Don’t get me wrong, I like this version (+ the Bangles), but S&G’s gets the meaning across much more bluntly.

Try " Following" on repeats. First Vinyl

I still rate Manic Monday above this, but Google says I'm in the minority...

Better movie than critics gave it credit for.

she looks 42

@@bill2178 lol 42? That’s specific

@@bill2178 whats wrong w 42

@@jillh7934 its better than 62 or could i be mistaken

And Vicki really does have a soulful voice. Suzanna's is soft but very good, but Vicki can belt it out. She's good. And your assessment to my memory is spot on!

I mean, I can't entirely fault the media. Of the four, I think Hoffs had the best voice (@MightyWomanOfGod talks about Vicki, but Hoffs can seriously belt it out, too. See Eternal Flame) and probably the most marketable look. I see why that fed into the tensions that caused the band to split, but it's also understandable why the media and label focused on Hoffs in the first place.

Simon and Garfunkel did a version of this?

@@jrock2264 Yes, they did it first and Simon wrote it.

The media was determined to put Susannah out front, because look at her, seriously without hearing a sound, who stands out --- Susannah Hoffs.

+purplegurl79 Agreed. The Go-Go's proved that too! Pat Benatar... the list is endless.

+Stephen Smith Not to mention Heart

+Stephen Smith don't forget Lita Ford. "Woke up on a Saturday night, didn't get laid, got in a fight. ah huh, but it ain't no big thing..." It went something like that, but it totally rocked!

+Carlos Smith "went to a party last Saturday night, I didn't get laid..."! I love Lita. I bought that cassette eith my first paycheck the summer after 10th grade.

Lashun 9274 That's what's up. When true music was about raw talent, originality and artistry. Hopefully true rock music will go back to it's roots and be just as kick ass as it once was. Btw, your a black female rocker? Impressive! And very pretty if I might add.

Me..... Mario!!!

Me

Me!

Totally

Don't forget SEXY!