Get the Beat!

Today, after listening to the 99 cent LP for weeks, I at last acquired the Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat digitally. I have no one to thank more than Tommy Holden for turning me onto the Go-Go's. This record is pure "J" Fantasy. From beginning end it captures all the fun, paranoia, superficiality, and manipulation of Los Angeles and jsut makes you want to dance! Sure the hiuts are great, but "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat" are merely the beginning. Side One closer "This Town" fits right in with all the other classic L.A. anthems like "I Love L.A," "Welcome to the Jungle," and "Hollywood Freaks." That and "Lust to Love" are perhaps the best songs on this extraordinarily solid pop record. With their undeniably cute, SoCal girl image and irresistably catchy tunes, it would be easy not to take the Go-Go's seriously, but not only is the songwriting highly skilled and the lyrics quite intelligent, the production is phenomenal.

This is an amazing vinyl rip, so in my opinion the absolute best way to first hear this record digitally. Seeing as it went double platinum I should not have to post it on a blog that features much more obscure artists, but I would much rather spend my time posting this than let yet another generation beleive that girls can't make kick-ass rock music! It's a shame they don't do it more. Tommy put it best himself when he said "We love our girl groups!"


The Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat (1981)