Reply #41: LARGE Props to the Go-Go's, but it's Bangles for me!

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Both bands (not "groups," mind you, but bands; there's quite a difference) are extremely good musicians and singers. I LOVE watching Gina Schock muscle up her drum kit, Charlotte Caffey studied guitar with Andy Summers of the Police and Belinda Carlisle is just as sexy a singer as Susanna Hoffs,

But

The Bangles sing rings around the Beach Boys and/or the Mamas and the Papas, IMO, so that's a curvaceous leg up on the Go-Go's from the start. (Unfair advantage: Bangles have sibling harmonies from Vicki and Debi Peterson.) And, as a couple other posters have pointed out, The Bangles' "Hazy Shade of Winter" is better than the original!

For guitar, I think Vicki Peterson cuts Charlotte Caffey--and the rest of the band is Tuff Enuff to back her up, especially Michael Steele on bass and Debi on drums.

Both bands are WAY worthy, but I take Bangles home. Go figure.

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