I hadn’t heard Our Lips Are Sealed for years until friend Max at PowerPop featured it back in January 2020. It brought back good memories. It reminds of that neat song Young Hearts by Commuter in the Karate Kid soundtrack when Daniel-son gets his first car and enters the amusement park. That was a pretty cool song, but I profess Our Lips Are Sealed raises the bar on early 80’s infectious pop music. Lead singer Belinda Carlisle will again feature here with Heaven is a Place on Earth.
In Jr. High the Go Go’s broke out and got my attention. This song peaked at #20 in 1981 in the Billboard 100. It was on the album Beauty and the Beat that peaked at #1 in the Billboard Album Charts. The album had some good hooks and the songs were mostly written by the band members.
The Go-Go’s are the first all-girl band to write the songs and play the instruments on a #1 US album. The group formed in 1978 in Los Angeles, California. Frontwoman Belinda Carlisle was briefly a member (drummer) of the influential punk band The Germs, but Charlotte Caffey was the only member with much experience – she had been in a band called The Eyes. The group learned on the fly with constant gigs.
Read the remainder of Max’s post at PowerPop
[Verse 1]
Can you hear them?
They talk about us
Telling lies
Well, that’s no surprise
Can you see them?
See right through them
They have no shield
No secrets to reveal
[Chorus]
Doesn’t matter what they say
In the jealous games people play
Our lips are sealed
[Verse 2]
There’s a weapon
That we must use
In our defense
Silence
When you look at them
Look right through them
That’s when they’ll disappear
That’s when we’ll be feared
References:
1. Our Lips Are Sealed – Wikipedia
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The Go Gos and Bangles were a breath of fresh air in the 80s…they even made ME listen to the radio. They had some fun songs.
Funny, how one’s taste in music can change. I used to love Eternal Flame by the Bangles . Now I loathe it haha. But Yeh this is hip tune.
Yea that one was so commercial… I like a lot of their stuff like “If She Knew What She Wants”
But back on topic…yea I really like the Go Gos as well.