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Between the failed years as a punk band and the period when Jane Weidlin found fame as Joan of Arc in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as Belinda Carlisle found fame by shedding her clothes for Playboy the Go-Gos actually reined for a time as a tight, rocking band in the '80s. By the time of their final pre-breakup album, Talk Show, they'd honed their songwriting and musician skills to a sharp professionalism that is clearly non-existent in their early albums. Sure, some of the spontaneity was lost, but it's hard not to appreciate their maturing sound. The lead single off Talk Show, "Head Over Heels," is a good showcase for this. It's a very deliberate effort at a pop hit, and succeeds on most counts. The video is almost pure '80s cheese, with just enough surrealism thrown in to let you know that the band isn't taking itself too seriously. Ultimately, it works much better than half-hearted lesbian cross-dressing theme that dominated the "Turn to You" video, which was the follow-up single and the Go-Go's last top 40 hit.



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