The perfectly written pop/rock song. - Bilge

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1196	D donhonyc Posted posted on Sat, Dec 31, 2005 1:44 PM On 2005-12-30 15:07, Suffering Bastard in Maine wrote: "The Go-Go's 'Our Lips Are Sealed'. " Our lips are sealed is a cover of a Gang of Four song. Or rather, they wrote it, had the Go-go's record it, and didn't like it, so they performed it themselves. --SBiM You're off by one number SBiM. "Our Lips Are Sealed" was co-written by Terry Hall of Fun Boy Three (formerly the lead singer of The Specials) and Jane Weidlin of The Go-Go's. Wiedlin and Hall were in a relationship at the time when they wrote the song in 1980. Fun Boy Three also recorded it and it appears on their 1983 album 'Waiting' produced by The Talking Heads' David Byrne. The Go-Go's had the mega-hit that we all know a few years before in 1981. Gang of Four never had anything to do with this song

On 2005-12-30 15:07, Suffering Bastard in Maine wrote:
"The Go-Go's 'Our Lips Are Sealed'. "

Our lips are sealed is a cover of a Gang of Four song. Or rather, they wrote it, had the Go-go's record it, and didn't like it, so they performed it themselves.

--SBiM

You're off by one number SBiM. "Our Lips Are Sealed" was co-written by Terry Hall of Fun Boy Three (formerly the lead singer of The Specials) and Jane Weidlin of The Go-Go's. Wiedlin and Hall were in a relationship at the time when they wrote the song in 1980. Fun Boy Three also recorded it and it appears on their 1983 album 'Waiting' produced by The Talking Heads' David Byrne. The Go-Go's had the mega-hit that we all know a few years before in 1981. Gang of Four never had anything to do with this song

Post #205126 by donhonyc on Sat, Dec 31, 2005 1:44 PM