The Go Go's - 1981-08-31 - Cherry Hill, NJ (FM)

The Go-Go's

1981-08-13

Emerald City

Cherry Hill, NJ

FM Broadcast

192 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Skidmarks On My Heart

02. How Much More

03. Tonite

04. Fading Fast

05. London Boys

06. Cool Jerk

07. Automatic

08. Lust To Love

09. Can't Stop The World

10. This Town

11. Vacation

12. You Can't Walk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)

13. Our Lips Are Sealed

14. Let's Have A Party

15. We Got The Beat

16. Surfing And Spying

17. Beatnik Beach

The Go Go's - 1981-08-31 - Cherry Hill, NJ (FM)

Believe it or not, I've seen the Go Gos on 3 occasions - in November 1981 at the Palladium in New York, in January 1982 leading in for the Police at Madison Square Garden, and then again in July 2000 on a bill with the B52s and Psychedelic Furs.

Of course the height of their success came in the early 1980s. In June 1981, The Go Go's released the single, We Got The Beat, and the accompanying video became a mainstay om the then fledgling MTV channel. A month later, the band released the album Beauty and The Beat, which steadily climbed the charts until it reached the top spot, where it remained for 6 weeks. The Go Go's had taken the music world by storm, and made history in the process. Beauty and The Beat became the first album entirely written and performed by an all-female band to top the charts. Today the disc is recognized as one of the cornerstones of the new wave movement. This FM broadcast captures them during those heady days on August 31, 1981, 45 years ago today,  at the Emerald City night club in Cherry Hill, NJ. By the way - check out the ticket price in the album artwork below - $6.50! The Ticket Master surcharges today cost more than that!