[Survivor] Go-Go's/Belinda Carlisle Survivor | WINNER

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I ran a Bangles Survivor in August and there was a lot of interest in a follow-up with that OTHER 80's girl rock band, the Go-Go's. They had their success first, forming in 1978, and then hitting big in 1981 with their Beauty and the Beat album. It hit #1 becoming the first such all-female act to have a #1 album. They found success with their two albums, but Belinda Carlisle was ready to move on after that. It was a good move for her because she found incredible success as the 80s continued in her own right. She had minor success with her debut album, but then exploded with her Heaven on Earth album. Her success in the US pretty much ended with the 80s, but she continued to churn out top 40 hits in the UK well into the 90s.

The Go-Go's had some occasional reunions in the 90s and even releasing a new album in 2001. Just this year, they reunited again and released a single, the newest song in our survivor. The last 20 years ahve been mostly quiet for Belinda - she released two albums not represented in this survivor - an album of French covers in 2007, and more recent album of pop done via Gurmuhki chants.

The Go-Go's songs include all of their singles. For Belinda's solo work, I only included singles that hit the top 40 in at least one country.

Go-Go's:

Our Lips Are Sealed
How Much More
We Got The Beat
Automatic
Lust To Love
Vacation
Get Up and Go
Girl of 100 Lists
This Old Feeling
Beatnik Beach
Head Over Heels
Turn To You
Yes Or No
You Thought
Cool Jerk
The Whole World Lost its Head
Good Girl
Unforgiven
Apology
Club Zero

Belinda Carlisle

Mad About You
Heaven Is a Place on Earth
I Get Weak
Circle in the Sand
I Feel Free
World Without Love
Leave a Light On
La Luna
Summer Rain
Runaway Horses
(We Want) The Same Thing
Live Your Life Be Free
Do You Feel Like I Feel?
Half the World
Little Black Book
Big Scary Animal
Lay Down Your Arms
In Too Deep
Always Breaking My Heart
Love in the Key of C
California
I Won't Say (I'm in Love)
Silver Bells

Jane Wiedlin

Rush Hour

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I am tagging anyone who was tagged for the Bangles Survivor. Let me know if you don't want to be tagged.

You are free to choose two songs of your own that are not in the list above either by the Go-Go's or by Belinda to include in the Survivor.

I have added one song form the Go-Go's first album, How Much More, and a Christmas song by Belinda since it's about that season.

I plan to start this tomorrow.

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[navi]

missing

Go-Go's – Apology
Label: Beyond (3) – BYDJ-78208-2
Format: CD, Single, Promo
Country: US
Released: 2001

+ i would also include songs from their Greatest hits album from 1990
Beatnik Beach
You Thought
I'm The Only One
This Town
Lust To Love
Mercenary

and finally at least one song from founding and permanent member Jane Wiedlin -
her US top 10 and UK top 20 hit Rush hour

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navi since those were the only suggestions, I'll take four of them:

Apology
Beatnik Beach
You Thought
Rush Hour

That covers songs written by all five of the members.

EDIT: That left us with 43, so I'm adding one more to make it 44 - since I took a track from all but their first album, I added Lust To Love.

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ROUND 1

I'll admit I don't know a lot about the Go-Go's and even less about Belinda, so this will be a learning experience for me. Hopefully. there's enough participation to keep it going. I think I'll break this into groups of six or seven since that will hopefully be less songs for people to have to take in, and we'll try to cut the list in half in the first run-through.

To kick this all off, here is a track from Belinda's most recent album, Wilder Shores. I didn't include any tracks from it. After checking this out, perhaps you can guess why

I have randomized the list of songs into seven sets of 6/7 songs (the last two sets will have seven songs).

SAVE TWO AND VOTE OUT ONE

Lust To Love
Yes Or No
Little Black Book
I Won't Say (I'm in Love)
Club Zero
Automatic

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SAVE
Lust To Love
Club Zero

OUT
I Won't Say (I'm in Love)

[spacelord]

SAVE
Lust To Love
Automatic

OUT
I Won't Say (I'm In Love)

[Metalweb]

Save

Little Black Book
Lust To Love

Out

I Won't Say (I'm In Love)

[Spartan]

I only know a handful of these songs so will participate much later on in the survivor.

[Benny]

I only know a handful of these songs so will participate much later on in the survivor.

+1

[Leo]

SAVE
+ Yes Or No
+ Little Black Book

OUT
- Lust To Love

[navi]

SAVE TWO AND VOTE OUT ONE

save
Lust To Love
Yes Or No

out
Little Black Book

[navi]

I only know a handful of these songs so will participate much later on in the survivor.

Spartan
Benny

the main purpose/goal of this survivor is for people to discover something new,
hence the small groups and video links

[JSparksFan]

OUT:
Automatic

SAVE:
Club Zero
Little Black Book

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ROUND 1 RESULTS

Sorry for the delay - I meant to update yesterday, but had a busy Friday! I'll continue to give two days on these opening rounds before picking up the pace.

We had a tie for the final elimination spot, so only two songs will go this time. Automatic leaves - most of us were apathetic on this one and it got one save and one elimination vote.

The other song that is eliminated is a no-brainer - it actually was included by mistake - it never hit the top 40 anywhere and was a song from a soundtrack. I originally was going to include all of Belinda's singles, but thought that was overkill - this one snuck by. Goodbye to I Won't Say In Love - you didn't deserve to show up anyhow

OUT

Automatic (0)
I Won't Say (I'm in Love) (-3)

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ROUND 2

This is a pretty enjoyable set of songs, so I think you'll have a tough decision! Spartan/Benny, I guess I'll keep tagging you? Just join in when you're ready

In our last round, we also said goodbye, surprisingly, to a song from their stellar Beauty and the Beat album, Automatic.

I have randomized the list of songs into seven sets of 6/7 songs (the last two sets will have seven songs).

SAVE TWO AND VOTE OUT ONE

Unforgiven
Apology
We Got The Beat
Mad About You
Leave a Light On
(We Want) The Same Thing

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OUT
Apology

SAVE
We Got the Beat
Mad About You

[Metalweb]

Is it save two vote out one or vice-versa?

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Is it save two vote out one or vice-versa?

Oh sorry! You're right! I am editing my vote.

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Out

Apology

Save

(We Want) The Same Thing
Leave A Light On

[navi]

ROUND 2
SAVE TWO AND VOTE OUT ONE

save
We Got The Beat
(We Want) The Same Thing

out
Unforgiven

[Leo]

OUT
Unforgiven

SAVE
We Got The Beat
Leave a Light On

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ROUND 2 RESULTS

A pretty close round with four voters, but we still have a clear bottom half. Apology is the clearest, getting no save votes.

OK, upon editing, Unforgiven also got two out votes, and I was the only one to save Mad About You, so it is out as well.

OUT

Mad About You (1)
Apology (-2)
Unforgiven (-2)

RESULTS:

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40. Mad About You (1)
41. Automatic (0)
42. Unforgiven (-2)
42 Apology (-2)
44. I Won't Say (I'm in Love) (-3)

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ROUND 3

Another tough set. Have been listening to these as I set up this morning's survivor rounds, and having a hard time deciding what to vote out!

In the last round, we said goodbye to Mad About You, so we'll highlight that here. It is Belinda's second-best performing single in the US!

I have randomized the list of songs into seven sets of 6/7 songs (the last two sets will have seven songs).

SAVE TWO AND VOTE OUT ONE

The Whole World Lost its Head
I Get Weak
Lay Down Your Arms
Girl of 100 Lists
You Thought
Our Lips Are Sealed

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SAVE
Lay Down Your Arms
Our Lips Are Sealed

OUT
You Thought