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The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat (Paperback)
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The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat (Paperback)
Series: 33 1/3
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Loot Price R279
Discovery Miles 2 790
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The Go-Go’s debut album Beauty and the Beat was released on July
8, 1981. The album spent six weeks in the number one spot on the
Billboard charts, produced two hit singles and sold more than two
million copies making it one of the most successful debut albums of
all time. Beauty and the Beat made the Go-Go’s the first, and to
date only, female band to have a number one album who not only
wrote their own songs, but also played their own instruments.
Beauty and the Beat is a ground-breaking album, but the Go-Go’s
are often overlooked when we talk about influential female
musicians. The Go-Go’s were a feminist band and Beauty and the
Beat a call to arms that inspired generations of women. The band
embraced the DIY spirit of Riot Grrrl before there was a Bikini
Kill or a Bratmobile. Girls making music on their own terms
didn’t start with Courtney Love or Beyoncé or Billie Eilish, it
started with the Go-Go’s. It started with Beauty and the Beat.
While they may have controlled their music, the Go-Go’s
couldn’t control the misogyny of the music industry, media and
fans. The sexist and tired stereotypes the Go-Go’s experienced 40
years ago still exist today. The legacy of Beauty and the Beat is
both a celebration of how the record inspired countless girls to
make art and music on their own terms, but also a painful reminder
of how little has changed in how female musicians are marketed,
manipulated, and discarded.
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