Favorite City Songs #8 - "Going Down to Liverpool"
@teamfreak16 (43419)
Denver, Colorado
September 12, 2017 9:27am CST
What does Leonard Nimoy have to do with #8 in my Favorite City Songs (a theme I've ripped off from @FourWalls) series? We'll get to that. The 8th spot belongs to "Going Down to Liverpool" by The Bangles.
"Going Down to Liverpool," from the band's 1984 major label debut, All Over the Place, is actually a cover. Katrina and the Waves did it first, but Bangles guitarist Vicki Peterson liked it enough to talk The Bangles into covering it. Interestingly, Susanna Hoffs was not the lead vocalist on the tune. Instead, drummer Debbie Peterson handled lead vocals, with Hoffs taking a background role.
"Going Down to Liverpool" was not a big hit for The Bangles. It did not chart here in the United States, and only reached #79 in the UK. A re-release in 1986 performed a little better, peaking at #56 in the UK, and #21 in Ireland. Yet it's one of The Bangles' best songs, lack of chart performance be damned.
As for Leonard Nimoy, he appears in the video, which is linked below.
Enjoy!
(Info verified by Wikipedia)
Music video by The Bangles performing Going Down To Liverpool. (C) 1984 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
12 Sep 17
Aw love the Bangles Scott.
How funny Nimoy is in it.
How funny Nimoy is in it.2 people like this
@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Sep 17
Apparently he was friends with the Hoffs family.
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
12 Sep 17
I didn't know of this one.... though I like the all girl group concept....
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Sep 17
There's the Riot Grrrrrl movement of the 90's.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Sep 17
@FayeHazel - Here is a good introduction to riot girl:
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
12 Sep 17
@teamfreak16 I have been living under a rock, evidently. :-)
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
13 Sep 17
Decent song but the video is rubbish - why Nimoy? The cabbie could be anybody and he should throw them out for messing with his radio. Then they arrive at the stadium and straight to stage from the cab with zero security to check they should be there
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Sep 17
Nimoy was friends with the Hoffs family. But yeah, they shouldn't mess with the radio.
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@FourWalls (62536)
• United States
13 Sep 17
Leonard Nimoy in a Bangles video? Highly illogical!!
Good song. Different than the Katrina & the Waves version, but that's good!
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Sep 17
Apparently, he was friends with the Hoffs family and did it as a favor to them.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Sep 17
It would have been funnier if he'd been dressed as Spock.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Sep 17
Heard this a few times! Like the Bangles.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Sep 17
@teamfreak16 You don't like Walk Like an Egyptian?
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Sep 17
@JohnRoberts - No. I never liked it. I prefer "The Hero Takes a Fall" and "Hazy Shade of Winter."
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Sep 17
Other than "Walk like an Egyptian," I love The Bangles.
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@SerenityEngel (525)
• United Kingdom
12 Sep 17
This was on Vintage TV (UK music channel) last week. I'd never heard it before.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Sep 17
Did you like it? I know you are more into 60's and 70's.
