THE ULTIMATE BATTLE- The Bangles Vs Bananarama

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Poll question: THE ULTIMATE BATTLE- The Bangles Vs Bananarama

Who wins?

[redqueen]

1. Hmmmm... puke or tobacco spit

Tough choice.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. You know you can't resist Cruel Summer!

[redqueen]

5. Yeah it's catchy... and they're the spit, the Bangles are puke

That woman's eye rolly thing made me want to hurl every. single. time.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Bananarama on music but I still LOVE Susanna Hoffs

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

4. That's usually the way this goes

Throw the Go Gos in and we've got trouble....

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. Not really a GoGo's fan..the music was pablum

Bananarama at least were consistently about QUALITY even if you don't like their songs...Cruel Summer is practically an ANTHEM of the 80's..and all of their stuff is quite dancable

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

7. Cruel Summer (which I have on now) was in my top 5 songs of the 80's

I agree with you completely

[jonnyblitz]

8. bananarama was one of those bands i hated to admit that

I loved. the remake of shocking blue's venus i really liked..:P

I saw the Bangles twice live, once in a bar and once backing up Cindy Lauper in the 80's and they always bored me. I HATE "walk like an egyptian"..ewwwww

[Jamastiene]

9. I still can't get that Manic Monday song out of my head.

Wasn't that the Bangles? If so, then yep, I like 'em.

[tjdee]

34. Prince wrote that song for them though, LOL.

:thumbsup:

[carpetbagger]

37. That's the point behind why the Bangles were a good band.

They stretched their talent as far as possible with good songwriters and good studio musicians.

[Zuni]

10. The Go-Gos could take both down

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

13. You're so 86!

:sigh:

[blondeatlast]

32. Didja ever see them in their pre-IRS days?

They played at the same sort of clubs that X did. (FWIW, I'm not an Angeleno, just visited there a LOT).

They were much harder-edged then.

[tigereye]

15. good for you, Zuni!

they are why a bunch of we females started a band.

[sniffa]

11. what did bananarama sing?

i was thinking of 'bow wow wow'

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. Cruel Summer - BEEYATCH!

[tigereye]

16. well the Bangles actually played their own instruments

Don't remember enough about Bananarama to say if they did.

[terrya]

14. Bananarama!

Are you kidding? "Shy Boy" alone puts them ahead of The Bangles. :-)

[tigereye]

17. no no no

sorry Terry. ;)

alt band chick here.

[last_texas_dem]

18. Gotta be the Bangles

Sure "Cruel Summer" is cool, but there's not really much of a comparison when you consider their overall output, IMHO.

[HughBeaumont]

19. I liked the Peterson sisters more than Susannah.

Found them to be HAWT.

[driver8]

30. The Peterson sisters are still hot!!

I saw the Bangles a couple of weeks ago with a friend. He and I always talk about what a "crush" we have on Vicki Peterson. I told him, "There is something sexy about a woman playing guitar. If she can play lead guitar (like Vicki), forget about it!! " (Vicky is a very good guitar player.)

They both looked great that night. The drummer, Debbie, is so tall. She was wearing a short skirt and boots (my wife told me to stop drooling)...she has legs that go on forever!!

[mac56]

38. I am in lurve with Debbie.

Susanna who?!

[HughBeaumont]

39. It's like the shining moment while watching WKRP . . .

when you realized Bailey is the hot one, not the woman everyone else is focusing on.

[driver8]

40. Yes!!! I had a HUGE crush on Bailey...I saw her on "Battle of the

Network Stars" and she was wearing a bathing suit...she looked so amazing!! What a cutie...

[asthmaticeog]

20. Micki Steele was the original singer of the Runaways

before Cherie Curie. Therefore the Bangles win.

[underpants]

21. Susanna Hoffs

by a MILE

[dxstone]

22. Everyone loses!

haha... actually, I liked Walk Like an Egyptian... but I too was thinking of Bow Wow Wow when I clicked on this (specifically the beautiful and scary AnnaBella; bad bald girls just don't get sexier than her!)...
Wonder where they all are today?...

[XNASA]

23. Is this a sex thread?

[Coventina]

24. Both are good but I had to vote Bananarama

because I actually own some of their albums.
I don't own any of the Bangles' albums, so I guess I must like Bananrama more.

But the Go-Go's are the best "girl" group of the 80s. No question.

[Beaverhausen]

25. The Bangles are actual musicians and songwriters

Bananarama are merely pop tarts! I did like some of their songs though.

But I voted Bangles.

[Orsino]

26. The Bangless Beat Ramabanana...

...as a former wife used to call them.

[driver8]

27. The Bangles!! Hands down!! I saw the Bangles two weeks ago...

they really can play!! Vicki Pederson is quite a guitarist, and her sister is a pretty good drummer. Not to mention how cute Susanna Hoffs is...

Unfortunately, Michael Steele is no longer with the band. She really added a lot to their harmonies.

[Left Is Write]

28. The Bangles, of course.

[kmla]

29. Bananarama. End. of. Story.

They were much cuter.

I used to have a secret crush on Siobhan. Hubba hubba!!!

And they way they ate those bananas in the 'Cruel Summer' video - *fans self* - is it hot in here, or is it me?

[sundog]

31. Bananrama of course...

I have now fulfilled my gay cliche quota for the month :P

[mtnester]

33. The Runaways could kick all their asses though

oh yeah

[MrSlayer]

35. We all lose no matter what happens here.

Drivel in the truest sense of the word.

[tjdee]

36. Bangles had more hits, they played their instruments...

Easy choice, of the two.

But I don't really like "Walk Like an Egyptian" and that stupid dance that didn't even come from that song. Yuck.