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… with THE BANGLES! There's no better way to start than with these live takes on "Hero Takes A Fall" and Kimberley Rew's "Goin' Down To Liverpool" for Dave in 1984. It was that sort of rawk (and the hotness of Susanna Hoffs) that got Prince to give them "Manic Monday," their first mainstream hit, from the A Different Light album, which included Jules Shear's "If She Knew What She Wants," Alex Chilton's "September Gurls," and — inevitably — Liam Sternberg's "Walk Like An Egyptian." Nevertheless, their fondness for the genres of the mid-60s was still evident in their take on Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter" for the Less Than Zero soundtrack, and the psych-garage-bubblegum of "In Your Room" on the Everything album, which yielded their final No.1 hit, "Eternal Flame." The draw from the 60s is a constant I saw them in a club, on a big stage and in a club again — the last time was at a House of Blues, where they covered the We Five's "You Were On My Mind." However, I'll confess that I put off featuring the band for about a bit, until the Susanna Hoffs solo cover of Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love" popped back up on the Tube after an absence. That woman knows her way around a tambourine.
COURTNEY BARNETT plays KEXP.
LANA DEL REY does a James Bond (videogame) theme, "First Light."
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE shares "The Call."
JENNY ON HOLIDAY covers The Replacements' "Androgynous."
CLAIRE ROUSAY covers Casiotone For The Painfully Alone's "Hey Eleanor."
MASSIVE ATTACK & TOM WAITS team up for "Boots On The Ground."
BOARDS OF CANADA returns with "Tape 05."
OASIS: The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame has now amended its roster to clarify that it will be inducting Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan.
THE ODYSSEY's early footage is reportedly mind-blowing.
STEVEN SPIELBERG warns that studios need to keep investing in original films like “Disclosure Day” instead of reboots, sequels and spinoffs.
AMAZON MGM promises 15 theatrical releases a year.
TOP GUN 3 is officially in the works.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN, on his reimagination of The Thomas Crown Affair.
CAREY MULLIGAN, on Going Ballistic in ‘Beef.’
SHANNON ELIZABETH joins OnlyFans.
TAIKA WAITITI is making an animated sequel of sorts to the famus Wonka story.
DAMON LINDELOF talks to Sonny Bunch about the Paramount-WB merger.
A DOGGO's version of jumping rope.
CATS & DOGS, living together…
AN ELEPHANT plays with a stray dog.
