Prince wrote the song "Manic Monday" specifically for The Bangles. When we finally had a number one song ... with "Walk Like an Egyptian." We sat down, and he showed us the scene. We were in a studio and he called and ask us to come pick up a cassette. LORELAI: Why? He is incredible. Join Take Two each weekday at 9 AM where we’ll translate the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that people are talking about. We went to the San Remo festival in Italy, and it was Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet — Whitney Houston was there. Multiple songwriters. No matter where you are or what device you use to listen to KPCC, we've got you covered. We still had no money. In this day and age, we don't worry about it. The Bangles are an all-female American pop-rock band formed in 1981. The Bangles will be performing two sold-out shows this weekend at The Troubadour in West Hollywood. He came to see us play live and he actually got on stage with us. And we were having our photo taken by a hundred paparazzi in San Remo. Prince had contacted us, ... and I think that he gave me the song, and we recorded it, and it became ... our first sort of radio hit. Although The Bangles started out as an indie pop band associated with Los Angeles' Paisley Underground scene in the early 1980's, it didn't take the band long to make major commercial inroads. Initially, I wasn't interested in playing in The Bangles, but I was thinking about how much fun it was to write songs with the girls and how well our voices blended, how unique it was. It seemed like it fit, but we hadn't seen the movie. In 1986, you had to be living in the wilderness not to have heard the song "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles at least once. And it was just like this insane moment. There were two songs on the tape. Fast forward a decade and former bandmates Susanna Hoffs and Vicky Peterson start talking about the good old days. Prince wrote 'Manic Monday' and recorded it as a duet for the band Apollonia 6's self-titled album. And we were driving beat-up cars, but we had a number one song. They called and basically gave us a day to get the song recorded. The Bangles breaking up and getting back together mirrors Lorelai and Max’s future relationship. Learn how your comment data is processed. About Us, I am more than ever impressed with her. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. I knew it was worth investigating again. We knew that he wanted to write a song for us. There's always going to be tensions within any team. And everybody sings almost an equal number of songs. By the mid 80's, the band had released two huge singles, Prince's "Manic Monday" and the almost novelty hit "Walk Like an Egyptian." Their break-up was a cumulative process attributed to numerous factors, such as the strain of the Beatlemania phenomenon, the death of manager Brian Epstein in 1967, McCartney's domineering role, Lennon's heroin use, his relationship with Yoko Ono, Harrison's prolific songwriting output, the floundering of Apple Corps and the Get Back project (later Let It Be, 1970), and managerial disputes. We were offered to put a song on the soundtrack, but we had already been playing that song. No, but we have a different relationship inside the band than our sibling relationship. I don't think there is any secret video. We pulled that out of our ancient set list. Max talks about The Bangles being broken up, and while they did break up around 1990, they re-formed in 1998 and are still together. Contact Us, Do you think your version of Jules Shear's "If She Knew What She Wants" helped expose his music to a lot of people? "Manic Monday" was the first single. My husband [filmmaker Jay Roach] had directed ["Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery"], and he was working on the second [movie, "The Spy Who Shagged Me"], and they were down to needing a song for a particular scene. It was probably things that happened between 1987 and 89 that made us realize that we needed a break. Did things change? Lives were lived, children were born. 1 Person Dead In Shooting That Followed Day Of Far-Right, Far-Left Rallies In Denver, READ: Amy Coney Barrett's Opening Statement In Her Confirmation Hearing. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Susanna Hoffs talks about why The Bangles broke up and got back together, her favorite songs to perform, and how it was partying with The Go-Go's in Las Vegas.

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