“The Go-Go Days Are Gone-Gone”

“When The Go-Go’s first album was released, I spent untold hours listening to it spin, singing along to every lyric from the bubble-gum pink inner sleeve, staring at the back of the speckled cover transfixed, where all five members appear in individual black-and-white photos taking bubble baths, looking both sexy and innocent—the epitome of a young girl’s fantasy self.”