Monday, November 11, 2019

The 1986 Listening Post - American Girls - American Girls

American Girls - American Girls


#111/1276
March 1986
American Girls
American Girls
Genre: Pop Rock
2.25 out of 5

Highlights:
Sharkskin Suit


For a short while Daryl Hannah was in this band. 
Don’t @ me, that’s what the Wiki says.

I don’t know what they were trying to do here. This is some weird hodgepodge of late 70’s styling, 80s funk rock synth drums rhythms and it’s an all girl band that seems to want to capitalize on the space made by the Go-Go’s but it’s also not that and yet it’s not quite The Bangles, either. Maybe they want to be Heart. But they also want to be a dance group. But it seems to want to be all those things. They try mightily (“One Last Prayer”) but they never fully get there. 
Sigh. I had high hopes. One listen and you know why this project never went anywhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElLedHYDbQ4&list=PLBJ7ztNazTVC8So8huCbRVQrDdlZXAWKm 

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