Talk:The Go-Go's

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Spelling the band name

I hate to be picky, but shouldn't this page be titled "The Go-Go's", with "The Go-Gos" redirected to it, rather than the other way around? Even though proper English would suggest the plural of "go-go" is "go-gos", "The Go-Go's" is the way the band members spell it. One could wonder whether this was for artistic license (like Split Enz) or from ignorance, but ultimately, the band's preference should be honored. -- Jeff Q 03:17, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

According to their album covers, they do indeed include the apostrophe, but not the the. Both Vacation and Talk Show read "GO-GO'S". Hyacinth 04:23, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hmm. Then this page should be titled "Go-Go's", and both the "The" versions should be redirects. Maybe "Go-Gos" should be a redirect, too? Ugh. -- Jeff Q 05:22, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

One other small detail; toward the end of the page, the entry on the Go Go's states that basisst Kathy Valentine moved from bass to rhythm guitar. She actually moved to lead guitar, with Charlotte Caffey moved from from lead guitar to primarily rhythm guitar and keyboards. Interestingly, the band only played two shows with this line-up; both shows at the Rock in Rio Festival, 1985. Johnd/John D

You can go ahead and change that information. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:56, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

I think this article is shaping up nicely, what do YOU think??? Zena Dhark…·°º•ø®@» 18:50, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is no definite article in the official name for the Go-Gos, as confirmed by record labels and Joel Whitburn's chart books. The definite article is used before their name in speech and in running text, but not in headings and in lists of names. The same is true for:

Carpenters Buggles

I can't figure out how to remove the definite article from the titles of the entries of these acts.

For the record, the following non-definite-article acts are listed correctly in Wikipedia:

Pet Shop Boys Buzzcocks Spice Girls Village People Sex Pistols Doves Associates Bee Gees

A nerdy observation, but keeping in the spirit of Wikipedia.

Personally, I think it should be: the Go Gos

Zena Dhark…·°º•ø®@» 08:11, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Proposing to resolve "The" issue

Lots of groups have real "schizo-The" issues- a great example would be The Bangles: almost all of their album covers say "Bangles", almost all references to them are as "The Bangles", and the women themselves seem to switch back and forth without concern. technically the group's name is just "Bangles", but you can check them out online at their official web site- it's (wait for it, wait for it) THEBangles.com. Conversely, Eurythmics have fought the mark of the "The" pretty loudly since day one.

Welcome to somewhere in between- while the general public may be wrong when referring to them, the band seemed to give up "The" fight long ago if indeed they ever really cared. Nonetheless, in this case the answer is pretty definitive if grammatically incorrect: the group's name is "Go-Go's"; they may not have known how to use an apostrophe but they knew they didn't like the word "The". As a final note, check their web site gogos.com- the splash page is clear: "Go-Go's" no definitive article, but a hyphen and apostrophe to make up for it.

I was going to go ahead and change the title for the entry, but thought I'd post here instead and wait 7 or 10 days- I hate to do something drastic like that without first seeing if anyone else has a strong opinion otherwise. I find it hard to believe any one but me would really care about this, but maybe I'm not so strange after all... :)
--02:12, 1 September 2007 (UTC)Snozzwanger

We definitely need to standardize the article text, regarding including the apostrophe or not, one way or the other. Newyorkbrad 01:28, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Correct me if I'm wrong ...

... but wasn't there some well-publicised on-tour incident the girls videotaped? Some guys fighting? Or of someone being sick? Can anyone tell me what the hell that was all about? Fergananim (talk) 09:22, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're maybe thinking of an early 80's backstage video where a drunk groupie is begging one of the girls to perform a sex act on him... but they refuse so he tries to do it himself... but fails. Yaguchi (talk) 16:13, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]