Vacation by the Go-Go's

Vacation is a song by the Go-Go's that was released in 1982. From the brief reading that I did about the song, namely Wikipedia, there is not enough in the story to merit a podcast. Although a decent podcast could be made just about the Go-Go's and them being the first band with all women band members who wrote their own songs and played their own instruments. They should also be known as probably the only successful band with both a hyphen and an apostrophe in their name. What other band has an apostrophe in their name? And why Go-Go's? What does that mean?

That's pretty good for the band and really sad for women in general. Why did it take so long for women to accomplish that? Is there something about the nature of women to make it really tough to be in a band?

There have been lots of accomplished women composers who sang and played their own instruments. But they were solo artists. From Carly Simon to Joni Mitchell to Carol King. And now Norah Jones and Alicia Keys are doing it. Gwen Stefani and Pat Benetar and a host of other women don't count because they were in a band with men. And of course, The Supremes and all those Motown girl bands don't count either because men wrote their songs. Even Beyonce, who is incredibly talented and was in Destiny's Child with all women and wrote hit songs, doesn't count because they didn't play their own instruments. They do, however, count in the bands with apostrophes in their names.

So the Go-Go's are just about in a league of their own. But forget about them. The reason the song is on my mind, though, is because I will be going on vacation next week. Which usually means I will be doing chores around the house. Including, cleaning the mold under the sink and the cat puke in the garage. I'm so looking forward to it.