Posted on 05/22/2009 10:21:43 AM PDT by pissant
Since the Bangles' heyday in the 1980s, singer Susanna Hoffs has added several bullets to her resume.
The California native became a wife, mother and solo artist during the 1990s, and the new millennium found her reconvening with the Bangles for a critically heralded reunion album. Although she continued touring with the group, Miss Hoffs also launched a partnership with fellow songwriter Matthew Sweet, whose fanaticism for '60s pop music rivaled her own.
Using Mr. Sweet's home recording studio, the duo began recording new versions of classic '60s songs. The material encouraged Miss Hoffs to buffer her melodies with dense vocal harmonies — a talent she previously had honed to precision with the Bangles — and the resulting work was released in 2006 as "Under The Covers, Vol. 1." Three years later, Miss Hoffs recently completed a second installment of "Under the Covers" — this one delving into the 1970s — while concurrently working on a new album with the Bangles.
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Yes she does!
“But Susanna Hoffs is as hot as a chicken pot pie.”
I always thought so! Hello Betty!
I kinda have a weakness for pretty women who play an instrument.
And yet I married a woman who is completely tone-deaf...
Wow, I can rest easy knowing that Susanna Hoffs is back with the Bangles.
She could be a serial axe murderer and still be not guilty.
i pretty much loved all their stuff, but it isnt the same with michale
Not to be confused with this one...
She always had the most beautiful eyes, and the rest of her wasn’t bad either, especially in “The Allnighter.”
Here’s an acoustic version of Manic Monday....I think around 2000 or so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwfgev1ILiE
Man, that comes from a really old commercial.
I remember there was a story about “Eternal Flame”, that she went in about 3 am and recorded it stark naked in a cool room so the sound of her shivering and vulnerability would be captured in the music. I doubt it happened, but it was an imaginative marketing story.
Sexiest rock chick of the 80s AND 90s. Had a sister who was a professor at UCB, I believe, who was also a knockout.
“...but it was an imaginative marketing story.”
Its got my imagination wondering.....which is sure to get me in trouble.
The first ‘45 single (under the name of The Bangs) was good, especially “Call On Me.” Their EP was good raw garage stuff, too, and they were even rawer live back then. I think their first full-length album was still their best effort, but second-best in my opinion is surprisingly their newest, “Doll Revolution,” which came out just a few years ago. It’s got some great tunes, and Michael Steele was still in the band. Good stuff if you like the Bangles’ sound.
Susanna’s ‘60s cover album with Matthew Sweet wasn’t too bad either, but none of the covers are as good as the originals. Still, her take on Fairport Convention’s “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” was pretty nice. Not as good as Sandy Denny, but still pretty nice.
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