A binary-busting love story weds a 16th-century romance and the music of the Go-Go’s.
When the Go-Go's debuted the irresistibly catchy titular song in 1984, MTV was firmly in the era of the Video Vixen, that barely clad staple of the pop world usually seen gyrating in the background while the Top 40's overwhelmingly male rockers beat their guitars like phallic symbols. The all-female Go-Go's made their own space in this world, using anthemic, upbeat earworms to subvert the male gaze.…
A binary-busting love story weds a 16th-century romance and the music of the Go-Go’s.
When the Go-Go's debuted the irresistibly catchy titular song in 1984, MTV was firmly in the era of the Video Vixen, that barely clad staple of the pop world usually seen gyrating in the background while the Top 40's overwhelmingly male rockers beat their guitars like phallic symbols. The all-female Go-Go's made their own space in this world, using anthemic, upbeat earworms to subvert the male gaze.…