I loved The Bangles big time. “Walk Like An Egyptian” was irresistible and “Manic Monday”, while about work, was still a theme song for high school kids everywhere. And “Eternal Flame”, that song was on several of my mixed tapes.

At this point in my life I have never ever done karaoke (other than by myself in the living room). But I’ve long told myself that if I am ever drunk enough brave enough to get up on a stage in a bar full of other drunk brave people to sing karaoke, one of the songs I would want to do is “In Your Room”.

There was something amazing to me, even back in those young days when I didn’t know anything about feminism and disagreements about what women can and can’t do, about a band made up completely of women, women who played guitar and bass and drums.

I miss Susanna Hoffs. She was so beautiful and I wanted to look like her with the long, curly hair and the traffic-stopping eyes. She also had a really recognizable, strong but breathy kind of voice. And oh, the good old snare drums of the 80s, gotta love them!