POP-A-LOOZA: Didn't Hear THAT Coming! (Unexpected Covers In Concert): The Bangles Sing Love

Each week, the pop culture website Pop-A-Looza shares some posts from my vast 'n' captivating Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) archives. The latest shared post is a reprise of the most recent edition of Didn't See THAT Coming! (Unexpected Covers In Concert), this time recalling the night I saw The Bangles cover Love's "7 & 7 Is."

With this post yesterday, I began my second year as a contributor to Pop-A-Looza. Last January, Pop-A-Looza's Dan Pavelich asked me if I'd be willing to share some of my posts on his site. Okeydokey! I've been corresponding with Dan for years, playing his bands The Bradburys and The Click Beetles on This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl, supporting his comic strip Just Say Uncle on Patreon, and cheering on behave of his varied efforts. It has been a blast for me to be a part of Pop-A-Looza.

I announced my affiliation with Pop-A-Looza on January 23rd, 2020. And here's a list of all of my shared Boppin' Pop-A-Loozas to date.

I'm In Love With A Sound

The 1966 Batman Paperback

10 Songs

The Everlasting First: Buddy Holly

The Blue Beetle # 6

The Everlasting First: The Jam

Comic Book Retroview: Superboy # 129

Michael & Micky: A Wish For A New Studio Album By The Monkees

Coffee

To Beat Or Not To Beat

The Greatest Record Ever Made! The Wonders, "That Thing You Do!"

MTV's Remote Control

The Other Side Of The Hit (B-Side Appreciation): Yoko Ono, "Kiss Kiss Kiss"

Justice Society Of America: The Movie

The Bands That Would Be Kinks

The Everlasting First: Star Wars, The Sandman, The Silver Surfer, The Spider, Spy Smasher, and The Seven Soldiers Of Victory

10 Songs

Read The Movie

The Monkees' Good Times!

Spider-Man, Spider-Man (My Marvel Comics Try-Out)

Unfinished And Abandoned: Catch Us If You Can, The Bay City Rollers Movie That Never Was

Dennis O'Neil

The Greatest Record Ever Made! The Kinks, "You Really Got Me"

The Archies: An American Band

Movies In My Mind: Jukebox Express

Hamilton

Badfinger, "Day After Day"

The Everlasting First: E-Man

The Greatest Record Ever Made! The Knickerbockers, "Lies"

Diamonds Are Forever

Guilt-Free Pleasures: The Monkees, "I Never Thought It Peculiar"

Red-Eyed And Ravenous: Brand Name Me

The Other Side Of The Hit: The Go-Go's, "Surfing And Spying"

Dear Superguys (or: I Was A Teenaged Comic Book Letterhack)

The Greatest Record Ever Made! Dusty Springfield, "I Only Want To Be With You"

Cereal Infidelity

The Everlasting First: Cheap Trick

The One That Got Away! The Dave Clark Five, Glad All Over Again

My First Freelance Writing Sale: A History of DC Comics' The Secret Six

5 Above: The Kinks In The '70s

Rejection Accepted: Trying (And Failing!) To Write For DC Comics In The '70s And '80s

My Illegal Records

Virtual Ticket Stub Gallery: The Beatles Live, 1976

The Way I Talk (brought to you by pop culture)

The Other Side Of The Hit: The Ramones, "Babysitter"

The Game Of The Name

Faces On The Wall

LP Cover Cavalcade # 1

Comic Book Cover Cavalcade # 1

The Greatest Record Ever Made! The Beatles, "Rain"

LP Cover Cavalcade # 2

The Everlasting First: Batman

Rescued From The Budget Bin! Heavy Metal (24 Electrifying Performances)

Pat Boone: The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

The Greatest Record Ever Made! Baron Daemon and the Vampires, "The Transylvania Twist"

This Mask, This Candy Bar

The Greatest Record Ever Made! First Aid Kit, "America"

5 Great Movie Songs (from films I either didn't like or never saw)

The Everlasting First: The Sex Pistols

This Man, This Marvel: A Guy Named Stan

A Neil Young Story

All The World's A Stage

The Greatest Record Ever Made! Johnny Nash, "I Can See Clearly Now"

The Everlasting First: The Inferior Five

This Pen For Hire! My Guest Appearances In Other Writers' Books

The Everlasting First: The Ohio Express

The Everlasting First: Not Brand Echh

The Greatest Record Ever Made! The Ramones, "I Don't Want To Grow Up"

Well Hello There, Famous Person!

Yoko Ono For Christmas

The Greatest Record Ever Made! Eytan Mirsky, "This Year's Gonna Be Our Year"

Didn't Hear THAT Coming! The Flashcubes Sing Herman's Hermits

Jeopardy!

Didn't Hear THAT Coming! David Johansen Sings Donna Summer

Superpulp Paperbacks

The Greatest Record Ever Made! David Bowie, "Life On Mars?"

The Pulps

And that's my first year's worth of Boppin' Pop-A-Loozas. Year # 2 starts with The Bangles covering a '60s nugget by Love, the latest Boppin' Pop-A-Looza.

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