Belinda Jo Carlisle (born August 17, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. He gained worldwide fame as the lead singer of The Go-Go's, one of the most successful female bands of all time, and later had a productive career as a solo act.
Grew up in Southern California, Carlisle began his musical career in 1977 as a member of the Los Angeles punk band, Germs, and later joined The Go-Go as the lead singer after the band's formation in 1978. With their debut chart-topping release Beauty and the Beat in 1981, the group helped popularize new wave music in the United States, and was the first female band in history to compose their own songs and play their own instruments to achieve No. 1 album. Go-Go has sold over 7 million albums worldwide.
After the dissolution of The Go-Go's in 1985, Carlisle went on to have a successful solo career with radio hits such as "Mad About You", "I Get Weak", "Circle in the Sand", "Leave a Light On" and "Heaven is a Place on Earth ", among them, which is a major success in the United States, Great Britain, and also internationally. His autobiography, Lips Unsealed , published in June 2010, is the Best Seller's New York Times and receives favorable reviews. On August 11, 2011, as a member of The Go-Go's, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Belinda Jo Carlisle was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on August 17, 1958 to Harold Carlisle, a gas station employee, and his wife, Joanne (nÃÆ' Â © e Thompson), a housewife. His mother met his father, who was twenty years older than him, at the age of eighteen, and Carlisle was born nine months later. She was named after her mother's favorite movie, Johnny Belinda (1948). Carlisle was the first of seven brothers, with three brothers and three sisters. When he was five years old, Carlisle's father left their family, and he had stated that he spent most of his childhood poor. As a teenager, she remembers having "like, two clothes." According to Carlisle, her mother is very religious, while her father is not. In an interview with Slash magazine, she describes herself as a rejecter from the Southern Baptist family.
Her mother would later marry Walt Kurczeski, whom Carlisle said was an alcoholic, and with whom she had a tumultuous relationship. The family often moved during his childhood, from Simi Valley to Reseda, before settling in Burbank when Carlisle was seven years old. At the age of ten, Carlisle began to express his interest in music, and remembered The Beach Boys, Cat Stevens, The Stylistics, and The Animals as early musical influences.
The family moved again during Carlisle's teenage years, this time to Newbury Park; he attended Colina Junior High School in Thousand Oaks, and then Newbury Park High School, where he was a cheerleader. During his teenage years, Carlisle became a rebel: "By the time I reached the age of fourteen, I really went wild," he said. "I ran away from home, smoke pot, sour down... just call it, I'll try it." After high school, Carlisle worked at the House of Fabrics store, and as a photocopier at Hilton Hotels Corporation in Los Angeles at the age of eighteen. He took a night class attending a beauty lecture, but out in the first year. At the age of nineteen, Carlisle left her parents' home to pursue a career in music.
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Careers
Initial and Go-Go's
Carlisle's first attempt into music was in 1977 as a drummer for the punk rock band Germs, under the name Dottie Danger. She was recruited into the band by Lorna Doom, whom she met in an art class when a student at Thousand Oaks High School. However, his time in the band was short because of his contract mononucleosis, and he never recorded or performed live with Germs. According to Pat Smear, after quitting, he introduced his friend, Donna Rhia, who became his successor. Carlisle did not appear on a recording that introduced the band to a 1977 performance at Whiskey a Go Go, heard on live album Germicide (1977). Around this time, Carlisle did some back-up singing for Black Randy and Metrosquad.
Soon after leaving Germ, he founded The Go-Go (originally called The Misfits), with friends and fellow musicians Margot Olavarria, Elissa Bello, and Jane Wiedlin. Olavarria and Bello were soon out of the group and the new line-up included bassist-turned-guitarist Charlotte Caffey, bassist turning guitarist Kathy Valentine, and drummer Gina Schock. All five women are mostly untrained musicians, and Carlisle recalls having to use tape as a fret marker during their initial songwriting: "[Charlotte] should show us how to install our amplifiers," he said.
Go-Go will continue to be one of America's most successful bands in the 1980s, helping deliver new wave music into popular American radio, and became the first female band to write their own music and play their own instruments forever. reached album No. 1, Beauty and the Beat , featuring "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed" hits. Go-Go recorded two more studio albums at I.R.S. Recordings, including Vacation in 1982, which became gold. "Head Over Heels", from their 1984 album Talk Show , made it to No. 1. 11.
In 1984, Carlisle went into acting in the movie Swing Shift, starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.
Solo Career
1985-1990
Go-Go was dissolved in 1985 and Carlisle started his solo career. Carlisle's first solo album Belinda was released in 1986, also on I.R.S. Recording. The album was a success in North America and was certified Gold in the United States and Platinum in Canada. The summer hit "Mad About You" peaked at No. 1. 3 in the United States, occupied Canadian Singles Chart, and charted in the top 10 in Australia. "Mad About You" was followed by Motown-influenced single "I Feel the Magic" written by Charlotte Caffey, and by a cover version of Freda Payne's song "Band of Gold". All three songs were included in his debut album. The single "Since You've Gone", co-written by Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, is only used for promotions. Susanna Hoffs co-wrote the single "I Need a Disguise" in which she also sang back-up vocals with Jane Wiedlin. Duran Duran's Andy Taylor plays the guitar on some album tracks and appears in the "Crazy About You" video clip.
During this time, Carlisle also has songs featured on the soundtrack of the movie, especially "In My Wildest Dreams" from the movie Mannequin, "Shot in the Dark" by thriller Anthony Michael Hall. Out of Bounds , and "Dancing in the City" from Whoopi Goldberg Burglar (1987).
The 1987's Music Style Heaven on Earth left behind Carlisle's first influenced pop album in the 1960s and supported pop music of the 1980s. It was released in the United States via MCA, and in the United Kingdom via Virgin Records. The album became the top 5 bestsellers in the UK and Australia, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas; and Chynna Phillips and Carnie Wilson from Wilson Phillips sang a backup for this album. Thomas Dolby plays the keyboard on several album tracks.
The album's first single, "Heaven Is a Place on Earth," topped the singles charts in the United States and Britain, with a dance mix of the song also topping the Billboard dance chart in the United States.. This promotional video was directed by American Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton. The second single from the album was Diane Warren-writing "I Get Weak", which peaked at No. 1. 2 in the United States and No. 10 in the UK. The third single from the album was "Circle in the Sand", another Top 10 hit in the United States, Britain and Germany. "World Without You" is another British hit. Following the album's success, Carlisle embarked on a world tour of Good Heavens, which sold out Wembley Arena in London.
Carlisle following up the success of Heaven on Earth is Runaway Horses, released on October 23, 1989. The album reached the Top 5 in Australia and the UK, certified double platinum in Australia and platinum in the UK and in Canada. The first release, "Leave a Light On", peaked at No. 1. 11 in the United States, and became the top 5 other smashes in the UK, Australia and Canada. The song featured a guitar solo slide by George Harrison; he also played in the song "Deep Deep Ocean."
The second US single, "Summer Rain", reached No. 1. 30 in early 1990. The song reached No. 1. 6 in Australia. This is the final release of Runaway Horses in the UK where it was released as the sixth single album in December 1990, peaking at No. 1. 23 in January 1991. Three more singles were released: the title track; "La Luna", which reached the Top 10 in Switzerland and Top 20 hits in Germany and Australia; and "(We Want) The Same Thing", which reached No. 6 in the UK.
In the late fall of 1990, Go-Go reunited for the tour to support their first best-of album, Greatest, including a new recording of the cover song "Cool Jerk" (The Go-Go's original cover is shown in their 1980 European EP, with a second version released in 1982). An important feature of the tour is the anti-feather campaign, in which band members support the PETA animal rights organization.
1991-1999
In 1991, Carlisle released his fourth solo album, Live Your Life Be Free . The album marked a bit of a return to 1960-influenced music for Carlisle and included songs primarily written and produced by Rick Nowels but also two co-songs written by Carlisle. Single "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" accompanied by a video inspired by the movie B 50 Feet Leg Attack . The title track, "Live Your Life Be Free", released as the first single outside of the United States, is the top 20 hit singles in many countries. 12 in the UK and No. 13 in Australia. The next release of "Half the World" and "Little Black Book" (co-written by Marcella Detroit with her real name Marcy Levy) also hits outside the United States. The album was also successful in Europe (Top 10 in the UK and Gold certification). Until now, "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" is Carlisle's last single to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 1. 73.
Still active in Europe and Australia with a record deal on Virgin Records, his biggest hit album in 1992 The Best of Belinda, Volume 1 reached No.Ã,1, and was certified double platinum in the UK and platinum in Australia. This first greatest hits album covers all the hits taken from Heaven on Earth , Horse Running , and Live Your Life Be Free . The United States version of the album was named Her Greatest Hits and also included songs from the first album Belinda .
Carlisle's fifth solo album, Real , was released in 1993 on the Virgin label in the United States and in Europe. Produced without Nowels, the disc is a departure from Carlisle's polished pop music formula. Even album cover photos show it with little or no make-up. Carlisle co-produced and wrote many albums, collaborating with friends and former Go-Go Charlotte Caffey. This fifth consecutive album Carlisle to reach the Top 10 UK peak at number 9. It peaked also at number 23 in Sweden. His first single, "Big Scary Animal", peaked at No. 1. 12 in the UK. The second single from Real is "Lay Down Your Arms", which became the Top 30 in the UK. Gregg Alexander Radikal Baru co-authored the single "Here Comes My Baby".
Go-Go reunited in 1994 to support a double-CD retrospective. Back to Go-Go's Valley, their second collection, featuring three new songs, including the single "All Lost World Heads". However, the band broke up again, shortly after the promotional tour.
Carlisle returned to the recording studio, and returned to work again with Rick Nowels. In 1996 she released in her sixth solo British and Australian album, A Woman and a Man , on the Chrysalis label. The album, comprised mostly of casual adult pop, revitalized his solo career in Europe, and included several hits. The single leadoff, "In Too Deep", returned Carlisle to the British Top 10 for the first time in six years, reaching No. 1. 6. "Always Breaking My Heart", written and produced by Roxette's Per Gessle, also made Great Britain 10, culminating in No. 8.
The album spawned two more hits in the UK: "Love in the Key of C", and "California", featuring vocal setting and back-up by Brian Wilson. This album reached No. 12 in the UK, and certified gold. As a result of UK's Woman and Men 'success, the album was released in the United States during the summer of 1997 on a small Ark21 label. In 1997, he recorded "I Will not Say (I'm in Love)" for the Disney movie Hercules . The song was released as a single exclusively in France and Germany.
In 1999, Carlisle released the biggest hits album in the UK, double-disc on the Virgin label, collectively titled A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits . The first disc featured Carlisle's hit plus three new songs recorded for the album: the single "All God's Children", and the songs "A Prayer for Everyone" and "Feels Like I've Known You Forever". The second disc, A Place on Earth subtitle, contains previously released remixes of some hits and some previously unreleased B-sides on CD. Some remixes by William Orbit. Places on Earth: The Greatest Hits are Gold certified in the UK and have sold over one million copies worldwide. The European version is marketed with an interview CD in which Carlisle provides answers to over 40 questions sent by fans.
Later recording and reunion Go-Go
2001-2009
In 2001, The Go-Go reunited and released a new material album, God Bless The Go-Go's . Green Day vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong co-wrote the only single released single "Unforgiven".
God Bless The Go-Go received mixed criticism from critics. Peter Fawthrop of AllMusic writes "Every bit as Go-Go, that is, as non-hits and unusual material.While Go-Go sound is intact, there is no" We Got the Beat "or "Head Over Heels" can be found It is quite possible that in this pop-rebirth, The Go-Go's decide it now or not... This album does not attempt to update the band's sound with hip-moves or electronic frippery, which God has to blessing them, indeed. The holder of girls in the pop world today remains so strong that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong wrote the song ("Unforgiven") on the perfect Go-Go dragging ".
In spite of the mixed reviews, the album is mapped on US Billboard 200, peaking at number no. 57. Around the time of Go-Go's definitive reunion tour, Carlisle appeared naked for the cover feature and full picture of August 2001 Edition Playboy .
In 2007, Carlisle released her seventh album, Voila , which was her first solo studio album in over ten years. The album was produced by John Reynolds and included Brian Eno on the keyboard. Composed of a mixture of French pop songs and chanson standards, including the cover of FranÃÆ'§oise Hardy and ÃÆ'â € â„¢ dith classic Piaf, Voila was released via Rykodisc in the UK on February 5 and in the United States the following day, February 6, 2007.
In early 2009, Carlisle was in his eighth season, Dancing with the Stars, in pairs with Jonathan Roberts. He was the first star to be eliminated from the competition, on 17 March. In October 2009, Carlisle took over the role of Velma Von Tussle at the London West End Hairspray production at Shaftesbury Theater. He remained with the show until the end of January 2010 and was replaced by SiobhÃÆ'¡n McCarthy.
2010-present
Between 2011 and 2012, Carlisle embarked on a United States tour with The Go-Go's, which included concerts at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles in August 2011 and the Hollywood Bowl in September 2012. In March 2013, Carlisle released his first 17-year US single titled " Sun ", a tempo pop song, which is included in" ICON ", the greatest hits compilation album. The single was also released in the UK. The song was written by Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's and singer-songwriter Gabe Lopez. Lopez also produced the song. While the tracks are not charts, it received positive reviews. In August 2013, Edsel Records released a remastered, three-disc version of Heaven on Earth, Runaway Horses, Live Your Life Be Free and Real . Each album consists of a remastered version of the original LP followed by a 7-inch or a radio edit of each single from the album, a second remixed disc and a 12-inch version of all singles, and a DVD consisting of a promotional video for singles. Some singles and remixes have never been released on CD. In March 2014, a Biggest Hits The Collection was released containing 18 hit songs and one new song, "Goodbye Just Go", along with a DVD of 18 videos. The album reached number 24 on the UK album charts.
Also in March 2014, another five-retrospective digital retrospective collection titled Anthology was released. The anthologies include "Dancing in the City", previously only available on LP/CD Japan for the 1987 movie soundtrack Burglar , and "I Will not Say I'm in Love" Which was previously only released in the year 1997 as a single CD in France. It also includes all three singles from her first album and the fourth single from A Woman and a Man . Then in 2014, Carlisle's three other studio albums, Belinda, A Woman and a Man and Voila were re-edited by Edsel on CD, despite a number of problems with their production.
Carlisle confirmed in a radio interview in August 2015 that he had completed work on a new album, while allocated for release in January 2016. He commented that the music on the album would be partially inspired by the Kundalini yoga, which he had taken while pregnant in 1991/1992 and where he has qualified as a teacher since becoming aware in 2005. Also in August 2015, Edsel released a box set of all commercially released singles from Carlisle's studio album, plus bonus discs featuring recordings that have never been previously released "In My Wildest Dreams", which was featured in the 1987 film Mannequin. By the end of 2016, Go-Go has completed an international tour with Best Coast as a supporting act, which Carlisle thinks will likely be their last joint tour.
Album studio eighth Carlisle, Gurmukhi singing option called Wilder Shores , released in September 2017.
The style and influence of music
Carlisle has been noted by critics for his dynamic soprano vocal range. While Carlisle's discography is good with Go-Go and in his solo work has been dominated characterized as pop music, some music scholars such as Greil Marcus have recorded encounters of subtle punk influences as well as pop rock, especially in the early Go-Go releases (Marcus suggests that every trace of punk brought from Carlisle's short term in Germ).
Carlisle has been alternately portrayed by critics as "punk diva" and "pop princess." As a singer at Go-Go's, Carlisle is associated with a new wave of genre, and the band is commented on by critics for their style of "punk [ed] punk with the sounds of California's surf music." The next solo release, starting with a solo debut titled herself, Belinda (1986), was criticized by critics as more refined contemporary pop music.
His early inspirations during his childhood were The Beach Boys, Cat Stevens, The Stylistics, and The Animals. As a teenager, he saw Iggy Pop on the cover of The Stooges' Raw Power at a record store, an album he credited as a gate that exposed him to punk and rock art that plays like The Velvet Underground. , New York Dolls, Roxy Music, and The Sex Pistols. In an interview in 2013, Carlisle stated that despite having recorded his abundance throughout his career, he "did not really listen to pop music," and was recently inspired by jazz artists like Miles Davis.
Personal life
In 1986, Carlisle married political producer and filmmaker Morgan Mason, son of actor James Mason. He made appearances in Carlisle's music videos "Mad About You" and "Heaven Is a Place on Earth". They have one son, James, who was born in 1992. After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Carlisle and his family moved to Europe, settling in the south of France. Carlisle and her husband live among FrÃÆ' Â © jus, a commune in South France, India, and the United States. In 2017, the couple moved to Bangkok, Thailand.
In a 1990 interview with Spin , Carlisle stated that he was not close to his siblings or his parents, saying: "I want to be close to them I feel uncomfortable I think I feel guilty sometimes about my success in some ways. "
During the early stages of his tenure with Go-Go's, Carlisle developed a serious addiction to cocaine and alcohol that will last for thirty years. At the same time, he also developed an eating disorder, which he said came from a media comment about his appearance; Excessive use of cocaine Carlisle helps keep her weight down. In addition, Carlisle admits using LSD, quaaludes, and MDA regularly as both adolescents and adults. In a 2017 interview, he told The Guardian that he "could not believe he was not dead."
After a three-day cocaine feast in 2005, Carlisle said he saw himself in the mirror and "did not see light or soul" in his eyes: "I just thought, 'I know I do not look like me anymore.'" The same morning, has auditory hallucinations that say he will be found dead in a hotel room if he does not stop using drugs. The incident caused Carlisle to seek calm, and he was aware since 2005.
He told The Sydney Morning Herald in 2014: "I do not smoke anymore, I do not drink anymore and I'm not using drugs anymore I'm very interested in my Buddhism I found changing 40 real parts on time for me. "Carlisle stated in his autobiography Lips Unsealed: A Memoir that he has practiced Nichiren Buddhism as a member of Soka Gakkai International since 2002, and he often mentions in a press interview that he sings Nam My ? h? Renge Ky? every day. He also praised this exercise by helping him maintain his composure.
Activism
Carlisle is a supporter of several causes. He has been a staunch supporter of LGBT rights, which he published after his son James came to him at the age of fourteen. Carlisle is also a vegetarian and animal rights advocate. He and his bandmates were the first stars to pose for PETA's "Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign in 1990. In a 2013 interview, she talked about going back to vegetarian after a long break, stating that
I fell out of a veggie cart and never felt happy about it. I would not allow myself to think of a plate of meat as an animal, but I know deep in it, and in fact it's dirty, especially chicken. I am full of shame. Then I started practicing yoga, which was all about nonviolence, and realized eating meat did not fit that. I now teach yoga, and I am very proud of not supporting farming and socially responsible.
He donated his song "Bless the Beast and the Children" to the album Tame Yourself to benefit PETA.
In 2014, Carlisle co-founded Animal People Alliance, a non-profit organization based in Calcutta, India, which raises funds and trains and employs poor women to care for street animals. "We teach people that animals have feelings," Carlisle said. "How to recognize street animals in trouble There is a growing middle class and they still do not have proper veterinary care, so much of what we do will educate.We partnered with hospitals in Calcutta to teach about adoption and to gain access to space emergency. "
In popular culture
In 1999, Carlisle was ranked # 76 with Go-Go's at VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & amp; Scroll . He is mentioned several times in Chuck Palahniuk's "Phoenix" short story, published in Make Something Up: Unread Stories (2016). By 2018 on Progressive ads they pay homage to the song Heaven is a place on earth.
Discography
- Studio album
- Belinda (1986)
- Heaven on Earth (1987)
- Horse Running (1989)
- Live Your Life Be Free (1991)
- Real
- Women and Men (1996)
- Voila (2007)
- Wilder Shores (2017)
See also
- List of artists who reached number one in the United States
- List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
- List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
- Single number single 1986 (Canada)
References
The work cited
- Carlisle, Belinda (2011). Unsealed Lips: A Memoir . Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-46350-0.
- Marcus, Greil (1999). In Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992 . Harvard University Press. ISBN: 978-0-674-44577-2.
- Quisling, Erik (2003). Straight Whiskey: Life History Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll on the Sunset Strip. Bonus Book. ISBN: 978-1-566-25197-6. â € <â € <
- Spitz, Marc; Mullen, Brendan (2010). We Have Neutron Bombs: Undisclosed Stories from L.A. Punk . Crown/Archetypes. ISBN 978-0-307-56624-9.
External links
- Official website
- Official Go-Go Sites
- Belinda Carlisle - Places on Earth
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