We Got The Beat/Heaven Is A Place On Earth

The Go-Go's were around when I was a kid but at the height of their popularity I was still bee-bopping to The Temptations, The Beach Boys, etc and by the time I was listening to current music Belinda Carlisle had struck out on her own. So because of that today is a double feature! Belinda, solo, isn't a girl band but I associate her with one since that is how she got her start. :)
It seems The Go-Go's were popular due to Belinda's lead. They've gotten back together from time to time but Belinda is the one who has maintained a career. When I was in 7th grade Belinda released "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" and I loved this song! Actually I got the cassette tape it was on and played that on, yep you guessed it - that bubble gum pink cassette player I mentioned the other day. :)
Anywho...enjoy the double feature today!

We Got The Beat - Go-Go's
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle

Comments

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

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