The Bangles - James (1984)

Released on the 1984 album, "All Over the Place".

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[vhluc]

this is  in my opinion one of their all time songs, I love the bangles

[fundies2]

i know everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but how can eternal flame be anyones favorite song by the bangles. its so damn trite. the all over the place stuff was them at their best, before they sold out.

[rocker10541]

My brother's name is James... Coincidence?

[rpmangin]

@Sommelier97 yeah, video really did kill the radio star

[fundies2]

@Codeeist your starting to not make sense. guess i should expect that from someone who thinks a song with the line, "say my name, sunshine through the rain" is great. again, commercial does not always mean great. i cant expect someone like u to remotely understand what i, and many others here are talking about.

[Codeeist]

@fundies2

You are the one that said you don;t get other peoples opinion. I am just pointing out that virtually none understand yours. 6 nations liked the song and you post on line that you don;t understand why it is a good song. Oh well. Continue to not get it.

[Codeeist]

@fundies2

So now sounding "old" is better than "youthful"? Wow, I even I have not judged voice so superficially. I guess I would think that youthful wins. But I guess you like "mature". Do you like children? Or do you think they are stupid and worthless and should shut up and not sing?

[Codeeist]

Or eternal flame is their favorite and 5 other nations because it was a bad ass song.

[rpmangin]

@Codeeist selling out = finally getting paid? LOL

[rpmangin]

@fundies2 happens to the best. In the words of Rush, "Glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity."

[fundies2]

@Sommelier97 u said it. it seemed like their image and creating pop "gems" became a priority with their later stuff.

[Sommelier97]

@Codeeist

I think Eternal Flame was a lot of folks favorite because that was when they started to listen to The Bangles. They remember the cheesy "Walk Like an Egyptian" video and then a while later Eternal Flame has this doe eyed Susanna Hoffs in it, it's a slow ballad, and people are like "This is my favorite Bangles song"... I remember this album and people weren't all that familiar with The Bangles. They were writing good music and lyrics. Then MTV ruined them.