Video Exclusive: The Gossip's "Eyes Open" from "Live in Liverpool"

Portland, Oregan-based punk band the Gossip are famous for their sweaty, covers-heavy live shows, where loud-and-proud frontwoman Beth Ditto shimmies across the stage, belting along to stripped-down versions of everything from Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" to "Careless Whisper" by Wham!. This week marks the release of the trio's first live CD/DVD, Live in Liverpool, which features those songs as well as their disco-punk hit "Standing in the Way of Control," all recorded at a 2007 concert. Click above for an exclusive clip from their new release, a full-length video of the band performing "Eyes Open."

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Song Stories

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry | 1984

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.

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