. ♪ you're a heartbreaker ♪ >> pat benatar is hot. very hot.e that the one on stage is what i would picture a modern woman to be, someone who is aggressive and soft at the same time, has a lot of strength and conviction and can look good and still have brains. >> you would think that in the era of music becoming a visual form more than ever that it would all be about objectification. but there were a lot of strong women on that video screen. ♪ >> meet the darlings of l.a.'s new music scene, the go-gos. ♪ see the people walking down the street ♪ >> unlike earlier girl groups such as the ronettes or the supremes, the go-gos write their own songs and play their own instruments. ♪ they got the beat ♪ ♪ they got the beat, they got the beat ♪ ♪ yeah, they got the beat ♪ >> that was as punk rock as it got for me, to see girls up there, you know, not just singing backup or not just standing in some cool outfit in front of a band. like they were the band. ♪ >> while the go-gos have always managed to look like they're having fun, they are to be taken ser