A B-52's Thread

Rock Lobster is fairly well known. All my friends know it, anyway. I think Family Guy re-popularised it a little bit. (There's an early episode where Peter does a faithful cover of the whole song).
 
I'm seeing these live in Manchester a week on Tuesday :disco:

They better do WIG
 
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OMG this was so much fun. Everything you'd want from a B52s concert really - aside from some SERIOUS omissions (Wig being the most gutting, but also Give Me Back My Man and Cosmic Thing).

Kate Pierson is an utter QoL. Cindy started off a bit reserved but then stole the show with a beautiful solo performance of Girl from Ipanema that she dedicated to Ricky. This was followed by Roam which I absolutely LOST MY SHIT to.

Definitely the most prolonged, enthusiastic dancing I've ever done outside of a Swedish gay club during Eurovision season.
 
As far as I can remember the setlist was roughly:


Planet Claire
Mesopotamia
Lava
Private Idaho
Party Out Of Bounds
Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland
Roam
Legal Tender
6060-842
Whammy Kiss
Is That You Mo-Dean?
Ultraviolet
Love Shack

Encore:

Keep This Party Going
Rock Lobster
 
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I feel in many ways this picture sums up the gig :D

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I'm having quite the B-52s revival of late for some reason.

In addition to the songs discussed in this thread already, this is quite the gem.



HELLO I'm CINDY, I'm a PISCES and I like CHIHUAHUA'S and CHINESE NOODLES :disco:
 
I always struggle to find these b-52’s threads (I think that’s one of the reasons they dropped the ‘ from the name?)

ANYHOO

REMASTERED and EXPANDED 3 cd version of Mesopotamia alert 🚨

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TRACKLIST:
Disc One: Mesopotamia (Full-Length Version)
01 "Mesopotamia"
02 "Deep Sleep"
03 "Adios Desconocida" *
04 "Queen Of Las Vegas"
05 "Nip It In The Bud"
06 "Loveland"
07 "Cake"
08 "Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can"
09 "Big Bird" *
Disc Two: Mixes
01 "Loveland" (International Mix)
02 "Cake" (International Mix)
03 "Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can" (International Mix)
04 "Loveland" (Tom Durack Remix)
05 "Deep Sleep" (Tom Durack Remix)
06 "Mesopotamia" (Tom Durack Remix)
07 "Cake" (Tom Durack Remix)
08 "Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can" (Tom Durack Remix)
09 "Nip It In The Bud" (Tom Durack Remix)
Disc Three: Meso-America: Live At The Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, April 19, 1982
01 "Party Out Of Bounds" *
02 "Give Me Back My Man" *
03 "Big Bird" *
04 "Cake" *
05 "Lava" *
06 "Loveland" *
07 "Mesopotamia"
08 "Planet Claire" *
09 "606-0842" *
10 "Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can" *
11 "Dance This Mess Around" *
12 "52 Girls" *
13 "Nip It In The Bud" *
14 "Rock Lobster" *
15 "Private Idaho" *
 
Prior to 2008, the band used an apostrophe in their name, rendering it as "the B-52's". In 2008, the band dropped the apostrophe to become "the B-52s". Asked about the change, Pierson said, "It was not grammatically correct. It's not like a possessive. It just seemed superfluous."
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Good to see that they ATONED for their PAST SINS. Just like @VoR in post #48 :disco:
 
Though I never thought much of Love Shack, I really like this B-side by them 💎

(Thanks to some mention in an 80s song subreddit :thumbsup:)
 
I have a soft spot for 'Queen of Las Vegas'. I love the lyrics.



Rockin' on the roulette wheel
Momma grabbed my hand
She was about to die
And she said, "Child, I never been around you much
But I want to give you one thing
Oh, your father was a one-eyed jack of hearts
With diamonds and an ace up his sleeve
Let me tell you I got the system
I got the plan, I got the plan
 
jyxz said:
I always struggle to find these b-52’s threads (I think that’s one of the reasons they dropped the ‘ from the name)
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Well, presumably they did that cause it’s grammatically wrong.

It also makes me want to punch the Go-Go’s.
 
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