worse than Piano Man, almost worse than We Didn't Start the Fire
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i get to ignore love shack because i did my time in the trenches doing sound for highly paid shitty variety cover bands, so ive earned the right
― First and Last and Safeways (jjjusten), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
"Roam" >>>> >>> "Channel Z" >>> "Deadbeat Club" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Love Shack"
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Love Shack is pretty fun, guys.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't listen to cover bands or the radio so overexposure is not really an issue for me
― Whats with all the littering? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Love Shack is pretty fun, guys
xpost: if by fun you mean obnoxious, i concur.sorry
― If you can believe your eyes and ears (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
does anyone remember doogie howser going into depression and listening to channel z on repeat?
― harshbuzz to my chilt-on (zvookster), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i prefer all those B-52s songs that aren't obnoxious
― what's pooping ahn (some dude), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
vinnie had to snap him out of it
― harshbuzz to my chilt-on (zvookster), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
"Love Shack"'s great and all but obv is way overplayed. "Roam" for the riff alone
― gabourey voltaire (Stevie D), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost i mean, it's doofy and obnoxious, but as far as doofy and obnoxious songs go, it's pretty good.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
ILM contrarianism at its bets keep it up guys
― Whats with all the littering? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
best
Yesssssss. First time I heard it. He just stared at the record spinning on the turntable.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
doogie had a record player? weird.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Doogie was ten years ahead of the vinyl fetishists. Cool dude.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Love Shack is pretty great, though I liked Roam more even back in 1990....
― failboat fucking captain (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link
it was the 80s. lots of people still had turntables.
― Whats with all the littering? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
― Whats with all the littering? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:31 PM (22 minutes ago)
do you live in a world where sounds are emitted from TVs movies and stores?
― First and Last and Safeways (jjjusten), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i was abt to say, '89 was only the first year CDs outsold vinyl
― what's pooping ahn (some dude), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
it was the 80s. lots of people still had turntables.yeah, but doogie was kind of ahead of his time, wasn't he? Seems like he'd at least have a discman or something. what else did the doog have in his record collection do you think?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
That was part of my joke.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
what a horribly formed etc
― what's pooping ahn (some dude), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
not really
― Whats with all the littering? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
what movies was Love Shack used in?
simmer down shakey love shack is great but roam is more great
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
that "glove slap" song from the Simpsons (to the tune of Love Shack) is funny.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Roam is allright but it doesn't feature Fred, who is hands-down the best feature of any B-52s song
― Whats with all the littering? (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
The best feature: the girls' harmonies. The second best: the guitars (Ricky's or Keith's).
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
nothing wrong with LS, but to my mind it is the fourth best single from this album (tho all four are admittedly brilliant). <3<3<3 the guitar solo in it.
I need to listen to the other album trax some more. it's been too long & I'm really liking the sound of "topaz."
― everybody on ilx u have dandruff (Pillbox), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
# "Cold Case" (1 episode, 2006) - Lonely Hearts (2006) TV episode (performer: "Love Shack")# SingStar Rocks! (2006) (VG) (performer: "Love Shack")# Cathouse 2: Back in the Saddle (2003) (TV) (performer: "Love Shack")# "The Simpsons" (1 episode, 1999) - E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt) (1999) TV episode (performer: "Glove Slap")# Rising Sun (1993) (performer: "LOVE SHACK")# Frankie and Johnny (1991) (performer: "LOVE SHACK")... aka "Frankie & Johnny" - USA (poster title)# "Ferris Bueller" (1 episode, 1990) - Grace Under Pressure (1990) TV episode (performer: "Love Shack")# "Full House" (1 episode, 1990) - Our Very First Telethon (1990) TV episode (performer: "Love Shack")
nothing since 2006, Roam is preferred from then on TELLINGLY
that's as may be, but tv's doogie howser listened to college radio & played vinyl, it was very much a character decision. tv's doogie howser could listen on anything he liked & he listened on vinyl TELLINGLY
― harshbuzz to my chilt-on (zvookster), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
still love Love Shack but yeah probably a bit overplayed to talk much about. Channel Z seems like such a weird choice for a 1st single given the monster hits that would come next (admittedly I've always hated that song)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
come aaaawn this shit is unstoppable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWEfmCvu8R8
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
LOOK: there is a awesome riff
BEHOLD: verses! so much shorter than the chorus!
WITNESS: dope-ass hand clappin!
GET A LOAD OF: Kate Pierson absolutely is just 100% singing her fucking balls off on that second verse!
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
^this shit right here
― harshbuzz to my chilt-on (zvookster), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link
also video features fred and it is, like, the video era? so.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
is that kate or cindy singing the second verse?
― failboat fucking captain (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost oops shame on me iirc that's cindy wilson rocking the fuck out of the verses
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i haven't heard this in so long i got all excited
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
saul wright, roger, here is a great kate song, from the (admittedly weaker) follow-up, Good Stuff: Revolution Earth
(could only find the live version sorry foax)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXnmzVqA40o
― failboat fucking captain (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Good Stuff is totally Cosmic Thing Pt. II, down to the producers and mix. Songwriting isn't as good, but still worth owning -- and you can pick up a used copy easily.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KyhesAa-DA
there's something about this video...it's nothing spectacular but it captures that vibe that's been kind of pointed out...the whole end-of-the-New-Wave thing, as well as the whole smiling-through-the-tears thing...it's really great
― failboat fucking captain (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link
as a kid i loved the Cosmic Thing singles but Good Stuff was the first one they put out after I started buying CDs, so for years that was the only B-52s album I had. haven't put it on in a long while but I'd probably still like it.
― what's pooping ahn (some dude), Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd forgotten there was a Stipe cameo in that video.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I remember thinking that "Tell It Like It T-I-S" was such a profound shark jump that I almost completely disowned their entire back catalog. I'm glad I didn't, as that would have been really silly, but still: not a fan of that song/era.
― ALLAH! *rolls on floor* (HI DERE), Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Good Stuff is totally Cosmic Thing Pt. II
MINUS Cindy Wilson, though, which makes as big a difference as Ricky Wilson not being there.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
"Is That You Mo-Dean?" is pretty good.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:11 (fourteen years ago) link
(xpost) ^I wz just about to post this but then accidentally demolished my browser window somehow...
― don't let it rest on the President's desk (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
(about Cindy Wilson's absence making Good Stuff seem weaker)
meanwhile, I'm listening to "Love Shack" right now, and as far as overplayed songs go, this is about the cream of the crop...
― don't let it rest on the President's desk (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty sure that people who hate "love Shack" eat live kittens
― ALLAH! *rolls on floor* (HI DERE), Thursday, 25 March 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I now like "Deadbeat Club" a lot more than I used to
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 18 September 2020 14:32 (three years ago) link
This album is really, really perfect
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 18 September 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
I've fallen for 'Deadbeat Club' so hard in recent years that I made it the subject of a Pop Con paper. They release it the same year as Pet Shop Boys' "Being Boring," which covers similar ground.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 September 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
OH LIGHTNING, STRIKE TWICEHEY EVERYBODY, BASK IN THE AFTERGLOW
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 18 September 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link
i love that topaz was the #13 b-52's song of ALL TIME on our poll a while back
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 September 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
and actually, since you're both here, i thought this was a nice quote:
DJP's enthusiasm for "Topaz" a decade ago taught me to love it.Strickland's slink guitar sounds marvelous.― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),
Strickland's slink guitar sounds marvelous.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 September 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
deadbeat club is amazing. love this album.
― brimstead, Saturday, 19 September 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
Great Moments in Vocals: Cindy exclaiming "I Want The World To Change For Me!" in "Channel Z".
― “Heroin” (ft. Bobby Gillespie) (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
otm
oddly enough i had "Wig" from BOtS stuck in my head an hour ago
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 21:19 (two years ago) link
there are these commercials for a hotel chain I keep getting which has like an EDM version of "Roam" in it, but it's completely re-recorded and completely replaces the groove, it sounds really weird. I always thought the most distinctive feature of that track was the harmony vocals, now I think it's actually the rhythm
― frogbs, Wednesday, 21 June 2023 03:04 (nine months ago) link