Acclaimed Music Top 25 from 1979 poll

Neglected to vote in this, it would have been one more vote for B-52's. Actually, that's pretty much my top 5, except I've never found Joy Division particularly, erm, pleasurable. Swap that for The Slits.

Yeah, this top 5 (well 6) seems right, regardless of order.

The B52's scored anomalously high relative to its Acclaimed Music ranking. Is it just a peculiar favourite on this board?

B-52s get love on ilx, yes

B-52's were, like, my first favourite band

The B52's scored anomalously high relative to its Acclaimed Music ranking. Is it just a peculiar favourite on this board?

no, thing is the acclaimed music ranking is horseshit and means nothing

Acclaimed Music get it ranking from critics lists from around the world. it comes from print and more recognizable on-line sites.

http://cdn.socialmediaexaminer.com/images/1011sh-compensated-endorser.png?9d7bd4

no, thing is the acclaimed music ranking is horseshit and means nothing

― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Wednesday, June 6, 2012 11:39 AM (54 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well i mean, it is far to say that London Calling and Off The Wall and Fear Of Music generally have a more assured place in the canon than The Bs' debut in most places outside ilx

DO THE AQUA VELVA

Kind of surprised by this - don't even know any B52s outside of about three singles.

Which three?

there's a huge gulf of public recognition between their three biggest hits and whatever their 4th biggest hit is, so it shouldn't be that hard to guess

Lol right on

btw it makes me so happy that the album on this list that John Lennon was most excited about at the time was The B-52s

Had no idea the B52's were that loved on ILM. They've never vibed that well with me. Is this album a good starting point?

yes

i haven't really heard much of them, but at SOM records last week they were playing some amazing record, and I asked what it was and it turned out to be their debut!

Moka, check this out; a longtime holy grail for me, it recently popped up on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gobO7spdAfg

It's difficult for me to put into words how much I love them; five slackers from smalltown GA at the dawn of the new wave, pretty much inventing their own form of music.

That show is so good.

Which three?

Love Shack, Roam and Rock Lobster obv, but was googling their singles just now to see if I knew any others and their second biggest single in the UK turns out to be something I mercifully have zero recollection of - Meet The Flintstones, which got to #3.

Nick, you should listen to the 1978 show above too, then!

They were young and on fire. Guitars on this are just cracking.

I loved "Rock Lobster" and "Private Idaho" when I first heard them but "52 Girls" is really the song that made me go "okay this band HAS IT"

Dan, I will fire that thing up just as soon as I get a chance - thanks!

Dan Peterson that is

oh shit I forgot about "6060-842"

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Wow, "52 Girls"... I guess I need this record.

Another track which may convert the unconverted: the longer alternate mix of "Cake' from Mesopotamia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu1cgHWI6iM

Love how virtually overnight ILM has come to regard itself as an enclave of massive B-52's worship

Ten years ago, before my time here, the worshippers were outnumbering the naysayers by a pretty wide margin.

B-52s: Classic or Dud.

See, "Rock Lobster" on SNL was epic but "Love Shack" was a piece o' crap as far as I'm concerned.

The phoenix-like rebirth of The B's after Ricky's death, and the massive mainstream success of the Cosmic Thing album, is heartwarming and wonderful to me. And I still love Love Shack.

― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

True for me two years ago, true today.

Three years ago!

Cosmic Thing is still one of my favourite 80s albums. Bouncing has a lot of gems as well.

Cosmic Thing is fine (I loved it when I was in jr. high), but I love introducing people who are only really familiar with that later period to the early stuff. I rep hard for the first three albums + Mesopotamia (which is a close second to their debut in my esteem and one of the best EPs ever).

Actually I'm willing to bet Mesopotamia is right up my alley.

Didn't see this until just now. I'd probably have voted for Off the Wall, but The B-52s is a close second.

Love how virtually overnight ILM has come to regard itself as an enclave of massive B-52's worship

i have been a massive enclave of B-52's worship since fall quarter 1980