Another track which may convert the unconverted: the longer alternate mix of "Cake' from Mesopotamia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu1cgHWI6iM
― Soccer mom, hopeless and lost, in utter despair (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
Love how virtually overnight ILM has come to regard itself as an enclave of massive B-52's worship
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
Ten years ago, before my time here, the worshippers were outnumbering the naysayers by a pretty wide margin.
B-52s: Classic or Dud.
― Soccer mom, hopeless and lost, in utter despair (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
See, "Rock Lobster" on SNL was epic but "Love Shack" was a piece o' crap as far as I'm concerned.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 23:53 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
True for me two years ago, true today.
― Soccer mom, hopeless and lost, in utter despair (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 7 June 2012 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
Three years ago!
― Soccer mom, hopeless and lost, in utter despair (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 7 June 2012 00:43 (eleven years ago) link
Cosmic Thing is still one of my favourite 80s albums. Bouncing has a lot of gems as well.
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 7 June 2012 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
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).
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:08 (eleven years ago) link
Actually I'm willing to bet Mesopotamia is right up my alley.
― freebroheem (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:41 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't see this until just now. I'd probably have voted for Off the Wall, but The B-52s is a close second.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Thursday, 7 June 2012 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
i have been a massive enclave of B-52's worship since fall quarter 1980
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Thursday, 7 June 2012 06:48 (eleven years ago) link