xp That would have made the list close to chronological, with only Cosmic Thing out of place.
― jmm, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/hIdAZM4.jpg
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uMPNP2H.jpg40. Butterbean 85 points, 5 votes. Highest position on ballot: 10 Whammy!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steamThat's how we fix butterbeans
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:24 (five years ago) link
Wow at the images!
Looking forward to this.
― Bee OK, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
OH, i almost forgot! for those who would like to have the spotify playlist handy:
https://open.spotify.com/user/weinventyou/playlist/6I6dvoE1Vd3qOKe8fvRZRD?si=8R9kcvKwSDyimJoEFnvjyw
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
Yes, love the first of these images!
― dorsalstop, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
I play in a band that does mainly blues/roots rock kinda stuff, but I nicked the "pass me a plateful, I'll be grateful" line for a song I wrote.
― Drunk Charles Nelson Reily violating Paul Lynn at a toga party (Dan Peterson), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
the Whammy! images have less of a coherent style template than the others - really the only reference is just the colors of the track title. also, some of them i spent a lot of time and i'm pretty happy with how they came out, and others the product of rush-job solo drunkdom. but hopefully the enthusiasm shines through! really had a great weekend jamming all these songs and making weird cutouts
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
xp thanks dorsalstop!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
Don't you wait, don't you lingerButterbean don't slip through my fingers
BUTTAH BEANBUTTAH BEAN
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
aaaaaaaalfreeeeed
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
hi!
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
butterbeans are tasty iirc
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
oh shit, i forgot to include this link for Butterbean:
Live 1983i'm not linking to the actual songs, because they're all easy enough to find using your favorite streaming service, or by walking over to your cd collection or whatever. but if anyone has any cool videos or performances or whatever, please feel free to link to them (but please don't embed the actual videos in the thread - broken youtube videos will make this thread look like garbage in the future)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
butterbean must have been fun as hell to perform
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/eRG9ZCp.jpg39. Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can 92 points, 5 votes. Highest position on ballot: 7 MesopotamiaPerformance on Guiding Light, the soap opera (?!?!)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
seriously, check out the guiding light performance, it is amazing. was that a thing on soap operas back in the day, to feature full performances by new wave bands?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
no IT WAS NOT
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
Brilliant image.
― jmm, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
it reminds me of that Incredible Hulk episode with Mackenzie Phillips as a Ziggy Stardust-like androgyne...in 1978. These shows were at least four years behind the times.
i mean, it's not even the regular band cameo kind of thing where they occasionally get featured while the camera focuses on the characters, who are usually holding a conversation over the top of the music. it's the opposite - it's just a straight up b-52's music video, with a few occasional shots of the actors. i love it
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
These images are amazing! So excited for this roll-out
― bunny slopes, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
hahaha take that beats!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
thanks bunny (and hi bunny!)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
OMG that performance! In a soap opera!
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/oFMshA8.jpg38. Queen Of Las Vegas 96 points, 6 votes. Highest position on ballot: 14 Whammy!alt version (outtake from Mesopotamia sessions)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
kind of a weird photo (she kinda looks like tom cruise there), but i liked the reflection
https://i.imgur.com/l1lCDp7.jpg
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
Haha I hadn't recognized her!
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
yeah, plus it's possible that britney is the queen of las vegas. it's all very subjective
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/5Orcd8C.jpg37. Runnin’ Around 99 points, 5 votes. Highest position on ballot: 4 Wild PlanetLive 1978
I think you got it right with Céline. Your images are amazing and super fun!
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
QOLV = as monolithic as I find Whammy I kind of love one of the central ideas, which is to re-imagine "52 Girls" as coldwave and then use that as a template for a few almost singer-songwriter-type songs about counterfeiting and gambling
(& that doesn't even get into the Mesopotamia gersion, which I actually like better. It's so fervorous!)
― slack thompson (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 12 November 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
^ totally dig this notion.
I voted for at least three of this first four!
"Runnin' Around" hadn't really stood out for me before this exercise, oddly.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
images are so good i almost can't take in the results, karl you are spoiling us
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Monday, 12 November 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
Bobbie Gentry is the queen, all others are residents of principalities
― Sing The Mighty Beat (sic), Monday, 12 November 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/vbapyDE.jpg36. Deep Sleep 105 points, 5 votes. 1 first place vote. Mesopotamia♫ Walking backwards into the sea /Bodies, angels, like musical peaks♫
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
1 first place vote (!)
― Drunk Charles Nelson Reily violating Paul Lynn at a toga party (Dan Peterson), Monday, 12 November 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/CQDyGQh.jpg35. Whammy Kiss 107 points, 6 votes. Highest position on ballot: 6 Whammy!Live 1983
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 22:18 (five years ago) link
I always have this song stuck in my head, thought it would be higher
― Bee OK, Monday, 12 November 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link
tie for 33rd!
https://i.imgur.com/xVWekjo.jpg33. (tie) There’s A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) 108 points, 6 votes. Highest position on ballot: 9 The B-52’sLive in Rio, 1985, with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz
https://i.imgur.com/YbwpQhR.jpg33. (tie) Theme For A Nude Beach 108 points, 6 votes. Highest position on ballot: 5 Bouncing Off The Satellites
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 22:39 (five years ago) link
great rollout so far, these images <3
excited to see Deep Sleep place, stuck it on mine at the last minute. I always find the ending weirdly intense, it creeps up on you.
way fonder than expected of Whammy! on relistening. in my head it sounds a bit like it looks - a flat, pop-up B-52's, lots of arid black space between bright cut-out sounds.
― verhexen, Monday, 12 November 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
first Bouncing of the Satellites track!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 12 November 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QX6lVZg.jpg
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 23:04 (five years ago) link
32. Nip It In The Bud 115 points, 5 votes. 1 first place vote. MesopotamiaLive 1983 (audio only)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
You have done an amazing job today, so glad this ended up in your hands.
― Bee OK, Monday, 12 November 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
thanks Bee, it's been fun!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GGYNyqS.jpg31. Dry County 121 points, 6 votes. Highest position on ballot: 8 Cosmic ThingLive 1990 MTV Clip, 1989 (B-52's give tour of Athens)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
last one for today! we'll do #30-16 tomorrow, then the final 15 on wednesday.
and i'll post the spotify playlist, one more time:
https://open.spotify.com/user/weinventyou/playlist/6I6dvoE1Vd3qOKe8fvRZRD?si=2NW2gSvzTOa1it-AGiv3mg
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 23:25 (five years ago) link