this is lame to point out, but each of those images, top down from left to right, specifically references lyrics from the song
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
My one and only visit to Athens in the early 90s I made a pilgrimage to Allen's.
― Drunk Charles Nelson Reily violating Paul Lynn at a toga party (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
AND YES THOSE ARE THE REAL CUNEIFORM SYMBOLS FOR 1, 2, AND 3
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
Dr Casino otm, great writeup, Deadbeat was my #2 but it could have been #1
also cosign this 100%:
The B-52's are the only ones qualified to give party advice in song form.
― jmm
― #BreakingTheWorld (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ck8VWma.jpg7. Planet Claire 735 points, 30 votes. Highest position on ballot: 2 The B-52’slive 1982 miming to the album track for a kid’s show in 1987
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
First one in the Top 10 without a number 1 vote
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
I also have no idea of the order, so this rollout is a surprise to me as well.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
That was my #2. So many things I love: the Peter Gunn riff (and Ricky's riffing overall,) Kate's wordless vocalizations, Cindy's congas, Fred's "BUT SHE ISN'T!!!" I never get tired of this song. Just heard it a few weeks ago while seeing a local band, as intermission music. I danced to the intermission music.
― Drunk Charles Nelson Reily violating Paul Lynn at a toga party (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
Too low!
as a first track on a debut album, this is as definitive a statement of purpose as "Black Sabbath"
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
^^^ yes!
― Drunk Charles Nelson Reily violating Paul Lynn at a toga party (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
I saw The Charlatans last month and between the opening band and them they broke out this song. They also played an obscure Pink Floyd track. I think the DJ was better than the band.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
I love how Fred's vocal doesn't start for about 2:30 of a 4:34 track
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
I always thought it was "WELL, SHE ISN'T"? works either way!
― #BreakingTheWorld (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
whoa there, let's talk about mesopotamia a little first.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
I pitched a paper for this year's MoPop Pop Conference based on "Deadbeat Club."
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
Re "Planet Claire": we don't discuss Kate Pierson's organ here and elsewhere enough.
https://i.imgur.com/VsGj8YB.jpg6. Give Me Back My Man 757 points, 29 votes. 2 first place votes. Wild PlanetMusic Video (this is sick footage imo - the kind of stuff that temporarily makes it your favorite song)
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
xpost it's just what you hear when all the other sounds on Earth are turned down low enough
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
Planet Claire is definitely one of their best songs
Xpost
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
Nearly made Planet Clare my number 1, but had it at 2 and Mesopotamia at 1. PC was first B-52s song I ever heard. It was about 1980, I was about 12, and a 16 year old friend of the family took me out in his mom's big white Oldsmobile one night. He played Planet Claire over and over, ducking his head kinda like David Byrne, and making the motorized drivers seat rise up and down to the measures of the music. He pulled over to a farmer's field, 'cause he wanted to pilfer some corn, but the cobs were all too small. Both things freaked me out! But by the third or fourth play, I started digging it.
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
high five to the other #1 voter for Give Me Back My Man
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
I always thought it was "WELL, SHE ISN'T"?
It is, busy day at work and typing too fast.
― Drunk Charles Nelson Reily violating Paul Lynn at a toga party (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
this is sick footage imo
Yeah, agreed. They look amazing in this video.
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
this is one good looking band.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
uh, apparently GMBMM is just my #1 track at this moment, I had it at #4 on my ballot
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
"Mesopotamia" was my #1. I just love everything about it. The lyrics, the guitar, the decending keyboard lines and the incredible hamonies between Kate and Cindy.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
Last month when I wrote about the band for my blog the older brother of a buddy -- as amiably macho a dude as you can get -- said that the B-52's were "like a portal" for him in the early '80s. He said he'd date girls and blast 'Planet Claire' and 'Rock Lobster' and ask them if he didn't think they were the greatest shit she'd ever heard. They were his gateway to other music besides the Eagles.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
I'LL GIVE YEW FISH
it's probably not clear, but in the image the other fish are dragging the backwards font fish away from his fish gal. it's a very dark interpretation of the lyrics
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
I think "Planet Claire" was also the first B-52's song I heard. My babysitter had their first album and would play it all the time. She had a blonde streak in her dark brown hair, I thought she was so cool.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
> hey were his gateway to other music besides the Eagles.
Yeah, I'd pretty much just heard the Beatles and Eagles other things Otto the Bus driver played. Total portal.
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
"love shack" was definitely the first and only B-52's song i heard for a very long time. it was many years before i even realized they were also a cool early new wave band
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
searching for something else, but here's an interview/feature with rolling stone from 1980: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/interview-the-b-52s-113100/
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uhfJggV.jpg5. Rock Lobster 790 points, 28 votes. 5 first place votes. The B-52’smusic video music video, version 2(? apparently there were multiple versions that circulated on comp videos? neither one is great tbhCountdown 1980
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
#5!!!!
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
This one also shows up at wedding receptions, and I like it even more than Love Shack.
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
Way too low
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:02 (five years ago) link
I remember hearing this on the radio as a kid on k-earth 101 and being blown away
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
I think I know how the top 4 are gonna shake out
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
Didn't discover them until I changed the channel to KROQ years later
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
I remember K-earth playing this and Another Brick in the Wall all the time
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
guessing:
#4 Your Own Private Idaho#3 Roam#2 Dance This Mess Around#1 52 Girls
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
Because of how it effected me as a kid, my #1
Sorry about all the posts in a row, at work
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
I'd love to have been at those first concerts. This is such a batshit song to release as your first single.
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link
uh "Roam"
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link
(not the order i had those songs in fwiw, just trying to read the ILM hivemind!)
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:11 (five years ago) link
No way are "Roam" and "Your Own Private Idaho" better than "Rock Lobster".
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:11 (five years ago) link
I think I first heard the original DB Records "Rock Lobster" single on Dr Demento, before the debut album was released
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
My #1. It changed my life. Details when I have more time to type.
I'd love to have been at those first concerts.
I was. More later...
― Drunk Charles Nelson Reily violating Paul Lynn at a toga party (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
I was just about to post about the single version. I kind of prefer the DB version of 52 Girls:https://youtu.be/V2DEgpiK8Oc
― campreverb, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link