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
https://i.imgur.com/R4KdLfD.jpg4. Roam 796 points, 30 votes. Highest position on ballot: 2 Cosmic Thingmusic video mtv live, 1990 Live 1999, with Julee Cruise
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:21 (five years ago) link
My #1.
This song.
Those harmonies.
That guitar.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link
Kate's finest hour
overplayed, but for good reason
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
roam is a wonderful song. not top 10 for me, tbh, but i will never skip it.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
I really like that image.
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
Roam was not your #1, if you were referring to it with that post (it was your #2)
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
thanks jmm!
i'll be back in 30 minutes to finish the top 3
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
Way late, but:
i was one of the #1 voters. there are other b-52's songs that rock much harder or that make me giggle but this one puts tears in my eyes, i think it's so beautiful. one of the best musical evocations of real bittersweetness, genuine smiles in looking back through incredible loss and pain, to a time that can never be had again but which still lifts the spirit and matters. a love letter of gratitude to one's bandmates, a statement of just how much it could matter, at the right time, to have a few other proud deadbeats to bum around with.
(Roam was my #2 too)
― dorsalstop, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
shout *out*, even
And *who's*. My word.
― dorsalstop, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, November 14, 2018 5:29 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
See? I was right about changing my mind!
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
Monster cracked the top 3?!
― campreverb, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link
"Loveland" hasn't placed, has it? Clearly impossible now. Didn't vote for it, but wouldn't have picked that as the sole Mesopotamia omission.
"Roam" always reminds me of returning to school at end of (southern hemisphere) summer, early 1990. It was new and suddenly as massive as "Love Shack" and was playing in art class. A girl who usually didn't say much (least of all about music) was moved to remark "this is such a good song, isn't it?" I don't remember any occasion when it would have been harder to find a dissenting view.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:44 (five years ago) link
thanks dorsalstop - and i also had "roam" at #2!
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
come on Flintstones theme
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
"Roam" is brilliant and I don't know many other songs as perfectly affirmative.
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/RjY2EHk.jpg3. Private Idaho 888 points, 33 votes. 4 first place votes. Wild Planetmusic video another guiding light performance(!), from 1982 Live 1992, with Julee Cruise
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
placed on 33 of the 34 ballots!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
OK, who didn't vote for Private Idaho.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
I'm glad three other people also put this as #1
again, I prefer the Party Mix version, so great with this wide open sound
― #BreakingTheWorld (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
Yes,a great song
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
Yeah, who didn't vote for Private Idaho!!!!!!
...
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
:D
the bonus secret question is Who Voted For 'My Own Private Idaho'?
A: several of you
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/CarUDmi.jpg2. Dance This Mess Around 892 points, 32 votes. 3 first place votes.The B-52’slive 1983 tv performance 1990, new year’s eve
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:18 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Dn3kdBy.jpg1. 52 Girls 932 points, 32 votes. 5 first place votes. The B-52’slive 1978 live 1980 live 1990
Rank, Track, Points, Total Votes, #1 Votes1 52 Girls 932 32 52 Dance This Mess Around 892 32 33 Private Idaho 888 33 44 Roam 796 30 5 Rock Lobster 790 28 56 Give Me Back My Man 757 29 27 Planet Claire 735 30 8 Mesopotamia 618 25 29 Deadbeat Club 501 21 210 Party Out Of Bounds 463 19 311 Legal Tender 432 18 12 Strobe Light 406 18 113 Topaz 400 16 214 Song For A Future Generation 394 17 115 Dirty Back Road 342 16 16 Love Shack 338 16 17 Lava 295 15 18 Ain’t It A Shame 294 12 19 Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland 289 15 20 Summer Of Love 282 14 21 Channel Z 262 12 22 Hero Worship 260 13 23 Wig 246 12 124 Devil In My Car 220 10 125 6060-842 211 11 26 Bushfire 178 9 27 Cake 176 8 28 (tie) 53 Miles West Of Venus 128 7 28 (tie) Quiche Lorraine 128 7 30 Is That You Mo-Dean? 122 7 31 Dry County 121 6 32 Nip It In The Bud 115 5 133 (tie) Theme For A Nude Beach 108 6 33 (tie) There’s A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) 108 6 35 Whammy Kiss 107 6 36 Deep Sleep 105 5 137 Runnin’ Around 99 5 38 Queen Of Las Vegas 96 6 39 Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can 92 5 40 Butterbean 85 5 41 Trism 79 4 42 Cosmic Thing 75 5 43 Detour Thru Your Mind 70 4 44 (tie) She Brakes For Rainbows 68 4 44 (tie) Work That Skirt 68 3 46 Revolution Earth 60 3 47 (tie) Good Stuff 59 3 47 (tie) Loveland 59 3 49 Juliet Of The Spirits 51 3 50 Follow Your Bliss 39 2 51 Junebug 32 2 52 Downtown 28 2 53 Funplex 26 2 54 Debbie 25 1 55 (tie) Meet The Flintstones 22 1 55 (tie) Moon 83 22 1 57 Hot Pants Explosion 21 1 58 (tie) Big Bird 13 1 58 (tie) Eyes Wide Open 13 1 58 (tie) Housework 13 1 61 (tie) Deviant Ingredient 12 1 61 (tie) Dreamland 12 1
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
KATE! Kate and Cindayyyy
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
Rank, Release Name, Points, Total Votes, #1 Votes1 The B-52’s 1012 27 162 Wild Planet 943 27 43 Cosmic Thing 805 24 44 Whammy! 563 18 15 Bouncing Off The Satellites 417 13 26 Mesopotamia 417 13 17 Party Mix/Mesopotamia 191 6 18 Good Stuff 56 2 9 Party Mix 36 1 10 Funplex 28 1
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
I basically couldn't really order my top three, of which Private Idaho was one, because I like them all too much... Private Idaho is like everything great about this band at once, and says in four minutes what Blue Velvet needs two hours to say.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
these are always so fun. Thanks so much Karl & Bee, this is one of my favorite bands.The only thing I had that didn't place was "Too Much To Think About", an attempt at having one off every album.
1 Devil In My Car2 Dance This Mess Around3 Hero Worship4 Legal Tender5 52 Girls 6 Dirty Back Road7 Planet Claire8 Private Idaho9 Lava10 Runnin' Around11 Give Me Back My Man12 Dry County13 Song For A Future Generation14 Strobe Light15 Roam16 Rock Lobster17 Queen Of Las Vegas18 Wig19 Quiche Lorraine20 Deadbeat Club21 Party Out Of Bounds22 Mesopotamia23 Is that You Mo-Dean?24 6060-84225 Too Much To Think About
― campreverb, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
Final rankings by album
B-52's (#1, 4251 points)1 52 Girls 932 32 52 Dance This Mess Around 892 32 35 Rock Lobster 790 28 57 Planet Claire 735 30 17 Lava 295 15 22 Hero Worship 260 13 25 6060-842 211 11 33 (tie) There’s A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) 108 6 52 Downtown 28 2
Wild Planet (#2, 3431 points)3 Private Idaho 888 33 46 Give Me Back My Man 757 29 210 Party Out Of Bounds 463 19 312 Strobe Light 406 18 115 Dirty Back Road 342 16 24 Devil In My Car 220 10 128 (tie) 53 Miles West Of Venus 128 7 28 (tie) Quiche Lorraine 128 7 37 Runnin’ Around 99 5
Roam (#3, 2742 points)4 Roam 796 30 9 Deadbeat Club 501 21 213 Topaz 400 16 216 Love Shack 338 16 21 Channel Z 262 12 26 Bushfire 178 9 31 Dry County 121 6 42 Cosmic Thing 75 5 50 Follow Your Bliss 39 2 51 Junebug 32 2
Bouncing Off The Satellites (#4, 1370 points)18 Ain’t It A Shame 294 12 19 Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland 289 15 20 Summer Of Love 282 14 23 Wig 246 12 133 (tie) Theme For A Nude Beach 108 6 43 Detour Thru Your Mind 70 4 44 (tie) She Brakes For Rainbows 68 4 58 (tie) Housework 13 1
Whammy! (#5, 1296 points)11 Legal Tender 432 18 14 Song For A Future Generation 394 17 135 Whammy Kiss 107 6 38 Queen Of Las Vegas 96 6 40 Butterbean 85 5 41 Trism 79 4 44 (tie) Work That Skirt 68 3 55 (tie) Moon 83 22 1 58 (tie) Big Bird 13 1
Mesopotamia EP (#6, 1165 points)8 Mesopotamia 618 25 227 Cake 176 8 32 Nip It In The Bud 115 5 136 Deep Sleep 105 5 139 Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can 92 5 47 (tie) Loveland 59 3
Good Stuff (#7, 274 points)30 Is That You Mo-Dean? 122 7 46 Revolution Earth 60 3 47 (tie) Good Stuff 59 3 57 Hot Pants Explosion 21 1 61 (tie) Dreamland 12 1
Funplex (#8, 102 points)49 Juliet Of The Spirits 51 3 53 Funplex 26 2 58 (tie) Eyes Wide Open 13 1 61 (tie) Deviant Ingredient 12 1
Other Releases54 Debbie 25 155 (tie) Meet The Flintstones 22 1
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:32 (five years ago) link
The only thing I had that didn't place was "Too Much To Think About", an attempt at having one off every album.
oh, speaking of, i meant to tell you, i didn't include your 21-25 on your ballot! i probably could have left it on but i wasn't sure what to do since everyone else submitted 20 max. similarly, alfred submitted a top 6 albums and i left his #6 off.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
please do not sue me for a recount, or to prevent a recount
terrific results, terrific list of songs, and possibly the best images in any ilm poll ever? would type more but am headed out for drinks. god "private idaho" is great, probably the song that *really* hooked me on the band. that wild riff, that super-tight playing overall, the crazy hooting, the delicious chewing into 50s b-movie stuff (which i already knew from mst3k, and in the case of radioactive swimming pools, maniac mansion). but it's also a sexy party pool "full of strangers." they're on fire on this track.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
also fun to think about that pool as the live-in-the-late-70s version of what stipe is brushing up against and remembering on "nightswimming."
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:45 (five years ago) link
Karl Malone excellent job, thank you so much for taking this over for me. You did this poll and band justice. Told you that you would have fun.
More later.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:48 (five years ago) link
lol, I'm just glad the poll got completed, and I go back and forth about whether 6060-842 is a great track or not.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
I approve these poll results and commend Karl, Bee OK, and we participants on our excellent taste
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
Paypaled a fish to Karl.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link