You left out the most important thing that he said in that interview QUOTE: "I was at a dance club one night in Bermuda. Upstairs, there were playing disco, and downstairs I suddenly heard ROCK LOBSTER by the B-52s for the first time. It SOUNDS JUST LIKE YOKO'S MUSIC, so I said to meself, 'It's time to get out the old ax and wake up the wife'" Meaning that maybe NOW people would accept YOKO's music as her vocalizations were actually being copied (probably unconsciously) by the girls in the B-52s. In another interview he felt that after hearing Rock Lobster that the world finally caught up with Yoko as she had been doing this type of music years before the B-52s.
@@patticrichton1135 oh for gods sake you cannot seriously actually think the girls from B52s took ANYTHING from yoko vocally or otherwise. She sucked dude experimental music has progressed, there will never come a time where her talentless wailing is accepting as genius, at least widely. I mean if we’re gonna talk about “stealing” CONSCIOUSLY let’s talk about Lennon and yoko doing a show with Zappa, then later releasing one of the songs he wrote as their own on the live in New York album or whatever it was called. They credited themselves as the only writers, and regardless of her solo music she will never not be hated for what happened with the Beatles. I’m sure lots of people don’t think she’s the main reason but I think she was, you have to have a real narcissist of a girlfriend for her to basically insert herself in the band, not caring what anyone thinks about it I mean look at what happened when John played with Chuck berry and she literally ruined it and made Chuck noticeably uncomfortable. The writing in Rock Lobster alone is literally more compelling and well written then anything yoko ever wrote herself
@@patticrichton1135 by the way you realize there’s artists who did what yoko was trying to do before her and well? You can’t throw a bucket of random paints at the wall, and then look at some newer painting that used the same color and say it had to be influenced by that. I mean there’s some similarities in certain select songs that I can hear but to say she’s been making this kind of music forever and now it’s acceptable Is insulting to the B52s who actually had like lots of really dope classic albums.
@@byHexted Whether you agree with Fred Schneider or not, he has said the "animal sound" vocals on Rock Lobster were "definitely inspired by Yoko." th-cam.com/video/TADWl5_1GGU/w-d-xo.html And whether you think the B-52's were directly inspired by Yoko and John Lennon's music or not, the fact is that John Lennon heard them and he thought modern music had "caught up" to what they were doing years earlier. th-cam.com/video/dym-gW52TRo/w-d-xo.html
I saw the B-52s on their first tour and it was the craziest audience I have ever seen in my life. When Fred said "Lets Rock!" , I thought the balcony was going to fall down as it was bouncing up and down. Those were the days.
The more normal you are, the stranger you will find the B52s. Inspired zaniness, creative insanity, all sorts of extraterrestrial intergalactic nookie and always visual, colourful and bouncy. Party time!
Back in high school during the early 80s in OC (in So Cal) this was THE song that got EVERYBODY on the dance floor at our h.s. dances! Didn't matter what group or "clique" you belonged to - you got out there and went nuts to this song - and it was awesome. 😎🥳
I am a rock and hard rock fan but i really love The B-52's. "Planet Claire", "Private Idaho", "Rock Lobster", "Dirty Back Road", "Party Out of Bounds", "Legal Tender"... there are a lot of creative songs.
This band ... 100 % fun and happy , 0 drama ... just 100% FUN ! actually the entire album is so amazing and when it dropped you couldn't not bop your head and smile ... can't thing of another band or album that is a musical journey into what feels like Pee Wee Herman's head lol
🕺🏼💃🏻🕺🏼💃🏻” Here comes the bikini whale!” Oh the high school memories this song brings back! We danced to this song just like they do in the video, a lot of jumping and just moving😂 Love this song to this day. Fun song and great reaction! Thanks MBADEPT🔥
For some reason this song was always on the playlist at my high school dances (89-93). The first time I heard it, I was perplexed, but it quickly became a favorite dance floor bop. We would all fall all the way down to the dance floor during that part and pop back up when the music picked up again. Such much chaos; so much silly fun. It was great! Love Shack was also a fave at the dances.
Funny reaction. The B-52s have epitomized quirky throughout their career. I'd say their earlier stuff straddles the weird line more than the quirky, but even the weird stuff will downright get you moving. This is the greatest party band ever. Going to see them live was like going to a party with thousands of people you don't know. Always dancing and being silly and fun. Just don't let that distract you from how tight these guys are as a group and what talented musicians they are. This performance is lip synched for the show, so it's hard to appreciate here. The official video for this song is a live performance. I wish you would have started there. No worries tho, I have another great live performance of theirs for you to check out and it will blow your mind. Check out the link below. This is called Big Bird and the lyrics make no sense, the dancing is kooky, but...well, just check it out please th-cam.com/video/lijGzY4A5gc/w-d-xo.html
They we so young then (me too!). The guitarist Ricky Wilson, was very respected by his peers. He died of HIV AIDS around 1985. Cindy Wilson, his sister (in the black wig) said they almost dissolved the band out of sheer grief. RIP, dear Ricky.
Its pure unadultered fun and joy by a a self-described "Tacky little dance band from Athens, Georgia". I was a teenager back then and when this played everyone was up and dancing like crazy.
I have a friend who was mainly into thrash metal and punk but had a "secret" love of the B-52's.... like I am into Berlin.... This song always makes me think of SpongeBob Squarepants and that clip you showed! Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson were always worth a look!
The B-52's are also an amazing recovery story after losing their guitarist Ricky (brother of bandmate Cindy) Wilson during the AIDS epidemic. They floundered for a few years in grief before hitting even bigger with the Cosmic Thing album.
Besy dance/party song ever! I saw them in concert live twice, in Denver and thwn two days later in Austin, about 2 years ago. They had the same energy, the big hair, the whole package,for both shows ❤ The girls' clothes were much current and more sparkly 😂
"Rock Lobster" was well-received by critics, and went on to place at No. 147 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in December 2004... I'm sure Fred doesn't regret it at all... And this was not the only time he performed the song...
Your reaction cracked me up. I was hysterical watching your reaction. Used to dance to this song all the time in the early 80s when out at the club. Always fun to then and again fun watching TV your reaction! LOL
This was the ultimate dance song to get on the floor and just bounce around. Cracked me up when they started make the noises and your like WTF, WTF is going on. Priceless.. Also I had never seenthe video til now. Back in 1980 thats right when MTV came out so there weren't a lot of videos.
This band is fantastic and started a revolution. Ricky, the guitar player, added to the incredible sound. All fun and party. Sadly Ricky passed in 1985. Cindy, his sister, Kate, Fred and Keith are still close and performed for decades. Keith, the drummer, retired a few years ago from concerts but still part of the band. Fred, Kate and Cindy are performing their final tour now, all these years later. Huge fan base. Down to earth beautiful people.
This was pure performance art while not taking things too seriously. I’m sure Fred and the rest of the members would have changed nothing about this performance. They where punk in their completely own way.
And this song inspired John Lennon to come out of retirement. He heard it on vacation in Bermuda and it reminded him how music was supposed to be fun again.
@@infin8reactions Seriously,Being in southern California it's great to see somebody across the pond acknowledging how bonkers music can be in the US. Seeing you "wtf" is akin to my initial reaction decades ago. Check out Summertime Blues by the Flying Lizards, or Kiss Off by Violent Femmes, or the worst/best band ever The Shaggs. I'll be on the lookout for more bizarreties !
Fred had no regrets. Their first album was full of songs like this- Planet Claire ,Lava ,Dance This Mess Around ,Quiche Lorraine.. John and Yoko caught one of their performances back in 1978/79 and it is said they inspired John to get back in the studio . They were doing concerts all over the world by 1980 including one in London at Hammersmith Palais
Among other things, the song is a campy riff on 50’s sci-fi B horror movies and early 60’s teen beach party movies. That dance move he makes included a little pogo, which was actually a thing as punk and new wave were getting some mainstream attention. This got heavy play in clubs (at least it did in LA). Everyone on the floor would slowly drop down on the “down, down”, then spring back up when the bass line started again.
Great reaction, mate. Don't ask why, but The B52's were massive in Scotland, Glasgow especially, around 1979 - 1982. I had most of their records, singles and albums. Check out the song Planet Claire. Its a classic !
Play this at your next party and watch your kids go nuts. Have you heard of Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham, "When Something is Wrong With My Baby." The best one is on "Hey, Hey It's Saturday."
This was from the bridge between post-punk & new wave. But if you listen to the California surf music of the 1960's you can hear this song's origins. For reference, listen to the Surfari's "Wipe Out" and legendary guitarist Dick Dale 's instrumental music. You'll get it. The B-52's were named after a beehive style hairdo women wore in the 1960's th-cam.com/video/mKpsuGMeqHI/w-d-xo.html
He's obviously puzzled by much of this. Let me explain: when Fred commands "Down, down!" you are to gradually sink down to the dance floor. Which I did, along with a great many other people, decades ago.
Been a HUGE fan of The B-52's since 1979. This band's main goal was to make you shake your booty .... and they succeeded. Their music was funky, tight, fun and played masterfully. The lyrics were always deliberately wacky and hysterical. We fans didn't love this band for delivering deep meaning ... we loved them because they made us drop the stress and worry and pick up the happy vibes. My personal belief is this: If the B-52's debut album "The B-52's" isn't in your music collection, then you aren't a serious collector.
The dance is mostly derived from 60s GoGo dancing. The story is that they were a group of college friends who loved to dance to "unfashionable" music. They then put a band together, and the rest is history. On Fred dancing here, no, he STILL dances like that. See "Dance this Mess Around" where they do a dozen different dances, half actual Go-Go moves, and half some stuff that Fred made up on the fly.
You can laugh at the song, but if you noticed, your head was bobbing along with the beat the whole song. It's just a fun song you want to have fun dancing to.
One of the most uplifting rock songs with whatever lyrics for child adult doing home chores very loud with deep bass speakers;just jumping around till your knees can't take it.
You’ve got to check out, Give me back my man sounds totally different! That’s the thing about this band, every song is different! They’re amazing!! 😍😍😍😍
Fred Schneider is a 100% character and performer. He would be nothing but proud of this performance. The guy was always entertaining.
I was going to reply exactly. Fred always fully committed. He had no shame, in the best way. Amazing front man for a truly unique band.
Hes not British so isn't paralyzed by shame.
Legends. And no, I don't think Fred regrets a second of this.
Not as he counts his money!
Just what I came here to say. 👍
Amen to that
Of course he doesn't regret this! And nearly do I, when I think back to what I looked like and what I did in 1979, while dancing to the B-52s.
Nope. This is classic Fred in a nutshell. Why regret that?!?
The more I listen to this, the more I think it's an absolute masterpiece. The energy, the dancing and singing is absolutely amazing
Canada is the only country where Rock Lobster reached number one on the charts. We're cool like that.
Haha sounds like a great place to be!!
Canada sucks.
I'm one of these Canadians that bought the 45 rpm in 1978. :)
I bought the LP in Canada in 1980.
You got your good points but you lost your freedom.
In a famous interview John Lennon referenced this song as reinvigorating his interest in writing music.
You left out the most important thing that he said in that interview QUOTE: "I was at a dance club one night in Bermuda. Upstairs, there were playing disco, and downstairs I suddenly heard ROCK LOBSTER by the B-52s for the first time. It SOUNDS JUST LIKE YOKO'S MUSIC, so I said to meself, 'It's time to get out the old ax and wake up the wife'" Meaning that maybe NOW people would accept YOKO's music as her vocalizations were actually being copied (probably unconsciously) by the girls in the B-52s. In another interview he felt that after hearing Rock Lobster that the world finally caught up with Yoko as she had been doing this type of music years before the B-52s.
Oh wow I never knew that
@@patticrichton1135 oh for gods sake you cannot seriously actually think the girls from B52s took ANYTHING from yoko vocally or otherwise. She sucked dude experimental music has progressed, there will never come a time where her talentless wailing is accepting as genius, at least widely. I mean if we’re gonna talk about “stealing” CONSCIOUSLY let’s talk about Lennon and yoko doing a show with Zappa, then later releasing one of the songs he wrote as their own on the live in New York album or whatever it was called. They credited themselves as the only writers, and regardless of her solo music she will never not be hated for what happened with the Beatles. I’m sure lots of people don’t think she’s the main reason but I think she was, you have to have a real narcissist of a girlfriend for her to basically insert herself in the band, not caring what anyone thinks about it I mean look at what happened when John played with Chuck berry and she literally ruined it and made Chuck noticeably uncomfortable. The writing in Rock Lobster alone is literally more compelling and well written then anything yoko ever wrote herself
@@patticrichton1135 by the way you realize there’s artists who did what yoko was trying to do before her and well? You can’t throw a bucket of random paints at the wall, and then look at some newer painting that used the same color and say it had to be influenced by that. I mean there’s some similarities in certain select songs that I can hear but to say she’s been making this kind of music forever and now it’s acceptable Is insulting to the B52s who actually had like lots of really dope classic albums.
@@byHexted Whether you agree with Fred Schneider or not, he has said the "animal sound" vocals on Rock Lobster were "definitely inspired by Yoko." th-cam.com/video/TADWl5_1GGU/w-d-xo.html
And whether you think the B-52's were directly inspired by Yoko and John Lennon's music or not, the fact is that John Lennon heard them and he thought modern music had "caught up" to what they were doing years earlier. th-cam.com/video/dym-gW52TRo/w-d-xo.html
I saw the B-52s on their first tour and it was the craziest audience I have ever seen in my life. When Fred said "Lets Rock!" , I thought the balcony was going to fall down as it was bouncing up and down. Those were the days.
The more normal you are, the stranger you will find the B52s. Inspired zaniness, creative insanity, all sorts of extraterrestrial intergalactic nookie and always visual, colourful and bouncy. Party time!
You smiled the entire time listening to the song.. nuff said
Haha these guys are pure entertainment 🤣😂🤣🤣
Back in high school during the early 80s in OC (in So Cal) this was THE song that got EVERYBODY on the dance floor at our h.s. dances! Didn't matter what group or "clique" you belonged to - you got out there and went nuts to this song - and it was awesome. 😎🥳
This is what rock n roll is all about, having fun!
Hey bro!! I saw them live. They are amazing!!!!!
Fred is great!!! Doing the Pogo. The B 52s are one of the greatest party bands ever!
Countdown was an Australian music TV show in the 70s and 80s. Hosted by Ian "Molly" Meldrum
Cool thanks steve
These guys were so cool back in the day.
Used to listen to these guys all the time. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This was the best song to dance to, and everyone got down on the floor at the giant clam part.
Funny when you mentioned the lyrics. My first thought was, "It still makes more sense than a Paul Simon song."
I am a rock and hard rock fan but i really love The B-52's. "Planet Claire", "Private Idaho", "Rock Lobster", "Dirty Back Road", "Party Out of Bounds", "Legal Tender"... there are a lot of creative songs.
This band ... 100 % fun and happy , 0 drama ... just 100% FUN !
actually the entire album is so amazing and when it dropped you couldn't not bop your head and smile ... can't thing of another band or album that is a musical journey into what feels like Pee Wee Herman's head lol
🕺🏼💃🏻🕺🏼💃🏻” Here comes the bikini whale!” Oh the high school memories this song brings back! We danced to this song just like they do in the video, a lot of jumping and just moving😂 Love this song to this day. Fun song and great reaction! Thanks MBADEPT🔥
Hahah I didn't know it was an actual song when I saw it on family guy 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bikini whales...is that what they're calling Karens at the beach now?
Saw the B-52's open up for The Who in 1982! Joan Jett and the Black Hearts were also on the bill that day!
They made this 60's video style on "Porpoise".
One of the best Guitar Riffs of all time, especially after "Let's Rock"
For some reason this song was always on the playlist at my high school dances (89-93). The first time I heard it, I was perplexed, but it quickly became a favorite dance floor bop. We would all fall all the way down to the dance floor during that part and pop back up when the music picked up again. Such much chaos; so much silly fun. It was great! Love Shack was also a fave at the dances.
Funny reaction. The B-52s have epitomized quirky throughout their career. I'd say their earlier stuff straddles the weird line more than the quirky, but even the weird stuff will downright get you moving. This is the greatest party band ever. Going to see them live was like going to a party with thousands of people you don't know. Always dancing and being silly and fun. Just don't let that distract you from how tight these guys are as a group and what talented musicians they are. This performance is lip synched for the show, so it's hard to appreciate here. The official video for this song is a live performance. I wish you would have started there. No worries tho, I have another great live performance of theirs for you to check out and it will blow your mind. Check out the link below. This is called Big Bird and the lyrics make no sense, the dancing is kooky, but...well, just check it out please
th-cam.com/video/lijGzY4A5gc/w-d-xo.html
They we so young then (me too!). The guitarist Ricky Wilson, was very respected by his peers. He died of HIV AIDS around 1985. Cindy Wilson, his sister (in the black wig) said they almost dissolved the band out of sheer grief. RIP, dear Ricky.
I'm a Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Rush rock fan but dancing to this back in high school with everyone on the dance floor was a blast!!!
Just let go and dance! That’s the B-52’s. Everyone’s welcome to party
I bought that when it came out in 1978. I was 16 and it is still so unique and fun to listen to.
Awesome!!!
I love this song. It sounds nice instrumentally, the voices sound great, the lyrics are hilarious. Great song all around😂
The B-52s were all about fun.
Its pure unadultered fun and joy by a a self-described "Tacky little dance band from Athens, Georgia". I was a teenager back then and when this played everyone was up and dancing like crazy.
I saw them at a festival about 4 years ago. They were so fabulous! And Rock Lobster still got everyone on their feet!
Yes, we actually danced to it like that. “Down…down…down….” It was so much fun.
Wow...You did recognized the Family Guy Spoof
I absolutely LOVE B-52's !
Btw..... hi! New subscriber here. 🙂
I just saw them perform .
Definitely check out their performance of "Planet Claire" LOL
Cheers Gary 😁
@@infin8reactions Check out the Foo Fighters covering it Live in New York with the B 52's vocalist Fred Schneider as guest vocalist.
Countdown was an Aussie music show. B52s were still making music in 2019 and they were in the 70s and still sounding great.
I have a friend who was mainly into thrash metal and punk but had a "secret" love of the B-52's.... like I am into Berlin.... This song always makes me think of SpongeBob Squarepants and that clip you showed! Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson were always worth a look!
The B-52's are also an amazing recovery story after losing their guitarist Ricky (brother of bandmate Cindy) Wilson during the AIDS epidemic. They floundered for a few years in grief before hitting even bigger with the Cosmic Thing album.
The drummer Took over on guitar.
Great reaction. Very objective. I love this song.
They have been my favorite band for a long time. You need to hear more of their work. It's all just fun nonsense.
Besy dance/party song ever! I saw them in concert live twice, in Denver and thwn two days later in Austin, about 2 years ago. They had the same energy, the big hair, the whole package,for both shows ❤ The girls' clothes were much current and more sparkly 😂
Party song....all fun, no message. I was 20 when this came out and was an instant B52's fan! Great stuff!
They were fantastic live
I remember my mum thought I was Crazy, When I First listened to this. And I loved being Crazy too.
I think he still dances like that in shows today. It was part of their "weird on purpose" style.
I've loved the B's since I was 17, I am now nearly 60 and listen to them most days...They are playing Las Vegas residence shows May and August 2023!
"Rock Lobster" was well-received by critics, and went on to place at No. 147 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in December 2004... I'm sure Fred doesn't regret it at all... And this was not the only time he performed the song...
Mandatory wedding dancing song in Canada..the moment all the drunk great dancers (not) hit the floor (literally..lol)
Wow, I would enjoy this on wedding parties...
A bit like the Timewarp at UK weddings
Taught high school when this came out. It was a joy to see the kids at dances rock out to this.
Your reaction cracked me up. I was hysterical watching your reaction. Used to dance to this song all the time in the early 80s when out at the club. Always fun to then and again fun watching TV your reaction! LOL
Haha glad I could brighten up your day ☺️
I loved dancing to it too.
This was the ultimate dance song to get on the floor and just bounce around. Cracked me up when they started make the noises and your like WTF, WTF is going on. Priceless.. Also I had never seenthe video til now. Back in 1980 thats right when MTV came out so there weren't a lot of videos.
This band is fantastic and started a revolution. Ricky, the guitar player, added to the incredible sound. All fun and party. Sadly Ricky passed in 1985. Cindy, his sister, Kate, Fred and Keith are still close and performed for decades. Keith, the drummer, retired a few years ago from concerts but still part of the band. Fred, Kate and Cindy are performing their final tour now, all these years later. Huge fan base. Down to earth beautiful people.
This is who the band is, love the alternative nature!
More like alternative head space - but yeah they were brilliant.
LOLOLOL Great Reaction!!! I am literally cracking up .. LMAO
Haha glad you're enjoying it, it's crazy 😂😂😂😂
Omg thank u you're the only reactor that actually said something about how family guy did a parody of this song it's a head bopper 4 sure
Haha no worries, it's the first thing that popped into my head 😂😂 glad you enjoyed the video 😁
@@infin8reactions definitely brotha I ain't gonna lie this might be my theme song if I had a sitcom show love the song 💯
This was pure performance art while not taking things too seriously. I’m sure Fred and the rest of the members would have changed nothing about this performance. They where punk in their completely own way.
So right!
Most people don't realize the simplistic solo is a smoke detector! In concert one of the ladies would wear one from a chain like a necklace.
And this song inspired John Lennon to come out of retirement. He heard it on vacation in Bermuda and it reminded him how music was supposed to be fun again.
FYI The dance is called The Pony. All the dances are 60's dances. Go-Go dancing.
Awakens old memories from the 80's. Party music at its best back then.
and that's how everyone reacted back then too... loved it
Great reactions. Thank you. Really . Thank you.
You're welcome and thanks for watching Dave 😊
@@infin8reactions Seriously,Being in southern California it's great to see somebody across the pond acknowledging how bonkers music can be in the US. Seeing you "wtf" is akin to my initial reaction decades ago. Check out Summertime Blues by the Flying Lizards, or Kiss Off by Violent Femmes, or the worst/best band ever The Shaggs. I'll be on the lookout for more bizarreties !
They feel like a retro punk rock in a fun way. Unique and creative style.
Kick ass song they have allot of good stuff being a punk ska and tool fan good stuff
Fred had no regrets. Their first album was full of songs like this- Planet Claire ,Lava ,Dance This Mess Around ,Quiche Lorraine..
John and Yoko caught one of their performances back in 1978/79 and it is said they inspired John to get back in the studio .
They were doing concerts all over the world by 1980 including one in London at Hammersmith Palais
Among other things, the song is a campy riff on 50’s sci-fi B horror movies and early 60’s teen beach party movies. That dance move he makes included a little pogo, which was actually a thing as punk and new wave were getting some mainstream attention. This got heavy play in clubs (at least it did in LA). Everyone on the floor would slowly drop down on the “down, down”, then spring back up when the bass line started again.
Love your reaction. Cheers from Los Angeles.
A great old guilty pleasure fun song! What a flashback, haha! 😄😎
I was 2 years old when this was recorded 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@infin8reactions I think I was about 22! Yikes!
You're not supposed to understand it. It's amazing and it's fun. One of my all time favourite bands. So many amazing songs.
LMAO They were so much fun to see when they came to DC and I was front and center
I was in my 20s in the 80s. Danced to this.
The late 70's were crazy like this. I miss it!
Great reaction, mate. Don't ask why, but The B52's were massive in Scotland, Glasgow especially, around 1979 - 1982. I had most of their records, singles and albums. Check out the song Planet Claire. Its a classic !
It's a dance track that is sooo much fun. Just dance and enjoy.
they made a ton of $$$ on music like this, i doubt Fred regrets any of it
Check out Give Me Back My Man and Private Idaho by the B52s. So good
Oh man, we would just dance and bop to this crazy music. It was nuts, made no sense, but fun
We sank to the floor in the club we they sang down, down, down. I love this so much. Thanks.
I saw them during their heyday two or three times. They were probably the most fun concerts I've ever been to. Basically a giant dance party.
Metalheads always like the B-52's ;)
No regrets.... The just finished up their farewell tour recently...
Play this at your next party and watch your kids go nuts.
Have you heard of Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham, "When Something is Wrong With My Baby." The best one is on "Hey, Hey It's Saturday."
This was from the bridge between post-punk & new wave. But if you listen to the California surf music of the 1960's you can hear this song's origins. For reference, listen to the Surfari's "Wipe Out" and legendary guitarist Dick Dale 's instrumental music. You'll get it. The B-52's were named after a beehive style hairdo women wore in the 1960's th-cam.com/video/mKpsuGMeqHI/w-d-xo.html
I am LOVING your hoodie!
He's obviously puzzled by much of this. Let me explain: when Fred commands "Down, down!" you are to gradually sink down to the dance floor. Which I did, along with a great many other people, decades ago.
That was a fun reaction. You were trying to make sense of a senseless song. I loved dancing to this song back when it was popular.
Been a HUGE fan of The B-52's since 1979. This band's main goal was to make you shake your booty .... and they succeeded. Their music was funky, tight, fun and played masterfully. The lyrics were always deliberately wacky and hysterical. We fans didn't love this band for delivering deep meaning ... we loved them because they made us drop the stress and worry and pick up the happy vibes. My personal belief is this: If the B-52's debut album "The B-52's" isn't in your music collection, then you aren't a serious collector.
The dance is mostly derived from 60s GoGo dancing. The story is that they were a group of college friends who loved to dance to "unfashionable" music. They then put a band together, and the rest is history. On Fred dancing here, no, he STILL dances like that. See "Dance this Mess Around" where they do a dozen different dances, half actual Go-Go moves, and half some stuff that Fred made up on the fly.
I've got a monster in my pants is another funny song by the lead singer.
You can laugh at the song, but if you noticed, your head was bobbing along with the beat the whole song. It's just a fun song you want to have fun dancing to.
Oh I did still appreciate the music behind the madness 😂😁😂
One of the most uplifting rock songs with whatever lyrics for child adult doing home chores very loud with deep bass speakers;just jumping around till your knees can't take it.
You’ve got to check out, Give me back my man sounds totally different! That’s the thing about this band, every song is different! They’re amazing!! 😍😍😍😍
coz this is PUNK-ROCK sound from early 80's.
A since passed lead guitarist for a Band we all know,, Slayer,, Loved the B52s and mentioned he didn't listen to Metal , when not playing.
This songs rocks hard, so fun!
The first time I saw them live was 1982. A completely mad fun show!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Every HS dance I ever went to!!! 🤣🤣💗💗🤣🤣
I think count down was an Australian tv show. There’s parts of an episode with the band kiss as the guests during their 1980 Australian tour