B52s lyrics are indecipherable, this is probs the easiest to understand 😂. And don't you dare think about dissing Fred. You need to start at the beginning Planet Claire, Rock lobster or Give me back my man.. can't imagine what you will make of those lyrics.
It's just about an old place to have drinks, music and dancing. Very fun song!! Back in the day you could be anywhere and someone would holler "Tiiiinnn Roof!!!" and then you'd holler back "Rusted!!!" Old people thought we were mental lol! !😂
I've noticed tha most reactors who are hip hop/ rap guys REALLY want to explicitly understand the lyrics... for rock they should mostly listen to Rush...lotta rock music is just like, "Yeah... that almost rhymes...."
The ills of younger generations! They're always trying to tell their own made up story, or ANALYZE EVERYTHING, when they need to hush, listen, and JUST GO WITH IT! 😂
This song is about a club outside of Atlanta years ago. It looked like a run down cabin, but they said when you opened the door, it was the craziest bumpn party.
Fun times as a teen running with the collage crowed in Athens. Didn't get to see them often as they were REALLY big by 83/84 but they still liked doing impromptu gigs now and then. Just like REM playing on campus for free. Athens club seen was pretty tight in the early and mid 80's. Back then it was pretty easy getting into the clubs when you were friends with one of the local DJ's. It also wasn't real hard to get a freshman ID either. Then there were the Block parties as well or the watering hole down by High Shoals. Small town with BIG collage always makes for wild times!!
Close but it was outside of Athens ga where the band was from. It was called the Hawaiian Ha-Le club and was an African-American club . They used to hang out there often
@@nataliestclair6176 Well it is outside of town by maybe 20min. That part of Danielsville Rd is still a Athens address. I should know I was living off of Helican Springs Rd. which veers off of Danielville rd. right before the Hawaiian Ha-Le club. Back then it was "out in the sticks" but I attended Clark Central because I had a Athens mailing address. You have to go a few more miles before you cross into Madison County. With all the build up on that side of town some 40 years later it probably takes twice as long to get to the campus and down town Athens now with traffic and all but the club still looks like a shack it's just not in the middle of the woods any more.lol
Yeah, but back then, we were calling him "the old guy" too. In hindsight, I think it was mostly The B-52s retro styling making him look older than he actually was, but some was just because we were mere kids ourselves. "Beehives and the old guy is on the video show again Elaine!" we would yell across the house to tell our older sister when it played one of theirs. Yeah, back in the days when younger siblings were a means for remote viewing to a teen who just couldn't be bothered to watch the ones that she didn't want to watch. Life was so hard for my gothically impaired older sib.
No one knew what to think about the B-52’s when they hit the scene. What no one could question, however, was just how incredibly fun their music was in a crowd of people having a good time. Now, in our 60’s, our house lights up when we’re entertaining and this song rolls around. This was outside the box music that became a timeless classic. Put it in your rotation and chances are it will put a smile on your face…even the old, weird gay dude will grow on you😉🎶
I'd argue that's still the case with them. I absolutely love this group. They are a blast and don't take their stuff too seriously yet are incredibly talented
Lol...that is what I was thinking. His part actually adds to this song. This is nowhere near the stuff I normally listen to but damn this song is just too good to not like it.
And it is still a blast, no matter how weird! Just give yourself a few listens -- you'll begin to love the odd abandon of the tune and its strange sound effects. Nutty fun!
REM and the B-52s are from Athens, GA, a college town that was important in the development of alternative rock. Kate Pierson was one of the founders of the B-52s, who were friends with REM. She sang on Shiny Happy People. Fred Schneider is the "mad old" gay gay (almost six months older than this mad old gay guy.) There's a great interview with him on Howard Stern's channel. Check it out for more history of the B-52s.
And the drummer Charles Drayton went on to be a hugely successful session musician who’s worked with dozens of music legends, and then was the drummer in Divinyls and married to the lead singer. He’s ALSO the father of Tom Petty’s granddaughter.
And yes, RuPaul found his first big break into mainstream recognition through a cameo in the Love Shack music video. RuPaul can be seen doing the Frug in a flowered minidress and a monster Afro! B-52's frontman Fred Schneider looked back on RuPaul's appearance fondly, remembering how the drag queen "got the line-dance going, that’s for sure!". 🤩
I noticed RuPaul with a big afro wearing all white - a cropped halter top and white shorts dancing but not a flowered mini dress unless that's a scene that shows very briefly.
Man it’s a good thing I researched before sticking my foot in my mouth. For some reason I always related this song as a cover (but the song I was thinking of was sugar shack) LOL Your observation about Fred (the rapper, in training) is gay, and I think as is the case most the time When Fred came out to his mom one day she said “oh Freddie I know”! So he decided to go outside and get high as per Wikipedia anyway! So to all those thinking they are hiding things addiction/Alcoholic/sex The only one’s you’re fooling is yourself!
The B-52s started in Athens, Georgia at the University of Georgia - just like the band R.E.M. - in the mid-1970s. Like many colleges, it was extremely liberal, and it was during the hippie culture, and that is very much a part of their foundation. The girls went all in on 1950s "beehive" wigs and 50's thrift-shop clothes, and one of the slang names for the beehive wigs was "a B-52". The band only had limited success until they went to New York to play the underground club circuit there, and they played many shows at C.B.G.B.s and Max's Kansas City, along with other bands like Blondie and the Talking Heads, which is how they got signed. The album that Love Shack comes from, Cosmic Thing, was kind of a comeback album for the band. The blonde girl is Cindy Wilson, and her brother was Ricky Wilson, the original guitar player, and he died of AIDS in 1985, not long after finishing the previous album, Bouncing Off The Satellites. Ricky had kept his illness a secret from the band as long as he could, and his death understandably nearly destroyed the band, especially because they did not tour or promote the album. They didn't perform for about 4 years, but after taking time to mourn, they finally came back together and recorded Cosmic Thing, trying to rediscover the joy of life after their tragedy. Their drummer, Keith Strickland, switched to guitar, and they hired a touring drummer and bass player. Love Shack is obviously fully of joy, but perhaps even more so is their song Roam, which was also a huge hit and features just the girls on vocals and their amazing harmonies. Cosmic Thing turned out to be the biggest album of their career, and revitalized the band and kept them on the road selling out shows for another 20 years. They just recently retired officially.
This song came on in the grocery store last week while I was with my preteen. No one was around us. I still had to behave but the moment she wasn't looking... I couldn't help myself. 😬💃💃💃
My daughter is about to turn 30 and still hasn't forgiven me for shimmying to "Dancing Queen" in Walmart when she was a teenager. In my defense it was the middle of the night and deserted.
The B-52s are a great rabbit hole to go down. The "old guy" is Fred Schneider, and yes, he is gay. Try Rock Lobster and Roam. They were big in the early 80s. Those are two of their better known songs. Fred is 72 now, and they are still touring.
One of my all-time favorites! It's a great party and fun song. No judgements needed, everyone is invited, and everyone is entitled to let their hair down. Great classic from the 80's.
My Man!!! CLICK that Dee-Lite video and react...very cool with a cameo by Q-Tip and even Bootsy Collins from Parliament Funkadelic "Groove is in the Heart!"
Fred Schneider, a founder member and the frontman for the B-52's, is well known for his "sprechgesang", which he developed from reciting poetry over guitars. Sprechgesang, more commonly known as "speak-singing" in English, are expressionist musical vocal techniques inbetween singing and speaking. If you really didn't like Fred's part in "Love Shack", then there's a good chance you will not like "Rock Lobster". I personally think Rock Lobster is a very unique, crazy, but awesome B-52's song, typical of their output in the late 70s/early 80s. You could also check out "Private Idaho". If sprechgesang is not your thing, you could consider listening to the B-52's great follow-up song to Love Shack, called "Roam". Roam was also a huge hit, with vocals by the group's female singers, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson. It's one of the few B-52s songs where Fred Schneider has nothing to do; when they played it live, he would hang back with a tambourine....
Isn't "sprechgesang" basically the same thing as rap? Except rap singers (black, white, etc.) do it with a "black" accent, whereas Fred did it with a "gay" accent. A certain reviewer who wonders why white listeners seem uncomfortable listening to black rap should ask himself why he feels uncomfortable listening to gay talk-sing.
It’s just a rural cottage they all go to party. As happens with young people partying, sometimes they’ll fool around 😎 It’s not any deeper than that, just great fun party music. > Even the first time my 5yo son heard this, he demanded to know who it was “It MAKES me dance!” 😃😆
“Love Shack” by the B-52’s is more than just a song; it’s a celebration of joy and togetherness, encapsulated in a catchy, danceable tune that continues to bring people together decades after its release. Its enduring popularity is a testament to the band’s talent and the song’s timeless appeal.
This is a great wedding song. Everybody that can gets after it when it comes on. I still listen to them at 65. Those were the days. Kinks, Bangles, The Tubes, Devo, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and so many more. Great time to be twenty something.✌
Thanks for the memories! Finishing a job in Claxton, GA, drinking B-52s and listening to the B-52s in a cheap hotel bar. Part of that tiny time window where music was just fun again before the dark or preachy returned. Good times.
Don Was, whose other clients include Jewel, Bob Dylan, Elton John and The Rolling Stones, produced "Love Shack". He also had his own group in the '80s called "Was Not Was," which had a hit with "Walk The Dinosaur." This would be a really fun song to check out! 🙂
Can't have the B-52s without Fred. I saw these guys in Detroit (several times) in the 70s and 80s, and it's oddly comforting that when they release a new single years later they sound exactly the same. Some things don't need to change.
That guy is the best… his name is Fred Schneider The Third… when I was a young teen I used to work at a bank in the West Village in NY… he was a customer there and the sweetest ever… he gave me an autograph it said Hey Bel Be Bad love Freddie S … he was such fun.. it was such a great time.. Private Idaho and Rock Lobster 🦞 two of their well known ones were just pure fun… ❤️❤️❤️
DO ROCK LOBSTER NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They were formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. Hit's have been "Rock Lobster", "Planet Claire", "Party Out of Bounds", "Private Idaho", "Whammy Kiss", "Summer of Love", "Wig", "Love Shack", "Roam" and "(Meet) The Flintstones". The name "B-52's" comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the aircraft, which Pierson and Cindy Wilson wore in performances during the band's first decade.
Watch carefully inside The Love Shack when the people are dancing, there is before he was famous none other than RuPaul, see if you can find him. Ps now you need to react to the B-52s and the song (Rock Lobster) or the BC-52s with The Flintstones theme song from the live-action Flintstones movie. You should watch The B-52s live it's really interesting.
Okay, here's your lesson of the day from someone who lived through the evolution of the B52s and lives near the town of their origin. The B52s, who formed in college are an Athens band (just as is R.E.M.) which is a little (at the time) college town east of Atlanta. The "love shack" was just this little, un-airconditioned building off the Atlanta highway, not that far out of town, where they would go and play music and dance and just have a good time. The line "Your WHAT!? Tin roof... Rusted" simply meant that they went through all the effort of getting everyone together to go have a party in their favorite little hole in the wall place, only to find out the metal roof went bad and they couldn't use it anymore. It's not rocket surgery, just follow the lyrics. 😉 There's lots of places like that down here in the southern, more rural areas. Their being nearly "buck naked" was just a reference to the lightweight, sometimes "slight" clothing that's worn down here when it's 95° with 80% humidity and that building is "hot as an oven" so people are "wearin' next to nothin'." It's not about being nudists or an actual sex party... Get your head outta hip-hop mode. 😉 The glitter... Glitter was a *big* thing in the late 70s and 80s, the "Glam-Bands" (big haired rockers of the time) wore it and people wore it in makeup, on their skin, in their hair, fung all over the place... It's just party time. 😊 I live not far from Athens, just a couple hundred feet from the Atlanta highway, kinda cool and everytime I take off down the road, this song still clicks away in my mind. 😂 The "old dude" (who actually isn't much older than the rest), "Fred," is a day-one, main staple of the B52s and their unique sound which wouldn't have carried them as far without him. Yes, he's gay, he/they never hid it and frankly, back then nobody gave a damn. They broke out big in the NY new wave scene and they were just another alternative group with a mix of members. The redheaded singer and the guitar player are married and an anchor to the group. Really take the time to listen to her voice. Go down the rabbit hole one day and listen to their older stuff (came out in 70s with Rock Lobster) and his voice is in direct contrast with the light, bubbly vocals of the girls and it wouldn't be the same thing without him. He is forever affixed to them and it just "is." The crazy redhead in the GO-GO outfit is the main voice of the group and has insane vocal talent, she & the '2s did a "colab" with Iggy Pop (another artist you *MUST* check out, he does it all from punk to straight rock to jazz) which is phenomenal. The B52s wrote the soundtrack for a generation with a long and storied career. Countless cold drinks were consumed on hot, lazy summer days just chillin in the shade (listen to their song "Dead beat club"). This was a top 40 song and they've had a number of hits and albums over the years and it's a lot more than a "new year's eve." song. It's a must play on a whole lot of people's party song lists from the 80s/90s, along with their older stuff from the 70s. You REEEAAlly need to get out more!! 😊 The B52s... Learn them, know them, love them. 😊
Good comment. I’ve loved this song since I heard it in the 80s and never thought it was about getting naked, lol. It’s a fun, inclusive, dance party song. Always makes me smile. I was at UGA in the mid 90s for grad school. We’d sometimes see members of the B-52s, REM, or others around town. Good times.
🇬🇧 MASSIVE hit in the 80s. And i loved it (we all did). Its so good to dance to. You can dance like no-one is watching. "Rock Lobster" is another 'hit' by The B-52's (still crazy, but crazy good yeah!?). ❤🎼🎶🔥
Old dude? Thats Fred Schneider, and he was like 38 when this was released. 🤔 PS - this is classic 80's. Don't try to figure it out. It's not a puzzle. Just enjoy. Also, DEFINITELY click on that Deee-Lite video! The groove IS in the heart!
The B52s are from Athens. GA and were one of the biggest 80s college party bands. They have very weird upbeat songs that are great for people to dance to at parties. If you are down they always bring a smile to your face
YES!!! I requested this in one of ur videos! I'm so happy u are doing this! Love The B2s! The song Shiny happy people by REM does feature Kate Pierson from the B52s! I highy suggest checking that one out, as well as Groove is in the heart by Deee Lite!!
The line, "The love shack is a little old place where we can get together" originally showed up just once in the song, but producer Don Was convinced the group to repeat that line, as it makes a nice hook. 🙂
This was a late 80s comeback song. They're really a late 70s band when they had their hey day. Check out their original hits from the late 70s like Rock Lobster and Your own private Idaho Everything truly great in music was around in the 70s
This group makes music to smile by. They even have a whole song about their love of butterbeans. I agree with the other commenters suggesting Rock Lobster. My Own Private Idaho is well liked as well.
We were more inclusive then, than most are today. The "everybody's welcome" theme was coming into its own. Was also a pushback against my "jeans and tshirt" generation with the fashion. I feel like we’re there again!
Yes the best clubs with the best new music welcomed everyone straight gay lesbians punks disco Grace Jones Quentin Crisp 😁every race no one cared we all partied together.
You got it BP, it's a party song...just chock full of dancing groove! They're from NE GA near Athens. Just a funkadelic unique band. (At the outro you mentioned DeeLite ...so you gotta do "Groove is in the Heart"!!! 😃)
I used to sing this with my friends on Keroke at a bar in Jackson Tennessee. This is an uplifting song. I love the B-52s!! You can't not like this song! Love this reaction! BTW did you see the ad for the Eagles at the Sphere in Vegas? Man that is going to be one hell of an experience! Have a great day everyone! God Bless!
Fred Schneider the "old" guy you spoke about was old 37 years old when this song was released. Which was the bands 5th studio album "Cosmic Thing" in 1989. Their first album was 10 years earlier back in 1979. Also, he's not rapping that's just singing. Now, if you want to hear a song where it's just the ladies singing then listen to the song, "Roam". It's actually my favorite song from the band.
“Love Shack” is an old term for a place where people would “Shack Up.” The B-52’s made a double entendre joke about it. They were famous for injecting double entendre jokes in their songs. They’ve always been a fun party band. Their lyrics didn’t have to make sense but they sounded really cool. Many old-school songs were like that. Words or phrases that just sounded great when sung and really fit the music. Back then we didn’t analyze things like we do today. We just went along with it and had fun.
From the #1 album called Cosmic Thing, the B-52's sent four #1 hits to the top 40 chart. They are : Love Shack, Topaz, Roam and their only #1 instrumental called Follow Your Bliss. This entire album is fire and well worthy of an album reaction😮😊!
The B-52's were a distinct and unique band that helped usher in the New Wave era. Fred was the frontman with his very unique style. The cool thing is, his speaking style let the girls' singing really shine. A great song that is just the girls singing, is "B-52 Girls". A deeper girls-only cut is "Give Me Back My Man". "Rock Lobster" is a trip, and was a huge hit. "Private Idaho" is a banger. "Strobe Light" is fun too. "Planet Claire" is another trippy one from their 1979 self-titled debut album.
You don’t get more real than the B52s. Five close friends (including a brother and sister) formed a band more for fun than anything. They performed at parties to start out with. Their popularity grew and they moved to the college circuit. They developed a cult following on early 80 ‘s indie radio. I saw them at Red Rocks in 1984. Then member, Ricky Wilson, passed away from AIDS and it took a few years for then to regroup but then they really hit it big with this song and album. They’re still performing together 40+ years later, although one member has retired from touring. They’re icons and belong in the Rock Hall of Fame.
I love this song so much! It's so fun, and Fred's parts are the best! I hear this song once and then for hours I walk around saying Fred's parts out loud because they're just so fun lol. Some songs you don't try to make sense of. You just enjoy!
I never knew all the lyrics to this song until today. I knew part of them, not many, but I was on the dance floor many times with this song playing. This song was a great calorie burner.
THIS SONG WAS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVS!!! ABOUT 23 YEARS OLD.. NO MATTER WHAT THE MOOD WAS, THIS SONG BROKE THE VIB AND JUST GOT JIGGY WITH IT, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, DOING LAUNDRY HOUSECLEANING...JUS HAD TO GET JIGGY WITH LOVE SHACK !!! GREAT FUN MEMORIAL SONG, TAKES YA TO SO MANY PLACES LOVE SHACK BABY !!! LOVE YA'R PICS LUV SEEING DON SHARING REACTIONS WITH YA !! DON THE MAN !!
Oh the parties back in the day and Little shacks back out in the woods like this were phenomenal. Everybody just danced and had a great time and sometime you get up in the backseat of a car or bed of a pickup it was a whole lot more fun than going clubbing.
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The B-52's were part of the 'New Wave' of the 80's. The songs weren't supposed to make sense. They were just meant to be FUN! And they were.
B52s lyrics are indecipherable, this is probs the easiest to understand 😂. And don't you dare think about dissing Fred. You need to start at the beginning Planet Claire, Rock lobster or Give me back my man.. can't imagine what you will make of those lyrics.
yes!! I wish young people understood that!
AND FUN WAS ACCOMPLISHED ! 🔥💃
@@adrienne1958l yes it was!
Rock Lobster!
It's just about an old place to have drinks, music and dancing. Very fun song!! Back in the day you could be anywhere and someone would holler "Tiiiinnn Roof!!!" and then you'd holler back "Rusted!!!" Old people thought we were mental lol! !😂
Now young people would think we’ve gone mental! 🤣🤣
LOL, yep. Standout line and it's still the first thing blurting out of my mouth when I hear even a snippet of this song...anywhere, anytime.
B-52's Rock Lobster, you will never be the same after you listen to it.🤣🤣🤣🤣
True that!!
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Don't think he could survive Rock Lobster........🥳
Sooo true😂😂he really be tripping 😂😂
Omg yesssssss!!!
All I remember is that when this song came on in a club, EVERYONE was dancing.
yes yes
"Everybody's movin' Everybody's groovin' " It is illegal to stand still when this is playing....
Not all 80s lyrics should be taken literally. The song was a dance hit.
I've noticed tha most reactors who are hip hop/ rap guys REALLY want to explicitly understand the lyrics... for rock they should mostly listen to Rush...lotta rock music is just like, "Yeah... that almost rhymes...."
Yes, it was just to be fun. Probably nothing more.
Should we tell him what "glitter" is?
The ills of younger generations! They're always trying to tell their own made up story, or ANALYZE EVERYTHING, when they need to hush, listen, and JUST GO WITH IT! 😂
But it is about a literal place.
You have no idea how HUGE this song was, yes it was a fun party song. The whole album is very good.
This song is about a club outside of Atlanta years ago. It looked like a run down cabin, but they said when you opened the door, it was the craziest bumpn party.
Fact
Fun times as a teen running with the collage crowed in Athens. Didn't get to see them often as they were REALLY big by 83/84 but they still liked doing impromptu gigs now and then. Just like REM playing on campus for free. Athens club seen was pretty tight in the early and mid 80's. Back then it was pretty easy getting into the clubs when you were friends with one of the local DJ's. It also wasn't real hard to get a freshman ID either. Then there were the Block parties as well or the watering hole down by High Shoals. Small town with BIG collage always makes for wild times!!
True story. I think it wad around Athens. A lot of students from UGA went there to party
Close but it was outside of Athens ga where the band was
from. It was called the Hawaiian Ha-Le club and was an African-American club . They used to hang out there often
@@nataliestclair6176 Well it is outside of town by maybe 20min. That part of Danielsville Rd is still a Athens address. I should know I was living off of Helican Springs Rd. which veers off of Danielville rd. right before the Hawaiian Ha-Le club. Back then it was "out in the sticks" but I attended Clark Central because I had a Athens mailing address. You have to go a few more miles before you cross into Madison County.
With all the build up on that side of town some 40 years later it probably takes twice as long to get to the campus and down town Athens now with traffic and all but the club still looks like a shack it's just not in the middle of the woods any more.lol
Fred was born in 1951, the video was in 1989 and won the "Best Group Video" at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. Fred was 37 to 38 in the video.
Yeah, but back then, we were calling him "the old guy" too. In hindsight, I think it was mostly The B-52s retro styling making him look older than he actually was, but some was just because we were mere kids ourselves. "Beehives and the old guy is on the video show again Elaine!" we would yell across the house to tell our older sister when it played one of theirs. Yeah, back in the days when younger siblings were a means for remote viewing to a teen who just couldn't be bothered to watch the ones that she didn't want to watch. Life was so hard for my gothically impaired older sib.
That someone looking 👀 like RuPaul was in fact RuPaul.
It was Rupaul!
"I have so many questions" is the correct response to a first time reaction to the B-52s. 😎
No one knew what to think about the B-52’s when they hit the scene. What no one could question, however, was just how incredibly fun their music was in a crowd of people having a good time. Now, in our 60’s, our house lights up when we’re entertaining and this song rolls around. This was outside the box music that became a timeless classic. Put it in your rotation and chances are it will put a smile on your face…even the old, weird gay dude will grow on you😉🎶
I'd argue that's still the case with them. I absolutely love this group. They are a blast and don't take their stuff too seriously yet are incredibly talented
RuPaul was just beginning her career. Look how far she’s come.
These guys and rem turned up the atlanta music scene along with others
My sister played this song at her wedding in 1990 for the wedding party dance. You are correct, it is so fun! We are late 50s.
Lol...that is what I was thinking. His part actually adds to this song. This is nowhere near the stuff I normally listen to but damn this song is just too good to not like it.
"I've got me a Chrysler it seats about 20" is one of my alltime favorite lyrics.
Back when Cars were "BIG" ! 😂😋
Looked like my 67 Chystler.
You don't know what to make of Love Shack? You'll be totally confused by Rock Lobster
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And it is still a blast, no matter how weird! Just give yourself a few listens -- you'll begin to love the odd abandon of the tune and its strange sound effects. Nutty fun!
I would love to see him tackle that...
This song just makes you Happy! It gets you up and dancing 😊
Some songs don't need to be overanalyzed
Exactly!!!
Yeah, he lost me when he started trying to figure out who was gay and who wasn't. Just put your issues aside and enjoy the damn music.
Don't try and understand it, just go with it!!!!!
@@plaidmoon5642 it's making me want to unsubscribe. Which, I'm sure he won't care. But it's the 2nd time I've caught him being effin' offensive.
@@captainKbobkeeshan I actually did unsubscribe. He was not open to learning and was offensive.....Not sure why I got this notification. Peace out!✌
REM and the B-52s are from Athens, GA, a college town that was important in the development of alternative rock. Kate Pierson was one of the founders of the B-52s, who were friends with REM. She sang on Shiny Happy People. Fred Schneider is the "mad old" gay gay (almost six months older than this mad old gay guy.) There's a great interview with him on Howard Stern's channel. Check it out for more history of the B-52s.
LOVE this song! RuPaul got his break by being in this video! So fun! Enjoy! ✌🏻🇨🇦✌🏻
I was just going to say that this was the introduction to rupaul
And the drummer Charles Drayton went on to be a hugely successful session musician who’s worked with dozens of music legends, and then was the drummer in Divinyls and married to the lead singer. He’s ALSO the father of Tom Petty’s granddaughter.
@@jdturingkai564Unfortunately Charles was not in the video or the subsequent tour. That was Zack Alford, who has quite the resume himself.
God preserve us.
So ‘tin roof rusted’ apparently means an unplanned pregnancy.
ROCK LOBSTER!!!!!! ROCK LOBSTER!!!!!!
ROCK LOBSTER!!!!!! ROCK LOBSTER!!!!!!
Oh no the guy is a major part of the B-52'S..he's great!
This is camp in the best possible style - all the fun you could ever want
And yes, RuPaul found his first big break into mainstream recognition through a cameo in the Love Shack music video. RuPaul can be seen doing the Frug in a flowered minidress and a monster Afro!
B-52's frontman Fred Schneider looked back on RuPaul's appearance fondly, remembering how the drag queen "got the line-dance going, that’s for sure!". 🤩
Just enjoy it. Don’t have to analyze. That’s right just party. 😊
I noticed RuPaul with a big afro wearing all white - a cropped halter top and white shorts dancing but not a flowered mini dress unless that's a scene that shows very briefly.
Man it’s a good thing I researched before sticking my foot in my mouth. For some reason I always related this song as a cover (but the song I was thinking of was sugar shack) LOL Your observation about Fred (the rapper, in training) is gay, and I think as is the case most the time
When Fred came out to his mom one day she said “oh Freddie I know”! So he decided to go outside and get high as per Wikipedia anyway!
So to all those thinking they are hiding things addiction/Alcoholic/sex
The only one’s you’re fooling is yourself!
The B-52s started in Athens, Georgia at the University of Georgia - just like the band R.E.M. - in the mid-1970s. Like many colleges, it was extremely liberal, and it was during the hippie culture, and that is very much a part of their foundation. The girls went all in on 1950s "beehive" wigs and 50's thrift-shop clothes, and one of the slang names for the beehive wigs was "a B-52". The band only had limited success until they went to New York to play the underground club circuit there, and they played many shows at C.B.G.B.s and Max's Kansas City, along with other bands like Blondie and the Talking Heads, which is how they got signed.
The album that Love Shack comes from, Cosmic Thing, was kind of a comeback album for the band. The blonde girl is Cindy Wilson, and her brother was Ricky Wilson, the original guitar player, and he died of AIDS in 1985, not long after finishing the previous album, Bouncing Off The Satellites. Ricky had kept his illness a secret from the band as long as he could, and his death understandably nearly destroyed the band, especially because they did not tour or promote the album. They didn't perform for about 4 years, but after taking time to mourn, they finally came back together and recorded Cosmic Thing, trying to rediscover the joy of life after their tragedy. Their drummer, Keith Strickland, switched to guitar, and they hired a touring drummer and bass player. Love Shack is obviously fully of joy, but perhaps even more so is their song Roam, which was also a huge hit and features just the girls on vocals and their amazing harmonies. Cosmic Thing turned out to be the biggest album of their career, and revitalized the band and kept them on the road selling out shows for another 20 years. They just recently retired officially.
Rock Lobster live is one of the best ever to do a reaction to. 😅
💯such a banger! I love their SNL performance with this song!! B-52's always on my play list!
I concur.
Yes please watch Rock Lobster it is UNREAL good!
Um I think the B52's have a lot of nerve inviting us all to their funky little shack, but expecting us to bring our own jukebox money😂😂
This song came on in the grocery store last week while I was with my preteen. No one was around us. I still had to behave but the moment she wasn't looking... I couldn't help myself. 😬💃💃💃
My daughter is about to turn 30 and still hasn't forgiven me for shimmying to "Dancing Queen" in Walmart when she was a teenager. In my defense it was the middle of the night and deserted.
I would have done the same thang
Ya hear this song, and the jiggy comes out immediately ❤❤🎉🎉 like now 😂😂
I always made sure my teens saw me! 😂😂😂. Good times!
@@maryswanson9982 Now that's how it's done.....do they ever resist embarrassing you? Hail no! Go mom!!
As a boomer I can now dance and be silly in the grocery store with my grandbabies.
The B-52s are a great rabbit hole to go down. The "old guy" is Fred Schneider, and yes, he is gay. Try Rock Lobster and Roam. They were big in the early 80s. Those are two of their better known songs. Fred is 72 now, and they are still touring.
Roam is another one of my all time favourites ❤️
Nobody has more fun making music than the B-52's
Dschingis Khan did...
Even now they are a super fun live show. I just might have to head to Vegas in November.
One of my all-time favorites! It's a great party and fun song. No judgements needed, everyone is invited, and everyone is entitled to let their hair down. Great classic from the 80's.
My Man!!! CLICK that Dee-Lite video and react...very cool with a cameo by Q-Tip and even Bootsy Collins from Parliament Funkadelic "Groove is in the Heart!"
Gotta do Groove is in the Heart!!
OMG!!! Yes!! Groove is in the Heart is phenomenal!!!
AMEN!!!!
Ah hon, ya gotta hear MORE B-52's!!! They are a party band!!! It's just sooo much FUN!!!
Fred Schneider, a founder member and the frontman for the B-52's, is well known for his "sprechgesang", which he developed from reciting poetry over guitars. Sprechgesang, more commonly known as "speak-singing" in English, are expressionist musical vocal techniques inbetween singing and speaking.
If you really didn't like Fred's part in "Love Shack", then there's a good chance you will not like "Rock Lobster". I personally think Rock Lobster is a very unique, crazy, but awesome B-52's song, typical of their output in the late 70s/early 80s. You could also check out "Private Idaho".
If sprechgesang is not your thing, you could consider listening to the B-52's great follow-up song to Love Shack, called "Roam". Roam was also a huge hit, with vocals by the group's female singers, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson. It's one of the few B-52s songs where Fred Schneider has nothing to do; when they played it live, he would hang back with a tambourine....
Thanks, @stephenstrudwick8095! I couldn't for the life of me remember the term "sprechsgesang"! 🙂
Isn't "sprechgesang" basically the same thing as rap? Except rap singers (black, white, etc.) do it with a "black" accent, whereas Fred did it with a "gay" accent. A certain reviewer who wonders why white listeners seem uncomfortable listening to black rap should ask himself why he feels uncomfortable listening to gay talk-sing.
Rex Harrison used this technique (or something similar) in the musical My Fair Lady. It predates rap.
@@Supernova493 Sprechgesang dates from German opera at the turn of the 19th/20th century so, you're right, it certainly predates rap!
One of my favorite songs of all time! No party was complete without some B-52s! You gotta do ‘Rock Lobster” ❤️🔥✌🏻🫶🏻
I think the "old dude" was younger than you when this song came out. His singing style was the sound of the B52s.
Was just about to say the same! He was about 38 at the time.
right!!
This was what I was thinking the whole time he kept saying that! Like, bruh, pretty sure he's younger in that video than you are now.
for real
Love this!!! Heading down the highway.... it's just a fun song to dance too! Doesn't need to make sense just dance!!
This was a real 80’s banger! Love this on the radio
It’s just a rural cottage they all go to party. As happens with young people partying, sometimes they’ll fool around 😎
It’s not any deeper than that, just great fun party music.
> Even the first time my 5yo son heard this, he demanded to know who it was “It MAKES me dance!”
😃😆
Oh I've been waiting for this one!! Wow when this came on everyone jumped up to dance !!!
Still do. Nolthing gives this old gal a better work-out than dancing around the house dusting to "Love Shack!"
“Love Shack” by the B-52’s is more than just a song; it’s a celebration of joy and togetherness, encapsulated in a catchy, danceable tune that continues to bring people together decades after its release. Its enduring popularity is a testament to the band’s talent and the song’s timeless appeal.
“Legal Tender” “Private Idaho” “Roam”. My favs from them. Grew up partying to them.
also THEME FOR A NUDE BEACH, DIRTY BACK ROAD, DEADBEAT CLUB!
Loved dancing to the B-52s back in the 80s! Especially when "Rock Lobster" was played. 😂
This is a great wedding song. Everybody that can gets after it when it comes on. I still listen to them at 65. Those were the days. Kinks, Bangles, The Tubes, Devo, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and so many more. Great time to be twenty something.✌
Me too
Thanks for the memories!
Finishing a job in Claxton, GA, drinking B-52s and listening to the B-52s in a cheap hotel bar. Part of that tiny time window where music was just fun again before the dark or preachy returned.
Good times.
Don Was, whose other clients include Jewel, Bob Dylan, Elton John and The Rolling Stones, produced "Love Shack". He also had his own group in the '80s called "Was Not Was," which had a hit with "Walk The Dinosaur." This would be a really fun song to check out! 🙂
Can't have the B-52s without Fred. I saw these guys in Detroit (several times) in the 70s and 80s, and it's oddly comforting that when they release a new single years later they sound exactly the same. Some things don't need to change.
That guy is the best… his name is Fred Schneider The Third… when I was a young teen I used to work at a bank in the West Village in NY… he was a customer there and the sweetest ever… he gave me an autograph it said Hey Bel Be Bad love Freddie S … he was such fun.. it was such a great time.. Private Idaho and Rock Lobster 🦞 two of their well known ones were just pure fun… ❤️❤️❤️
Love Kate Pierson's voice---her performance with Iggy Pop on "Candy" still gives me the chills to this day. Kate and Cindy's harmonies are wonderful
Watching this reminds me to request DEE LITE "Groove is in the Heart"
DO ROCK LOBSTER NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They were formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. Hit's have been "Rock Lobster", "Planet Claire", "Party Out of Bounds", "Private Idaho", "Whammy Kiss", "Summer of Love", "Wig", "Love Shack", "Roam" and "(Meet) The Flintstones".
The name "B-52's" comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the aircraft, which Pierson and Cindy Wilson wore in performances during the band's first decade.
Watch carefully inside The Love Shack when the people are dancing, there is before he was famous none other than RuPaul, see if you can find him.
Ps now you need to react to the B-52s and the song (Rock Lobster) or the BC-52s with The Flintstones theme song from the live-action Flintstones movie. You should watch The B-52s live it's really interesting.
My favorite group to play when driving down the highway! “Roam” is also fantastic.
It's great! That's what you think about it! We did party on the dance floor ,even if it was a bar without a dance floor!!
This song always cheers me up for some reason 😂
Okay, here's your lesson of the day from someone who lived through the evolution of the B52s and lives near the town of their origin.
The B52s, who formed in college are an Athens band (just as is R.E.M.) which is a little (at the time) college town east of Atlanta. The "love shack" was just this little, un-airconditioned building off the Atlanta highway, not that far out of town, where they would go and play music and dance and just have a good time. The line "Your WHAT!? Tin roof... Rusted" simply meant that they went through all the effort of getting everyone together to go have a party in their favorite little hole in the wall place, only to find out the metal roof went bad and they couldn't use it anymore. It's not rocket surgery, just follow the lyrics. 😉
There's lots of places like that down here in the southern, more rural areas. Their being nearly "buck naked" was just a reference to the lightweight, sometimes "slight" clothing that's worn down here when it's 95° with 80% humidity and that building is "hot as an oven" so people are "wearin' next to nothin'." It's not about being nudists or an actual sex party... Get your head outta hip-hop mode. 😉
The glitter... Glitter was a *big* thing in the late 70s and 80s, the "Glam-Bands" (big haired rockers of the time) wore it and people wore it in makeup, on their skin, in their hair, fung all over the place... It's just party time. 😊
I live not far from Athens, just a couple hundred feet from the Atlanta highway, kinda cool and everytime I take off down the road, this song still clicks away in my mind. 😂
The "old dude" (who actually isn't much older than the rest), "Fred," is a day-one, main staple of the B52s and their unique sound which wouldn't have carried them as far without him. Yes, he's gay, he/they never hid it and frankly, back then nobody gave a damn. They broke out big in the NY new wave scene and they were just another alternative group with a mix of members. The redheaded singer and the guitar player are married and an anchor to the group. Really take the time to listen to her voice.
Go down the rabbit hole one day and listen to their older stuff (came out in 70s with Rock Lobster) and his voice is in direct contrast with the light, bubbly vocals of the girls and it wouldn't be the same thing without him. He is forever affixed to them and it just "is." The crazy redhead in the GO-GO outfit is the main voice of the group and has insane vocal talent, she & the '2s did a "colab" with Iggy Pop (another artist you *MUST* check out, he does it all from punk to straight rock to jazz) which is phenomenal.
The B52s wrote the soundtrack for a generation with a long and storied career. Countless cold drinks were consumed on hot, lazy summer days just chillin in the shade (listen to their song "Dead beat club").
This was a top 40 song and they've had a number of hits and albums over the years and it's a lot more than a "new year's eve." song. It's a must play on a whole lot of people's party song lists from the 80s/90s, along with their older stuff from the 70s. You REEEAAlly need to get out more!! 😊
The B52s... Learn them, know them, love them. 😊
Good comment.
I’ve loved this song since I heard it in the 80s and never thought it was about getting naked, lol. It’s a fun, inclusive, dance party song. Always makes me smile.
I was at UGA in the mid 90s for grad school. We’d sometimes see members of the B-52s, REM, or others around town. Good times.
🇬🇧 MASSIVE hit in the 80s. And i loved it (we all did). Its so good to dance to. You can dance like no-one is watching. "Rock Lobster" is another 'hit' by The B-52's (still crazy, but crazy good yeah!?). ❤🎼🎶🔥
This was our Club music and it was a Blast!!! We didn’t are about lyrics…we just wanted to Dance.
There ya go!! We just wanted to dance! And the words weren’t really that important. Young and Lovin the beat!😊
Old dude? Thats Fred Schneider, and he was like 38 when this was released. 🤔 PS - this is classic 80's. Don't try to figure it out. It's not a puzzle. Just enjoy. Also, DEFINITELY click on that Deee-Lite video! The groove IS in the heart!
The B52s are from Athens. GA and were one of the biggest 80s college party bands. They have very weird upbeat songs that are great for people to dance to at parties. If you are down they always bring a smile to your face
My favorite part is “Tin Roof Rusted!” this is the only song people can get me onto the floor with.
Mine too
YES!!! I requested this in one of ur videos! I'm so happy u are doing this! Love The B2s! The song Shiny happy people by REM does feature Kate Pierson from the B52s! I highy suggest checking that one out, as well as Groove is in the heart by Deee Lite!!
Also Iggy Pop’s Candy features Kate. ❤
“TIN ROOF, RUSTED” was the pass word to get into the love shack (kind of like a speak easy in the 1920’s)
I Can’t wait for you to do Rock Lobster 😂
This is such a fun song!! I didn't fully appreciate it back when it came out. I live in Atlanta now and b-52's are from here 🎉😂
The line, "The love shack is a little old place where we can get together" originally showed up just once in the song, but producer Don Was convinced the group to repeat that line, as it makes a nice hook. 🙂
Fun times!!!!! Everyone across the board is having fun fun fun at the Love Shack. Loved dancing to this with my kids back then.
This is one of my FAVORITE songs!! Love 80s pop.
One of my favorite 80s dance songs ! Flash backs for sure . . .
Ty
This was a late 80s comeback song. They're really a late 70s band when they had their hey day. Check out their original hits from the late 70s like Rock Lobster and Your own private Idaho
Everything truly great in music was around in the 70s
This song just makes me feel happy. 🎉😂
have to go down the B-52s rabbit hole: "roam", rock lobster" planet Claire" they had so many great songs
Deadbeat club, Own Private Idaho!
I love the science-fictiony sound of Planet Claire!
Love the B'52 saw them in Edinburgh 1979/80 ish. Great night/party band
Oh my gosh! YES! I love the B-52's!
Rest In Peace, Ricky Wilson (Guitarist). Thanks for reacting to this one! ✌💙✌
Nice reaction. He also says "Glitter on the Mattress", no doubt they were dancing.
Woohooo this is one of my all time favourite party songs!!!! 🎉
🍺🍷🍸🍹It is so much fun!!!
you must watch more of them.. LOVE THEM.. saw them live.. if you get a chance watch more of them..
This group makes music to smile by. They even have a whole song about their love of butterbeans. I agree with the other commenters suggesting Rock Lobster. My Own Private Idaho is well liked as well.
We were more inclusive then, than most are today. The "everybody's welcome" theme was coming into its own. Was also a pushback against my "jeans and tshirt" generation with the fashion. I feel like we’re there again!
Yes the best clubs with the best new music welcomed everyone straight gay lesbians punks disco Grace Jones Quentin Crisp 😁every race no one cared we all partied together.
You got it BP, it's a party song...just chock full of dancing groove! They're from NE GA near Athens. Just a funkadelic unique band. (At the outro you mentioned DeeLite ...so you gotta do "Groove is in the Heart"!!! 😃)
You don't always have to think about a song, sometimes it's more about how it makes you feel!
I used to sing this with my friends on Keroke at a bar in Jackson Tennessee. This is an uplifting song. I love the B-52s!! You can't not like this song! Love this reaction!
BTW did you see the ad for the Eagles at the Sphere in Vegas? Man that is going to be one hell of an experience! Have a great day everyone! God Bless!
Fred Schneider the "old" guy you spoke about was old 37 years old when this song was released. Which was the bands 5th studio album "Cosmic Thing" in 1989. Their first album was 10 years earlier back in 1979. Also, he's not rapping that's just singing. Now, if you want to hear a song where it's just the ladies singing then listen to the song, "Roam". It's actually my favorite song from the band.
A love shack is a deep south juke joint where kids would go to party.
They were for real.
This song makes me think of that movie about "The Shag."
Kate and cindy harmonize like angels. You must do deadbeat club from the same record, channel z and roam. Seminal album.
“Love Shack” is an old term for a place where people would “Shack Up.” The B-52’s made a double entendre joke about it. They were famous for injecting double entendre jokes in their songs. They’ve always been a fun party band. Their lyrics didn’t have to make sense but they sounded really cool. Many old-school songs were like that. Words or phrases that just sounded great when sung and really fit the music. Back then we didn’t analyze things like we do today. We just went along with it and had fun.
Yes, B-52’s were at New West Fest in Fort Collins about 15 years ago. I was there and it was Awesome!
On of my all time favorite songs!!!!
From the #1 album called Cosmic Thing, the B-52's sent four #1 hits to the top 40 chart. They are : Love Shack, Topaz, Roam and their only #1 instrumental called Follow Your Bliss. This entire album is fire and well worthy of an album reaction😮😊!
The B-52's were a distinct and unique band that helped usher in the New Wave era.
Fred was the frontman with his very unique style. The cool thing is, his speaking style let the girls' singing really shine.
A great song that is just the girls singing, is "B-52 Girls".
A deeper girls-only cut is "Give Me Back My Man".
"Rock Lobster" is a trip, and was a huge hit.
"Private Idaho" is a banger.
"Strobe Light" is fun too.
"Planet Claire" is another trippy one from their 1979 self-titled debut album.
You don’t get more real than the B52s.
Five close friends (including a brother and sister) formed a band more for fun than anything. They performed at parties to start out with. Their popularity grew and they moved to the college circuit. They developed a cult following on early 80 ‘s indie radio. I saw them at Red Rocks in 1984.
Then member, Ricky Wilson, passed away from AIDS and it took a few years for then to regroup but then they really hit it big with this song and album.
They’re still performing together 40+ years later, although one member has retired from touring.
They’re icons and belong in the Rock Hall of Fame.
I love this song so much! It's so fun, and Fred's parts are the best! I hear this song once and then for hours I walk around saying Fred's parts out loud because they're just so fun lol. Some songs you don't try to make sense of. You just enjoy!
I never knew all the lyrics to this song until today. I knew part of them, not many, but I was on the dance floor many times with this song playing. This song was a great calorie burner.
I just love the B-52’s. One of the greatest things to come out of the 80’s. Great stuff 🌺✌️
This song is played at EVERY wedding reception.
I ABSOLUTELY adore the B52's. Dancing music is my fave and the retro clothes, hair, make up!! 💕
I saw them in 1980 at the Mudd Club in NY. Right after their first album. That's RuPaul there.
THIS SONG WAS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVS!!! ABOUT 23 YEARS OLD.. NO MATTER WHAT THE MOOD WAS, THIS SONG BROKE THE VIB AND JUST GOT JIGGY WITH IT, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, DOING LAUNDRY HOUSECLEANING...JUS HAD TO GET JIGGY WITH LOVE SHACK !!! GREAT FUN MEMORIAL SONG, TAKES YA TO SO MANY PLACES
LOVE SHACK BABY !!!
LOVE YA'R PICS
LUV SEEING DON SHARING REACTIONS WITH YA !!
DON THE MAN !!
The "tin roof rusted" part was my favorite part as a kid. I'd wait to scream that part. Kids at 80s parents parties lol
Oh the parties back in the day and Little shacks back out in the woods like this were phenomenal. Everybody just danced and had a great time and sometime you get up in the backseat of a car or bed of a pickup it was a whole lot more fun than going clubbing.
You should really do Dee Lite Groove Is In the Heart.
It’s all over the place, but such a banger.
The B52’s and this video is just FUN! I loved it and this song is in my playlist right now.