B-52s were such fun to watch…

[4pickupguy]

…and Kate Pierson was the heart of the sound, all were great tho.

 

[Toadtele]

I didn’t appreciate them soon enough!

 

[brookdalebill]

I saw them at the Armadillo, circa 78-79.
This was the original band.
They were great!

 

[loudboy]

They played a big Halloween party in maybe 1980?

Really fun band, and they rocked harder than most people think.

 

[4pickupguy]

One those bands where their since of humor permeated the music. Ricky Wilson kills this one while hitting some cool chords on the chorus…

 

[aging_rocker]

Such a cool band. I still listen to them pretty regularly.

 

[JL_LI]

I thought so too but it was the planes. And they’re still in service.

 

[Vibroluxer]

They were on TV last night. They still have it.

 

[johnny k]

 

[Bob Womack]

Thought you meant this kind.

They are amazing to watch taking off and landing.

On take off they don't rotate a bunch, so if you are on the back side of the hangars you see the tail rise over the hangars first. That's kind of weird.

Landing in a cross-wind they can crab the landing gear and land with the nose upwind. That's about weird.

It is also weird to be out on the flight line as they taxi out and watch the wingtip landing gear tip up and go by at head height. Woot.


Sorry for the derail.

Bob

 

[highgreenchilly]

Love them. I grew up close to Athens, GA. I saw a lot of great bands in their early days. Athens was hip. Not only them but REM, Pylon, Love Tractor, Widespread Panic, the Squalls, the Normaltown Flyers, etc

 

[2groggy]

In the first video, is that Mosrite strung with only four strings? From low to high EAxxBe?

 

[Dan German]

I saw them live in my youth, and they set a standard for live shows that has rarely been surpassed in my experience. Fun fun fun.

 

[srblue5]

I remember their cameo appearance in Paul Simon’s One Trick Pony film.

Family Guy probably helped put “Rock Lobster” back on the map.

Fun band!

 

[hnryclay]

As mentioned above, if you loke the B-52s give Southern Culture on the Skids a spin.

 

[Blue Bill]

It must have been early Fall, 1979, after the Planet Claire album came out. I lucked into a front row seat, right in front of Cindy Wilson, when they played at the UMass Fine Arts Center. I was so smitten with her spectacular hair, her sad Barbarella eyes, and her singing, I was in a state of aesthetic arrest for days, unable to speak properly or think clearly. I think I'm still kinda in love with her. What a woman.

 

[4pickupguy]

In the first video, is that Mosrite strung with only four strings? From low to high EAxxBe?

Yes, story as they tell it is Ricky couldn’t afford to replace strings that Keith the drummer had broken. He did have another low and high E string. He left the two broken strings off and strung it with the low E and two high E strings and tuned them low. He wrote Rock Lobster on that guitar and he kept that way from then on. I believe he did Planet Clare with as well.

 

[Greggorios]

Still a chance to catch them. They're doing a farewell tour this August-Oct 2022:

Tour — The B-52s

www.theb52s.com

 

[Spox]

I saw them in 2007 and they were really good live.

 

[Greggorios]

A B52s show ain't no concert, it's a big ol' PARTY!!!