The B-52's "Legal Tender"

Did Kate or Cindy ever have any wig malfunctions?

It is my favorite B-52's song. It still holds up today.

actually the worst B52's song

"Song For A Future Generation"

Any B-52 song without Fred Schneider's honking vocals or dubious musical contributions is worthwhile. Someone should start a thread about most useless band member.

I love this song and video

And then there is their ode to anal sex...

The good old days of MTV

The B-52's were such an anomaly in music but they made everything work

My favorite.

They still sound good live.

Cindy and Kate sing harmony better than anyone. Their voices individually are fine but together, the sound is simply sublime.

On Planet X!

Ohhhhhh it won't be long now

I got a tight rear that's gonna sit on your bone now

I'll erase your contact soon when I find my phone

Hey OP, I'm Kate and I am a Taurus

I love tomatoes and black-capped chickadees

In time to buy the latest model getaway Jeep

It really is one of their best songs.

Kate is the only one who really knows how to perform in a video though.

I really liked them up through the Bouncing Off The Satellites LP. After that...less so, but they were ok.

Very Warholian video

The period after their initial success and Love Shack is rife with great catchy tunes. One of my faves:

R17...you don’t like “Channel Z”...?

Another B52s thread?

Cindy is also great in this video

R21. There can only be one

Kate Pierson's flying wig is everything.

Ricky was so cute. 😢

Still listenable after decades

[quote]It is my favorite B-52's song. It still holds up today.

Me too! I just can't stop moving when hearing it.

80s music really aged badly.

I kind of love r5.

[quote]Ricky was so cute.

Unfortunately gone at 32 from AIDS

Watching Ricky still makes me cry. Damn it.

LOVE this song! One of the best of the B-52's!

(This and, "Gimme Back My Man!")

R32 "Gimme Back My Man" is perfection

" . . . Hi - I'm Ricky. I'm from Athens, GA; and I'm a PISCES!"

The B-52s had an irreverent quirky style, wit, southern charm, willingness to be silly, wholesomeness, and general lovability.

Qualities all sorely lacking in contemporary pop music!

Keith Strickland was soooo pretty in his prime.

"Dance This Mess Around" !

"Legal Tender" was actually huge in Brazil for some reason and helped grow the B-52's fandom there, which is still going strong!

Love their wigs.

" . . . I wanna be the Captain of the Enterprise . . . I wanna be The Nicest Guy on Earth . . . I wanna be The Empress of Fashion . . . Let's get together and have a baby, now! . . . "

Loved that video and that album - I think I was like 12 and I became an instant lifelong B-52's fan without ever knowing they were almost all gay.

They were and are unique but always have an emphasis on FUN - never ever serious. That's what makes them so likable.

Got to see them at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium with a new band that had just had a big hit "Sweet Dreams" called Eurythmics.

I just noticed that Fred Schneider looks like he could be Mrs. Bale's son from AS TIME GOES BY on PBS.

always good to listen to

Good time of year to play this LOUD

Someone out there has the most incredible bootleg a/v footage of the B-52s performing in an Athens club circa 1978 right before they went national and blew the fucking world up. The amateurish video is in grainy black & white, taken in a small but packed house just before they were signed to a label. They were a struggling college band at the time but managed to attract a cultish local following. This is amazing footage of an iconic band on the precipice of superstardom.

Even early on, the now classic Rock Lobster was their signature song but no one outside of the GA college crowd ever heard it or anything like it. This early performance, probably pirated, is nothing short of sublime. Someone out there occasionally uploads it to YouTube under various names until it's quickly taken down for copyright infringement. Too bad because Fred is on fucking fire! That crazy skinny bitch sends the crowd into a frenzy. The girls are in their early stages of bouffant-ish fabulousness and working those wigs and their ethereal vocals. The band is pure intensity while retaining the tongue-in-cheek outrageousness and never taking themselves too seriously, or even remotely seriously at all.

They are quintessential 80s new age rock. I love them and everything about them and glad to see they're finally getting accolades for their important contributions to music history.

I liked "Planet Claire," from the 1st album, I think.

Stocked it full of jelly jars

I love “Revolution Earth” and “Dance This Mess Around”.

I’ve seen them twice in the last year. Most recently, 3 weeks ago.