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the top 11 songs by the b-52s, in order!

10-07-2010, 01:23 PM

it's pretty much common knowledge that i am the expert when it comes to the b-52s, here is my official list of their top tracks

11. private idaho
10. there's a moon in the sky (called the moon)
9. song for a future generation
8. Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland
7. channel z
6. 52 girls
5. quiche lorraine
4. dance this mess around
3. rock lobster
2. planet claire
1. mesopotamia
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10-07-2010, 01:31 PM

i like the popular songs like Roam or Love Shack - many other songs were too weird for me

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10-07-2010, 01:35 PM

Nice pic and list. Been meaning to check out some new B-52's. Couple there I havnt heard.

They were hot doing Channel Z on SNL around 1990. YT has the rehearsal but only place I have seen the vid is on one of my VCR tapes.
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10-07-2010, 01:41 PM

B-52s will always be known for "the guy from the B-52s". BTW, is that pic supposed to resemble Scooby Doo or not? If not, that's hilarious.

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10-07-2010, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by Vjo

Nice pic and list. Been meaning to check out some new B-52's. Couple there I havnt heard.

They were hot doing Channel Z on SNL around 1990. YT has the rehearsal but only place I have seen the vid is on one of my VCR tapes.
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10-07-2010, 01:54 PM

absolutely 1st album is the best imo.
"Planet Claire"
"52 Girls"
"Dance This Mess Around"
"Rock Lobster"

all on that album....great stuff. Planet Claire and Dance This Mess Around are my two favs.

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10-07-2010, 11:40 PM

Planet Claire is a great song.
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10-08-2010, 12:48 AM

Rock Lobster not at #1 makes Jew Cat a sad Jew Cat...
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10-08-2010, 08:59 AM

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10-08-2010, 09:03 AM

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Rock Lobster not at #1 makes Jew Cat a sad Jew Cat...

mesopotamia could be the best song ever done.
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10-08-2010, 09:03 AM

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Why is Private Idaho at the bottom and why did you have to add an extra slot for it to be extra at the bottom?

p.s. Thank you for knowing they used to be a good band.
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10-08-2010, 09:07 AM

Originally posted by Angry Jew Cat

Rock Lobster not at #1 makes Jew Cat a sad Jew Cat...

Rock Lobster is good but it is in many ways wacky good rather than quality. I sort of see it as the song that people that only really know Love Shack will also like. Which doesn't make it bad - I like it - just not as good as other songs they have done.
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10-08-2010, 09:09 AM

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Why is Private Idaho at the bottom and why did you have to add an extra slot for it to be extra at the bottom?

p.s. Thank you for knowing they used to be a good band.

the b-52s were my introduction into alternative, back when alternative was alt- 1979.

growing up in redneck texas, riding around in a pick up truck, dipping skoal and drinking schlitz & cranking rocklobster = good times!

i was going to just do the top 10, but private idaho is pretty much their best mainstream track so i figured i'd include it. i've never really dug their pop/popular songs as much.
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10-08-2010, 09:12 AM

Originally posted by dyna mo

the b-52s were my introduction into alternative, back when alternative was alt- 1979.

growing up in redneck texas, riding around in a pick up truck cranking rocklobster = good times!

i was going to just do the top 10, but private idaho is pretty much their best mainstream track so i figured i'd include it. i've never really dug their pop/popular songs as much.

I was born in '76. So, I came to know of them through the more popular (ie chance to cash a royalty check) period. However, as I got into more alternative music as I got older I discovered their older stuff. I am an R.E.M. fan and it was through their championing of B-52s I checked out the 'punkier' stuff and loved it. Why they then went and worked together on the worst R.E.M. song ever, I will never know.
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10-08-2010, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash

Rock Lobster is good but it is in many ways wacky good rather than quality. I sort of see it as the song that people that only really know Love Shack will also like. Which doesn't make it bad - I like it - just not as good as other songs they have done.

I just found it incredibly entertaining in a way that made me want to drop acid.
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10-08-2010, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash

I was born in '76. So, I came to know of them through the more popular (ie chance to cash a royalty check) period. However, as I got into more alternative music as I got older I discovered their older stuff. I am an R.E.M. fan and it was through their championing of B-52s I checked out the 'punkier' stuff and loved it. Why they then went and worked together on the worst R.E.M. song ever, I will never know.

i never understood that collaboration either!
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10-08-2010, 09:16 AM

Originally posted by Angry Jew Cat

I just found it incredibly entertaining in a way that made me want to drop acid.

it really is a well-done song. killer crescendo
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10-08-2010, 09:16 AM

What I like about Rock Lobster is that they managed to make a totally ridiculous and wacky song that still fuckin ROCKS!

B. 81 in redneck TX here, intro'd to the B-52's by my parents, who also introduced me to much of the good music I still listen to today.

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10-08-2010, 09:17 AM

B-52's were very strange, but their style and music worked so well. I didnt like them at 1st, but warmed up to the rather quickly. Very different seems to work.

Nice thread Dyna Mo. Thanks for the flash back

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10-08-2010, 09:18 AM

this was actually what got me interested in more b52s beyond love shack a few years ago.

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10-08-2010, 09:18 AM

Originally posted by dyna mo

i never understood that collaboration either!

I understand them working together. They are both from the same era of alternative music and from the same part of the world. They are both capable of writing and producing fantastic songs but instead did a seriously crap one.

Fred has done some fairly crazy solo stuff over the years too...one wacky ass man.
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10-08-2010, 09:21 AM

Originally posted by JustDaveXxx

B-52's were very strange, but their style and music worked so well. I didnt like them at 1st, but warmed up to the rather quickly. Very different seems to work.

Nice thread Dyna Mo. Thanks for the flash back

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10-08-2010, 09:21 AM

Originally posted by Angry Jew Cat

I just found it incredibly entertaining in a way that made me want to drop acid.

Oh, I like it a lot. Just not more than the ones above it on the list. Then, I have never done any drugs much less acid. I am considering starting.
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10-08-2010, 09:22 AM

Originally posted by angry jew cat

this was actually what got me interested in more b52s beyond love shack a few years ago.

awesome!
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10-08-2010, 09:23 AM

Originally posted by Ayla_SquareTurtle

What I like about Rock Lobster is that they managed to make a totally ridiculous and wacky song that still fuckin ROCKS!

B. 81 in redneck TX here, intro'd to the B-52's by my parents, who also introduced me to much of the good music I still listen to today.

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10-08-2010, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by dyna mo

mesopotamia could be the best song ever done.

The Santogold remix of this from a year or two back was awesome.
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10-08-2010, 10:23 AM

Originally posted by Shedevils

The Santogold remix of this from a year or two back was awesome.

WOW! i love santogold and had no idea she remade the track!!!!!!
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10-08-2010, 10:26 AM

Originally posted by dyna mo

WOW! i love santogold and had no idea she remade the track!!!!!!

Yeah it's a great disc. The redo of Guns Of Brixton is one of my all time faves.

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10-08-2010, 08:23 PM

Originally posted by dyna mo

the b-52s were my introduction into alternative, back when alternative was alt- 1979.

growing up in redneck texas, riding around in a pick up truck, dipping skoal and drinking schlitz & cranking rocklobster = good times!

i was going to just do the top 10, but private idaho is pretty much their best mainstream track so i figured i'd include it. i've never really dug their pop/popular songs as much.

I remember those days. Only I grew up in southwest Missouri and left the Skoal dipping to the boys (not to say I never accidentally grabbed a spit beer can. Ewww)

You inspired me. Had housework to do tonight so I added a new B-52's station on Pandora. Just finished dancing to "Give me back my boyfriend". I suddenly feel like a teenager again

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10-08-2010, 09:19 PM

I meant "Give me back my man". No idea why I typed 'boyfriend'. Maybe I was thinking about the asshat I was dating back in '80?

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10-08-2010, 09:24 PM

A great band.
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10-09-2010, 02:54 AM

Never heard of any of them. Only B-52s song I know is Love Shack.

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10-09-2010, 03:01 AM

Very Cool thread, I was just thinking about looking into their music while driving a while back.

Actually Kate Pierson's vocals in Iggy Pop's Candy is what played on repeat when I lost my virginity, so it's a must.

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10-09-2010, 03:04 AM

Originally posted by ottopottomouse

Never heard of any of them. Only B-52s song I know is Love Shack.

Well, consider this your chance to learn

Not, that I can't fully get into some loud Love Shack singing when booze is involved.
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10-09-2010, 03:08 AM

Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash

Not, that I can't fully get into some loud Love Shack singing when booze is involved.

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10-09-2010, 04:52 AM

Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash

I understand them working together. They are both from the same era of alternative music and from the same part of the world. They are both capable of writing and producing fantastic songs but instead did a seriously crap one.

Fred has done some fairly crazy solo stuff over the years too...one wacky ass man.

They're from the same town-
Athens, Georgia which was home to a pretty big new wave rock explosion late 70's - 80's-
B-52s, Ravenstone, Pylon, Widespread Panic, Indigo Girls, Love Tractor, the Georgia Satellites,Flat Duo Jets,Hillbilly Frankenstein and R.E.M. - all from Athens.

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10-09-2010, 05:23 AM

i found the documentary- Athens Georgia Inside:Out
Great documentary with some really rare tunes. Some of the best REM i've ever heard.
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10-09-2010, 05:57 AM

Yup, I am an R.E.M. nut so I know a bit about Athens. I really would like to go there someday since so many bands I have enjoyed come from there. My uncle doesn't live too far away.So, I suppose I really should make that happen.

R.E.M. have also worked with the Indigo Girls...I had a friend that used to listen to them a lot and one song came on and while none of them were singing I just had this weird feeling and asked 'are R.E.M. on this track? A few minutes later Stipe starts to sing but weirdly, it was Buck's playing that had some how set off my 'R.E.M. radar'.
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10-09-2010, 06:20 AM

I never thought "Private Idaho" to be "mainstream" ... anyway, one of my favorite B52's

Talking Heads, Devo ? Same genre and era ...
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10-09-2010, 06:57 AM

Originally posted by Honez

I remember those days. Only I grew up in southwest Missouri and left the Skoal dipping to the boys (not to say I never accidentally grabbed a spit beer can. Ewww)

You inspired me. Had housework to do tonight so I added a new B-52's station on Pandora. Just finished dancing to "Give me back my boyfriend". I suddenly feel like a teenager again

nice! funny thing, i can remember vividly the 2x i chugged spit out of a long neck bottle, and they were both over 25 years ago!
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Very Cool thread, I was just thinking about looking into their music while driving a while back.

Actually Kate Pierson's vocals in Iggy Pop's Candy is what played on repeat when I lost my virginity, so it's a must.

that songs kicks so much ass. carlos, what's up man?

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They're from the same town-
Athens, Georgia

ahh yes, i had forgotten r.e.m. was also from there. they prolly mention that in some lyrics somewhere but it would of been unintelligible, lolz! yuk yuk.

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I never thought "Private Idaho" to be "mainstream" ... anyway, one of my favorite B52's

Talking Heads, Devo ? Same genre and era ...

private idaho was their 2nd top 100 billboard track.
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10-09-2010, 08:36 AM

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