Doing a final European tour
anyone interested?
Never seen them, one of my all time favourites, those tour dates seem to be during Glastonbury, so they better fucking play.
Fuck yes Iām interested.
Today I listened to a B-52ās album for the first time ā the self-titled debut from 79. Prior to that Iād only heard the Mesopotamia EP (heard at a friendās place about 4 years ago and picked up on vinyl) and obviously the hits.
They hit it big when I was young with āLove Shackā and that sort of stuff. While fun, I wasnāt interested in hearing more at the time. Had been planning on checking out their early stuff in the last 5 years or so, but not till today! Sort of prompted by hearing āPrivate Idahoā at a vintage shop yesterday. Thatās on their second one Wild Planet, which I think Iāll get to sooner than later. Gotta spend more time with the debut first.
Iād be well up for this, though their last farewell tour I couldnāt afford so itās unlikely Iāll be able to afford this one (mind you itās right before my birthday, hint hint).
Hereās a version of Private Idaho with Julee Cruise (!) replacing Cindy Wilson
Note that this is an old thread. Bumped it as itās the only existing B-52ās thread I could find.
Rock lobster is probably the pinnacle of rock music. I wish I could have seen them perform it live in 1979 or whatever
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I think the singing on the chorus of Roam is some of the truly great singing ever committed to tape, TBH.
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Endorsed by an actual Beatle, so yes.
Dāoh, was half asleep when I read this thread
I have absolutely zero memory of making this thread
Favourite B-52s song
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