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Oh Crap – I Have To Write Another Post

October 5, 2013

I will say it has been a very busy week and tomorrow will be another busy day. The good thing? Much cooler weather is on tap for the weekend so it will be great to revel in fall with abandon. So, I’m sitting here watching the radar in case we get storm warnings and trying to get this post written. You know, ’cause I have to!

I stumbled across a B52’s concert tonight though and that was awesome! It was a performance in Athens, GA in 2011 celebrating the 34th anniversary of their first concert. Ouch. The average age of the crowd? Forty – at least. Gotta love old people concerts. :-)

I remember first being introduced to their music in 1981 when I as a senior in high school. The first album of theirs I bought was “Wild Planet” and I loved ity! The music was quirky and bright and oh so 60’s. I’ve seen that album again in a local bookstore and I might just pick it up tomorrow. The only album I currently own is “Whammy” and I bought it last year when I was pining away for “Queen of Las Vegas”. I had forgotten about “Legal Tender” and “Song For A Future Generation” and (of course) “Butterbean” . It was like a reunion of sorts to hear those songs again.

Back in the day I also owned the yellow album simply titled “B52’s”. I didn’t think it was as good as “Wild Planet” but there were some fun songs on there. “Whammy” and “Mesopotamia” were the next albums I bought and still enjoyed their music. Then I lost track of them. Kind of because I got married and kind of because they dropped off the map after Ricky Wilson died. So I was pleasantly surprised when “Love Shack” and “Roam” came out in ’89 and ’90 respectively. It was nice to have the B52’s back again. Then, I had a bunch of kids and kind of dropped off the radar of pop music for awhile.

I’ve been through a lot the last few years and one of the things I’ve done is to revisit a lot of the music I used to listen to and that has been a therapy in itself. I purchased MP3’s of “Rock Lobster”, “Party Out of Bounds”, “Private Idaho”, and “Devil In My Car” a few years ago and continue to enjoy them today. Let’s face it “Rock Lobster” is the ultimate summer party song.

Okay, that’s my post. It may be a little lame, but it’s the best tribute I can give at 10:32pm. If you haven’t listened to their music in awhile though, crack those old albums out and party on people. I think I’ll do that tomorrow.

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On October 5, 2013 at 6:55 AM, dxprog said:

Outside of the female singers' voices, Roam and Love Shack don't even really sound like B-52's songs. The iconic songs (Rock Lobster, Private Idaho, et al) really don't have a lot of singing too them whereas the aforementioned ones are nothing but. Even Mr. Popeil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMzun_Qyrvs) capitalized on that.
Man, old Weird Al stuff was so much better :(

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