I'LL GIVE YEW FISH
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
it's probably not clear, but in the image the other fish are dragging the backwards font fish away from his fish gal. it's a very dark interpretation of the lyrics
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
I think "Planet Claire" was also the first B-52's song I heard. My babysitter had their first album and would play it all the time. She had a blonde streak in her dark brown hair, I thought she was so cool.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
> hey were his gateway to other music besides the Eagles.
Yeah, I'd pretty much just heard the Beatles and Eagles other things Otto the Bus driver played. Total portal.
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
"love shack" was definitely the first and only B-52's song i heard for a very long time. it was many years before i even realized they were also a cool early new wave band
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
searching for something else, but here's an interview/feature with rolling stone from 1980: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/interview-the-b-52s-113100/
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uhfJggV.jpg5. Rock Lobster 790 points, 28 votes. 5 first place votes. The B-52’smusic video music video, version 2(? apparently there were multiple versions that circulated on comp videos? neither one is great tbhCountdown 1980
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
#5!!!!
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
This one also shows up at wedding receptions, and I like it even more than Love Shack.
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
Way too low
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:02 (five years ago) link
I remember hearing this on the radio as a kid on k-earth 101 and being blown away
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
I think I know how the top 4 are gonna shake out
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
Didn't discover them until I changed the channel to KROQ years later
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
I remember K-earth playing this and Another Brick in the Wall all the time
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
guessing:
#4 Your Own Private Idaho#3 Roam#2 Dance This Mess Around#1 52 Girls
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
Because of how it effected me as a kid, my #1
Sorry about all the posts in a row, at work
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
I'd love to have been at those first concerts. This is such a batshit song to release as your first single.
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link
uh "Roam"
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link
(not the order i had those songs in fwiw, just trying to read the ILM hivemind!)
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:11 (five years ago) link
No way are "Roam" and "Your Own Private Idaho" better than "Rock Lobster".
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:11 (five years ago) link
I think I first heard the original DB Records "Rock Lobster" single on Dr Demento, before the debut album was released
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
My #1. It changed my life. Details when I have more time to type.
I'd love to have been at those first concerts.
I was. More later...
― Drunk Charles Nelson Reily violating Paul Lynn at a toga party (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
I was just about to post about the single version. I kind of prefer the DB version of 52 Girls:https://youtu.be/V2DEgpiK8Oc
― campreverb, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/R4KdLfD.jpg4. Roam 796 points, 30 votes. Highest position on ballot: 2 Cosmic Thingmusic video mtv live, 1990 Live 1999, with Julee Cruise
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:21 (five years ago) link
My #1.
This song.
Those harmonies.
That guitar.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link
Kate's finest hour
overplayed, but for good reason
― Brad C., Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
roam is a wonderful song. not top 10 for me, tbh, but i will never skip it.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
I really like that image.
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
Roam was not your #1, if you were referring to it with that post (it was your #2)
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
thanks jmm!
i'll be back in 30 minutes to finish the top 3
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
Way late, but:
i was one of the #1 voters. there are other b-52's songs that rock much harder or that make me giggle but this one puts tears in my eyes, i think it's so beautiful. one of the best musical evocations of real bittersweetness, genuine smiles in looking back through incredible loss and pain, to a time that can never be had again but which still lifts the spirit and matters. a love letter of gratitude to one's bandmates, a statement of just how much it could matter, at the right time, to have a few other proud deadbeats to bum around with.
(Roam was my #2 too)
― dorsalstop, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
shout *out*, even
And *who's*. My word.
― dorsalstop, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, November 14, 2018 5:29 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
See? I was right about changing my mind!
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
Monster cracked the top 3?!
― campreverb, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link
"Loveland" hasn't placed, has it? Clearly impossible now. Didn't vote for it, but wouldn't have picked that as the sole Mesopotamia omission.
"Roam" always reminds me of returning to school at end of (southern hemisphere) summer, early 1990. It was new and suddenly as massive as "Love Shack" and was playing in art class. A girl who usually didn't say much (least of all about music) was moved to remark "this is such a good song, isn't it?" I don't remember any occasion when it would have been harder to find a dissenting view.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:44 (five years ago) link
thanks dorsalstop - and i also had "roam" at #2!
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
come on Flintstones theme
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
"Roam" is brilliant and I don't know many other songs as perfectly affirmative.
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/RjY2EHk.jpg3. Private Idaho 888 points, 33 votes. 4 first place votes. Wild Planetmusic video another guiding light performance(!), from 1982 Live 1992, with Julee Cruise
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:01 (five years ago) link
placed on 33 of the 34 ballots!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:02 (five years ago) link
OK, who didn't vote for Private Idaho.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
I'm glad three other people also put this as #1
again, I prefer the Party Mix version, so great with this wide open sound
― #BreakingTheWorld (sleeve), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
Yes,a great song
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
Yeah, who didn't vote for Private Idaho!!!!!!
...
― jmm, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
:D
the bonus secret question is Who Voted For 'My Own Private Idaho'?
A: several of you
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/CarUDmi.jpg2. Dance This Mess Around 892 points, 32 votes. 3 first place votes.The B-52’slive 1983 tv performance 1990, new year’s eve
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:18 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Dn3kdBy.jpg1. 52 Girls 932 points, 32 votes. 5 first place votes. The B-52’slive 1978 live 1980 live 1990
Rank, Track, Points, Total Votes, #1 Votes1 52 Girls 932 32 52 Dance This Mess Around 892 32 33 Private Idaho 888 33 44 Roam 796 30 5 Rock Lobster 790 28 56 Give Me Back My Man 757 29 27 Planet Claire 735 30 8 Mesopotamia 618 25 29 Deadbeat Club 501 21 210 Party Out Of Bounds 463 19 311 Legal Tender 432 18 12 Strobe Light 406 18 113 Topaz 400 16 214 Song For A Future Generation 394 17 115 Dirty Back Road 342 16 16 Love Shack 338 16 17 Lava 295 15 18 Ain’t It A Shame 294 12 19 Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland 289 15 20 Summer Of Love 282 14 21 Channel Z 262 12 22 Hero Worship 260 13 23 Wig 246 12 124 Devil In My Car 220 10 125 6060-842 211 11 26 Bushfire 178 9 27 Cake 176 8 28 (tie) 53 Miles West Of Venus 128 7 28 (tie) Quiche Lorraine 128 7 30 Is That You Mo-Dean? 122 7 31 Dry County 121 6 32 Nip It In The Bud 115 5 133 (tie) Theme For A Nude Beach 108 6 33 (tie) There’s A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon) 108 6 35 Whammy Kiss 107 6 36 Deep Sleep 105 5 137 Runnin’ Around 99 5 38 Queen Of Las Vegas 96 6 39 Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can 92 5 40 Butterbean 85 5 41 Trism 79 4 42 Cosmic Thing 75 5 43 Detour Thru Your Mind 70 4 44 (tie) She Brakes For Rainbows 68 4 44 (tie) Work That Skirt 68 3 46 Revolution Earth 60 3 47 (tie) Good Stuff 59 3 47 (tie) Loveland 59 3 49 Juliet Of The Spirits 51 3 50 Follow Your Bliss 39 2 51 Junebug 32 2 52 Downtown 28 2 53 Funplex 26 2 54 Debbie 25 1 55 (tie) Meet The Flintstones 22 1 55 (tie) Moon 83 22 1 57 Hot Pants Explosion 21 1 58 (tie) Big Bird 13 1 58 (tie) Eyes Wide Open 13 1 58 (tie) Housework 13 1 61 (tie) Deviant Ingredient 12 1 61 (tie) Dreamland 12 1
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link