So underrated imo. All the songs are good to great. Was it the circumstances surrounding its release that gave it a bad aura ?
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
they understandably didn't tour or do much promotion of any kind, i think it just kinda got lost in the shuffle.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Monday, 12 November 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
I've only listened to this twice, but really loved "Detour Thru Your Mind" and especially "She Brakes For Rainbows".
― jmm, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
maybe BotS suffered from falling in between Whammy! (a drop-off from the earlier albums) and Cosmic Thing (which was mostly about the singles)
― Brad C., Monday, 12 November 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
learned about this on wikipedia:
A backwards message was deliberately inserted into the album by the B-52's. The message occurs in the song "Detour Thru Your Mind", in the last 30 seconds of the track: Fred Schneider says (slowly and distinctly), "I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh no, you're playing the record backwards. Watch out, you might ruin your needle."
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
Ain't It A Shame and Wig are just two reasons this album should never, ever be overlooked
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 12 November 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/k0tgyJk.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/AeUmcg5.jpg4. Whammy! (1983) 563 points, 18 votes. 1 first place vote.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
whatever my mixed feelings about that album, i've always loved that cover.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Monday, 12 November 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
Still need to hear this. From the discussion in the last thread, I'm surprised it outscored BotS.
― jmm, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
Nice touch including the back images.
― Bee OK, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
BotS is better.
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
for those of you with a printer at home, simply print out the front and back covers, staple them together, and it's like you own the album!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Bee OK, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:44 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/M5rDX8C.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/T8iPuyT.jpg3. Cosmic Thing (1989) 805 points, 24 votes. 4 first place votes.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
whaaaaaaaa
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 12 November 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
was sure that'd be #1 or #2
Huge uptick in points
― Bee OK, Monday, 12 November 2018 19:53 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/LassFXC.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/fDX5CDW.jpg2. Wild Planet (1980) 943 points, 27 votes. 4 first place votes.
https://i.imgur.com/SSEmaO3.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/XSZ8wcE.jpg1. The B-52’s (1979) 1012 points, 27 votes. 16 first place votes.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
What I was expecting for the Top 5.
― Bee OK, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
interesting bonus consideration, though:
Mesopotamia votes+ Party Mix/Mesopotamia votes———————————— 608 (4th place)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
if i ever go to a party again, and the topic of the b-52's comes up, i am totally going to be that guy who is like "have you heard mesopotamia, though?"
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
xp That would have made the list close to chronological, with only Cosmic Thing out of place.
― jmm, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/hIdAZM4.jpg
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uMPNP2H.jpg40. Butterbean 85 points, 5 votes. Highest position on ballot: 10 Whammy!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
Pick 'em, hull 'em, put on the steamThat's how we fix butterbeans
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:24 (five years ago) link
Wow at the images!
Looking forward to this.
― Bee OK, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
OH, i almost forgot! for those who would like to have the spotify playlist handy:
https://open.spotify.com/user/weinventyou/playlist/6I6dvoE1Vd3qOKe8fvRZRD?si=8R9kcvKwSDyimJoEFnvjyw
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
Yes, love the first of these images!
― dorsalstop, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
I play in a band that does mainly blues/roots rock kinda stuff, but I nicked the "pass me a plateful, I'll be grateful" line for a song I wrote.
― Drunk Charles Nelson Reily violating Paul Lynn at a toga party (Dan Peterson), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
the Whammy! images have less of a coherent style template than the others - really the only reference is just the colors of the track title. also, some of them i spent a lot of time and i'm pretty happy with how they came out, and others the product of rush-job solo drunkdom. but hopefully the enthusiasm shines through! really had a great weekend jamming all these songs and making weird cutouts
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
xp thanks dorsalstop!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
Don't you wait, don't you lingerButterbean don't slip through my fingers
BUTTAH BEANBUTTAH BEAN
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
aaaaaaaalfreeeeed
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
hi!
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
butterbeans are tasty iirc
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
oh shit, i forgot to include this link for Butterbean:
Live 1983i'm not linking to the actual songs, because they're all easy enough to find using your favorite streaming service, or by walking over to your cd collection or whatever. but if anyone has any cool videos or performances or whatever, please feel free to link to them (but please don't embed the actual videos in the thread - broken youtube videos will make this thread look like garbage in the future)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
butterbean must have been fun as hell to perform
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/eRG9ZCp.jpg39. Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can 92 points, 5 votes. Highest position on ballot: 7 MesopotamiaPerformance on Guiding Light, the soap opera (?!?!)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
seriously, check out the guiding light performance, it is amazing. was that a thing on soap operas back in the day, to feature full performances by new wave bands?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:46 (five years ago) link
no IT WAS NOT
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
Brilliant image.
― jmm, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
it reminds me of that Incredible Hulk episode with Mackenzie Phillips as a Ziggy Stardust-like androgyne...in 1978. These shows were at least four years behind the times.
i mean, it's not even the regular band cameo kind of thing where they occasionally get featured while the camera focuses on the characters, who are usually holding a conversation over the top of the music. it's the opposite - it's just a straight up b-52's music video, with a few occasional shots of the actors. i love it
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
These images are amazing! So excited for this roll-out
― bunny slopes, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
hahaha take that beats!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 12 November 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
thanks bunny (and hi bunny!)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
OMG that performance! In a soap opera!
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 12 November 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/oFMshA8.jpg38. Queen Of Las Vegas 96 points, 6 votes. Highest position on ballot: 14 Whammy!alt version (outtake from Mesopotamia sessions)
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
kind of a weird photo (she kinda looks like tom cruise there), but i liked the reflection
https://i.imgur.com/l1lCDp7.jpg
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
Haha I hadn't recognized her!
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 12 November 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
i had a free three month trial to Apple Music that just came to an end and i missed Spotify. so today i was back on Spotify and this B-52's poll playlist was what i played first. such good stuff!
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link
One of today's Dangerous Minds reruns: https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_b_52s_bring_their_mess_around_to_the_popular_soap_opera_guiding_light_1
Apparently them doing "Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can" was the producer's idea, and during that period Guiding Light had regular musical guests.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 June 2020 16:01 (three years ago) link
how did I completely miss this
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 18 September 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
You can only atone by posting a late ballot imo
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 September 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Hmmm...
It would look something like:
52 GirlsRock LobsterJunebugBushfirePrivate IdahoChannel ZFollow Your BlissGirl From Ipanema Goes to GreenlandLove ShackStrobe LightGive Me Back My Man6060-842Planet ClaireTopazThere's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon)Whammy KissDance This Mess AroundButterbeanDry CountyWork That Skirt
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 18 September 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
argh actually I want to redo the whole thing but I will stand by my impulse ballot
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 18 September 2020 15:05 (three years ago) link
atonement achieved!
in retrospect, the biggest life-changer of this poll was permanently putting fred schneider singing "mesopotamia" in my head. it's ridiculous. i can't even look at a bookshelf now without thinking "before i talk...i should read a book!"
― Karl Malone, Friday, 18 September 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
! this is a fun revive because THIS MORNING i threw my ballot/shortlist playlist on while walking the dog. just had to hear "Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland," "Nip It In The Bud," and all these other songs I really only got to know thanks to this poll.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 18 September 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
I am completely in love with "Song For A New Generation" right now
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 18 September 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
sorry, Future
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 18 September 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
how did I completely miss this― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, September 18, 2020 7:45 AM (five hours ago)
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, September 18, 2020 7:45 AM (five hours ago)
me too as i made the voting thread very loud: Surprise! POLL! Yeah, we just thought we'd drop in! - ILM Artist Poll #93 - The B-52’s (vote until November 10, 2018)
then my dad got sick and i had to postpone the poll, eventually Karl Malone stepped in and took over. so what i'm saying is voting did stay open for longer than normal. hope you have fun reading this poll. i'm going to put on this Spotify right now.
― Bee OK, Friday, 18 September 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
i'm sure this is posted up-thread somewhere but since this bumped today and i'm cursing YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WSenc2Z5OA
― Bee OK, Saturday, 19 September 2020 02:27 (three years ago) link
For Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 19 September 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
Keith Bennett B-52's Home Movie Collection
Hosted by Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection, UGA Libraries
... On Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m., another Facebook Live event features artist Keith Bennett, who will discuss his B-52s home movie collection from the 1970s and 1980s. In his home movies, Bennett chronicled the early rise of the Athens band on Super 8 camera, as the boyfriend and then husband of singer Cindy Wilson. Viewers will see his footage, now digitized and housed at the Brown Media Archives, featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the band as well as early performances in Central Park in New York and the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as international tours.
https://www.facebook.com/events/793334338150287
― Brad C., Tuesday, 13 October 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
won't be attending that e-event, but if anyone else does i'm curious ! too bad super-8 doesn't have sound...
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 00:16 (three years ago) link
This was... okayish. An hour of grainy, silent home movies grew wearisome.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Friday, 16 October 2020 19:05 (three years ago) link
agreed ... the touristy bits from Japan, Australia, and Paris could have been anyone's home movies
some of the show clips were interesting but the lack of sound was frustrating ... Pylon!
the fun parts for us were Cindy's high school "art films" and the party at the Georgian Hotel, where we recognized a few familiar Athens faces ... also the street scenes where they're loading the car to drive to their first NYC show
― Brad C., Friday, 16 October 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
bombed, crashers getting bombed
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Friday, 11 June 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link