Video: B52s Rock lobster

CELEBRATING THE SOUNDS OF BOSTON: the B-52s tap The New Collisions to play 2009 Dates Scott and Sarah Guild of The New Collisions Liz Linder photo It's hard to argue with this kind of success: We have word [...]

As a card carrying former owner of the B-52s Cosmic Thing , I can fairly assess the entire B-52s collection. While the majority of people witnessed only Love Shack and Roam , which, honestly, still are more enjoyable than a lot of radio pop from that day, there remains an under-the-surface early B-52s catalog that was certainly more Talking Heads and XTC than it was Lisa Lisa or Deee-Lite. Below you will find videos highlighting the days of their spastic, unstructured pop-punk (?). From the eerily ghost town-like, acid trip Western Rock Lobster to [...]

The B-52s Lately i've had some strange stuff stuck in my head, so I thought I'd share. First up, Rock Lobster, by a fledgling B-52s. Awesome psychobilly new wave surf rock from 1978. Listen out for the bit about the matching towels and the noise the narwal makes. This was long before they appeared in The Flintstones: The Movie as the BC-52s or collaborated with R.E. fucking M. on Shiny Happy People. [...]

• The B-52s - 'Rock Lobster'. » Rock Lobster.mp3
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