The B-52's - Rock Lobster (Countdown 1980)

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  • @MusoukaMX
    @MusoukaMX 3 роки тому +3225

    In the immortal words of Michael J. Fox: "I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it."

    • @anthonysaavedra1645
      @anthonysaavedra1645 3 роки тому +50

      Es verdad!!! Y en pleno siglo 21 aún no estamos preparados para tremenda música!!!!🙋🏾‍♂️🇵🇪👍

    • @javieralejandrofuentescali3822
      @javieralejandrofuentescali3822 3 роки тому +36

      @@anthonysaavedra1645 pasaran al menos 50 años para que esta pieza sea el boom que merece ser

    • @wow_tilin
      @wow_tilin 3 роки тому +3

      rip

    • @lisaparsons4124
      @lisaparsons4124 2 роки тому +12

      Yes 😂 I remember that line in the movie back to the future, michael j fox

    • @ジョージョナス
      @ジョージョナス 2 роки тому +55

      Wtf bro? Calvin Klein said that

  • @bobdobalina838
    @bobdobalina838 Рік тому +212

    This band was their own genre.

  • @qwertymark76
    @qwertymark76 4 роки тому +2150

    There isn't a another song on the planet like this

    • @Mobster-yu6jo
      @Mobster-yu6jo 4 роки тому +83

      Yup, this and BIRD IS THE WORD. Rarities

    • @qwertymark76
      @qwertymark76 4 роки тому +9

      @@Mobster-yu6jo true

    • @TimmyTickle
      @TimmyTickle 4 роки тому +29

      Private Idaho?

    • @qwertymark76
      @qwertymark76 4 роки тому +4

      @@TimmyTickle i haven't heard it before. I'll look it up

    • @m.c.7421
      @m.c.7421 4 роки тому +33

      Don't treathen me with a good time by Panic at the disco has the same base line.

  • @anthonycuellar5014
    @anthonycuellar5014 Рік тому +81

    I fell in love with this song many years ago. I play it in 2023 every time people give me a thumbs up. Classic

    • @wadepatton2433
      @wadepatton2433 Місяць тому

      I know a fellow who named his bicycle company after this song.

  • @twingoatsinc
    @twingoatsinc 11 місяців тому +59

    Truly one of the greatest tunes ever. The B52s were way ahead of their time. I was only 8 when this song first came out but years later in August 2010 I was blessed to see them perform at the Coney Island bandshell (which sadly stopped putting in free concerts a year or 2 later). I was going through a rough period in my life and went by myself and when they played those, I danced like no one was watching - except for a friend of mine who I hadn’t seen in a year who happened to be standing right there watching in amazement. It was truly one of the best shows I had ever gone to and my spirits were truly lifted that night

  • @TheDavcrz5
    @TheDavcrz5 6 років тому +1009

    One of the most under rated guitar riffs of the 1980s love this song.

    • @humbertoflores2545
      @humbertoflores2545 3 роки тому +33

      Ricky Wilson (RIP) used bass strings as a first guitar strings to make that sound.

    • @Da_Wurm
      @Da_Wurm 3 роки тому +33

      technically the '70s... but yea, the guitar work on this record was absolutely phenomenal

    • @hui8370
      @hui8370 3 роки тому +11

      I really like it, and all. Don't get me wrong, but it's kinda basic surf rock tune

    • @TheDavcrz5
      @TheDavcrz5 3 роки тому +11

      @@hui8370 First that's what its ment to be a tongue and cheek song not taking itself to seriously. Second I was born in 1964. I grow up listening to music of 70's, 80's, 90's and early 2000's. IMO most of rock,pop,hip hop,and dance music sucks.

    • @tammieveentjes7281
      @tammieveentjes7281 2 роки тому +2

      @@hui8370 that melody was was also used in panic at the disco "Don't treaten me with a good time"

  • @Jeff-ej4wp
    @Jeff-ej4wp 2 роки тому +1108

    Most creative and fun band ever. Only group that could make a song about a lobster into a fun, danceable mega hit.

    • @rfarpec
      @rfarpec 2 роки тому +11

      Y sí 😃

    • @SeawolfSpirit
      @SeawolfSpirit Рік тому +12

      Lol, absolutely true. When you think about that, it is simply crazy.

    • @bobtis
      @bobtis Рік тому +6

      Immortal

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie Рік тому

      Fauci and Gates made a mega-hit, and it's your albatross now. There's no accounting for taste, eh?

    • @luzmarinaccallatabarra2669
      @luzmarinaccallatabarra2669 Рік тому

      @@SeawolfSpirit nfuera

  • @victorrodriguez5765
    @victorrodriguez5765 Рік тому +62

    My favorite The B-52's song ........................... a hug from Peru 🌹....

  • @patches6309
    @patches6309 2 роки тому +261

    Whenever this tune came on during a party as a teenager thruought the 80's? The entire mood would elevate to Epic levels, everyone dancing & smiling while feeling so free. This song was another great backdrop of some of the best times I ever had. This band was simply brilliant.

    • @caelidhg6261
      @caelidhg6261 Рік тому +10

      I needed that.. and you are so right. Just sitting alone listening to this I cranked up my little speaker and started dancing in my bedroom. That is how 80s music always made you feel.. GOOD and Fun and goofy and wanting to dance.. ! Music now does none of that.

    • @willbarden9193
      @willbarden9193 Рік тому +4

      Freddy Schneider for pres 2024!

    • @hebneh
      @hebneh Рік тому +10

      And THEN....when Fred said, "Down, down!" everyone sank down to the floor.

    • @michaelbailey8729
      @michaelbailey8729 Рік тому +4

      Well said. Chic, The Beat I remember too

    • @davidatovar
      @davidatovar 11 місяців тому +4

      We kicked ass back then, didn't we ! 😎

  • @NostalgiaMan
    @NostalgiaMan 4 роки тому +582

    Now that is some hair girl.

  • @efremendez
    @efremendez 4 роки тому +1100

    The 80's had the best drugs lol

  • @thundershirt1
    @thundershirt1 5 місяців тому +44

    Fred lives in lower Manhattan. I would regularly see him in the bookstore near Union Square. Got up the courage to talk to him more than once. Refreshingly, he’s just as you’d expect, bless his heart.

    • @The_Timinator
      @The_Timinator 2 місяці тому

      Odd that he would live there, I would have thought North Carolina with 500 Acres and HUGE Mansion, instead of NO privacy, SCUM City and a whole lot less MONEY.

  • @edusurian
    @edusurian 4 роки тому +79

    Can't stop watching Cindy dancing! What a great period of the band's creativity and sound!

  • @robertopavon8168
    @robertopavon8168 Рік тому +953

    OVER 40 YEARS OLD AND STILL A MASTERPIECE 🦐

    • @darrenrich1549
      @darrenrich1549 Рік тому +18

      If this song doesn't get your blood pumping- you're already dead!

    • @marcelinosanchez8977
      @marcelinosanchez8977 Рік тому +18

      40 años

    • @waterm855
      @waterm855 Рік тому +14

      43 years my friend

    • @hedgehoog7809
      @hedgehoog7809 Рік тому +9

      Technically, April '78...lobstah lovely livin' ever since

    • @hachemeachi
      @hachemeachi Рік тому +4

      @@hedgehoog7809 this song is older than me. I'm 43 🙂

  • @wendyderamus9606
    @wendyderamus9606 Рік тому +39

    Some of the dancing reminds me of The Peanut Gang in Charlie Brown Christmas.

    • @zoki-kj3ox
      @zoki-kj3ox 4 місяці тому +1

      Agree with you 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @SwegleStudios
    @SwegleStudios Рік тому +23

    I love the last section of this song so much. The guitar and bass go HARD

    • @joehunterstudio
      @joehunterstudio 5 місяців тому

      Totally. I forgot that was in there

    • @Strafuzz
      @Strafuzz 2 місяці тому

      Love your videos on Tornadoes bro! Fancy meeting you here! 😅 Yes the last section is vibing 🔥

  • @alalal420
    @alalal420 7 років тому +1199

    The drummer is the only sane person in this crazy band 😂

    • @gabriellalaroda
      @gabriellalaroda 5 років тому +39

      And the guitarist

    • @davidweatherholt7263
      @davidweatherholt7263 5 років тому +83

      @@gabriellalaroda The guitarist is Rick Wilson (RIP) he was Cindy's brother. He died from AIDS. The drummer became their guitarist.

    • @Conn88
      @Conn88 5 років тому +18

      But he wrote most of the songs.

    • @dimitargueorguiev9088
      @dimitargueorguiev9088 5 років тому +5

      The bass guitar too!

    • @jamesandolini1087
      @jamesandolini1087 5 років тому +6

      But they’re fantastic 😄

  • @oikosvenezuela140
    @oikosvenezuela140 4 роки тому +268

    Desde la camisa a lo Mondrian del guitarrista hasta los zoonidos de las chicas. Estaban muy adelantados a su época. GENIOS. Lo más impactante de éste grupo es su sencillez dentro de una propuesta verdaderamente ORIGINAL. B-52's Leyendas.

    • @MentalInstru345
      @MentalInstru345 2 роки тому

      Instrumental version:
      ua-cam.com/video/cDkp9QtCbh4/v-deo.html
      🎶🎙🎵🎶🎙🎸🎸❤️🙌🤗✨️🎊🎊

    • @raulahernandez5128
      @raulahernandez5128 2 роки тому +10

      El famoso rock de la langosta.

    • @Mike-fl9gi
      @Mike-fl9gi 2 роки тому +1

      Estás escupiendo hechos!
      💯🔥👍

    • @arlexdavidlopezrestrepo154
      @arlexdavidlopezrestrepo154 Рік тому +3

      La chica del traje rojo parece un poco a Rachel Dawes de Batman osea a Maggie Gyllenhaal

    • @progmetalJorge
      @progmetalJorge Рік тому

      Olvidaste la grandes cantidades de cocaina.

  • @DallasBobGTO
    @DallasBobGTO 3 роки тому +202

    Never gets old! Nobody really gave these guys credit for their musical talents. They are tight as hell as a band and most don't realize how hard it is to be this in unison with one another. Like The Knack...awesome bands!

    • @korosuke1788
      @korosuke1788 Рік тому +9

      Are you like really young or something? They were HUGE back in the day. They were known all over the world! Why is it that kids these days feel the need to write their fictions as fact?

    • @JoeandAngie
      @JoeandAngie Рік тому +1

      @@korosuke1788 for 7 minutes

    • @youtubeaccount9058
      @youtubeaccount9058 Рік тому

      This isn't a live musical performance though.

    • @beardown2193
      @beardown2193 Рік тому

      Your right even the drummer was on cue. Pay attention they all did their thing

    • @dp6297
      @dp6297 Рік тому

      That’s not true. I read that John Lennon loved this song and group.

  • @99problemsbutafishaintone35
    @99problemsbutafishaintone35 8 місяців тому +40

    Best party song ever!

    • @354sd
      @354sd Місяць тому

      Love shack second

  • @TallyTube
    @TallyTube 2 роки тому +562

    Most unique, funny, hip, and energetic band of the 80's.

    • @MrLemmy2000
      @MrLemmy2000 2 роки тому +14

      this song was from the late 70's

    • @George.Andrews.
      @George.Andrews. Рік тому

      They were old by the 80's

    • @spiralsun1
      @spiralsun1 Рік тому +2

      I saw them do this one in concert 1986 or so? Awesome ❤

    • @George.Andrews.
      @George.Andrews. Рік тому

      @USNVA-yn6cp it was a fact, not hate . I love them

    • @MLBhunter
      @MLBhunter Рік тому +1

      and also, a bit strange...

  • @YCS-186
    @YCS-186 6 років тому +214

    I wake up every day striving to be as cool as the drummer.

  • @alexmatibag8349
    @alexmatibag8349 6 років тому +213

    Great vocals and genius arrangements! How they do that? The ladies were amazing, the guitar was phenomenally executed. Genius, genius! Mabuhay 80's!

    • @voidbling4968
      @voidbling4968 6 років тому +7

      I think they learned their instruments last minute. Their genius was their Pop Punk Surrealism.

    • @ireribautista8180
      @ireribautista8180 5 років тому

      Alex Matibag no

    • @ireribautista8180
      @ireribautista8180 5 років тому

      Void Bling s Rayo McQueen

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 5 років тому +15

      @@voidbling4968 Last minute? Ricky and Keith played music since they were teenagers in the late 60s, early 70s. Kate wanted to be a singer since she was a kid, Fred was Fred (he wrote what ended up being some B-52s lyrics and had a degree in forestry) and Cindy was kinda along for the ride since Ricky was her big brother.

    • @raulvega4016
      @raulvega4016 5 років тому +4

      @@voidbling4968 Learn your lessons son, do your homework before you talk, they all were seasoned musicians, except Fred, but he was hilarious as a songwriter.

  • @traceyblanchard1375
    @traceyblanchard1375 6 місяців тому +95

    I'm nearly 60 years old and this song still gives me the same buzz it did when I first heard it when I was about 14.

    • @joelashadali
      @joelashadali 5 місяців тому +1

      I'm the same age and those words couldn't be truer

    • @zoki-kj3ox
      @zoki-kj3ox 4 місяці тому +1

      17'. Aberdeen here 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @davidmathis-xd6nf
      @davidmathis-xd6nf 4 місяці тому +1

      I'm pushing 70 and still like listening to this.

    • @DaveGurjiani
      @DaveGurjiani 3 місяці тому +1

      I am 63 and feel the same!!!

  • @RedTango
    @RedTango 7 років тому +292

    There isnt a band today that even comes close to how cool this is. Quirky, nerdy, creative, awesome. Music for those on the outside. At 13 years old in 1980, it was my indoctrination to teenhood. Actually got to meet the band a few years back. Thank God for the 80's!

    • @alexandreion9875
      @alexandreion9875 2 роки тому +3

      Amen

    • @altf4705
      @altf4705 Рік тому +1

      You should listen Caroline Rose - Bikini it's not so strange song, but have same vibes

    • @rocknroll_jezus9233
      @rocknroll_jezus9233 Рік тому +5

      Never Will there be another DEVO or B-52's

    • @ngc-fo5te
      @ngc-fo5te Рік тому

      @@rocknroll_jezus9233 And many will say - thank God for that.

    • @glennbeadshaw727
      @glennbeadshaw727 Рік тому +1

      ​@@ngc-fo5tenot me...
      They were awesome ....Talking Heads too!

  • @jeffblack5024
    @jeffblack5024 3 роки тому +103

    What I love about this band is that they’re having a great time and getting away with it. One B52s is worth a hundred turgid rock bands.

  • @davidg.9932
    @davidg.9932 3 роки тому +78

    Ricky Helton Wilson would have turned 68 today, born March 19, 1953. Ricky died from AIDS. It's truly sad that so many gifted, talented artist' lost their precious life to this rarely talked about past global epidemic that has claimed 32.7 million beautiful souls. We miss you Ricky.

    • @wayneking9997
      @wayneking9997 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah anyone can Google information this day's

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 7 місяців тому +6

      @@wayneking9997 True, and anyone can also blow off trivia like it's nothing, too. But that's not at all what I'm doing here. Not everyone's going to go Google a band they're listening to casually.

    • @sheristewart2770
      @sheristewart2770 5 місяців тому +1

      ❤❤❤

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 Місяць тому

      So Ricky was Gay??,

    • @miketexas4549
      @miketexas4549 16 днів тому +1

      Check out the song AIDS by M.O.D.

  • @martinmunoz7798
    @martinmunoz7798 6 місяців тому +303

    June 2024 who the hell is listening to this masterpiece (once again)

  • @CreggLund
    @CreggLund 5 років тому +623

    The first band from space!

    • @joedokes9753
      @joedokes9753 4 роки тому +31

      Yep, they came from Planet Claire

    • @queenjahneen100
      @queenjahneen100 4 роки тому +3

      Joe Dokes good one

    • @JoyneFreedom
      @JoyneFreedom 4 роки тому +1

      Not the first. Before them came The Astronauts. ua-cam.com/video/UHbcU5ArqBQ/v-deo.html

    • @Richard_Neubauten
      @Richard_Neubauten 4 роки тому +5

      and the first man from space was David Bowie lol

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 3 роки тому +1

      @@JoyneFreedom The Sputnicks also showed up. Much later, we got "Man or Astro-Man?"

  • @miguelinglesserrano1777
    @miguelinglesserrano1777 3 роки тому +215

    Estoy físicamente discapacitado por un accidente automovilístico hace 18 años desde entonces, la música es mi apoyo, gracias :-)

  • @juancarlosriosibarra7787
    @juancarlosriosibarra7787 5 років тому +684

    Tengo 52 años hoy justamente 30 enero 2019 y aún me encanta los B-52'S, I'm from Perú. Saludos a todos los amantes del Rock and Roll y del Pop.

    • @hokiefferp
      @hokiefferp 5 років тому +26

      Viva el Peru carajo!

    • @ohboymyfavouriteseat9334
      @ohboymyfavouriteseat9334 5 років тому +15

      Recuerda a bob esponja

    • @guillermosanchez1238
      @guillermosanchez1238 5 років тому +19

      Tengo 53 años, pensé que estaba loco por el rock, soy generación disco, escuchó todo 60 70 80S. Soy amante a los b52 y siempre serán mis ídolos.gran abrazo amigo desde Cali Colombia Guillermo Sánchez Gómez.

    • @jesuslopezm.3229
      @jesuslopezm.3229 5 років тому +8

      Saludos cordiales compatriota.

    • @MABET71
      @MABET71 5 років тому +14

      ¡Qué pequeños eramos cuando esto sonaba en la radio!

  • @j.gvstavoortegaquiroz6964
    @j.gvstavoortegaquiroz6964 Рік тому +8

    What eighties energy and musical creativity, the B52 became the starting whistle for the start of a great night of teenage dance... greetings from 2023 Chiclayo-Peru

  • @helicart
    @helicart 8 років тому +35

    Without doubt, the best party band EVAHHHH!!!! You had to be an Aussie teenager in 79 to realize how 'far out' the 52s were. They opened the door for new age and punk. The 52s led the way in breaking all societal and music industry rules on conformity. They did free form and disinhibition first. They tapped into a creative energy that none of their peers did. Maybe Jim Morrison, Hendrix, and Clapton got into the same realm. Everything that has followed has been derivative of that schism that slid civilization into disarray.

  • @luislim1975
    @luislim1975 3 роки тому +95

    Todo una perfección la música el ritmo los coros el bajo la batería... mierda que tal explosión de ritmo... Todo un arte nunca me cansaré en escucharla

    • @mrbroly5650
      @mrbroly5650 2 роки тому +2

      Ademas esta cancio se puede usar para halloween ya que por el ritmo de la cancion

    • @juliomarin478
      @juliomarin478 Рік тому +1

      La improvisación creativos mi época la mejor de este mundo sana mucho mejor que está generación así los jóvenes no la quieran reconocerlo no hay comparación

    • @cesaraugustotafurbernales7201
      @cesaraugustotafurbernales7201 Рік тому +1

      el guitarrista estaba entre los 5 mejores de esa epoca

  • @sledzeppelin
    @sledzeppelin 2 роки тому +209

    Ricky Wilson is seriously underrated. This is some truly brilliant guitar playing.

    • @TenMinuteTrips
      @TenMinuteTrips Рік тому +12

      Here’s yet another UA-cam commenter who thinks that calling someone or something, “underrated,” is an original thought. I’m calling for a total ban on the adjective, “underrated” as a description of anything!

    • @marcelococteau
      @marcelococteau Рік тому

      Indeed

    • @mdr9738
      @mdr9738 Рік тому +7

      These ladies are seriously underrated

    • @adrianfewster8391
      @adrianfewster8391 Рік тому +3

      Also his open tuning method with 4 strings.

    • @AiMR
      @AiMR Рік тому +6

      @@TenMinuteTrips This comment is seriously underrated.

  • @bp-ob8ic
    @bp-ob8ic 2 місяці тому +7

    This song changed my whole perspective about music.
    I was a freshman in college, DJing at my fraternity . I played what was in the crate of albums, and tried to choose what the people would like. Most of my experience was 70s top 40 stuff.
    One of my fraternity brothers brought this to me and asked me to play it. I listened to it and instantly knew how brilliant it was.
    When I played it, the crowd went wild, and I realized that there was a whole world of great music out there.

    • @michellebowers8652
      @michellebowers8652 2 місяці тому +2

      I had a similar experience, visiting a friend at one of the dorms at Rice U where someone was having a party. I heard this song and thought WHAT IS THAT? So new, so different!

  • @mariebellucci6572
    @mariebellucci6572 2 роки тому +30

    So underrated. Probablt THE MOST underrated ROCK song of all time.

    • @Nathan-gd7xq
      @Nathan-gd7xq 5 місяців тому +1

      Please buy a thesaurus.

    • @TimInUT
      @TimInUT 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Nathan-gd7xq Right?!?!?! 🤣

  • @davidenriquemarcosmarcos3804
    @davidenriquemarcosmarcos3804 7 місяців тому +9

    Este rayado rompe todas las fronteras del sonido con las coristas, desde luego es un clásico de clásicos

  • @patchipatchi1
    @patchipatchi1 4 роки тому +358

    I want this played at my funeral as they lower my dead body back into the ground (no one is allowed to say anything during the song)

  • @kugcffchd
    @kugcffchd 10 місяців тому +47

    All grandparents have a duty to give a b52s record to the kids and tell them to play it loud like we did.

    • @saigonKT
      @saigonKT 10 місяців тому

      😊

    • @kugcffchd
      @kugcffchd 7 місяців тому +1

      I did it 35+ years ago, my big sisters' teen aged daughters. Bad uncle. (vinyl).

    • @sheristewart2770
      @sheristewart2770 5 місяців тому

      😂 Love that!

  • @mikewiitala9462
    @mikewiitala9462 11 років тому +28

    Fred and the girls get most of the attention but it's Ricky's guitar playing that really drives this song.

  • @tawnkuimi-uru7212
    @tawnkuimi-uru7212 8 років тому +2092

    36 years later, this still seems futuristic. Amazing.

    • @johnsantiago7337
      @johnsantiago7337 7 років тому +15

      good tuner Guitar ¡

    • @RandolphCthulhu
      @RandolphCthulhu 7 років тому +37

      Futuristic in their own retro way. Which is fun.

    • @madjack3956
      @madjack3956 7 років тому +29

      Yep, futuristic, ... but really a subtle genius to it. Very appealing. Not 'punk' or 'New Wave' really, just unique. Sui Generis.

    • @tomtaylor9437
      @tomtaylor9437 7 років тому

      Tawnku Imi-Uru lknot
      Almosytt @s sh00ytt
      @s the l😈vedjad
      So ovetrpayef!!.

    • @madjack3956
      @madjack3956 7 років тому +1

      Dude, speak fucking English. It's really not that hard, unless you're an uneducated tool.
      Ya no, ... yo wut upp?

  • @laurah6845
    @laurah6845 2 роки тому +28

    This played at just about every college party back in the day. One party I was at--the floor was so packed with people dancing to this song, you could feel the floor bouncing.

    • @TotalFreedomTTT-pk9st
      @TotalFreedomTTT-pk9st 11 місяців тому +2

      First time I heard this was getting drunk outside a big college party up the street as 15 year teenage guys wonder what is this music ? and then yeah - 4 years later at a Case Western frat house in Cleveland was just that - house pounding smashed drunk wild fun - girls and guys just pounding up and down at the end and the whole house shaking everybody rockin !

  • @amayastrata4629
    @amayastrata4629 Рік тому +11

    I have this record in my loft. Love it. Not sure my knees could cope with dancing to it now though but I used to go mad on the dance floor way back. It was fun and made us all smile. Fantastic.

  • @ernestoencinas5207
    @ernestoencinas5207 5 років тому +118

    Ricky Wilson is an underrated guitarist. He can play!

    • @TimCarter
      @TimCarter 3 роки тому +4

      Totally

    • @lisaparsons4124
      @lisaparsons4124 2 роки тому +2

      Yes I agree,a great group

    • @clazza65
      @clazza65 2 роки тому +12

      He was brilliant. RIP Ricky.

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 7 місяців тому +3

      While his parts were often minimalist, it's not that which caught my attention. How his parts fit in so well, standing out yet also sort of in the background at the same time, and also his approach to strumming hard with thick picks and thick strings and weird interesting tunings and unusual guitar models, is what caught my attention.

  • @userfriendly9535
    @userfriendly9535 Рік тому +57

    This is one of the most unique and fun rocking songs ever recorded on video! You can't help but smile watching and listening to them here. What a great performance!!!

  • @Jellycrusher
    @Jellycrusher 3 роки тому +269

    Total madness. I love it. We need more of this in popular music today.

    • @catinthehat906
      @catinthehat906 Рік тому +2

      Must have travelled all the way to Australia to be on this show!

    • @TimmyTickle
      @TimmyTickle Рік тому

      @@catinthehat906 They did

    • @riobabic8960
      @riobabic8960 Рік тому +2

      Pop music is boring today !

  • @christinalozada4002
    @christinalozada4002 Рік тому +22

    Man I miss the 80's. It was such a fun era.

  • @sykojay
    @sykojay 6 років тому +71

    I love how much Fred, Kate and Cindy are really feeling the groove!

    • @annabelkitten07
      @annabelkitten07 3 роки тому +1

      They still do. I finally saw the B52s a few years ago. Best time I had in a while, dancing my butt off and singing along.

  • @RCGE24
    @RCGE24 5 років тому +63

    Esta canción es pura diversión, y que talento, no sabía que fuera tan vieja

  • @robertohernandez1963
    @robertohernandez1963 8 років тому +26

    la buena música nunca pasa de moda, a mis 53 años me sigue gustando B-52, Blondie, Police y varias bandas más.

    • @maernesto
      @maernesto 7 років тому +2

      Es que todos los que pasamos lo 50, disfrutamos esta musica, es nuestra nos pertenece.

  • @maton8000
    @maton8000 Рік тому +21

    Este grupo estuvo adelantado a su época, todos se complementan muy bien, amo sus canciones 2023 y lo escucharé hasta morir.

  • @thaintriguing1
    @thaintriguing1 4 роки тому +3698

    Peter Griffin’s “Iraq Lobster” brought me here

  • @amorzz100
    @amorzz100 6 років тому +124

    We were at a party
    His earlobe fell in the deep
    Someone reached in and grabbed it
    It was a rock lobster
    Rock lobster
    Rock lobster
    We were at the beach
    Everybody had matching towels
    Somebody went under a dock
    And there they saw a rock
    It wasn't a rock
    It was a rock lobster
    Rock lobster
    Rock lobster
    Rock lobster
    Rock lobster
    Motion in the ocean
    His air hose broke
    Lots of trouble
    Lots of bubble
    He was in a jam
    S'in a giant clam
    Rock rock
    Rock lobster
    Down, down
    Lobster rock
    Lobster rock
    Let's rock!
    Boy's in bikinis
    Girls in surfboards
    Everybody's rockin'
    Everybody's fruggin'
    Twistin' 'round the fire
    Havin' fun
    Bakin' potatoes
    Bakin' in the sun
    Put on your noseguard
    Put on the Lifeguard
    Pass the tanning butter
    Here comes a stingray
    There goes a manta-ray
    In walked a jelly fish
    There goes a dog-fish
    Chased by a cat-fish
    In flew a sea robin
    Watch out for that piranha
    There goes a narwhal
    Here comes a bikini whale!
    Rock lobster
    Rock lobster
    Rock lobster
    Rock lobster
    Songwriters: Catherine Elizabeth Pierson / Cynthia Leigh Wilson / Frederick William Schneider / Julian Keith Strickland / Rickey Helton Wilson
    Rock Lobster lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

  • @armandolennon9493
    @armandolennon9493 7 років тому +758

    Acaso soy el único tonto que recuerda cuando en nickelodeon pasaban esta canción para anunciar a los nicktoons? Esta canción es grandiosa! Un hito en la historia del rock and roll.

    • @zonaplay3150
      @zonaplay3150 6 років тому +68

      de heco era parte de un comercial de bob esponja :3

    • @catalinainiguez5945
      @catalinainiguez5945 6 років тому +46

      #Zona Play no inventen que tengo años hablándole a la gente al respecto y nadie se acuerda!! Jajaja

    • @vicarugerio6875
      @vicarugerio6875 6 років тому +10

      Creo que también en cartoon network

    • @manuelfelipechanmay7734
      @manuelfelipechanmay7734 6 років тому +9

      Busque por años esta canción
      Y me la arrojó face book
      Es buenísima

    • @sergioscorziello7072
      @sergioscorziello7072 6 років тому +2

      No sabía!!! Nickelodeon, a la megdinson

  • @bobdobalina838
    @bobdobalina838 Рік тому +11

    I will never forget as long as I live walking Into our local little music store in the mall. And seeing this record and buying it note unheard Just based On how crazy and creative they looked on the cover. God bless these guys, thank you for the great times.

  • @dorinc1987
    @dorinc1987 5 років тому +322

    It was in Family Guy and I didn't know it was actually a real song..today I discovered this band! It's amazing!

    • @mariekatherine5238
      @mariekatherine5238 5 років тому +18

      Wow, you're sooo young...or I'm sooo old!

    • @dorinc1987
      @dorinc1987 5 років тому +16

      @@mariekatherine5238 I'm above 30...I just live far from USA music scene...

    • @e13kid
      @e13kid 4 роки тому +3

      I can't even remember where I first heard this song. I knew them from the "love shack" song.

    • @e13kid
      @e13kid 4 роки тому +1

      @Henry Emrich The flintstones movies...From the 90s? You do understand an 18 year old today was born in 2002 right?

    • @rexstetson1717
      @rexstetson1717 4 роки тому +9

      @Henry Emerich - I’m sure if anybody ever has the misfortune to start talking to you at a bar or party, they end up wanting to shove a pencil in their own eye. Take it down a few notches guy.

  • @wbrain00
    @wbrain00 4 роки тому +256

    Panic! At the Disco : Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time..... I guess it was a good choice to sample this because this is a masterpiece.

    • @petter_jv
      @petter_jv 4 роки тому +6

      Exactly, the same beat in P!ATD, but in live sound better than original audio 🖤.

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 4 роки тому +2

      It was sampled. Just sayin' lol

    • @marianazaaram7172
      @marianazaaram7172 4 роки тому

      I just to wait this...

    • @CupidRuben
      @CupidRuben 4 роки тому +6

      It was sampled like every song created

    • @user-ip6he6rq8c
      @user-ip6he6rq8c 4 роки тому

      ”beat”

  • @arthursid1129
    @arthursid1129 10 років тому +18

    Pure unbridled fun and idiocy.
    What a positive message they were sending out.
    Gotta love the B-52's.

  • @aja8521
    @aja8521 Рік тому +32

    I loved this song when it first came out, and I still feel the same! It makes me happy 😊

    • @MassiveFish-hp4pm
      @MassiveFish-hp4pm Рік тому

      You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like Rock Lobster

  • @paoshelysanchez411
    @paoshelysanchez411 2 роки тому +92

    Les juro que llevaba mas de 10 años buscando esta rolita y jamas la encontraba 🙄🥺
    Ahora que la escucho , esta bien psicodelica xd

  • @Phix75
    @Phix75 6 років тому +34

    Ludicrously daft and brilliant in equal measures!! You simply can not escape the groove !!

  • @MattTerrell
    @MattTerrell Рік тому +25

    Such an underrated track, because of it's seemingly silly lyrics. The guitar riffs are killer and so is the groove. Genius song writing.

  • @jamesbuchanan8633
    @jamesbuchanan8633 2 роки тому +9

    I was born in 1986, 8 years after this song was released and it is one of my favourite songs of all time. B-52s were sooooooo good!

  • @gustavotrivino4476
    @gustavotrivino4476 5 років тому +137

    De chiquito esta canción medaba miedo hoy me gusta escucharla

    • @adriananavarro936
      @adriananavarro936 4 роки тому +9

      A mi tambieeenn, tuve un sueño loquisimo de pequeña y esta canción sonaba de fondo y cuando desperté esa canción justo estaba sonando en el radio y me dio más miedo, ese trauma duró por años jajaja

    • @DerekZnk3369
      @DerekZnk3369 4 роки тому +8

      Oye no se por que pero también me hace acordar algo de Halloween 🎃, sobre todo el intro

    • @ulisesalba
      @ulisesalba 3 роки тому +1

      Concuerdo hermano. 😂

    • @EnriqueHernandez-cw3vf
      @EnriqueHernandez-cw3vf 3 роки тому +2

      @Gabriel Torres en USA la ponen en las fiestas de Halloween junto a monster smash

    • @jahr1394
      @jahr1394 3 роки тому

      X2
      La escuché hace años en el metro... Cómo no entendía se me hizo muy creepy, pero me pasa igual. La verdad está bastante buena xd

  • @edisonmustainethrash6662
    @edisonmustainethrash6662 5 років тому +238

    Quien más seguirá escuchando
    Esta obra de arte
    En
    2019
    2020
    3000.....
    B'52 Fan Forever

  • @Czechbound
    @Czechbound Рік тому +11

    One of my favourite songs ! It's so bizarre and catchy. We need more of this !

  • @qtig9490
    @qtig9490 4 роки тому +14

    Man take me back to the 80s when I was starting high school and this came out. Never heard anything like it then or since. So unique. So many good times partying with this in the background.

  • @andrewssmithpunk9360
    @andrewssmithpunk9360 2 роки тому +24

    Tengo 28 años ni nacía y no sé porqué me encanta tanto su música gracias a mi madre aprendí a oír a este grupo

    • @noelarias4375
      @noelarias4375 Рік тому +1

      Te encanta porque es arte. A diferencia de la basura de hoy día.

    • @JuanCarlos-us4qk
      @JuanCarlos-us4qk Рік тому +1

      Tu mamá sabe de buena música pues mano

  • @sandragalarza2764
    @sandragalarza2764 Рік тому +23

    Recuerdo allá, año 82-81, no estoy segura, un 31 de diciembre, pegada todo el día a la radio, escuchando las mejores cien canciones del año, y una de este grupo, en segundo lugar.
    Inolvidable! Un estilo ompletamente diferente !
    Que hermosos años aquellos y qué música; la mejor de todos los tiempos! ❤🎶

    • @nadeydaquiroz4051
      @nadeydaquiroz4051 Рік тому +2

      Uyyy esos años años que mencionas eran sublimes en música. Increíbles melodías, jamás imitadas.

  • @miltonsanteliz1495
    @miltonsanteliz1495 Рік тому +19

    This song could have lasted a full hour, and I would still listen to it all.

  • @FernandoReyes-hp6ym
    @FernandoReyes-hp6ym 5 років тому +15

    tengo 17 años , y esta es una de las mejores canciones de the B-52 GENIOS

  • @creepinwhileyousleepin
    @creepinwhileyousleepin 6 років тому +16

    pure genius, the man that thought of this song. and had the balls to go on tv with it

  • @JfK--OBJECTivE
    @JfK--OBJECTivE 4 роки тому +23

    Never get bored of watching this performance !!

  • @MA4TU2
    @MA4TU2 Рік тому +8

    I played this song on my headphones during an IV session - my bad doctor found out about this and said I was manic and needed to be placed on meds. Please vote below.

  • @Droid3455
    @Droid3455 2 роки тому +16

    Finally found this after 15 years, this was one of my favorites songs when I was a child because it was so different and funny

  • @JamesCraigWhoop
    @JamesCraigWhoop 8 років тому +312

    Would love to karaoke this song with someone, go nuts and watch people leave with embarrassed for us

    • @PSXnigma
      @PSXnigma 8 років тому +1

      an idea for NY 2017, thnx

    • @miguelmonzuri1369
      @miguelmonzuri1369 8 років тому +2

      Hahahahahaha!

    • @shawnmoran3606
      @shawnmoran3606 8 років тому +7

      I got to do it by myself with just the guy's lyrics. Didn't go over so well.

    • @madkittyjoey70
      @madkittyjoey70 8 років тому +12

      "Watch out for that piranha....yi yi yi yi yow!" LOL

    • @Grrizo
      @Grrizo 7 років тому +7

      I would jump into the stage and sing with the two of you, definetely.

  • @apewrestler
    @apewrestler 10 років тому +11

    I was 15yo when this came out.i'm almost 50 yo and still love the b52s.

    • @shapoopy2964
      @shapoopy2964 10 років тому +1

      from a 22 year old i tell u from my heart ..change your picture dude u will get hated from dicks my age

    • @shapoopy2964
      @shapoopy2964 10 років тому

      ***** you talk and cus like an old man hahaha

  • @henrylabengineer
    @henrylabengineer Рік тому +8

    I loved all the songs of this strange and very original band, I had all their albums!!!

  • @miguelarredondo3833
    @miguelarredondo3833 4 роки тому +26

    La energía de ricky wilson era inigualable❤. Les recomiendo mirar el concierto "b52s Westfalenhalle Dortmund 1983"💫

  • @timibershoff494
    @timibershoff494 2 роки тому +113

    I have to say that this performance is even better than the official music video for the song. Just everything about the performance was creative, beautiful art.

  • @ricardofrisancho1768
    @ricardofrisancho1768 2 роки тому +76

    La escuche y bailé en el año 82 y todavía me parece lo máximo. Los sonidos son sicodélicos, Fred Schneider super cantante con un histrionismo único. La guitarra de Ricky Wilson excelente.

    • @juliomarin478
      @juliomarin478 Рік тому +2

      Que época Ricardo la mejor fue nuestra generación ya no habrá

    • @normanretana614
      @normanretana614 Рік тому +1

      Muy buena a mis 52 y toda vía me animo a bailarla jaja

  • @KathySandru
    @KathySandru Рік тому +3

    Brings back my freshman in college days in 1980. College radio stations were the go to for new music & breaking new bands like The B-52's, Talking Heads, R.E.M., XTC, etc.

  • @nickthepostpunk5766
    @nickthepostpunk5766 5 років тому +45

    Completely insane, rocking, performance. Just awesome.

  • @clarenceevans4001
    @clarenceevans4001 4 роки тому +19

    I'll never get tired of this song

  • @jucelicaetano4752
    @jucelicaetano4752 Рік тому +17

    Gênios da autenticidade inovação e um swing enigmático e magnético.
    Amo essa banda e já passei por todas fases, desde os LP's (maravilhosos) depois fitas de VHS, CD's e agora vídios no you tube, porém nada se compara ao show antológico dessa banda que assisti no Rock in Rio em 1985. Lembrança pra ficar na eternidade e minha melhor fase.👽🌈🌎🍀🌟
    Sou de Porto Alegre, Brasil mas essa banda é universal e atemporal.

  • @Harmonious-jm3sy
    @Harmonious-jm3sy 5 місяців тому +7

    Ricky Wilson was just so creative on guitar. Other worldly sounds. R.I.P.

  • @timellis7724
    @timellis7724 3 роки тому +23

    "Everybody had ... matching towels!"

  • @warrenthompson7705
    @warrenthompson7705 5 років тому +44

    My aunt gave me this on tape when I was 7 or 8, and the song was about as old as I was. It is amazing how well punk, surf music, and atomic culture go together. It is just so damn good.

  • @carlosenriquetrejo3599
    @carlosenriquetrejo3599 3 роки тому +8

    What a spec-ta-cu-lar song! Hasn’t lost any of its charm and energetic power since it first came out 40+ years ago! Outstanding! Love these guys!👏🏼👏🏼😎

  • @melvyndriscoll709
    @melvyndriscoll709 Рік тому +3

    Everytime it pops up in my feed I have to watch. Mesmerising!

  • @terryjohn2959
    @terryjohn2959 5 років тому +62

    I've always loved Cindy's dancing but she excelled herself in this one!

    • @dfollery3230
      @dfollery3230 4 роки тому

      I’s Cindy the one in blue

    • @terryjohn2959
      @terryjohn2959 4 роки тому +1

      @@dfollery3230 Yep, that's her...the unforgettable Cindy Wilson

    • @HipixOFFICIAL
      @HipixOFFICIAL 3 роки тому +6

      And Fred, always seems like someone's father who replaced the singer last second because they were out sick.

    • @MrAlienmagnet
      @MrAlienmagnet 3 роки тому

      I could watch them all dance for hours! They had so much fun flailing everywhere!

    • @AicilaLaam
      @AicilaLaam 2 роки тому

      @@HipixOFFICIAL that's just what I thought when I saw Fred

  • @raulvega4016
    @raulvega4016 5 років тому +74

    El ritmo y los acordes únicos de Ricky Wilson son lo máximo!! Esta canción es perfección pura.

  • @gordyokeeffe361
    @gordyokeeffe361 2 роки тому +6

    My favourite song ever! Thanks guys for the beautiful music!

  • @markheatherington8367
    @markheatherington8367 Рік тому +11

    This band can make me smile like no other

  • @wyomikey65
    @wyomikey65 9 років тому +13

    One of many cool New Wave bands of the late 70's/80's. I loved being a teen during this era!

    • @jamesshunt5123
      @jamesshunt5123 9 років тому +7

      I wish I had been a teen in the late 70's/early 80's instead of the mid 00's. Feels like I missed out on something great by being born 20 years too late. At least it's easier to discover cool music today since it's all there to be discovered if one bothers to look beyond what's "most popular".

    • @oldiesmusic76
      @oldiesmusic76 7 років тому +4

      Yup, you missed it. Thankfully we have You Tube to relive these great songs. "Rock Lobster" was one song out of thousands that graced the charts in the 70's and 80's. Being 13 in 1980, this song was one of the BEST!

  • @grendelz
    @grendelz 5 років тому +23

    Everything about this is perfection, especially that guitar.

  • @461AmmoDog
    @461AmmoDog 7 років тому +49

    One of the best songs all time....

  • @helicart
    @helicart 4 роки тому +19

    Kate Pierson was a music legend.
    She was with REM on 'happy shiny people'.

    • @helicart
      @helicart 3 роки тому

      @John Smith Sandler
      Red dress. Here she is with REM.
      ua-cam.com/video/YYOKMUTTDdA/v-deo.html

  • @JohnJohn-dx6pe
    @JohnJohn-dx6pe 4 роки тому +12

    My dad would always play this song in the car lmao. He also played The Cure, Depeche Mode, and the Beastie Boys. Let’s just say he started my love for old music