Okay, Lex getting all giggly was worth the price of admission. Rock Lobster was long before "Love Shack". Like many in our youth, we'd be dancing to this song and when the "down, down" part would happen everyone would sink slowly to the floor and wind up on our backs kicking our legs up and waving our hands around. It was just a fun song to dance to.
Yes on that dropping to the ground during the "down, down" part. I saw them live in the early eighties with thousands of people in an arena, and every member of the audience took time out from doing sixties dances (the frug, the twist, the jerk, the monkey, the pony, the swim) to sink slowly to the floor during the "down, down" part. It must have been a sight to see for the band.
Lex is having so much fun with it, I love her reaction. If you listen to the music closely it really does rock, it doesn't quit. You have to watch a performance of it, it's genius.
OMG, this brings back memories of some junior high school dances, circa 79-81. Whenever he sang the "Down down" part, everyone would drop to the floor. Then bounce back up. Hard to describe, you just had to be there. Glory days.
Exactly ! I’m 65 this week and this song was always the best at parties in the 80’s. Everyone knew to get in the floor and bounce back up pogo’ing and doing Batman etc
"It's so weird..I love it!" You just explained The B-52s entire fan base. FYI, anytime you check this band out, just know that visuals are an essential part of the vibe. Once you've seen these guys and heard them at the same time, it just does stuff to you. 😂
Every time I listen to the B-52s now, I realize how good the actual music is. I always knew it was catchy and the act was campy, but when you listen to the actual musicianship, it's really tight.
At my wedding my mother in law, with maybe too much champagne busted out this dance and at the "lower" part, she ended up on her back on the floor doing the lobster claws.
Lex has reacted to a lot of fun songs where she gets the giggles and starts breaking out the dance moves, but this reaction to Rock Lobster has set a new standard. Absolutely loved it!!
@@jorgechavezhartley8785 I used to get annoyed with Brad but lately he's been way more entertaining and it's really brought the quality of the channel up, Lex is top tier as always though.
Now I'm thinking they might want to try "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches. Lex may get a kick out of it! It's a year 2000 song, but it's pretty zany.
Yes, it was almost required to fall to the floor when Fred said, "Down, down." Only to pop back up again and dance even wilder when Fred screamed "Let's Rock!"! No inhibitions. No judging. No "dance moves". Just sheer energetic movement of your choice. People would completely lose their cool. Even non-dancers danced to their music! ("Everybody moving. Everybody fruggin"!) This is early B52's, when Ricky's guitar riffs drove the music (along with the drummer). Good, good times....
Brad you are one of the luckiest dudes on earth, lex is just an absolute ray of sunshine…please know how much she does to brighten so many lives. You have a gem there man!
This was recorded early in their career, years before Love Shack. Original guitarist Ricky Wilson was still alive, and the band was rawer and less polished. The B-52s were a legendary live band in their early days in Athens, GA and the last part of this song, with Fred calling out sea animals and Cindy and Kate making weird noises was kind of improvised. You can find old live versions with different lyrics.
B52's came out of Georgia and from the jump they were iconic and a breed apart. Subversive, abstract, and completely unserious, but relentlessly fun and danceable. They were like the Dadaist contingent of the New Wave. I really love "Planet Claire", I highly recommend it. Great review!
When I was in 7th/8th grade the DJ (One of our Science Teachers) would ALWAYS play this song at our school dances. It was so much fun to dance too! During the DOWN, DOWN part we would all sit on the floor stopping/slamming our feet/hands against the ground and then would pop up at the same time and jump around in a big group wildly to rest of the song. So many great memories associated with this song. Thanks for listening to it. Lexi, your reactions are priceless and adorable!
Rock that lobster, Lex! You are nailing the sort of dancing we did to this one. There was a whole dance made up for this song. It was hilarious...being in a dance club__all of the current disco songs are being played__then the DJ plays this and everyone is having the "BEST" time of the night. I remember it all in the late 70s and early 80s.
Brad loves analyzing lyrics so I have been waiting with baited breath for this song to come up just to watch his face. The song is intentional nonsense, which played well in the era where absurdity was taking over with Steve Martin, Howie Mandell's 'hand bag,' and David Letterman throwing watermelons off sky scrapers etc. This is back when people routinely used 'tanning butter' rather than sunscreen. People worried less and danced more. :-)
I was 12 yrs old when I first heard this song and group. I instantly fell in love. I had the same reaction as Lex. I'm 58 yrs old now and still love the song and group. Thank you guys for taking me back to middle school.😊
I remember hearing the DJs play it at "The Graduate" in Isla Vista up until at least '89. Yep ... everyone lies down, gets up. "Mony Mony" was never too far behind as well. Good times.
The B-52s were part of the beginning of New Wave...with a bit of a punk influence....but they took it all to a very weird place...and that's part of their charm.....it makes me want to do the pogo. Lex has the right attitude with this song! They have many more even weirder songs!
Great party music to dance to. Lots of moves you can do with the animal noises. Lex, you'd have been right at home dancing with lobster claws at any Punk kinetic ritual(dance)!
1st Album I ever bought. 7 year old me saved up my allowance for months and went to the Woolco Department Store to buy it. Still have it to this day. Listen to Planet Claire and 52 Girls.
Oh , if you could only see how big my smile is right now! this is not a song where your bros come over , and you say , you gotta check this out! But , in the right context...its freakin magic
I’ll always remember Spring Break in 1986, me and a friend drove down to Myrtle Beach, picked up our dates and hit the clubs. On the dance floor everyone filled it up when Rock Lobster came on and more than 300 people hit the floor of dance floor at “down down” & slowly got up when the music picked up. So much fun!
Their 1st album! Other fun songs "Planet Claire", "52 Girls", and "Dance This Mess Around" 😎 You should see a live performance, its like a party atmosphere 🥳
Great B-52s track. Ricky Wilson killed it on guitar. Now check out some other tracks from them: "Private Idaho," "Give Me Back My Man," "Legal Tender," among others. 😁
Way back, we were crazy for Rock Lobster, for near a decade of fun, rushing the dance floor then on command instantly falling to the floor, flat out and spastic, twice, for Fred's "down, down" command! Fred's a mixed sing/spoken vocalist: Sprechgesang, German for "spoken singing". Cindy's older brother, Ricky Wilson, d:1985, was on guitar but only had 4 strings on it - it's plain as day in the videos and uniquely tuned where he was both the "bass" and guitar. No separate bass was there, just his 4 strings, 2 for bass, 2 for the rest! He twanged, he echoed like Duane Eddy on "Rebel Rouser"! (Duane's echoed by playing at the door to a cavernous basement). Ladies on the dance floor sang along with Kate and Cindy perfectly. Everyone strived to learn the lyrics and their sea creature sounds with all stopping exactly on its abrupt ending. Kate and Cindy's sounds were surely another set of lyrics, a Yoko Ono reference intended or not, but it brought John Lennon out of retirement and had Yoko performing with the band! Not too shabby! Audiences loved it, strived to sing it all perfectly, and almost a required course where I went to college in '79. Everyone sang the entire song on the dance floor, all the fun, odd creature sounds too! Their band's appeal and magnetism made it a hit and EVERYONE gladly fell to the floor, wiggling like a fish out of water both times Fred sang "down, down"! It was a huge hit in clubs, dances, events and weddings for many years! Such a great, quirky, fun filled song! (Ska - do - ba - dah... cooo!)
I was on the dance floor at a high school dance, my junior year, and I started easing my way over to a girl I liked. We started dancing together when this song came on. It seemed like she was having a great time. Then balloons were dropped, she jumped up to grab one, and the top of her dress came straight down… at my eye level… She immediately ran off and I didn’t see her again that night. She avoided me every day after. This song always reminds me of that night.
Thanks for this video. This song is so much fun. I've heard it so many times in some many years and it still gives me raw energy. Great choice of band and song, from a french fan.
"Is That You Mo-Dean" is my favorite B-52's jam. Their music was inspired by "Esquivel!" (aka Juan García Esquivel) who composed Latin based jazz techno music from the late 50's through the 60's. His music has been described as "space-age bachelor pad music." It hits you from every musical direction like Ali on a speedbag and is beyond unique. Lex would dig it.
Great reaction Lex!!! Can't even begin to count how many times this was played on the jukebox in the campground's rec hall by us teens (I was 15) that summer vacation. I don't think a month goes by that I don't listen to Rock Lobster!
This is still played at beach parties on hot summer nights at surfing spots in Western Australia, with the distinct aroma of 'greenery' wafting thru the crowds of people dancing in their bathers around a fire on the beach...total chillax funtimes vibes!
What's great about the B-52's is that not only were they so silly and fun, they could seriously sing and play - they were a great group of musicians and vocalists - singularly unique in their style. NOBODY ELSE SOUNDS LIKE THE B-52s! If you haven't heard Private Idaho, it rocks, amazing guitar in that song.
Yeah, this was definitely a dance tune back in the day and it was silly but fun, none the less. One of my favorites by them as well as "Planet Claire".
You guys got it, and didn't overthink it. Lex, of course, took to it like ...dare I say? A Rock lobster to water. 😂This jam was first released in 1978, it was recorded twice and released again in 79', It was a popular dance song during the 80's, as it received more play over the radio. It's a classic Alternative dance song.. In 2004, "Rock Lobster" went on to place at No. 147 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
I have never enjoyed a reaction video as much as I did this one, thanks to the sheer, open-hearted delight that Lex displayed! Always laugh like a dolphin, Lex! In 1978, I was a high school nerd. We danced the Pogo (jumping up and down, up and down) to these early New Wave Punk songs, so when Lex did her lobster claw waving, I burst out laughing at how funny, novel and cute this was, to me. Did we kids of the 70s and 80s have it good, or what!!?!! "Rock Lobster" is kind of a throwback to the early 60s hit, "Monster Mash", I find. It also reflects the Cold War that heated up with the U.S. election of Reagan in 1980, mixing in fears of atomic war and mutations, with paranoid, cheap 1950s Sci-Fi flicks that used macro lenses to turn small lizards and sea creatures into giant monsters from Outer Space! Early New Wave was good at bringing back all that innocent fun from the 1940s, 50s & 60s.
I have to remember this reaction on the days when I feel stressed or need to be cheered up. Lex, you are funny and adorable. Brad, I'm watching this channel every day because you are the kind of guy I'd be friends with. You two kick UA-cam A$$
Such a great band to play at parties. I have great memories of dancing to this song with my friends. When the part “down… down…” would happen everybody would get low to the ground and then we’d all jump up together. Simple joys in life stay with you. B52s brought a lot of fun with their music! 🥰😆😎
I saw the B52’s as the opening act for a Talking Heads concert at Club Paradise in Boston. Good times! 😎 Both bands had just released their first albums.
for 2 other tracks that i think lex will love based on her reaction to this one, try "give me back my man", and "private idaho". their most mainstream hit, other than "loveshack", was "roam". that one features the girls without fred the male singer.
While at college at U of GA (in Athens) the B-52s were asked to play a birthday party at a house. They had just started the band and have 5 total songs - this being one of them. They played these 5 all night, and the rest is history. It was WAY different music than what was being played in the late 70s in most circles - true dance and just FUN.
Lex GOT it , immediately. Awesome! B52's are meant to b enjoyed viscerally. They are not a cerebral experience, you feel it. They are FUN. period. And DANCABLE! This was a mosh pit song on the dance floor in the 80s. Total madness.
The B-52's are all about dance music. If you ever get a chance to see them, go. It's fun as hell. The whole audience is dancing from the start to the end of the concert.
Lex had me laughing most of the song! The B-52s were college campus staples back in the ‘75 - ‘79 years. Every party had this song, Private Idaho, and Dance This Mess Around … and Gimme Back My Man is Awesome, too! I think Roam was their last great song - after Love Shack in the mid- 80’s.
This song was a college party anthem when it first came out. Lots of history attached to the B-52's and beginning of new wave. They carved out their own space for party-retro- new wave and didn't have much competition.
Lex , you reacted exactly how the B52s wanted people to react to this song . A grown-ass adult acting like a 10 year old !! Perfection !!!!
there songs aren't meant to make sense.... its just meant to be lots of fun, lol. yeah, perfection
Hellz Yeah!! 😁❤️
It made me smile and giggle a bit.
Athens, GA, their home and the home of REM and the U of GA is such a fun place and the B52s capture it perfectly!
Oh my gosh! She did and it was so awesome to watch! Perfection!!!
Lex you deserve 1,000,000 likes for this reaction lol. Your laugh and lobster claws had me rolling 🤣🤣🤣
Haha 💯. This made my morning
If you ever ask what new wave music sounds like, tell them it sounds like this song !! 🎸
Lex doing "Lobster Claws" was killer. Thanks for your reactions.
yep. Lex Rocks!! She always 'gets' it.
It was perfect. Thanks, guys, for this reaction to a great song. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
She's so funny! 😁
Lex is special. 😆 I come back to this video just to see her antics. Who else is going to do random lobster claws?
Lex Lobster
“Rock Lobster” is the ultimate party dance tune, and as always, Lex gets it. Then she does the lobster claws!!
Okay, Lex getting all giggly was worth the price of admission. Rock Lobster was long before "Love Shack". Like many in our youth, we'd be dancing to this song and when the "down, down" part would happen everyone would sink slowly to the floor and wind up on our backs kicking our legs up and waving our hands around. It was just a fun song to dance to.
That sounds like so much fun! Haha
Yes on that dropping to the ground during the "down, down" part. I saw them live in the early eighties with thousands of people in an arena, and every member of the audience took time out from doing sixties dances (the frug, the twist, the jerk, the monkey, the pony, the swim) to sink slowly to the floor during the "down, down" part. It must have been a sight to see for the band.
Yeah they were really good back at the start
Yes, that's what we did in .1978 when this came out. I was 17 then and dancing the Rock Lobster whenever this song was played at parties!
And now we're all too old to get back up again, lol.....🤣
Lex’s unbridled joy at this song is fantastic! And Brad’s expression of mild confusion mixed with amusement is equally amazing! This was great.
How could you NOT just absolutely fall in love with Lex watching her reaction to this. What a fun loving person!
She is something quite special :) Brad got lucky :))
I love Love LOVE her!
This was the song that launched them
Lex is a breath of fresh air
i was already in love with Lex, this just sealed the deal.
Lex is having so much fun with it, I love her reaction. If you listen to the music closely it really does rock, it doesn't quit. You have to watch a performance of it, it's genius.
Lex with her lobster claws is freakin hilarious!!
Truth!🤣
I love telling stories while im high AF on my UA-cam channel lol 😆
ADORABLE!
Lex giggling uncontrollably while dancing to this song is one of the best things ever.
Okay this is classic Lex...one of the most fun reactions ever. This should go viral...
Definitely needs to go VIRAL for sure . Absolutely loved it ...
I never really grin or chuckle at Lex in these videos even though they are amusing but this one did me in!
OMG, this brings back memories of some junior high school dances, circa 79-81. Whenever he sang the "Down down" part, everyone would drop to the floor. Then bounce back up. Hard to describe, you just had to be there. Glory days.
For me it was college at the bar. Good times.
Same here but high school. Age 16.
Exactly ! I’m 65 this week and this song was always the best at parties in the 80’s. Everyone knew to get in the floor and bounce back up pogo’ing and doing Batman etc
"It's so weird..I love it!" You just explained The B-52s entire fan base. FYI, anytime you check this band out, just know that visuals are an essential part of the vibe. Once you've seen these guys and heard them at the same time, it just does stuff to you. 😂
Yup
Rock Lobster live performance is nuts
I was also going to suggest the visual experience of the official music video
@@wixxed One of the best live music experiences I've ever had!
You can’t but smile at this song. I’m not a b-52 fan but this song is actually really good musically, very catchy and different.
Every time I listen to the B-52s now, I realize how good the actual music is. I always knew it was catchy and the act was campy, but when you listen to the actual musicianship, it's really tight.
Rick Wilson was a beast. He’s the reason I got into guitar
the base guitar is the beast...
Catchy and campy is the perfect description
At my wedding my mother in law, with maybe too much champagne busted out this dance and at the "lower" part, she ended up on her back on the floor doing the lobster claws.
Still the best reaction video ever. People should post videos reacting to this reaction video.
One hundred percent.
Lex has reacted to a lot of fun songs where she gets the giggles and starts breaking out the dance moves, but this reaction to Rock Lobster has set a new standard. Absolutely loved it!!
agree, polar opposite reactions...Brad seems so emotionless(always xD)....hey man, if you don't do the Rock Lobster you dead!
@@jorgechavezhartley8785 I used to get annoyed with Brad but lately he's been way more entertaining and it's really brought the quality of the channel up, Lex is top tier as always though.
Now I'm thinking they might want to try "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches. Lex may get a kick out of it! It's a year 2000 song, but it's pretty zany.
You're right, but this is a 70s song
All I hear is Peter Griffins voice
Yes, it was almost required to fall to the floor when Fred said, "Down, down." Only to pop back up again and dance even wilder when Fred screamed "Let's Rock!"! No inhibitions. No judging. No "dance moves". Just sheer energetic movement of your choice. People would completely lose their cool. Even non-dancers danced to their music! ("Everybody moving. Everybody fruggin"!) This is early B52's, when Ricky's guitar riffs drove the music (along with the drummer). Good, good times....
I've been to their live shows and the crowd really does slowly drop down so much fun
This is in the running for best reaction of the year. Lex is a trip. She had me cracking up. You guys are the best.
I laughed the hardest of any reaction EVER 🤣 Especially with Brad looking uncomfortable 😂
YES!I totally agree.She had me at lobster hands.Best reaction I've seen.Ill forever do lobster hands to this song.
Brad you are one of the luckiest dudes on earth, lex is just an absolute ray of sunshine…please know how much she does to brighten so many lives. You have a gem there man!
This was recorded early in their career, years before Love Shack. Original guitarist Ricky Wilson was still alive, and the band was rawer and less polished. The B-52s were a legendary live band in their early days in Athens, GA and the last part of this song, with Fred calling out sea animals and Cindy and Kate making weird noises was kind of improvised. You can find old live versions with different lyrics.
I lived in Athens when they were still a house band in the places right around the campus of UGA
Lex, your joy is INFECTIOUS. You made my night with this reaction.
B52's came out of Georgia and from the jump they were iconic and a breed apart. Subversive, abstract, and completely unserious, but relentlessly fun and danceable. They were like the Dadaist contingent of the New Wave.
I really love "Planet Claire", I highly recommend it. Great review!
I'm still wondering what was in the Athens water that bred both the B-52s AND REM!
Dance This Mess Around!
@@raynavarro7997 Oh yeah! Quiche Loraine. 🦮
Ohhhh! I forgot about Planet Claire! Good call!
How can forget Hero Worship. Cindy's voice. Wow.
Listen to this group when in a goofy kind of mood. lol. Surf rock, new wave. They are a fun group dance rock group. Throw back to the 60s in a way
When I was in 7th/8th grade the DJ (One of our Science Teachers) would ALWAYS play this song at our school dances. It was so much fun to dance too! During the DOWN, DOWN part we would all sit on the floor stopping/slamming our feet/hands against the ground and then would pop up at the same time and jump around in a big group wildly to rest of the song. So many great memories associated with this song. Thanks for listening to it. Lexi, your reactions are priceless and adorable!
The exact same thing happened at my junior high dances. Everyone in the place would dance to this, even the wallflowers. So much fun!
lucky wish they did that at my highschool now
I was laughing out loud, Lex is so damn cute and funny. When she started doing the lobster claw dance while giggling l lost it. So endearing.
Rock that lobster, Lex! You are nailing the sort of dancing we did to this one. There was a whole dance made up for this song. It was hilarious...being in a dance club__all of the current disco songs are being played__then the DJ plays this and everyone is having the "BEST" time of the night. I remember it all in the late 70s and early 80s.
The B-52's and Devo were 2 of the better early "new wave" bands that were around in the late 70's !
Lex, your reaction is brilliant. You made the B52's proud. Awesome.
"Give Me Back My Man" with Cindy on vocals is an underappreciated B-52's single.
@mister stubbs My personal favorite from them as well.
Ya, awsom song!
Totally
I don't know what you mean by underappreciated. That was one of their highly popular songs.
Ain’t It A Shame is also underrated.
Lex gets it!! It's a fun song to just liberate to and dance your ass off. Funny whimsical and a great example of early 80s alt rock college band music
Brad loves analyzing lyrics so I have been waiting with baited breath for this song to come up just to watch his face. The song is intentional nonsense, which played well in the era where absurdity was taking over with Steve Martin, Howie Mandell's 'hand bag,' and David Letterman throwing watermelons off sky scrapers etc. This is back when people routinely used 'tanning butter' rather than sunscreen. People worried less and danced more. :-)
"People worried less and danced more" - True dat. No smartphones and video games were at the arcade.
Absurdity with Steve Martin?
You couldn't possibly be talking about his song "King Tut"? 😂
Always thought it had shades of Lewis Carroll in it
@@centuryrox Born in Catalona, raised in Arizona?
So true.....but I used baby oil or cooking oil 😁. Rodney Dangerfield, George Carlin, Sam Kinison and then the songs by Ray Stevens....so much fun
Back in 1983 at our jr. High school dances us skaters/punks would slam dance to this song and demo's whip it...thanks for the memories
Lex makes videos like this fun to watch, her enthusiasm is off the charts I love it
Lex m, you had me cracking up. You would fit right in at a B-52 show. Loved your lobster claws🤣
The guitar work in this song is amazing.. thanks for reacting to this classic!!
I was 12 yrs old when I first heard this song and group. I instantly fell in love. I had the same reaction as Lex. I'm 58 yrs old now and still love the song and group. Thank you guys for taking me back to middle school.😊
You should react to "Roam" from the B-52s. Brad will definitely like it better than Rock Lobster.
Lex sure would have loved being a teen in the 80's. Dance clubs were hopping.
At the "down... down... " part, everyone on the dance floor would dance lower and lower... fun stuff.
Such a good time back then in a club.
Oh I remember this! "DOWN....."
I remember hearing the DJs play it at "The Graduate" in Isla Vista up until at least '89. Yep ... everyone lies down, gets up. "Mony Mony" was never too far behind as well. Good times.
According to the album credits, one of the instruments in this song is a smoke alarm.
The B-52s were part of the beginning of New Wave...with a bit of a punk influence....but they took it all to a very weird place...and that's part of their charm.....it makes me want to do the pogo.
Lex has the right attitude with this song!
They have many more even weirder songs!
Quiche Lorraine anyone? Loved it!
Her laugh bro. She made it so much better and I like rock lobster.
I love this song. It reminds us that sometimes music can just be fun. College party music from the 80s.
Oh man, you missed another great opportunity, the video of this is amazing, and tells you so much about early B52s.
I just love Lex's joy in the music. Makes me happy.
Agate She's a treasure
Great party music to dance to. Lots of moves you can do with the animal noises. Lex, you'd have been right at home dancing with lobster claws at any Punk kinetic ritual(dance)!
1st Album I ever bought. 7 year old me saved up my allowance for months and went to the Woolco Department Store to buy it. Still have it to this day. Listen to Planet Claire and 52 Girls.
Woolco, now that brings back memories. Also, Planet Claire is a must listen!!!
You made an excellent choice. 👍
What’s that on…
@@teanosuger their first album from 1979
Oh , if you could only see how big my smile is right now! this is not a song where your bros come over , and you say , you gotta check this out! But , in the right context...its freakin magic
Lex doing the Lobster claws made my day 100% better 😂😂🤣🤣
Lex totally gets this song. You should have been dancing with us back in '78
I’ll always remember Spring Break in 1986, me and a friend drove down to Myrtle Beach, picked up our dates and hit the clubs. On the dance floor everyone filled it up when Rock Lobster came on and more than 300 people hit the floor of dance floor at “down down” & slowly got up when the music picked up. So much fun!
I was jamming to this the same weird jam to this right now. Back in 1983 my girl rock lobster for real for real
Best lobster impression I've seen for a while....good job Lex.
After "Time", had to come back to this to cheer me up again!
Oh this should be good - watching Brad knock himself unconscious trying to figure out the meaning to these lyrics!! Good luck Brad!
Their 1st album! Other fun songs "Planet Claire", "52 Girls", and "Dance This Mess Around" 😎
You should see a live performance, its like a party atmosphere 🥳
You two had me rolling at the end! Walking around the house like a lobster!
Adorable Lex and STOIC Brad. Would have been even crazier if seeing the music video rather than just the lyrics.
Great B-52s track. Ricky Wilson killed it on guitar. Now check out some other tracks from them: "Private Idaho," "Give Me Back My Man," "Legal Tender," among others. 😁
Pretty much anything from the Wild Planet album! 👌🏻👌🏻
@@samgunston8769 YES.
"Party Out Of Bounds" 🕺
"SURRPRIZE!!"
@@joemachine4714 "Oooh, house-a-tosis!" 😄
@@bmw128racer
Way back, we were crazy for Rock Lobster, for near a decade of fun, rushing the dance floor then on command instantly falling to the floor, flat out and spastic, twice, for Fred's "down, down" command! Fred's a mixed sing/spoken vocalist: Sprechgesang, German for "spoken singing". Cindy's older brother, Ricky Wilson, d:1985, was on guitar but only had 4 strings on it - it's plain as day in the videos and uniquely tuned where he was both the "bass" and guitar. No separate bass was there, just his 4 strings, 2 for bass, 2 for the rest! He twanged, he echoed like Duane Eddy on "Rebel Rouser"! (Duane's echoed by playing at the door to a cavernous basement). Ladies on the dance floor sang along with Kate and Cindy perfectly. Everyone strived to learn the lyrics and their sea creature sounds with all stopping exactly on its abrupt ending. Kate and Cindy's sounds were surely another set of lyrics, a Yoko Ono reference intended or not, but it brought John Lennon out of retirement and had Yoko performing with the band! Not too shabby! Audiences loved it, strived to sing it all perfectly, and almost a required course where I went to college in '79. Everyone sang the entire song on the dance floor, all the fun, odd creature sounds too! Their band's appeal and magnetism made it a hit and EVERYONE gladly fell to the floor, wiggling like a fish out of water both times Fred sang "down, down"! It was a huge hit in clubs, dances, events and weddings for many years! Such a great, quirky, fun filled song! (Ska - do - ba - dah... cooo!)
I was on the dance floor at a high school dance, my junior year, and I started easing my way over to a girl I liked. We started dancing together when this song came on. It seemed like she was having a great time. Then balloons were dropped, she jumped up to grab one, and the top of her dress came straight down… at my eye level…
She immediately ran off and I didn’t see her again that night. She avoided me every day after.
This song always reminds me of that night.
Their 2nd LP Wild Planet is their masterpiece - Private Idaho, Party out of Bounds 🔥
I've never had soo much fun with this song than listening and watching Lex's reaction...LMAO
Thanks for this video. This song is so much fun. I've heard it so many times in some many years and it still gives me raw energy. Great choice of band and song, from a french fan.
B&L, you'll love their "Roam" and "Private Idaho"!!
This is a good roll down the road on a sunny day song...just grooving with it.
"Is That You Mo-Dean" is my favorite B-52's jam. Their music was inspired by "Esquivel!" (aka Juan García Esquivel) who composed Latin based jazz techno music from the late 50's through the 60's. His music has been described as "space-age bachelor pad music." It hits you from every musical direction like Ali on a speedbag and is beyond unique. Lex would dig it.
I need to check that out!
Lex got assimilated to the rock lobster !Please Brad, give her B52s like DANCE THIS MESS AROUND! Luvyouboth
Great reaction Lex!!! Can't even begin to count how many times this was played on the jukebox in the campground's rec hall by us teens (I was 15) that summer vacation. I don't think a month goes by that I don't listen to Rock Lobster!
Lex is too funny. I’m cracking up with her. That was so fun.
💀💀💀 🤣🤣🤣 Lex I died! Lmao! You're reaction was amazing!! And the question mark on Brad's face... 🤣🤣🤣 Funny reaction guys!
Seeing Lex's reaction made me feel so happy.
This is still played at beach parties on hot summer nights at surfing spots in Western Australia, with the distinct aroma of 'greenery' wafting thru the crowds of people dancing in their bathers around a fire on the beach...total chillax funtimes vibes!
ahhhh man that sounds so freakin' fantastic!
What's great about the B-52's is that not only were they so silly and fun, they could seriously sing and play - they were a great group of musicians and vocalists - singularly unique in their style. NOBODY ELSE SOUNDS LIKE THE B-52s! If you haven't heard Private Idaho, it rocks, amazing guitar in that song.
Yeah, this was definitely a dance tune back in the day and it was silly but fun, none the less. One of my favorites by them as well as "Planet Claire".
Sometimes we would slam dance to it. I guess the old school equivalent to a mosh pit.😂
You guys got it, and didn't overthink it. Lex, of course, took to it like ...dare I say? A Rock lobster to water. 😂This jam was first released in 1978, it was recorded twice and released again in 79', It was a popular dance song during the 80's, as it received more play over the radio. It's a classic Alternative dance song..
In 2004, "Rock Lobster" went on to place at No. 147 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
I have never enjoyed a reaction video as much as I did this one, thanks to the sheer, open-hearted delight that Lex displayed! Always laugh like a dolphin, Lex!
In 1978, I was a high school nerd. We danced the Pogo (jumping up and down, up and down) to these early New Wave Punk songs, so when Lex did her lobster claw waving, I burst out laughing at how funny, novel and cute this was, to me.
Did we kids of the 70s and 80s have it good, or what!!?!!
"Rock Lobster" is kind of a throwback to the early 60s hit, "Monster Mash", I find. It also reflects the Cold War that heated up with the U.S. election of Reagan in 1980, mixing in fears of atomic war and mutations, with paranoid, cheap 1950s Sci-Fi flicks that used macro lenses to turn small lizards and sea creatures into giant monsters from Outer Space! Early New Wave was good at bringing back all that innocent fun from the 1940s, 50s & 60s.
Well done Lexy, great reaction, to a fun song!
I have to remember this reaction on the days when I feel stressed or need to be cheered up. Lex, you are funny and adorable. Brad, I'm watching this channel every day because you are the kind of guy I'd be friends with. You two kick UA-cam A$$
I cant tell you how happy this reaction made me feel ❤
Such a great band to play at parties. I have great memories of dancing to this song with my friends. When the part “down… down…” would happen everybody would get low to the ground and then we’d all jump up together. Simple joys in life stay with you. B52s brought a lot of fun with their music! 🥰😆😎
Fun song just to dance to! Clubs in the 80's would get us on the dance floor
Not to brag, but I won a dance contest to this when I was 12. I was at a Bar Mitzvah party. Lol. I love you, Lex! You’re so much fun!!
Whoa that 7 minutes of insane energy... you must've loaded up on sugar first! 😃
@@squirrelorama Lol. I don’t remember but I think 12 year olds generally have a lot of energy. I imagine I worked up a sweat, though!
the B-52s are from my hometown Athens Georgia. we're a little strange here 😅 I love y'all's reactions!
I saw the B52’s as the opening act for a Talking Heads concert at Club Paradise in Boston. Good times! 😎 Both bands had just released their first albums.
Shit man i heard the T heads were amazing to see live
@@silversliver1592 It was early in their career. Just playing in tee shirts and jeans. I really enjoyed it.
The B52's were fun party music, Lex got it right loosen up and have fun 😊
I never laughed so hard at your reaction Brad. 🤣 Lex you seem to love these happy fun songs. I love the B52s
Fantastic reaction. Lex cracks me TF up!!
Great guitar riffs!! Fun song.
The greatest reaction ever to one of the greatest songs of all time! Love it 😎😎👍
Lex, you MUST check out Bill McClintock - Raining Lobsters!
Its a Slayer/B-52s mashup, Rock Lobster and Raining Blood...and it ROCKS SO HARD!
This song is PURE fun ......💯😃🔥
for 2 other tracks that i think lex will love based on her reaction to this one, try "give me back my man", and "private idaho". their most mainstream hit, other than "loveshack", was "roam". that one features the girls without fred the male singer.
PLANET CLAIRE!!!
While at college at U of GA (in Athens) the B-52s were asked to play a birthday party at a house. They had just started the band and have 5 total songs - this being one of them. They played these 5 all night, and the rest is history. It was WAY different music than what was being played in the late 70s in most circles - true dance and just FUN.
She gets it!
Lex GOT it , immediately. Awesome!
B52's are meant to b enjoyed viscerally. They are not a cerebral experience, you feel it. They are FUN. period.
And DANCABLE! This was a mosh pit song on the dance floor in the 80s. Total madness.
Perfect reaction! Don't think too hard about the song. It's just a party song. All for fun. and the B52's are a lot of fun to see live. Very colorful.
The B-52's are all about dance music. If you ever get a chance to see them, go. It's fun as hell. The whole audience is dancing from the start to the end of the concert.
Lex had me laughing most of the song!
The B-52s were college campus staples back in the ‘75 - ‘79 years. Every party had this song, Private Idaho, and Dance This Mess Around … and Gimme Back My Man is
Awesome, too!
I think Roam was their last great song - after Love Shack in the mid- 80’s.
This song was a college party anthem when it first came out. Lots of history attached to the B-52's and beginning of new wave. They carved out their own space for party-retro- new wave and didn't have much competition.