Yes.. mixing rockabilly, surf rock, punk, and new wave aspects together was very original. I do love me some B-52s. I was a teen in the 80s and remember the B-52s felt.. retro, but in an original way.
@@mikenelson2539 No, that Danelectro Pro is tuned to xEBxBB (I read his guitar tech's notebooks.) But the album version is EBDxBB on a Danelectro-built Silvertone 1448.
Ricky Wilson played his six string guitar without the middle two,so he could play lead and bass on a single neck. That's genius and why it's his own unique sound.
@@abc-bu7nr yeah, kate on the keys, and keith's immaculate drumming fill in for most of the bass, but it is all in support of ricky's guitar work. i bought a cheap squier guitar during the pandemic and it is mostly collecting dust, this is pretty much the only thing i can play heh
I'm not sure where the "bass and lead at once" myth comes from. It's not quite accurate, -but it's kind of a mix of what he did.- He did have his own style, but not because of how the rumor goes. (1) Ricky did sometimes play 2 parts simultaneously that sounded distinct enough from each other that one can imagine they're 2 different guitars. "Lava" is the best example, but it's one guitar - go see the 1980 footage of them playing "Lava" at the Capital Theatre, and that proves it. (2) Ricky had one of his guitars set up in CFxxFF. That had 2 thick Guitar Strings, and 2 G Strings (.058, .056, empty, .empty, .018p, .018p.) He still didn't play bass parts on it, though - Kate was playing Bass on the keyboard. (3) Ricky didn't mod the electronics of his guitars to have separate pickups or circuits that would read the "bass" and "lead" parts separately. This would have the "bass" parts sounding like the tone control is down low and muffled, like bassists often do. Again, Kate played the bass parts on a keyboard. (4) Ricky used unusual tunings, thick strings on all of his guitars (usually a set of 13s on the bottom, and .018p on the top, but not always.) Often enough early on, he would use some uncommonly seen guitar models. Usually a Mosrite model, but he did also use an Epiphone Wilshire and a Silvertone 1448 (a Sears Catalog guitar built by Danelectro) just for the recording of "Private Idaho." He did use Fenders later on from 1982 - 1985, but he's mostly known to have played Mosrite models early on. Lastly, here are the 8 guitar tabs I wrote for about half the early catalog, so you know I'm not kidding: *First Album:* Track 3 - Dance This Mess Around - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/dance-this-mess-around-tabs-2337143 4 - Rock Lobster - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/rock-lobster-tabs-2321243 6 - There's A Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon) - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/theres-a-moon-in-the-sky-called-the-moon-tabs-2368419 8 - 6060-842 - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/6060-842-tabs-2327763 9 - Downtown - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/downtown-tabs-2428857 *Second Album, Wild Planet:* Track 5 - Private Idaho - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/private-idaho-tabs-848343 7 - Quiche Lorraine (though I didn't tab the "screechy guitar" part late in the song) - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/quiche-lorraine-tabs-2427755 9 - 53 Miles West of Venus - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/53-miles-west-of-venus-tabs-2360071
You know, when these songs came out, we loved them but I remember viewing the B52's as a sort of joke. But holy cow, they were one tight, driving, talented, good-playing band. Maybe that's why the "joke" was so funny - because they were so talented playing great songs.
They were arts performers, beyond a sheer band. Having a speaker/jester and the singers in a call-and-response fashion has more to do with drama than with pop music. Someone reckons that John Lennon liked B-52’s innovative approach much.
Both high energy new-wave punk bands cutting their own paths. Devo was my first show. I saw B52s around the time of Wild Planet and was more stoked by Devo at the time.
Hipsters...before it became a dirty word. If you were in college and lucky enough to see them when they were young like this...You were fortunate. Saw them in Chicago in 84 and that was a show.
Biped speaks the truth. Scott, your lingo outed you. They weren't hipsters. They were called punkrockers. But you wouldn't know that unless you were around back then. I DID see them in '82. They opened for the Who. Tangerine Bowl, Orlando. Guess what happened? They barely made it through three songs. The rain of shoes coming at them forced them off the stage. The point being, punkrock wasn't accepted back then by the hard rockers. The word hipster was not part of popular public lingo back then. No such animal existed back then. He may have dressed like a hipster from now, back then. But in no shape or form, was hipster ever associated with the B-52s. Punkrockers had to deal with unacceptance. It was part of the vibe. I can't say I embraced the true punkrocker effect, as I was (still am) a surfer. But back then, the surfer/skater people meshed rather well with the sea change of music/culture that was happening. So of course I liked the B-52s. I wore polka dot surf baggies, got hassled about it, so what. They looked too new-wavy (the baggies) and you could expect to hear some grief over it. THAT is the kind of stuff that you had to deal with back when the culture was changing, the 'new wave' was coming in. The B-52s were a part of that new wave, however, they were called punkrockers, not hipsters. Those 36 likes......hipsters, haha!
One of my favorite bands ever ! I started watching this "B52's" concert video from 1980, and realized that I was @ that concert in the front row wearing a white tee shirt, I had long curly dark hair at the time. I am briefly filmed dancing to their great song "Private Idaho" @ the 49 sec mark.
Meu Deus!!! Como eu era feliz,adoro essa banda e assim que lançaram este album, corri e comprei o meu, o qual esta entre meus principais discos de vinil. Não entendo as afirmativas de que a música eletrônica surgiu na europa. The B52s já fazia isso muito antes.
2019⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Escuchó esto y pienso 🤔🤔🤔 En esos momentos Y puedo verme en un lugarcito Cerca de la Cineteca Nacional No recuerdo el nombre Fue una sorpresa en mi cumpleaños Tocaban buen Rock 👍 Todos los amigos reunidos era la única chavita yo 19 y ellos ya rucos ja jaja 27 y 30 años Y me alegra bastante Haber vivido y disfrutado Tantos y tantos momentos Hermosos porque forman Parte fundamental de mi escencia Y de todo lo que soy ahora Mis hermanos me dicen Tú si que te la gozaste y aún lo hago Claro no con la frecuencia ni con las mismas personas porque algunas yo se nos adelantaron 💫🙏 Además ahora soy mamá Pero una vez al año no hace daño Sigo conservando mi toque 😉 Y brindo por eso 🥃
love em. that first “whoop whoo whoo” and instsntly transported to a fight scene in KB vol 1 where the bride prepares to surgical dissect the crazy 88s
Can we please all agree that the B52's were one of the most creative bands in rock history?
Yes, we can. 🤘🏻🎧🎤🥁🎸😁
Yep, thirded that motion. Now we a agree, can we get them a trophy or something?
Yes.. mixing rockabilly, surf rock, punk, and new wave aspects together was very original. I do love me some B-52s. I was a teen in the 80s and remember the B-52s felt.. retro, but in an original way.
Up there with Devo and Wall of Voodoo. Very unique, original sound.
Best thing that's ever happened in America, maybe the entire planet
Ricky Wilson is seriously underrated. Dude was creative as hell and pushed the envelope of his instrument..RIP
Deconstructed and reimagined an open F chord 🤘
@@mikenelson2539 No, that Danelectro Pro is tuned to xEBxBB (I read his guitar tech's notebooks.) But the album version is EBDxBB on a Danelectro-built Silvertone 1448.
He was like Luther Perkins Lotta damage with 3 strings and five frets...for a novice he was fipping amazing .
Ricky Wilson played his six string guitar without the middle two,so he could play lead and bass on a single neck. That's genius and why it's his own unique sound.
Fun facts.....he tuned his guitar to different sounds and pitches than anyone else!
Pretty sure the bass was coming from Kate
@@abc-bu7nr yeah, kate on the keys, and keith's immaculate drumming fill in for most of the bass, but it is all in support of ricky's guitar work. i bought a cheap squier guitar during the pandemic and it is mostly collecting dust, this is pretty much the only thing i can play heh
If you leave out the fact that that's the way the blues guys did it then sure.
I'm not sure where the "bass and lead at once" myth comes from. It's not quite accurate, -but it's kind of a mix of what he did.- He did have his own style, but not because of how the rumor goes.
(1) Ricky did sometimes play 2 parts simultaneously that sounded distinct enough from each other that one can imagine they're 2 different guitars. "Lava" is the best example, but it's one guitar - go see the 1980 footage of them playing "Lava" at the Capital Theatre, and that proves it.
(2) Ricky had one of his guitars set up in CFxxFF. That had 2 thick Guitar Strings, and 2 G Strings (.058, .056, empty, .empty, .018p, .018p.) He still didn't play bass parts on it, though - Kate was playing Bass on the keyboard.
(3) Ricky didn't mod the electronics of his guitars to have separate pickups or circuits that would read the "bass" and "lead" parts separately. This would have the "bass" parts sounding like the tone control is down low and muffled, like bassists often do. Again, Kate played the bass parts on a keyboard.
(4) Ricky used unusual tunings, thick strings on all of his guitars (usually a set of 13s on the bottom, and .018p on the top, but not always.) Often enough early on, he would use some uncommonly seen guitar models. Usually a Mosrite model, but he did also use an Epiphone Wilshire and a Silvertone 1448 (a Sears Catalog guitar built by Danelectro) just for the recording of "Private Idaho." He did use Fenders later on from 1982 - 1985, but he's mostly known to have played Mosrite models early on.
Lastly, here are the 8 guitar tabs I wrote for about half the early catalog, so you know I'm not kidding:
*First Album:*
Track 3 - Dance This Mess Around - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/dance-this-mess-around-tabs-2337143
4 - Rock Lobster - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/rock-lobster-tabs-2321243
6 - There's A Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon) - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/theres-a-moon-in-the-sky-called-the-moon-tabs-2368419
8 - 6060-842 - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/6060-842-tabs-2327763
9 - Downtown - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/downtown-tabs-2428857
*Second Album, Wild Planet:*
Track 5 - Private Idaho - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/private-idaho-tabs-848343
7 - Quiche Lorraine (though I didn't tab the "screechy guitar" part late in the song) - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/quiche-lorraine-tabs-2427755
9 - 53 Miles West of Venus - tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-b-52s/53-miles-west-of-venus-tabs-2360071
Cindy is INCREDIBLE
Keith Strickland on drums! That guy does it all!
such a stearn sense of backbeat!
Not a bad guitar player either
Cindy's vocals at 3:01, really showcase her style. She is so under appreciated.
If I had a time machine B-52's early gigs would be right up there on my list.
Si
Yes, they dont make music like that anymore best group ever
I saw the B-52s and the Violent Femmes together years ago. Best concert of my life.
One of the 70s-80s greatest innovators. Comedy Go-Go rock, rolled into brilliant hard driving party music. Geniuses, every one of them.
I don’t care if they all turned 100 years old I’d still go see them ✊🏼
Cindy was like a Siren to me, i will follow her voice anywhere and i thrill to be memorized by her dancing.
a completely perfect pop tune. so much brilliance, probably the best B's song.
no, not their best
Their very best song by far - to me. And they have many great songs.
Fantastic band with a unique sound
That ain't pop. That's psycodelic rock
Most innovative and original pop band in history !
40 years later. Fucked my mind. Success. Love every song. Still the best.
No words to describe how bad ass this song is
The guitar playing is genius. 4 stringed and retuned. What a sound.
Such an amazing guitarist
Jesus the drums in this sound incredible
Holy shit 40 years later this song still wails man. Love watching everyone dancing and having a great time
You know, when these songs came out, we loved them but I remember viewing the B52's as a sort of joke. But holy cow, they were one tight, driving, talented, good-playing band. Maybe that's why the "joke" was so funny - because they were so talented playing great songs.
Drums sound great on this live version.
Really fuckin do
They have a great compressor sound to them. Love it.
Agreed
These guys are fun. Hope they make it.
C'est excellent, Ricky Wilson à ce jeu et son à la guitare.. J'adore ce groupe.
Moi aussii. Ce groupe est extraordinaire.
So glad I spent so much of my youth at the Capitol Theatre.
Stunning Cindy
I can't think of another band who seem so together on the same page as The B-52s. Such a creative force.
Cindy!!!
i love you!!!
Man, the more I hear this, the more I enjoy it. The whole band harmony, n originality
Genius ahead of their time
This is one of the greatest videos on UA-cam in its entirety
Cindy is really outstanding...
Fantastic band!!!
A bomb on stage period!
When I first was turned onto these, I was like fuck off...let me tell you..nothing like a live 52's concert. Soooo underrated. That said, I am 60.
I saw them live in 1989 in Brussels : I will never forget that : people went CRAZY.
I am also 60.
Liked them since I was 18.
Give me a break! You were sooooooooooooooooooooooooo ahead your time! Your music is legend now and it will live forever. 💯💖🤟😉
They were arts performers, beyond a sheer band. Having a speaker/jester and the singers in a call-and-response fashion has more to do with drama than with pop music. Someone reckons that John Lennon liked B-52’s innovative approach much.
A gathering of the coolest individuals on earth
love Freds moves- the "fishin reel" at 2:20
I always wondered who was the wilder showman at that time, Fred Schneider or David Byrne. They were both pretty crazy onstage lol.
Yup! What is that called? "The fishing reel dance move"?
Whitest human ever spawned
When Music was Music
Real music always lives.
Music is still music and music was music before this too, you big weirdo
There is still a music. I made music. That is a proof.
More like the Masters making Music!
Along with Devo, the B-52'S were ahead of their time in the early 1980s. What a band! 😁👍
Both high energy new-wave punk bands cutting their own paths. Devo was my first show. I saw B52s around the time of Wild Planet and was more stoked by Devo at the time.
tracy smith, this Is awesome! Great gigs to have attended to. 😁👍
& the mid to late '70's!
Not enough words for what a classic this is................
Used to think that Rock Lobster was their best song...changed my mind this is IT...powerful music.
Honestly can't make up my mind. Rock Lobster, 52 Girls, Private Idaho, let's face it the first two records are perfect from beginning to end.
@@thenavajoknow Cindy on "Give Me Back My Man" is amazing at this show
Amazing performance. Sounds even better than the studio version which is also very good!
Hipsters...before it became a dirty word. If you were in college and lucky enough to see them when they were young like this...You were fortunate. Saw them in Chicago in 84 and that was a show.
Scott Senatra You did not see them in 84
Biped speaks the truth. Scott, your lingo outed you. They weren't hipsters. They were called punkrockers. But you wouldn't know that unless you were around back then.
I DID see them in '82. They opened for the Who. Tangerine Bowl, Orlando. Guess what happened? They barely made it through three songs. The rain of shoes coming at them forced them off the stage.
The point being, punkrock wasn't accepted back then by the hard rockers. The word hipster was not part of popular public lingo back then. No such animal existed back then. He may have dressed like a hipster from now, back then. But in no shape or form, was hipster ever associated with the B-52s.
Punkrockers had to deal with unacceptance. It was part of the vibe. I can't say I embraced the true punkrocker effect, as I was (still am) a surfer. But back then, the surfer/skater people meshed rather well with the sea change of music/culture that was happening. So of course I liked the B-52s. I wore polka dot surf baggies, got hassled about it, so what. They looked too new-wavy (the baggies) and you could expect to hear some grief over it. THAT is the kind of stuff that you had to deal with back when the culture was changing, the 'new wave' was coming in.
The B-52s were a part of that new wave, however, they were called punkrockers, not hipsters.
Those 36 likes......hipsters, haha!
hipsters? que dice?
I did, Utica, 82. Wow!!!!!!!
É para se acabar de dançar!!!!
Quem está curtindo em 2019? Adoroooooooo!!!! 😍🤘🏻🇧🇷👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Oi Naninha boa tarde.
Happy birthday 40 years of success. It's impossible to stand still.
I saw them in the 80’s and the 90’s and they were very entertaining
Right at 1:27 to 1:33 you feel that undeniable energy!
One of my favorite bands ever ! I started watching this "B52's" concert video from 1980, and realized that I was @ that concert in the front row wearing a white tee shirt, I had long curly dark hair at the time. I am briefly filmed dancing to their great song "Private Idaho" @ the 49 sec mark.
Paul Greco Sure was a wonderful time to be alive! I just discovered B52s and their music is amazing.
Best band to emmerge from America...original and gals so classy.
Ricky Wilson Rocked .
Garage...grunge...punk...new wave
Awesome.
35 years ago. jeez where did that time go?
The “woahs” on this track are Misfits/ AFI worthy.
Listen to Cindy sing at the end- ridiculous!
Everything about this is perfect, even the hand gestures.
Damn, listen to what Cindy brings to the chorus.
They are SO awesome.
Wow amazing song i didnt know what they say but now.i saw the lyrics and know it . Good . Blessings.
Got the Spud Zombies slowly gyrating in the front.
Originality like this just doesn't exist anymore. sadness. Aw...Who cares? lets dance!
It is kind of sad. Musicianship was more common before the screen.
Off course i agree 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
unbelievably awesome!!!
Cindy's amazing
The black and white video and the dim lighting coupled with the great sound give this video a weird vibe - in a good way.
1980 a good time 19 and carefree .
Hypnotic trance
Yes. Definitely! Love them
Excelente canción en vivo.
Thank you so much for posting these gems!! Ive had the bliss of meeting Fred and Kate...so freaking awesum!!!!
Wow...when Passaic was a destination.
Wicked performance. Thanks for the upload :)
That’s a lot of creativity it seems off the cuff but that’s a lot of hard work and... joy
so damn brilliant!!!
I WAS THERE !!!!!
Me too!!
So was I
me too im 17
I was there too and im 33
Thanks for posting this classic footage! They look so young!
Meu Deus!!! Como eu era feliz,adoro essa banda e assim que lançaram este album, corri e comprei o meu, o qual esta entre meus principais discos de vinil. Não entendo as afirmativas de que a música eletrônica surgiu na europa. The B52s já fazia isso muito antes.
my second favorite in this series... awesome!
2019⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Escuchó esto y pienso 🤔🤔🤔
En esos momentos
Y puedo verme en un lugarcito
Cerca de la Cineteca Nacional
No recuerdo el nombre
Fue una sorpresa en mi cumpleaños
Tocaban buen Rock 👍
Todos los amigos reunidos
era la única chavita yo 19 y ellos ya rucos ja jaja 27 y 30 años
Y me alegra bastante
Haber vivido y disfrutado
Tantos y tantos momentos
Hermosos porque forman
Parte fundamental de mi escencia
Y de todo lo que soy ahora
Mis hermanos me dicen
Tú si que te la gozaste y aún lo hago
Claro no con la frecuencia ni con las mismas personas porque algunas yo se nos adelantaron 💫🙏
Además ahora soy mamá
Pero una vez al año no hace daño
Sigo conservando mi toque 😉
Y brindo por eso 🥃
They will always sound as if the videos were in full color
Isn’t it in color? You are telling me it’s B/W?!? (Color blindness doesn’t help)
Que hermoso recuerdo de mi adolescencia What a beautiful memory of my adolescence
this is so much punk. awesome.
Kate is cool as fuk but Cindy has that crazy passion in her voice that just grips you
Beautiful...
My Favorite Song!! Great
Black and White Video
But the Music 😱😱😱
Very Colorful ❤️
The guitar is solid, the song is carried through percussion, but we can all relate the lyrics to someone we know, genius!
Los vi en montevideo Uruguay. Me partieron la cabeza. Gran show y muy divertido.
Listen kids, 40 years ago was a different era with different type of getting high!
love em. that first “whoop whoo whoo” and instsntly transported to a fight scene in KB vol 1 where the bride prepares to surgical dissect the crazy 88s
Perfect!
Pretty sure I saw them on this tour at the NorVa in Norfolk, VA. It was legendary.
magnificent!!
Cindy seems to have such emotion and vulnerability in her singing.
FUCKING GENIUS.
Even my 9yrs old son like very much the song...B52s
these were the days
Thats surf rock
Shit?
For 1980? Im VERY impressed by the audience "getting it."