The B-52's - Channel Z (Official Music Video)

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  • @CoastPropertyBuyers
    @CoastPropertyBuyers 10 місяців тому +104

    Kate and Cindy have some of the best harmonies in pop music. One of my fave albums full stop.

  • @georgemathie8123
    @georgemathie8123 2 роки тому +11

    Cosmic thing is such a treasure from my tween years being a quiet and shy tween the b52s was the band that made me feel that being different and being yourself is just alright thank you b52s for being a band that has inspired me to embrace your differences and live life to the fullest

  • @sanjulienne
    @sanjulienne 9 років тому +26

    Lyrically says SO much and the music is, as always...AMAZING!

  • @tonynegron1927
    @tonynegron1927 3 роки тому +3

    📻 I ♡ the 80's! Remember this song was the first single from the "Cosmic Thing" album in 1989. Class of '83!

  • @RunToEternity
    @RunToEternity 4 роки тому +2

    More than ever, I am living on channel Z. Now that I can't Karoke I want to do it more. Strange for a social anxiety ridden me to want that, so weird. I did do karoke once with Love Shack, how did someone who knew me hear it? This is like 15 years ago and she said I was good? It is just one of those things that you can't get out of your head.

    • @sandrajovic9304
      @sandrajovic9304 4 роки тому

      You read my mind! I'm a social phobe but give me a microphone and I could sing all night. For me it's a whole different world and gives me confidence... I guess all that is on hold right now.
      Best wishes!

    • @sandrajovic9304
      @sandrajovic9304 4 роки тому

      The whole record too is still as fresh as it was back then💕

  • @armada63..youknow...51
    @armada63..youknow...51 4 роки тому

    Amazing beat still banging in Sept 09/09/20..proper party starter class...

  • @ramonamom1
    @ramonamom1 6 років тому

    Getting wiser! Great song!

  • @edwardbarnhart1698
    @edwardbarnhart1698 8 місяців тому

    When it’s warm out, I will eat outside

  • @tokatulu
    @tokatulu Рік тому

    “Channel Z, all static all day! Forever!
    Time to open up your window; let in better weather
    Channel Z, all static, all day, forever!
    Time to take this information and shove it in the shredder!

  • @jamiethornton6101
    @jamiethornton6101 2 роки тому +320

    Cosmic Thing was simply put, one of the greatest albums released in music history. It doesn't get the respect it deserves. A masterpiece.

    • @cb3648
      @cb3648 2 роки тому +15

      It was a great comeback, love the first two albums, Ricky's guitar playing couldn't be reproduced but it's an album that you could make a single out of any song on it.

    • @abathens
      @abathens Рік тому +10

      Yes. Remember hearing it for the first time playing in a record store. 1989.

    • @Fenncer24
      @Fenncer24 Рік тому +6

      Yep totally agree used to listen to to this album almost every day while in then West Germany while in the Army 1988-1991. Oh what great memories.

    • @fontaholic
      @fontaholic Рік тому +1

      Alot creatives love that too they changed a bit the world ♥⁠╣⁠[⁠-⁠_⁠-⁠]⁠╠⁠♥ huggs from Germany around the world …⁠ᘛ⁠⁐̤⁠ᕐ⁠ᐷ

    • @falconlara
      @falconlara Рік тому +2

      AGREED!

  • @mikeycbaby
    @mikeycbaby 2 роки тому +62

    There’s a reason this album went 4 times platinum.

  • @howieb71
    @howieb71 4 роки тому +76

    My favorite song from the Cosmic Thing album. It really showcases just how awesome Kate and Cindy's voices are and how perfect they harmonize together.

  • @davelesney7117
    @davelesney7117 7 років тому +320

    the two girl just smoked this one ! Their voices just are magic together !

    • @josephscott6388
      @josephscott6388 7 років тому +21

      dave lesney complete distinct from each other and everyone else. and they understand how to make harmony sound right. they don't sing with each other, they sing against, leaning their voices against each other like two 2×4s making an A frame.

    • @jstearns66
      @jstearns66 5 років тому +20

      The harmonies between them are amazing. No other group sounds like them. They are truly unique and that is really something when you consider how alike everything coming out now is.

    • @helixmoore7636
      @helixmoore7636 5 років тому +8

      @@jstearns66 thats why I despise it when anyone sings their songs. The ladies in cover bands can never nail it.

    • @34airflow
      @34airflow 5 років тому +7

      They were ahead of their time. Watching the news--any commercial network--mania is all that seems to be promoted rather than discussion. B-52s' "Songs for a Future Generation" could have been about online dating if it had come out later...

    • @blackmore4
      @blackmore4 5 років тому +2

      @@josephscott6388 I have no idea what you said but it sounds great.

  • @CHSMorrisseau
    @CHSMorrisseau 2 роки тому +87

    2022 and still loving this album. It came out when I was 12 and my best friends and I saw them on SNL and we were hooked!! Me as Fred and my two good female friends were the girls and we would sing these songs as loudly as possible. We sounded good!!
    Thanks for sharing!!

    • @mggentry
      @mggentry Рік тому +2

      Yep I wore this album OUT when I was that age 🤘😸

    • @jeffreybarkin3177
      @jeffreybarkin3177 Рік тому +1

      You "Guyz" MUST BE OLDE!
      You mean they Hadn't INVENTED CDs Yet?
      Curious...
      😂
      P.S. LUV the Álbum too! ❤

  • @aussiepie4865
    @aussiepie4865 3 роки тому +23

    Wow they predicted the future pretty accurate didn’t they. Sums up the state of the world today.

  • @mosergray8416
    @mosergray8416 8 років тому +416

    Damn, songs like this makes you realize just how damn good they are.

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 8 років тому +20

      It's amazing that humans could do something like this.

    • @puffthemagicdragon44
      @puffthemagicdragon44 6 років тому +4

      KEEP CALM and PLAY SOCCER IN YOUR PAJAMAS IKR love them!!

    • @rebelguy9487
      @rebelguy9487 6 років тому +15

      The B-52s are unfortunately very underrated....shameful!

    • @puffthemagicdragon44
      @puffthemagicdragon44 6 років тому +3

      Michael Northrup Oh I know that's waz up..Mike right on ...✌💜😂🐉

    • @vetterburns1048
      @vetterburns1048 5 років тому +4

      Agreed! Have you seen that old black and white LIVE from The Capitol Theater?
      Frakkin' Aural Bliss BABY! Hadta SHARE THIS! ua-cam.com/video/bVXfkG7q_0s/v-deo.html

  • @ssake1_IAL_Research
    @ssake1_IAL_Research Рік тому +39

    Most unlikely-looking prophets. This song is eternal.

    • @StuartRyan-yi5ok
      @StuartRyan-yi5ok 5 місяців тому +4

      You said it. I checked out the lyrics to this brilliant song. They reflect the state of the world today 2024 frightening. We should have listened to them.

  • @philiperigo-backsman7487
    @philiperigo-backsman7487 4 роки тому +33

    I still remember when I heard Martha Quinn say "and now a world premiere from the B-52's..".I instantly loved this song and when Cosmic Thing came out I bought the cassette... I must have listened to it for over a year straight"...i still do from time to time but Channel Z still sparks the excitement of the band!

  • @RohanGillett
    @RohanGillett 3 роки тому +20

    My neighbors love this song. Every time I play it they put a brick through my window to hear it better.

  • @shanalpay
    @shanalpay 2 роки тому +11

    Channel Z always made me feel that I, too, was living on the edge of Aquarius.

  • @juanaltredo2974
    @juanaltredo2974 6 років тому +52

    the harmonies in this song are incredible, I mean beach boys-beatles crazy good, phenomenal, i love this band so much

  • @rubedogg6969
    @rubedogg6969 8 років тому +93

    RIP Ricky Wilson!

  • @simonascough4898
    @simonascough4898 4 роки тому +42

    I love this song.just listened to it for the first time in a couple of years. Like all my favourite B-52's songs it builds up, full of energy, beautiful harmonies, and the lyrics. Wake up people the world is reaching the point of fkd with no chance of going back. As I listened I was thinking this should be extinction rebellions anthem. So yeah still brilliant and 30 years later absolutely relevant.

  • @WellingtonSilvaFilho123
    @WellingtonSilvaFilho123 3 місяці тому +12

    This album is so fresh. The sound of actual guitar, bass and drums makes it timeless.

  • @missinglink789
    @missinglink789 5 років тому +76

    one of the most underrated bands of all time

  • @algonacchick
    @algonacchick 9 років тому +61

    I haven't heard this song in a long time. Always makes me happy. Love the harmonies.

  • @coffycup75
    @coffycup75 8 років тому +144

    Saw this on 120 Minutes and the next day my babysitting money vanished into the Sam Goody, like magic.

    • @bobmalack481
      @bobmalack481 8 років тому +11

      A somewhat complicated song to duplicate well outside the studio and requires pinpiont timing and key. A tune on par with the excellence of Loveshack and Roam. The quirky scat styled singing of Fred Shnieder would crash & burn with any other band, but fits like a glove with Cindy & Kate. An underated but esential piece-Fred.

    • @rjsmith8272
      @rjsmith8272 7 років тому +8

      Your sensing the B52's excellent syncopation, timing and really, simply their communal talent, to be correctly revealed in Planet Z.
      Another fine example of their intra galactic excursions? Listen up, all readers!..."StrobeLight" from the seminal Wild Planet lp.
      The whacked-out quintet's certainly under-recognized efforts!

    • @RussX5Z
      @RussX5Z 7 років тому +9

      Wow Sam Goody I haven't heard about that store in years! I forgot about that store. Memories! R.I.P. record stores.

    • @kenweser4773
      @kenweser4773 7 років тому +4

      RJ Smith UNDERNETH THE STROBE LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT! I remember, in fact I still have that album, ON VYNIL no less, along with Whammy and Cosmic Thing.

    • @kenweser4773
      @kenweser4773 7 років тому +6

      RussX5Z Forget Sam Goody, I miss Tower records.

  • @marioragucci1009
    @marioragucci1009 6 років тому +55

    In my opinion, the wonderful music here COMPLAMENTS the message. I think the B-52's were making a statement about how people were losing a grip on reality with broadcast cable TV, which at the time of this song was budding with all types of new channels. They wanted folks listening to the song to get more in touch with reality, the real world. We didn't. We let Channel Z morph to websites and then to cell phones and now we have "smart" phone zombies. Some still remember these inspirations and are very much aware of what the B52's were talking about. Gonna put up my antenna....free, free, free. :)

    • @wilburwilbur7241
      @wilburwilbur7241 4 роки тому +4

      I entirely agree! Surge or onslaught of television channels are raking too much attention and gradually controlling our lives once we get hooked! We better get out of it to experience real world real life our real selves, instead of anchoring our daily lives already from what television is feeding us with!

    • @wilburwilbur7241
      @wilburwilbur7241 4 роки тому +2

      From the faaaantastic album Cosmic Thing! Every song in this album is truly beautiful...embedded or "openly hidden" from their lyrics are issues needed to be addressed....so timeless are the songs they'rec messengered and twitted onto our societies today

    • @cathybaldry7822
      @cathybaldry7822 3 роки тому +1

      Compliment by the way

    • @nursebridgie
      @nursebridgie 3 роки тому

      💯💯💯💯

  • @chrishenderson420
    @chrishenderson420 Рік тому +13

    It's a shame that Love Shack is the only airtime this band gets these days. So many hits.

    • @davidleigh443
      @davidleigh443 22 дні тому

      Similar to Abba and Dancing Queen. They has many more better songs

  • @richardhall916
    @richardhall916 3 роки тому +120

    Kate and Cindy's vocal harmony is always on point! And I always loved Ricky's guitar work , a 52:s fan from the eighties!

    • @stevencosnyka7698
      @stevencosnyka7698 2 роки тому +11

      This was 1989. Ricky was gone in 1985.

    • @supamanguy
      @supamanguy Рік тому +4

      Keith's*

    • @frazerpeddle
      @frazerpeddle Рік тому +1

      I love the girl's vocals too. Possibly the best example of the whole Cosmic Thing Album 😊❤

    • @vap0rland
      @vap0rland Рік тому +2

      i bet i've listened to their first album a thousand times since 1979

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts 5 місяців тому

      It's not Ricky's guitar work. His playing, early on at least, tended to be far more minimalist yet flavorful and with its own voice. I can't even think of a single guitar solo he did except for the last track off Mesopotamia, "Nip It in the Bud." But I've not listened to the 1982 - 1986 releases much.
      I do know that some guitar work got more complicated as time got on, but I'm not sure which songs from Bouncing Off The Satellites are actually him on guitar.

  • @pollysshore2539
    @pollysshore2539 8 років тому +30

    Got tune in, got tune out, got tune in, got tune out... HAMBURGERS POP UP IN MY HEAD!!! in the age of Aquarius, in living... Take my money away!

  • @Jabberstax
    @Jabberstax 2 роки тому +14

    Another fine example of why the mid 80s to mid 90s was the greatest ever era for music.

  • @snappycatchy
    @snappycatchy 4 роки тому +316

    2020 and still listening to the B-52s.

    • @mauricepeck1450
      @mauricepeck1450 4 роки тому +8

      I can't listen to the shit music out now, it sucks.

    • @hootsie1229
      @hootsie1229 4 роки тому +11

      as you should be.....

    • @sandrajovic9304
      @sandrajovic9304 4 роки тому +7

      Yes and yes and still feeling like I'm on Channel Z.................................

    • @nymike06
      @nymike06 4 роки тому +7

      Good song back in the 80's and still good in 2020
      I so miss the 80's

    • @Videot99
      @Videot99 4 роки тому +6

      @@sandrajovic9304 Still valid after all these years, more so even. I wish the "something good" part would happen!

  • @starbug3my
    @starbug3my 7 років тому +194

    This whole album "Cosmic Thing" was great! Every song is fantastic.

    • @alyssacook1599
      @alyssacook1599 4 роки тому +7

      "Follow your Bliss", Superb album.

    • @albertom.juarez6876
      @albertom.juarez6876 4 роки тому +5

      Cosmic thing a masterpiece!!

    • @HappisakVideos
      @HappisakVideos 4 роки тому +3

      Agreed.

    • @katrinabernal4271
      @katrinabernal4271 4 роки тому +3

      Agree!

    • @chadkline4268
      @chadkline4268 2 роки тому +3

      Every song in Good Stuff is a hit too. Hate to say it, but B52s are underrated. Not many bands can put out albums where every song is a top quality hit.

  • @TopsideCrisis346
    @TopsideCrisis346 5 років тому +132

    Why do I feel like this song is even more relevant today than it was in the 1980s? 🤔

    • @Bikewithlove
      @Bikewithlove 4 роки тому +13

      Because the goverment-subsidized news/entertainment complex’s #1 priority is ratings and elections, not ‘truth.’
      Think about it like this: we shouldn’t trust the government, right? I agree. Well... the mainstream media IS the government, so why are you trusting the news/entertainment complex? It’s propaganda.
      I’m here because I like this song. I like this song because it’s a simplistic celebration of the problems & concerns of modern life. It’s entertaining. Do I “believe” in the cult of climate change? Of course not. Do we have pollution & space junk issues? Of course we do. Should we clean up after ourselves? Absolutely. Can any amount of my money make someone else clean up after themselves if they don’t want to? Nope. So there we are. Might as well dance :)

    • @joebob617
      @joebob617 4 роки тому +10

      Because it IS. The Ailes empire has got us in a bubble, man. What they do today makes "Wag The Dog" look like a cartoon. The 80s scandals were KINDERGARTEN compared to the shit that's goin' down right now.

    • @landonmccalmon7121
      @landonmccalmon7121 4 роки тому +6

      DEVO-lution.

    • @hydrangeadays
      @hydrangeadays 4 роки тому +3

      For a very good reason!

    • @blanktom6049
      @blanktom6049 3 роки тому +1

      yup.

  • @elizabethp2395
    @elizabethp2395 2 місяці тому +24

    "Good 'ol boys... tellin' lies... 'bout time... I got wise..."
    Waaaay too prophetic, that line.

    • @StuartRyan-yi5ok
      @StuartRyan-yi5ok Місяць тому +3

      This whole song is prophetc.
      " Smoke stacks, plutocrats, disinformation, market crash, space junk, bullshit. "
      " I want the world to change for me. "
      It is scary the predicament we were facing when this came out in 1989.

  • @CityslickCaptain
    @CityslickCaptain 8 років тому +53

    Their masterpiece.

  • @aidanflynn1577
    @aidanflynn1577 7 місяців тому +22

    The B-52s are still not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.

    • @StuartRyan-yi5ok
      @StuartRyan-yi5ok 4 місяці тому +5

      They bloody well should be.

    • @mggentry
      @mggentry 4 місяці тому +3

      CRIMINAL

    • @clint9040
      @clint9040 4 місяці тому +3

      they should have been since Dirty Back Road

    • @AnthonyDoger
      @AnthonyDoger 4 місяці тому +2

      That's ridiculous 😝

    • @LividImp
      @LividImp 3 місяці тому +4

      That's an honor onto itself. The Rock n Roll Hall of "Fame" is an embarrassment of poor decisions. I would take it as an insult to be selected at this point. You know how else is not in the RnRHoF? The Pixies, INXS, Dick Dale, New York Dolls, Devo..... FUCKING DEVO! (If you don't know, Devo was not a 'one hit wonder', their catalog is _very_ rich and far better than most of the bands in the HoF) And even few times they pulled their head out of their 1970s ass to induct someone that wasn't classic rock, most of those have only happened in the last four years or so (Kraftwerk, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, MC5.... *FUCKING MC5 WAS NOT INDUCTED UNTIL 2024!!* absolute madness). Basically really is just the Rock n Roll Hall of Popularity. Quality of music is not the measuring stick, it is the quantity of radio airplay.

  • @wygakyl
    @wygakyl 8 років тому +190

    I love Kate Pierson's exotic vocal line throughout this song.....what she's singing here, it ain't easy.

    • @josephscott6388
      @josephscott6388 7 років тому +42

      wygakyl she's modulating back and forth from minor and major while everything else is staying minor. and working in some chromatic descending scales. if it was a trumpet doing it it would be jazz.

    • @RedZoneCLF
      @RedZoneCLF 6 років тому +13

      These guys and gals are proffesional all the way!

    • @auntielisalisabopeepsa
      @auntielisalisabopeepsa 5 років тому +11

      wygakyl Kate Pierson and Michael Stipe (REM) “Happy Shiny People” is a must listen 🎶🎶🎶👍

  • @michaelanderson2881
    @michaelanderson2881 7 років тому +23

    My band did a spot on cover of this in the late 80's and I could cry thinking about how much fun that was.

    • @jpcodnia9133
      @jpcodnia9133 5 років тому

      Song released Sept '89
      Quick version of it

  • @TomYaz
    @TomYaz 8 років тому +22

    Funny how this was the 1st single off of Cosmic Thing and Love Shack was an afterthought. Love this song tho. loved the remixes also.

  • @williamleyva4956
    @williamleyva4956 3 роки тому +10

    My son and I took his mom and my ex-wife off of life support. She died from Covid on 10-12-20. We meet with a common love of this band.

  • @skatoad
    @skatoad 8 років тому +151

    This whole album is greatness. God bless the B-52's and Nile Rodgers.

    • @josephdellaselva484
      @josephdellaselva484 7 років тому +10

      YES!!!! You had me with the inclusion of Nile Rodgers :)

    • @cjb32
      @cjb32 6 років тому +12

      Don't forget Don Was, he and Nile Rodgers produced Cosmic Thing.

    • @thefacelessmen2101
      @thefacelessmen2101 4 роки тому +5

      Wow
      The co-founder of Chic, Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on records that have cumulatively sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide.

    • @rolandofgilead43
      @rolandofgilead43 4 роки тому +1

      @@thefacelessmen2101 i also love Nile Rodgers and Don Was as well and this was the album that made me even aware of them to be honest. as for this video shit i'm gonna be 42 this year and i don't think i've seen this video since i was in my fucking teens to be honest.
      it's been that long and i forgot there even was a video for this cause the only ones they ever show on tv are Roam and Love Shack

    • @sharksport01
      @sharksport01 2 роки тому +2

      Dont forget Kate with Iggy singing Candy.

  • @SimplyComplicated1222
    @SimplyComplicated1222 5 місяців тому +28

    This song is SOOOO underrated!!! They literally predicted this era.

    • @StuartRyan-yi5ok
      @StuartRyan-yi5ok 5 місяців тому +1

      Yes I had to read the lyrics. " Getting to much static in my attic from channel z" This means thier minds are full of disinformation from media. This problem has metastasised 35 years later. The physical planet is being corrupted by the corrupt. Same people are corrupting our minds with bullsh*t. They want something to change the state of the world. This was in 1989. The only dilemma is what to do?

  • @fishbone3333
    @fishbone3333 4 роки тому +79

    To me, without question, this is the best ever B-52's song. It's not even close -- and this is not being dismissive of their other work...it's just that this song is THAT good.

    • @juliegeorgopoulos8830
      @juliegeorgopoulos8830 4 роки тому +1

    • @ceased2care
      @ceased2care 3 роки тому +1

      My favourite by a looooooong way

    • @GolfhausYT
      @GolfhausYT 3 роки тому +1

      The B-52s are one of only a handful of bands (They Might Be Giants also come to mind) where my favorite song of theirs is "the one I listened to last."

    • @nursebridgie
      @nursebridgie 3 роки тому

      SO GOOD

    • @stevehanford1753
      @stevehanford1753 2 роки тому

      awesome jam&video

  • @KenOrwig
    @KenOrwig 8 років тому +67

    I've been a hard-core fan of the B-52's since the late 70's. xoxoxoxo to all of them

  • @debfan74
    @debfan74 10 років тому +33

    there should be so much more on the views on this song!!! This is a GREAT song!!

  • @puffthemagicdragon44
    @puffthemagicdragon44 6 років тому +38

    LOVE THIS TUNE WHEN I SAW THEM IN CONCERT THIS WAS THE LAST SONG THEY PLAYED THANK GOD... I WAS YELLING IT ALL NIGHT..I GUESS THEY GOT TIRED OF HEARING IT...LOL B-52s FOREVER..LOVE EM ALL#!💛💜💛💜💯💯🐉

    • @JenXer71
      @JenXer71 5 років тому

      PUFF the magic Dragon I saw them during this tour and they brought the house down with this. One of the most fun concerts ever! loved them since I was a kid.

  • @garywhipp4193
    @garywhipp4193 6 років тому +28

    It's always good to hear pop bands play all the instruments. That's why I love this band

  • @mattclarknyc
    @mattclarknyc 8 років тому +26

    This song should scare the shit out of you, and yet, it doesn't. Interesting.

    • @anthonyyoutubefan7567
      @anthonyyoutubefan7567 6 років тому +1

      That's the double aspect of the song: "...Something good can happen..." Channel Z is "the end of the road": Environmentally, politically, socially...but, Kate and Cindy still choose to be optimistic...it's one of their best songs/singles...it really should have got a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance By A Group.

  • @KidIndigo1
    @KidIndigo1 9 років тому +18

    I've loved the B-52s since I first heard them, around 1981 I think. "Rock Lobster" was one of my favs in high school (OK, "Relax" by FGTHW was too.... but I grew up). This was an awesome resurgence album, and this was the best track among many good ones. I have so many favorite B-52 tracks, I can't name this #1, but it's close.

  • @VanityNutrition
    @VanityNutrition 2 роки тому +4

    2022 and dedicating this to all Russians listening to gov’t propaganda.

  • @kennichols3992
    @kennichols3992 4 роки тому +42

    Love Shack will always be remembered as the B52's song, but Channel Z is really them at their best. If you're not moving along with it you're not listening to it.

    • @sarahharris4849
      @sarahharris4849 3 роки тому +2

      This is my favorite song of the B-52's, & their other stuff is really great, but this song...

    • @ceased2care
      @ceased2care 3 роки тому

      Yes, this is easily them at their best. Certainly my favourite.

    • @andrewshackleford832
      @andrewshackleford832 2 роки тому

      This is just a ploy to get the ever ignorant public to tune in for the follow up on a more familiar theme. 80s marketing still employed today

  • @classiclife7204
    @classiclife7204 3 роки тому +9

    This was actually the first single from "Cosmic Thing" - didn't burn up any pop charts (that would happen momentarily with a different tune), but it did reestablish these guys. I distinctly recall the reactions from me and my friends - basically it was "Wow, these guys kick major ass - GREAT dance tune!" I mean, they were supposed to have broken up after the death of Cindy's brother a few years earlier. This record shouldn't exist. But hell, why not create the best New Wave album in the decade? After all, they had helped to invent the style. "Cosmic Thing" was a culmination, not a comeback.

  • @jippjones
    @jippjones 6 років тому +15

    Love the drummer Zachary Alford! He played with David Bowie on the Outside Tour 1995...

  • @madmonkey914
    @madmonkey914 10 років тому +16

    B-52's..... Still Droppin the atomic bomb : )

  • @mickgatz214
    @mickgatz214 5 років тому +228

    does anyone still love this song in 2019. Love the B52s. :)

    • @rollsss7162
      @rollsss7162 4 роки тому +6

      Always

    • @delturge
      @delturge 4 роки тому +5

      This is some of the best music ever. If you like real music done well, of course people are still going to love this song in 2019!

    • @franklingomespraia8352
      @franklingomespraia8352 4 роки тому +6

      Forever !

    • @christianweiland9136
      @christianweiland9136 4 роки тому +1

      Word

    • @fernandogarajalde4066
      @fernandogarajalde4066 4 роки тому +2

      We take everything too seriously in 2019, music especially. The B-52s were fun and helped us to have fun along with them. Not everything has to have deeper meaning or conform to the standards imposed by companies and trendsetters.

  • @xsilentninja11x
    @xsilentninja11x 8 років тому +43

    funny how the lyrics are still just as true today

    • @Amy12358
      @Amy12358 6 років тому +1

      xsilentninja11x I was just thinking that today.

    • @stevenvitali7404
      @stevenvitali7404 5 років тому +4

      Hamberger adds pop up in my head!

  • @Buc_Stops_Here
    @Buc_Stops_Here 7 років тому +32

    I remember when this came out when I was a teenager. It did not do so well in the charts as it did not even make Billboard's "Hot 100" and it was the first single off of "Cosmic Thing." Then they put out "Love Shack" and it peaked at #3 and turned the album around. It did not hurt they also had "Roam" on this album which also peaked at the Hot 100 at #3. It turned out to be the two biggest hits the band ever had. This was still a great song for them at the time. Deadbeat club also made the Hot 100 - at #30 off this album. They only charted in the top 100 one more time after this album, with the Title track "Good Stuff" peaking at #28 two years later. Note: Pointed out to me "Meet the Flintstones" also charted in the Top 100 under the name "The BC-52s."

    • @TheArmchairgm
      @TheArmchairgm 2 роки тому +3

      I was working at Sam Goody's as a teenager and I thought Channel Z was a hidden gem, not the album's 1st release. You're correct though, the store didn't get interested in them til' Love Shack.

    • @swtv1754
      @swtv1754 Рік тому +1

      This song did make it to number one on Modern Rock/Alternative Billboard chart. Back when this was out, that was the only chart that mattered to me.

    • @johnculhane2278
      @johnculhane2278 Рік тому +1

      I hate to mention this...but "Meet the Flintstones" also made the Top 40 -- for one week. (Technically, it was the "BC-52s" so you are still right in a sense.)

    • @Buc_Stops_Here
      @Buc_Stops_Here Рік тому

      @@johnculhane2278 Great catch, I did not know they changed their name temporarily for that song due to the title and the topic! I will add it to the above, thanks!

  • @528Universe
    @528Universe Рік тому +9

    Killer guitar riff and bass groove, (still) relevant lyrics and one of the greatest vocal arrangements ever in pop music...IMHO, the best song they ever recorded.

  • @somethingelse4878
    @somethingelse4878 2 роки тому +5

    This song should be in the Ukraine

  • @feliciakidd9358
    @feliciakidd9358 2 роки тому +16

    Wonderful song from the past! One of the best from The B 52's!

  • @taffysaur
    @taffysaur 5 років тому +16

    Kate is so freakin’ cute.

  • @juliegeorgopoulos8830
    @juliegeorgopoulos8830 4 роки тому +12

    This is AMAZINGLY GOOD :) 2020 loved it back in the day and still do

  • @Thelisabest1
    @Thelisabest1 2 роки тому +11

    Went to see them 4 times in the 80s. Just a fabulous band. Yes underrated singers and guitarist, but we know they were fantastic to dance to! I'm a B girl forever!!!

  • @thomasa.tucker2389
    @thomasa.tucker2389 3 роки тому +21

    This is such a kickass good song 👍

  • @JorgeThomaz
    @JorgeThomaz 2 роки тому +13

    2022 and The B52's still essential for my ears!

  • @elliotsoto8901
    @elliotsoto8901 8 років тому +15

    i've been a big fan since i first saw them at the Cat Club in NYC in 1980.

  • @OrchestrationOnline
    @OrchestrationOnline 8 років тому +52

    Cindy is such a brat! A loveable, cute, adorable brat!

    • @govetter
      @govetter 8 років тому +1

      I love her left-hand. (on the keyboards!)

    • @OrchestrationOnline
      @OrchestrationOnline 8 років тому +6

      Hi Vetter! That's Kate Pierson. Cindy's on tambourine and "Hamburger Ads!" :)

    • @dmalmostwan
      @dmalmostwan 8 років тому +2

      met her in Wood Stock , due to a really cool young fella ... LOVE!!!!

    • @kenweser4773
      @kenweser4773 7 років тому +7

      OrchestrationOnline I always thought Kate did most of the singing but I, turns out, was wrong. From what I understand now, Cindy did the majority of singing on all their albums as well as co-writing them except for the Good Stuff album. Good album but didn't sound the same and wasn't as good as the albums with Cindy.

    • @OrchestrationOnline
      @OrchestrationOnline 6 років тому +11

      Hi Ken! You were wrong before and you're wrong now, with respect. It's very easy to tell their voices apart. Kate has a very smooth, rich voice, while Cindy has a wilder, more growly voice. The vocal duties are very well shared between the two. Cindy usually sang 1-2 solo songs per album, with Kate doing 1-2 duets with Fred. The rest were usually Fred rapping and Kate&Cindy doing choruses, breaks, and backup vocals - or Fred would take a break and they'd sing together. Cindy never did the majority of the singing - neither did Kate. They got a huge charge out of singing harmonies together, and were a great team.

  • @sandramoeller7109
    @sandramoeller7109 3 роки тому +9

    Every time i listen to the B52s i got massiv goosbumps. Shivers up and down my spine. The harmonys in there voices, the music. It just make me feel soooo good 🥰

  • @mintekitten5799
    @mintekitten5799 8 років тому +14

    rock lobster and channel z where my favorite

  • @nhraman3449
    @nhraman3449 10 років тому +20

    Powerful Stuff !! Bet You can't get through the song without your foot banging on the floor..

    • @jonnymac2627
      @jonnymac2627 6 років тому +2

      Already was when I read your comment ha

  • @bangerhead8554
    @bangerhead8554 5 місяців тому +7

    I'm almost 60 years old and I feel like this band should be younger than me. Their music is still so fresh today.

    • @mikebunch3189
      @mikebunch3189 4 місяці тому +1

      i will be 59 next month ... this band filled a hole for me after my brother was killed in the gulf war ... this was one of the cd's that came back in his stuff ... i listened to it every day for almost a year ... loved it then and i love it now . i listen to it every time i have the chance ....

  • @hamsterstavros
    @hamsterstavros 5 років тому +8

    Bought the Album when it was new and in 1989 the Group was touring Europe and then in September 1989 they played Hamburg !! One of the best Concerts I have been to !!

  • @sm8821
    @sm8821 2 роки тому +9

    Didn't realize how badass they were until I saw them perform this live.

  • @chasityallen5655
    @chasityallen5655 6 років тому +147

    does anyone still love this song in 2018. love the b52s

    • @0zoneTherapyCures
      @0zoneTherapyCures 5 років тому +5

      This song gives me chills. I've been listening to Dead Beat Club. Summertime!

    • @tarkan7838
      @tarkan7838 5 років тому

      @Brian Davis Great shit

    • @g00gleminus96
      @g00gleminus96 5 років тому +1

      It's in my phone's MP3 folder right now.

    • @MrDekisa
      @MrDekisa 5 років тому

      O dio. Ma certo!!!! Just incredible

    • @MsAlliwannadoisdance
      @MsAlliwannadoisdance 5 років тому +6

      hell yeah, Channel Z is more powerful now than ever before!

  • @spursgog835
    @spursgog835 5 років тому +8

    These girl can live on different planets and still sing in sync.

  • @louiseisobelevans
    @louiseisobelevans 4 роки тому +11

    This song, more important than ever

  • @TheSoullessCat
    @TheSoullessCat 8 років тому +24

    wheres my umbrella

  • @1drkstr
    @1drkstr 7 років тому +18

    Ahead of their time. Never more relevant. Turn off the tele, read a book.

  • @gailrobberson6996
    @gailrobberson6996 4 роки тому +13

    I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THIS SONG AND THE B 52'S

  • @bobbobber6897
    @bobbobber6897 10 років тому +120

    Song is so killer...and so still true...and in addn. the female vocalists are SO underrated , as their kitschy, 50s meets Future image distracted people, from realizing how freakin' great a BAND they are. B52s Forever! "Where's My Umbrella?"
    @WillyGCmas

    • @gabrielapetrie
      @gabrielapetrie 9 років тому +5

      This is the first time I've seen the video, but I've dug the song since the year the album came out. I was real surprised by the acting by Cindy Wilson and the rest, too. So not only are they good singers, they're some pretty good video actors.

    • @darkchococide
      @darkchococide 9 років тому +3

      To Bob Bobber - You, my friend, must have been living under a rock, or born 5 minutes ago. Most of us have always known how, as you put it, freakin' great the 52's are.

    • @bobbobber6897
      @bobbobber6897 9 років тому +8

      Leslie Brown, you clearly missed my point. Of course, they are amazing...I was simply saying their image and all the other mythology they created, potentially took away from how GREAT a band they are,to those less informed...Read my comment again...I'm a huge B-52s fan, both for their image, philosophy AND MUSIC!!!

    • @bobbobber6897
      @bobbobber6897 9 років тому +10

      PS...it wasn't a Rock...it was a Rock Lobster!

    • @harryweyer2174
      @harryweyer2174 6 років тому +4

      I so love this,considering no band at the time was putting this much effort into confrontational issues and with such epic jaw dropping effect,they were deff ahead of their time.

  • @glenncarmody54
    @glenncarmody54 9 років тому +26

    this band could be a big hit in this day and age

    • @russellbrown7028
      @russellbrown7028 9 років тому +20

      B52's sound and style is very difficult to imitate, which partly explains why they have stood the test of time.
      Incredible recording and touring output since they first got together in the late 1970's, and their hits never sound outdated.

  • @baraskparas9559
    @baraskparas9559 Рік тому +8

    These guys could sing the phone book and still make it sound cool. Talk about extroverted charisma.

  • @puffthemagicdragon44
    @puffthemagicdragon44 6 років тому +14

    2018 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR Y'ALL !!!🎅🌎✌💜😂🎊🎈🎉🎊🎈🐉

  • @feoinfunroe
    @feoinfunroe 4 роки тому +4

    Z for Zuckerberg!!! This song is a prophecy of facebook.

  • @levonpoe
    @levonpoe 3 роки тому +4

    Kate Pierson was Extremely HOT. The first time I heard this song I knew B52's hit a new level. Great song.

  • @dmalmostwan
    @dmalmostwan 8 років тому +16

    "where's my umbrella ?"

  • @briangoldsberry3722
    @briangoldsberry3722 5 років тому +10

    Glorious vocal harmony, and killer jams. Superstars then, now, and always!

  • @snowbodes
    @snowbodes 10 років тому +22

    I love this song

  • @rosegonzalez125
    @rosegonzalez125 7 років тому +66

    got to meet them all before poor Ricky passed. spent time at the hotel they were staying at and they are incredibly funny and so down to earth. I have been a fan since the late 1970's. they are the reason my sister and I had a band. they influenced John Lennon. they are amazing.

    • @WHJeffB
      @WHJeffB 7 років тому +2

      Saw them live in the early 90's... Great live or in studio. Awesome band!

    • @afergie76
      @afergie76 5 років тому

      I’m jealous!

    • @haleymichelle4919
      @haleymichelle4919 5 років тому +1

      Did you talk to ricky?

    • @LyraKeltica61
      @LyraKeltica61 5 років тому

      I really don't think they influenced John Lennon since he was in the Beatles in the 1960s. Who the hell you trying to snow? Do you even know what they are singing about? Channel Z?! John Lennon died in 12/1980 the B52s didn't even come together as a band until the late 1977s they were done 1979.
      John Lennon may have seen them, but his singing shoes were hung up and he was being a jerk with Yoko by then. I don't even like the Beatles, I just don't like people trying to pull the wool over other peoples eyes.

    • @deathbeforedecaf7755
      @deathbeforedecaf7755 5 років тому +4

      The B52s were over as a band in 1979? Funny bc they had like TWO huge albums in the late 80s/early 90s

  • @bobknobenoff7383
    @bobknobenoff7383 Рік тому +5

    This song is why I spent all my weekly lawn mowing money to buy the Cosmic Thing cd. It was worth it!

  • @marcchaffee7751
    @marcchaffee7751 2 роки тому +11

    such a cool song ! love these guys .

  • @PhilAlumb
    @PhilAlumb Рік тому +6

    CINDY had of some of the Greatest lyrics & Vocal interpretations on this album.

    • @introvertia1
      @introvertia1 2 місяці тому

      I ADORE Cindy. I always will!

  • @AckzaTV
    @AckzaTV 2 роки тому +3

    Planet Claire and Channel Z

  • @mcribs7811
    @mcribs7811 2 роки тому +6

    My very first B-52’s song. Combo Bowling alley, arcade and pool hall. My buddy put this on the juke box and we waited for this to come on. I’m standing there like..WTF???
    Next thing I know I was ensconced. Kate and Fred had such different voices. Perfect!!

  • @angelicat.8963
    @angelicat.8963 9 років тому +7

    I DETTEST THE Z'S.....NEVER WAS A PART OF YOU GUYS AND NEVER WILL BE.......I'M A TOTALLY 100% NEUTRAL AND I ALWAYS WILL BE...ON MY OWN!!!...THAT IS!!!......I LOVE THIS SONG!!!...THE B-52'S ROCK!!!....IT'S AMAZE-ING!!!.........BAGH- HUMBAGH!!!!........✴✳♥❇‼‼▪▪▪▪

  • @amfanmagician
    @amfanmagician 5 років тому +10

    Truly amazing. Wow! Their best track, and that's saying something.

  • @MultiTruther
    @MultiTruther 8 років тому +15

    KATE SWEETHEART, BABY, I LOVE YOU

  • @mola55e5
    @mola55e5 4 роки тому +12

    Does anyone still love this song in 2020? Love the B-52s!!!!