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SUNDAY MUSIC VIDS: The B-52's
09-02-2018 by Katie Marzullo
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Let’s
face it – the B-52s are just fun.
And since Summer is coming to a close, who better to score your
epic summer send-off than the ultimate party band?
The Athens,
Georgia-based New Wave group have been blowing minds and melting
faces since the ‘70s with their trippy post-punk sound and
indecipherable lyrics (we still haven’t figured out what the
hell a “Rock Lobster” is outside of the local seafood
joint). These days, you cannot attend a wedding or prom without
someone invariably breaking out “Love Shack”.
(It goes
without saying that I have attended many weddings in my day, to the
point where I have developed a party-stopping interpretive dance to
“Love Shack”, but that’s for another day,
friends...)
Not
surprisingly, the music videos accompanying their songs have been
equally whimsical (and often featuring RuPaulsomewhere), showcasing the animated vocal stylings of lead singerFred Schneider and his big-haired bandmatesKate Pierson and Cindy Wilson.
Channeling some sort of campy ‘60s B-movie, the B-52s have a
sound and style all their own, and it’s been charming us out
of our Private Idahos for decades now!
Check out a few
choice selections for the band to add to your End-of-Summer Party
Mix:
(Photo viaLynn Goldsmith/Getty Images)
- Katie
Marzullo, YH Staff Editor