Who remembers the B52s?

[CTyankee]

I remember liking them but I don't know why. They appeared to be strung out on acid all the time...or something...

[hlthe2b]

1. oh, yeah... spent time in Athens, GA home of B52s and REM...

There was a time when more Europeans (at least the youth) had heard of Athens, GA than Atlanta and they were why.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. They are still around! Don't know if they're currently touring but I saw them 3 years ago.

[Nailzberg]

3. They played in LA a month or so ago.

[True Dough]

4. How about the B17s?

Who remembers the B17s?

[CTyankee]

7. Is that the Superfortress?

My first husband was a WWII airplanes fan. I know way too much about those damn planes than I ever wanted to know...but mercifully my memory is now failing...

[True Dough]

18. Close!

The B17 is the Flying Fortress.

The B29 is the Superfortress

[Kaleva]

15. I flew in one some years ago.

It was the Yankee Air Museum's Yankee Lady.

http://yankeeairmuseum.org/fly/

The safety lecture consisted of a guy telling us not to pull on exposed cables which controlled the rudder on the tail and not to open the door while we were airborne.

[True Dough]

17. Sounds like

very good advice!

[marylandblue]

5. I love the B52s, it's great music, very quirky and innovative

They started in the late 70s. Who wasn't strung out back then?

[jpak]

6. Saw them in Athens before they left for NYC in the late '70's

At UGA and the Georgia Theater.

Wild dance parties.

[Ptah]

8. Brings back memories of my Air Force days.

[Archae]

14. The BUFF!

Big Ugly Fat..you know.

[nocalflea]

27. Used to live next to Mather AFB.

Those suckers cast one hell of a shadow.

Preferred them over the tiny 2 seaters that navigators trained in at Mather. They were like effing mosquitos , buzzing around everywhere.

[lapfog_1]

9. sure

the last concert I attended before I officially became an "old fart" was the B-52's in the early to mid 1990s

Been to a lot of concerts since then but always as the "cool older uncle" taking my nieces and their various friends to see artists like Ed Sheeran and Black Veil Brides and Fall Out Boy

[femmedem]

10. We all danced to them all the time at the college bar!

Ah, art school.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. Yup. My college years

So much fun music then. In 2004 I went on a vacation to LA. I saw Blondie, The Romantics and The Tubes all in the span of a week.

Sadly, guitarist Ricky Wilson died of AIDS in 1985.

[GreydeeThos]

12. 6060-842

Tina reached in her pocketbook
Pulled out a thin dime
Dropped it in the phone slot
Prayin' she'd get the line

In the age of the cell phone, who ever heard of making a telephone call with a dime?

[FSogol]

13. Having fun equals "strung out on acid all the time"?

[Kaleva]

16. This was back in the day when they spents huge amounts of money on videos

[Pope George Ringo II]

29. And when they spent as little as humanly possible.

[denbot]

19. I was in the Navy, parting in a club in Boston during their 350th anniversary.

The band played this song, and during the “Down down down” part we all sank, lobster claws snapping, down to the floor.. One of my favorite club moments..

[Upthevibe]

21. Their music brings back great memories for

me. I moved to Los Angeles from Texas in 1988 with a good friend. I was 31 and he was in his late 20's (both of us gay and just dying to have the sense of community that Texas didn't offer). Man...did we have fun! It was before I quit drinking, and we went to West Hollywood pretty much every Saturday night - alternating going to the gay male bars one week and the lesbian bars the next. Dancing to the song Love Shack by the B-52's are some of the happiest times of my entire life!

[dawg]

22. Everybody remembers the B-52's. But who remembers Pylon?

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[Kashkakat v.2.0]

23. Well since I just discovere d them a few yrs ago - heck yes I "remember" ! I mean of course I

knew about them back then, but was too cool in an artsy goth-punk kind of way to pay them much attention. Then playing a "best of" cd several times during a long car trip won me over - the music and lyrics really are clever and Im not afraid to admit my initial judgement was way off. Plus it really kept us awake (and alive) when we needed some help with that!

Besides Love Shack my absolute favest are Mesopotaima, Planet Z. And of course - Is that You Mo-Dean??

[Iggo]

24. Saw them a couple summers ago at the OC Fair.

Couple dozen songs. Great show.

[Ohiya]

25. I remember dancing to Rock Lobster...

At one point in the song every one would roll around on the floor.

This last summer I saw Southern Culture on the Skids in Ashevill N.C., they remind me of The B 52's.

[YOHABLO]

26. Oh yeah ! I'm from Athens GA ..B-52s, REM, and beautiful Kim Basinger,

[roscoeroscoe]

28. Had the first album

but oddly enough, my favorite song was "Channel Z." Strong, driving, great pop song. Great sound.

[Iggo]

30. Over the years, I've settled on "Give Me Back My Man" as my favorite.

[hermetic]

31. I will never forget

The first time I heard Party Mix! back in the early 80s. I remember thinking, "This is one of the most amazing things I have ever heard." Those segues! Since then I have always had a copy in my collection (vinyl, cd, dvd) for whenever I get the urge to get up and shake it all around. Which I am doing right now!!

[DinahMoeHum]

32. Love the way they sound like they're from another planet.

Yep, I still have their CD's