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B-52's Rock Lobster Play Video

B-52's Rock Lobster

New B-52's album "Funplex" coming in for a landing March 2008! 1986 video (re-release) for Rock Lobster www.theB52s.com

B-52's Private Idaho Play Video

B-52's Private Idaho

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B52s Rock lobster Play Video

B52s Rock lobster

The B52s in the early years singing rock lobster live .

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The B-52's Biography

'The B-52's' are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, cowbell), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards), Cindy Wilson (vocals, tambourine, bongos), Ricky Wilson (guitar), and Keith Strickland (drums). Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched to guitar. Rooted in New Wave and 1960s rock and roll, the group later covered many genres ranging from post-punk to pop rock. The "guy vs. gals" vocals of Schneider, Pierson, and Wilson, sometimes used in call and response style ("Strobe Light," "Private Idaho", and "Good Stuff"), are a trademark. Presenting themselves as a positive, enthusiastic, slightly oddball party band, the B-52's tell tall tales, glorify wild youth, and celebrate wild romance. The band name had long been "The B-52's", until 2008 when they dropped the apostrophe and are now "The B-52s".

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The B-52's Lyrics

The B-52's - Love Shack Lyrics

If you see a faded sign by the side of the road that says
'15 miles to the love shack', love shack, yeah, yeah
I'm headin' down the Atlanta highway
Lookin' for the love getaway, heading for the love getaway

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The B-52's - Rock Lobster Lyrics

We were at a party
His ear lobe fell in the deep
Someone reached in and grabbed it
It was a rock lobster

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The B-52's - Dance This Mess Around Lyrics

Remember when you held my hand
Say, remember when you were my man
Walk, talk in the name of love
Before you break my heart

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The B-52's - Roam Lyrics

I hear a wind, whistlin' air
Whisperin' in my ear

Boy mercury shootin' through every degree

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The B-52's - Give Me Back My Man Lyrics

She cuts her hair and calls his name
Wishin' everything could be the same
Like when she had him

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The B-52's - Planet Claire Lyrics

She came from Planet Claire
I knew she came from there
She drove a Plymouth Satellite
Faster than the speed of light

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The B-52's - Private Idaho Lyrics

You're living in your own private Idaho
Living in your own private Idaho
Underground like a wild potato
Don't go on the patio

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The B-52's - Funplex Lyrics

I'm a pleasure seeker
Shoppin' for a new distraction
I'm a pleasure seeker
Lookin' for some platinum action

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The B-52's - Quiche Lorraine Lyrics

The skies are charcoal gray
It's a dreary downtown day
But at the end of my thirty foot leash
Is my little friend Quiche

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The B-52's - (Meet) The Flintstones Lyrics

Yubba dubba doo

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones
There the modern stone age family

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The B-52's Discography

The B-52's albums.

  • Funplex - 03/2008 (Astralwerks/XW)
  • Good Stuff - (Reprise Records/US)
  • Cosmic Thing - 06/06/1989 (Reprise Records/US)
  • Whammy! - 14/02/1989 (Warner Bros. Records/US)
  • Channel Z - (Reprise Records/US)
  • The B-52's - (Warner Bros. Records/US)
  • Wild Planet - 09/1980 (Warner Bros. Records/US)

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