Can you remember the songs the top 30 stations were playing
on this day last year? Are any of
them still on the radio today? To
be honest I’m really not taking a stab at anyone. I don’t listen to the radio, and I wouldn’t know. I could take an educated guess, and say
they are not, but that’s the thing with pop music: it moves fast, and
forgets. If there’s a band that
you still remember even after the radio has forgotten, then you know it’s
something special.
For those of you who don’t know the
B52’s (or the B52s since they dropped the ‘ from their name? I’ll ask Fred Schneider next time I see
him.) let me assure you: YOU DO.
The band saw their “Top 30” minutes of fame when this album
dropped. It contained their two
most popular songs “Love Shack” and “Roam” (See I told you that you know
them.) These guys, however, had
been making fantastic music for 10 years.
Alas, popularity is a fleeting thing, and other then a couple of little
leaps, the band didn’t stay on the charts, and kind of feel through the
cracks. But you can't keep a good band down.
I started listening to these guys
shortly after I got ears. They’re
probably my favorite new-wave band (and I grew up listening to every new-wave
band my Dad could find.) These guy really do what new-wave up right. They mix a bunch of great genres like
surf-rock, dance, pop, post-punk and probably a bunch of other stuff I can’t
think of at the moment.
The
song I got posted down here is not only my favorite from this album, but one of
my favorite pop ballads of all time.
It tells the true story of when these guys were unemployed kid loitering
around Athens, Georgia. It’s a
fantastic ode to lazy, good for nothing kids trying to havefun and not
care. Depending on your age I
think it’s something everyone either has is or will experience in their live,
and these guys manage to capture it so well. Even after 30 years these guys still put on a hell of a show.
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