The B-52's- 52 Girls (REACTION//DISCUSSION)
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Song Link: • The B-52's 52 Girls - Hudba
Still have my original vinyl album that was absolutely at every party and can still sing every song word for word 😄 Dance This Mess Around is my favorite with this a close second. Their cover of “Downtown” is also brilliant.
These are the principal girls in the USA! I remember dancing around to this in my 3rd year of college at our "off campus" apartment. Haven't listened to in this in a while, but I surprisingly remembered all the lyrics & all the girls names after all these years!
Your reaction and insight are great as usual, but I think it can be taken on a little deeper level. The chord progression, while catchy, also conveys a sense of things not quite right - in this case, the disposable nature of famous women (especially those from TV or movies, although the inclusion of Jackie Onassis is the exception that proves the rule). The biggest clue for me was the inclusion of Tina Louise, who played Ginger on Gilligan's Island and became stereotyped as a ditzy Hollywood bombshell. Another signal to me is the dissonant chord Ricky Wilson plays near the end of the song. All that being said, it's still a great pop song and can be taken on just that level with no problem. Thanks for checking it out!
JP, you can't imagine what it was like the first time my friends and I listened to this album. After years of prog, corporate AOR and metal bands, the Ramones, B52s, Blondie and the Talking Heads come along. Like a blast of fresh air. Just in time to go to college, drinking age still 18. I couldn't dance either, but by the end of freshman year, I could hold my own...
yay! I was a freshman in Athens in 1980 -- the B's, REM playing in Legion Field for free, Pylon, Love Tractor... it was a good time to be in college :)
Kate's and Cindy's harmonies are fire.
YUP, The best part of the band i think, they are incredible sounding together.
My favorite B-52s song.
Justin consider a full album listen. It's a great debut album. Kate and Cindy are great vocalists. This album and their second one are classics. In 1979 this was mind blowing! If I had to describe the B-52's in one word it would be "FUN"! 😄
Love the 2 girls voices dont care too much for the dudes voice
Kate and Cindy are Glorious together .
Mavis Staples…
Staple Singers are righteous…
Madge, short a, Palmolive ads…
watched Hazel as a kid, Ronnie Spector, the Ronettes…
Love this kind of retro futuristic new wavy pop punk. Great work out song or to pony, mash potato, swim, frug, robot and Batman to.
Peace and more peace Music
One of the most influential albums of my lifetime. Classic of all classics and beehive hairdos a plus. 52 girls are those girls with B-52 hairdos. 60s hair shaped like the B-52 plane.
I love that there are exactly the names of 52 different girls in the song.
You have no idea how many parties we danced like Mexican jumping beans to this
The song is about girls. Nor any particular girls. All girls
Oh they are the ultimate dance party album
One of my real favourites, had it on my walkman, played it every day.
Drill have my cassette one. Weighs about a Lb.
I use a later model that plays mp3s on CD at work, I can set it and forget it…
I have this on wax cylinder.
@@-davidolivares I still have an ipod classic, couldn't live without it.
@@markspooner1224
I do too but sadly it won’t charge, I think I’m going to get it fixed. I have it double cased so it’s pretty mint.
Love that clicking.
This album is perfection.
Yes! Keep doing the whole album.
Love this entire album
I love them because they so unique ! and maded great music . Its a bit a underrested band in europe , dont know in the states ? I'm a european And love there music a lot ! have all the albums except for the last one ... my daughter of 21 years old also loves them. So the 52's will go into the future . In fact the B 52's should be on the wall of fame !!!
Jet propelled 60's girl's group rock jammer! My absolute favorite B52's song ever. Love it!!!
I'm only 22 and have listened to their Wild Planet album since I was 5 on vinyl. Been hooked ever since ! I recommend Whammy album and Wild Planet. They are my two favorties besides this one! I would recommend listening to all of the Wild Planet Album. There just so good ! Songs I would recommend to give a listen to would be Private Idaho, Party out of bounds, Trism, Moon83, Quiche Lorraine, 53 miles west of Venus, and Stobe Light. I would list more but I'm leaving it here 😊
Unique AF
surf rock and 80s new wave meet, as interpreted by the eccentric B-52s
One of my favorite albums of all time. I was 9 when it came out. It warped my mind at that early age.
The vocals.
My God, The VOCALS!
Best rock song ever written hands down.
That “whistle” in the final is a fire alarm
Cindy Wilson was so adorable.
its like having dessert for breakfast pure delight thanks JP great reaction
B-52s rock hard and they bloody dance. In 1975 I invented a dance style that I had no name for. I danced in rock clubs, black r'n'b clubs, gay clubs, it didn't matter. Somebody in Compton, CA., named the style "krumping" around 1991. I couldn't believe it when I saw my style in YT around 2009. If you don't believe me then come to Hollywood. I'm 69, I weigh 109 pounds and I will dance to the 5-52s for you. Bring yer microwave camera.
We were doing the Worm!
I love the B-52's for their sheer party energy! "Wig", "Planet Claire", "Roam", "Rock Lobster"...etc are classic! Thanks JP!
One of my favourites, not a bad song on this album.
I think, aside from Kate and Cindy, Jackie was the only really significant one - refers to Jackie Kennedy (later Onassis, hence Jackie-O). Could be wrong though, have done no research.
If my house was on fire, and I could only grab five records before the roof collapsed, this LP would be in my hands. It’s that important.
Fun...pure fun..
One of my favorites from The B-52's.
I always loved this song. One of my favorite albums, every song is great.
Yeah, we definitely danced to this, but your mention of "the echoes of the past" gives a hint about how it struck a lot of us at the end of the seventies when this album came out: as a revival of 1960s styles, i.e. when this song came on, we would start doing sixties dances like the Jerk and the Swim and the Monkey and the Pony and the Twist and the Frug, dances we at that time had all seen in sixties beach movies like "Beach Blanket Bingo" and "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini." As others here are mentioning, some of the women's names they mention in the lyrics are of famous sixties celebrities like actress Tina Louise, ex-First Lady Jackie Onassis (the former Jackie Kennedy, commonly called Jackie O, as in the lyrics here), and TV soap commercial character Madge. When the B52s were still in this sixties-revival phase in the early eighties, I saw them live once in a big arena with thousands of people and I swear the entire arena from the moment the first note dropped was going out of their minds doing those sixties dances I listed, one of the funnest shows I ever went to. And if you can imagine it, there's an even more dance-worthy recording of this song on their 1981 album of dance remixes, the "Party Mix" EP, definitely worth a listen.
I love your reactions: They're both emotional AND technical. Please react to "Strobe light", another cuckoo-crazy song by the B-52's.
You get it! This album is pure, unadulterated listening fun - so much so that most of us never felt the need to search for deeper meaning in the lyrics and thus to this day remain unsure whether it might yield a surprise or two.
better 42 years late than never.. look into Ricky Wilson's guitar tricks and techniques.. I've seen them 13 times and it's always a party.
This was a house traveler in college! A group of us would leave stupid parties and go to someone’s house to jam and dance before going out again. The 1st B 52’s album, 1st Police album, 1st Pretenders album, I know I’m missing a few, but it was a great time to be alive. 😁❤️
This song (and the whole album) was a party at my college house. Tina Louise is Ginger in Gilligan's Island. Hazel I guess was the maid in the TV series. Jackie Kennedy Onassis is the only other one I can make out. Never checked it, but I guess they all add up to 52 girls.
There is a fan video somewhere that pictures all the women over the song..
@@4tuneagent That would help alot -- they mention Brenda, but I have no way of knowing if it's singer Brenda Lee or the Brenda Starr comic.
A great and enjoyable album from start to end still after more than 40 years!
Gotta love a bit of B52's 😊
There are no bad tracks on this B-52's debut album and I could say the same about their second studio album Wild Planet, most of the tracks of which were already written at the same time as their first album (which could explain the solidity of these first two works). I have to say that the rest of their discography didn't convince me, starting with the Party Mix! remix album which is only an unimportant interlude as well as the disappointing Mesopotamia EP produced by David Byrne which was originally planned to be their third studio album but was aborted prematurely due to conflicts with Byrne. Ditto for the very robotic Whammy! in 1983 in which we hear a lot of synthesizers and drum machine instead of real drums. from then on, the music of the B-52's no longer interested me. For me the B-52's were basically their first two excellent albums and that's not bad !
When Ricky died their sound and style died with him. They just were not the same band after that.
@@dathorndike4908 Without a doubt! Ricky's death only precipitated the band into a kind of musical standardization, which in my opinion had already appeared after their second album. Their first two LPs really had a unique style that you don't find any more afterwards, but it doesn't seem to have affected their popular success....
Man i still have the LP i bought when it came out , needs to get a spin on the turntable .. great tunes
I haven’t heard this in so long! Glad to see you’re continuing the adventure!
Great new wave party no 1❤
You dont have to "groove good" to this one - that's what the Pogo Dance was created for. It's for those who just wanna jump around.
this album was played to death at a mushroom/acid party i held back in '79 (had to buy another copy as it was scratched to pieces - vinyl)🤣- Hot Lava is a must.
Weird Al's favorite song off this album. It throws back to when he was a DJ at his college radio station for a bit in the late 70's.
The music to meet a future ex by. "I'm a Dancin' Fool"! "Feats Don't Fail Me Now"! Peace and may you never suffer from post-party depression!
Does this mean you are looking for your "Dixie Chicken"?
@@maruad7577 Only if she's Willin', otherwise I'm just going to be Waiting For Columbus in Mercenary Territory. Peace and Don't Bogart That Joint, my friend.
Listening to this makes me think, they really loved their lists.
Tina Louise is character from Gilligans's Island, The Ronettes are named and of course, Jackie OOOOO
Joan refers to Joan Crawford
As you (hopefully) listen to more B-52's, you'll come to realise that Kate and Cindy have some of the tightest two-part harmonies in pop. For Exhibit A, I'd go with Topaz from my favourite B-52's album, Cosmic Thing.
Topaz, hell yeah
"The B-52's" was released the summer before my senior year in HS XD
Love it.
JP Thanks...The 52s are all good...."Wild Planet" is the best IMHO. Ricky Wilson-Guitar (Cindy's Brother) unfortunately passed in 1985. He was a real vital part of original group.
This particular song will brighten your darkest day
This is such a fun album; we really love it. "B-52" is actually the name of the hairstyle of the two women, named after the B-52 airplane because just like the size of these airplanes the size of this hairdo is enormous and the hairdos looked like the nose of this airplane.
I'm dancing on eggshells.
One of their best. Totally underplayed and underrated.
Love this one ☺
I love Fred however, this has always been my favorite B-52’s song
She clarifies at the end: Jackie onansis kennedy. The last name is: jack, jackie-Ooooo
Yes! Love this song, thanks Justin.
I remember the first time I heard this. 1982 Alice Cooper concert at Hammersmith Odeon. They played the entire Party Mix album before he came on stage. Went out and bought it the next day.
tina louise played Ginger on Gilligans Island
This album was ubiquitous back in the day. I can't think of any friends who didn't have a copy. I gave mine to my son a few years ago since his roommate has a turntable and he asked for my old vinyl. Happy to pass it on to the next generation.
If you like this song produced by Brian eno it’s all his product his name on the album show live great got talk to him at fmu records show and bout records
Hi Justin. Dave from London, enjoying Everything Under The Sun. Not a big fan of the B 52s, but I agree the beat is infectious and I'm sure you're much better on the dance floor than me! Never much liked the singing - more like Bananarama doing J-Pop than Bjork I think - maybe even some enthusiastic karaoke singers. Didn't they feature in The Flintstones movie as The BC 52s?.P.S. my song ref Everything Under The Sun is by Extreme.
Great reaction! If you are doing the entire album.. you may be the first to do so.. I will be looking forward to any future selections. Thanks.
Yeah, it's a party. I saw this band open for Talking Heads in '79 at Greek Theater in Hollywood. This song tore it up. We all danced our asses off.
B-52s is concept art you can dance to. This song is a pop art feminist masterpiece.
Also, Ricky Williams was an innovative guitarist. He played on four strings. Removed the two middle strings (D ang G) and riffed all these tunes on E-A on top, B-E on bottom.
Can't wait til you get to Rock Lobster.
Your bad dance moves... make perfect sense on this dance floor!!! With or without a dance partner... 'cause sometimes we like to dance with ourselves.
Tina Louise was Ginger on Gilligan's Island
This is without a doubt their best song ever. They came into a CBGB scene along with the ramones and dead boys and out a female twist on the whole punk rock scene with this song. Punk rock best Johnny thunders style guitar and little but no solo. Excellent🎉 also might add, this song is an absolute TREAT TO PLAY along with electronic drums
They were, and still are, Funtastic! Still recommend: Throw That Beat in the Garbage Can, Mesopotamia, and Dance This Mess Around
I could make guesses, Anita Pallenburg, Mavis Staples, Effie is the name of Sam Spade's secretary in "The Maltese Falcon", Tina Louise was Ginger on "Gilligan's Island", Janet might be from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", Ronnie Spector, Jackie-O is Jackie Onassis, etc.
Anita might also refer to Anita Bryant, a major '60s/'70s celebrity famous for orange juice commercials whose career was pretty much ended when she became the face and voice of opposition to a Florida gay rights bill.
A great debut LP...
Bro, you react always to the best! Tallent you have I think ... but Cindy and Kate are legend bro .... in american punk :)
Thanks iznone :)
more of this B52 thing please !
peace x
carefree college energy
I had forgotten about this one!! What a damn good track!!!
really only 24 Girls. I think The Nails did "88 Lines about 44 Women" to show that they could really list 44 women.
Suzi and Anita!
No one sounds like that chick in the B-52's except for that other chick in the B-52's
A real corker of a song this, and deffo in my B52's all time top ten. Great tune, tempo, and that 50's Duane Eddy style guitar running all through it, this's great stuff. And not forgetting the incomparable ladies, Kate, and Cindy. As always, fantastic vocals, harmonies, and their cadence, pretty unique. A great track off a top album.
Justin, don't tell me you're not groovy. You're a drummer! Rhythm is in your veins! Come on, shake that tush!
It may be in my veins, but not my feet🤣
Anita Pallenberg
Jackie O is Jacqueline Onasis Kennedy - President John F. Kennedy's wife....
Cartoon rock. Superficial but funny.
I never heard this before, as I only know Love Shack by them, though I'm guessing I've heard other songs on the radio at times over the years. There's just something oddly satisfying about this "band".
Wow, this was up early today. Someone wanted to get a move on today.
A nice little groove to put a skip in your step. The women's names likely are meaningless but I could be wrong.
Kalimera, Justin! This ain't no dadburn headphone music, but it sure will free ye arse for ye body to follow. And easy money!
"Bjork doing J-pop." does cast the song in a brighter light. I love me some "Love Shack" and "Planet Claire" though.
Bjork's "Venus as a Boy" and "Birthday" (with Sugarcubes on SNL) are two I would dig seeing on here someday.
The only timely thing right now is stopping the war, and bringing about peace. Music can be the magic pill. In my story, peace is brought about by a re-engroovenation of the people to a more peaceful and loving time, revivified on Social Media by relayers, like yourself, relaying the peaceful messages and music, from the past into the present and future. Preserving the light in a time of darkness.
For me, one of the most profound peace songs is Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar's Prashanti. Here's a bit about it. It is about the history of the world.
"Prashanti (Peacefulness)
An extended orchestral work in two parts: Musical depiction of joyful people living in harmony. Slowly, greed, envy, hatred and violence creep into their contented lives. Out of this chaos a voice sings out in Vedic prayer:
"Hey Nath, hama para kripa kijiye. Door kara andhakar, gyan ka aloka dijiye, hinsa dwesh lobha bamese chhin lijiye, manamey prem shanti bhar dijiye."
(Oh, Lord. Be benevolent to us. Drive the darkness away. Shed upon us the light of wisdom. Take the jealousy, envy, greed and anger from us, and fill our hearts with love and peace.)
… and a feeling of spiritual awakening, peace and tranquillity descends upon people's minds." czcams.com/video/3mjQqNZ6te0/video.html
There are also shortened videos with just the beautiful prayer for peace at the end, sung by Ravi.
Did you just paraphrase Funkadelic in order to praise the B-52s?? Blasphemy, sir!!
@@pentagrammaton6793 Guilty as charged. I shall never attempt such an opprobrious, ignominious breech of social decorum ever again. Maybe. :)
@@MisterWondrous 😄
Thank You for such a beautiful prayer… I feel somewhat better.
Hopeful.
@@-davidolivares Thank you, David. Nice name! I knew Pauline Oliveros, who was considered a central figure in the development of experimental and electronic music.
I can sing a pretty good version of Prashanti, I have heard it so often. Some day I hope to be able to sing it to others. Another similarly beautiful song from India is Hemant Kumar's "O Nodire", which was featured at the end of the movie, Siddhartha. Also learning that one. It's in Bengali, which is a child of Sanskrit.
can you name all of them?
I'm sure you're a better dancer than you think.
My two left feet think otherwise🤣
When Ricky died they lost those great riffs he would come up with and their sound and style completely changed. So sad.
Tina Louise Ginger Gillian Island. Jackie ooo Possible Jackie Kennedy President John F Kennedy??
It's the eternally ironic art project channelling of the early 60s, the cheesy, weak organs, the sickeningly cornball retro image, the vocals that sound like someone being forcibly exorcised of the demon responsible for good taste...I just can't get enough! 😒
You fooled me.
Justin should pin your comment : )
@@Lightmane I wish, given my heavy handed sarcasm hahaha
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It’s only 24 girls…. 26 if you count Jackie and Kate once