@@hui8370 First that's what its ment to be a tongue and cheek song not taking itself to seriously. Second I was born in 1964. I grow up listening to music of 70's, 80's, 90's and early 2000's. IMO most of rock,pop,hip hop,and dance music sucks.
Whenever this tune came on during a party as a teenager thruought the 80's? The entire mood would elevate to Epic levels, everyone dancing & smiling while feeling so free. This song was another great backdrop of some of the best times I ever had. This band was simply brilliant.
I needed that.. and you are so right. Just sitting alone listening to this I cranked up my little speaker and started dancing in my bedroom. That is how 80s music always made you feel.. GOOD and Fun and goofy and wanting to dance.. ! Music now does none of that.
I am so glad I was a geeky punk alternative girl in the late 70's early 80's I am privileged to have been a cool kid who knew good music And I still love b52's and all the great bands I have this on vinyl introduced it to my children as kids They knew every word and mad dance moves
Truly one of the greatest tunes ever. The B52s were way ahead of their time. I was only 8 when this song first came out but years later in August 2010 I was blessed to see them perform at the Coney Island bandshell (which sadly stopped putting in free concerts a year or 2 later). I was going through a rough period in my life and went by myself and when they played those, I danced like no one was watching - except for a friend of mine who I hadn’t seen in a year who happened to be standing right there watching in amazement. It was truly one of the best shows I had ever gone to and my spirits were truly lifted that night
Tengo 53 años, pensé que estaba loco por el rock, soy generación disco, escuchó todo 60 70 80S. Soy amante a los b52 y siempre serán mis ídolos.gran abrazo amigo desde Cali Colombia Guillermo Sánchez Gómez.
This is one of the most unique and fun rocking songs ever recorded on video! You can't help but smile watching and listening to them here. What a great performance!!!
There isnt a band today that even comes close to how cool this is. Quirky, nerdy, creative, awesome. Music for those on the outside. At 13 years old in 1980, it was my indoctrination to teenhood. Actually got to meet the band a few years back. Thank God for the 80's!
Desde la camisa a lo Mondrian del guitarrista hasta los zoonidos de las chicas. Estaban muy adelantados a su época. GENIOS. Lo más impactante de éste grupo es su sencillez dentro de una propuesta verdaderamente ORIGINAL. B-52's Leyendas.
Here’s yet another RUclips commenter who thinks that calling someone or something, “underrated,” is an original thought. I’m calling for a total ban on the adjective, “underrated” as a description of anything!
Recuerdo allá, año 82-81, no estoy segura, un 31 de diciembre, pegada todo el día a la radio, escuchando las mejores cien canciones del año, y una de este grupo, en segundo lugar. Inolvidable! Un estilo ompletamente diferente ! Que hermosos años aquellos y qué música; la mejor de todos los tiempos! ❤🎶
La escuche y bailé en el año 82 y todavía me parece lo máximo. Los sonidos son sicodélicos, Fred Schneider super cantante con un histrionismo único. La guitarra de Ricky Wilson excelente.
Ricky Helton Wilson would have turned 68 today, born March 19, 1953. Ricky died from AIDS. It's truly sad that so many gifted, talented artist' lost their precious life to this rarely talked about past global epidemic that has claimed 32.7 million beautiful souls. We miss you Ricky.
@@wayneking9997 True, and anyone can also blow off trivia like it's nothing, too. But that's not at all what I'm doing here. Not everyone's going to go Google a band they're listening to casually.
@Henry Emerich - I’m sure if anybody ever has the misfortune to start talking to you at a bar or party, they end up wanting to shove a pencil in their own eye. Take it down a few notches guy.
I will never forget as long as I live walking Into our local little music store in the mall. And seeing this record and buying it note unheard Just based On how crazy and creative they looked on the cover. God bless these guys, thank you for the great times.
While his parts were often minimalist, it's not that which caught my attention. How his parts fit in so well, standing out yet also sort of in the background at the same time, and also his approach to strumming hard with thick picks and thick strings and weird interesting tunings and unusual guitar models, is what caught my attention.
Acaso soy el único tonto que recuerda cuando en nickelodeon pasaban esta canción para anunciar a los nicktoons? Esta canción es grandiosa! Un hito en la historia del rock and roll.
Buried With You Music......F that Scunt she don't know music, if you can take dolphin sounds along with sea creatures and create this, yeah Fuck that scunt
I have this record in my loft. Love it. Not sure my knees could cope with dancing to it now though but I used to go mad on the dance floor way back. It was fun and made us all smile. Fantastic.
Fred lives in lower Manhattan. I would regularly see him in the bookstore near Union Square. Got up the courage to talk to him more than once. Refreshingly, he’s just as you’d expect, bless his heart.
Never gets old! Nobody really gave these guys credit for their musical talents. They are tight as hell as a band and most don't realize how hard it is to be this in unison with one another. Like The Knack...awesome bands!
Are you like really young or something? They were HUGE back in the day. They were known all over the world! Why is it that kids these days feel the need to write their fictions as fact?
Todo una perfección la música el ritmo los coros el bajo la batería... mierda que tal explosión de ritmo... Todo un arte nunca me cansaré en escucharla
La improvisación creativos mi época la mejor de este mundo sana mucho mejor que está generación así los jóvenes no la quieran reconocerlo no hay comparación
What eighties energy and musical creativity, the B52 became the starting whistle for the start of a great night of teenage dance... greetings from 2023 Chiclayo-Peru
Gênios da autenticidade inovação e um swing enigmático e magnético. Amo essa banda e já passei por todas fases, desde os LP's (maravilhosos) depois fitas de VHS, CD's e agora vídios no you tube, porém nada se compara ao show antológico dessa banda que assisti no Rock in Rio em 1985. Lembrança pra ficar na eternidade e minha melhor fase.👽🌈🌎🍀🌟 Sou de Porto Alegre, Brasil mas essa banda é universal e atemporal.
@@voidbling4968 Last minute? Ricky and Keith played music since they were teenagers in the late 60s, early 70s. Kate wanted to be a singer since she was a kid, Fred was Fred (he wrote what ended up being some B-52s lyrics and had a degree in forestry) and Cindy was kinda along for the ride since Ricky was her big brother.
@@voidbling4968 Learn your lessons son, do your homework before you talk, they all were seasoned musicians, except Fred, but he was hilarious as a songwriter.
Without doubt, the best party band EVAHHHH!!!! You had to be an Aussie teenager in 79 to realize how 'far out' the 52s were. They opened the door for new age and punk. The 52s led the way in breaking all societal and music industry rules on conformity. They did free form and disinhibition first. They tapped into a creative energy that none of their peers did. Maybe Jim Morrison, Hendrix, and Clapton got into the same realm. Everything that has followed has been derivative of that schism that slid civilization into disarray.
I have to say that this performance is even better than the official music video for the song. Just everything about the performance was creative, beautiful art.
I remember when the B52s appeared on Saturday Night Live. I was delivering pizzas at Miami University, to a girls dorm. While I waiting for the girl to come down for her Pizza I was watching the B52s perform Rock Lobster on the TV in the lounge. There were some girls there, they looked like sorority girls, and when the song reached the part where the band dropped to the floor and started flopping around, these girls all went "Ewwww!" It's one of my fondest memories.
This played at just about every college party back in the day. One party I was at--the floor was so packed with people dancing to this song, you could feel the floor bouncing.
First time I heard this was getting drunk outside a big college party up the street as 15 year teenage guys wonder what is this music ? and then yeah - 4 years later at a Case Western frat house in Cleveland was just that - house pounding smashed drunk wild fun - girls and guys just pounding up and down at the end and the whole house shaking everybody rockin !
una de las canciones que escuchaba de pequeña en 2015, pero después ya nunca la volví a escuchar. Pero ahora en 8 años la e vuelto a escuchar :D. Muy buena rola 😄
Qué padres recuerdos me traen estás melodías 😊, mejor época de las 70s y 80s. Y aún la bailo con mucha emoción 😅😅😅😅😅. Gracias por compartir esta hermosa música 😊😊😊😊😊😊.
Brings back my freshman in college days in 1980. College radio stations were the go to for new music & breaking new bands like The B-52's, Talking Heads, R.E.M., XTC, etc.
Asi es.. aunque a mi me gusta también el reggaeton, pero igual está música también la escucho *-* del 80 al igual q el punk rock, tecno, pams rock etc..
We were at a party His earlobe fell in the deep Someone reached in and grabbed it It was a rock lobster Rock lobster Rock lobster We were at the beach Everybody had matching towels Somebody went under a dock And there they saw a rock It wasn't a rock It was a rock lobster Rock lobster Rock lobster Rock lobster Rock lobster Motion in the ocean His air hose broke Lots of trouble Lots of bubble He was in a jam S'in a giant clam Rock rock Rock lobster Down, down Lobster rock Lobster rock Let's rock! Boy's in bikinis Girls in surfboards Everybody's rockin' Everybody's fruggin' Twistin' 'round the fire Havin' fun Bakin' potatoes Bakin' in the sun Put on your noseguard Put on the Lifeguard Pass the tanning butter Here comes a stingray There goes a manta-ray In walked a jelly fish There goes a dog-fish Chased by a cat-fish In flew a sea robin Watch out for that piranha There goes a narwhal Here comes a bikini whale! Rock lobster Rock lobster Rock lobster Rock lobster
I remember when this song played at a dance party in Catholic School in the 6th grade; dropping to the floor around 2:30 and all of us jumping up around 2:50. Good times 😀
In the immortal words of Michael J. Fox: "I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it."
Es verdad!!! Y en pleno siglo 21 aún no estamos preparados para tremenda música!!!!🙋🏾♂️🇵🇪👍
@@anthonysaavedra1645 pasaran al menos 50 años para que esta pieza sea el boom que merece ser
rip
Yes 😂 I remember that line in the movie back to the future, michael j fox
Wtf bro? Calvin Klein said that
There isn't a another song on the planet like this
Yup, this and BIRD IS THE WORD. Rarities
@@Mobster-yu6jo true
Private Idaho?
@@TimmyTickle i haven't heard it before. I'll look it up
Don't treathen me with a good time by Panic at the disco has the same base line.
June 2024 who the hell is listening to this masterpiece (once again)
🦞🦞🦞🦞
Family Guy brought me here
Must be getting recommended more. I don't mind.
Normal
Aqui
OVER 40 YEARS OLD AND STILL A MASTERPIECE 🦐
If this song doesn't get your blood pumping- you're already dead!
40 años
43 years my friend
Technically, April '78...lobstah lovely livin' ever since
@@hedgehoog7809 this song is older than me. I'm 43 🙂
The surf guitar and drums really carry this over the top.
Its so damn punk believe it or not!
The Farfisa does it for me but yeah
Instrumental version:
ruclips.net/video/cDkp9QtCbh4/видео.html
🎶🎙🎵🎶🎙🎸🎸❤️🙌🤗✨️🎊🎊
And the vocals. It’s just perfection
What about the vocals?????
Most creative and fun band ever. Only group that could make a song about a lobster into a fun, danceable mega hit.
Y sí 😃
Lol, absolutely true. When you think about that, it is simply crazy.
Immortal
Fauci and Gates made a mega-hit, and it's your albatross now. There's no accounting for taste, eh?
@@SeawolfSpirit nfuera
I'm nearly 60 years old and this song still gives me the same buzz it did when I first heard it when I was about 14.
I'm the same age and those words couldn't be truer
17'. Aberdeen here 👍🏴
I'm pushing 70 and still like listening to this.
This band was their own genre.
They were punk
@@joelashadali phsycho billy
early new wave
@@woodskier not really , they were punk
The 80's had the best drugs lol
No, the 80's had the BEST tunes, period!
@@86FxBdyCpe and drugs
*late 70s
thank my man Pablo Escobar :)
❤🔥🔥🔥🔥
One of the most under rated guitar riffs of the 1980s love this song.
Ricky Wilson (RIP) used bass strings as a first guitar strings to make that sound.
technically the '70s... but yea, the guitar work on this record was absolutely phenomenal
I really like it, and all. Don't get me wrong, but it's kinda basic surf rock tune
@@hui8370 First that's what its ment to be a tongue and cheek song not taking itself to seriously. Second I was born in 1964. I grow up listening to music of 70's, 80's, 90's and early 2000's. IMO most of rock,pop,hip hop,and dance music sucks.
@@hui8370 that melody was was also used in panic at the disco "Don't treaten me with a good time"
Whenever this tune came on during a party as a teenager thruought the 80's? The entire mood would elevate to Epic levels, everyone dancing & smiling while feeling so free. This song was another great backdrop of some of the best times I ever had. This band was simply brilliant.
I needed that.. and you are so right. Just sitting alone listening to this I cranked up my little speaker and started dancing in my bedroom. That is how 80s music always made you feel.. GOOD and Fun and goofy and wanting to dance.. ! Music now does none of that.
Freddy Schneider for pres 2024!
And THEN....when Fred said, "Down, down!" everyone sank down to the floor.
Well said. Chic, The Beat I remember too
We kicked ass back then, didn't we ! 😎
I fell in love with this song many years ago. I play it in 2023 every time people give me a thumbs up. Classic
Most unique, funny, hip, and energetic band of the 80's.
this song was from the late 70's
They were old by the 80's
I saw them do this one in concert 1986 or so? Awesome ❤
@USNVA-yn6cp it was a fact, not hate . I love them
and also, a bit strange...
Peter Griffin’s “Iraq Lobster” brought me here
Me too)
Same
Cause you didn't listen to the mashup with raining blood
Same
Yeah
My favorite The B-52's song ........................... a hug from Peru 🌹....
CSM lo máximo
Buenísima rola, desde Perú 🤙🏼
I am so glad I was a geeky punk alternative girl in the late 70's early 80's
I am privileged to have been a cool kid who knew good music
And I still love b52's and all the great bands
I have this on vinyl introduced it to my children as kids
They knew every word and mad dance moves
36 years later, this still seems futuristic. Amazing.
good tuner Guitar ¡
Futuristic in their own retro way. Which is fun.
Yep, futuristic, ... but really a subtle genius to it. Very appealing. Not 'punk' or 'New Wave' really, just unique. Sui Generis.
Tawnku Imi-Uru lknot
Almosytt @s sh00ytt
@s the l😈vedjad
So ovetrpayef!!.
Dude, speak fucking English. It's really not that hard, unless you're an uneducated tool.
Ya no, ... yo wut upp?
Now that is some hair girl.
ñ.ñ
You're under all songs.
Hyper Karen
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@@bruhlord7205 LOL
So underrated. Probablt THE MOST underrated ROCK song of all time.
Please buy a thesaurus.
Truly one of the greatest tunes ever. The B52s were way ahead of their time. I was only 8 when this song first came out but years later in August 2010 I was blessed to see them perform at the Coney Island bandshell (which sadly stopped putting in free concerts a year or 2 later). I was going through a rough period in my life and went by myself and when they played those, I danced like no one was watching - except for a friend of mine who I hadn’t seen in a year who happened to be standing right there watching in amazement. It was truly one of the best shows I had ever gone to and my spirits were truly lifted that night
The first band from space!
Yep, they came from Planet Claire
Joe Dokes good one
Not the first. Before them came The Astronauts. ruclips.net/video/UHbcU5ArqBQ/видео.html
and the first man from space was David Bowie lol
@@JoyneFreedom The Sputnicks also showed up. Much later, we got "Man or Astro-Man?"
Tengo 52 años hoy justamente 30 enero 2019 y aún me encanta los B-52'S, I'm from Perú. Saludos a todos los amantes del Rock and Roll y del Pop.
Viva el Peru carajo!
Recuerda a bob esponja
Tengo 53 años, pensé que estaba loco por el rock, soy generación disco, escuchó todo 60 70 80S. Soy amante a los b52 y siempre serán mis ídolos.gran abrazo amigo desde Cali Colombia Guillermo Sánchez Gómez.
Saludos cordiales compatriota.
¡Qué pequeños eramos cuando esto sonaba en la radio!
I think I may love this to an unhealthy level. It's stellar art, way beyond the song itself.
This is one of the most unique and fun rocking songs ever recorded on video! You can't help but smile watching and listening to them here. What a great performance!!!
The drummer is the only sane person in this crazy band 😂
And the guitarist
@@gabriellalaroda The guitarist is Rick Wilson (RIP) he was Cindy's brother. He died from AIDS. The drummer became their guitarist.
But he wrote most of the songs.
The bass guitar too!
But they’re fantastic 😄
There isnt a band today that even comes close to how cool this is. Quirky, nerdy, creative, awesome. Music for those on the outside. At 13 years old in 1980, it was my indoctrination to teenhood. Actually got to meet the band a few years back. Thank God for the 80's!
Amen
You should listen Caroline Rose - Bikini it's not so strange song, but have same vibes
Never Will there be another DEVO or B-52's
@@rocknroll_jezus9233 And many will say - thank God for that.
@@ngc-fo5tenot me...
They were awesome ....Talking Heads too!
I love the last section of this song so much. The guitar and bass go HARD
Totally. I forgot that was in there
All grandparents have a duty to give a b52s record to the kids and tell them to play it loud like we did.
😊
I did it 35+ years ago, my big sisters' teen aged daughters. Bad uncle. (vinyl).
😂 Love that!
I wake up every day striving to be as cool as the drummer.
Estoy físicamente discapacitado por un accidente automovilístico hace 18 años desde entonces, la música es mi apoyo, gracias :-)
Fuerza mi loco
Vamos pana tú puedes.♥️
Aea
@@jonathangarcia359 tu madre
@@Barddiel aea
Finally found this after 15 years, this was one of my favorites songs when I was a child because it was so different and funny
La fuerza que tiene esta genial canción es impresionante
An pasado más de 40 años de esta obra maestra 😊😊😊😊
Mi abuelita bailo esta con mi abuelito cuando se conocieron.
Desde la camisa a lo Mondrian del guitarrista hasta los zoonidos de las chicas. Estaban muy adelantados a su época. GENIOS. Lo más impactante de éste grupo es su sencillez dentro de una propuesta verdaderamente ORIGINAL. B-52's Leyendas.
Instrumental version:
ruclips.net/video/cDkp9QtCbh4/видео.html
🎶🎙🎵🎶🎙🎸🎸❤️🙌🤗✨️🎊🎊
El famoso rock de la langosta.
Estás escupiendo hechos!
💯🔥👍
La chica del traje rojo parece un poco a Rachel Dawes de Batman osea a Maggie Gyllenhaal
Olvidaste la grandes cantidades de cocaina.
Ricky Wilson is seriously underrated. This is some truly brilliant guitar playing.
Here’s yet another RUclips commenter who thinks that calling someone or something, “underrated,” is an original thought. I’m calling for a total ban on the adjective, “underrated” as a description of anything!
Indeed
These ladies are seriously underrated
Also his open tuning method with 4 strings.
@@TenMinuteTrips This comment is seriously underrated.
Recuerdo allá, año 82-81, no estoy segura, un 31 de diciembre, pegada todo el día a la radio, escuchando las mejores cien canciones del año, y una de este grupo, en segundo lugar.
Inolvidable! Un estilo ompletamente diferente !
Que hermosos años aquellos y qué música; la mejor de todos los tiempos! ❤🎶
Uyyy esos años años que mencionas eran sublimes en música. Increíbles melodías, jamás imitadas.
La escuche y bailé en el año 82 y todavía me parece lo máximo. Los sonidos son sicodélicos, Fred Schneider super cantante con un histrionismo único. La guitarra de Ricky Wilson excelente.
Que época Ricardo la mejor fue nuestra generación ya no habrá
Muy buena a mis 52 y toda vía me animo a bailarla jaja
Ricky Helton Wilson would have turned 68 today, born March 19, 1953. Ricky died from AIDS. It's truly sad that so many gifted, talented artist' lost their precious life to this rarely talked about past global epidemic that has claimed 32.7 million beautiful souls. We miss you Ricky.
Yeah anyone can Google information this day's
@@wayneking9997 True, and anyone can also blow off trivia like it's nothing, too. But that's not at all what I'm doing here. Not everyone's going to go Google a band they're listening to casually.
❤❤❤
It was in Family Guy and I didn't know it was actually a real song..today I discovered this band! It's amazing!
Wow, you're sooo young...or I'm sooo old!
@@mariekatherine5238 I'm above 30...I just live far from USA music scene...
I can't even remember where I first heard this song. I knew them from the "love shack" song.
@Henry Emrich The flintstones movies...From the 90s? You do understand an 18 year old today was born in 2002 right?
@Henry Emerich - I’m sure if anybody ever has the misfortune to start talking to you at a bar or party, they end up wanting to shove a pencil in their own eye. Take it down a few notches guy.
Man I miss the 80's. It was such a fun era.
I will never forget as long as I live walking Into our local little music store in the mall. And seeing this record and buying it note unheard Just based On how crazy and creative they looked on the cover. God bless these guys, thank you for the great times.
Ricky Wilson is an underrated guitarist. He can play!
Totally
Yes I agree,a great group
He was brilliant. RIP Ricky.
While his parts were often minimalist, it's not that which caught my attention. How his parts fit in so well, standing out yet also sort of in the background at the same time, and also his approach to strumming hard with thick picks and thick strings and weird interesting tunings and unusual guitar models, is what caught my attention.
Total madness. I love it. We need more of this in popular music today.
Must have travelled all the way to Australia to be on this show!
@@catinthehat906 They did
Pop music is boring today !
This song could have lasted a full hour, and I would still listen to it all.
I loved this song when it first came out, and I still feel the same! It makes me happy 😊
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like Rock Lobster
Can't stop watching Cindy dancing! What a great period of the band's creativity and sound!
Great great dance
Best dancing chick ever!
Acaso soy el único tonto que recuerda cuando en nickelodeon pasaban esta canción para anunciar a los nicktoons? Esta canción es grandiosa! Un hito en la historia del rock and roll.
de heco era parte de un comercial de bob esponja :3
#Zona Play no inventen que tengo años hablándole a la gente al respecto y nadie se acuerda!! Jajaja
Creo que también en cartoon network
Busque por años esta canción
Y me la arrojó face book
Es buenísima
No sabía!!! Nickelodeon, a la megdinson
Este grupo estuvo adelantado a su época, todos se complementan muy bien, amo sus canciones 2023 y lo escucharé hasta morir.
I was born in 1986, 8 years after this song was released and it is one of my favourite songs of all time. B-52s were sooooooo good!
IF you dont love this song you can't hang with me
wait ..wait...i get it they are a rock band..not a comedy troupe
Buried With You Music......F that Scunt she don't know music, if you can take dolphin sounds along with sea creatures and create this, yeah Fuck that scunt
Infinitah if you don't love this song there is something seriously wrong with ya.
George Kluklinsky
Nothing compares to Bohemian Rhapsody, mate.
George Kluklinsky Just curious. What does your opinion about Bohemian rhapsody have to do with this song?
Panic! At the Disco : Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time..... I guess it was a good choice to sample this because this is a masterpiece.
Exactly, the same beat in P!ATD, but in live sound better than original audio 🖤.
It was sampled. Just sayin' lol
I just to wait this...
It was sampled like every song created
”beat”
I have this record in my loft. Love it. Not sure my knees could cope with dancing to it now though but I used to go mad on the dance floor way back. It was fun and made us all smile. Fantastic.
Fred lives in lower Manhattan. I would regularly see him in the bookstore near Union Square. Got up the courage to talk to him more than once. Refreshingly, he’s just as you’d expect, bless his heart.
Quien más seguirá escuchando
Esta obra de arte
En
2019
2020
3000.....
B'52 Fan Forever
Yo aqui ✋
Yooooo
Yo👋año 5000
A mi me encantaaa!!!
Amigo me encanta esta música
Never gets old! Nobody really gave these guys credit for their musical talents. They are tight as hell as a band and most don't realize how hard it is to be this in unison with one another. Like The Knack...awesome bands!
Are you like really young or something? They were HUGE back in the day. They were known all over the world! Why is it that kids these days feel the need to write their fictions as fact?
@@korosuke1788 for 7 minutes
This isn't a live musical performance though.
Your right even the drummer was on cue. Pay attention they all did their thing
That’s not true. I read that John Lennon loved this song and group.
One of my favourite songs ! It's so bizarre and catchy. We need more of this !
伝説の名作・・発表から数十年経っているのに、未だに聴くたびに新鮮な衝撃を与えてくれる稀有な曲です！
Todo una perfección la música el ritmo los coros el bajo la batería... mierda que tal explosión de ritmo... Todo un arte nunca me cansaré en escucharla
Ademas esta cancio se puede usar para halloween ya que por el ritmo de la cancion
La improvisación creativos mi época la mejor de este mundo sana mucho mejor que está generación así los jóvenes no la quieran reconocerlo no hay comparación
el guitarrista estaba entre los 5 mejores de esa epoca
I love how much Fred, Kate and Cindy are really feeling the groove!
They still do. I finally saw the B52s a few years ago. Best time I had in a while, dancing my butt off and singing along.
Such an underrated track, because of it's seemingly silly lyrics. The guitar riffs are killer and so is the groove. Genius song writing.
What eighties energy and musical creativity, the B52 became the starting whistle for the start of a great night of teenage dance... greetings from 2023 Chiclayo-Peru
I want this played at my funeral as they lower my dead body back into the ground (no one is allowed to say anything during the song)
Like a boss!
haha!
Nor dance?
Genius.
I think I know the part of the song when they lower you down.
What I love about this band is that they’re having a great time and getting away with it. One B52s is worth a hundred turgid rock bands.
This is a certified hood classic
Ricky Wilson was just so creative on guitar. Other worldly sounds. R.I.P.
"Everybody had ... matching towels!"
Esta canción es pura diversión, y que talento, no sabía que fuera tan vieja
Gênios da autenticidade inovação e um swing enigmático e magnético.
Amo essa banda e já passei por todas fases, desde os LP's (maravilhosos) depois fitas de VHS, CD's e agora vídios no you tube, porém nada se compara ao show antológico dessa banda que assisti no Rock in Rio em 1985. Lembrança pra ficar na eternidade e minha melhor fase.👽🌈🌎🍀🌟
Sou de Porto Alegre, Brasil mas essa banda é universal e atemporal.
Great vocals and genius arrangements! How they do that? The ladies were amazing, the guitar was phenomenally executed. Genius, genius! Mabuhay 80's!
I think they learned their instruments last minute. Their genius was their Pop Punk Surrealism.
Alex Matibag no
Void Bling s Rayo McQueen
@@voidbling4968 Last minute? Ricky and Keith played music since they were teenagers in the late 60s, early 70s. Kate wanted to be a singer since she was a kid, Fred was Fred (he wrote what ended up being some B-52s lyrics and had a degree in forestry) and Cindy was kinda along for the ride since Ricky was her big brother.
@@voidbling4968 Learn your lessons son, do your homework before you talk, they all were seasoned musicians, except Fred, but he was hilarious as a songwriter.
Without doubt, the best party band EVAHHHH!!!! You had to be an Aussie teenager in 79 to realize how 'far out' the 52s were. They opened the door for new age and punk. The 52s led the way in breaking all societal and music industry rules on conformity. They did free form and disinhibition first. They tapped into a creative energy that none of their peers did. Maybe Jim Morrison, Hendrix, and Clapton got into the same realm. Everything that has followed has been derivative of that schism that slid civilization into disarray.
Some of the dancing reminds me of The Peanut Gang in Charlie Brown Christmas.
Agree with you 👍🏴
"Ustedes aún no están listos para esto!, Pero a sus hijos les fascinará"
Cuanta razón 👌🏼
Les juro que llevaba mas de 10 años buscando esta rolita y jamas la encontraba 🙄🥺
Ahora que la escucho , esta bien psicodelica xd
Jajaja nel
No tiene nada de psicodelica xd
si de echo la ponen en temas de halloween
Excentrica si.. pero psicodelica ni de vainas..!!
I have to say that this performance is even better than the official music video for the song. Just everything about the performance was creative, beautiful art.
I agree.
pretty sure theyre lip syncing lol
@@666Havers What if they are?
I loved all the songs of this strange and very original band, I had all their albums!!!
I remember when the B52s appeared on Saturday Night Live. I was delivering pizzas at Miami University, to a girls dorm. While I waiting for the girl to come down for her Pizza I was watching the B52s perform Rock Lobster on the TV in the lounge. There were some girls there, they looked like sorority girls, and when the song reached the part where the band dropped to the floor and started flopping around, these girls all went "Ewwww!" It's one of my fondest memories.
did you score?
mac163 - he was delivering pizza!
you should have fucked them to establish dominance
@@phockuahole be carefull zee vimmen seek our essence
@@mac163 he delivered the sausage.
Fred and the girls get most of the attention but it's Ricky's guitar playing that really drives this song.
This band can make me smile like no other
Fred's dance moves ride that fine line between captivating and hilarious.
This played at just about every college party back in the day. One party I was at--the floor was so packed with people dancing to this song, you could feel the floor bouncing.
First time I heard this was getting drunk outside a big college party up the street as 15 year teenage guys wonder what is this music ? and then yeah - 4 years later at a Case Western frat house in Cleveland was just that - house pounding smashed drunk wild fun - girls and guys just pounding up and down at the end and the whole house shaking everybody rockin !
Pure unbridled fun and idiocy.
What a positive message they were sending out.
Gotta love the B-52's.
STILL one of my top 5 albums of all time…
I will love those ladies forever. I am so happy I got to see them live
la buena música nunca pasa de moda, a mis 53 años me sigue gustando B-52, Blondie, Police y varias bandas más.
Es que todos los que pasamos lo 50, disfrutamos esta musica, es nuestra nos pertenece.
Would love to karaoke this song with someone, go nuts and watch people leave with embarrassed for us
an idea for NY 2017, thnx
Hahahahahaha!
I got to do it by myself with just the guy's lyrics. Didn't go over so well.
"Watch out for that piranha....yi yi yi yi yow!" LOL
I would jump into the stage and sing with the two of you, definetely.
una de las canciones que escuchaba de pequeña en 2015, pero después ya nunca la volví a escuchar.
Pero ahora en 8 años la e vuelto a escuchar :D. Muy buena rola 😄
Such a cool band, the 80's were the most creative time in Music, it sure was fun too.
Are you proud of me?
It was the drugs
@@TheLostAge Oh for sure! Pot, Ecstasy, and Coke.
Everything about this is perfection, especially that guitar.
Completely insane, rocking, performance. Just awesome.
What a classic! I was in a crappy mood but the b-52’s always get me boppin and smiling! Great memories! ❤
Amó los años 80's y 90's, pulgar arriba sí los amas también épocas inigualables.
Ludicrously daft and brilliant in equal measures!! You simply can not escape the groove !!
tengo 17 años , y esta es una de las mejores canciones de the B-52 GENIOS
Qué padres recuerdos me traen estás melodías 😊, mejor época de las 70s y 80s. Y aún la bailo con mucha emoción 😅😅😅😅😅. Gracias por compartir esta hermosa música 😊😊😊😊😊😊.
Brings back my freshman in college days in 1980. College radio stations were the go to for new music & breaking new bands like The B-52's, Talking Heads, R.E.M., XTC, etc.
esta sola canción cachetea a 1 millón de regueton
La neta
Metalero dice el ltro ignorante de la musica
marck Ismael seguro escuchas nirvana
Asi es.. aunque a mi me gusta también el reggaeton, pero igual está música también la escucho *-* del 80 al igual q el punk rock, tecno, pams rock etc..
Esta música era para intelectuales, para brutos, para ignorantes y para todos. NO ES METAL
We were at a party
His earlobe fell in the deep
Someone reached in and grabbed it
It was a rock lobster
Rock lobster
Rock lobster
We were at the beach
Everybody had matching towels
Somebody went under a dock
And there they saw a rock
It wasn't a rock
It was a rock lobster
Rock lobster
Rock lobster
Rock lobster
Rock lobster
Motion in the ocean
His air hose broke
Lots of trouble
Lots of bubble
He was in a jam
S'in a giant clam
Rock rock
Rock lobster
Down, down
Lobster rock
Lobster rock
Let's rock!
Boy's in bikinis
Girls in surfboards
Everybody's rockin'
Everybody's fruggin'
Twistin' 'round the fire
Havin' fun
Bakin' potatoes
Bakin' in the sun
Put on your noseguard
Put on the Lifeguard
Pass the tanning butter
Here comes a stingray
There goes a manta-ray
In walked a jelly fish
There goes a dog-fish
Chased by a cat-fish
In flew a sea robin
Watch out for that piranha
There goes a narwhal
Here comes a bikini whale!
Rock lobster
Rock lobster
Rock lobster
Rock lobster
Не текст, а просто безумие какое-то. Хотя о чём это я?
@@UMENMDFMK я вообще завис от этих товарищей) рок лобстер!!!
Thanks for the lyrics.. cool..
You're my hero
You don't ever want to meet up with a bikini whale! Oh the humanity!
I remember when this song played at a dance party in Catholic School in the 6th grade; dropping to the floor around 2:30 and all of us jumping up around 2:50. Good times 😀
Simply magical and likely the best dance music band ever.
I've always loved Cindy's dancing but she excelled herself in this one!
I’s Cindy the one in blue
@@dfollery3230 Yep, that's her...the unforgettable Cindy Wilson
And Fred, always seems like someone's father who replaced the singer last second because they were out sick.
I could watch them all dance for hours! They had so much fun flailing everywhere!
@@HipixOFFICIAL that's just what I thought when I saw Fred
pure genius, the man that thought of this song. and had the balls to go on tv with it