2024 baby my mom got me hooked on this album when I was about 5 or 6 I'm in my older 40s now & still love this album as much as I did when I 1st heard it 💕💕
This clip really shows Fred's mastery of the difficult and demanding subtleties of the walkie-talkie. He spent several years at the elite Acadame' de Instruments Electronique in Paris perfecting his button technique.
Simply brilliant tune. Excellent retro guitar work, stripped down sound, great drumming, funky synth riffs, and tapping into that whole 60s go-go scene meets the B-movie flying saucer genre was just so inspired. But behind it all, the music's super-tight execution, cool beats, and down-right fun dancability made them one of the best live acts I ever saw, back around 1980. And the album's crisp mix made it so cool to hear on a great stereo. As good as they were live, seeing a whole bar filled with people dancing their hearts out to this tune was so much fun!
Rock lobster; I guess it was part of my generations desire to emulate the 1960's somehow. I hope later generations can appreciate the sheer joy of some of these songs.
+robert smith I'm a man and I do the same thing (keyboard, Kate vocals) for this song with my band. It's actually not that hard since the synth and vocals are in sync with each other.
Well this song in particular isn't that difficult, but the synchro is still pretty demanding. Some B-52's songs have really impressing keys thanks to Kate.
Watching Fred get down, makes me want to do the Mesopotamia Dance! Saw these guys THREE times in their prime, with Ricky Wilson (R.I.P.). I will never stop listening to the 52's.!!!! I'm 54 years old--but this puts me in The Way Back Machine!
Simply the best song ever and the best performing rock band ever. saw them in concert twice in Atlanta in the 90's. Absolutely smashing! no-one has ever reached that level of rhythm and craziness.
I agree and disagree, these guys are absolutely godlike but fleetwood mac and blondie have also got the same magic to them. not the same but something unique and it gets pretty crazy
This was one of the most under rated bands of the late 70's early 80's. I think because they didn't take themselves or the music too seriously people were put off. I remember when "Rock Lobster" came out in '79 or early '80 it was the dance song at every party senior year. Fun band, unique.
This group is such a great time to see in person live in front of hundreds of people at Saenger theater in New Orleans Louisiana. My wife and I flew down there Sunday morning after buying tickets months ahead and boy we were not disappointed. Berlin followed by OMD and then the cap off tonight watching listening and dancing to the B-52's. Their Encore performance was this song Planet Claire and then the final song was Rock Lobster with a dancing inflatable Red Lobster with LED lights flashing im it's antenna!!!! It was Earth every penny Hotel Airline flight Uber ride to and from the airport to enjoy this band of renown.
The woman playing the keyboard is Kate Pierson and, yes, she's married. To a woman. Named Monica Coleman. That qualifies her as "gay" in most textbooks. LOL
Aha thats amazing because i thought that too, just got this song on record and decided to watch a live performance, only difference between is it didn't take me that long old timer lol, internets all bad! at least the groove is all the better on the song
Saw these guys in 79 (if memory is correct). They played Brown Alumni Center in Providence RI. Opened with Planet Claire....they were hot....pistol hot. Saw a lot of great bands in small venues back around then...The Motels, Elvis Costello right after My Aim Is True, Gang of Four, The Dead Boys, The Ramones etc etc etc. It was a great time to be alive kids.
When I was a kid my parents used to play B-52's all the time-I reealllyy liked them so they bought me the John Goodman Flintstones soundtrack cause the B-52s played a song on there. They changed their name to BC-52's for that album. So awesome.
My favourite B52s song liked them back in the day, just listened to their catalogue today forgot how good they were,.Pity America did not produce more bands like this
Wonderfully surreal -the B52s landed somewhere grey and seasidy in the UK. The guy in orange trousers gives some great moves. Yes and what a shame to cut them short.
+Michael S. Thomas True, in this case, I do believe that it was due to the interruption. Girl from Ipanema..Goes to Greenland, song and not the video has no thumbs down. if you want to check that out.
Their best song. First track on their first album. Heard it first on KROQ back in 1979 one sunday morning while driving from the Valley down to Zuma Beach in a 1962 Pontiac Tempest.
The only thing I dislike more than modern music is that the ignorant crowd that listens to it will never see this nor understand that a man dancing his heart out like an awesome weirdo using only his finger and a two way radio to contribute the most distinguishable sound in a song to get the audience excited is the definition of real talent.
That voice combined with keyboard is really quite incredible. To bad this stupid useless show had to cut it off with a bunch of crap nonsense no one wanted to see or hear!
Ricky Helton Wilson would have turned 69 today, born March 19, 1953. Ricky died from AIDS on October 12, 1985. When I hear a B-52's song , the first thing that comes to mind is Ricky's guitar playing style. It was unique. He's gone but not forgotten..
Yeah man beehives and everything where did you find this clip..Ive seen heaps of the b 52s clips of this song but i have never seen this one..Oh fuck ..just saw the mullet head thats bad man but enjoyed it up till then Cheers
"Planet Claire has pink air. All the trees are red. No one ever dies there. No one has head." I wrote those lyrics on a note to a psych professor in college just to mess with his head.
I'm SO envious. How come I couldn't make big bucks like THESE people did, simply by thrashing around, making noise and generally acting psychotic? I do like the music, seriously.
its ok man....because he's going to have to live it....being the asshole who cut in on the b52's to sell friggin Golden Syrup...i hope it keeps him up at night even now.
WTF BIGTIME. 1. lets see the b52 show. 2. never feed a random child from your hand. 3. you interrupted the show. I know wig was played and its bad ass now I have to find it.
Probably the coolest and most unique New Wave band from the 1970s 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
2023........ If you're still listening to this song. YOU ROCK !!!!
Listening at age 57😂😂😂😂
2024
Lets Rock buds
2024
2024❤😊
2024 baby my mom got me hooked on this album when I was about 5 or 6 I'm in my older 40s now & still love this album as much as I did when I 1st heard it 💕💕
This clip really shows Fred's mastery of the difficult and demanding subtleties of the walkie-talkie. He spent several years at the elite Acadame' de Instruments Electronique in Paris perfecting his button technique.
Valedictorian.,I'm sure.
Who’s Fred? That’s John Mulaney singing lead vocals
Fred is so dispensibly indispensable.
I thought he was classically trained.
@@rtlthemusician5598 czz
- Dad, why my sister's name is Rose ?
- Because you mother loves Roses
- Ok. Thanks, dad !
- No problem Planet Claire
Simply brilliant tune. Excellent retro guitar work, stripped down sound, great drumming, funky synth riffs, and tapping into that whole 60s go-go scene meets the B-movie flying saucer genre was just so inspired. But behind it all, the music's super-tight execution, cool beats, and down-right fun dancability made them one of the best live acts I ever saw, back around 1980. And the album's crisp mix made it so cool to hear on a great stereo. As good as they were live, seeing a whole bar filled with people dancing their hearts out to this tune was so much fun!
Philipatoz, please spend the rest of your life writing music reviews. Most other people suck at it. Music needs people like you.
I was born in '81... TOO LATE I TELL YA!!!
Rock lobster; I guess it was part of my generations desire to emulate the 1960's somehow. I hope later generations can appreciate the sheer joy of some of these songs.
2:55 3:10 3:14
my God. ..Kate playing sinth bass, high notes sinth and even singing.....wow
that s Outstanding
That wig looks like a new form of life and it's trying to grow into her head.it's still an awesome band
+robert smith I'm a man and I do the same thing (keyboard, Kate vocals) for this song with my band. It's actually not that hard since the synth and vocals are in sync with each other.
The Blackstone Project great.good to know it
Well this song in particular isn't that difficult, but the synchro is still pretty demanding. Some B-52's songs have really impressing keys thanks to Kate.
i think she was not singing :/
Watching Fred get down, makes me want to do the Mesopotamia Dance! Saw these guys THREE times in their prime, with Ricky Wilson (R.I.P.). I will never stop listening to the 52's.!!!! I'm 54 years old--but this puts me in The Way Back Machine!
This was the first B-52's song I ever heard, in 1980, at sleepaway camp, and it blew my mind. I became a fan that very moment.
This song was pure genius… the beat the bass, keyboard and vocals
And the lyrics.
Simply the best song ever and the best performing rock band ever. saw them in concert twice in Atlanta in the 90's. Absolutely smashing! no-one has ever reached that level of rhythm and craziness.
I agree and disagree, these guys are absolutely godlike but fleetwood mac and blondie have also got the same magic to them. not the same but something unique and it gets pretty crazy
@@erockisfat talking heads, see remain in the light
This song is just amazing!!! Crazy sound, she aged well over time!!!
Her and Poison Ivy(Kristy Wallace)from The Cramps, I'd add.
This was one of the most under rated bands of the late 70's early 80's. I think because they didn't take themselves or the music too seriously people were put off. I remember when "Rock Lobster" came out in '79 or early '80 it was the dance song at every party senior year. Fun band, unique.
Fred is a trip . He is definitely a character. Fun band , entertaining !
Fred Kills me with that walkie talkie!!! Pure genius❤😂
This group is such a great time to see in person live in front of hundreds of people at Saenger theater in New Orleans Louisiana. My wife and I flew down there Sunday morning after buying tickets months ahead and boy we were not disappointed. Berlin followed by OMD and then the cap off tonight watching listening and dancing to the B-52's. Their Encore performance was this song Planet Claire and then the final song was Rock Lobster with a dancing inflatable Red Lobster with LED lights flashing im it's antenna!!!! It was Earth every penny Hotel Airline flight Uber ride to and from the airport to enjoy this band of renown.
Seen them in Amsterdam back in the 80's. Its was weird then. Tripping and eating space cakes. More of a trip when I found there from Georgia
I never before knew that Kate Pierson harmonized the beginning like that. That is AMAZING. Is there anything she can't do??
Toller Song , freue mich ihn wieder gefunden zu haben.
Used to breakdance to this jam. It was pretty funky! 80's rocked. Had a good ass beat you can move to!
Planet Claire, hey that's me. Great song!
Biased much?
Or Gilbert O'sullivans Claire, but the opening music is perfect
One of the top albums of all time per Rolling Stone Magazine.
Literally one of the best American bands of all time.
is she lesbian? unbelievable
AMEN!
The entire band is gay, with the exception of Cindy Wilson, the girl playing the bongos in this video.
Absolutely...Amen!
The woman playing the keyboard is Kate Pierson and, yes, she's married. To a woman. Named Monica Coleman. That qualifies her as "gay" in most textbooks. LOL
She drove a Plymouth Satellite faster than the speed of light.
Best line in rock and roll history.
More of today's artists should make music videos. Music videos are a fantastic art form.
I remember getting this album for Christmas in the very early 80s ,a very strange band but talented,so creative...
I saw one of ur concerts when u came to El Paso in the 80's..i was kid.. I LOVED IT!..i even got ur RECORD.
Why am I dancing like Fred right now? Something about this song... I have always love .. love... loved it
This song is unreal! Love it!
The instant Kate began singing, I spit coffee all over my keyboard.
Although I don't like this song, I'm glad it's on RUclips, so I can listen to the different songs B-52 performed. I love Rock Lobster and Love Shack.
One of my fav b-52's song,saw them years ago at the old Summit basketball arena in Houston Texas,they had everyone dancing!
Another GREAT song that brings back !
Timeless group. Love em.
one of the worlds perfect songs ! thank you B-52'ssssss...
J'adore. Ah ma jeunesse, tu as été gâtée de les connaître ❤️
Some say she's from Mars,
Or one of the seven stars,
That shine out at three thirty in the morning,
*WELL SHE ISN'T!*
great too see Kate playing her synth bass :) pity the B52's were cut short :(
Great performance, great song, and on a tv show too!
Beautiful Video! Great Song! Thanx for Sharing !!!
Love that Peter Gunn groove.
That's her freaking singing to. Oh wow. I've been listening to for 15 year I'm 34 and never thought that was a person singing behind the keyboard. 💀
Aha thats amazing because i thought that too, just got this song on record and decided to watch a live performance, only difference between is it didn't take me that long old timer lol, internets all bad! at least the groove is all the better on the song
what did you think it was?
IN 1979 I WAS 10 AND I STILL JAM TO THIS TODAY IN 2018 DETROIT EASTSIDE.
Saw these guys in 79 (if memory is correct). They played Brown Alumni Center in Providence RI. Opened with Planet Claire....they were hot....pistol hot. Saw a lot of great bands in small venues back around then...The Motels, Elvis Costello right after My Aim Is True, Gang of Four, The Dead Boys, The Ramones etc etc etc. It was a great time to be alive kids.
Over the years I thought that the tones were electronic, not someone singing. I am gob smacked.
Me too I thought that the tones were from a keyboard. :-)
You do not get a voice like that to often
+rocklobster red. keyboard AND voice
Combo, makes scene. Cheers mate.
Yes you're right! Keyboard and voice.
whaouh, this song is a beautifull remember when i was young and was made in a little dance course, we had made a dance on this song and it was so fun
When I was a kid my parents used to play B-52's all the time-I reealllyy liked them so they bought me the John Goodman Flintstones soundtrack cause the B-52s played a song on there. They changed their name to BC-52's for that album. So awesome.
Absolutely loved this oh so creative band. Absolutely phenomenal !!!! Love 💕 Love 💕!!!
Der Sänger ist super! Schöne Stimme
it's like the theme from the original star trek on acid X1000. so fucking epic. always loved this song since i was a kid.
This is pure 80s!!
2024 now- this song could have been released yesterday !- _ still so fresh ! ;)
My favourite B52s song liked them back in the day, just listened to their catalogue today forgot how good they were,.Pity America did not produce more bands like this
Human voice as a sound effect instead of artificial sound. Fascinating!
they are so cool love them
Love it. Great music during high school.
Wonderfully surreal -the B52s landed somewhere grey and seasidy in the UK. The guy in orange trousers gives some great moves. Yes and what a shame to cut them short.
i listened to this in 79 in a 68 plymouth satillite . 318 super sport.
First time I heard it I was in a Chrysler, which was as big as a whale
Me too!! But mine was a`69!
How can there be eight people that could give this song a thumbs down? It's insane to think that anybody could!
+Alden Clarke Not the song, the video,being interrupted at the end.
+Alden Clarke Simple: 3:01
+toyoscio How do you know that? Not everyone is a B-52's fan, it's not obligatory to like them.
+Michael S. Thomas True, in this case, I do believe that it was due to the interruption. Girl from Ipanema..Goes to Greenland, song and not the video has no thumbs down. if you want to check that out.
Alden Clarke dunno mate perhaps their musical tastes are in their backsides 😜
Their best song. First track on their first album. Heard it first on KROQ back in 1979 one sunday morning while driving from the Valley down to Zuma Beach in a 1962 Pontiac Tempest.
Whatever she does with her voice is mind boggling. Love the hair, in '60's it took me hours ratting out my hair.
Still touring. Just did Detroit last night
The only thing I dislike more than modern music is that the ignorant crowd that listens to it will never see this nor understand that a man dancing his heart out like an awesome weirdo using only his finger and a two way radio to contribute the most distinguishable sound in a song to get the audience excited is the definition of real talent.
OMG I was so young!! Such a beautiful remember
That voice combined with keyboard is really quite incredible. To bad this stupid useless show had to cut it off with a bunch of crap nonsense no one wanted to see or hear!
lol no Olliric.
ruclips.net/video/LolVaIrJ60s/видео.html
PGComet no, it was included in a kid's show.. have an Horlicks
you bet mate i was pissed off to
PGComet
Yeah, it's just a buncha brits giving Dr.Who a handjob
2019, could not get this song outta my head so I'm here to enjoy in full force.
C'était un des meilleurs groupes newvave Américain..qui veux contredire !!!
Looks like it's from the same video shoot where they shot the "Wig" video, 1986/1987.
Daamm Cindy Wilson was fiiine !!
So was Keith.
Ricky Helton Wilson would have turned 69 today, born March 19, 1953. Ricky died from AIDS on October 12, 1985.
When I hear a B-52's song , the first thing that comes to mind is Ricky's guitar playing style. It was unique. He's gone but not forgotten..
ABSOLUMENT LES B"52 ÉTAIENT ET RESTERONT LA MEILLEURE NEW VAVE DES ANNÉES 80/90.
Yeah man beehives and everything where did you find this clip..Ive seen heaps of the b 52s clips of this song but i have never seen this one..Oh fuck ..just saw the mullet head thats bad man but enjoyed it up till then Cheers
Cindy looks great with that antenna on her head.......
+THEREALCANNA Cindy just looks great, period.
+Helium Road And she does.... :)
+THEREALCANNA totally !!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's a microphone on her head
blaine vonhagen , she was the only one with WiFi.
I love the beeping whatever he's using in the mike! Always retro and agead of their times!
how i like them , almost 64 and still amazed
If I was an epileptic the 3 minute mark would have induced a seizure for sure. I'm not. And it did.
"Planet Claire has pink air. All the trees are red. No one ever dies there. No one has head." I wrote those lyrics on a note to a psych professor in college just to mess with his head.
Holy shit!!!..i cant remember the last time i heard that song..but i remember it...
I'm here in 2024
Takes me back to my youth 🥰🏴
This vid was working pretty good for me, at first, then, not so much.
It was great until 3:00 when they started talking over the song.
Total freak out. The B52`s playing on Plymouth sea front. My home town!
I remember driving the porcelain bus the first time I heard this song...damn you cherry-flavoured vodka!!!! 1979 rocked BIG TIME!!!!
Cut in to a cooking show? Why?
Those Crazy Brits...
Annie Leigh because it's horrible!!
looks like an old tv show that the b52s were the musical guest on
.... or .... it is exactly what the b52's wanted?
nah i typed a couple peoples name from the credits into google and looks like its a tv show called get fresh
Love this performance! too bad it got squashed by shit at the end
Adds to the weirdness of the whole thing !
FTW
A perfect metaphor for life itself!
yeah that was by mullet haired bore "Gaz Top" from Saturday morning kids TV show 'Get Fresh' in the U.K.
I'm SO envious. How come I couldn't make big bucks like THESE people did, simply by thrashing around, making noise and generally acting psychotic? I do like the music, seriously.
C’est excellent. Ja ne me rappelle pas avoir entendue une voix s’accorder aussi bien avec le son de sont instrument.
Is that Julian Assange playing the bass guitar?
Get down Fred!!! Lame ending of video though!
I used to rent a small apartment located up there in Kate's hairdoo. I had a great view of the crowd!
Human voice as a sound effect instead of artificial sound. Fascinating!
Incroyable du début jusqu'à la fin, merci encore :) J'adore
clever use of Peter Gunn theme! Original nonetheless, as B52s undoubtedly are.
Want another good Peter Gunn-esque piece check out "skull ring" by Iggy & the Stooges (2003)!
3:03 Snipers, if you have a clear shot at the adult with the dark hair.........
its ok man....because he's going to have to live it....being the asshole who cut in on the b52's to sell friggin Golden Syrup...i hope it keeps him up at night even now.
Thank You so so so much ❤️
Another GREAT classic!!!
©1979
great video ruined by some morning show host[?]
I think it could be good,
This is gold,
But we three own platin!!!
Wow! Forgot about this band. Awesome!
WTF BIGTIME. 1. lets see the b52 show. 2. never feed a random child from your hand. 3. you interrupted the show. I know wig was played and its bad ass now I have to find it.