Far Out, I’m sure but I don’t know the songs or the groups. Anything by Led Zeppelin or Rolling Stones ,ok. I have a certain liking for the Dropkick Murphys and Jethro Tull but I was collecting Gypsy and Middle Eastern music at that time….
I am surprised Georgia did not go with “Shiny Happy People”. Definitely a catchy tune the kids would go for. It was a REM song from 1990/91 but Kate Pierson from the B’52s provided some of the vocals and was prominent in the video which used to be popular on MTV back when they showed videos….
B52s, DaftPunk and Gorrillaz (maybe) are all in my top 50 favourite bands. (I have a lot of favourites!) The Pixies, The Smiths and Pulp are probably my top 3.
Planet Claire by the B52’s has a good beat, and my personal favorite is “Private Idaho.” You’re living in your own private Idaho, under ground like a wild potato…..
Back in the late 70s, when KISS sold out and became the patron saints of of lunchboxes, some Einstein concert promotor who apparently missed the bulletin, put together a tour with Judas Priest fronting them. I’ll never forget walking around the arena being horrified for the suburban moms shepherding their giddy Garanimal clad offspring at their first concert through the throng of chemically enhanced, skinhead, leather clad and pierced, heavy-metal headbangers. Positively Fellini-esque.
I am not sure what’s to be clueless about. The B-52’s became HUGE in ‘89 when they released “Cosmic Thing” and Love Shack was the second single. The video is tons of fun as it mostly takes place at a house party where they’re the band (there’s even a cameo by RuPaul, who even suggested the Soul Train dance line). The dang song was ubiquitous for a very long time, even after they released the follow up singles Roam and yes, The Deadbeat Club (which is the perfect song, truly). It’s a good thing they didn’t make the children familiar with Rock Lobster, off their first album in ‘78, because it’s very underground and strange (you can look it up on YouTube).
As for Daft Punk, it’s an electronic dance group and we never saw the faces of the duo behind it. You’re probably familiar with their hit single “Get Lucky.”
Gorillaz was the side project of Damon Albarn from Brit-pop band Blur with comic book artist Jamie Hewlett, and it’s a virtual band (=their videos are cartoons because that’s what the band members are). You’re probably familiar with their hit singles “Clint Eastwood” (t.ly/7QSi) or “Feel Good Inc.”
When I was a kid, my father put at least one speaker in every room of the house except the bathrooms and he controlled what we were allowed to listen to. I didn’t mind Sundays because it was church songs by Acapella, the college choir that my mother had sung in. My father’s choice started at 6:30 AM with the farm and ranch report then the weather. He also liked the old country and western music. I swore that when I was grown, I would have silence. Even now, I expect my kids not to inflict their listening choices on others. They can listen in their rooms with the door closed or use headphones.
I was in high school when the B-52s’ first album dropped. A friend of mine who had an older brother was “in the know” about all kinds of cool new music and introduced me to a whole new world of music being played on the local college radio station, Album88. I remember sitting in the library with this friend as he recited the lyrics of Rock Lobster to me. It was the craziest thing I had ever heard, and I was intrigued. Then I was in my room listening to The King Biscuit Flower Hour on the radio and they were about to play a recording of a Bs recent live show, and I grabbed a blank 8-track tape and recorded it. I listened to that tape over and over, and started listening to the college radio religiously. There were so many amazing bands emerging in those days, many from my college town of Athens, but also from “across the pond.” When MTV came along, it was a window to this new world of music, and in the early years, it was amazing. Nostalgia!
From yesterday by Georgia so now we know she’s a B-52 fan!“I want everyone to know that I put in the research for this week’s BCN strips! I like to be in a situation to make jokes about it, if I can. And hey, any excuse to listen to B-52’s album “Cosmic Thing”! It is TERRIFIC, especially in those last weeks of spring/first weeks of lazy summer. (I think tomorrow’s strip benefitted the most from this, lol!)”
Probably better than getting them hooked on “Rock Lobster.” The children imitating the the animal sounds toward the end would probably be madness-inducing, not to mention tripping all over them at the “down, down!” part.
When my youngest was 3 she was enamored with Barney. For her third birthday, she got everything Barney: sheets, blankets, clothes, toys, and even a talking Barney plushy. We were ever so relieved when it got left out in the backyard. In the rain. For a week. “Aw, look what I found outside.” It was even creepier than before in the few weeks after that before the batteries died. The voice was distorted and the randomizer kept making “unusual” choices.
But the worst was that my mother recorded a 6 hour VHS of the Barney and Friends show. For months, that was the only thing she wanted to watch. After a while the rest of us became numb to it. We were thrilled when she started Head Start and it somehow got misplaced.
theas guys are small domesticated elemental dragons flamis: well that was sudden. charmol: AHHHHHHHHHHHH FIRE WORKS!!! herald looking at fireworks: ohhhhh ahhh. flamis: I know isn’t the spiral one perfect- oh look another on- oh, oh no. charmol:AHHHHHHHH FOREST FIRE, CALL THE FIREFIGHTER GUUUUUUYS AHHHHHH! flamis: NO, THIS IS MY JOB, MY TRUE NAME as a fire fighter IS FIRE FREEZER NOW GET OUT OF HERE FIRE!!! freezes all the fire around him with an icy exploins both herald and charmol:WOOOoooo flamis: I know, I know, I’M pretty cool right. flamis: now let’s get back home, my bros. :>
I was pretty familiar with the music our daughter listened to in the ’90s because I drove her around and let her control the radio. She liked Alternative. The bands I remember are Offspring, Green Day, Sublime, Violent Femmes, Cake, and others. She preferred the guitar oriented stuff without drum machines or too much synthesizer.
The entire album is fantastic. But Deadbeat Club is my favorite. Such great memories – I was going to law school in Atlanta when this album was huge. My mom grew up in Athens, GA. I know exactly what bar has the tin roof rusted. I’ve been in California for years now but whenever I hear the “We’ll dance in the garden in torn sheets in the rain” lyric, I have a sense memory of a smell of country roads between Athens and Atlanta in the deep summer just after a thunderstorm.
At least they’re not groovin’ to 60s-70s bubblegum rock. I dare not mention those tunes, for they will bring forth some serious earworms to start playing in my head.
RAGs almost 3 years ago
Kids like it simple, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and… … … …
FreihEitner Premium Member almost 3 years ago
It might be time to put the kids out in the yard and tell them to Roam.
deadheadzan almost 3 years ago
Far Out, I’m sure but I don’t know the songs or the groups. Anything by Led Zeppelin or Rolling Stones ,ok. I have a certain liking for the Dropkick Murphys and Jethro Tull but I was collecting Gypsy and Middle Eastern music at that time….
Jayfbird1969 almost 3 years ago
Rock Lobster, ooh ahh… Lots of bubbles…
Sue Ellen almost 3 years ago
I’m clueless here.
marilynnbyerly almost 3 years ago
My little brother’s favorite was “Wipe Out.” That maniacal laughter haunts me to this day.
Snomom almost 3 years ago
Quiche Lorraine might be suitable- “has anybody seen/a dog dyed dark green”
maggijoseph Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Puck and Goldie are rocking out. Elvis is being very dignified at the news desk. Where’s Lupin?
sergioandrade Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I was a ’60’s kid so my big cartoon band was the Archies. Since I mever stopped watching cartoons then there was Jem And The Holograms.
WelshRat Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Wouldn’t ‘Opposites attract’ be more apt for this gang?
TampaFanatic1 almost 3 years ago
I am surprised Georgia did not go with “Shiny Happy People”. Definitely a catchy tune the kids would go for. It was a REM song from 1990/91 but Kate Pierson from the B’52s provided some of the vocals and was prominent in the video which used to be popular on MTV back when they showed videos….
catmom1360 almost 3 years ago
See today’s Diamond Lil. Falls into this category.
KenseidenXL almost 3 years ago
Could be worse…. Baby shark….
ikini Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Elvis’s tail twitch. LOL!
222jo almost 3 years ago
B52s, DaftPunk and Gorrillaz (maybe) are all in my top 50 favourite bands. (I have a lot of favourites!) The Pixies, The Smiths and Pulp are probably my top 3.
Charliegirl Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I don’t see Lupin! What is he up to?
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I remember that being everyone in the country for about a week, until something else came along.
I would have gone with “Closer” for a 90s song but then I was never particularly good with kids.
Kitty Katz almost 3 years ago
Meanwhile, Back on the Nile
Serfig-Aro: Your Majesty, the band The Rehearsals has arrived.
Queen Catshepsut the Golden: Thank you, Serfig-Aro. Show them in.
Rehearsals leader Playit-Sam: Thank you for providing us with a concert venue, Your Majesty.
The Queen: You are most welcome, Playit-Sam. Beatrixia and Lupinium will guide you to the Great Pyramid. Burt-Ra and his crew will help you set up.
Later, at the Great Pyramid
Beatrixia: Nice to meet you everyone. I trust everything has been set up according to your needs?
Playit-Sam: Everything’s perfect.
Lupinium: I just love your songs Music Takes Time, and Still Practicing After All These Years.
Playit-Sam: And now we’ll be introducing a new song: Practice ’Till You Poof.
cat19632001 almost 3 years ago
Goldie toe beans!
SusieB almost 3 years ago
Planet Claire by the B52’s has a good beat, and my personal favorite is “Private Idaho.” You’re living in your own private Idaho, under ground like a wild potato…..
anne o almost 3 years ago
There’s someone who would drop right in here and have a good time. I remember Baba saying 90s music was great!
prairiedogdance Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Back in the late 70s, when KISS sold out and became the patron saints of of lunchboxes, some Einstein concert promotor who apparently missed the bulletin, put together a tour with Judas Priest fronting them. I’ll never forget walking around the arena being horrified for the suburban moms shepherding their giddy Garanimal clad offspring at their first concert through the throng of chemically enhanced, skinhead, leather clad and pierced, heavy-metal headbangers. Positively Fellini-esque.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Take the kids to the Salt and Pepper Diner. ;D
marialba Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I am not sure what’s to be clueless about. The B-52’s became HUGE in ‘89 when they released “Cosmic Thing” and Love Shack was the second single. The video is tons of fun as it mostly takes place at a house party where they’re the band (there’s even a cameo by RuPaul, who even suggested the Soul Train dance line). The dang song was ubiquitous for a very long time, even after they released the follow up singles Roam and yes, The Deadbeat Club (which is the perfect song, truly). It’s a good thing they didn’t make the children familiar with Rock Lobster, off their first album in ‘78, because it’s very underground and strange (you can look it up on YouTube).
As for Daft Punk, it’s an electronic dance group and we never saw the faces of the duo behind it. You’re probably familiar with their hit single “Get Lucky.”
Gorillaz was the side project of Damon Albarn from Brit-pop band Blur with comic book artist Jamie Hewlett, and it’s a virtual band (=their videos are cartoons because that’s what the band members are). You’re probably familiar with their hit singles “Clint Eastwood” (t.ly/7QSi) or “Feel Good Inc.”
dragonbite almost 3 years ago
Oh yeah, the .. sounds.. near the end of Rock Lobster would drive me nuts the few hundred times.
rs0204 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Look, Look, Goldie and Pucky getting down!
DorseyBelle almost 3 years ago
Goldie toe beans and fang!
rs0204 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Rush
Supertramp
The Who
Queen
Rolling Stones
Yes
Led Zepplin
Beatles
The Doors
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd.
Blue Oyster Cult
Ramones
These are the bands for whom I had multiple albums. There was tons of other music out there that I listened to, but this is the essential list.
alliegator almost 3 years ago
Goldie rockin out is a pretty purr-fect image to me. :)
Font Lady Premium Member almost 3 years ago
When I was a kid, my father put at least one speaker in every room of the house except the bathrooms and he controlled what we were allowed to listen to. I didn’t mind Sundays because it was church songs by Acapella, the college choir that my mother had sung in. My father’s choice started at 6:30 AM with the farm and ranch report then the weather. He also liked the old country and western music. I swore that when I was grown, I would have silence. Even now, I expect my kids not to inflict their listening choices on others. They can listen in their rooms with the door closed or use headphones.
Bucinka almost 3 years ago
“Deadbeat Club” was a GREAT song! And a great video. May I suggest the next time it rains in your area, get some torn sheets and dance in the garden!
I could talk about 80’s music all day long.
cat19632001 almost 3 years ago
That’s right, Elvis. Tensions are high, tails are twitching, and eyebrows are angry.
cat19632001 almost 3 years ago
Is the Woman play-threatening to strangle the Man? Or is this for realzies?
prrdh almost 3 years ago
Upstairs, they’re playing ‘La Vida Loca’ to drown it out.
me_the_polish_gull almost 3 years ago
Hit some Pet Shop Boys!
DM2860 almost 3 years ago
And he thought anything would be better than “Baby Shark”
davanden almost 3 years ago
This is all after my time. I never heard any of this.
diskus Premium Member almost 3 years ago
It wasnt a party if they didnt play Rock Lobster!
artheaded1 almost 3 years ago
YES! YES! YES! Teach the kiddies all the B52’s songs!
mjgaillard almost 3 years ago
I get it and I like it, but not for 3 hours straight. The Cat Reporters have my sympathy.
skipper1992 almost 3 years ago
OT: in pre-order area waiting to be taken in for knee replacement. Will post afterwards when I can
belgarathmth almost 3 years ago
Hey, at least it’s not Baby Shark, doo-doot doo-doo doo.
hfelder7219 almost 3 years ago
Never heard song before I Googled it this morning. Catchy tune, but noticed one of the band members looks disturbingly like Rand Paul!
scaeva Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I tell ya, kids these days!
Michael G. almost 3 years ago
I was a karaoke king during “Love Shack”’s heyday. Arrggh!
TrixieinDixie Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I was in high school when the B-52s’ first album dropped. A friend of mine who had an older brother was “in the know” about all kinds of cool new music and introduced me to a whole new world of music being played on the local college radio station, Album88. I remember sitting in the library with this friend as he recited the lyrics of Rock Lobster to me. It was the craziest thing I had ever heard, and I was intrigued. Then I was in my room listening to The King Biscuit Flower Hour on the radio and they were about to play a recording of a Bs recent live show, and I grabbed a blank 8-track tape and recorded it. I listened to that tape over and over, and started listening to the college radio religiously. There were so many amazing bands emerging in those days, many from my college town of Athens, but also from “across the pond.” When MTV came along, it was a window to this new world of music, and in the early years, it was amazing. Nostalgia!
Teto85 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
At least it ain’t Baby Shark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w
mistercatworks almost 3 years ago
Wait until you have had to see “The Lion King” out of the corner of your eye forty or fifty times. :)
SunflowerGirl100 almost 3 years ago
From yesterday by Georgia so now we know she’s a B-52 fan!“I want everyone to know that I put in the research for this week’s BCN strips! I like to be in a situation to make jokes about it, if I can. And hey, any excuse to listen to B-52’s album “Cosmic Thing”! It is TERRIFIC, especially in those last weeks of spring/first weeks of lazy summer. (I think tomorrow’s strip benefitted the most from this, lol!)”
Darth Stevious almost 3 years ago
What about ’There’s A Moon In The Sky (Its Called The Moon’
Miri Tallstag almost 3 years ago
Why couldn’t he teach them a Weezer song?
Portmanteau almost 3 years ago
I like that the Man mentions two other bands (unfortunately not Pop Station music like the B-52s) that provide earwormy dance-able music.
Charles Freeman Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Probably better than getting them hooked on “Rock Lobster.” The children imitating the the animal sounds toward the end would probably be madness-inducing, not to mention tripping all over them at the “down, down!” part.
DorseyBelle almost 3 years ago
OT: rescue kitty has a name
Font Lady Premium Member almost 3 years ago
When my youngest was 3 she was enamored with Barney. For her third birthday, she got everything Barney: sheets, blankets, clothes, toys, and even a talking Barney plushy. We were ever so relieved when it got left out in the backyard. In the rain. For a week. “Aw, look what I found outside.” It was even creepier than before in the few weeks after that before the batteries died. The voice was distorted and the randomizer kept making “unusual” choices.
But the worst was that my mother recorded a 6 hour VHS of the Barney and Friends show. For months, that was the only thing she wanted to watch. After a while the rest of us became numb to it. We were thrilled when she started Head Start and it somehow got misplaced.
Display almost 3 years ago
Kate Pierson of the B-52’s sang with Iggy Pop on his song “Candy” – Iggy isn’t known for pop tunes but that’s very good and very catchy.
azevedan almost 3 years ago
Georgia, I blame you for this earworm! Also, love Goldie bopping around. It’s definitely a ‘must-bop-around’ song!
Catmom almost 3 years ago
O.T. Synchronous fireflies
CatherinePrickett almost 3 years ago
Little kids ADORE “Love Shack”. You would think “Rock Lobster” would be the kid favourite, but no.
lpayne.1632 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Or “Roam.” I can deal with several hours of “Roam.”
Code the Enforcer almost 3 years ago
Don’t forget ‘Topaz’ and the instrumental ‘Follow Your Bliss’! … Excellent!!
But for now, I wanna listen to ‘Clint Eastwood’ by Gorillaz !! … “I ain’t happy – I’m feeling glad … !!” … :)
alien cat ghost almost 3 years ago
theas guys are small domesticated elemental dragons flamis: well that was sudden. charmol: AHHHHHHHHHHHH FIRE WORKS!!! herald looking at fireworks: ohhhhh ahhh. flamis: I know isn’t the spiral one perfect- oh look another on- oh, oh no. charmol:AHHHHHHHH FOREST FIRE, CALL THE FIREFIGHTER GUUUUUUYS AHHHHHH! flamis: NO, THIS IS MY JOB, MY TRUE NAME as a fire fighter IS FIRE FREEZER NOW GET OUT OF HERE FIRE!!! freezes all the fire around him with an icy exploins both herald and charmol:WOOOoooo flamis: I know, I know, I’M pretty cool right. flamis: now let’s get back home, my bros. :>
frodisaur2 almost 3 years ago
Maybe call your reference librarian? There must be SOME way to figure out what “musical B-52s”, “Love Shack”, & “Rock Lobster” are all about!
anomalous4 almost 3 years ago
OT: Thanks
anneffa almost 3 years ago
… sudden upsurge in Google searches for B-52s songs …
willie_mctell almost 3 years ago
I was pretty familiar with the music our daughter listened to in the ’90s because I drove her around and let her control the radio. She liked Alternative. The bands I remember are Offspring, Green Day, Sublime, Violent Femmes, Cake, and others. She preferred the guitar oriented stuff without drum machines or too much synthesizer.
Daeder almost 3 years ago
Only a Superhero can save them now!…
…or maybe Supertramp.
NWdryad almost 3 years ago
Why don’t you program the AI to never play that song? Or program to not listen to the kids? All of these things are doable.
Lara Smith almost 3 years ago
The entire album is fantastic. But Deadbeat Club is my favorite. Such great memories – I was going to law school in Atlanta when this album was huge. My mom grew up in Athens, GA. I know exactly what bar has the tin roof rusted. I’ve been in California for years now but whenever I hear the “We’ll dance in the garden in torn sheets in the rain” lyric, I have a sense memory of a smell of country roads between Athens and Atlanta in the deep summer just after a thunderstorm.
SheMc almost 3 years ago
Nice to see everyone having fun!!!
almost 3 years ago
They’re really having a good time.
crazeekatlady almost 3 years ago
Man, change it to Julie Brown’s ‘I Like ’Em Big and Stupid’. That song is hilarious.
crazeekatlady almost 3 years ago
Or even Better! Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers singing ‘Ice Cream Man’ a 15 minute long tribute.
C and O 2666 almost 3 years ago
“Hocus Pocus” by Focus – surreal! Also Michael Nesmith’s “Tahiti Condo”
LucyLuLu almost 3 years ago
OT
Strider Keninginne Premium Member almost 3 years ago
At least they’re not groovin’ to 60s-70s bubblegum rock. I dare not mention those tunes, for they will bring forth some serious earworms to start playing in my head.
Biskits almost 3 years ago
It seems like the past 2 days have generated more comments than the past 2 months! However, I end as I started: what is all this about???
Biskits almost 3 years ago
I like Broadway tunes. I am a straight female who sings soprano. I like songs I can sing with.
Natarose almost 3 years ago
Go back further and play Crocodile Rock by Elton John.
stefaninafla almost 3 years ago
Rock Lobster on a three hour loop would drive anyone batty. And I have that song on my playlist!
Gordette almost 3 years ago
Deadbeat Club ♡It really is a perfect song.
Ducki almost 2 years ago
ROCK LOBSTER!
leopardglily over 1 year ago
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Breaking Cat News #1 Fan about 1 year ago
This is gonna be stuck in me head forever noe