#B52s

2025-06-03

No reason other than I've seemingly licked a hellish stomach virus ... so, take 5 !!

(every month is pride month edition)

Rainbow Country (1975*)
-- Bob Marley

Rainbow in the Dark (1983)
-- Dio

Silver Rainbow (1983)
-- Genesis

She Brakes for Rainbows (1986)
-- The B-52's

Blinded by Rainbows (1994)
-- The Rolling Stones

* - went down quite the rabbit hole here ... apparently first recorded in 1975 and possibly not released until 1983?

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #take5 #takeFive #bobMarley #dio #ronnieJamesDio #genesis #philCollins #b52s #theB52s #rollingStones #theRollingStones #mickJagger #keithRichards #take5 #takeFive #70sRock #70sMusic #80sRock #80sMusic #90sRock #90sMusic #progRock #hardRock #arenaRock #classicRock #popRock #heavyMetal #punkRock #newWave #britishRock #reggae #pride #prideMonth

Bridge&Tunnel Jeffjf_718@mas.to
2025-05-23

@RickiTarr I'll roam instead.

#B52s

2025-05-07

Halfway through the week - you've earned it ... take 5!

(b-52's space cadet edition)

Planet Claire (1979)
There's a Moon in the Sky (1979)
53 Miles West of Venus (1980)
Moon 83 (1983)
Hallucinating Pluto (1998)
-- The B-52's

#music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic #b52s #theB52s #b52sBand #take5 #takeFive #70sRock #80sRock #90sRock #70sMusic #80sMusic #90sMusic #punkRock #newWave #athensGA

Peter J Fullagar 🌈peterjfullagar@vivaldi.net
2025-04-27

Music and reading have been so important to me throughout my life. And have been essential in the last couple of weeks.

And I’m having a bit of a renaissance with both.

I recently got my (incomplete) #TerryPratchett collection, and have started reading again. Currently reading #TheTruth.

Have also rediscovered the #B52s - new favourites include #Wig and #GirlFromIpanemaGoesToGreenland.

#Music #Reading

2025-04-24
<img alt="The B-52&apos;s announce a career-spanning 9LP box set, &quot;The Warner and Reprise Years&quot;" src="https://theneedledrop.com/content/images/2025/04/2o34n4z86j6d1.jpeg" /><p>The legendary new wave and dance-punk band <strong>The B-52&apos;s</strong> have announced a box set featuring the vast majority of their discography. The <em>Warner Reprise Years </em>vinyl box set will be available on June 20 in celebration of Pride Month. Additionally, an 8xCD set will be released the same day. </p><p>The records will be pressed on colored wax &#x2013; <em>The B-52&#x2019;s</em> (yellow), <em>Wild Planet </em>(red), <em>Mesopotamia</em> (blue), <em>Party Mix!</em> (green),<em> Whammy!</em> (smokey),<em> Bouncing Off the Satellites</em> (pink), <em>Cosmic Thing </em>(orange), and <em>Good Stuff</em> (purple), issued as a double LP.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img alt="The B-52&apos;s announce a career-spanning 9LP box set, &quot;The Warner and Reprise Years&quot;" class="kg-image" height="2000" src="https://theneedledrop.com/content/images/2025/04/B-52_TheWarnerRepriseYearsBox_9LP_v2-1.jpg" width="2000" /></figure><p>Spanning from 1979 to 1992, the set features every major release from the band, except 2008&apos;s <em>Funplex, </em>their last studio album. Five of the albums in this set have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA, including <em>Cosmic Thing</em> (4x Platinum), their self-titled debut (Platinum), <em>Wild Planet</em>, <em>Whammy!</em>, and t
Michael Fenicheldrmike
2025-04-21

Caught this on radio while swamp driving the other day... Wild song, & puro B52s.

youtu.be/T_Z_AkuzB_0

"The neighbors are complaining, it's getting out of hand... throw that beat in the garbage can."

"It's driving me crazy!
AH HAH HAH HAH!"

Stop that beat
It makes me apprehensive
Sweat ruins my clothes
They are very expensive

Re-listening now...
Wild & crazy song! From the great B52's

Stewart Tolhurstfoxbasealpha@tech.lgbt
2025-04-11

It wasn’t a sock!
It was a Sock Lobster!
#DadJokes #B52s

A close-up of a patterned sock featuring a large orange lobster and green seaweed against a navy background, with some white wave designs. The toe of the sock is a contrasting reddish color.
2025-04-04

One day late for #MusicWomenWednesday, and I missed last week I think...been real busy but here's some #B52s !!! Also a preview of this weeks show!

#Music

B-52's Mesopotamia

youtube.com/watch?v=XLfbu7NzBW

2025-03-27
2025-03-01

The B-52s, originally presented as the B-52's (with an errant apostrophe; used until 2008), are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976.

If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that says / “15 miles to the ♫ Love Shack ♫
#NowPlaying #NSR B52s
youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAG

#NewWave #B52s

The B-52’s, 1978.

three men and two women, The B-52’s, 1978.
Flashback 80’s With Purpleflashback80swithpurple
2025-03-01

Happy Birthday to Cindy Wilson who was born on this day in 1957




2025-02-28

Happy Birthday to Cynthia Leigh Wilson, singer, songwriter and founding member of the B-52's, born on this day in 1957, Athens, Georgia.

The B-52's - Dance this mess around (live 1983)

#cindywilson #theb52s  #punkrock #newwave #b52s #history #punkrockhistory #otd

2025-02-28

Happy Birthday to Cynthia Leigh Wilson, singer, songwriter and founding member of punk / new wave band the B-52's, born on this day in 1957, Athens, Georgia.

Photo by Lynn Goldsmith

#cindywilson #theb52s #punk #punkrock #newwave #b52s #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Dmian 🇪🇺dmian
2025-02-10

B-52’s!
Well, I am 52 now… 😝

A studio picture of the new wave band the B-52s, dressed in bright colors.
FAWMfawm
2025-02-08

🎶✨ Weekly challenge time: Try writing a song with MORSE CODE! 📡

Think "YYZ" (Rush) with its airport-code rhythm, or Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 intro (code for "V").💡

Encode a message with rhythm (musical cryptogram anyone?) or use it as a hidden texture like "Planet Claire" (B-52s) or "Landing of the Daleks" (The Earthlings).

Bonus points for hidden messages! 😏

MORSE CODE illustration

open.spotify.com/track/68Ctek6

This #b52s song, particularly the intro and the hook sounds like it belongs in a video game - how does it sound so #retro yet ahead of its time simultaneously?

#newwave #theb52s

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