B-52's - Rock Lobster live 1982

[drummike77]

Kate has nice hands.

[godzuki444]

Cindy is a cute girl.

[dotyta19]

IDOLS!!!!!!!!!

[Cerulean0987]

Always loved the B-52s. So avant garde for their time! They certainly are the basis for my taste in music today.

[chifour66]

@SmileyGarrish No it wasn't, dumbass. I used to spend a good bit of time with these guys all around Athens in the late 70s-early 80s. It was Ricky coming up with the riff, and Fred wanting to do a Lewis Carroll inspired song that got sillier and sillier.

[SmileyGarrish]

@chifour66 alternate interpretation?

[SmileyGarrish]

@chifour66 creative mythology?

[vickyolvera22]

Heck yeah!!

[theSupertonesurf]

more cowbell.....

[pattifanalwayz]

this is my shyt

[monkeysoulpoet]

One of the songs I can recognize from five or less notes. Brilliant. RIP Ricky.

[TheManicackes]

Crack Cocaine!! its awesome!!!

[bryce2ify]

this takes me back to jr high school and high school class of 94 babby

[betsyfromtexas]

I saw these very same B's in '80 (in Seattle) two years before this performance. Killer! Thanks!

[MrFeeney10]

The B52's at a house show would be freaking awesome, if only i could travel back in time.....

[agrayak]

The show took place in the Dortmunder Westfalenhalle in May 1983 , where the Bs played along with some other bands like Men At Work, Ultravox and Nena.

The show was taped and aired on German tv in July 83.

[TheBlaqEagle]

I GOTTA HAVE MORE COWBELL!!!

[SteveSiqin]

Note the devil horns at 1:08

[MikeNice619]

This isn't 1982, it's later

[Sinsemilla4u]

@MikeNice619 I'm not sure why you think it's later than '82...this song is years older than that. There's videos of them playing this live in the late 70's.

[hungarianbeast]

@Sinsemilla4u I share your oppinion, their first record came out in 79 which became an instant hit, and they have allready played gigs befora that, so basicly 82 is a perfect time for this. and if anyone is not sure gimme a proper resource article and I'll change the title.

[romitzie]

You will never find a band like B-52

[bobbconner1]

please post my video response...if your a b52 fan...

[LORNASAND]

could you possibly imagine this song being such a big hit...now there a television shows to weed out such weirdos such as them...glad I was in the world where I could chose my own music...such as this unforgettable band...My favorite was dance this mess around.....

[niggtardd]

thanks for the upload this is incredible.

[LV426Acheron1]

a family guy miatt jutottam el ide,de nem érdekel :D marha jó ez a szám :D és tetszik hogy akkor még élőben is tudtak játszani a zenészek :)

[fliegeroh]

Love this band.

[NoCreamedCorn]

Kate and Cindy should go back to playing an instrument on stage. They look so silly just standing there now since they can't really dance anymore.

[bluntededge23xx]

1.the riff is awesome

2.they are high as I don't know what

3.that high rock lobster always cracks me up

[dunkydonuts1]

Brilliant And great Live.

[dunkydonuts1]

This isn't crap live, it sounds like the record.

[Rodjeure]

Everybody needs to see this : You're so right !!!!!

You think you're cool and you love cool bands.... Well , you need to see this.

Cool , creativity , fun ,madness , they don't give a shit about people's opinion Fred is crazy and what can we say about Kate and Cindy ???????

[MeGoingHxc]

damn redhead is so fckn hot.. and still is hot 20 years later

[3tlaloc]

La familia de PEWEE HERMAN?

[lmaoyo123]

i have loved the b52s from the very first time i saw them on SNL. they are the hippest band ever. keep rocking the lobster!

[reissue]

I love it.

[drumzRfun1]

Pass the tanning butter!

[bensterk]

I fucking love this.

[AlanMcKennaVideos]

lol what a song, bloody beautiful

[arealOpia1991]

wow..... electric energy ... this bands unified stage presence is unreal!! x))).... and i was loving cindy's moves throughout ... that girl could really rock x))))

[sirkalin1]

Oh wow, I've yet to see this version! Thanks!~

[KomputerMensch0x50]

That's what's so cool about live, raw music; it doesn't have to be in perfect tune to get across to people. Sure, polished studio music is going to be record quality, but it's the energy of a live performance that really makes music an ethereal experience. It just sounds better live, regardless of the band or the type of music being played, IMO.

[hungarianbeast]

@KomputerMensch0x50 brother, youd have spoken from my heart ;)

[backpacker74]

@hungarianbeast i'll second that!

[MrHubb1]

Thanks for uploading this. Great performance. Ricky plays this note perfect and really rocks. Such a shame he died

[eltecaritzo18]

3:40 WTF!!!!

[vwkafernutjob]

ace!!!is there a siouxsie b-52's cross over??? shame about the bc-52's!!

[6942brent]

did it..........my faorite...Woo Hoo

[1kinniburgh]

kate ..was ... is .. and will always be gorgeous .. that voice ... and those eyes .. :-)

[SynkopeMusic]

12,000th view!

[BadEgg55]

the girls look like there being forced to sing this

[CalifaJohn]

They sound pretty bad in this concert, but who cares? They are lots of campy fun and the acoustics were horrible. I love they way the girls just shoved their wigs back up on their heads and went for it. Watch out for that bikini whale !!!!

[hungarianbeast]

@CalifaJohn yeah lot of the they are out of note, but still totally energetic!!!

[Gn00bie]

shit



[hungarianbeast]

@Gn00bie you dont like the music?

[semidios1968]

This must have been the German Rockpalast show. I saw the whole concert in summer 82 when I was on holiday with my family on a farm on Fehmarn, Baltic Sea. We simply put a TV in the laundry room. What a great reminder, greetings to the two punk girls :-)

I'm a great B-52's fan since that night...

[ddeepp]

The blond girl looks like Lily Allen

[hungarianbeast]

@ddeepp yeah sort of, both have fine tits

[cybermatufia]

@ddeepp In deed Lily Allen looks like CINDY WILSON ( the blonde girl) YOU DON´T?

[krxZGB]

@ddeepp

umm... you meant: Lily Allen looks like "the blond girl"? The blond girl being Cindy Wilson, and like 25 years older then Lily Allen :)

[klownevil]

It is one of them songs everyone knows but Nobody knows the band. I give them a A+ for trying ^_^

[patricio065]

@klownevil like LOVE SHACK

[ivegottaheadache]

@klownevil Hmmm; not if you're someone like myself who had all their "cassettes" back in the day.