The B-52's - Legal Tender - Rock in Rio, janeiro de 1985

The B-52's - LEGAL TENDER Live Rock in Rio 1985
Their first single, "Rock Lobster", recorded for DB Records in 1978 (see 1978 in music), was an underground success that led to the B-52's performing at CBGB's and Max's Kansas City in New York City. "52 Girls" was the B-side. Two versions of the single were released in the UK that featured the B-side "Running Around".

Their debut album, The B-52's, contained re-recorded versions of "Rock Lobster" and "52 Girls", along with six more originals and a remake of Petula Clark's classic "Downtown." It was eventually certified platinum.

The album had greater success overseas, especially in Australia, where it hit #7 on the back of three hit singles: "Planet Claire" (#43), "Rock Lobster" (#3) and "Private Idaho" (#11). "Rock Lobster" gave the band its first entry on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

The follow-up, Wild Planet, reached the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 in 1980 and was certified gold. "Private Idaho" became their second Hot 100 entry; around this time the B-52's performed a breakout set on Saturday Night Live and were featured at the Heatwave festival in August 1980.

Party Mix! was released next, a remix album that took tracks from the first two LPs and presented them in extended forms.


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Although recording sessions with David Byrne (of Talking Heads) failed, the recordings were released as the Mesopotamia EP in 1982 (Party Mix! and Mesopotamia would later be combined and released together on a single CD).

The Whammy! album in 1983 brought the band into electronic and drum machine experimentation, much to the chagrin of some of their early fans. "Legal Tender" became their third chart single. After the initial pressings of Whammy! were released, copyright issues with Yoko Ono led to the song "Don't Worry" being pulled and replaced on future copies of the album with a new track called "Moon 83", a variation on "There's A Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)" from their debut album.

1984 brought about an eponymous solo album from Fred Schneider (Fred Schneider & the Shake Society) with contributions from bandmates Kate Pierson and Ricky Wilson. Tina Weymouth from the Talking Heads, Keith Haring and RuPaul appeared on the video clip for "Monster", a song about the "monster" in Fred's pants.

That year, the B-52's reformed to record Bouncing Off the Satellites. On October 12, 1985 Ricky Wilson died at age 32 of what was originally reported as cancer but was later revealed to be AIDS-related. Devastated, the band went into immediate seclusion and the album sank without any tour or promotion behind it.

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[marcosrougemadman]

Zekitcha2, vc só nos dá alegria. Nao esquenta com os que só ficam reclamando disso ou daquilo. Cara mt bom rever tudo isso, era só alegria nessa época. Valeu mesmo véio!!!!!

[Zekitcha2]

@marcosrougemadman Fala, conterrâneo. Anos 80 foram difíceis, o Brazil tava numa m... sem fim. Mas a gente se divertia, Eu tinha 25 anos na época do Rock in Rio, e já era fã de longa data do B-52 (ouvi em 1979 pela primeira vez), assim como eu curtia Ramones desde 1977, etc. Até hoje, curto toda a parafernália PUNK, mas curto outras coisas mais light também. O Rock in Rio hoje é puro apelo comercial. Ivete, Cláudia Leite, etc, tudo máquina de fazer dinheiro para o Sr. Medina. Uma pena!

[malvadeza]

Pior é botar tradução na musica. Musica tem que ser ouvida natural

[Zekitcha2]

Pois é, "malvadeza", se para você "música tem que ser ouvida natural" (sic), então você a deveria estar unicamente escutando, e não a assistindo em um clipe.

Está no lugar errado, portanto.

[riostud1]

Eu tava nesse show.. puta q epoca boa, da MAMAO COM AC,UCAR.

Now thay are back and in Rio today.

THANKS FOR POST.

[Zekitcha2]

Wish I could be in Rio on 17th April 2009 for the Funplex Tour. I was there in 1985 for Rock in Rio and it was soooo good!

[pingola16]

'' tamo no porão'' aaa vai se fude

[famq161180]

Que show fantástico.

[romulofaco]

KKKKKKK Acho que fui o único que gostou da tradução. Achei da horinha.

[mvce10]

Esse show foi muito bom e eu dancei tanto, que na apresentação do Queen, o último show do dia e após um certo atraso na entrada deles no palco, eu tava acabado.

[joatoga]

Meu filho de 11 anos, curte comigo os grandes anos do rock. Eu o ensino e cativo desde o ventre de sua mãe. Ele fica espantado com a "galera" emo e seus pseudo emo rock (blarg). Curtimos creedance, janis, Doors; Queen, Priest e por aí vai.

Que Deus o conserve neste (bom) caminho. e que os deuses do rock nos inspirem sempre.

Save the rock.

[joatoga]

A década de 80 foi o bicho para o rock. Não nego, nem renego os anos 70, muito menos os áureos anos 60. Era "sexo - droga e rock'n rol" hoje, pqp, trata-se punheta - ice e re-start (nem sei se é assim que se escreve isto). Como descrevê-los, todos nós sabemos.

Abraços rockers do Brasil.

[mazely]

Que tradução pavorosa.

[albertosardini]

EU ESTAVA LA NO DOMINGO< ULTIMO DIA DE ROCK IN RIO< NUMA LAMA FEDIDA E CHEIRANDO A MACONHA, NADA CONTRA, Q SOU FUMANTE DE CIGARRO, MAS NAO GOSTO DE CHEIROO DE MACONHA,,<<MAS VALEU A PENA ANDRE:SAMPA/BRASIL

[Betunyan]

Ai como eu queria voltar no tempo, tempos bons eram bandas de verdade,melhor rock in rio q ja teve, scorpions,barao vermelho,blitz, AC/DC, guns in rose, queen ,puta merda oo tempo bom ,tempo em q a moçada curtia musica boa ,tempos q ficam guardados na memoria pra sempre

[albertchristophe]

Eu estava lá, colado no palco! I was there!!!!

[igelixo]

Muito boa a tradução.