#b-52s — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #b-52s, aggregated by home.social.
-
The B-52’s
#b52s #rocklobster #70srock #70smusic #newwave #postpunk #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Everybody's rockin', everybody's fruggin' ~ The B-52's release their debut album on July 6, 1979. It's widely considered a masterpiece in the American New Wave movement blending surf-rock guitar with pop culture references from the 50's and 60's and some unbelievable harmonized vocals. It's one of the precious few debut albums that still sounds as fresh…
-
The B-52’s
#b52s #rocklobster #70srock #70smusic #newwave #postpunk #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Everybody's rockin', everybody's fruggin' ~ The B-52's release their debut album on July 6, 1979. It's widely considered a masterpiece in the American New Wave movement blending surf-rock guitar with pop culture references from the 50's and 60's and some unbelievable harmonized vocals. It's one of the precious few debut albums that still sounds as fresh…
-
Happy Birthday to Fred Schneider of the B-52’s born on this day in 1951
-
75 years ago today, #FredSchneider, American vocalist and guitarist ( #B52s - "Rock Lobster"), born in Newark, New Jersey.
#HappyBirthday #75 ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 🎂 ༘⋆ -
75 years ago today, #FredSchneider, American vocalist and guitarist ( #B52s - "Rock Lobster"), born in Newark, New Jersey.
#HappyBirthday #75 ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ 🎂 ༘⋆ -
I've never had a gig cancelled due to a tornado. Some gigs, I really wished a tornado would hit the venue (some club owners are supreme jerks), but no such luck.
Lucky them! I've also never had a promoter go weather-homicidal on the band. Yikes!
https://flipboard.com/@nmemagazine/nme-u38ktv4lz/-/a-t-CbOB7pRxuQLmCotEbDkQ%3Aa%3A2129831255-%2F0
-
I've never had a gig cancelled due to a tornado. Some gigs, I really wished a tornado would hit the venue (some club owners are supreme jerks), but no such luck.
Lucky them! I've also never had a promoter go weather-homicidal on the band. Yikes!
https://flipboard.com/@nmemagazine/nme-u38ktv4lz/-/a-t-CbOB7pRxuQLmCotEbDkQ%3Aa%3A2129831255-%2F0
-
La musique est un merveilleux moyen de réduire le stress.
Si ce n’est pas amusant ou excitant, pourquoi le faire ?#TheB52s #B52s #Rock #NewWave #Athens #USA #Music #Socialmedia #tv #Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmYfbpZ2Rt0&list=OLAK5uy_lZo0Ku0_AqiHRq5ImiBd_Jc0XM5qrau0E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWg3vUgLzfg
-
La musique est un merveilleux moyen de réduire le stress.
Si ce n’est pas amusant ou excitant, pourquoi le faire ?#TheB52s #B52s #Rock #NewWave #Athens #USA #Music #Socialmedia #tv #Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmYfbpZ2Rt0&list=OLAK5uy_lZo0Ku0_AqiHRq5ImiBd_Jc0XM5qrau0E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWg3vUgLzfg
-
The B52s in Manchester last night!
-
The B52s in Manchester last night!
-
Musical Interlude: Here's another oldie, a song I truly cherished back in the 90s and still holds up. My sister surprised me when she confessed to loving it too, and wanted hair like Kate's.
"Roam," performed by the B-52s.
-
Musical Interlude: Here's another oldie, a song I truly cherished back in the 90s and still holds up. My sister surprised me when she confessed to loving it too, and wanted hair like Kate's.
"Roam," performed by the B-52s.
-
I often wonder what names an updated version of the B-52s Teenage Names of Today would include.
-
I often wonder what names an updated version of the B-52s Teenage Names of Today would include.
-
-
Yes, I am old. Yes, I am so old that I miss the 1980s. So... give me something better? So far, I'm not hearing it.
-
Yes, I am old. Yes, I am so old that I miss the 1980s. So... give me something better? So far, I'm not hearing it.
-
-
-
Private Idaho - B 52s
From their album "Wild Planet"
Very sweet video,#musicfromthe80ies #80ies #B52s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXmnmvDl-ao&list=RDyXmnmvDl-ao&start_radio=1
-
Private Idaho - B 52s
From their album "Wild Planet"
Very sweet video,#musicfromthe80ies #80ies #B52s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXmnmvDl-ao&list=RDyXmnmvDl-ao&start_radio=1
-
THE B-52’s
Wild Planet
1980 Canada pressingThe second B-52’s album, not as good as the first.
However, I’ve always had great affection for this album due to three songs in particular; “Private Idaho”, “Devil In My Car”, and “Give Me Back My Man”, which together make it worth owning.Besides, Fred Schneider is, as usual, in “full Schneider” mode.
Great fun.That dude is just one big gay party.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1980s #80s #80sMusic #newwave #party #b52s #wildplanet
-
THE B-52’s
Wild Planet
1980 Canada pressingThe second B-52’s album, not as good as the first.
However, I’ve always had great affection for this album due to three songs in particular; “Private Idaho”, “Devil In My Car”, and “Give Me Back My Man”, which together make it worth owning.Besides, Fred Schneider is, as usual, in “full Schneider” mode.
Great fun.That dude is just one big gay party.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #1980s #80s #80sMusic #newwave #party #b52s #wildplanet
-
I'm a metal head, but THIS is my all-time favorite! Pure genius!
#TheB52s #B52s #Georgia #Athens #RockLobster #Music #MusicVideo
-
I'm a metal head, but THIS is my all-time favorite! Pure genius!
#TheB52s #B52s #Georgia #Athens #RockLobster #Music #MusicVideo
-
31 Mar 2026 ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION FAIRFORD - Watch two fully armed #B52s arrive in #England as #RAF #Fairford now hosts 23 strategic bombers during Operation Epic Fury in the Middle East. This is in addition to four bombers (including #B1 Lancers) launching on the same day and multiple cargo aircraft arriving.
#Iran #Iranwar
https://youtu.be/fdZ3R5I44dk?si=9brht9Y3YuRgC2ha -
31 Mar 2026 ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION FAIRFORD - Watch two fully armed #B52s arrive in #England as #RAF #Fairford now hosts 23 strategic bombers during Operation Epic Fury in the Middle East. This is in addition to four bombers (including #B1 Lancers) launching on the same day and multiple cargo aircraft arriving.
#Iran #Iranwar
https://youtu.be/fdZ3R5I44dk?si=9brht9Y3YuRgC2ha -
@VeroniqueB99 @Felis_Catus_Domesticus
.. We all know exactly what these young people were actually looking for ..
So hurry up and bring your jukebox money !!!
Message from the Intergalactic Press Agency (IGPA):
"Trump's War Department is deliberately misleading peace activists!" -
@VeroniqueB99 @Felis_Catus_Domesticus
.. We all know exactly what these young people were actually looking for ..
So hurry up and bring your jukebox money !!!
Message from the Intergalactic Press Agency (IGPA):
"Trump's War Department is deliberately misleading peace activists!" -
An American B-52H Stratofortress with 10 AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles on its pylons, en route to Iran.
Didn't tRump say that "we are running out of good targets" in Iran, just yesterday?
#WarOnIran #EpsteinWar #WarOfAggression #WestAsia #tRump #Israel #B52s
-
An American B-52H Stratofortress with 10 AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles on its pylons, en route to Iran.
Didn't tRump say that "we are running out of good targets" in Iran, just yesterday?
#WarOnIran #EpsteinWar #WarOfAggression #WestAsia #tRump #Israel #B52s
-
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@ghostrunner/116207939508015250
Wow. 1975. Nothing changed. Nothing learned. Great cartoon!
#USPol #domesticEconomy #B52s #RonCobb #cartoon #distraction #EpsteinFiles #tanking -
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@ghostrunner/116207939508015250
Wow. 1975. Nothing changed. Nothing learned. Great cartoon!
#USPol #domesticEconomy #B52s #RonCobb #cartoon #distraction #EpsteinFiles #tanking -
Happy Birthday to Cindy Wilson who was born on this day in 1957
-
Punk Rock History (@punkrockhistory.bsky.social)
https://bsky.app/profile/punkrockhistory.bsky.social/post/3mfvigoqz3k2n
> Happy 69th 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
-
Punk Rock History (@punkrockhistory.bsky.social)
https://bsky.app/profile/punkrockhistory.bsky.social/post/3mfvigoqz3k2n
> Happy 69th 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
-
Happy 69th 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
-
Happy 69th 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
-
There was a reference to the B-52s on the Colbert show this morning. So I decided to put it on. Their Cosmic Thing album used to be the soundtrack of my studying, gaming, etc.
Back in the day, I thought the Dry County song was about a county experiencing dry weather. a) My English was okay but not the best. b) We did not have the notion of a "dry county" in Québec. (That I know of, at any rate.) Someone older than I am disabused me of this notion.
-
“Valentine’s Day is a gentle reminder that Christmas decorations must come down”*…
A Norwegian Valentine’s Day card from 1912 depicting Cupid (source)Today is, of course, Valentine’s Day– a celebration overseen by Cupid. Jacqueline Mansky explains how that rascally cherub has been part of Valentine’s Day lore since Chaucer’s time…
Despite a long list of Valentines and Valentinas that included emperors, martyrs-turned-saints, and a pope, there is no evidence that Saint Valentine’s Day as a holiday about love existed before Chaucer’s time. But as soon as it was, Cupid was part of it.
As the late University of Kansas English professor Jack B. Oruch wrote in “St. Valentine, Chaucer, and Spring in February,” it was the English literary giant and a circle of contemporaries, including John Gower, Oton de Grandson, and John Lydgate, who, building on the courtly love tradition, were the original “mythmaker[s]”of Valentine’s Day as a holiday focused on love and fertility. Cupid’s association with the day was present from the start, says Oruch. “At the time of Chaucer’s death in 1400, the transformation of Valentine into an auxiliary or parallel to Cupid as sponsor of lovers was well under way.”
But Cupid’s image did not stay the same in Valentine’s lore. By the mid-1800s, Cupid was looking less literary and more marketable.
As Leigh Eric Schmidt, a professor of religion and politics at Washington University in St. Louis, writes in “The Fashioning of a Modern Holiday: St. Valentine’s Day, 1840-1870,” Americans in the mid 1800s repurposed the holiday, and Cupid’s image shifted. Valentine’s Day had such a hold over the public, Schmidt writes, that it amounted to a “mania, craze, rage, or epidemic—a ‘social disease’ that seemed to recrudesce annually with ever heightening interest and anticipation.”
Naturally, Schmidt writes, merchants were eager to capitalize on this phenomenon even more by bringing children into the fold, so they created “lines of ‘juvenile valentines’.” Cupid came to have a new visual. Middle-class Americans of the nineteenth century had a “sentimental devotion to the child,” Schmidt writes, so the “piety of the angelic youngster” was reflected in a wide range of Valentine’s Day cards. The repackaging, Schmidt contends, was “very much a new image for the holiday”:
A refashioned image of Cupid as an innocent cherub indicated a redirection toward children and familial devotion. Merchants helped create a darling infant Cupid who bore only a faint resemblance to the often capricious Roman Cupid, who was said, among other things, to have sharpened his arrows on a grindstone whetted with blood.
Cupid’s image continues to be repurposed to this day in the pursuit of profit. Take the 2001 slasher flick Valentine. As film theorist and historian Richard Nowell writes in his essay “‘There’s More Than One Way to Lose Your Heart’: The American Film Industry, Early Teen Slasher Films, and Female Youth Author(s),” Cupid was reimagined as a “cherub-masked killer” to target teenage girls and young women, America’s “second-largest theatergoing demographic.” Clearly no longer playing for the children in the room, the trailer asks: “Why is it that the one day of the year that everyone’s afraid to be alone is Valentine’s Day?” The answer, Nowell writes, is the film’s tagline: “Love Hurts.”
It’s certainly a stretch from where Chaucer started with springtime and lovers, but considering that planned Valentine’s Day sales in the U.S. are expected to rake in approximately $27.4 billion this year—an increase of $6.7 billion since 2019—unless we collectively agree to quit celebrating Valentine’s Day, it’s a sure bet there’s more of this waiting in the, well, wings…
“Why Cupid Rules Valentine’s Day,” from @jstordaily.bsky.social.
* anonymous
###
As we celebrate, we might recall that it was on this date in 1977 that The B-52s performed their first live show at a Valentine’s Day party in their hometown of Athens, Georgia.
https://youtu.be/KCRU0WgexuI?si=yk1lTiIErpIsTTXA
#B52s #Chaucer #culture #cupid #history #LoveShack #music #rock #StValentine #ValentinesDay -
RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@saxifraga/115915056935411729
B52's always deserves a play.
Wonderfully camp.
-
RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@saxifraga/115915056935411729
B52's always deserves a play.
Wonderfully camp.
-
@DJDarren Wanna be the captain of the Enterprise! Wanna be the nicest guy on Earth! 🎶👍😁#ThePlaylistSuggestion #B52s #Music #NewWave #ClassicPop https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VvCng7-za1Y
-
This song came out 45 years ago and it still speaks to me
-
Someone needs to make a say-and-speak with all the sea animal noises from #RockLobster by the #B-52s
#music
