For those of you that enjoyed this, I'm so happy. My name is Brad Sergi. I directed 4 vids of the B52s back in 1978 at Univ. of Georgia in Athens, GA. This was one of the songs. It was all students working on the shoot. Someone else came to me with the idea. The video has degraded terribly. I was able to preserve this song for the most part and edited it in 2008. One of the other songs that was great was "Devil In My Car".
@cyclopasaurus
8 жыл бұрын
+Brad Sergi You did a wonderful job. It must be a lot of fun to think back how things were when you knew them before they became mega-famous.
@norcellep
8 жыл бұрын
+Brad Sergi , I love this band and think that living in Athens, GA, with this crew must've been the coolest thing in the universe! I'm 38 and was 1 year old when you directed them. It's funny how this band makes me want to go back to 1977/78 to enjoy their songs like a kind of a celebration of my own birth. The video gives depicts TheB52's' unique style, so congratulations for it. Do you still live in Athens and keep in touch with one of them? Are you planning on uploading any other video that you directed? Thanks a million!
@user-cs9of2xd2d
8 жыл бұрын
Wow. So much different from their super energetic videos. Very enjoyable
@35sixer
7 жыл бұрын
This so cool, was a huge, huge fan of the B's from 78-83.. Love this so much. Thank you for posting.
@riddlescom
7 жыл бұрын
Brad Sergi who was the crazy dancing chick behind them ??
@andyanderson3451
9 жыл бұрын
I can't get enough of ricky wilson on guitar. Such a loss!!!
@michaelpennington7800
4 жыл бұрын
Ricky Wilson ❤
@MegaElvisd
3 жыл бұрын
Love Cindy's Pentecostal church girl look. Beautiful hair.
@user-vw1ow7mk1c
2 ай бұрын
She's still a hillbilly to this day ❤❤
@mfactor88
15 жыл бұрын
yep im 47 and i have the first 2 albums on my memory stick in the and still crank em up who cares what anyone else thinks one of the very best EVER from the USA :)
@mikeyarborough2773
2 жыл бұрын
Two of the most drop dead gorgeous women in the universe !
@dominichetherington2287
7 жыл бұрын
The birth of one of the greatest bands on this planet love em to bits!!!!
@joshlobster
16 жыл бұрын
this is one of the best videos of the b-52's i have ever seen! it's hypnotic, reminds me of velvet underground...
@BonzaiBillie1
13 жыл бұрын
i love this drugged out drowsier version, drenched in reverb; sexy. & yeah, cindy wilson is so amazing it hurts.
@Charlottesometimeskp
8 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy to say that I saw them last night with my fiancé. Holy shit, what a show. They played Lava slower like this and the lights were dim and red and I couldn't help but smile and think about this video. Never thought the day would come.
@lizlalove6171
8 жыл бұрын
I'm going to see them at Webster Hall NYC for Halloween. Glad you enjoyed the show, I guess Keith Strickland isn't in this tour..?
@Charlottesometimeskp
6 жыл бұрын
Liz Hunyadi I hope you had a blast too. Unfortunately he wasn’t there, no. Still great though.
@Bige1959
13 жыл бұрын
I saw them at Madame Wong's-Chinatown(LA) about '79 or '80 just before Rock Lobster went into heavy rotation, at KROQ. They had that great Talking Heads vibe but rocked a lot harder, I was hooked and those songs still hold up all these years later.
@GUGUG
16 жыл бұрын
ricky underrated guitar legend! great version
@michaelpennington7800
4 жыл бұрын
His work is integral.
@charlotteguy7
13 жыл бұрын
OMG. Just found this. What a great version of this song. It has a bit of a Jefferson Airplane touch to it that I like.
@Hippityhop-13
2 жыл бұрын
Such a different sound than what they eventually worked into. Loving it. A johnathan Richmond modern lovers feel with a sprinkling of 13th floor elevators
@MQuadrucci
14 жыл бұрын
Brand new for me, this performance is subdued, slower and sultry! 30 years of Lava Love!
@judasplow25
15 жыл бұрын
Wow! This has a great 60's beatnick vibe.
@charlotteguy7
14 жыл бұрын
Man, I totally dig this version of the song. It has a '60s/psychedelic/California feel that works really well.
@Citadin
13 жыл бұрын
nice version and vid, they capture the real mood and potential of the song
@jeffbilby9415
2 жыл бұрын
Whole lot of attitude and artistic lava spillin on this great classic!
@korzybski7
2 жыл бұрын
lyrics music direction photography lights: after many years it is still current and performing . hot lava love from Italy 🇮🇹 my favorite band when i was teenager
@rabmc
8 жыл бұрын
Voices!!! This performances oozes style
@BorysMadrawski
3 жыл бұрын
I glad that I have found it again after so many many years. There was also an instrumental piece of B-52's that was my favorite.
@SandyCheeks63564
6 жыл бұрын
LOVE this! So beatnicky
@JeffTheNebraskaDJ
12 жыл бұрын
Amazing, this was their first video!!! I realize it's bootleg but Wow!! Love the B-52's still amazing after all these years, the dj
@judasplow25
11 жыл бұрын
Wow,I love this versions' 60's beatnick vibe with lots of echo.
@Shimmerkitty
14 жыл бұрын
I love this performance of Lava it's so psychedelic
@goatanything
10 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song!!!
@timmoris2365
7 жыл бұрын
An amazing document of an amazing band. Thanks Brad
@thesupeshow
15 жыл бұрын
Totally Kool B-52's rule,,Cheers
@hebneh
14 жыл бұрын
My goodness, we were all so young-looking back in 1978.
@Citrohan
13 жыл бұрын
@qdos10 Im with ya. Ive been to a lot of concerts in my life, seen a lot of big acts and big names perform, but NOTHING comes close to a B52s show. The energy level is amazing. Everyone, if you see the B52s are going to be performing near you: go see them. You wont be disappointed.
@thejakeyl88
13 жыл бұрын
Back to watch this fantastic video. If only they stayed this way for a while...
@mtsn
14 жыл бұрын
holy crap this is amazing.
@Neightiv
12 жыл бұрын
I heart whomever posted this, ive seen em 3 times but not back in their yungin dayz! its trip/timewarp-lol!
@cloverfield911
15 жыл бұрын
Glad to see they are still together 30 years later with another cool album.
@akafrank
16 жыл бұрын
please, please, please post more from this film. This is absolutely the proof I've been searching for to show that the B-52s are indeed the best band EVER
@matroe007
14 жыл бұрын
Too fantastic, Fred is so cute.
@ILoveB52s
16 жыл бұрын
The B-52's arer ALWAYS great!!!!
@BadazzShovelhead
13 жыл бұрын
I remember being a young teen when B52s came out in Georgia. There was like 5 of us in the whole state that got them. This is back when Lynyrd Skynyrd Aerosmith (Toys in the Attic) Foghat, Stillwater ruled the airways in Georgia. That they exploded out of Georgia during those times makes them all that more remarkable. The whole scene in Atlanta and Athens was incredible.
@robertj5881
2 жыл бұрын
10 years later and I am the only one who notices you put in Stillwater? Kid's on drugs
@The21stcenturypaul
15 жыл бұрын
Bizarre! Fred reminds me of Joel Grey in "Cabaret," here...just saw the B's last nite(at DTE Music Thea., MI), & 40+ yrs. later, they still TOTALLY rock! & while they didn't do this song (actually my fave from the 1st album), they did tear up "52 Girls," & (of course) "Planet Claire" & "R.L." got done up for the encore. B52s Forever!
@Flunder
13 жыл бұрын
Man thats good! my favorite tune. thanks!
@THECLARENCES
14 жыл бұрын
Amazing! xoxo The Clarences
@thejakeyl88
13 жыл бұрын
I love this version as well, its so smooth, you really feel the song... Hard to describe but this just pulls you in. Can't help but move to it! I see a lot of people talking about Cindy, but I can't take my eyes of Kate and that long beautiful hair. Such a good video!
@rawrmonster1000
13 жыл бұрын
I Love That Game!!!!!!! Hot Lava!
@meesalikeu
5 жыл бұрын
this is of course common music on planet mongo in the outer star system, but no one else on earth sounded liked the B52s.
@sdsuedeheadsd
12 жыл бұрын
absolutely amazing footage! thanks for sharing.
@lahillbilly
16 жыл бұрын
nice work, brad. good memories!
@2degucitas
15 жыл бұрын
LOVE Kate's dress!!!!
@stereoloov
16 жыл бұрын
Wow! this is RARE! really early stuff.Thx 4 posting!
@BooNube
16 жыл бұрын
The B's are one of the fucking greatest things ever to hit this planet. Never forget it, and Funplex for '08! I'm at the mall on a diet pill!
@camronbay1
3 жыл бұрын
They were on one in this version I think it’s the best version.
@111RAMONES
7 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you so much!
@microbus99
16 жыл бұрын
This is so fricken cool!!! Thanks for posting!!
@101Volts
14 жыл бұрын
Both the album version and this live version are great but I think I like this one more, Its more laid back and the guitar is tuned lower.
@abebg
16 жыл бұрын
the first album was a masterpiece- how could they go wrong since??
@ThomasMurphy55
10 жыл бұрын
My god, I miss Ricky.
@KenSkaggs
14 жыл бұрын
Wow- what a cool, trippy, live version!
@AaronFrickeepoo
12 жыл бұрын
Is it possible that many of those first songs consisted only of Ricky on guitar and Keith on those drums? I had no idea!
@WoodRatGirl
15 жыл бұрын
Great vintage stuff!
@freudastaire
14 жыл бұрын
oh my god, thank you so much for this video, wish i had seen them live that time.. they were so fuckin great!
@charlotteguy7
16 жыл бұрын
I think I'm gonna jump a crater!
@MauxeTV
12 жыл бұрын
first gigs , BRAVO great !!! it´s a jewell
@RabidHummingbird
15 жыл бұрын
whoa!!! fred sounds like he's from Munchkinland! But this is one of my favorite B songs
@desertshore
14 жыл бұрын
fantastic footage. the girls are so subdued here, as opposed to later :D
@bobtis
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if it could be restored at all. Thank you for this.
@singmacabresongs
14 жыл бұрын
Holy Flashback!!!
@JFLD02186
12 жыл бұрын
The guy in the background (freak woman)....this band was total underground when they broke...They're the shit.
@michiganjfrog366
2 жыл бұрын
They were babies... ❤💛💚💙💜
@101Volts
14 жыл бұрын
@mtsn You're right about him not using two middle strings for Rock Lobster. The guitar was tuned like this: CFxxFF. (x means no string) I'm guessing he used the guitar seen in this video for the crazy album Rock Lobster tone. The guitar seen in this video isn't a baritone, Its within the regular scale lengths of a guitar and he modified it to accept a hybrid set of strings. He used bass strings for the lower two strings.
@MJP474
12 жыл бұрын
Awesome.
@moosefactorymullet
7 жыл бұрын
sweet!
@russellbrown7028
9 жыл бұрын
They still had that "garage band" vibe when this was recorded. B52's numbers defy imitation by anyone (at least on this planet)
@MrJim62
15 жыл бұрын
thanx 4 posting
@101Volts
16 жыл бұрын
Original Comment from 2009 or so: "I agree, They were cool even before their first album was released. They still are cool and their first album is my favorite album, You can't beat it! Everything about it ROCKS!" ----- Now after 2 thumbs up to original comment: It is 2023, and I do not like the whole album anymore. If it's a sinful-endorsing lyric, it has no business in my home.
@X180SE
15 жыл бұрын
Very unique version. Highlights Cindy's voice. Is that Ricky on guitar? Who is the third woman?
@heavenlyworlds
14 жыл бұрын
GREAT Video!!!
@tonyelmacizo7279
4 жыл бұрын
The best psicodelo move for that decade Remember each decade have self sounds Great for keep this History notable how B52 fix sounds and notes of this song great for Brad to keep part of they History.👍
@sonicsupervibe
16 жыл бұрын
Amazing! FYI I have two one minute clips from the same session! Devil In My Car and Hero Worship! I wish I knew how to upload the files! On Hero Worship, Kate is playing the guitar and singing a back-up vocal, very cool!
@SuperRod88
14 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Ricky Wilson (March 18)
@gerald4133
6 жыл бұрын
Musical geniuses. LAVA . THIS looks early and great nand to two great feme voices. 👍
@iconicshrubbery
9 жыл бұрын
Never knew Lava could be so cool...
@blogegog
9 жыл бұрын
iconicshrubbery you are confusing cool with gay. Other than that, I'm with you. I never knew lava could be so gay.
@iconicshrubbery
9 жыл бұрын
must be an alpha male lover-Springsteen,Bon Jovi,or something like that...
@blogegog
9 жыл бұрын
+iconicshrubbery ack. Those are alpha males?
@fluxdust
14 жыл бұрын
I am glad to see they dropped the creepy dancing beaker later in their careers.
@101Volts
14 жыл бұрын
@tecdessus There's six strings but its hard to see the bottom two. Look towards the headstock, its easier to see them there (Or pause it at a frame and you'll see them in front of the frets) And yeah, I'm aware Ricky was known to play with only four strings but he must have still been experimenting here.
@oli101010
Жыл бұрын
Ooooooft ❤❤❤❤❤
@macaius
13 жыл бұрын
Trippy indeed
@101Volts
14 жыл бұрын
@woowoo1967 I don't think he used any G strings on their first two albums, I think he occasionally used a D string (Like for Give Me Back My Man) There are pictures of him playing guitars strung with six strings but I'm not sure if he used all of the strings. I don't know what he played on their songs made after Wild Planet.
@LunaSeaSane
15 жыл бұрын
This is a total FACTORY feel to it. Yes; as in "Andy"...
@sonicsupervibe
16 жыл бұрын
I have found someone who is going to attempt to rip some files of Hero Worship and Devil In My Car! We should have them soon!
@Chosimba13
2 жыл бұрын
Ricky was such a badass
@gustavofranco
15 жыл бұрын
this video seems to be outer from psychedelic 60's, the atmosphere looks so strange but cool
@kraidver2
15 жыл бұрын
oooh so raunchy and dirty. love it!
@omarduran3680
10 жыл бұрын
The best always, I love B52 s
@mtsn
14 жыл бұрын
@101Volts i tried to find some differences in the pickguards because they were indeed similar but not identical but couldnt spot any that was very noticeable so I assumed it was another Mosrite. I nearly thought it was a Danelectro 59 (like Page's) but the pickup didn't look much like the "lipstick" ones in the video (it looks thicker), another thing that made me think it was a Mosrite instead.
@Ocelot1962
15 жыл бұрын
Doesn't that Cindy look sooo pretty here?
@flyingdiscproductions
6 жыл бұрын
Mauna Loa is actively pumping out lava in a subdivision where people live right now!
@jstellamedialv
16 жыл бұрын
WOW
@mozdickson
11 жыл бұрын
1980 Ohope Beach New Zealand - we baked hot potatoes to this boom bang.
@mtsn
14 жыл бұрын
@101Volts the one in the private idaho is indeed a silvertone. The headstock solves the equation, the silvertone has some kind of a "crescent moon" shape, while the mosrite is almost plain.
@woowoo1967
14 жыл бұрын
@101Volts Ricky never used the middle strings ever as far as I remember.
@101Volts
6 жыл бұрын
2:20 Using thick guitar strings.
@gerald4133
6 жыл бұрын
In their prime no one could hold a candle to the b52s. LAVA wow lyrics and performance incredible. I wish they would have played the SUPERBOWL. 😜
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