The Love Shack is an actual place that members of the B52s used to hang out at near their homes in Georgia. It was a hangout with music and groove, it was not a “hook-up” place.
@lobo81865
3 жыл бұрын
True.
@user-vw1ow7mk1c
2 ай бұрын
Confirmed 😊
@b.slocumb7763
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine being in the club when everyone stops dancing to yell out “Tin roof- rusted!!” What a blast!
Didn't know you were all there with me . . . but nice to know all these years later 😁.
@jerolddavis
2 жыл бұрын
If you don't groove to this song, you're dead inside. This is everyone's vibes.
@pastordavey7314
2 жыл бұрын
"Get down" is a phrase from back in the day meaning ( to start jammin, dancin, grovin). Amber's childhood remains in tact,
@Moonshinedave1
3 жыл бұрын
IMO, love shack is just what Amber said, a party place to laugh, dance, drink, and well if you hook up with someone, so be it, simple as that. I lived thru those times, where having a great time was priority one.
@TracyfromNC
3 жыл бұрын
So true, I've been to so-called love shacks..great parties, so diverse, everybody welcomed. Fun times and yes, people hooked up for later but not there.
@ruthparker9756
3 жыл бұрын
And getting down was dancing
@andreadeamon6419
3 жыл бұрын
I miss the late 80s! Today stinx
@RedRoseSeptember22
3 жыл бұрын
@@andreadeamon6419 Right? Now it's nothing but twerking and simulated sex. Meh.
@amandaburkhalter36
3 жыл бұрын
Oh-my-gosh! I have no reason to comment, I literally promise, I wasn't gonna comment but when thinking about it, that was it.... like verbadim ( I never know if I'm spelling that right!) But, that blew my mind! 🤯😮great song too🥳 they're having a blast!
@kildogery
3 жыл бұрын
This wasn't the fashion at the time, they had their own retro style.
@ChrisJones-cs2zd
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, the B-52s were in their own private fashion world/
@PsychedelicMind67
2 жыл бұрын
very 60s orientated
@fallenangelart
2 жыл бұрын
Shhh, let her think that everyone in the eighties dressed like this!! If we are able to perpetuate this fallacy, we could easily be the coolest generation ever!! I love Jay's idea of "bring it back then"!
@kittycatmeowmeow963
2 жыл бұрын
Still, I would dress that way.
@monkeysuncle2816
2 жыл бұрын
@@fallenangelart this song was released at the tail end of the 80's- it's really more of the segue into the 90s.
@charlesbox4150
2 жыл бұрын
"Love Shack" has different meaning to different listeners. Fred, Cindy, and Kate all said it was a song about having fun and being with friends and the interpretation was at the discretion of the listeners.
@Kathy-bk6cg
Жыл бұрын
Definitely a great song to dance 💃 to
@sunnybearbuds
Жыл бұрын
These ladies had voices that meshed like the ABBA ladies...amazing group.
@blueeyedraven396
3 жыл бұрын
"Rock Lobster" is a crazy fun B-52's song. Gotta hit that one up. Rock Lobster and Love Shack are two songs that always made people hit the dance floor at parties.
@arashi75m
3 жыл бұрын
Love rock lobster
@leephillips2837
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah listen up
@swanstep
3 жыл бұрын
'52 Girls' from The B-52s' first album is also fire. The B-52s really do have some claim to be the world's greatest party band. 100 million college kids over several generations can't be wrong!
@3DJapan
3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the video on KZitem is pretty low quality.
@traduseuse5895
3 жыл бұрын
Rock Lobster and Planet Claire!. So many good memories...
@mokumboi19
3 жыл бұрын
Really, this song is about all of that combined: dancing, partying, making out, the whole party scene.
@rakitoon
3 жыл бұрын
Amber, you got it right. The love shack here is all about partying, having fund, music and dancing - like, an attitude for that. We called it "getting down" back when. Also, since you're interested, these ladies are in costume for the video, wearing clothes/hair from the early 60's, but the song esd recorded in 1989. (Sorry Rob - ha)
@rebeccaeisenhuth
4 ай бұрын
Exactly, don't think too hard about it. It's just fun!
@j.anderson4433
2 жыл бұрын
After a crappy day at work, this song could completely change my attitude. Still love it after all these years.
@filmsensei
3 жыл бұрын
I love the pre-famous Ru Paul in this! I still say it’s just a song about a party place. Yes, maybe to make a love connection, too. But “bring your jukebox money”. Don’t need that to hook up.
@richmurray8992
3 жыл бұрын
Kate and Cindy have two of the best voices of all time, and their harmonies are incredible.
@emanonfox1709
3 жыл бұрын
this
@kittycatmeowmeow963
2 жыл бұрын
My sister and I have great voices and are professional at imitating them. We love singing this song together.😊
@Daddy53751
2 жыл бұрын
Some of the best vocal harmonies in the game!
@timgrant8729
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! The harmony is something I could never forget! Something about this turns me on!
@skunklover5725
Жыл бұрын
My son had the major hot's for Kate Pierson.
@osocool1too
2 жыл бұрын
The B52's were still making music as recent as 2019 and all are now in their 70s and still sound great. To get down and boogie also means to dance like crazy and maybe go further. 🤗👍🤪
@skonenblades
2 жыл бұрын
They just did a concert here in Vancouver like a week ago! Still going.
@ellenwinchester3658
Жыл бұрын
Amber is right, it really was about a little party spot in the woods the band members and their friends would go to dance, hangout, and have fun. And "get down" back in the 70s and 80s meant getting down to dancing and partying.
@bluelily67
3 жыл бұрын
This song gives me "Rockabilly" vibes. Another 'retro' sounding group is Stray Cats. Their song "Stray Cat Strut" has this same type of vibe. And the video is fun too!
@darleneadams6844
3 жыл бұрын
Omg yes. Stray cats strut❤️❤️❤️
@mdudley52
3 жыл бұрын
Brian Setzer,World class guitarist
@anthonyunderwood2068
3 жыл бұрын
Man I haven't thought about them in a long time. Thank you for that. Loved those guys.
@Emee.M.
3 жыл бұрын
Seconding Stray Cats! And to kind of crank up the weirdness a notch, I recommend The Cramps. Kind of like the B52s on acid maybe? Definitely a fun, funky, weird vibe. More psychobilly than rockabilly, but so so so good.
@jean-paulaudette9246
3 жыл бұрын
LOL Retro? Give 'Squirrel Nut Zippers' a try!
@pauljohnstone180
3 жыл бұрын
"bring your juke box money" so you can dance. I say it's a dance club. "wearin' next to nothin' 'cause it's hot as an oven" Yeah, it's summer in Atlanta and they're dancin' it's hot. Just sayin' Love you, Paul
@xoxxobob61
3 жыл бұрын
Well the B-52s are from Athens, GA not the ATL.
@eljefe9020
3 жыл бұрын
Yea back in day Atl without getting shot
@katiefincher2433
3 жыл бұрын
It was a house in the woods that had a real tin roof, just like in the song, about ten miles outside Athens, Georgia. It hasn't existed since the 80s. It was not in atlanta. There was lots of dancing and just about every other kind of fun time. But no, it wasn't specifically a "dance club". Think of it more like a party house.
@eljefe9020
3 жыл бұрын
I say it a dive bar not a club back then juke box was the only music in the bars not clubs
@allenbooth5193
2 жыл бұрын
@@xoxxobob61 However, in the beginning of the song, they spoke of "headin' down the Atlanta Highway". Makes me think they were either headed towards Atlanta or they passed NEAR Atlanta.
@LaurieG011
2 жыл бұрын
The B-52s were a badly needed, refreshingly jarring, new-wave antidote to disco in the early ‘80s. Still love this whole Cosmic Thing album from later, though.
@minty_Joe
2 жыл бұрын
Cosmic Thing is a masterpiece! Along with all their library!
@dangeroreilly2028
9 ай бұрын
That's what the New Wave was all about!. It was supposed to be a revolt against heavy duty studio produced sound like much of the disco was, and much of the pop/rock of the day.
@frikster5542
2 жыл бұрын
The "Love Shack" is in many ways a state of mind; a place where people of all stripes come for a groovy good time. The band drew inspiration from the club in the movie The Color Purple, and also from a real club outside of Athens, Georgia, called the Hawaiian Ha-Le, where they would hang out. This place drew a multifarious crowd of hippies, scenesters, and lots of students from the nearby University of Georgia. Drummer Keith Strickland has also mentioned keg parties out in the country as another inspiration.
@carolynphelan6734
3 жыл бұрын
"Get down" was not a sexual connotation then. It meant to become more frenzied or energized in your dance. "Hook up" meant to meet someone later. You have to know the times. Not today's slang. John Travolta dancing in Saturday night Fever was an example of someone getting down on the dance floor. He took it over. It was amazing. He had the moves. The rest of the movie was not really very good. We couldn't believe that Vinnie Barbarino (Travolta's character from "Welcome Back Kotter") was going to be this awesome dancer. Wow! Were we wrong. He owned the floor. He got down!
@JustMe-vk4fn
3 жыл бұрын
The B 52's and Devo were always fun to listen to. Good party music. We called our parents cars "boats" back then. A Chrysler Imperial *is* as big as a whale. :D
@KayeWhye
3 жыл бұрын
I worked with a guy who, in the 90's drove around in an early 70's Chrysler Imperial, and we used to tease him about it being as big as a whale. He never got it, until one day I played him this song. From that day forward, his rebuttal would be that he was going home, to the Love Shack. 😁 Good times, I miss that guy!
@CondescendingOaf
3 жыл бұрын
Mine was a "Land Yacht" 👍😁
@KayeWhye
3 жыл бұрын
@@CondescendingOaf my dad had a conversion van he used to take to NASCAR races and bluegrass festivals. I called it the "Land Yacht" and with his Naval background, he put it on the front of the van with an anchor on either side. 😁
@chipdamutt108
3 жыл бұрын
Deuce and a quarter.
@subwaygoddess1
3 жыл бұрын
@Just Me I'm going to see Devo at Radio City Music Hall in NYC on 9/21.
@vanessacallahan3515
Жыл бұрын
So happy to see B-52s! Glitter on the highway, love shack baaaaaby! Get down means dancing! And wearing next to nothing because they’re dancing in a hot shack. Check out how B-52s started. It’s a being at the right place at the right time.
@coffee-xg6my
Жыл бұрын
The band originated in Athens Georgia, but the blonde girl Cindy Wilson is the only one actually from Georgia. She's the one that yelled the part, "Tin Roof rust" when the music paused.
@JohnWhitakerHRHardball
3 жыл бұрын
Not saying you’re wrong, but....as a South Carolina boy, i can tell you “wearing next to nothing” at one of the dance joints in the South is basically a life-saving PSA
@brittaniewaldrop9536
3 жыл бұрын
I agree with Jay, especially when the name of the song is taken into consideration, but I'm from SC too so I totally understand this comment and how it can go both ways depending on your innocence and where you live. :)
@DeannaAKADeanna
3 жыл бұрын
@@brittaniewaldrop9536 Yeah, I grew up near the Gulf Coast. Hot & HUMID A F so clothing was minimized within reason (for the weather).
@33MarciS
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a Georgia girl who lives close to Athens. We Southerners have to dress for the heat and grueling humidity all summer long (and into the fall). It's tough, but I wouldn't live anywhere else.
@lesliehatch844
3 жыл бұрын
😂🎯
@strawberryeyes3496
3 жыл бұрын
The song is 60s themed, the birth of the sexual revolution, feminism etc. The looks the girls are rocking is the 60s mini skirts etc the parents were scandalised by the new 60s fashion of their daughters 'wearing next to nothing' . When they say 'get down' it's 60s slang for dancing. Love Shack is a club, where the 'folks line up outside just to get down'.
@leahsunbury9639
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for pointing this out. It saved me a lot of typing, lol! This song was such a bop back in the day! Always brings good vibes!
@marcieharreld286
3 жыл бұрын
Mini skirts so short our parents practically fainted!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤘🤘🤘🎵🎼🎶🎧🥁🎸
@peggylavelle581
3 жыл бұрын
Not one 60 song is like this.
@POWER-LINKS
3 жыл бұрын
@@marcieharreld286 Especially my sisters custom-made ones on the school bus every morning. She was a very popular "gangbang in the field" kind of girl.
@marcieharreld286
3 жыл бұрын
@@POWER-LINKS 🤣🤣🤣
@michaelminch5490
2 жыл бұрын
This song once got me on the dance floor with a badly twisted ankle. Cindy & Kate's harmonies are just fantastic! Zachary Alford on drums went on to work with David Bowie a few years after this. You may also notice a certain Drag Queen - THE Queen of Drag, Ru Paul getting down.
@susanprather1021
11 ай бұрын
It was a dancing Era and we all went out at least twice a week to dance all the energy out!
@TheBarkinFrog
3 жыл бұрын
According to Kate Pierson (the red headed singer) "The Love Shack is a mythical place. It's not based on a specific place but rather a series of down-home, throw-down, disco juke joints that you would find in the rural south. The shack on Jefferson Road was an inspiration for the song, though."
@russcattell955i
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, I recently saw an interview with Cindy Wilson. She said the love shack is loosely based on the home of Kate Pierson just out of town Athens GA. Well, maybe it was for Cindy.
@planthungry
3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't about a palce to hook up ... B-52s singer Cindy Wilson, she explained: "When you're jamming, everybody is conjuring up their own images. Sometimes we're all singing at the same time and later you go back and you hear what you're doing. I personally was thinking about this bar that was out in the country [the Hawaiian Ha-Le]. It was a really cool place - a run-down love shack kind of thing, but it was a disco. It was a really interesting place."
@RedRoseSeptember22
3 жыл бұрын
Sure.
@crgirlmcgrath7087
3 жыл бұрын
Was one of the songs that got everyone out on the dance floor. LOVE the fashion of the 80s. It was fun until fun fun fun.
@AnonEyeMouse
3 жыл бұрын
The lyrics say different. Wilson could have been thinking about cake or puppies, that doesn't change what words she is singing.
@ragabashmoon1551
3 жыл бұрын
Yea, but that's one of the best things about The B-52's music. All of it is just outlandish and fun, with so much meaning while still being absolutely silly... as I said above, my favorites are Rock Lobster and Quiche Lorraine.
@esther2208
3 жыл бұрын
Anoneyemouse the song isn’t about sex. You just have a one track mind.
@lordleonusa
Жыл бұрын
The B-52s are a University of Atlanta Group, so much good music out of UOA! They have never changed their style, and have always been fabulous
@davidroyston1918
3 жыл бұрын
In 2000, I went to a concert in Oakland, CA where the B52's opened for The Go Go's! We danced for hours and it was one of my best experiences ever!
@shannonbennett987
3 жыл бұрын
"I got me car, it's as big as a whale," "I got me a Chrysler, it seats about 20." That's just fantastic!
@juniorjohnson9509
3 жыл бұрын
Had 20 people in (and on) our '65 Chrysler New Yorker once - I could barely steer and touch the gas pedal! :)
@Shawn-rq4py
3 жыл бұрын
This song came out summer of 1989. When school started it was played at every dance that year. It was awesome The inspiration for the song was "a cabin around Athens, Georgia," with a tin roof, where the band conceived "Rock Lobster", a single from their debut album. The cabin was said to have been located off the Atlanta Highway near Athens. B-52's singer Kate Pierson lived in the cabin in the 1970s, and it burned down in December 2004. Cindy Wilson's line "tin roof rusted" was originally an outtake from a jamming session, where Wilson continued her line while the tape had stopped.
@Theaquaponic12345678
3 жыл бұрын
Graduated from high school that summer.... lol. Ironically this was probably their biggest universal radio play song. But they have so many songs that are better. Good call. You two like this time, you need some Depeche and Siouxie and..... They 80's are still my favorite. OMG... Disintegration.... The Cure will take you years to get through. There is so much, good for you.
@kwcozort
3 жыл бұрын
Year I graduated High School and yes this song was played to death, but sooo fun.
@kwcozort
3 жыл бұрын
@@Theaquaponic12345678 Same, Go Class of 89 . You're so fine......
@theodoreritola9758
3 жыл бұрын
Love shack is the Ending of the 80s And the begging of the 90s
@back2black717
3 жыл бұрын
I graduated high school in 89 and you couldn't get away from this song! It was a fun song and B52's was a fun group! Try "Roam", another really good song!
@Sdw77
2 жыл бұрын
Yet another favourite, top 50 played songs on my iphone😂🫶🏽🤷🏽♂️👌🏽
@loriloy7097
2 жыл бұрын
I see him a little late for this reaction but you can't go wrong with the b-52's love shack! Thank you for dancing, I don't know how people cannot dance when you hear this song! Love your reactions!
@chriso6719
3 жыл бұрын
Rock Lobster is another one of the B-52's bigger songs.
@O_Towne_Bear
3 жыл бұрын
"Roam" too
@chriso6719
3 жыл бұрын
@@O_Towne_Bear Good call. Can't believe I forgot about that song. DOH!!!
@GenXDaddyO
3 жыл бұрын
Pass the tanning butter!!!
@theodoreritola9758
3 жыл бұрын
@@O_Towne_Bear PLANET CLAIRE Is so cool from 1978 ,And Private Idaho From 1978 The Yellow Album ,, It was the 70s BABY
@Chance1978ric
3 жыл бұрын
"Folks lining up outside just to get down" means exactly that. "Getting down" in 70's and 80's means dancing. Nothing sexual at all. BTW, they are from The ATL. It's hot in Atlanta, Really hot.
@Chance1978ric
3 жыл бұрын
@Brother Paul I believe your correct. Good call Brother Paul. Tin roof rusted.
@xoxxobob61
3 жыл бұрын
@Brother Paul Yes they are from Athens, GA and they all were College buddies there when they formed the B-52s.
@brynneholt1990
3 жыл бұрын
Same difference - they’re like an hour away.
@roserollins9800
3 жыл бұрын
HOT LANTA
@madonnaro72
3 жыл бұрын
Oh please...the whole song is full of sexual innuendos. "Tin Roof..Rusted!" Hellooooooo! That is what makes it a classic!
@abenapoleon3473
3 жыл бұрын
Back in the day it was the quintessential dance and party tune. The B-52's were a group of quirky, unconventional musicians who dropped unusual lyrics into their banging tunes. An enjoyable reaction to this blast from the past. They play it occasionally on retro music Adult Skate nights at my local rink.
@Kriskat6
3 жыл бұрын
I have always enjoyed the B-52's. Glad you are enjoying it too.
@Shrykespeare
3 жыл бұрын
I've always described B-52s as "space-age beach music". Smash Mouth also fits this mold. B-52s were pioneers in new wave in the early 80s, behind vocalists Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, and Cindy Wilson. Some of their other fantastic songs are "Rock Lobster" (make this your next one!), "Roam", "Channel Z", "Private Idaho", and my personal fave, "Good Stuff".
@josephamoraz7990
3 жыл бұрын
For Cindy's vocals I like " dance this mess around" & "give me back my man" Specially live. From I think 1980. Its kn black and white
@Pathfinder197
3 жыл бұрын
“Space Age Beach Music” may be my favorite description of the B-52’s ever. Now I have to go listen to Private Idaho - such a cool song. “🎶Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoo!🎶
@bg6b7bft
3 жыл бұрын
Roam and Topaz are two of my favorites. Space age beach music is an awesome description.
@jillwklausen
3 жыл бұрын
I like that description.
@Shrykespeare
3 жыл бұрын
@@Pathfinder197 Thanks! I wore out Smash Mouth's "Astro Lounge" CD because it had so many elements that reminded me of the B52s. I'm also going to listen to "Private Idaho".... but not on the patio... ;) I might also throw Bow Wow Wow and The Cramps into the same category.
@LadyGator1983
3 жыл бұрын
YES!!! This is the only song that could get me up dancing!!! Absolutely LOVE this song. My favorite line: TIN ROOF RUSTED!!!!
@filmsensei
3 жыл бұрын
I never knew what was being said there! 30-some year mystery solved, thank you!!
@LadyGator1983
3 жыл бұрын
@@filmsensei You’re welcome!!!
@ellavader4411
3 жыл бұрын
Tin roof rusted is slang for pregnant ...
@LadyGator1983
3 жыл бұрын
@@ellavader4411 really???
@POWER-LINKS
3 жыл бұрын
Which nobody knew until they explained it.
@bobbyarnold5555
2 ай бұрын
1989 - This was a very FUN CLUB song .... Great to dance to ahhh the 80's
@user-ys8gs5tw5e
6 ай бұрын
Get down is a double entendre, to dance & to get together "Are you DOWN?"
@jesseandrade8752
3 жыл бұрын
The best party song, love this song. Still want some Santana
@scapito
3 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Love me some Oye Como Va
@cassiereroni
3 жыл бұрын
Ahhh Santana. A timeless classic.
@paulthompson2047
3 жыл бұрын
If Amber likes horns... Try some Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. "A taste of honey" "the lonely bull"
@ginasarmina4728
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Santana!!
@aliciab7631
3 жыл бұрын
Give Amber back her childhood. As a 20 something when this came out and a club enthusiast - it's about dancing. You could dance or show out depending on if you hit the beat or the off beat. And north or south it was all about what you were wearing at the club. "Next to nothing" is a good description of my clubbing clothes. ^-^
@ronlackey2689
2 жыл бұрын
The B-52's fashion was a look from the 50's and 60's brought back into the 70's and 80'. A very unique group.
@emjay5416
2 жыл бұрын
This is my teenage years right here. I think I might be one of your biggest fans. I'm SO HAPPY that you both have a great, wonderful, successful youtube channel! LOVE IT!
@nancysavage9066
3 жыл бұрын
The “Love Shack” is any place, pasture, backyard or hangout where you gather with friends and cut loose with music, dancing, drinking, laughter and just having fun.
@Jeff-Vader-1
3 жыл бұрын
Preach !
@dianasantos2162
3 жыл бұрын
@Nancy Savage ~ we added wapatooli 😉
@luluforever7316
3 жыл бұрын
Spot on, Nancy!
@SuperGBuckley
2 жыл бұрын
You’re correct it’s a party place ! Their wearing next to nothing cause it’s hot as an oven….the getting down is dancing
@ITPalGame
2 жыл бұрын
Jordan always over thinking and missing lyrics details.
@kevinhammond3691
3 жыл бұрын
Top 3 B-52's suggestions; "Rock Lobster," "Private Idaho," and "Give Back My Man." My favorite is "Planet Claire" but it's too weird for most people. Lots of people think that the band name is a reference to the airplane, but it's only indirectly connected. In the 70's, a B-52 was the southern nickname for a beehive hairdo, which is what Cindy and Kate originally wore on stage.
@kimwebber177
3 жыл бұрын
Love planet claire...quiche Lorraine... Rock lobster.
@rebeccasimantov5476
3 жыл бұрын
Roam is another good one...
@michaelmaas5544
3 жыл бұрын
So many great ones that never got air time!
@kimberlysaffles9332
3 жыл бұрын
Strobe Light, 52 Girls!
@darrenbuckley2082
3 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/xoWgp65_bqxyf6Q restored version here, they reminded me a bit of Talking heads, not sure why.
@vaughngrimes3726
Жыл бұрын
First of all, all your reactions from Rob Squad that I've heard I love.And thank you for female Friday, I love! It's so cool isn't it that people can listen to the piece of music and come out with different interpretations. I think this is what most artists want. Yeah I've got to agree with Jay it's probably what the song is about, but it's just so much fun! And I totally agree with Jay for Amber in fashion if you want to do it just do it😊💜. Amber I think you are so right in early videos, early '80s, the beginnings of MTV people were very celebrative and what they wore and did whatever they wanted and it was big,bright, a lot of fun in a lot of music! Just do it if you want to, that's the only way you can do what you want.
@terrimilka6313
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! LOVE THE B-52"s 💘
@surlechapeau
3 жыл бұрын
You'll love their "Roam", "Private Idaho" and "Rock Lobster". Kate, Cindy and Fred all sing in many of their songs.
@Tully_23_32
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah Roam was my fav B-52's song, whenever B-52's came on the radio, telly, a party, wedding etc u couldn't help but start dancing. I reckon if u put it on during a funeral the cemetery would be rocken
@backgroundmusik
3 жыл бұрын
Freakin family guy ruined rock lobster for me... Ruined is i can't help think of Iraq Lobster and laughing my ads off
@melissas4874
3 жыл бұрын
Wig is the best song! LOL
@kenf3539
3 жыл бұрын
Down.... Down.... Rock Lobster
@theodoreritola9758
3 жыл бұрын
From the the 70s Private Idaho and Rock Lobster .. Love their 70s Songs the most
@liferocks7163
3 жыл бұрын
Just can't enough of Fred Schneider's voice and "Sprechgesang" style of singing! Hard to resist vibing to this B-52 track!
@bgaona
3 жыл бұрын
A rather erudite observation!
@4703857
2 жыл бұрын
Loved this song when I was younger (and still do!) I had the privilege of seeing them perform it live in the late 90s in Winter Park CO. Front row! But as I turned around, there's a sea of people jamming to it... will never forget!!
@skyraider1656
Жыл бұрын
My daughter and I would rock out to this song when I drove her back and forth to college. The B-52 was the hairstyle the girls were wearing at that time. You young folks really missed out on the great music from the 60’s through the 80’s. Being in my late 70’s I’ve seen it all.
@jameslanning8405
3 жыл бұрын
I think Jay's reading more into it than what's there. Just keep your ideas on it Amber! A fun place to go have a blast!
@keetahbrough
3 жыл бұрын
Not really lol, I think the interpretation of the lyrical content is subjective and sex appeal, is and was, always part of it. Sex isn't the focus, but it's the byproduct. ,
@Rowgue51
3 жыл бұрын
@@keetahbrough No it's the focus. Jay is dead on.
@maryscaggsdane1978
3 жыл бұрын
Kate Pierson (the red head) has said that this song isn't about one particular club, but a common type of old, ran-down, juke joint (juke box dance club). It's not about some sketchy flop-house in the woods. Don't ask what's going on in the stall of the bathroom, though! :-D
@lisakaz35
3 жыл бұрын
I think it's both. "Get down" was a phrase that meant to dance hard.
@davidabercrombie5427
3 жыл бұрын
This wasn't the fashion of the time. It was part of the 60s revival that happened in late 80s-early 90s
@rebekahelliott5297
Жыл бұрын
Lol!!! I heard this for the first time as a kid watching full house!!! Stephanie was dancing to it!! I thought it was such a cool song!!
@kirby1ist
3 жыл бұрын
Hello J and Amber :) , all I can say is ( about the song ) Glitter :) :) on the mattress , you are right Jordan. Thanks for a great reaction :) Have a great day : We woke up this morning , alive and breathing.
@catherinecox8921
3 жыл бұрын
J, get down in this song means to dance. Clearly times have changed, lol.
@craiggallagher9110
3 жыл бұрын
Loveshack one of the most catchy songs of all time
@timothystockman7533
6 ай бұрын
That shack wasn't shimmying enough!
@sreneethomas
2 жыл бұрын
Love the smiles you have while listening. Literally how can you listen without smiling and dancing to this?! 😄 it’s groovy
@kennbicknell5492
3 жыл бұрын
52s (plural). The pride of Athens, Georgia! They are so fun in concert. *ROCK LOBSTER* was their breakthrough hit, and it is 🔥
@garymcgregor5951
3 жыл бұрын
I first heard Rock Lobster on Doctor Demento! I've been a life long fan ever since!
@berkeleygirl4121
3 жыл бұрын
Their first hit on the punk scene was the wonderfully minimalist “Dance This Mess Around”, but you’re right, RL was their breakthrough hit. I’ve always been thankful to Athens for the B-52’s and REM. 💕
@surlechapeau
3 жыл бұрын
along with REM from Athens, Georgia!
@theodoreritola9758
3 жыл бұрын
Yes and ALL SO 70s
@debbieelholm7921
3 жыл бұрын
This song is about partying. “Get down”means to have fun, dance and party. The line about the clothes is just about how hot it is. After all, Georgia is hot during the summer months.
@bgaona
3 жыл бұрын
One does not stay innocent hugging and kissing and wearing next-to-nothing at a place called "The Love Shack" for very long...
@tj_2701
3 жыл бұрын
@@bgaona not when "it's a place for pepole to get together" lol
@bgaona
3 жыл бұрын
@@tj_2701 ... or "lining up just to get down."
@DCSDCSecretary
Жыл бұрын
The B52's Toured with the The Go-Go's one year... it was EPIC!!!!
@jeffsherk7056
2 жыл бұрын
This group formed in 1977 when I was 17 years old. I wasn't a concert-goer then, and I only discovered the B-52s later on. I wish I had seen them live when they were young and energetic.
@andrewwright9378
3 жыл бұрын
Could I just point out to you 2 that Parties and Clubs are ALWAYS places people go to hook up! Your comments are priceless sometimes!
@RitaBowen1
3 жыл бұрын
We had an old house down this mile long dirt road man the partys we had. I had a 1966 Ford Fairlane. We played the old 8 track till me battery died
@swimszoots
3 жыл бұрын
That's right. Dancing and hooking up are NOT mutually exclusive. 🙂
@bredincummings4381
3 жыл бұрын
Okay, so Amber's totally right with her take of a party vibe. The b52s were what is known as experimental rock, and a lot of their stuff sounds so bizarre in the best way.but there was definitely a "sound" at the time, so good connection with the gogo's.
@tommtommkin
2 жыл бұрын
Yep Ambers right.
@alphagt62
Жыл бұрын
In the day it was Punk Rock. They were in there with many others of the day, Blondie, Ramones, The Cars and so many that played at CBGB’s, that was a happening place for the punk rock scene. But, as with all other genre’s there are many facets, experimental rock is a good name for it!
@marygoodson4920
2 жыл бұрын
So Amber, this song was done in the '80's when this band and other bands like the Go Go's were into Retro '60's fashion, the big beehive hairdos, the bright kooky '60's clothes. They were getting their look from '60's movies like "Beach Blanket Bingo." You are not being naive! Getting down is just innocent stuff, dancing, having fun.
@danielvick3527
6 ай бұрын
I love your reactions Jay and Amber! This song is just an absolute party! If you haven't checked it out, you should listen to "Rock Lobster.". That song song was a huge underground club hit in the late '70s, and it is too bizarre, but in a good way!
@kennethkauzlaric8948
3 жыл бұрын
LOVE SHACK! When this song came out, I was driving our Chevy wagon, which I could get at least 10 friends in and we used to blast this song. Great memories.
@stevendickinson4484
3 жыл бұрын
Try out shiny happy people, it was collaboration between the b-52’s and REM, another fun song from 2 groups both from Athens Georgia, that high school must’ve had incredible talent shows
@nedhill1242
3 жыл бұрын
A few of them are Athens locals but mostly it’s people that went to Athens to go to the University of Georgia. REM B-52s Widespread panic Matthew Sweet Drive-by truckers Athens got hot as a breeding ground for bands in the late 70s and 80s the way Seattle was in the 90s with grunge. In Athens it was about alternative and modern music coming out of the 70s as well as Southern rock and jam band. Most of those Athens bands got started on College radio.
@33MarciS
3 жыл бұрын
Bill Berry and Mike Mills went to my high school in Macon, Georgia, though it was years before I was there. Our mascot was a cavalier. One of our mottoes or sayings was "No Fear Cavalier", which you might recognize from "It's the End of the World as We Know It".
@33MarciS
3 жыл бұрын
@@nedhill1242 I bet you remember Athens, GA Inside/Out. I loved that when I was in high school in the 80s.
@postiekeefveness4415
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this info, For years I've been singing Chinese happy people.
@ZartmoBThoughtForms
2 жыл бұрын
B52s are just so much fun. One of my favorite bands. Cindy and Kate sing so beautifully together, and by themselves. Fred is the carnival barker
@t.s.9656
2 жыл бұрын
Every walk of life loved this song.
@danhollifield
3 жыл бұрын
Being from Athens, as were the B-52s back in the day, I can say that "The Love Shack" was about going to parties, and the B-52s playing at college parties. Some hook-ups did happen -- it was the '70s -- but the party and the dancing and the fun was the real deal. The Love Shack is about the IDEA of some old house somewhere, where the people living there hired a band, and got a few kegs of beer, and threw parties every so often. Might have been out in the countryside, but could just as well be in town. I went to a lot of them, back in the day, LOL!
@eclectic-collections
2 жыл бұрын
"Love Shack" was released on June 20, 1989
@mikemet1744
2 жыл бұрын
"Some" hook-ups....well, that's safe to say!! Rock on all.
@gigistephens4633
2 жыл бұрын
It really can't be about hook-ups, because just anybody wasn't allowed in. You had to be cool and just different. And yeah, it is a mix of both dancing and "shacking up" but mostly it's about sharing your love for anyone and everyone that was apart of the shack. VERY Hippy. Very Hipster as well. They may have invented what it means to be hipster.
@fullcircle4723
Жыл бұрын
Being from NZ, thats exactly what we'd do. Party at one house. Hook the band gears up and jam. That was late 70's into the 80's.
@petejones879
Жыл бұрын
The band are Greek?
@MASolko
3 жыл бұрын
"Get down" can mean "dance" too!!! 🤣 The B-52s are an amazing oddball band. "Roam" and "Deadbeat Club" both have lovely vocals from Kate and Cindy.
@user-hp5ht9bq4n
7 ай бұрын
IU love seeing these videos when Amber was pregnant. She is so adorable.
@nigelgunson2038
2 жыл бұрын
I understand your point about the women.. outstanding voices. Alone they are wonderful, together sublime. I also think Fred's voice complements them perfectly. A great band.
@janicepopham2352
3 жыл бұрын
The redhead in this band also sang on "Shiny Happy People" by REM -- it would be a perfect song for your girls next week. Good luck & happy thoughts for your delivery!
@MegaKnightlord
3 жыл бұрын
Kate Pierson is the name.
@knowwhere3220
3 жыл бұрын
My roomate was their stage manager back in the early 80's....spent lots of fun times with them!
@theborg
2 жыл бұрын
I saw this tour and it was the craziest crowd I have ever seen and I've been to about 150 concerts.
@carlosgallardo2116
3 жыл бұрын
Great song from one of the pioneers of the 80's new wave movement. The greatest thing of many of these older songs is the fact that many of them had/have double meanings. Take it face value or explore the "double meaning" in them. Love your reactions, keep doing what you do. ✌🏻
@TheSpanishInquisition87
3 жыл бұрын
I love the B-52s. I used to live in Athens, GA. I knew people who used to hang out at the Love Shack. Please check out 10,000 Maniacs "Candy Everybody Wants" (another GA band) perfect for female Fridays!
@auckalukaum
3 жыл бұрын
Because the Night as well. I THINK they did it in an MTV Unplugged? Cover of Patti Smyth by way of Bruce Springsteen. Natalie Merchant has a great voice.
@ugadawgs1990
3 жыл бұрын
I also lived in Athens. While Natalie Merchant spent time in Athens, the 10,000 Maniacs are not a Georgia band.
@Databyter
3 жыл бұрын
The B52's were renowned for their big bee hive hairdoo's and hoop skirts, sort of a flash to the past, mixed with sort of new wave progressive party music (it might be called old school now, but this was really different when it came out.) It sort of reminds me of Ska and Beach Band music, progressive music, and even Punk. But really they invented a genre all their own. Their songs are pretty much all party and dancing type music tho. All something you would hear in a college dorm of the time. The guy, who almost talks over the gals singing annoyed me at first, but I've learned to appreciate it more over the years. Some of their songs are really fun to WATCH as well as listen to in their live performances. Songs like "Rock Lobster" come to mind. This one is sort of a POP Dance tune, but some of their other sings are even more unusual and interesting. Also I disagree that the shack is just a flop house for sex. It is a dance party, and yeah, people COULD hook up, but the song isn't really about sex. It is about Dancing and moving and partying. The car is about to set sail, it holds about 20. Bring your juke box money. That is a party, not a brothel. Getting down is not just a sexual reference. In this era it literally mean letting loose and having fun, and it was innocent, and this was a fairly innocent upbeat band. I mean that's not to say that sex isn't part of the appeal. There is guys and gals dancing together and flirting, and maybe the hint of sex, but there really is no hidden meaning here. This is the party shack just out of the city limits in the woods, where they can serve alcohol and party loud and dance without a visit from the Police. There used to be lots of these for real, and a lot of these old Country Counties used to be dry counties back in the day, and people had their clubs and bars back in the woods. This is kinda like that. I get more of a modern speakeasy vibe. Databyter
@broadsword6650
3 жыл бұрын
You know it!
@timward3116
Жыл бұрын
Haha. Even I missed the "true meaning" of Love Shack! Wow. All these years after hearing the song for the first time, I learned something!
@lennieblue
9 күн бұрын
Get Down Tonight, KC and The Sunshine Band. Get down, get funky, i always thought meant dance, have fun!
@jasongilbert2379
3 жыл бұрын
Yes.. Finally! Love this song… Still a Hit after all these yrs
@liviakelly5691
3 жыл бұрын
"Rock Lobster" is my favorite B-52 song 🥰☮️✌️
@jimrobertson5986
2 жыл бұрын
Class of 1990 here and just came across your reaction to Deee Lite "Groove Is In the Heart" and LOVED it. I had to come see your reaction to this classic...
@cathym9966
Жыл бұрын
Love "Love Shack", it brings me back to my 20's!!
@dustinsdesertheirloomgarde5999
3 жыл бұрын
Great 80s dance tune! This was an 80s anthem for all the girls. This and the Go Go's Our Lips are Sealed! That would be another good girl band for Friday! Also should do Jewel- Who will save your soul.
@jwreagan
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! and Walk Like an Egyptian!
@scottvanhille5688
3 жыл бұрын
Apparently Jewel will save your soul.
@tersommers
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Jewel was my favorite back in the day! Such a voice!
@eriqglyptis8816
3 жыл бұрын
Jewel…….. foolish Games live is the best.
@Emee.M.
3 жыл бұрын
@@eriqglyptis8816 Yes! This is one you can REAALLLY sing along to.
@sourgir-wh6xd
3 жыл бұрын
You can't sit still while listening to love shack lol 😍✌🤘
@dawnkwasny6725
Жыл бұрын
This song was THEEE song st the club 🎉 one of the best ever! My friends and I went crazy dancing in the clubs to this. The whole club on the dance floor letting it all loose was quite the site
@caitrina19
Жыл бұрын
Just saw this tonight…Thank you! So needed! ❤
@storbokki371
3 жыл бұрын
This was from the 80s when vintage clothes and hairstyles were a thing for a subculture. I still have a men's suit I bought from a vintage store then, and it was already 30 years old then. I was in college and could wear a size 30 waistband. so long ago, haha.
@GDRaptorFan13
3 жыл бұрын
Early 90s we wore vintage too-- shopping was goodwill, finding the coolest ugly print to wear with overalls or bell bottoms. We bought mostly 70s polyester shirts and gramma dresses, thought we were hippies a bit mixed it up. So fun!!!!
@jessenuf
3 жыл бұрын
Their concerts are fun.. Seen them 3 times and hope to see more.. Last time I saw them, they opened for Voy George. Amazingly fun night. Took my 74 year old mother. She's now a fan of both. I have a cool mom. ❤️
@3DJapan
3 жыл бұрын
I had free tickets to see them and The Go Go's together but I had no way to get there and nobody I knew was available so I missed it.
@tommyrjensen
2 жыл бұрын
It should not be forgotten how Sara Lee on bass added so much groove to the band, something that was missing in the early rock lobster days.
@seeclearlynow2123
2 жыл бұрын
I love y’all! New sub. I’m 61 years young and y’all are so young… I love your reactions to my era’s music. You’re both adorable! You popped my bubble! It is a place to go dance and hang out.… LOL!
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