B-52's Rock Lobster, you will never be the same after you listen to it.🤣🤣🤣🤣

The B-52's were part of the 'New Wave' of the 80's. The songs weren't supposed to make sense. They were just meant to be FUN! And they were.

Not all 80s lyrics should be taken literally. The song was a dance hit.

Some songs don't need to be overanalyzed

You don't know what to make of Love Shack? You'll be totally confused by Rock Lobster

All I remember is that when this song came on in a club, EVERYONE was dancing.

This song is about a club outside of Atlanta years ago. It looked like a run down cabin, but they said when you opened the door, it was the craziest bumpn party.

And yes, RuPaul found his first big break into mainstream recognition through a cameo in the Love Shack music video. RuPaul can be seen doing the Frug in a flowered minidress and a monster Afro! B-52's frontman Fred Schneider looked back on RuPaul's appearance fondly, remembering how the drag queen "got the line-dance going, that’s for sure!". 🤩

That someone looking 👀 like RuPaul was in fact RuPaul.

No one knew what to think about the B-52’s when they hit the scene. What no one could question, however, was just how incredibly fun their music was in a crowd of people having a good time. Now, in our 60’s, our house lights up when we’re entertaining and this song rolls around. This was outside the box music that became a timeless classic. Put it in your rotation and chances are it will put a smile on your face…even the old, weird gay dude will grow on you😉🎶

Fred was born in 1951, the video was in 1989 and won the "Best Group Video" at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. Fred was 37 to 38 in the video.

You have no idea how HUGE this song was, yes it was a fun party song. The whole album is very good.

LOVE this song! RuPaul got his break by being in this video! So fun! Enjoy! ✌🏻🇨🇦✌🏻

It's just about an old place to have drinks, music and dancing. Very fun song!! Back in the day you could be anywhere and someone would holler "Tiiiinnn Roof!!!" and then you'd holler back "Rusted!!!" Old people thought we were mental lol! !😂

Rock Lobster live is one of the best ever to do a reaction to. 😅

Nobody has more fun making music than the B-52's

This song came on in the grocery store last week while I was with my preteen. No one was around us. I still had to behave but the moment she wasn't looking... I couldn't help myself. 😬💃💃💃

Oh no the guy is a major part of the B-52'S..he's great!

Fred Schneider, a founder member and the frontman for the B-52's, is well known for his "sprechgesang", which he developed from reciting poetry over guitars. Sprechgesang, more commonly known as "speak-singing" in English, are expressionist musical vocal techniques inbetween singing and speaking. If you really didn't like Fred's part in "Love Shack", then there's a good chance you will not like "Rock Lobster". I personally think Rock Lobster is a very unique, crazy, but awesome B-52's song, typical of their output in the late 70s/early 80s. You could also check out "Private Idaho". If sprechgesang is not your thing, you could consider listening to the B-52's great follow-up song to Love Shack, called "Roam". Roam was also a huge hit, with vocals by the group's female singers, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson. It's one of the few B-52s songs where Fred Schneider has nothing to do; when they played it live, he would hang back with a tambourine....

ROCK LOBSTER!!!!!! ROCK LOBSTER!!!!!! ROCK LOBSTER!!!!!! ROCK LOBSTER!!!!!!

"I have so many questions" is the correct response to a first time reaction to the B-52s. 😎

I think the "old dude" was younger than you when this song came out. His singing style was the sound of the B52s.

My Man!!! CLICK that Dee-Lite video and react...very cool with a cameo by Q-Tip and even Bootsy Collins from Parliament Funkadelic "Groove is in the Heart!"

"I've got me a Chrysler it seats about 20" is one of my alltime favorite lyrics.

This is camp in the best possible style - all the fun you could ever want

The B-52s started in Athens, Georgia at the University of Georgia - just like the band R.E.M. - in the mid-1970s. Like many colleges, it was extremely liberal, and it was during the hippie culture, and that is very much a part of their foundation. The girls went all in on 1950s "beehive" wigs and 50's thrift-shop clothes, and one of the slang names for the beehive wigs was "a B-52". The band only had limited success until they went to New York to play the underground club circuit there, and they played many shows at C.B.G.B.s and Max's Kansas City, along with other bands like Blondie and the Talking Heads, which is how they got signed. The album that Love Shack comes from, Cosmic Thing, was kind of a comeback album for the band. The blonde girl is Cindy Wilson, and her brother was Ricky Wilson, the original guitar player, and he died of AIDS in 1985, not long after finishing the previous album, Bouncing Off The Satellites. Ricky had kept his illness a secret from the band as long as he could, and his death understandably nearly destroyed the band, especially because they did not tour or promote the album. They didn't perform for about 4 years, but after taking time to mourn, they finally came back together and recorded Cosmic Thing, trying to rediscover the joy of life after their tragedy. Their drummer, Keith Strickland, switched to guitar, and they hired a touring drummer and bass player. Love Shack is obviously fully of joy, but perhaps even more so is their song Roam, which was also a huge hit and features just the girls on vocals and their amazing harmonies. Cosmic Thing turned out to be the biggest album of their career, and revitalized the band and kept them on the road selling out shows for another 20 years. They just recently retired officially.

“Love Shack” by the B-52’s is more than just a song; it’s a celebration of joy and togetherness, encapsulated in a catchy, danceable tune that continues to bring people together decades after its release. Its enduring popularity is a testament to the band’s talent and the song’s timeless appeal.

My favorite part is “Tin Roof Rusted!” this is the only song people can get me onto the floor with.

“Legal Tender” “Private Idaho” “Roam”. My favs from them. Grew up partying to them.

Um I think the B52's have a lot of nerve inviting us all to their funky little shack, but expecting us to bring our own jukebox money😂😂

That guy is the best… his name is Fred Schneider The Third… when I was a young teen I used to work at a bank in the West Village in NY… he was a customer there and the sweetest ever… he gave me an autograph it said Hey Bel Be Bad love Freddie S … he was such fun.. it was such a great time.. Private Idaho and Rock Lobster 🦞 two of their well known ones were just pure fun… ❤️❤️❤️

Watching this reminds me to request DEE LITE "Groove is in the Heart"

REM and the B-52s are from Athens, GA, a college town that was important in the development of alternative rock. Kate Pierson was one of the founders of the B-52s, who were friends with REM. She sang on Shiny Happy People. Fred Schneider is the "mad old" gay gay (almost six months older than this mad old gay guy.) There's a great interview with him on Howard Stern's channel. Check it out for more history of the B-52s.

I Can’t wait for you to do Rock Lobster 😂

Oh I've been waiting for this one!! Wow when this came on everyone jumped up to dance !!!

It’s just a rural cottage they all go to party. As happens with young people partying, sometimes they’ll fool around 😎 It’s not any deeper than that, just great fun party music. > Even the first time my 5yo son heard this, he demanded to know who it was “It MAKES me dance!” 😃😆

This was a real 80’s banger! Love this on the radio

The B-52s are a great rabbit hole to go down. The "old guy" is Fred Schneider, and yes, he is gay. Try Rock Lobster and Roam. They were big in the early 80s. Those are two of their better known songs. Fred is 72 now, and they are still touring.

Can't have the B-52s without Fred. I saw these guys in Detroit (several times) in the 70s and 80s, and it's oddly comforting that when they release a new single years later they sound exactly the same. Some things don't need to change.

Don Was, whose other clients include Jewel, Bob Dylan, Elton John and The Rolling Stones, produced "Love Shack". He also had his own group in the '80s called "Was Not Was," which had a hit with "Walk The Dinosaur." This would be a really fun song to check out! 🙂

One of my all-time favorites! It's a great party and fun song. No judgements needed, everyone is invited, and everyone is entitled to let their hair down. Great classic from the 80's.

The B52s are from Athens. GA and were one of the biggest 80s college party bands. They have very weird upbeat songs that are great for people to dance to at parties. If you are down they always bring a smile to your face

Took my mom to a B52s concert (with OMD also) when she was in her 80s. She LOVED it! They are too fun not to love! Enjoy their rabbit hole 😉

This song always cheers me up for some reason 😂

This was our Club music and it was a Blast!!! We didn’t are about lyrics…we just wanted to Dance.

This song is played at EVERY wedding reception.

Loved dancing to the B-52s back in the 80s! Especially when "Rock Lobster" was played. 😂

This was a late 80s comeback song. They're really a late 70s band when they had their hey day. Check out their original hits from the late 70s like Rock Lobster and Your own private Idaho Everything truly great in music was around in the 70s

The line, "The love shack is a little old place where we can get together" originally showed up just once in the song, but producer Don Was convinced the group to repeat that line, as it makes a nice hook. 🙂

have to go down the B-52s rabbit hole: "roam", rock lobster" planet Claire" they had so many great songs

This is a great wedding song. Everybody that can gets after it when it comes on. I still listen to them at 65. Those were the days. Kinks, Bangles, The Tubes, Devo, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and so many more. Great time to be twenty something.✌

One of my favorite songs of all time! No party was complete without some B-52s! You gotta do ‘Rock Lobster” ❤️‍🔥✌🏻🫶🏻

It's great! That's what you think about it! We did party on the dance floor ,even if it was a bar without a dance floor!!

I saw them in 1980 at the Mudd Club in NY. Right after their first album. That's RuPaul there.

YES!!! I requested this in one of ur videos! I'm so happy u are doing this! Love The B2s! The song Shiny happy people by REM does feature Kate Pierson from the B52s! I highy suggest checking that one out, as well as Groove is in the heart by Deee Lite!!

You should really do Dee Lite Groove Is In the Heart. It’s all over the place, but such a banger.

We were more inclusive then, than most are today. The "everybody's welcome" theme was coming into its own. Was also a pushback against my "jeans and tshirt" generation with the fashion. I feel like we’re there again!

Love this!!! Heading down the highway.... it's just a fun song to dance too! Doesn't need to make sense just dance!!

Oh the parties back in the day and Little shacks back out in the woods like this were phenomenal. Everybody just danced and had a great time and sometime you get up in the backseat of a car or bed of a pickup it was a whole lot more fun than going clubbing.

You don't always have to think about a song, sometimes it's more about how it makes you feel!

you must watch more of them.. LOVE THEM.. saw them live.. if you get a chance watch more of them..

The B-52s formed in Athens, GA at the University of Georgia. REM also formed there a few years later. Very different styles, but they are both very loveable bands. The inspiration for Love Shack was a party house out off campus where people showed for parties and raves.

One of my favorite 80s dance songs ! Flash backs for sure . . . Ty

I never knew all the lyrics to this song until today. I knew part of them, not many, but I was on the dance floor many times with this song playing. This song was a great calorie burner.

Watch carefully inside The Love Shack when the people are dancing, there is before he was famous none other than RuPaul, see if you can find him. Ps now you need to react to the B-52s and the song (Rock Lobster) or the BC-52s with The Flintstones theme song from the live-action Flintstones movie. You should watch The B-52s live it's really interesting.

I love this song so much! It's so fun, and Fred's parts are the best! I hear this song once and then for hours I walk around saying Fred's parts out loud because they're just so fun lol. Some songs you don't try to make sense of. You just enjoy!

Kate and cindy harmonize like angels. You must do deadbeat club from the same record, channel z and roam. Seminal album.

You don’t get more real than the B52s. Five close friends (including a brother and sister) formed a band more for fun than anything. They performed at parties to start out with. Their popularity grew and they moved to the college circuit. They developed a cult following on early 80 ‘s indie radio. I saw them at Red Rocks in 1984. Then member, Ricky Wilson, passed away from AIDS and it took a few years for then to regroup but then they really hit it big with this song and album. They’re still performing together 40+ years later, although one member has retired from touring. They’re icons and belong in the Rock Hall of Fame.

DO ROCK LOBSTER NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They were formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. Hit's have been "Rock Lobster", "Planet Claire", "Party Out of Bounds", "Private Idaho", "Whammy Kiss", "Summer of Love", "Wig", "Love Shack", "Roam" and "(Meet) The Flintstones". The name "B-52's" comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the aircraft, which Pierson and Cindy Wilson wore in performances during the band's first decade.

My favorite group to play when driving down the highway! “Roam” is also fantastic.

“Love Shack” is an old term for a place where people would “Shack Up.” The B-52’s made a double entendre joke about it. They were famous for injecting double entendre jokes in their songs. They’ve always been a fun party band. Their lyrics didn’t have to make sense but they sounded really cool. Many old-school songs were like that. Words or phrases that just sounded great when sung and really fit the music. Back then we didn’t analyze things like we do today. We just went along with it and had fun.

Oh my gosh! YES! I love the B-52's!

Yes, B-52’s were at New West Fest in Fort Collins about 15 years ago. I was there and it was Awesome!

I absolutely love the B-52’s. You can’t help but smile when you hear them.

Fun track. Their big comeback song after a period of less popularity. So when she says "tin roof rusted," means an unintended pregnancy. They have lots of other fun songs. "Strobe Light" is really fun, like Rock Lobster and others mentioned. Fred Schneider had his own thing going on and brought a more campy vibe to the group. Mixes well with all the other eclectic influences.

The "tin roof rusted" part was my favorite part as a kid. I'd wait to scream that part. Kids at 80s parents parties lol

Nice reaction. He also says "Glitter on the Mattress", no doubt they were dancing.

🇬🇧 MASSIVE hit in the 80s. And i loved it (we all did). Its so good to dance to. You can dance like no-one is watching. "Rock Lobster" is another 'hit' by The B-52's (still crazy, but crazy good yeah!?). ❤🎼🎶🔥

Love the B'52 saw them in Edinburgh 1979/80 ish. Great night/party band

One of the most famous breakdowns in pop music comes near the end of this song, when the music stops and Fred Schneider asks, "You're what?" Cindy Wilson replies with one of the most famous misinterpreted lines in pop music, as she wails, "Tin Roof, Rusted." The line is commonly misheard, often as something like, "Hennnnn-ry, busted." This section came from a happy accident: the track stopped as Wilson was doing her vocal, and she just kept singing, which gave them the idea to stop the music in this section. As for the line itself, there were rumors that "tin roof, rusted" meant a pregnant woman. According to Wilson, it's just her recollection of the rusty roof at the Hawaiian Ha-Le, a real club outside of Athens, Georgia, where they would hang out.

When i was a teen my friends had a big "tree house" building in the woods made feom scraps and we had couches and candles and shit and called it the love shack because that song was popular back then

This group makes music to smile by. They even have a whole song about their love of butterbeans. I agree with the other commenters suggesting Rock Lobster. My Own Private Idaho is well liked as well.

Love Kate Pierson's voice---her performance with Iggy Pop on "Candy" still gives me the chills to this day. Kate and Cindy's harmonies are wonderful

This is one of my FAVORITE songs!! Love 80s pop.

From the #1 album called Cosmic Thing, the B-52's sent four #1 hits to the top 40 chart. They are : Love Shack, Topaz, Roam and their only #1 instrumental called Follow Your Bliss. This entire album is fire and well worthy of an album reaction😮😊!

This is such a fun song!! I didn't fully appreciate it back when it came out. I live in Atlanta now and b-52's are from here 🎉😂

The B52’s and this video is just FUN! I loved it and this song is in my playlist right now.

Fred Schneider the "old" guy you spoke about was old 37 years old when this song was released. Which was the bands 5th studio album "Cosmic Thing" in 1989. Their first album was 10 years earlier back in 1979. Also, he's not rapping that's just singing. Now, if you want to hear a song where it's just the ladies singing then listen to the song, "Roam". It's actually my favorite song from the band.

My mom loved this song because it was reminiscent of the 60's when she was a teen.

Every wedding I went to in the 80s & 90s, as well as every school dance…. You should check out those other dance songs that popped up in the suggestions at the end.

Ah hon, ya gotta hear MORE B-52's!!! They are a party band!!! It's just sooo much FUN!!!

Greatest party song ever !

This is the post punk movement - similar to Elvis Costello. It's a super interesting period in music. Try the Talking Heads, the Cars... Very interesting music.

Okay, here's your lesson of the day from someone who lived through the evolution of the B52s and lives near the town of their origin. The B52s, who formed in college are an Athens band (just as is R.E.M.) which is a little (at the time) college town east of Atlanta. The "love shack" was just this little, un-airconditioned building off the Atlanta highway, not that far out of town, where they would go and play music and dance and just have a good time. The line "Your WHAT!? Tin roof... Rusted" simply meant that they went through all the effort of getting everyone together to go have a party in their favorite little hole in the wall place, only to find out the metal roof went bad and they couldn't use it anymore. It's not rocket surgery, just follow the lyrics. 😉 There's lots of places like that down here in the southern, more rural areas. Their being nearly "buck naked" was just a reference to the lightweight, sometimes "slight" clothing that's worn down here when it's 95° with 80% humidity and that building is "hot as an oven" so people are "wearin' next to nothin'." It's not about being nudists or an actual sex party... Get your head outta hip-hop mode. 😉 The glitter... Glitter was a *big* thing in the late 70s and 80s, the "Glam-Bands" (big haired rockers of the time) wore it and people wore it in makeup, on their skin, in their hair, fung all over the place... It's just party time. 😊 I live not far from Athens, just a couple hundred feet from the Atlanta highway, kinda cool and everytime I take off down the road, this song still clicks away in my mind. 😂 The "old dude" (who actually isn't much older than the rest), "Fred," is a day-one, main staple of the B52s and their unique sound which wouldn't have carried them as far without him. Yes, he's gay, he/they never hid it and frankly, back then nobody gave a damn. They broke out big in the NY new wave scene and they were just another alternative group with a mix of members. The redheaded singer and the guitar player are married and an anchor to the group. Really take the time to listen to her voice. Go down the rabbit hole one day and listen to their older stuff (came out in 70s with Rock Lobster) and his voice is in direct contrast with the light, bubbly vocals of the girls and it wouldn't be the same thing without him. He is forever affixed to them and it just "is." The crazy redhead in the GO-GO outfit is the main voice of the group and has insane vocal talent, she & the '2s did a "colab" with Iggy Pop (another artist you *MUST* check out, he does it all from punk to straight rock to jazz) which is phenomenal. The B52s wrote the soundtrack for a generation with a long and storied career. Countless cold drinks were consumed on hot, lazy summer days just chillin in the shade (listen to their song "Dead beat club"). This was a top 40 song and they've had a number of hits and albums over the years and it's a lot more than a "new year's eve." song. It's a must play on a whole lot of people's party song lists from the 80s/90s, along with their older stuff from the 70s. You REEEAAlly need to get out more!! 😊 The B52s... Learn them, know them, love them. 😊

Not only was it a real place, it was on the Atlanta Highway on the way to Athens, GA and the University of GA. Frankly, it was kind of a real shack, lol. It burned down around a decade or so ago.

The B-52's lesser known song Strobe Light is fun too.

I had to laugh when you said, "this 'old dude' kind of rapping, singing...I don't know what to take of it. There is a part of me that doesn't like his part." Man... it was 1989. He was born in 1951. Fred Schneider is 38yo in this video... Keep that in mind the next time your "old dude ass" is up on a stage rappin and singin, lol.

THIS SONG WAS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVS!!! ABOUT 23 YEARS OLD.. NO MATTER WHAT THE MOOD WAS, THIS SONG BROKE THE VIB AND JUST GOT JIGGY WITH IT, DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, DOING LAUNDRY HOUSECLEANING...JUS HAD TO GET JIGGY WITH LOVE SHACK !!! GREAT FUN MEMORIAL SONG, TAKES YA TO SO MANY PLACES LOVE SHACK BABY !!! LOVE YA'R PICS LUV SEEING DON SHARING REACTIONS WITH YA !! DON THE MAN !!

The B-52's were a distinct and unique band that helped usher in the New Wave era. Fred was the frontman with his very unique style. The cool thing is, his speaking style let the girls' singing really shine. A great song that is just the girls singing, is "B-52 Girls". A deeper girls-only cut is "Give Me Back My Man". "Rock Lobster" is a trip, and was a huge hit. "Private Idaho" is a banger. "Strobe Light" is fun too. "Planet Claire" is another trippy one from their 1979 self-titled debut album.

FOLKS LINING UP OUTSIDE JUST TO GET DOOOWWWwwwnnnnn