So I'm walking through the grocery store the other day and kind of humming along with the music being piped throughout the store. Wasn't paying attention until a particular note struck me as very familiar. It was the B-52s! And it wasn't Love Shack! I'm not sure what song it was but it was, without a doubt, them. You know what I'm saying right? The B-52s are unmistakable in their sound and style. Suddenly I was so happy in the middle of the grocery store. The eldest redhead was with me and I am pretty sure she thought I had lost my mind...once again. So I, of course, had to feature B-52s on the experiment! They just make people happy. On one of the comments to one of their songs (maybe today's featured?) someone wrote, "I want B-52s played at my funeral." :)
I ended up choosing Love Shack for today's song because it is what put the B-52s on the mainstream map, musically speaking. But I had to include Rock Lobster which was the inspiration song for a Veggie Tales tune I featured waaaaaaay back in January. Here's what I love about B-52s. They make no sense and they are good dance music (not that this white girl with no rhythm dances but you know what I'm saying). Now. I know, no really I do, that some of their songs have political undertones. Whatev. I just ignore it and go with the fun ones.
Love Shack hit the US music charts in 1989. According to one site source it was inspired by a 1970 song by The Temptations called, "Psychedelic Shack." Before B-52s had made it big in the US (which is where they all hail from) they made it big about a decade earlier in the UK and Australia.
It's Tuesday! Get your groove on! :)
Love Shack
Rock Lobster - the song that provided the inspiration for Rock Monster from Veggie Tales. :)
I ended up choosing Love Shack for today's song because it is what put the B-52s on the mainstream map, musically speaking. But I had to include Rock Lobster which was the inspiration song for a Veggie Tales tune I featured waaaaaaay back in January. Here's what I love about B-52s. They make no sense and they are good dance music (not that this white girl with no rhythm dances but you know what I'm saying). Now. I know, no really I do, that some of their songs have political undertones. Whatev. I just ignore it and go with the fun ones.
Love Shack hit the US music charts in 1989. According to one site source it was inspired by a 1970 song by The Temptations called, "Psychedelic Shack." Before B-52s had made it big in the US (which is where they all hail from) they made it big about a decade earlier in the UK and Australia.
It's Tuesday! Get your groove on! :)
Love Shack
Rock Lobster - the song that provided the inspiration for Rock Monster from Veggie Tales. :)
Comments
Post a Comment