#8 "ROCK LOBSTER"
THE B-52's, 1979

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Very few bands have achieved the level of "fun-ness" that The B-52's have.  Their unique blend of crazy party music is without parallel.  There's so many cool songs of there's but it's the psycho "Rock Lobster" that gets the nod here.  Fred Schneider's inimitable square-dance calling style vocals work perfectly here, when he screams, "ROCK LOBSTER, DOWN! DOWN!" while Cindy and Kate sing like those Japanese girls trying to get Mothra to hatch from her egg, then make sounds that only aliens should be able to make.

But it gets EVEN BETTER!  Fred starts announcing all the different crazy sea life he sees while the gals make the sounds to go along with it.  It's pure wonderful insanity.

Luckily, they're still touring, so CLICK HERE to see if they'll be in your neck of the woods.  I saw 'em last year, and they've still got it.

-Robert Berry

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