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especially early period, the later stuff frankly is fun but I don’t care for, but the early few albums are genuinely innovative
Jan 31, 2024
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I'm leaving for Vegas tonight to see the final performance of their latest residency, so I spent all week re-listening to all of their albums on vinyl. Apparently when you crack open my crusty shell, the 13-year old version is still intact within, gobsmacked by how seriously a bunch of adults can pursue their silliness.
I spent about five minutes worrying that I'd be disappointed seeing them again now that they (and I) are so old, but then I told myself to shut up. “They’re so over the hill” is the least B-52s sentiment imaginable. Their edginess was never dependent upon youth. They weren't exactly rebels, but they gloried in pillaging what’s old and awkward for the creation of something new and cool that embraces squareness rather than mocking it. What they want - what they’ve always wanted - is for people to have FUN, and they’re entirely non-judgmental about how you want to do it (unless it involves putting anyone down, in which case, no thanks). It’s a spirit that makes just as much sense old as it does young. As a blueprint for a culture, you could hardly do better. And I guess that’s why they’ve always been my favorites - because I still wistfully believe that if everyone shared their courage, spirit, and humor, this would be a better world.
Anyway, "Song for a Future Generation" is one of the greatest things ever committed to video.
Apr 19, 2024
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they literally only have two good albums (Dookie is a classic yeah and Insomniac is genuinely excellent) but they’ve just been so droll for years! American Idiot is very mid-2000s zeitgeisty but removed from that context I’m not super sure about it!
Apr 25, 2024
Beggars Banquet
Let It Bleed
Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! (Live)
Sticky Fingers
Exile On Main Street
Their Imperial Phase 😎
Mar 8, 2024
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so much to talk about, the sunglasses, the scarf, the fresh baguette and coffee, the always lovely cafe setting. I think this is the most swag ever captured on camera I aspire to be at this level
Feb 11, 2024
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alright hear me out: carbonation and coffee with a squeeze of orange shouldn’t work, but it does. Been making them daily and i feel a lot better in the morning each time i do
Mar 7, 2024
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the greatest love song of the 21st century??? wait…. They don’t love you like I love you
Feb 25, 2024