tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post4399137793037702133..comments2024-01-20T10:19:12.985-05:00Comments on Martin's View: The B-52's - The B-52'sMartin Maenzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-741967355121590942011-08-01T19:51:50.118-04:002011-08-01T19:51:50.118-04:00Thank you so much for sharing your story with me. ...Thank you so much for sharing your story with me. That's what I love about music - how a song can bring back a specific moment from our past, whatever it is.Martin Maenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640466353011569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620417008960069715.post-52151873940537010432011-08-01T17:27:21.226-04:002011-08-01T17:27:21.226-04:00Since you share your memories of when you first he...Since you share your memories of when you first heard these songs, I'll share one of mine. It was August 1979 and I had gone across country to attend Reed College for my freshman year. As I neared my dorm, in a then 60+ year old building known as the Old Dorm Block, I heard "Rock Lobster" blasting out of one of the dorm windows.<br /><br />Oddly enough, I'm not all that enthused about "Rock Lobster" today. The first part of the song is good, but the latter half seems like a punk version of progressive musical excess - it just goes on too long for my tastes.<br /><br />However, I agree with you that the first two albums formed a...um...rock solid foundation for the band's later work, marked with some experimentation in the "Mesopotamia" period, coupled with some uncharacteristic (but truly beautiful) introspection after Ricky Wilson's death...and then a love shack!Empopriseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06344839707203239586noreply@blogger.com