The B52s Planet Claire recording fully restored from performance on children's TV in the UK. Sound boosted and version used from the record. From ITV's "Get Fresh" filmed in Plymouth, UK, 11th July 1987.
It's 1980. I'm in my first apartment. I have a rockin stereo with 4 speakers that can make the walls shake. Two apartments in the building and it's 11:30 at night and the neighbors are being loud and I can't sleep. So......I crank Planet Clair to the max. When the bass came in at 1:16 it was epic. When the song ended, there was dead silence. No more noise from the neighbors. I cannot listen to this song and not remember that night, so long ago.
I had a neighbour who thought she was the next Joan Baez….she wasn’t. Every Friday night, after smoking a bag of skunk weed that smelt like melting plastic, she’d pick up her 12 string and let loose. One night, I’d had enough. I put my speakers against her wall and played Ride Of The Valkyries featuring Birgit Nilsson. She kept going for a minute before the shrieks of Fuck you echoed through my wall. It was the end of Friday Night Live.
@@weswolever7477 Even the word "walkie-talkie" has a cool ring to it. I received some kick ass walkie-talkies in about 1970-71 when I was 4 or 5. Too young to really appreciate them, but ended up having fun with them for years. They were a gift from an older cousin, and I still remind him about those to this day! Walkie-talkie. Walkie-talkie. Walkie-talkie!
When people talk to me about the B 52's, they start with Love shack. That's when I break out the red and yellow albums and say, "I think you need to hear this".
Suddenly, I'm 22 again. There will never be a decade in music like the 80s New Wave, Electronica, Industrial, Punk, Goth, and New Romantics. It was so refreshing after a decade of album rock.
B52s Planet Claire FULL HQ Restored best version!! 1214pm 13.4.23 i know, right... must be hispanic....... the riffs are pretty cool if you can appreciate old rock n roll riffage.. they could steal a load off of these guys re: musical composition. play around with it, eff up the sound a bit and create a decent psyched rock band... this is pure power pop and we like it..... is the maize god on bongos?
Comments on ‘B52s Planet Claire FULL HQ Restored best version!!’ 20.4.23 0457am Wandering Son replied: "Steady today that someone that was complaining about the sixties the same way congratulations you've turned into your parents... There's is good today and there.... i replied: everyone's biggest fear comes to them, sooner or later, that they're some weird effed up admixture of sloth rebellion and their parents...
@mikewerner4076 dumbass. I was a college radio DJ in the 80s. Punk began in the 70s, industrial began in the 80s with groups like Wire and Cabaret Voltaire. Electronica started in the 70s with groups like Neu, Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. How do I know? I was broadcasting all of these groups and many more in 1982, so you can fuck right off.
Such an amazingly eccentric and phenomenally experimental group of artists and musicians! My autistic son just can’t get enough of them. He says they “help him keep his mind energy happy”😂. Love that kid soooo much! He’s so genuine.
I bought this album when it first came out. I was 22 I think. Never heard anything off of it before. I just love the cover. A couple of my friends and I got together at the one friends house who had a killer stereo system. We got a real nice buzz and put this record on (room darkened) with the sound reasonably cranked. Planet Claire was the first song on the first side. We weren’t prepared for what we were about to hear with the song starting out by slowly fading into this eventual huge crescendo. We were blown away. We were thinking it can’t get any better than this. Needless to say we were wrong. From start to finish this album is a artistic tour de force. The planets must have been perfectly aligned for this group of people to come together and create this original and timeless music. HOF or bust. RIP Ricky.
Here's another to get you moving around again like your 30 plus younger self, Mike! Hope you enjoy, brotha! ✌️😎 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2n_Tg8iHwZ8.html
I am a 63-y-old lady from Germany and also loved this band when i was a young student. Discovered their youtube videos only now by chance! It is true what all here say, they were far ahead of their times and had a very special style and groove. Amazing their driving rythm, and combined with the show now I see for the first time !
The B52s were such a creative band their videos were fun to watch and their music 🎶 was so catchy glad to see they were enjoyed world wide from one American to one German lady you have great taste in music 🎶 take care of yourself 🦅🇺🇸🤗❤️🎵🎶💖🌞
I heard this one night at summer camp and it changed the course of my life. I began to look for this feeling in music and then in art and films. I escaped my tiny town in the middle of nowhere and found the kind of people that made up this band, among others. The key to happiness in this life is to find your people. Find work with people who encourage you and who are living their own kind of life. Good luck.
Surround yourself with people who encourage you without being yes men and who aren't afraid to live their own life while they support you, and the support should be mutual. True happiness is not far away then.
Underappreciated in their early years aside from those in Athens, GA in their early years. Better? Living in that city, so many obscure bands blew the roof off makeshift abandoned warehouse venues, no one ever really knew what they were listening to.
I brought the B52's way back in 1979 I was 19. I'm 60 y/o now and it still gets a spin a few times a year when I'm fully loaded. Planet Claire was always the standout track for me and still sounds as good if not better 42 years later Ricky Wilson such underrated rated guitarist never heard anyone cover him note for note awesome tone great timing and extraordinary talent.
My uncle introduced me to this album when I was a kid, had to order my own copy from a mall record store who thought I was nuts. My parents thought it was silly. I shared it with my schoolmates who belittled me for liking it. Then Love Shack came out and all those same kids were all into it. When I pointed out it was the same band I showed them just weeks before, they derisively said "Yeah but that music was old." Interpret perspective from that as you wish. Fun fact, "smoke detector" is listed as one of the instruments they used.
Shows how pathetic mainstream teeny boppers are. "If it's not popular then it's wack"...hilarious mentality. Good on you for having open mindedness about not needing the radio to decide your musical tastes for you👍
Those bands got me through a 9 month Western Pacific/Arabian Sea cruise in the Navy!! Romeo Void, Human League, Oingo Boingo, Wall of Voodoo, Souxie and the Banshees still love 'en to this day and I'm almost 57!!!!!
I´m also a Metalhead, and so really interested on rock evolution. This band appears on those years of Punk and New Wave, getting sounds and look from Surf and Bubblegum rock, in a similar manner to the Ramones, or the Psychobilly sound from The Cramps. A lot of influence from 60´s pop culture.
Yea... She was ACTUALLY Singing IN KEY NOTE for NOTE With the Keyboard! THAT is NOT EASY! SO FREAKIN' COOL! Like DEVO they were WAY Ahead of their time! Like Punk/New Wave 50's/60's Music!
"Some say she's from Mars, or one of the seven stars that shine after 3:30 in the morning - WELL SHE ISN'T" Fred Schneider's voice is brilliant. Bought this album when it first came out and never stopped listening to them. Incredible band
I looked it up and, sure enough, these were not exactly vocals. He voice, somehow, mixed with a farfiza organ to create that sound. She has a fine voice, but, if you ask me, the sound they got was sensational.
@@Kermit_T_Frog She didn't like the way her voice was mixed with it to make it sound like a synth. She liked the live versions with her voice forward and more raw.
That was part of the point, at least for the first 1.5 albums they were enjoying it; they didn't even think anyone really _wanted_ to buy music if they made a record. They wouldn't have even had a record if someone didn't ask "Hey, you wanna have the band back for a second night?" after their very first show in New York City.
Fred Schneider is an icon w his inimitable talk- singing style. Kate, if she's on the right, has those stunning green eyes and both women make incredible harmonies. AWESOME SONG--ONE OF MY FAVORITE B-52'S CLASSICS EVER! 👄
Happy 74th Birthday Kate Pierson April 27, 1948 Weehawken, NJ. 74 is a good year for a farwell tour. You have entertained us forever. Thanks for the memories.. We love you..
Sometimes, when you've had a few drinks, you go back to the music you loved as a kid and you realise that the beauty and wonder that was contained in a minor pop hit 40 years ago isn't part of what your kids and grandkids and growing up with and it kind of breaks your heart
Coming from a guy that never was able to fit in the regular crowd ,even today, I got my first 45 which had this song. It was just starting to play on the charts. It was on my birthday and I was hooked. Here was a group that NO ONE had ever heard in my area and if they did, I got the obligatory "Rolling of the eyes" attitude. So I would just never mention them but oh how many times I played that little 45RPM. I knew all the words in the same tone as Fred. Wasn't hard cause Fred is not the best singer ever out there but man, I love his voice . The B-side was "There's A Moon In The Sky (and it's called the Moon)." I also knew those words by heart. Far from being rich, I never went any further than knowing The B-52's other than these 2 songs. Then we moved from a town to a village and they were even LESS know. But that was alright. The local DJ had gotten the yellow album "The B-52's" and didn't like it at all. She asked me if I wanted it. DO I WANT IT? Does the Pope stink when he shits? What type of question was that???!!! Cool as a cucumber, I said yes. I don't think I even touched the ground as I ran home to listen to 7 other songs from this group I so loved their sound and rhythm. Although many loved Rock Lobster on that album, for me I would say it was a tie between 3 songs. The first 2 above (for obvious reasons) and "Dance This Mess Around." The way Katie sings it, sounds like she was pissed off and had enough. Even today I still sing it aggressively like she did. Then one album after another, then cassettes, it didn't stop. I had to get my B-52's fix. I just dreamt of seeing them in a concert. Anyone can dream I guess. Than I met someone that loved them as much as I did. I found out I had missed a few albums and vice versa. Together we had all albums, cassettes, and CD's ever made by B-52's. It was a match made in heaven. Last year, we had the awesome chance of seeing them live in concert. What a show. Fred with his still terrible but fun singing scheme, was just an out of this world experience. The place was very small and very packed. We were maybe 25 feet from the stage and could see the white of their eyes pretty good. And what about Katie? My gosh. That woman hasn't aged in years. She was always hot looking and even hotter today. Of course, I am not young either, so it fits my agenda perfectly. I even told my wife and she agreed with me. Thank you B-52's for all these years of great music and fun videos. Unlike many bands nowadays, you have never disappeared. You always stayed fresh and on top of times. Same sound, different ideas. Loved it.
I went through something similar. In the US South, all the "rock" radio stations were hooked on the Allman Brothers, Lynard Skynard, and the like- you NEVER heard them play things like this. Same for the music stores- nobody had a clue that there was something else, something different, something WAY bigger and better.... But I knew about radio and antennas and I was listening to a distant 100 watt FM college station who had all the latest cutting-edge music which my cassette recorder dutifully kept for me so I could play it in my car. I introduced many people to the sounds of punk, the B52's, and new-wave and met a few cutting-edge people like me who had heard some of it from the big cities they visited. Discovering great new bands was a weekly thing for us, and finally one music store hired some of the friends I'd met who brought it all to the local masses long before MTV killed the radio stars.... different times and a different world but never has there been so much great music constantly emerging and never will there be a time like that again. Even the country music crowd knows who the B52's were and there's almost always one of their songs which everybody likes- they defined the era and changed the world. And they changed me too.
If they were "ahead of their time", and yet no one has ever produced "music" like this again, what time is it that you are speaking of? By definition "ahead of their time" means they did it first and others followed. I'm unaware of who has chosen to replicate this dreck.
Check out a Japanese band called The Plastics. Interestingly enough, David Byrne of The Talking Heads heard the Plastics play, and got them. In touch with the B-52's management. They released 2 albums in the US, in 1980 and 1981, with help from Byrne and the B-52's. Very similar sounds,
Right after this album came out I had moved to NYC. I went to a party that first week in a meandering house in the village and they were there in full beehive. They did not look out of place. I was in heaven. Every time this song came on I'd lose control
I saw the B-52's in concert in 1988 in my hometown of Santa Barbara, California, and now, 30 years later they return, and I've already got my ticket to see them at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sept 23 2018!!!
This song/video literally changed my life. I first heard it at a teen High School party, in between Van Halen, Foreigner and other top groups of the time. My friend Sam was holding a Yellow album with some wack band picture on the cover. "The B-52's". He said "You've gotta hear this" and put it on. Planet Claire started things off and freaked the hell out of everyone at the party...bewildered. But for me, from that moment on, it all made sense. I was an aspiring bass player at the time these songs shook the foundation of my musical ideals. Fun. That was what was missing in music....serious faced hard ass bands or weepy ballad songs were drenching the FM radio airwaves, but this group screamed FUN. From that point on, I went into fun bands (that were quirky as well!) and got a lot more out of music. What amazes me is that the B-52's were so far outside of the 1979 norms that they became instantly cult-cool. The vintage Vox/Farfisa organ and Mosrite guitar sound (RIP Ricky!) were relics of the past that now sounded futuristic. The B's are still cult-cool, 40 years later! My thanks to them for being bizarre, absurd, wild, wacky, imaginative and talented in ways that nobody before in music had imagined. Although "Cosmic Thing" is a great album, it was "The B-52's" album that defined and foreshadowed a lot of the fun that the 1980's would put into music. No wonder John Lennon loved them the moment he heard them!
In 1979 I was fifteen. I heard this song and i knew this band was going to be something I wanted to have all around me. Their music gives me so much joy i could explode. Long live the B-52s music!
@@petertocher6845 Ricky Wilson stole the riff from P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri, but it had made the rounds before Ricky picked it up. It was first popularized by Johnny Rivers in the song "Secret Agent Man", and later DEVO also deconstructed the riff. It was also used as the theme song for a 60's secret agent TV shows in England... Peter Gunn was a US secret agent show, but the music for that was composed by Henry Mancini, and he used the same back beat and riff at a much slower tempo with lots of brass horns.
@@infiniteuniverse9528 You're being awkward... why invent a disingenuous criteria to cover the fact that you didn't know they were around since 1976. Rock Lobster was a massive hit in 1978, and even if a band can only exist after they release an LP (because reasons,) July of 1979 is still not the 80s. There is no reason to get defensive just because I pointed out they existed in the 70s.
@@Aurora-uq5hm The album dropped in 1980, the year I graduated from high school. I bought the 45 single "Planet Claire" first and then compact cassette album when it 1st dropped. Their self title album "The B52s” dropped in 1979. It is you who should check the prescription on your reading glasses. May I suggest a diopter strength of at least +3.50? And also, get a brighter "Aurora" borealis light. Yours presents as very dim. The defense rests. Your witness.
Brilliant and innovative - a refreshing alternative to the disco crap from that era. Talented girls and Fred made this band work. I'm 67 and still love watching their videos.
Fred's dancing is awesome. Love Shack is all most whipper-snappers know. We old-timers know the beehives were setting the pace back in the late 70's. Awesome stuff right there.
Debbie Harry was Hot! She was the one all the High School boys liked, but I was in Jr. High and she was a little too intimidating. I was attracted to the more goofy, smiley girls. Debbie Harry was the opposite of goofy! Ha ha
I’m a little late to this discussion but I have to agree with your post. I have been a B 52 fan from the summer of 1980 but I had never watched this video. I just can’t stop watching it between Freds hypnotic dancing and her singing and dancing to a song I’ve always liked to begin with, This video has added a whole new dimension to this song.
If all hope seems to be gone, just think about Fred walking around in a circle with his walkie talkie singing, "no-one has a head". Things will pick up.
Not to be that guy, but it’s actually a Farfisa organ from the 1960’s heard in the music. The Yamaha is just what she’s using in this video where they’re miming along with the song, which looks like it was filmed in the 90’s and not the late 70’s (song is from 1979).
In 1981 The B52's became one of my favorite bands. Now, 40 years later they are on their final tour. I just scored some great tickets for the San Fransisco show. Looking forward to a great final concert.
My fave B-52 tune. Cindy wore that wig get-up the first time I saw the band at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston in 1982. I had balcony seats. The balcony was bouncing up and down. Seen them six times. Even got to shake Kate's hand before a show 20 odd years later
I'd like to think so but thank god they came out of an era when music was still full of great musicans and songwriters & originality still existed and had'nt disapeared into what we have today. Something tells me they would be just another manufactured X Factor clone band with Cowell steering there banal careers until his next manufactured creation was discovered on the hell that we call X Factor
I'm nearly 70. When the B52's first came on the radio I was caught up in those infectious melodies. Although not in my comfort zone musically (classic rock and blues) from them I was able to open my mind and enjoy other types of music. Big fan of B52's. Oh, B52 up's through a good stereo are amazing.
Yeah, I was in the Navy then. My best friend I shared a house with turned me on to New Wave. Skinny leather ties, blue hair (spray in, of course, Uncle Sam wouldn't go for that) and living in Virginia Beach in the late 70's. It was a great club scene then.
@slaine's axe Punk lasted longer over here, mostly local bands who took on the sound but never made it big. But that didn't stop the people or the parties which made those years awesome.
When the B-52s took over alternative pop, no one ever knew what hit them. These songs still hold up, today. They're well written and preformed. And no songs were ever more, fun.
I think the guitar player in the video is Keith wearing a wig, with some other dude playing drums. I love the removing of strings and the strange tunings (I play guitar), The Presidents of the United States of America owe Ricky some credit.And the guitar in the video has 6 strings.
Me from São Paulo - Brazil (here in the 1st Rock in Rio Festival in 1985 they played 2 days for their largest audience ever 150 thousand people each concert)
Thankyou YT algorithm overlord for delivering this gift. They were the best party band ever, full stop. Such a unique combination and structure to their sound that has never been approached since... so they must have come from a different planet.
The original video they lip-synced to the record studio version on a kids show which cut out at 3:06 - I re-used footage from the first 3 minutes to edit approximately and if you didn't know it's hard to detect. Once again, no banners during the recording like others do, my credits are at the end. Hope all fans of B52s enjoy this classic!
Good job man thanks. I was blown away by this chick mixing her voice with the keyboard and was really getting into it then it cuts away to this stupid announcer selling crap! It was extremely annoying!
Gotta give props to B-52's! A real, original, self-created band that actually wrote and performed live. Check out some of the old live performances here on YT. They were not just some thrown together kitsch act.
@@martinblondel1531 Some, but not this band. The look of the B52's came along because they didn't have a promoter with money for costumes and they were as broke as the other College kids, so they went to the resale shops and bought what they could afford. Nobody wanted the old 60's stuff back then so they got it for nearly nothing and they made it work. Had they bought the latest styles of the times nobody would have given them a second look in the music industry and we wouldn't be here commenting on therm now.
We went berserk when this came out, fit our transformation from geek to cool while the sheep listened to their bad radio music we had B52s and DEVO and the best post punk new wave!!!
Along with Devi/B52’s.....Ultravox, Surf Punks, Polyrock, Monochrome Set, Modern Eon, Trio, Gang of Four, Upstairs at Eric’s, Flying Lizards, King Crimson/Discipline, Throbbing Gristle, Gary Numan, Nina Hagen, the Cure, Gun Club, Pere Ubu, Residents, Psychedelic Furs, Shockabilly .....absolutely the era for truly original great music
@@lorrigriffin4007 always a group that listens to music that noone else does. Doesnt make you special or anything. If you were really into music you would have shared to the masses. Personally i like the 52s and Devo but the music did not stand on its own. The creative nature they had on their person was their swlling point That said i hate them also. Took us from analog to digital...to rap. Best music ever from before the switch.
