The first time I heard Rock Lobster, I think I may have stopped breathing for a full minute. It was the strangest, most amazing cacophony I had ever heard and I knew it was going to be a piece of music that would change my life. I borrowed a B-52’s album from my cousin, not really knowing it was a permanent borrow, and played it to death. Strobe Light. Planet Claire. Private Idaho. Never had I heard anything like these songs. When I moved back to Long Island in the mid-eighties and found the radio station WLIR, I knew I was home. They were spinning the B-52’s and so many other alternative musicians’ stuff. I was hooked. Then came the summer of love, 1989. Living in a sweet apartment in Elmont with Jan & Ellen and then Vinny, living the music of my life, finally being myself for the first time ever. And then it hit: Love Shack. One of the most amazing party songs ever recorded. So today’s song is two songs to celebrate Fred, Ricky, Keith, Kate & Cindy! Please enjoy Fred’s seventies porn-fro, some sick dance moves, and look out for that bikini whale! And please note Supermodel of the World, RuPaul, in Love Shack, baby!
From the historical writing archive. Original date: December 12, 2015. Recovered from local source material; editorial review is still in progress.
