Wednesday, May 21, 2008

The B-52's - "Roam"

The B-52's are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The band's name comes from a particular beehive hairdo resembling the nose cone of the airplane of the same name. During their early years, wigs of that style were often worn by the band's female singers Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson.[1] The correct name for the band has long been "The B-52's", but in 2008 they dropped the apostrophe, with their official website and Funplex album and single covers reading "The B-52s". However, the file tags on the digital releases of both of these retain the apostrophe. Both spellings could now be considered correct. Love Shack came next. With its party vibe and colorful music video (featuring a cameo by a then-unknown RuPaul), "Love Shack" not only became their first song to hit the U.S. top 40, but it went on to peak at number three.[13] That peak was matched in early 1990 when "Roam" also hit number three.[14] In Australia, the country that had most embraced the band a decade earlier, "Love Shack" stayed at number one for eight weeks.

THE B-52's - ROAM (Extended Version)



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