Luckily for us, the band's unapologetically unique, global chart-topping hits were all captured in gleefully off-kilter music videos, so bizarre, they somehow make perfect sense. New Copy 2LP Gatefold (reissue) LP.25.99 A landmark album from the mighty Bob Dylan a 2LP set of studio work, which was quite rare at the time and a set that has Dylan stretching out all his creative powers in newly different directions The album had a long genesis in the studio some early work with The Band. Altogether, it was an electrifying experience – one that, to this day, still feels more like a window into another plane of existence than an entry in the annals of rock history. Classic surf guitar, clearly inspired by the forbearers of 50s and 60s rock, had never been paired with maniacal lead vocals like those of flamboyant frontman, Fred Schneider, and eerie backings of both Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson, summoning you into the weird like hypnotic pop culture sirens. Like a John Waters film brought to life, the band were beamed from an otherworldly wonderland, with a timelessly kitsch sound to match. But, dramatic would be a monumental understatement when describing the disruptive power of New Wave trailblazers, The B-52’s when they first arrived on the scene in 1979. Photo by Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images.Įvery decade or so, rock and roll reinvents itself, sometimes dramatically.
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