The B-52's Backstage (1982)

[@dannymetcalfe8279]

I adored Cindy, those eyes could hold me transfixed forever. And I just loved to watch her dance.

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

Same!!

[@7125Mhz]

Oh yeah..

[@lfader]

Both are so captivating !!!

[@jorgebatalla558]

You're absolutly right!

[@michaelstern8657]

1:03 Peyton Manning played trumpet for The B-52’s. He earned a musical scholarship to University of Tennessee and became a walk-on quarterback for the football team. The rest is history!

[@kaydgaming]

Go vols

[@tomitstube]

such a talented bunch. you can feel the nervous tension. kate working those vocal chords, you can hear cindy harmonizing, amazing vocalists.

[@lfader]

Kate and Cindy have voices of angels ....

[@stevepope6095]

Got my tickets

[@PatrickMcGuinn]

Kate is doing warm-up scales, starting with 'C' and then eventually going up to 'Ab!'

[@1969ryson]

Short shorts and knee high socks. That's certainly the 80's, I remember them well!

[@foxbasealpha]

2:25 Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads with the Coors beer. The Heads would play after The B-52s that first day of the US Festival.

[@scottthompson4193]

@Slomofogo coors BANQUET is 5% bud, your ignorant

[@ruigen8046]

@@scottthompson4193 American beer is not beer its piss water.

[@scottthompson4193]

@@ruigen8046 of course it is, but along with great beers, it has its purpose.

[@daves4645]

@@ruigen8046 America has more great beers than you can count if you're into local brewed Lagers and IPA's. It's the corporate beer that's pisswater.

[@patdonnelly9392]

So....you guys are hating on American beer, instead of acknowledging Jerry Harrison? oof...

[@MrRock4evr]

1:40 I'd like to think that Kate does that every time she walks up a flight of stairs xD

[@daves4645]

Most definitely!

[@guldani]

I Keep coming back to this part🤣

[@DavidJohnson-td5ic]

I love Kate! She always seems to be having a great time! And she has the most piercing blue eyes. She's sexy without even trying.

[@lfader]

When they walk out THE RUSH of all those ppl applause!!! 💥💖💥 Kate & Cindy have Voices of Angels! 💝💝💝

[@stevepope6095]

Got my tickets

[@johannwolf1]

US festival... I recognize it. I was there. Sorry kids they don't do it like that anymore.

[@juarezsilva7677]

I´ve watched it a million times!

[@thebatman911]

This footage is so great to see!

[@joesbeard]

waiting for the whole concert some day!!

[@melissakimball3375]

Even though at first you don't see her, that's definitely Kate Pierson!....

[@Burps___]

Melissa Kimball And Cindy Wilson, and Fred Schneider, and Ricky Wilson, and Pete Strickland.

[@101Volts]

@@Burps___ Keith Strickland. Not to be confused with Keith Bennett, Ricky's Guitar Tech and then to be Cindy's Husband.

[@ErikMalkavian]

0:01 Cindy starts off and then Kate Piersen doing the same warm-ups I did while in high school chorus.

[@lissenbundell527]

I love Kate Pierson

[@stevepope6095]

Wow ! Love it !

[@williamboardman9476]

Stepping from inside a REFRIDGERATED tent, into a WALL of heat, onto a set of steps...to a stage, in front of over 300,000 people.

[@adriandeleon3546]

B-52s at the US Festival, 1982. Cool!

[@theoldar]

Must be the US festival. Can you imagine performing for a crowd that size? Think of the adrenaline rush!

[@golderjames]

Amazing. And from the footage I’ve seen, that performance was utterly brilliant.

[@pissrat_8394]

Do you know which performance it is? Was it the US festival?

[@warlock242]

That's totally awesome.

[@williamcarstensen302]

First concert at The Greek (Berkeley) Oh what a time ⚡🍹

[@Happyboymargarine]

Look how hot Cindy is in that dress backstage.

[@daves4645]

3:26 - Even Kate thought the 80s announcers were hilarious.

[@TurnTableRocker]

❤ Cindy.....

[@chefchefize]

Skinny boot

[@PhilAlumb]

Absolutely 💯😍

[@robertjanko6709]

Sorry guys, but these girls are the real stars! :O)

[@lowjamz828]

Ricky laughing at Kate at 1:44 😀

[@daves4645]

I saw them in '82 open for The Who on their farewell tour. They did not get a good reception at all. It was a bummer because I was really into the 52's at that time.

[@saintnificent5532]

Yeah, I remember a show in El Paso got canceled because they didn't sell enough tickets!

[@felipeortega3192]

@@saintnificent5532 Billy Thorpe played at an audience of about 500 people in El Paso.

[@saintnificent5532]

@@felipeortega3192 The Clash got a fare turn out and once before the B52s got a fare turnout at the Coliseum.......Ozzy does good in EP too.......

[@keithfinsley330]

Back when Peyton Manning played trumpet for them!

[@Blank_Frank]

2:20 Lynn Goldmsith (famous photographer)- you can see some of her US Fest pictures online 2:25 Jerry Harrison from the Talking Heads making a very small cameo

[@minnyg7997]

I was in Athens in 1982

[@richardmarkszpigiel684]

So long, Ralph, and thanks for all the fish. RIPower.

[@richardspikman7116]

"It´s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll". A dirt lot with puddles and trailers is near the top.

[@theoriginalrabbithole]

That guy endlessly fidgeting with his sunglasses is annoying and it's always great to see any footage of Ricky.

[@captain_tick8480]

Love you guy's

[@tomcarl8021]

Photographer is Lynn Goldsmith. She was a rock photographer. Had a torrid affair with Bruce Springsteen.

[@phrankus2009]

A huge sea of fans.

[@tuskedbeast]

RIP Ralph Carney

[@phillynott2459]

Warning up their voices. Smart thing to do, believe me

[@Katrinawitch]

Is there any video of Ricky being interviewed, or even just speaking in passing? I know he was notoriously shy.

[@privateuser5397]

The only time I've heard him speak is in Song for a Future Generation

[@TomYaz]

Ralph Carney on Sax RIP Ralph

[@joesbeard]

when shorts were "short."

[@orlaej]

Did they perform before or after Ramones?

[@dennishough3709]

KROQ!! ROQ of the 80’s!!

[@sdean4816]

I didn’t see Fred walking up the stairs. Was he there ?

[@bwdrums1]

Fred was right after Cindy in the white cowboy hat and big black shades.

[@DanielRamirez-md9ry]

I have the Master tape

[@angelicafernandes3861]

A Kate Pierson kkkk “OOOOHHHH” 😂

[@warrenbfeagins]

DAMN!! That's Bob Marley playing.

[@pintpot]

Unlikely. He died in 1981.

[@mozarteffect9442]

@@pintpot a record I think. But I wonder what the song is...

[@Man_Hat_Tan.]

@@mozarteffect9442 Oingo boingo played before they, so it's a record

[@ivanshipy1966]

Where is this Bob Marley and the wailers on stage in the background

[@pintpot]

Marley died in 1981

[@stevepope6095]

One of the 🎺 trumpet guys recently died 😭.

[@carlosarturosousagarridole9361]

Where?

[@justindawson5930]

In what songs did the B-52s have a Brass section? I can’t think of even one

[@Blank_Frank]

they had Ralph and Dave for the Meso & Whammy Tour (1982 > 1985); they played brass during most of the set

[@lilyflower50099]

big bird from whammy has an iconic saxophone solo !! lots of the songs off whammy have brass

[@thetriumphofthethrill2457]

Priceless. Cindy was a cutie. Man, men's clothing were real icky back then, huh? Glad those short-shorts are long passé. (lol)

[@JudgeHill]

No, short shorts on men are AWESOME

[@sillyworm]

Took mine back out I'm short & 62 so I can ROCK them again...actually up on our 10 acres in Michigan they keep you about 10 degrees cooler in the summer.......screw young people & their hangups

[@TurnTableRocker]

Well, I am wearing short shorts, because I can😁 I've got two nice legs and can show them😋

[@blackmore4]

I agree that short shorts are pretty funny but I have to say that no matter how naff they may be, they're definitely better than evil knee length cargo shorts. How cargo shorts found popularity outside of grungy adolescent rock dweebs and elderly Miami golfers is a big dark mystery.

[@tuskedbeast]

@@blackmore4 I've heard a theory that men subconsciously choose oversize clothes to make themselves diminutive and return to childhood.

[@TomYaz]

David Buck on trumpet RIP David!

[@antonisahajiorgis4775]

2:25 Coors can reveals they were in America

[@Timbretwo]

It's shameful that their roadies didn't walk the girls on their side behind them on up those sheety steps. I would have fired every pot-head grip in the vicinity if I were the manager.

[@chis5050]

What are you trying to say

[@Timbretwo]

@@chis5050 That the two women in high heels should have been escorted up the steps in case they stumbled.

[@davidAll5]

whot ? Bob Marley opening for B 52 s ? "bad card"

[@davidAll5]

or maybe just a record ?

[@Man_Hat_Tan.]

@@davidAll5 Record, Oingo Boingo played before they

[@davidAll5]

woaw ! Oingo Boingo another great band !

[@Man_Hat_Tan.]

@@davidAll5 Oh yes, but theres no footage of their act at the 82 fest.

[@lamusicanuncamuere]

esto es una reliquia, vale oro