The B-52's - 52 Girls [LIVE 02/9/78]

[@michaellevings266]

When I have my time machine. Up and running. I will have been at this show.

[@dewaynehairston6286]

Kate and Cindy...love those two voices ❤❤❤

[@sherlocksounds6987]

Me too

[@sherlocksounds6987]

Me too

Me too

[@themanfromvolantis]

Me too

[@evanabbott2737]

Such a cool sounding harmony with those two. One of the best of all time.👍

[@BBBri57]

Fell in love with this song all over again. The guitar playing is outrageously good as are those girls' harmonies. And the drummer. Keith Strickland.

[@d.a.thorndike8772]

drummer- future guitarist!

[@JosephDungee]

That was an INCREDIBLE Performance for such a Young Band.

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

Brilliant ☠️💣☠️

[@elizabethgeoghegan5167]

They have said in interviews that they worked their ass off to get this tight. Brilliant.

[@stonyrerootkit8922]

I saw this fine band in Wash DC in late '79 at The Corcoran School of Art!! It was F'in Great. When they did '52 Girls' the Crowd went Nutz, dancing their asses off!! So much Fun!!💝

[@blisstonia]

I envy you 🥲

[@SBecktacular]

One of my favorite songs of theirs! And seeing them in this live, raw venue is amazing!!! Thanks YT!🥹

[@carlbusque]

Just love it ! Raw, real, good!

[@ronbaker2673]

I agree I always love bands better when they first start out

[@reneharde3459]

Nothing beats seeing a great band in a small club

[@joesragman8717]

WOW! The memories, never imagined how far into the future would this song live on. Saw them live several times. What a moment.

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

great memories money can't buy mate have fun ☠️💣☠️

[@randygravel2057]

Fred on keyboards and Kate on 🎸

[@peterderidder9922]

Didnt came out in europe, its a damn nice song ! I love it. This is a verry unique band and the 2 female voices brings magic !

[@norcellep]

The more I listen to this song, the more I love it! It's just great to see these early moments of the band. I was born in 1977 so watching these scenes without colors means a lot to me! I love to be 37, but wish I had been there as well. You can't have a cake and eat it too, though... Well, thanks a million for sharing! : )

[@d.a.thorndike8772]

I love seeing Fred in an old dirty wife beater! This was before the band developed their fashion that became their trademark. This period was all about just getting onstage and playing the music.

[@Fatchadomi]

I like when Fred calmly wipes his finger on his shirt at about 2:14 while still playing the keyboard !

[@randylochtefeld2806]

So wish I was there.

[@skateorbri]

This is the absolute best song they ever made and a fucking riot to play on the drums! Thanks for however posters this!

[@stonyrerootkit8922]

Dang... this vid brings back memories. I watched these folks perform this tune at the Corcoran School of Art in D.C. back in 1978! Too Cool.🆒🆗🆙 Kate and Cindy Rule!! R.I.P. RICKY!!👼💥🏤💝

[@tujungakid]

Huge fan since 1978!

[@Hilbert123]

This is so raw. I wish the record sounded like this.

[@trevekneebone369]

I actually think that the album recording is remarkably close to this. No frills.

[@stephenbullard9550]

I Love their albums but when I first saw them during this show and an earlier show locally in Atlanta, the sound was stripped down and minimal....the first song I ever saw the do was planet Claire and Fred opened the song playing a hand held toy piano to the mic on the Peter Gunn like intro...

[@stephenbullard9550]

@@trevekneebone369 you should listen to the version on their local single...kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5iQmo1_mN2WbJI

[@Xcorgi]

Amazing they sounded so good live at such a young age.

[@blanewilliams5960]

Outstanding! So cool to see this early live performance. Love this song.

[@johnleeson6946]

Kate on bass and a very skinny Freddie in a "wife-beater" undershirt?! The vocals were perfect.

[@101Volts]

She's not on a bass, that's not until later when she'd sometimes (seemingly) play Bass for "Nip It in the Bud." For this, Fred's on bass on the keyboard. Kate played the single note twangy guitar parts in this song, but you can't hear any of the guitar parts very well in this video.

[@stephenbullard9550]

@@101Volts I was at this "show" (in the basement of a club) and as I remember they all took turns playing a keyboard base....Like is Fred is playing in 52 girls......they just looked like they had memorized what keys to push when, to make it work...

[@BushTikkaMan]

In Britain we have a dull national anthem. Wishing Kate and Cindy were the principal girls of the UKaaaay!

[@esotericsolitaire]

The only break we could get from disco. Hallelujah!

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

Amen to that cheers and have fun ☠️💣☠️

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

see the black/white clips many are from Max's Kansas City raw and tough part of Punk Rock I say this as 59 Punk buten even the polished ones are great ☠️💣☠️.

[@windchicken]

This is a rare jewel! And the audio quality is amazing, all things considered....Thanks so much!

[@d.a.thorndike8772]

If you just watched this video and did not know the date it was recorded it could have been taped twenty years before. They definitely had a very retro look and sound, and the old grainy b&w really feeds into that as well.

[@cftvdata]

You're absolutely right about the vibe this video gives off! It might not have been shot in b+w, though. VHS eventually loses its color when tapes are copied enough times, and I'm pretty sure I used to have a tape of this show where the picture had a nasty puke-green tint to it, which is a phenomenon you tend to see when you've made a copy of a copy of a copy, etc. - typically the next duplication loses the color entirely.

[@cftvdata]

I might be remembering wrong, though... it's been a solid 15 years since I stopped actively tape-trading, and I lost much of my collection in the interceding years. But I do believe this one started as color footage. Perhaps someone will post a low-generation copy on here someday.

[@jeffgriffin5550]

OH MY GAWD!!! Bombers back in the day is awesome!

[@charleeg1045]

Kate is playing bass!!! Whoa! So cool....💥💥💥

[@DerEchteBold]

It seems to be a guitar but you can't really hear her part, the bass is from the keys.

[@101Volts]

@@DerEchteBold You can't hear any of the guitar parts very well here. In the album version, you can. Kate's parts are the twangy one note parts, Ricky's on rhythm on the bottom 3 strings.

[@DerEchteBold]

@@101Volts Yeah, so definitely not bass, thanks!

[@stephenbullard9550]

I believe they used a keyboard base they took turns "playing" when they played at this time

[@fsolisiii]

Kate DID play Bass on the Mesoamerican Tour in 82, in particular Nip it in The Bud

[@TurnTableRocker]

Their early years were their best....

[@tomaszstefaniuk9449]

Great punk rock track!

[@78deathface]

I wish I was there dancing

[@stephenbullard9550]

I was...and it was a fun time...I was going to Georgia Tech at the time...I see my silhouette bobbing in front here and there....I bought the local single and played it at a our fraternity social with a sorority...Rock Lobster and 52 girls......this was when disco was big.....when I was blasting it loud at thee party the uninitiated looked up and was all WTF is this!!!!.....I knew this was going to be big.because it was different, quirky and fun....and there original sound was so stripped down and raw.....gritty..........loved it!

[@IAmAFamel]

@@stephenbullard9550That sounds awesome. Wish I could play this at my frat parties today. I would get a drink thrown at me probably. Music today is trash. Too serious, not goofy, and can barely dance to it

[@joemartin9904]

My favorite song

[@TimBoykinGuitar]

This is so great.

[@Shteve67]

And Kate on guitar!!! ❤️ I know she plays keyboards and percussion, but I'm just not used to see her playing electric guitar 🎸 She just does it all!!

[@dantofthegenxfamily9529]

BASS GUITAR

[@101Volts]

@@dantofthegenxfamily9529 That's not a bass guitar. Fred's on synth bass, you can just hardly hear Kate's guitar in this recording. Her part's the twangy one note at a time part you can hear in the album version. Ricky played rhythm for this song.

[@dantofthegenxfamily9529]

@@101Volts yeah, it sure is. It's hard to actually determine with such dark black & white tones.

[@kloatlanta]

She played guitar on a couple of songs. Hero Worship I think.

[@a.colleenfray2138]

I saw her play guitar at the Santa Barbara bowl when they were promoting their cosmic thing album. I was 10, youngest person in the audience. They were on fire 🔥

[@jimkomie8904]

Such an original band. And so influential. Great, great, great

[@MegaMoiiSe]

They are so good live at this time!!

[@thierrychazalon7911]

Merci pour cet excellent travail de remasterisation du son ! Fan depuis 1980... et ce morceau reste d'une grande modernité ! Greetings from France !

[@fantomas3066]

Nous sommes deux, j'ai découvert ce groupe en 1982. Et il m'accompagne régulièrement.

[@knowhere60]

Beaucoup si leurs premières chansons étaient assez dadaïst🫠

[@johnphilipfosterdobson551]

A must have lp for all the parties in '78.

[@MARIOMARIO-ih1ch]

b52, los mas grandes de todos los tiempos!!!!!

[@fluentreasoningchannel5778]

Wonderful! Thank you

[@keithnielsen7323]

Thank you

[@kobalt77]

I love those guys, and have done ever since they released the first album .......... one of the greatest debut Albums ever.

[@casinodelonge]

Fabulous clip.

[@kualakangsar7517]

Love the dancing!

[@bleacherz7503]

What a find!

[@pinanti]

Well , this is rare !! THANKS A LOT !!

[@artlight4]

Boy oh boy, those were the days!

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

gone like girls youth and money be glad we lived in those years no computers no mobiles and all that surveillence Bullshit have fun ☠️💣☠️

[@IAmAFamel]

@@dalakerdaniel9240You guys are lucky. Times seemed so much more simpler and innocent.

[@dalakerdaniel9240]

@@IAmAFamel Yep fantastic decade's 'sadly don't remember much of anything - drunk and intoxicated as much as possible -he been great I guess 🤣 Greetings from Motorcity Stuttgart Germany RnR 🔥

[@adamacote]

Awesome audio , actually for what this is !

[@stevepope6095]

❤❤❤❤❤ So glad to have been into the B52's at age 12 after seeing them on Saturday Night Live ,and at their concerts for every album tour and most others near , I will never forget that Fox Theater Mesopotamia tour, Whammy Tour 83. ❤❤❤❤❤ #AthensGA

[@dianaortiz9775]

I was 12 yo too, my favorite band always. Now 57 saw their farewell tour in Vegas last week

[@steverino333]

Damn!!! I was only 17 when this was recorded. Wish I'd had seen them so raw and unaffected by publicity and fame!!!!

[@knowhere60]

They always were humble and honest, unnafected by the hype.

[@bistrainmiguel]

Que Joya!! Felicidades

[@darrylwiggins1156]

So great to see one my favorite bands so beautifully raw.they alone interrupted my punk obsession and here's why.love them still.and fred's dirty tee.

[@indirafranco428]

Me encantan...!!! Pero cuánto se extraña al lindo y gran Ricky...!!!

[@thischarmingman1930]

awesome

[@gallowsradio]

Priceless...

[@PhilipDavies62]

Best 52's song ever!!!!!!

[@guillermototivilo811]

They were so great

[@lovewalruss]

Fantastic!

[@Cmart6444]

I love this band so badddddddd!!!!!!

[@googleexgreecian]

I always thought this was new 80s music. Older than I thought.... I wonder if that d00d in front (1.25) has chronic upper back pain today.

[@iadorenewyork1]

I know I do … and I jumped up and down to this band at parties.

[@frankgalindo6726]

Love it 💕💕💕 GREAT BAND

[@Pepsidud32]

NOW THIS IS PUNK!!!!!

[@Papa-Anvil]

The B52’s died when Ricky died.

[@robertgraham5486]

Thanks for posting

[@dervyscram8286]

lol Fred kickin' the bass. Love you Hazel and Mavis

[@antennamondo.x]

still awesome !

[@282pum2]

Young again ,thank You girls

[@tonynegron1927]

🎸Favorite party band. 🔊 We ♡ & miss you Ricky! (May/2020) 😷 Be safe & stay home everybody.

[@marioramirez3386]

Excelente grupo inolvidable.

[@SunRaIV]

I like how he plays that dub bass on the synth.

[@jckirby7994]

This is classic love yea

[@juanmegalopez2300]

venezuela año 92 en la universidad catolica andres bello

[@santiagomuhape]

TREMENDO

[@amadeusznowakowski9388]

thebest!

[@RobertoTaboada-fh6th]

UB52 lo Maximo!!😂😂❤❤

[@thundershirt1]

This song just kicks an endless amount of ass. Art-surf punk-billy.

[@stevenkatz679]

Musical treasure

[@hemil]

The highest hair-mountains of the world. Record breakers !!

[@eduardolopes9103]

40 anos e ainda eles botam pra quebrar! 👍

[@b.l.u]

i'm so in love

[@Victor5150j]

Yup,Perfecto!

[@dervyscram8286]

Ricky. Beauty.

[@mitchbelles8080]

I grew up in this era it wasn't the 1950s,,,,, with that said did the person filming this use a antique camera? I know when I went and saw them I tried to bring in the old camera that had the explosion of gunpowder. To take a selfie with. Like they had in the 1800s. I didn't want to be upstaged by this video. Foiled again. Had the best time at their shows though Mesa Amphitheater circa 1980 something. Tons of drunk girls. Was like fishing with dynamite.

[@magalirobinson]

:)

[@josemilton2504]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@robertkraljii5048]

This makes me want to sing and dance and throw my cereal in the kitchen.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

Jesus..is that Kate playing bass?? 🤯

[@sleipnirvalhalla9322]

i wanna be the guy with the beard

[@BushTikkaMan]

Me too. He’s really frugging-out!

[@stephenbullard9550]

I was dancing right next to him at this show and we were dancing our sweaty asses off!...Like I have said before, it was an amazing thing to have this memory of seeing them that night and then it pops up on you tube many years later. I can see my college age (Ga Tech) silhouette dancing my ass off in a vintage tuxedo jacket (bought from the Tech shop) , skinny tie, straight leg blue jeans and high tops.

[@ericpanissidi6761]

B's rule

[@theimaginarygallery5935]

I always thought Kate resembled Linda Blair, the actress.

[@luiseugeniocastillomoya3334]

Pandemia 2021!! 👾

[@paulsnyder744]

This is really early cudos

[@ripetomato9629]

The 40 Watt club in Athens?

[@musikkunstetc.8465]

Is that Fred on the right on keyboards?

[@secpac58chichi]

where was this ? seems so primitive - was our video that bad in 1978 ?

[@joemartin9904]

They had very high IQ s

[@TomYaz]

how is it you remastered this if you don't own the original

[@ektorcharkito]

De las mejores rolas de Los B-52's en 1978, y antes de que comenzaran a comer con manteca.. Ahi nomás..

[@KurtisHord]

See me on the beach

[@CarolineMartin]

Did they actually name 52 girls? I never counted

[@marks.6480]

@YellowOnline 26 names times two singers makes 52 girls, right?

[@secpac58chichi]

did they play CBGB's ? assuming they did

[@JoeBlow_4]

of course they did