The B-52's Strobe Light

[@cicitaylor316]

This is my dad’s favorite song at the moment and I instantly smiled within the first 30 seconds in, we have the same taste in music so I must get it from him. He’s sick and this just makes my heart so happy ❤️

[@Marchant2]

This kind of music can be nothing but great therapy.

[@plusone8015]

You & your Dad rock!

[@MrDdefos]

Way back in 1979 I played this in my teanage basement bedroom. One day my mom heard the "kiss your pineapple" lyrics, she screamed FILTH! 😇

[@Doctordoompapito]

Haha! Your mom was right! So filthy. 😅

[@SurfinKiRecordsTV]

B-52's & Devo were the freakin best!!!

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

And Bow Wow Wow !

[@volemole]

Barely 17 in 79 and this just kicked it to a whole different level......

[@Suburbannite]

The guitar and bass riffs on some of their songs were just so ahead of their time I feel this song being a good example

[@lisap3643]

I agree! the guitar is so classic punk/post punk; the drumming also outstanding.

[@ccshredder9506]

I cant believe how heavy they are. After all this time knowing them as the "Rock Lobster" band, I'm finally realizing how much grit they actually had. Amazing vocals and musicianship. Live performances were done so well, it was like ordered chaos. Their beats make you jump and mosh, while grooving along with surf rock influences.

[@SenileOtaku]

Then there were a couple other bands to come out of Athens GA after them that would take the bass and percussion even further. First was Pylon (saw them twice, once opening for Gang of Four in NYC, then I met them at the Left Bank a year later). After that was 'Oh OK', with bass, drums and vocals. It was backstage at the Left Bank show where also met the B-52s themselves. Was just surprising how much shorter Kate was without the beehive.

[@johnmonohan3806]

@@SenileOtaku Saw Pylon open for REM in 89. They were really good

[@LuisMartinez-um5pf]

First time I heard the part about the pineapples, I didn't think I would EVER stop laughing

[@johnmonohan3806]

Right?

[@vintagegirl1961]

Me too. And the scream of excitement. Lol!!!

[@angeladonofrio9920]

Tonight's the night! LMAO

[@habituallearner7680]

As a curious but terminally nerdy 15 year old , I got a wistful giggle out of the naughty metaphor. At 58 I still do.

[@Allen-iw7jo]

There sound is so unique when you here it there's no confusing the b-52s.

[@riverraisin1]

I still vividly remember hearing this song for the first time. I was sitting in line at the bank's drive thru back in 1979 waiting my turn, when this song, a sound I had never heard before, came on the rock and roll radio station. I was instantly blown away and had to crank it up, hoping the car in line in front of me didn't leave before the song was over. The first and last time I heard it on the radio. Not sure why the B-52's never got the wide recognition they so deserved.

[@riverraisin1]

Make that 1980 not 1979

[@marksproha6066]

amazing what well crafted and iconic music can do to one's memory banks; immediately transport us back to a place and time, having us remember every little detail of that moment. Cherish this kind of music So Much!

[@RedZoneCLF]

They developed a style of their own; brilliant!

[@101Volts]

They did play it live before they made this second album, was it this recording or a live version you heard?

[@loulagramoula]

Love it! Wish I was there (I was born in 1979 - dedicated fan through and through).

[@FoxyOne5]

Ricky Wilson's solo is out of this world ❤

[@carolbeville516]

Underneath the strobe-a-liiiight..... Love this song! I love Fred Schneider’s voice and the girls harmonies.

[@RedZoneCLF]

Well, i'm a Man and like the Girls better but Fred's contrasting voice makes the band work right. Two beautiful singing angels and a narrator is the chemistry and genius of the B-52's.

[@hEV6060842]

This has been my ringtone for 11 years now!

[@redwood_shores]

16 yrs and still counting, hopefully!

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

I was a disco freak in '79 but saw the Bs on Saturday Night Live perform Rock Lobster and was a fan ever since!!!

[@SteveBoyce-bi4uy]

The guitar work In the middle of the song is ridiculously great 👍

[@lisap3643]

proper punk/post punk! One of my fave B52’s

[@loucat2779]

Fred always had the telephone live! The most fun band ever!

[@tsukiyumetan5362]

The noise after the pineapple line is freaking hilarious!totally ear-gasmic!

[@tristanbaravraham6349]

In 1982 I was a brand new infantryman with the mighty 501st. It was the 1st parachute infantry regiment in the Army. So I was a wee bit up[tight and wanted to do well and/or fit in.. My roommate was a PFC. It was after duty hours the 1st time I met him & he had a Plasmatics t-shirt on. He popped in Wild Planet or whatever the name of the album was and was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

[@RedZoneCLF]

Well, I am a millitary Marine sort of guy and The B-52's are the bomber.

[@JohnnyDogs]

Tristan bar Avraham F right bro!

[@ADrunkBassist]

@Shelby Shoup Arrested For Crack HAH!

[@exeuroweenie]

That's great! I knew the military has it's perks but nothing quite like that.

[@carolynrogers5762]

@TAX COW FARTS Wait, What ???

[@joelperry8187]

When I was turned on to this album, and this song in particular, I was into Sabbath, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Doors, etc., but I loved this stuff! It was sort of a goof but totally pleasing and infectious. And then a few years later they hit it big and I was happy for them.

[@lilyofthevalley5586]

I love this band and this song. Thank you for sharing. I had all their albums. 👍🏻

[@johnnyloaps5034]

"Wanna make love to you under the strobeliiiiiight"...gawd I've always loved those harmonies!

[@RachelONeal-n8c]

This never gets old!

[@Marchant2]

Far and away one of their funnest songs.

[@SteveBoyce-bi4uy]

Incredible song ..great guitar ..wow

[@melissaportillo9964]

I brought this album to class in the fourth grade and the teacher was totally cool with it.

[@dannyhengel7645]

Melissa Portillo this comment had me cracking up lol

[@joemartinez422]

The beginning of new wave and great times.

[@ArorEclecticMusic]

Extraordinario! Very Very New Wave! I remember the first time I heard B 52 and it was love at first ear

[@RedZoneCLF]

Yes me too.

[@BaBamf11]

What's always been interesting to me about this song is that the first lyric (Where's my telephone?) makes way more sense in the years after the song's release than it did in the late '70s when it was written. They didn't even have cordless phones back then yet! So why'd Fred have trouble finding his telephone that's stuck on the same wall it's always on? 🤣

[@christophermartin5399]

Because they'd had a party outta bounds the night before

[@janinewashinger9366]

Oh my God, I always think think the same exact thing when I listen to this song.. Nobody ever lost a wall mounted phone.

[@SenileOtaku]

Not all telephones were wall-mounted. You could have had your Model 500 or Princess telephone sitting on a table. From maybe the 1930's up until the 1970's they use a 4-pin plug (type 404a?), then in the 70's moved to the RJ-11 we see now. So if they *did* have a "Party out of Bounds" as @Christopher Martin suggests, it could have been moved. There, some useless trivia for a Tuesday morning...

[@redwood_shores]

It wasn't a rare case moving a phone across rooms on long wire.

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

The Bs were always a step ahead. ☎

[@dermot51]

That fucking bass the brilliant Ricky I presume those sounds Cindy and Kate are making in the background my god! class tune

[@mellissadalby1402]

This is my favorite B-52's track

[@ojusticeiro9395]

The best part always is the backing vocal

[@RedZoneCLF]

Si Senoir!

[@t.m.b83]

The best part is when the instrumentals go wild in the middle!

[@CLoak183]

Thr best part is when he says im gong to kiss your pineapples!!

[@misslizzie8480]

Strap yourself in for a wild ride, just fantastic.

[@phoenixarchangel5082]

You wanna strap me in? ;) I have GLOW IN THE DARK rope and that is gonna look WICKED cool under the strobe lights!

[@tombeckner404]

My band played this at my good friends rehearsal dinner.......you could hear a pin drop !

[@the7group567]

the band that defined "New Wave"

[@alexcncmacsalcar7324]

I couldn't agree more!! My favorite B-52's song is 52 girls, which is also my favorite New Wave song altogether. They created the "waviest" New Wave.

[@wilhobbs207]

the7group Child of the wave...so many amazing bands back then. Check out Yaz/Yazoo

[@the7group567]

+Wil Hobbs yaz was good. situation is great and that depeche band was cool 2

[@wilhobbs207]

the7group Totally :-)

[@marksproha6066]

I categorize it as 'Cool Wave'

[@martacher5593]

"Let me kiss your pineapple" - I always think of Cindy. Watch the B/W version of "Give Me Back My Man"

[@BostonThinka]

Agreed

[@phoenixarchangel5082]

I must be one of the few "pelorojophiliacs" who listen to the B's. So many people wanna climb on cindy.

[@slide4180]

I find Kate much more doable.

[@wilhobbs207]

mart acher I like "kiss your biscuit" newest version

[@wilhobbs207]

slide4180 sooo HOT!!!!

[@sammcrae8892]

Hadn't heard that one before. Not too shabby.

[@johnnymathews4486]

I love the first line, wheres my telephone, back then it was on the wall or in kitchen. I have song it to about 20 people at my mate party and no one know

[@williamt5837]

Clasic, awesome B52's!

[@dvsteinert]

Whenever I can't find my phone I always think of the beginning of this song

[@cathalc08]

Just realised today how much Pixies songs sound like they're aiming for this.

[@performedinsensibleshoes977]

Such a great track!

[@marksimmons3801]

amazing hit !!!

[@lemonkooler]

They sound so enthusiastic lol

[@marksproha6066]

that's the result of unbounded youth and unlimited potential, which I would say this band ultimately reached!

[@MW-L.o.S-Essex]

wild planet - quality album

[@fuggity1]

the greatest driving song ever{aldo}

[@davidtillman4291]

Saw them do this one in Tampa on the farewell tour in 2018. I was a bit puzzled when Fred said "Body" instead of "Pineapple". Still most awesome show ever though.

[@janinewashinger9366]

Sad

[@jocelyng7991]

Romantic song

[@chrisgraham9778]

Pure joy

[@martianpulp]

Then I’m gonna kiss your PINEAPPLE 🍍💥

[@CGRobinson66]

Kick ass!

[@lordhumongus8669]

Quiet! This pleases the Humongus.

[@444Bam]

The first time I heard this song, I tried to ask my girl for some pineapple ,she said look in the fridge.... smh

[@Marchant2]

Well, she's gotta cool 'em off somewhere.

[@timkennedy7869]

This is SOOO great - takes me back to when I bought this album in 1980, and believe it or not the version I had came with a badge saying 'I wanna kiss your pineapple' - cool or what ?? By the way, this song reminds me of Perez Prado's Paris, especially the stop/start second half - check it out and you'll see what I mean.

[@niajackson6126]

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[@citrusorange794]

I Can Imagine "Strobe Light" Being a Future Stand In JoJos Bizzare Adventure And It Would Be Funny If the User Would Say "Let Me Kiss Your Pineapple"

[@sailorcentauri]

araki better get to work then and name a stand after this song

[@nauort23]

"ohhhh whut." I always thought it looked more like a fig than a pineapple.

[@phoenixarchangel5082]

Shut up, you fig.

[@KitLaughlin]

watch Oliver Reed in 'Women in Love' on figs; it's the definitive perspective.

[@Johnnysinsyt-vb5vd]

This band can be described as what punk would have sounded like if it was created in the 50s

[@hollyhock9638]

Bro I actually never listened to the lyrics before while listening to this song cuz the beat is so good. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 High school me was so dumb and obvious I thought this was a goofy song full of lyrical gibberish I didn't realize it was just a bunch of euphemisms about sex under blinky lights 😭😭😭😭😭

[@nancymcfetridge3065]

B52s forever!!!

[@lauraryan8921]

Shout out to the Thursday Night Social Club, Ball State University 1984

[@michaelgapple1894]

We had the KCCC. The Kalamazoo College Country Club. Same! (Kalamazoo, MI 1979-83)

[@pedroper859]

Con los celulares esta cancion tiene mas sentido que hace 40 años :D

[@ToddEmerson-b4g]

Say what you want about the b52s but they really had some great stuff and that guy could really play that guitar...one of the early unfortunate cases of aids ..back in those days it was a death sentence

[@kevinlee7667]

I remember this as a kid it took for ever to find cause I remember pineapple part lol 5 year old kid lol

[@sheilaousley5722]

Drive by a car lot with waving inflatable guys blasting this song.

[@marcuspauloribeiro8397]

Boa musica 👍

[@janinewashinger9366]

Pusha vida!!

[@janinewashinger9366]

Pusha vida

[@wiropanivra]

hermosoo

[@hortonheat4239]

I wana make love to you under the strobe light is a Andy Warhol quote referring to taking someone's photo.

[@phoenixarchangel5082]

Alice cooper's real name is vincent damon fernier. His dad is a minister. He married one of his stage show backup dancers from the welcome to my nightmare tour. (her dad is a minister too, so both their fathers performed their marriage ceremony) I saw your awesome, obscure music geek trivia and I raised it. Can you believe those morons at sony/tri-star STILL haven't put me on jeopardy???!! Their ratings would go all chuck norris.

[@marksproha6066]

seems right that this band used Andy Warhol as inspiration for their music, their band seems to be conjured up right out of his imagination!

[@jonnietruth4083]

WHAAAAAAAAT ? KISS YOUR PINEAPPLE ?

[@marymoran8859]

FUN!!!!

[@robaronin]

I've never heard it called a pineapple before.

[@thiscorrosion900]

nah it's an actual pineapple, those nutty 70s Athens GA college girls had a fruity thing going. I guess. How many licks does it take to get to the center of yer pineapple.

[@robertvoll2460]

Singular pineapple🐣

[@crazygetup]

I'm gonna kiss your pineapple!

[@breakerbill8776]

Me hungry for Cindy’s and Kate’s PINEAPPLE!

[@alexevenson8435]

*PINEAPPLE*

[@grosbec1698]

Is that you Babe ? Yeah Got something to tell you Hoo what ? oh cult !!

[@davidschroko]

I'm gonna kiss your tummy...

[@ccshredder9506]

OoOoO

[@alexfernandohuenten1374]

Exelent

[@StonedGossard_]

Underneath the CLOTHESLINE!!

[@suzanne6335]

❤️❤️

[@Steve68686]

Linguists! What’s it called when Fred throws that extra syllable into the word strobe? “Underneath the strow…BUH-LITE?” (Like the way some folks add a syllable to the word athlete and say ath-uh-lete? Maybe? Or is that a bad example because “stro-buh-lite” adds a consonant and “ath-a-lete” adds a vowel? Or bc one is within a single word and the other joins two separate words?)

[@murrman2421]

Cunning

[@vafalcon7]

1 person is nuts.

[@Opiemus]

❤️

[@Marchant2]

I wonder what size cup those pineapples fit in.

[@diegoubarte5474]

Pineapples are so tasty..... I love pineapples

[@xavierzimmerman1624]

MAKE ME WENT TO DO THAT SOMEONE.

[@musicbringsustogether7754]

Takeaway: pineapples 🍍 are an excellent snack.

[@marcoantonioherreracuevas590]

Yeaah

[@bill_tube]

I used to think it was under the Sofa.

[@ADrunkBassist]

Am I the only one who thinks that's East Bay Ray on lead guitar?

[@bennieknape4857]

finally someone gets it beware!

[@bufordghoons9981]

Where's my cell phone?

[@paulwalrond8836]

Ok I'm lost, explain to me what pineapple is all about. I'm clearly missing something here.

[@SogoTX]

It's a metaphor for...well, you know... ;)

[@eternaljoy9829]

This is more punk that most of the 2000 poppy punk shit.

[@seanmathews1826]

😘🍍

[@mevenstien]

😀

[@emeraldaisle2927]

If you have never tried it...you are missing out.

[@javiergomezromero5314]

Strobe light

[@smosher96]

The chick in the picture looks exactly like ryland Adam's

[@ericalen4369]

yeah...get free..peace.

[@timothypazdro1496]

Who? In 1978 was looking for their telephone?