THIS WAS FUN!| FIRST TIME HEARING The B-52's - Roam REACTION

[@captjeter2]

Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson have great voices and harmonize great

[@terryeaton7447]

Great band live! So much energy, so fun and those gals sang their asses off! Had a huge crush on Kate, too! Lol Beautiful lady!

[@benny55au]

for those who like Kate Pierson then watching Iggy Pop - Candy is a must

[@otisroseboro5613]

Fact's

[@jackh1672]

As mentioned Kate singing with our beloved crazy guy, Iggy Pop, singing Candy!

[@giorgiopalmas7934]

Foxy too!

[@jeffpawlinski3210]

This entire album, “Cosmic Thing” from 1989 is wonderful with many hidden gems. Love Shack gets lots of airplay but this entire B-52s album is worthy of every song and every listen! Enjoy!

[@sisterfate]

What a great opener to the album too!Cosmic! Wooooo #loveit

[@dipsydoodle7988]

It’s so hard to pick a favorite off this album but Topaz is way up on the list for me.

[@jeffpawlinski3210]

@@dipsydoodle7988 Yup! But don't sleep on "Deadbeat Club" What a catchy fun tune!

[@dipsydoodle7988]

@@jeffpawlinski3210 for sure. I am also very partial to Channel Z and June Bug. Especially the live version of that song.

[@stephensmith3111]

All great suggestions, but don't forget Bushfire. 🎶 My mind's been going places without me lately. 🎶

[@paulwagner688]

Why do I love this channel? Amber's smile when she gets into the music. It's pure joy.

[@memorast]

Yes yes yes

[@Teletran35]

Yes she does have a great smile

[@tammycosby4495]

So true!! I liked the channel when Jay first started alone but Amber really brings it alive. The interaction between the two of them is so organic and you can tell they’re a beautiful couple.

[@Caheman1]

I agree.

[@marsanchez2500]

Amber just get what music is supposed to be, it’s to evoke an emotion and I love every moment!!!

[@censorshipsucks9493]

Roam is my favorite. The girls have amazing harmonies, and this was their best.

[@estills4768]

Agree!

[@lifewuzonceezr]

Mine too

[@barrygross77]

Exactly!👍🏻

[@fractuss]

Gorgeous.

[@BruceHoult]

Subaru NZ used "Roam" in a 2004 ad for their AWD cars kzbin.info/www/bejne/laiod2Zuh7qCbK8

[@brentwalker3300]

The B-52's are unique and totally wacky while being very cool musically. They are essential listening for the 80's party vibe.

[@ladytess23]

Great reaction, thanks guys. I have been a huge fan of The B52's for a long time.🥰

[@77tml]

Those girls have fantastic voices and harmonies between them and Rock Lobster Rules!

[@donjackson5522]

Next song needs to be Private Idaho!

[@thegingergyrl455]

Oh I love this one ! Kate Pierson’s collaboration with R.E.M. on “Shiny Happy People” is worth checking out as well.

[@poolhall9632]

Dang it! No way! That’s what it was this whole time.

[@MrDarkwing78]

Candy by Iggy Pop and Katie Pearson is better, but yeah.

[@sunnybearbuds]

Glad you mentioned that gem.

[@parallel23s]

She sang in three songs of REM's "OUT OF TIME": SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE, ME IN HONEY and NEAR WILD HEAVEN.

[@johnnaylor1706]

and let's not forget the one with Iggy Pop

[@2259r3z]

My wife and I "roamed" around Europe a few times when we were first married in the '90s, and this was one of our jokey songs on those trips. It's a happy, upbeat song, but it brings tears to my eyes because it reminds me so much of her, who twenty years later we lost to cancer in only her 40s. It's a bittersweet song, but I still come back and listen to it every once in a while just to remember those times.

[@boguebanks1]

Kate and Cindy are two of the greatest singers of their generation, and the two of them singing together is truly divine.

[@coreym0]

Saw them last month on their farewell tour and they killed it. The women can still hit those high notes. It was so fun.

[@mbenoit77]

I did, too. They were amazing!

[@Bazroshan]

Good grief! I didn't know they were still performing.

[@bigolhomo]

They are about to start a Vegas residency.

[@bothellkenmore]

@@bigolhomo That's cool!

[@b0tterman]

Cindy and Kates vocals are so soulful and fun at the same time. Their harmonies are fire.

[@joesmith8725]

These ladies are gorgeous. Great singers. B-52s were huge in the new wave, punk, and alternative scene back in the days.

[@hankamania]

My favorite B-52's song by a wide margin. We love Fred Schneider, but this is better for him sitting it out. Just let Kate & Cindy's harmonies shine.

[@that1dragonkid]

Legal Tender is a great song with Kate and Cindy taking lead on vocals. It's actually the first music video I saw of theirs and probably my favorite song of theirs. I love their whole Whammy! album.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

Yes, Whammy is a great album!

[@mrupright]

Legal Tender is my favorite

[@TREYCEMONE]

"walk into the bank try to pass that trash"

[@that1dragonkid]

@TreyceM Teller sees and says "Uh-huh! That's fresh as grass!"

[@juliemarsden1858]

Yes Legal Tender is great

[@bobwhite9873]

Kate Pierson has one of the best voices of all time. She sings backup for several other groups. Can't miss her amazing voice.

[@Earcandy73]

Their album “Cosmic Thing” yielded this and Love Shack. They made 1989/90 so enjoyable!

[@DashRiprock513]

It was way before that they formed in 1976

[@colibri1]

Another B52s song that foregrounds the female vocalists is "Give Me Back My Man" from 1979-80, and a really rocking B52s song that even Jay might like is "Private Idaho" from 1979-80.

[@joiedevivre2005]

"Private Idaho" def needs to be their next listen!

[@sirbobdesign]

Listening to it right now. "I'll give you fish!"

[@peterthomas5878]

Let me add "Dirty Back Roads" as well. There's a great YT video linked here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGXUk42ur7ZmgNU

[@carenhelms8518]

I took a lot of comfort from this album and especially from this song. When "Roam" became super popular, I had a very young child and was a single mother in my third year of engineering school. It was a ROUGH time, but the B-52s, especially "Roam", helped get me through. Without wings, without wheels!

[@DouglasMcCulley]

'your own private idaho' is their other big song. 1st I heard from them.

[@surlechapeau]

Jay/Amber, you'll love their "Private Idaho" and "Party Out Of Bounds"!!!

[@ammaleslie509]

You guys might like Private Idaho by them. Quirky...!

[@stephenulmer3781]

No, Jordan will not like those 😁

[@KristineT4525]

My Own Private Idaho and Mesopotamia are two of my favorites!

[@BadlndsBob]

Mesopotamia is underrated and I like it a lot. (I like Private Idaho too.)

[@josephpipkins-g8z]

June Bug is also great!! Love the B-52’s!

[@dunringill1747]

Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson are incredible singers, both solo and their ability to harmonize. Try "Private Idaho" or "Give Me Back My Man" with Cindy singing lead.

[@terrimilka7805]

Private Idaho is my favorite!

[@flixgirl1]

I was never really a B-52's fan but the older I get the more I appreciate the great harmonies of Kate and Cindy.

[@quinny6920]

Fun song!!!! All the B 52’s is fun stuff! AMBER if I may I have a comment just for you that I’ve wanted to say for a long time. You look absolutely fantastic!! I was so impressed how fast you got back to yourself after being pregnant!!! I hope in some way my comment doesn’t offend you! Some may take it the wrong way. I mean it with all sincerity! Be proud of yourself girlie!! 3 kids and you are right back to yourself! I know many are jealous!! Lol. I’m sure it’s a lot of hard work and I wanted to Acknowledge That! Merry merry to you all!! ❤

[@cowboymouth6429]

This band has many, many great songs and this is coming from a ROCKER. 🔥🔥♥️👍

[@stevetatum4169]

"America's Party Band"! Always a fun time! Quirky, goofy, loveable, and addictive to dance to.

[@GabeBaddeley]

Love this song, I love the B-52s vibe and sound. Great choice

[@DementedDaisy]

My absolute fav B-52's song is "Deadbeat Club". It's not like anything you've heard from them and I think you would love it.

[@wompa70]

This song is great! Having multiple vocalists makes for a wider variety of music while still being identifiably B-52s. This song was at the top of the pop charts. And they played REAL instruments.

[@jaakpotts]

Roam is s my favorite song of the 90’s- it makes me feel so free and happy!

[@jonwest776]

Their first two albums are just brilliant. When Ricky Wilson died, this album was the bands bounce back. This track expresses their feelings for him.

[@keithsheffield9154]

In an interview, Cindy Wilson said that this song is about death and how one’s spirit is free from the body to roam.

[@jessenuf]

“Song for a future generation “ is awesome. You’ll enjoy it, I promise.

[@xoxxobob61]

By the Late 80s everybody thought that the B-52s were done then they released a Gem of a song like this screaming : "We're still here! Remember us?" The entire album were this Song came from was fantastic!

[@davewildermuth7519]

The lead singer on this one is Kate Pierson. Next stops: REM, featuring Kate Pierson, "Shiny Happy People" Iggy Pop, featuring Kate Pierson, "Candy"

[@garycp70]

This song is such a "college song" from the late 80s. I always link Roam with Big Pig's "I can't break away" from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. I miss the 80s!

[@elcorado83]

This is a classic driving song-play it in a convertible, on a sunny warm day, and it will make you smile.

[@PaintedCavern]

I love this band so much, they are one of my all time favorites. They have got it all-the funnest music ever. ❤️❤️❤️

[@P.Galore]

The most fun band! The B52's!...Brilliant Sound Brilliant Lyrics.....Mid Century Rock n Roll!

[@RichardX1]

I love EVERYTHING about this song! I have since I first heard it in 1990. Also, that stringed instrument that y'all were wondering about is called a shamisen, a traditional Japanese instrument not unlike a banjo (on that note, I recommend the Yoshida brothers).

[@michael5136]

Roam has got to be my favourite song from the b52s and one of my favourite songs of all time can happily listen to it over and over again

[@edferd100]

Planet Claire and Rock Lobster are classics.

[@BigTroyT]

I recommended this almost 2 years ago, so I'm so happy you got around to it. Roam is definitely less quirky and much more of a straight ahead pop song, and as always, the girls' harmonies are incredible - they'd been singing together for 20 years when this was recorded. It's so smooth that when they sing the same part, you can hardly separate their voices, but then they switch to harmony and you realize it's two distinctive voices. This is one of the brightest, happiest, most up-lifting, danceable pop sings ever recorded, and very deservingly, it was a MASSIVE hit. While it "only" peaked at #3 on the Billboard Top 100, staying on the charts for 20 weeks, it's real-world impact was much larger than those numbers might suggest, getting daily plays for more than 5 years across several radio formats. You could not be a teen or older in the 90s and not encounter this song - it was everywhere.

[@matthewbailey6206]

B52's "Cosmic Thing" was their most mature and commercially successful album. It wasn't a "sell out", it was their best material!

[@jasonbaker-medlock8839]

Private Idaho please! I saw them perform in Vegas back in October. They still rock.

[@stevetatum4169]

Cindy Wilson sings "Give Me Back My Man" by herself as the lead vocalist in her growl while the rest of the B-52s plays and dances. But you won't recognize the sound on Give Me Back My Man compared to this Roam song because it's their early stuff from decades ago in a different style. Still with quirky lyrics though as you'd expect from the B-52s.

[@marybaillie8907]

Wow after Rock Lobster🦞🦞🦞 I never thought we'd see the B52's again. Glad you're back. This is a great tune with such great energy. You never know what you're gonna hear.Great reaction.Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

[@malalaz66]

I like Private Idaho, warning it has a bit of a similar vibe to rock lobster in that the guy sings in this one along with the ladies. I like the song but I’m a Rock Lobster fan. 😁

[@tomasgonzalezmarin6118]

Great song, absolute hit, from B-52's. Kate Pierson who did the lead vocal on this song, worked also with Iggy Pop on another super hit like "Candy", and other artists like REM in "Shiny happy people". Regards from Chile 🙂

[@iainsutherland1113]

How can anyone not like this band, they’re wonderful ! So uplifting, mad as a bag of frogs but behind all the fun and joking around they are extremely talented musicians and those two girls - the vocals - wow !!!

[@dlbeal]

This was one of their big hits. Went to a jazzercise class and we always warmed up to this song.

[@LuisDiaz-uj5qu]

For the first time in 34 years I've finally got see them performed live just a month ago and they sounds so amazing.

[@JRcomments]

Just in time as it is their farewell tour.

[@SusanJohnston]

Didn’t know you were doing this! 😂❤❤❤I think quirky sums them up! They’re fun!❤

[@ceZarTreviNo22]

J & Amber, we (my wife and I) love your channels. I think Roam is one of B-52’s more “radio friendly/popular with the masses. Since you both loved this song, I personally believe you both would really love the B52’s song “Topaz”. It’s just as really poppy and radio friendly as Roam, but is a lesser known (to the mass public) songs . Keep doing what you do and have a Merry Christmas!

[@Seventeen_Syllables]

B-52s are very important and it's good that you finally got to this one! If you like Kate Pierson's (the non-blonde) voice you may want to check out a duet that she did with Iggy Pop called Candy. Their voices compliment one another well. You reacted to Iggy's "The Passenger" some time ago (one of my favorite songs by any artist), so it wouldn't be a new group at all but maybe honorable mention for being a new pairing?

[@DesertRainReads]

Their best song hands down, the B-52's were also masters of double entandres, someone managed to get all of them and it made this song even better. Love the way they harmonize in this song, it just works.

[@gd7738]

Did you guys know Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire did a song together called Easy Lover? Really cool song! If you haven't already heard it before you should check it out!

[@censorshipsucks9493]

Yep. Phil produced that album.

[@ken7531077]

Great song!

[@jeremyedwards1093]

Yeah definitely that song!

[@shawnclark7024]

Awesome! I love this band! So much fun, and a much needed escape from our stressful lives. Thank you both for this channel!

[@tinahairston6383]

Topaz, Channel Z and Bushfire off this same album are great. Quiche Lorraine is another great quirky song and Strobe Light is fun!

[@OogieWa]

The singing is awesome. Kate is on lead, and in the second verse and after Cindy is in perfect unison with the (singing the same note). Then in the choruses Cindy sings some impressive high harmony notes, sometimes coming in and out of unison with Kate. It sounds so tight, yet the contrast really grabs your attention! Great song!

[@jamiedianne6778]

You guys have to hear “Shining Happy People” by R.E.M.! Kate from The B52s joins in on that track and it’s so much fun!

[@chrisv.h.2307]

So many good memories of the B-52s! "Dance This Mess Around" is another of my favorites by them.

[@richarddexter7641]

I'm not sure what amuses me more here. The song's been up about 1/2 hour and no one's mentioned that the song is totally and completely about coitus, or that you missed it completely as well. (There, I kept it as clean as I can.) "Take it hip to hip, rocket through the wilderness" is one of the many and incredible and hilarious double-entendres--the song is full of them. Love the B-52s for how they pulled this one off.

[@taniaPBear]

Coitus, 🤣🤣🤣 I love that you used that word. I was scrolling through looking for the first person to say it was sexual, surprisingly few people. It's all right there in the lyrics!

[@rayutube]

There's also the banana and donut image in the background on the first part of the video.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

Like Devo, there aren’t a lot of B-52s songs that aren’t at least partially sexual. Think Lava! 😆

[@JayyeStone]

@@taniaPBear Me too and I landed here!

[@JayyeStone]

I had always thought this was from the first listen way back when since Around the World was basically slang for "69" (check out the merriam-webster dictionary online if you don't take my word for it). LOL, The trip begins with a kiss...

[@VallaMusic]

Dancing to Rock Lobster was the highlight of my high school prom - but love ROAM, too

[@nrrrdking]

This band is one of my all time favorites. Cindy Wilson especially is an amazing vocalist. Her voice has so much character and power. Her solo vocal songs for the B-52s is some of the best music ever. If you're looking for another great track try "Give Me Back My Man". Cindy really gets to shine there and it's amazing... and also weird haha.

[@MagnifiiScentz]

Agreed! I've favored Kate for many years, but Cindy's talents have grown on me over the years, thanks to KZbin. First of all, her presence was missed during the "Good Stuff" album. It was good, but I think it would have been better had Cindy been there... though I don't fault her at all for wanting to take time off after Ricky's death. Anyway, I've watched recent videos of her, and she has a lot more control and depth in her voice than she did in the early years. While the B-52s wouldn't be where they are without Kate, and while I can't imagine the band without her (there would be no B-52s without Kate!), I actually prefer Cindy's voice, now that I've heard more of it.

[@FreedomKat]

My all time fav group. Got to finally meet them this year at the farewell concert! They were so sweet!

[@kbusby4824]

Love this one. I would also recommend Planet Claire by the B-52s. You will also love Kate Pierson singing with Iggy Pop on Candy.

[@neilford7338]

The harmonies, just wonderful.

[@danmellen1423]

This song reminds me so much of high school.

[@storiedworlds6261]

Roam, Deadbeat Club, Love Shack, Rock Lobster. They’re all good and each one is different from the other.

[@cintfromtexas8196]

Great reaction as always. Suggestions for more great B52 reactions: Deadbeat Club, Revolution Earth, FunPlex, Planet Claire, Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland, Legal Tender, Private Idaho. There is plenty more to go round.

[@raybernal6829]

One of my fave bands. This was there last year touring. They are a party band. They went a bit mainstream to get themselves out to the masses but still kept their eclectic sound ....

[@TheFadingMan]

I love the B52s. They always put a smile on my face. They just want to party and have fun. I loved this album when it came out. Played it to death.

[@chrislaustin]

I started working straight out of high school the summer of 1989, and rode the bus most days, and would love when this song came on my radio, as it was an instant pick me up, no matter the day I was having. Not many songs have a history that defines them in ones life, but to this day hearing this, takes me back to 89 every single time.

[@alecffernandez5556]

This song is pure joy and positivity.

[@wendyjones431]

Im a long time B52s fan. When you did rock lobster... I have to tell you I danced around with my girls to that song when they were little. And now that they are older in their 20s.. They know the song and love it!

[@Pait728]

"Planet Z" is my fave off this album. Speaking of quirky David Byrne of the Talking Heads produced a song by the B-52's called "Mesopotamia" that kills.

[@lchamp7946]

Yes! Mesopotamia is my fave b52s song!

[@tpaepp]

Strobe light and Private Idaho are a must listen, they were trigger songs, when you heard them you had to run to the dance floor to let go. "Highschool memory." Jay will understand the meaning of strobe light.

[@bmiamiwai]

They have many great tracks.

[@alfrede.neuman1257]

That band and their music made me feel "happier" when I was down. What fun, happy tunes they did. No deep messages, just fun....

[@greglegakis4177]

"Private Idaho" is essential B-52's. Amber will love the quirkiness. Jordan, hmm, maybe not so much. Hopefully we'll see.

[@mikeharvey3551]

"Private Idaho" is my favorite from the B-52's I'm pretty sure Amber will dig it & I want to see "J's" reaction because it is a bit quarky like Rock Lobster :)

[@PowerDiva]

I love the B-52's and I'm glad you guys did this song because as quirky and bizarre as some of their stuff is, you can really hear that they actually have great voices too. It's not all gimmicks and being strange for the sake of gaining attention. They can actually sing.

[@geneaikenii1092]

21 years young and first married when this came splashing onto MTV. Luv this fun song. Thanks guys. Brings back good times.

[@ken7531077]

Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson (from the B-52's) - Candy

[@Fairygrl_TW]

Such a fun, funky and quirky group, I so love it. Def a hippie fav. I was a roaming hippie, hence why I suck at this tech/social media stuff, lol. Thanx so much, Stay groovy, Peace

[@Shrykespeare]

You want more "fun" B-52s, you gotta hear "Good Stuff". It's bright and peppy and really upbeat... without (most of) that Rock Lobster weirdness. :) Gotta admit, Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson are quite unlike any other lead-singer duo you've ever heard... and then when you add Fred Schneider into the mix... BOOM.

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

This is one of those songs that lets you use your own imagination. You can picture yourself in a part of the world that you have never been to. You could even imagine yourself in space floating among the stars.

[@sparky6086]

Listen to The B-52's, "Private Idaho"!

[@beachbumsailordude]

Jay and Amber if the B52's ever come to a venue near you RUN THERE! They are the most fun live act I've ever seen. BTW if you want to hear Cindy really sing try "Give me back my man". If you want to hear something amazing from Kate check out "Planet Clair". It's at about 1:17 into the song. You have to see it live. It's Kate!

[@joethomas1775]

They do a real cool version of the Flintstones theme from the first live action movie.

[@lt6134]

BeeGees “Love You Inside Out” You’ll both love it!

[@Julieroo28]

I always preferred this song to Love Shack.

[@leighs3928]

Me too

[@netrider5]

I prefer Channel Z and Deadbeat Club myself.

[@Julieroo28]

@@netrider5 I love Channel Z and I think Legal Tender is fun.

[@jeffreyflint6286]

Totally agree with you

[@michaelfrazia4569]

I just wrote this same post...then I saw yours...I feel you ..this song was way better

[@terryallen345]

Thought Jay would like this, knew Amber would. Y'all have made me smile today

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Love this song. Speaking of quirky and melodic... you should also check out the wonder that is XTC !!! Their song "Senses Working Overtime" is wonderful... as is most of their brilliant catalog! Cheers!

[@joyceraines8218]

Dear God by XTC shaped me into the logical minded realist I am today. Good recommendation.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

@@joyceraines8218 Love that song... but may not be a good starter song for XTC... I believe they're religious, so maybe "Mayor Of Simpleton," "Wrapped In Grey," "Harvest Festival," or "Love On A Farmboy's Wages"...

[@RaeRaeOR]

Kate Pierson makes a vocal appearance on REM’s Shiny Happy People. Her voice and Michael Stipe’s combine to create something really magical.

[@BryanWicks]

"Juliet of the Spirits" and "Funplex," are GREAT later efforts from the band than you might well enjoy! Thanks for the reaction, guys!

[@greenbrown7776]

"Juliet of the Spirits" really is so good. That album didn't make the splash I expected it to.

[@jaimiewarren8687]

More memories of great times! I remember driving to the beach with a car full of friends the summer before our senior year singing this at the top of our lungs and loving life.

[@stevendickinson4484]

You really should do shiny happy people with REM and b-52’s amber would love it , it’s no rock lobster but jay would like it too

[@surlechapeau]

Just Kate Pierson from the B-52 on that song/video, but great song!

[@tonyc416]

spot-on with your assessments s and comments. This ones def my favorite of their songs. Those girls are fantastic signers with great ranges!

[@METerrell]

You should also check out their song Deadbeat Club.

[@jaquettajones]

The B'52's are an 80's band via the 60's - dance moves, hair do's. You will def see this on some of their videos where they are seen performing and Fred does a Mean PONY! :-D