The B-52's - Rock Lobster (Official Music Video)

You're watching the official music video for The B-52's - "Rock Lobster" from their self-titled debut album. "Rock Lobster" is on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

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[matt]

Who ever filmed and saved this, deserves some kind of award. One of the great live videos of the 1980's. What an amazing version of this classic.

[lyndonbushnell]

You can clearly see that Fred is a perfectionist & knows how to entertain well, The B52's are nothing short of brilliant.

[donalddade]

42 years later, this song still has an infectious groove to it.

[thexalon]

This song really has so much going on: A surreal premise. A cowbell player really exploring the space. The vocal harmonies. The weird voice effects for each of the fish. The relentless guitar. Some nice synth work from Cindy.

[jamesthompson]

This song kicks ass. Just a bunch of cool people hanging out making wacky songs that slap.

[blariadnebl]

Just imagine a 13 years-old girl with her sister of 8 years-old dancing on the top of their beds with this song that came on one of the cassetes of their dad. That's me and my sister a long time ago. Pure life, pure crazyness and full of joy.

[francissanchez]

The showmanship of this band was pretty amazing. The way Fred dance and with a cow bell was outstanding. Kate and Cindy sung harmoniously and with great timing. What great band.

[christopherwest]

Let’s give some love to the drummer, it takes some effort to keep going at the frenetic pace of this song.👍👏👏😍😍

[Gentlegroove]

Not only did they write great songs. They were killer live. And they didn’t care what anyone thought. They didn’t follow trends. They did their own thing.

[davidg.]

Ricky Helton Wilson would have turned 68 today, born March 19, 1953. Ricky died from AIDS. It's truly sad that so many gifted, talented artist' lost their precious life to this rarely talked about past global epidemic that has claimed 32.7 million beautiful souls. We miss you Ricky.

[notfooledbybreadorcircus]

i've said it before and i'll say it again, whoever had the idea to put 3 such wonderful voices together in one band was a genius. it is sad the guitar player gets overlooked much of the time as he is so much a part of the 52's sound, and does a great job as the only guitar, he carries all the rhythm for all those wonderful voices to work around.

[RyderSpearmann]

Wow… I had NO idea that this was a one-take live performance. Nailed it. Right out of the park. The last 100 seconds are some hard drivin rock, man… bold, eclectic talent.

[andrewmerklinghaus]

I literally just cannot ever get over how hard this song slaps. Like I lie awake in bed at night thinking about how awesome this song is.

[jefffuehr]

in my opinion, this was a true piece of musical art that was created by the B-52, s

[clocksurfer]

They were putting forth maximum effort. Performing for their LIVES. You can FEEL it.

[Panzerlaw]

Nobody ever needed to tell Fred Schneider they “gotta have more cowbell!” The man killed it in this video. Love this song!

[daspacechoechechoz]

The B-52's deserve a ton of credit for being truly excellent live. Especially at a time when so many bands were too heavily produced in studio, they couldn't replicate that live and sounded like crap. It's obvious the B-52's were born live as a party band, at their best, and should be live!

[madnessbydesignVria]

It's impossible to convey just how different this was from everything else at the time. I was experiencing my first battle with depression when I saw the B-52's on Saturday Night Live performing this song. I also saw Bowie performing TVC-15. These songs made me feel like even if things were bad where I was, somewhere out there, things were better. It was enough to get me through, and I am forever in their debt... :)

[majortree]

I was living in Redondo Beach in 1985 and trying to get some sleep in my cheap apartment on a work night but folks were partying in the vicinity. The music wasn't super loud but loud enough to keep me awake. I was irritated because I had to get up early. But, they put Rock Lobster on and I had to laugh. Every time I hear this song, I think of that time and place. The 1980s in Southern California were a blast...unless you were up late on a work night... Lol

[johnfeatherman]

I saw these when they first came out in the 1970s. It's worth being old now to have been young then.