Wow! I was there in all my 13 year old glory. I never thought I would see something like this up on KZread. You are so cool to take all that time and remaster these precious films. The sound is exceptional! It is so cool to see the concert up close. I was so far back they were all specs. Thank you so much for all the work and sharing!

@kerbystaley

Ай бұрын

I envy you! Being a hard rock, metal fan, I appreciate all genres of music!!🎶 I went to the 83' Heavy Metal Day the next year!

@lisajennings2194

Ай бұрын

@@kerbystaley It was so much fun! I am sure that metal fest rivaled this festival. 🤘

@idpfilm

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@idpfilm

Ай бұрын

Great comment - just pinned at the Top

@jperl32

Ай бұрын

Was there too, 15 it was my birthday

Ricky Wilson absolutely killing it on guitar. One stone cold genius of guitar.

@Auxend

3 күн бұрын

a guitar hero for me - RIP

iwt. B52s may be the best pop band that ever was. Hot, fresh, sexy, weird, and their tunes still hold up today. Perfect!

Her voice is so amazing !! No effects on her microphone! Raw untreated vocals. American woman!!!!!!!

@Auxend

3 күн бұрын

one of the "52 Girls" for sure

16 years old, about 20-30 rows back in the middle, hot, dusty, and high as a kite on the L S D- such good times. What an incredible day. The B-52's, The Talking Heads, and Oingo Boingo sort of stole the show that day.

@JimmyHandtrixx

2 ай бұрын

wow those mustve been great bands to hear see on acid 🙂

@anthonyburnham6670

2 ай бұрын

I was there as well. On that day Gang of five, The Ramones, and the Police played as well.

@88pjtink

2 ай бұрын

@@anthonyburnham6670 Gang of Four....but. yeah. They opened. The English Beat was impressive too.

@88pjtink

2 ай бұрын

@@JimmyHandtrixx It was one of those right times for something like that. Of course, back then, we considered a weekend to be the right time for that.

@anthonyburnham6670

2 ай бұрын

LOL! Yes, gage of four. I don't know why I typed 5. And I went to see the English Beat and the Police. I am going to Las Vegas at the end of May for the Punk Rock Bowling Festival to see the English Beat again!@@88pjtink

B52s.....my all-time fave American band. Everyone should have a little room in their hearts for the B52s ❤❤❤

@DS-Slug

2 ай бұрын

Agreed

@ttomgast1769

2 ай бұрын

Any band that can make you smile this much deserves one's respect and appreciation .

@sister_bertrille911

18 сағат бұрын

@@ttomgast1769 Smile and dance!

Man that guitar is awesome.

@RoySATX

Ай бұрын

The legendary Ricky Wilson, like all the greats, left us too soon.

@juanfrankazofeifagonzalez6583

9 күн бұрын

- Was a True Magician WiTh a GuiTars and He Don'T Was a PreTencious...~

Rickie on the lead guitar was sensational

@idpfilm

3 ай бұрын

Rickie was way ahead of the game - he once siad Rock N Roll was gone - He sure could play that Guitar man - " Hall of FAME Rickie Wilson " !

@etontrifle

3 ай бұрын

Three strings!

@JamesHunterRoss

2 ай бұрын

His playing changed my idea of guitar... he opened a whole unique sonic world!

@derekdykeman9160

2 ай бұрын

@@idpfilm Ricky

@carllouisyoung

2 ай бұрын

Agreed

For me, this is the best B-52 performance of this number. Tremendous stuff to please my 82 years of music.

As products of late 70's and early to mid 80's music, very few of my friends liked the new music wave. We were all enthralled with Blue Oyster Cult, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, the Scorpions and Lynyrd Skynyrd. While I still love those those bands and hard rock in general, I took a shine to the Talking Heads, Blondie and Devo a little harder than the guys I hung with. I still think the B-52's are a severely underrated New Wave band and I still listen to them regularly. Favorite songs? Private Idaho, 52 Girls

@DarrenReetz

2 ай бұрын

Me too Markyapp

@McCherrill

2 ай бұрын

From the UK I totally agree with you.

@ttomgast1769

2 ай бұрын

Dance This Mess Around " I ain't no limburger " one of the greatest lyrics in the history of Rock !!

@markyapp

2 ай бұрын

@@ttomgast1769 That's another one! You gotta say, their songs are fun!!

@toolman243

2 ай бұрын

Ditto

Watching Fred play that glockenspiel with the stoic intensity of a man disarming a bomb.

@user-ko3zv2ch5t

Ай бұрын

Of all the comments regarding this video, yours is by far the best.

@willtheoak

Ай бұрын

James Bond in Goldfinger comes to mind

@MrWinky69

26 күн бұрын

Dont forget his booger sugar jaws.

@ChadColson-pq5in

22 күн бұрын

He looked nervous at first Playing in front of 400000 people must of been an experience

@garyrobert9085

16 күн бұрын

That part of video did make me turn my head to the side like a dog when they don't know exactly what they're looking at...

When this track came out I thought there was something special about it. I was right and I’m still listening to it over 40 years later. Great performance. Brilliant band.

@user-ko3zv2ch5t

Ай бұрын

Too right! They were hitting it hard. I was 13, now I'm 55. It's still good.

@user-ko3zv2ch5t

Ай бұрын

Too right

This was the best concert line up i've ever seen in my life! The Ramones, Oingo Boingo, B-52's, Talking Heads and the Police all in one day! I even ran into Ray Bradbury, Steve Wozniak and Steve Bartek when i wandered through the almost-empty tents, and was able to chat with all of them. What a day that was!

@kemouse

Ай бұрын

Wow now that's a line up! Ray Bradbury too?!

@langelle1

Ай бұрын

Yeah. What the hell was Ray Bradbury doing at the US Festival?

@budfoon

Ай бұрын

@@langelle1 Good Question! According to Ben Wener of the Orange County Register (September 1, 2012), "As with all aspects of the US Festival - the security force, the loaded tech expo, the lineup of guest speakers (ranging from Ray Bradbury to Bianca Jagger), even the stage itself, which now resides at Fantasyland Theatre in Disneyland - Wozniak “paid top dollar for everything.” There were several tents set up for the tech expo -- filled with early 80s technology. I visited the tech tents during The English Beat's set. The tents were practically empty at that time, but there were a lot of exhibits and random unaccompanied notables like Bradbury and Woz wandering about.

@gregorymillar285

21 күн бұрын

Fuck yeah

@brianbarrett192

16 күн бұрын

Ray Bradbury=Legend of Fiction

That guitar sound, the rhythm and the vocals; their sound is so cool!

Yes, they were really this brilliant.

Cindys voice is amazing.

I've been head over heels in love with a woman for over 40 years and I've never even met her. Her name is Cindy Wilson ❤

@cardigansrule

2 ай бұрын

Hands Off She's Mine!

@lext4374

2 ай бұрын

Y'all can fight over the candy. I want the fish.

@user-vw1ow7mk1c

2 ай бұрын

Same ❤

@kencraig7308

2 ай бұрын

Kate is mine then 🥰

@paul_laws

2 ай бұрын

👍@@kencraig7308 Good luck with that 😉

The level of pure talent from so many bands back then is just astounding !!!! These folks worked their butts off hard and it shows. Legendary

There are performances that are so perfect that they are a video clip in themselves, nothing more is needed.

I’m a sabbath/zeppelin fan. But propts to the 52’s. Great Great Band. I’m out of words.

@idpfilm

Ай бұрын

well said & so true

I saw them a few years back, before COVID, Kate was 70 and still rocking a mini dress and gogo boots. Inspirational. Be healthy, stay young.

Watching Ricky jam is always a pleasure

@user-fu9ix5sj7g

2 ай бұрын

His style is unmistakable his own picking and it’s The B52s!!❤

It’s a shame. This level of uniqueness will never happen again. Maybe in a pub in a small town somewhere?

@Teow_of_Meow

Ай бұрын

You’re name makes sense😞

@brianc9642

8 күн бұрын

Check out band “Gustaf.” A bit more manic than B52s but similarly creative & off beat. I hope they can taste even a fraction of B52 success.

I was there, 21 years old, what a time to be alive!

@adebadwolf

Ай бұрын

Lies

@grahamberrie2462

14 күн бұрын

Wow

Freakin Ricky Wilson is a GREAT guitar player! Left us way too soon... Really nice video and sounds good too. Thank You!

@biglouie964

2 ай бұрын

Ricky's guitar had such a unique sound

@foto21

2 ай бұрын

His sound was a total throwback to early rock n roll, and he got a ton of mileage out of it.

I loved this song when I was 21 and I love it at 64.

@ivorykhan159

Күн бұрын

Same here; we're the same age. When I discovered the B52s I wasn't yet 20 (early 1980), and all my friends thought I was so weird, and I said, just wait, they're going to be huge. I was vindicated!! I know something good when I hear it! Glad to know you do, too!

It’s 2024 and i just discovered this Great song!!!❤

@kevind7422

6 күн бұрын

Welcome, felllow traveller.

Sound is so vivid. The tactile sound of Ricky's fingertips on the strings. Cindy's breathy notes and false-cord growl.

Cindy looking gorgeous.

Looks and sounds great, what a huge labor of love to produce this! Thank you for remastering the entire concert and for sharing it with us.

@idpfilm

2 ай бұрын

IT JUST NEEDED TO BE DONE ! - " What a Group " - " What a Concert " - History needs to be kept alive .......... " This Band should be in the Hall of Fame " - SUPERSTARS ..... with Ricky on the Lead Guitar it was going to be History in the Making ! - and boy could he play that Guitar.

Awesome! Ricky was a unique talent.

This is the most 80’s thing I’ve seen in a long time.

What an outstanding band! ALL HAIL THE B52's💜🤘🏽

I started the summer of 1981 being weirded out by “Dance this Mess Around” and finished it with a new favorite band-the B-52s.

My wife bought tickets to Vegas from Australia last week to see them. And she doesnt mind that Im still in love with Cindy

@stonytark1987

Ай бұрын

My wife and I saw their Vegas show last fall too. You won’t be disappointed. We live in Atlanta where the b52s are from. We had only seen them once before and knew that we couldn’t miss one of their final shows. Cheers.

Ricky's rhythm lead was a force to be reckoned with...seriously great.

@jamesharris5416

26 күн бұрын

it’s incredible.

i dont see a comment pointing out the story of the song, so here goes. ricky wilson (guitar) wrote this song, for his sister (cindy wilson, vocalist) to sing. it was based on a fight they had in childhood. he took one of her toy dolls and went off with it, to tease her. she chased him around the house saying "give me back my man. i'll give you everything i have etc".

@lezam1000

Ай бұрын

Here’s me thinking it was a Jolene style thing.

@jussikankinen9409

Ай бұрын

Not true

@ice-iu3vv

Ай бұрын

@@jussikankinen9409 oh but it is. should be easy enough for you to find the interview with cindy. go look it up. not interested in your baseless assumption. which is what it must be. if you knew what was true, you would know that this is.

@halfstep44

Ай бұрын

Why not just include a source?​@@ice-iu3vv

@darkwitnesslxx

Ай бұрын

Cindy, and all the B-52's, are on record many times saying they don't want to ever explain their songs. They prefer them to be esoteric. If Cindy did give such an interview, she was bullshitting.

I was 9yrs old and remember my mom playing this song over and over. Good times

@themaggattack

2 ай бұрын

Oh your mom must have wanted her man back. 😔

I was so fortunate to see them at the Us Festival. Crazy times with the ULTIMATE PARTY BAND! Fred is perfect keeping the xylophone hook in the song as well. RIP Ricky Wilson.

Legendary guitar riff. They absolutely killed this. Legendary band.

Keith Strickland was killing it on the drums.

@robinbarwick8473

Ай бұрын

Finally!! So much love for Ricky Wilson ( quite right) and Cindy Wilson ( Swoon) but the skeleton it all hangs on is that amazing driving beat ( and bass drum). God only knows how he sustains it throughout.

You had to see these guys live. I saw them in San Francisco Civic Auditorium (I think) around the time of Mesopotamia and the minute they came on stage, everyone stood up and danced until the end of their show. Never saw that happen with anyone else!

80s New Wave rock rules!

@ginaweith9475

4 күн бұрын

Great time to be young

The B52s changed my life.

@ginaweith9475

4 күн бұрын

❤

Passed their first album to my son recently. Hope he has it as long as I did.

@idpfilm

2 ай бұрын

Watch his face light up ! - You have given him a beautiful gift - Music like the B-52's gave us back in the 80's - made the 80's and 90's the best years ever ! - GLORY YEARS of hope and Love

@kemouse

Ай бұрын

It's a jam and he will.

All ages show. My daughters who are now 30s still love the 52s . Me too. Great free show. Tight + light .

@user-cu7uz5le3h

2 ай бұрын

Came out in 1977-78

Graduated in 82! Me and my lady friends were SO INTO THEM, the Cars, in late 70’s, before the big new wave thing started, we consider the B-52’s as punk

I remember in 81 as a 12 year old dancing to this awesome band at our dances!!! 👍👍👍👍

This was such an amazing performance Ricky RIP was incredible 4 strings and the heavy gage you could put on his guitar and what he does is brilliant, he just LOOKED cool preppied out for 1982 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Both Wilsons at their best.

I was at this 3 day concert. It was the best. So many really great bands. US festival 82. Thanks Woz!!

I love it. Many pals of mine muck me because i like them . They cannot understand how can i have taste for b52 and king Crimson ELP yes and so may prog bands . I SEE b52 kind of special unique style and originality

Great to see Ricky at the fullest extent of his powers. RIP sweet price.

Ricky rocking the coolest guitar riffs ever. Wore those records out and really dig this band.

I will always love them!! Always makes me happy whenever I listen to their music!

Great sound. I'd like to have seen a lot more of Super Cindy dancing.

The guitar and bass are such a perfect compliment to this song. Great groove, hooks and the chorus is to die for with her vocals.

Just graduated HS. 1984 my GF broke up w me. My parents went to corpse christe I drank and danced for days playing B52!

The low end on that bass synth totally rips! 🤯💥

THAT is how I want to play guitar! RIP Ricky!!

B-52's at the Concord Pavilion made my top 5 concerts ever, and i've seen a lot of live bands.

Rick is the best!!!

probably one of the greatest songs ever written. utterly slays with such a minimal arrangement.

Ricky was so underrated as a guitarist

If I had only one shot at a time travel I’d hop back to this set.

@idpfilm

Ай бұрын

a great comment - bet so many would do the same

Saw these guys Providence Colleg circa 88. Unfortunately, Ricky was gone by then. Countless hours listening to the B52s in high school. Great memories.

A SUPERB guitarist and keyboardist, backed by an equally gifted drummer, fronted by a dynamic frontman and unique female vocalists. The B-52s were pros through and through.

The greatest party band in history.

i keep coming back to this. it’s so damn good

Yes! The Greatest New Wave American Band of All Time!!!!

So many memories and emotions. Possibly the best period In my entire life.

Definitely a great performance!

Absolute FIRE 🔥 😍 They were so darn talented and cute. All 5 are Heartbreakers. Ricky's guitar , Keith's drums and Cindy's voice, amazing.

So good! Such a great band.

Thank you Steve Wozniak!!!!!! At 21 YO I managed to see all three days...barely...LOL. What a great weekend. The endless water supply helped with the heat......dang I'm old...

@idpfilm

2 ай бұрын

Charlres - you were there ! - Your One lucky Guy ....... seeing History in the Making - Does't come better than that !

Amazing how intricate B-52s were to sound Pop and punk. I loved the melodies and the rhythm, so infectious and I never realized how they made this sound live. Some people just assume it’s studio magic but there are some singers who are just super talented.

I'll give you fish, I'll give you candy, I'll give you everything I have in my hand.

@adebadwolf

2 ай бұрын

Why?

@kratino

2 ай бұрын

@@adebadwolf a siren stole her man.

@lifeliver9000

Ай бұрын

Yeah lovely aye, nice words

Listening to the B52s always simultaneously brings the widest smile to my face as well as a few tears to my eyes (mourning my long lost youth). Goddam I love this band.

Excellent!! A band that marked its own style and the mix of many interesting things. Thanks for keeping it alive!

@idpfilm

2 ай бұрын

Our pleasure ! - The whole World need to know how good they were - why are they not yet in the Halll of Fame ?

How are they not in the Rock and Roll hall of fame

@warriorpoet193

25 күн бұрын

The woke ROF inducts RAP stars to make them feel important.

@herchelleonwood7463

18 күн бұрын

obviously the rock and roll hall of fame SUCKS !!

@patrickmaline4258

17 күн бұрын

big lobster blackballed them. 🤭

@jr.6199

6 күн бұрын

the Go Gos made it, but very late ...and this band still scares Rock and Roll !

They’re my idols !!! Wild planet was my first album that I buyed when I was 15

Like my absolute fav B-52’s song!

I was 9, Cindy was 25, it was love at first sight. I fell like a ton of bricks.

@idpfilm

7 сағат бұрын

That's awesome!

What a band ,what a time .

I'll give you fish ❤ one of my favorite songs.

Their in my top 10 favs, unique and timeless.

Damn. What groove on that guitar.

this is the best of humanity right here

❤ love it ❤

the guitar is great !

One of the most original bands of all time.

@GilMarquesDuarte

2 күн бұрын

So, when is the next rock concert in Iran, Saudi Arabia, "Fakestine", etc.?

I don't think there is a band The exemplified the fun, the genius and the life of the 80s than the B 52s!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

@idpfilm

Ай бұрын

OMG ....... So true and a magical write up - Thank you for posting so nice x

Thank you for posting this. I had the GREAT fortune to be at this show. I only went for the first day, drove all the way down from Northern California, but it remains the greatest Festival lineup I've ever seen. Gang of Four. Ramones. Oingo Boingo. English Beat. B-52s. Talking Heads. The Police. And I'm pretty sure I still remember the order. Everyone was in rare form. (Hot as hell, though.) Also - my favorite Cindy performance. Still rings.

@idpfilm

3 ай бұрын

You are one hell of a Lucky Fella - to be there back in 82 .......Here at IDP FILM many a day the Studio is playing tracks through the large B&W studios speakers - most of the time it's the B-52's We have since the 80's been B-52 fans - and for you to actually have been there - it must have been just a Magical Time ! - only in the USA can this happen

@markedwardsphotography

3 ай бұрын

You were so lucky going to this concert. I was at university at Exeter England when this took place. Wish I had been at the concert ! Thanks for sharing your experience

I love how Fred always rocks out to Cindy's song!😀😄😁😅🤣😍😎🤓🧐

I had heard how instrumental the guitar player was to this band, but didn't really grasp his importance until I saw this video. I have always liked this band .

Awesome! One of a kind band of the 80's. Never b another one!!!

@Mercedes65

2 ай бұрын

❤💯

This was shockingly excellent.

This is the BEST...this song has everything

Ricki Wilson was the first music loss I remember feeling sad about but he's so very alive right now above as I type - and it's sort of true he's living when we play this stuff

Wacthing from SP Brazil.

@LordHasenpfeffer

2 ай бұрын

Bom dia!

@Ale-nj3gr

2 ай бұрын

@@LordHasenpfeffer Tmj