Reviewed! B-52's - With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA
B-52’s
With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA
Eagle
It’s hard to believe that the B-52’s, a band that has
been up and down the roads for 35 years, had never released a true live album,
until now, with the bands recently released With the Wild Crowd! Live in
Athens, GA, a record that truly
captures the bands live essence.
With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA was recorded in February of this year
marking the 34th anniversary of the bands first ever concert on
Valentine’s Day 1977. They surely picked the right concert to document too - With
the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA is a 90-minute non-stop rollercoaster of
a plethora of the bands top cuts, including many of their fan favorites, early
hits like the bands first single, 1978’s “Rock Lobster,” which predictably ends
the nights proceedings. Regardless, With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, GA
does a great job of representing each and every decade of the bands lustrous
existence, beginning, of course, in the 70’s (“Rock Lobster,” “Planet Claire”),
the 80’s (“Private Idaho,” “Party Out of Bounds,” “Mesopotamia,” “Whammy Kiss,”
“Love Shack”), the 90’s (“Roam”) and all the way up to the 2000’s (“Funplex”).
If you can’t
make it out to a B-52’s show anytime soon, then With the Wild Crowd! Live in
Athens, GA is a suitable replacement. Just picture a hot, sweaty, rock and
roll explosion of big wigs, feathers, boas and hot pink everything, just as you’d
expect from anything involved with the B-52’s. With the Wild Crowd! Live in
Athens, GA is a time machine, one that will transport you back to the
mid-80’s, a wild ride that is sure to bring a giant, beaming smile to your
face.
Grade: B+
Go Download: “Rock
Lobster”
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