Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for June 08, 2021

Kids like it simple, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and… … … …

It might be time to put the kids out in the yard and tell them to Roam.

Far Out, I’m sure but I don’t know the songs or the groups. Anything by Led Zeppelin or Rolling Stones ,ok. I have a certain liking for the Dropkick Murphys and Jethro Tull but I was collecting Gypsy and Middle Eastern music at that time….

Rock Lobster, ooh ahh… Lots of bubbles…

I’m clueless here.

My little brother’s favorite was “Wipe Out.” That maniacal laughter haunts me to this day.

Quiche Lorraine might be suitable- “has anybody seen/a dog dyed dark green”

Puck and Goldie are rocking out. Elvis is being very dignified at the news desk. Where’s Lupin?

I was a ’60’s kid so my big cartoon band was the Archies. Since I mever stopped watching cartoons then there was Jem And The Holograms.

Wouldn’t ‘Opposites attract’ be more apt for this gang?

I am surprised Georgia did not go with “Shiny Happy People”. Definitely a catchy tune the kids would go for. It was a REM song from 1990/91 but Kate Pierson from the B’52s provided some of the vocals and was prominent in the video which used to be popular on MTV back when they showed videos….

See today’s Diamond Lil. Falls into this category.

Could be worse…. Baby shark….

Elvis’s tail twitch. LOL!

B52s, DaftPunk and Gorrillaz (maybe) are all in my top 50 favourite bands. (I have a lot of favourites!) The Pixies, The Smiths and Pulp are probably my top 3.

I don’t see Lupin! What is he up to?

I remember that being everyone in the country for about a week, until something else came along.

I would have gone with “Closer” for a 90s song but then I was never particularly good with kids.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Serfig-Aro: Your Majesty, the band The Rehearsals has arrived.

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: Thank you, Serfig-Aro. Show them in.

Rehearsals leader Playit-Sam: Thank you for providing us with a concert venue, Your Majesty.

The Queen: You are most welcome, Playit-Sam. Beatrixia and Lupinium will guide you to the Great Pyramid. Burt-Ra and his crew will help you set up.

Later, at the Great Pyramid

Beatrixia: Nice to meet you everyone. I trust everything has been set up according to your needs?

Playit-Sam: Everything’s perfect.

Lupinium: I just love your songs Music Takes Time, and Still Practicing After All These Years.

Playit-Sam: And now we’ll be introducing a new song: Practice ’Till You Poof.

Goldie toe beans!

Planet Claire by the B52’s has a good beat, and my personal favorite is “Private Idaho.” You’re living in your own private Idaho, under ground like a wild potato…..

There’s someone who would drop right in here and have a good time. I remember Baba saying 90s music was great!

Back in the late 70s, when KISS sold out and became the patron saints of of lunchboxes, some Einstein concert promotor who apparently missed the bulletin, put together a tour with Judas Priest fronting them. I’ll never forget walking around the arena being horrified for the suburban moms shepherding their giddy Garanimal clad offspring at their first concert through the throng of chemically enhanced, skinhead, leather clad and pierced, heavy-metal headbangers. Positively Fellini-esque.

Take the kids to the Salt and Pepper Diner. ;D

I am not sure what’s to be clueless about. The B-52’s became HUGE in ‘89 when they released “Cosmic Thing” and Love Shack was the second single. The video is tons of fun as it mostly takes place at a house party where they’re the band (there’s even a cameo by RuPaul, who even suggested the Soul Train dance line). The dang song was ubiquitous for a very long time, even after they released the follow up singles Roam and yes, The Deadbeat Club (which is the perfect song, truly). It’s a good thing they didn’t make the children familiar with Rock Lobster, off their first album in ‘78, because it’s very underground and strange (you can look it up on YouTube).

As for Daft Punk, it’s an electronic dance group and we never saw the faces of the duo behind it. You’re probably familiar with their hit single “Get Lucky.”

Gorillaz was the side project of Damon Albarn from Brit-pop band Blur with comic book artist Jamie Hewlett, and it’s a virtual band (=their videos are cartoons because that’s what the band members are). You’re probably familiar with their hit singles “Clint Eastwood” (t.ly/7QSi) or “Feel Good Inc.”

Oh yeah, the .. sounds.. near the end of Rock Lobster would drive me nuts the few hundred times.

Look, Look, Goldie and Pucky getting down!

Goldie toe beans and fang!

Rush

Supertramp

The Who

Queen

Rolling Stones

Yes

Led Zepplin

Beatles

The Doors

Black Sabbath

Pink Floyd.

Blue Oyster Cult

Ramones

These are the bands for whom I had multiple albums. There was tons of other music out there that I listened to, but this is the essential list.

Goldie rockin out is a pretty purr-fect image to me. :)

When I was a kid, my father put at least one speaker in every room of the house except the bathrooms and he controlled what we were allowed to listen to. I didn’t mind Sundays because it was church songs by Acapella, the college choir that my mother had sung in. My father’s choice started at 6:30 AM with the farm and ranch report then the weather. He also liked the old country and western music. I swore that when I was grown, I would have silence. Even now, I expect my kids not to inflict their listening choices on others. They can listen in their rooms with the door closed or use headphones.

“Deadbeat Club” was a GREAT song! And a great video. May I suggest the next time it rains in your area, get some torn sheets and dance in the garden!

I could talk about 80’s music all day long.

That’s right, Elvis. Tensions are high, tails are twitching, and eyebrows are angry.

Is the Woman play-threatening to strangle the Man? Or is this for realzies?

Upstairs, they’re playing ‘La Vida Loca’ to drown it out.

Hit some Pet Shop Boys!

And he thought anything would be better than “Baby Shark”

This is all after my time. I never heard any of this.

It wasnt a party if they didnt play Rock Lobster!

YES! YES! YES! Teach the kiddies all the B52’s songs!

I get it and I like it, but not for 3 hours straight. The Cat Reporters have my sympathy.

OT: in pre-order area waiting to be taken in for knee replacement. Will post afterwards when I can

Hey, at least it’s not Baby Shark, doo-doot doo-doo doo.

Never heard song before I Googled it this morning. Catchy tune, but noticed one of the band members looks disturbingly like Rand Paul!

I tell ya, kids these days!

I was a karaoke king during “Love Shack”’s heyday. Arrggh!

I was in high school when the B-52s’ first album dropped. A friend of mine who had an older brother was “in the know” about all kinds of cool new music and introduced me to a whole new world of music being played on the local college radio station, Album88. I remember sitting in the library with this friend as he recited the lyrics of Rock Lobster to me. It was the craziest thing I had ever heard, and I was intrigued. Then I was in my room listening to The King Biscuit Flower Hour on the radio and they were about to play a recording of a Bs recent live show, and I grabbed a blank 8-track tape and recorded it. I listened to that tape over and over, and started listening to the college radio religiously. There were so many amazing bands emerging in those days, many from my college town of Athens, but also from “across the pond.” When MTV came along, it was a window to this new world of music, and in the early years, it was amazing. Nostalgia!

At least it ain’t Baby Shark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w

Wait until you have had to see “The Lion King” out of the corner of your eye forty or fifty times. :)

From yesterday by Georgia so now we know she’s a B-52 fan!“I want everyone to know that I put in the research for this week’s BCN strips! I like to be in a situation to make jokes about it, if I can. And hey, any excuse to listen to B-52’s album “Cosmic Thing”! It is TERRIFIC, especially in those last weeks of spring/first weeks of lazy summer. (I think tomorrow’s strip benefitted the most from this, lol!)”

What about ’There’s A Moon In The Sky (Its Called The Moon’

Why couldn’t he teach them a Weezer song?

I like that the Man mentions two other bands (unfortunately not Pop Station music like the B-52s) that provide earwormy dance-able music.

Probably better than getting them hooked on “Rock Lobster.” The children imitating the the animal sounds toward the end would probably be madness-inducing, not to mention tripping all over them at the “down, down!” part.

OT: rescue kitty has a name

When my youngest was 3 she was enamored with Barney. For her third birthday, she got everything Barney: sheets, blankets, clothes, toys, and even a talking Barney plushy. We were ever so relieved when it got left out in the backyard. In the rain. For a week. “Aw, look what I found outside.” It was even creepier than before in the few weeks after that before the batteries died. The voice was distorted and the randomizer kept making “unusual” choices.

But the worst was that my mother recorded a 6 hour VHS of the Barney and Friends show. For months, that was the only thing she wanted to watch. After a while the rest of us became numb to it. We were thrilled when she started Head Start and it somehow got misplaced.

Kate Pierson of the B-52’s sang with Iggy Pop on his song “Candy” – Iggy isn’t known for pop tunes but that’s very good and very catchy.

Georgia, I blame you for this earworm! Also, love Goldie bopping around. It’s definitely a ‘must-bop-around’ song!

O.T. Synchronous fireflies

Little kids ADORE “Love Shack”. You would think “Rock Lobster” would be the kid favourite, but no.

Or “Roam.” I can deal with several hours of “Roam.”

Don’t forget ‘Topaz’ and the instrumental ‘Follow Your Bliss’! … Excellent!!

But for now, I wanna listen to ‘Clint Eastwood’ by Gorillaz !! … “I ain’t happy – I’m feeling glad … !!” … :)

theas guys are small domesticated elemental dragons flamis: well that was sudden. charmol: AHHHHHHHHHHHH FIRE WORKS!!! herald looking at fireworks: ohhhhh ahhh. flamis: I know isn’t the spiral one perfect- oh look another on- oh, oh no. charmol:AHHHHHHHH FOREST FIRE, CALL THE FIREFIGHTER GUUUUUUYS AHHHHHH! flamis: NO, THIS IS MY JOB, MY TRUE NAME as a fire fighter IS FIRE FREEZER NOW GET OUT OF HERE FIRE!!! freezes all the fire around him with an icy exploins both herald and charmol:WOOOoooo flamis: I know, I know, I’M pretty cool right. flamis: now let’s get back home, my bros. :>

Maybe call your reference librarian? There must be SOME way to figure out what “musical B-52s”, “Love Shack”, & “Rock Lobster” are all about!

OT: Thanks

… sudden upsurge in Google searches for B-52s songs …

I was pretty familiar with the music our daughter listened to in the ’90s because I drove her around and let her control the radio. She liked Alternative. The bands I remember are Offspring, Green Day, Sublime, Violent Femmes, Cake, and others. She preferred the guitar oriented stuff without drum machines or too much synthesizer.

Only a Superhero can save them now!…

…or maybe Supertramp.

Why don’t you program the AI to never play that song? Or program to not listen to the kids? All of these things are doable.

The entire album is fantastic. But Deadbeat Club is my favorite. Such great memories – I was going to law school in Atlanta when this album was huge. My mom grew up in Athens, GA. I know exactly what bar has the tin roof rusted. I’ve been in California for years now but whenever I hear the “We’ll dance in the garden in torn sheets in the rain” lyric, I have a sense memory of a smell of country roads between Athens and Atlanta in the deep summer just after a thunderstorm.

Nice to see everyone having fun!!!

They’re really having a good time.

Man, change it to Julie Brown’s ‘I Like ’Em Big and Stupid’. That song is hilarious.

Or even Better! Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers singing ‘Ice Cream Man’ a 15 minute long tribute.

“Hocus Pocus” by Focus – surreal! Also Michael Nesmith’s “Tahiti Condo”

OT

At least they’re not groovin’ to 60s-70s bubblegum rock. I dare not mention those tunes, for they will bring forth some serious earworms to start playing in my head.

It seems like the past 2 days have generated more comments than the past 2 months! However, I end as I started: what is all this about???

I like Broadway tunes. I am a straight female who sings soprano. I like songs I can sing with.

Go back further and play Crocodile Rock by Elton John.

Rock Lobster on a three hour loop would drive anyone batty. And I have that song on my playlist!

Deadbeat Club ♡It really is a perfect song.

ROCK LOBSTER!

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

This is gonna be stuck in me head forever noe