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* TheSomethingSong: "Song For a Future Generation", "Theme For a Nude Beach" also qualifies, since a song is also a theme.
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Keith Strickland sings prominent backing vocals on "Dry County".
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Keith Strickland sings prominent backing vocals on "Dry County".
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*** As with Cake "Ca-ee-aake, cake"
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** Which meant that ''Bouncing'' was padded out with Keith Strickland on guitar on some tracks, keyboards, session musicians, solo tracks from Fred and Kate.
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* CutSong: Originally ''Whammy'' included a cover of Yoko Ono's "Don't Worry" without her consent. Under threat of lawsuit, it was replaced on subsequent copies by a re-recording of "There's A Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon).", but was still labelled as "Don't Worry." Fortunately, if you want to hear the cover, then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbwWJL-657I YouTube is your friend.]]
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* CutSong: Originally The first pressing of ''Whammy'' included a cover of Yoko Ono's song called "Don't Worry" without Worry". The band credited the song to Yoko Ono out of tribute to her consent. Under threat of lawsuit, it was replaced on subsequent copies by a re-recording of "There's A Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon).", but was still labelled as song "Don't Worry." Fortunately, if you want Worry Kyoko", though it was not a cover. The band did not realise however, that doing this they would have to hear pay royalties to Yoko. When Yoko's lawyers found out, they demanded so much money in songwriting royalties that the cover, then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbwWJL-657I YouTube band nearly went broke. They agreed to replace the track with "Moon 83" on later pressings. "Moon '83" is your friend.]]a remix of There's A Moon In The Sky Called The Moon which had previously been released as the B Side of Legal Tender.
** Yoko was already a fan of the band and remains good friends with them.
** Yoko was already a fan of the band and remains good friends with them.
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*** Interestingly enough it stayed in print in Sweden, and there was never a later pressing - possibly because the band credited the song to themselves the whole time on this pressing.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Keith Strickland plays some of the guitar on ''Bouncing Off The Satellites'' in order to finish the songs that the late Ricky Wilson was unable to play on. Keith later became their full guitarist from "Cosmic Thing" onwards. This fact is barely mentioned due to the fact that the band have not said much about Satellites.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Keith Strickland plays some of the guitar on ''Bouncing Off The Satellites'' in order to finish the songs that the late Ricky Wilson was unable to play on. Keith later became their full guitarist from "Cosmic Thing" onwards. This fact is barely mentioned due to the fact that the band have not said much about Satellites.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The original single versions of "Rock Lobster" and "52 Girls" have never appeared on CD despite their historical significance. It is said that they were going to be on the box set that became Time Capsule.
** Just about every Remix and B Side they put out before the Cosmic Thing period is still vinyl exclusive. This includes the remix of Loveland that was on the European release of Mesopotamia, something which annoyed people who bought the CD to replace their LP version.
** Just about every Remix and B Side they put out before the Cosmic Thing period is still vinyl exclusive. This includes the remix of Loveland that was on the European release of Mesopotamia, something which annoyed people who bought the CD to replace their LP version.
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** "Song For A Future Generation" lists various things that the band members want to be, which go from the realistic "let's meet and have a baby now" to the ridiculous "wanna be the king of the universe". The band members then go into spoken word sections talking about who they are and what they like doing, in a manner reminiscent of loveseeking ads.
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** Not that amazing if you consider that they barely released anything during the 90s and 2000s. There was a 16 year gap between 1992's Good Stuff and 2008's Funplex.
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** Who could forget "Glove Slap" from The Simpsons, a section from Love Shack which the band rerecorded for the occasion.
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** The band have said that "Dirty Back Road" is about doing it doggy style.
** This is the premise of the song "Cake", where the whole act of baking a cake is used as a euphemism for sex "don't let it drip down the sides". It's strongly implied that it's lesbian sex as well.
** This is the premise of the song "Cake", where the whole act of baking a cake is used as a euphemism for sex "don't let it drip down the sides". It's strongly implied that it's lesbian sex as well.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had Ricky Wilson not died, what would have happened to the band?
** The band's 1998 compilation album, Time Capsule, was originally planned as a box set featuring rarities from across the band's career and several new tracks, as well as remastered older tracks. The record company didn't think such a set would sell, so they had the band condense it into one set. Had it been released, it would have included the original single versions of Rock Lobster and 52 Girls, which have never appeared on CD, a whole host of demos and outtakes that Cindy Wilson had prepared, and a number of new songs that the band had been working on.
** The band's 1998 compilation album, Time Capsule, was originally planned as a box set featuring rarities from across the band's career and several new tracks, as well as remastered older tracks. The record company didn't think such a set would sell, so they had the band condense it into one set. Had it been released, it would have included the original single versions of Rock Lobster and 52 Girls, which have never appeared on CD, a whole host of demos and outtakes that Cindy Wilson had prepared, and a number of new songs that the band had been working on.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and PlayedForLaughs in "Mesopotamia". In a 2011 interview Kate Pierson even said that the group actually consulted an encyclopedia during the writing of the song, to ensure that they got everything about Mesopotamia ''wrong''.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and PlayedForLaughs in "Mesopotamia". In a 2011 2012 interview Kate Pierson even said that the group actually consulted an encyclopedia during the writing of the song, to ensure that they got everything about Mesopotamia ''wrong''.
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* LongRunner: With their first live concert release in 2011, now has at least one album in five separate decades.
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** "53 Miles (West of Venus)" comes close, as the only lyrics are the title repeated at various intervals.
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** A two-disc anthology, ''Nude on the Moon'', was released in 2002 and contains 30 tracks, including two concert recordings.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and PlayedForLaughs in "Mesopotamia". In a 2011 interview Kate Pierson even said that the group actually consulted an encyclopedia during the writing of the song, to ensure that they got everything about Mesopotamia ''wrong''.
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** Also available on the original vinyl if you can find it second-hand.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and PlayedForLaughs in "Mesopotamia". In a 2011 interview Kate Pierson even said that the group actually consulted an encyclopedia during the writing of the song, to ensure that they got everything about Mesopotamia ''wrong''.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and PlayedForLaughs in "Mesopotamia". In a 2011 interview Kate Pierson even said that the group actually consulted an encyclopedia during the writing of the song, to ensure that they got everything about Mesopotamia ''wrong''.
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* ProtestSong: "Juicy Jungle" and "Channel Z"Z". Almost all of the tracks on ''Good Stuff'', in fact (it is their most explicitly political album).
** While it's not as obvious, "Big Bird" is a protest song about the military-industrial complex.
** While it's not as obvious, "Big Bird" is a protest song about the military-industrial complex.
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The B-52s are a Music/NewWave Band out of Athens, Georgia, the same birthplace of {{REM}}. They are most well-known for their quirky Sci-fi themed songs and beehive hairdos worn by the female members. The members are:
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The B-52s are a Music/NewWave Band out of Athens, Georgia, the same birthplace of {{REM}}. They are most well-known for their quirky Sci-fi themed songs and beehive hairdos worn by the female members.members (Hence the name). The members are:
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Strobe Light", "Good Stuff", Deviant Ingredient" and "Love in the Year 3000."
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* SignatureSong: "Rock Lobster", or arguably "Love Shack".
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* ShoutOut: "Love Shack" features a musical shout out to the classic rock song "Born to be Wild".
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* CoolCar: Fred describes one in "Love Shack": I got me a Chrysler, it's as big as a whale"
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: [[LampshadeHanging Shamelessly admitted]] in the song "Mesopotamia".
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* PreciousPuppies: "Quiche Lorraine" is actually about a poodle who runs away from Fred Schneider, dumping him for a Great Dane. Fred gets his revenge by throwing away the key to her kennel.
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* BreakupSong: "Ain't It A Shame" (the female perspective) and "Dancing Now" (the male perspective).
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** Also in "Planet Claire": "I've got a Plymouth Satellite/faster than the speed of light!"
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* BeehiveHairdo: Was one of the band's calling cards in the 70s and 80s via Cindy and Kate.
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* BreakawayPopHit: "Love Shack".
** "Rock Lobster" deserves a mention as well, but it didn't get nearly as much airplay.
** "Rock Lobster" deserves a mention as well, but it didn't get nearly as much airplay.
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* EpicRiff: "Rock Lobster", "Private Idaho", "Pump, "Hallucinating Pluto"
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* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Kate is in her 60's. Not too shabby!
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* RepurposedPopSong: "Junebug" was used in a Target commercial. Recently, I think they also used the intro to "52 Girls".
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* Instrumentals: "Work That Skirt", "Follow Your Bliss", and "The World's Green Laughter"
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOntheTin: "Cake" and "Wig".
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* ''Nude on the Moon''(2002)--A 2-disc anthology of previously recorded songs from between 1979-1998
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* CutSong: Originally ''Whammy'' included a cover of Yoko Ono's "Don't Worry" without her consent. Under threat of lawsuit, it was replaced on subsequent copies by a re-recording of "There's A Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon).", but was still labelled as "Don't Worry." If you want to hear the cover, go to this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbwWJL-657I
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* CutSong: Originally ''Whammy'' included a cover of Yoko Ono's "Don't Worry" without her consent. Under threat of lawsuit, it was replaced on subsequent copies by a re-recording of "There's A Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon).", but was still labelled as "Don't Worry." If Fortunately, if you want to hear the cover, go to this video: http://www.then [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbwWJL-657Icom/watch?v=zbwWJL-657I YouTube is your friend.]]
