The B-52's

Spread your wild seed on fertile ground
Plug another feed to your crazy sound
Sky high hive you wind me tight
Sky high hive in the ultraviolet night

Well I'm gettin' nervous
My mind is zippin'
I'm gettin' so shaky
I might go road-trippin'
Velvet painting s on the street
Caught in the splendor
And I'm lovin' it
I'm lovin it

Hey Ultraviolet you bottled it right
Tell your skirt to take a hike
Keep doin' what you're doin'
'Cause you're doin' it right
Keep doin' what you're doin'
'Cause it's what I like

Four miles to a breakdown
Anybody wanna leave town
There's a rest stop
Let's hit the G-spot
Lovin' it - lovin' it

Four miles to a breakdown
Anybody wanna leave town
There's the G-spot
Pull the car over
Ultraviolet!

We're on the strato-cruise
To a strange latitude
Thinkin' about
All the things we'll do
Have you tried it?
Red hot riot
Have you tried it?
Ultraviolet

Liquid lover you bottled it right
Sky high hive you wind me tight
Keep doin' what you're doin'
'Cause it's what I like

Keep doin' what you're doin'
'Cause you're doin' it right
Keep doin' what you're doin'
'Cause it's what I like

Keep doin' what we're doin'
'Cause we're doin' it right
Keep doin' what we're doin'
It's what we like!
It's what we like!
Four miles to a breakdown

The B-52’s, (now stylized as The B-52s) are an internationally successful New Wave band also known for their campy fashion. The group’s original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson and Ricky Wilson. Originally, all members of the band played multiple instruments. However, after Ricky Wilson’s tragic AIDS-related death in 1985, instead of hiring a full-time replacement, Strickland transitioned to primarily playing guitar, and the band has used various other musicians for recording and touring purposes.

Their self-titled first album The B-52’s was released to critical acclaim in 1979, spawning the Canadian chart-topping hit “Rock Lobster”, which was also successful in Australia, New Zealand, the US and the UK. Rolling Stone magazine later placed the album at #152 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Their second album, Wild Planet, released in 1980, spawned another minor US hit with “Private Idaho”. Whammy! followed in 1983, giving the band a third minor US hit with “Legal Tender”. Their fourth album, Bouncing Off the Satellites, was recorded and mixed but not yet released when Ricky Wilson died in October 1985. It was nearly a year before the album was released, in September 1986. It is the band’s only album that does not feature a picture of its members on the cover.

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