It made no sense it was a gay disco!

And I just thought, Wow, well, rock this, rock that, rock lobster.

I thought [the guitar riff] was great.

The B-52s

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I think Prince even played it instrumentally a couple of times, so we certainly created a memorable lick.

I guess somebody at the label turned it down because they offered hardly any money.

Story of our career.

Rock-Lobster

DB Records

We did make a video for this song, which was bittersweet.

I actually think its our best one.

3 on the Billboard charts.

private-idaho

Warner Bros. Records

But anyway, theres a place in the middle of nowhere outside Athens called the Hawaiian Ha-Le.

and she went, Tinnnnnn roof, rusted!

and I went, Okay!

Girl-From-Ipanema-Goes-to-Greenland

Warner Bros. Records

But no, that line has nothing to do with pregnancy, is that really what people say?

Theres just a lot of tin roofs in Georgia."

“Channel Z” (1989)

We were really pretty political as a band.

Love-Shack

Reprise Records

It does seem like weve gone back to how things were in the song: Nothing but static.

Channel-z