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Originally Posted by dyna mo
the b-52s were my introduction into alternative, back when alternative was alt- 1979.
growing up in redneck texas, riding around in a pick up truck cranking rocklobster = good times!
i was going to just do the top 10, but private idaho is pretty much their best mainstream track so i figured i'd include it. i've never really dug their pop/popular songs as much.
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I was born in '76. So, I came to know of them through the more popular (ie chance to cash a royalty check) period. However, as I got into more alternative music as I got older I discovered their older stuff. I am an R.E.M. fan and it was through their championing of B-52s I checked out the 'punkier' stuff and loved it. Why they then went and worked together on the worst R.E.M. song ever, I will never know.