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March 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Wonderful World of the B-52s: From Rock Lobster to Love Shack and Back

I don’t feel this is any sort of guilty-pleasure confession to be making but I’ve always thought Love Shack was pretty good. But I’m annoyed by it, absolutely. And for many reasons. Chiefly because, like perhaps any runaway pop-single that threatens to ruin the magic of a band’s truly amazing work through its ubiquity – […]
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