☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Side One’s closer, “Rock Lobster”, is the album’s crowning glory. Seven minutes of demented <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/garage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garage</span></a> built around a detuned surf riff, with absurdist lyrics about a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BeachParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeachParty</span></a>, it evolves into a savage outro showcasing guitarist <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RickyWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RickyWilson</span></a>’s genius. Involving detuned, missing and unison strings, his novel technique – part <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Ventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ventures</span></a>, part Magic Band’s Zoot Horn Rollo, part <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SonicYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SonicYouth</span></a> before Sonic Youth – allowed him to play slashing parts that still sound like little else, and hit harder than most punk or no wave. </p><p>With Schneider handling declamatory spoken word, The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/B52" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>B52</span></a>’s, especially “Rock Lobster”, shows off <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CindyWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CindyWilson</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/KatePierson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KatePierson</span></a>’s Ono-esque vocal experimentation, and famously inspired <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JohnLennon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnLennon</span></a> to call Ono from Bermuda to tell her that her “time had come”. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DoubleFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleFantasy</span></a> was the result.”</p><p><<a href="https://uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/the-b-52s-the-warner-and-reprise-years-150499/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/the-</span><span class="invisible">b-52s-the-warner-and-reprise-years-150499/</span></a>> / <<a href="https://youtu.be/bVXfkG7q_0s?si=8Axx51zIOmC6aqta" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/bVXfkG7q_0s?si=8Axx51</span><span class="invisible">zIOmC6aqta</span></a>> (live, ‘78)</p>