This collection deserved better.....

Review Score: (8/10)
With the release in 2002 of "NUDE ON THE MOON"(2 cd anthology), the B-52's were
able to put out a much larger body of their best work. The
first 6 cuts on Disc 2 feature cuts from "BOUNCING OFF THE SATELLITES" and this collection is what caused me to take a
second look at this wonderful band since last year and all the creative output
they made. I was totally surprise by just how many excellent
songs they'd made over the years. Bouncing off the Satellites
is by far their most underrated collection of tunes and it has
such quirky, zany, off the wall lyrics and attitude to match and its so danceable
and creative, it fit right in with all the stuff coming out
during the 80's but it had its sad shortcomings with Ricky's
untimely death and the confusing after math. Just watching the
video to "Girl from Ipanema" from this collection and you can
just watch the explosion of creative ideas this group had evolved into over just a few shorts years. This group could not stay
the same, doing the same song over and over, they had all that talent
and who knows what would have happened if Ricky was spared? Even though Ricky was their lifeblood, they were just to talented as a whole and had the will to go on when their grieving passed
and were able to pick up the pieces.
The B'52's are by far the best party, dance band around with 3 vocalist that
know how to make some of the best music to come out over the past 30 years. They can harmonize so well together. Keith Strickland has picked up where Ricky left off and has become
a great guitarist, writer and inspiration, THEY ARE NOT DONE YET!!

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