Times are Tough for the B-52's

Their new "hit" is called Funplex. Here, have a listen!

- out of respect for my potentially loyal readers I have deleted this link because it was annoying me too much, and therefore I figured that it might be annoying everyone else too. If you were coming to my blog just to listen to the song "Funplex" whenever you wanted to, I sincerely apologize. -

"It's loud, sexy rock and roll, with the beat pumped up to hot pink," says guitarist Keith Strickland. Funplex sounds like us, updated," adds Fred Schneider. "It's the B-52s now – or fifteen years from now."

But gee, that sounds an awful lot like twenty years AGO.

I'm sorry B-52s. Irrefutably the Love Shack does hold a special place in my heart. But this sounds just like that, only with different words. And words that aren't quite as Karaoke-worthy, either.

BUT maybe the old adage "If its not broke, don't fix it" is what propels the artistic intent of this song. The Love Shack is an iconic classic, and one of the best things to happen in 1989:

next to the fall of the Berlin Wall,

and the release of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

At least Funplex is a
throwback
to those pop-rockin' good times.