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Live review: The B-52’s
Jay Janner AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Walking up to the huge crowd on hand for the B-52’s Sunday afternoon set, it was hard not to assume that most of the people were hanging around to hear “Love Shack.” It seemed the band felt that way, too. Fred Schnieder maintained a bored look for almost the entire hour, going through the motions on songs spanning the band’s career, including “Private Idaho” and the more recent “Funplex.”
Schnieder managed a bit more energy during his playful back and forth with Kate Pierson on “Strobe Light,” but despite his signature snark (“don’t take handfuls of diet pills”), it was hard to assume that he was happy to be on stage after he introduced “Love Shack,” saying that they had learned it “in karaoke.” Pierson and Cindy Wilson were more engaged on an energized “Roam,” one of the highlights of the set. The crowd did clear out significantly after “Love Shack,” many missing closer “Rock Lobster.”
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