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This month’s column is a bit different. I’m not going into a history lesson and I’m not going to tell you the band’s names. “Private Idaho” is one of those great 1980s songs that deserve to win an award for standing the test of time.
The frantic guitar in the opening of the track is intriguing, yet fun. The B-52s were a fun band and continued to exude joy in their following records. Nowhere has a song like “Private Idaho” been duplicated. Maybe the 80s were the best musical time period ever. Maybe the return of spandex, leg warmers and fluorescent colors isn’t so bad. I mean, the country was in a good place. So what if off the shoulder shirts are back. So what if skinny jeans or rolled jeans are making a comeback. So what is wrestling shoes are back. Who cares?! Fortunately we have a band like the B-52s to ring in that 1980s New Year over and over, wherever we are, just by pressing play.
“Private Idaho” might not be as readily available as “Love Shack” or “Roam” but it embodies that which the B-52s set out to do, and that’s party. “Underground like a wild potato,” might not be poetry, but it sure if fun to say and even more fun to listen to. Dig up a potato and rock out to some B-52s!
“Private Idaho” – B-52s – Wild Planet (1980)
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