Cindy Wilson looking pretty in pink

Here’s my Xmas present to you: A full B-52s concert from 1980 taped on November 7th at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ with three cameras and sound off the board.

This was an excellent time to see the B-52s. They were so young and enthusiastic here during their first tour as headliners right after their second album had been released. They play all of Wild Planet and most of their debut, too.

Setlist:
0:00:00 - “Lava”
0:05:05 - “Give Me Back My Man”
0:09:27 - “6060-842”
0:12:20 - “Devil In My Car”
0:17:09 - “52 Girls”
0:20:54 - “Quiche Lorraine”
0:25:12 - “Dirty Back Road”
0:28:23 - “Private Idaho”
0:32:21 - “Strobe Light”
0:36:37 - “Runnin’ Around”
0:39:54 - “Rock Lobster”
0:45:04 - “Dance This Mess Around”
0:49:16 - “Planet Claire”
0:53:50 - “Party Out Of Bounds”
0:57:06 - “Downtown”
0:59:50 - “53 Miles West Of Venus”

The entire thing is great, great, great but the synthesizer solo in “Strobe Light” had me grinning from ear to ear.