B-52's A Blast As Farewell Tour Winds Down In Chicago

“Ua tsaug!” hais B-52 tus kws hu nkauj Kate Pierson ntawm theem hnub Friday ntawm Chicago Theatre. “Nws zoo siab nyob ntawm no hauv Chicago. Nov yog tog. Peb yog ib pab pawg neeg!”

Nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawm lawv ntau tshaj 45 xyoo - thiab 20 lab albums muag - ob peb pawg tau tsim lub tswv yim ntawm kev lom zem zoo li qhov tshiab nthwv dej ntawm B-52's, yuav luag ib leeg nkaus xwb lub luag haujlwm rau dhia pib tag nrho cov nkauj.

Hnub Friday tsaus ntuj ntawm theem hauv Chicago - thawj ntawm ob qhov muag tawm kev koom tes thaum pab pawg tam sim no farewell ncig - ib qho uas ua kom tsim nyog tshaj peb hmo Kaum Ib Hlis 11-13 hauv Atlanta - thawj cov tswv cuab Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson thiab Fred Schneider tau ceeb toom cov kiv cua tsuas yog dab tsi pab pawg tseem muaj peev xwm nyob hauv qhov chaw nyob, nthuav tawm kev lom zem heev tom qab qhib kev ua yeeb yam los ntawm KC thiab The Sunshine Band thiab DJ Cummerbund.

Tom qab ua yeeb yaj kiab ua yeeb yaj kiab ua yeeb yaj kiab ua yeeb yaj kiab, comic thiab SNL alum Fred Armisen, thiab DJ Cummerbund teeb uas ua haujlwm hauv txhua yam ntawm REM mus rau Tom Tom Club, B-52's rub mus rau "Private Idaho," los ntawm lawv cov kev sib tw xyoo 1980. Ntiaj chaw qus, ua yeeb yam raws li ib pawg xya pawg.

“Ua tsaug, Chicago! Zoo siab txais tos, "Schneider hais tias, sai sai ua luam dej thaum lub sij hawm "Mesopotamia," ib txoj kev uas pom Wilson ntxiv percussion ntxiv, Pierson ntsoos ntsoos mus rau pem hauv ntej txib cov neeg coob coob, raws li tag nrho peb cov tswv cuab thawj zaug shuffled ua ntej mus rau sab laug thiab sab xis.

"Qhov no yog qhov tseem ceeb ..." mused Wilson qhia "Muab kuv Rov Qab Kuv Tus Txiv Neej." "Qhov no yog ib zaj nkauj uas kuv nyiam tshaj thiab Fred ua si lub ntuj raug txim tawm ntawm glockenspiel!" hais tias tus singer. "Kuv tsuas xav hais li ntawd."

Nary txoj kev rov qab los nrhiav pom hnub Friday hmo ntuj, Pierson nrog txoj kev taug kev nrog kev nyob ntawm nws tus kheej, pulsing ntses bass thaj tsam lub zog tshiab nthwv dej rocker. Schneider taw rau nws sab laug, ua si hem Pierson nrog nws tus glockenspiel striker, tus neeg hu nkauj taw rov qab nrog tus shaker ntawm nws sab tes xis.

"Thiab tam sim no rau lwm qhov ntawm peb lub ntiaj teb nto moo nkauj nkauj ..." tso dag Schneider, teeb tsa "Strobe Light." "Zoo li txhua yam peb tau ua dhau los ... tsuas yog tej zaum 'Mesopotamia."

Tshaj li ntawm 75 feeb ntawm theem hauv Chicago, B-52 tau kos los ntawm rau ntawm lawv xya lub studio albums, sab saum toj 10 charting, plaub platinum 1989 tso tawm. Cosmic yam ib qho yooj yim highlight.

Ob qho ntawm cov nkauj no muaj zog tshaj plaws tau rov qab los rau hauv Chicago, Schneider tawm mus rau ib pliag thaum Wilson thiab Pierson tau ua lub suab nrov nrov, kev sib raug zoo zoo nkauj ntawm cov yeeb yam thaum lub sijhawm zoo nkauj "Deadbeat Club." Tus neeg ntaus nruas zoo heev Sterling Campbell (Soul Asylum, David Bowie), nplawm hauv cov lus qhia ntawm Ronettes ("Ua Kuv Tus Me Nyuam") lig hauv "Roam" tam sim ntawd tom qab.

Schneider sai sai rov qab los, ripping rau hauv tus thawj coj ntawm "Dance This Mess Around," ntxiv Cowbell rau Wilson lub percussion raws li nto moo seev cev scenes los ntawm keeb kwm ntawm zaj duab xis khiav ntawm qhov screen, kev xav ntawm txhua yam los ntawm Napoleon Dynamite thiab Borat rau Hnub vas xaum Hmo Hmo thiab Austin Powers tshwm sim thaum ua yeeb yam.

“Kaws me ntsis nrov, Chicago!” tuaj cov neeg paub, txawm hais tias tau hloov kho me ntsis rau lub sijhawm, thov los ntawm Schneider, cowbell hauv tes, raws li B-52's mus rau tsev nrog ib qho ntawm cov nkauj zoo nkauj txhua lub sijhawm hauv "Hlub Shack," lub zog "Rock Lobster" tseem nyob rau hauv lawv lub hnab ris rov qab raws li lub band rov qab los ntawm encore.

"Rau peb cov kiv cua: peb hlub koj!" nyeem cov vis dis aus raws li cov neeg coob coob Chicago hu ua B-52's - yog ib qho kev tsis txaus ntseeg nyob rau hauv Pob Zeb thiab Roll Hall of Fame keeb kwm - rov qab mus rau theem. "Ua tsaug rau 45 xyoo kev hlub thiab kev txhawb nqa."

Tom qab lub premiere ntawm lawv qhov tseeb ib leeg "Unconditional Love" los ntawm DJ Cummerbund, KC thiab The Sunshine tau ntaus theem rau 45 feeb kev ua yeeb yam, lub sijhawm disco lub sijhawm uas teeb tsa theem zoo nkauj rau kev tawm tsam yoj tshiab sai sai ua raws.

11 tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag thiab plaub tus neeg seev cev tau muab lub tsev kho mob hauv boogie, ceeb toom cov kiv cua tias ib zaug dhau los, KC thiab The Sunshine Band tau kos npe rau rau 10 tus neeg hu nkauj hauv Asmeskas yog ib qho kev ua yeeb yam zoo tshaj plaws.

"Ntawm no peb nyob nrog B-52's rau lawv txoj kev mus ncig ua si," hais tias tus tsim hu nkauj Harry Wayne Casey. "Tab sis kuv tseem tsis tau farewell!"

KC thiab The Sunshine Band tau dov nrog boogie raws li cov lus tshaj tawm txoj moo zoo, "(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty" muab txoj hauv kev rau "Boogie Shoes," "Kuv Yog Koj Tus Txiv Neej Boogie" tom qab tsis ntev tom qab ntawd.

“Kuv zoo siab heev uas tau nyob ntawm no! Koj puas npaj txhij rau B-52's? nug Casey rhetorically, teeb tsa theem rau ib qho ntawm qhov kawg tau teem caij B-52 lub concerts. “Kuv muaj 71 xyoo tam sim no. Dab tsi tshwm sim? nws txuas ntxiv, koom nrog, nyiam thiab lom zem thoob plaws hauv pab pawg 45 feeb qhib. “Gettin 'down yooj yim… Up? Tsis ntau heev. "