Watch the B-52s' iconic 1980 performance on Saturday Night Live

Tight but way too short. Rock Lobster should be a six minute epic.

At the opposite end of tight, my favorite SNL band appearance:

We were gathered around that little tv all night, at least as drunk as the Mats, patiently waiting through those terrible unfunny skits and horrible commercials, until - at last! - goddam Bastards of Young! “What the fuck is Bob wearing?!?” “Sing into the mic, Paul!” “Did he just say FUCK on tv?!?”

It was a truly glorious live tv moment. Like the moon landing for gen-x

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