I sang out T-i-i-i-i-n-n ROOF!!!....My Gen Z kids just left me hanging.

Whaaaat, you mean you don’t know the legend of Tin Roof Rusty??!! Come on, he was bigger than Jesse James! Shame he had to die choking on a cucumber even after dodging 300 bullets…I have no idea where I’m going with this. Maybe insane.

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Feisty-Tooth-7397@reddit

I swear subtitles and lyric searches have changed my life, not always for the better.

I've already gone insane so I will see you when you get here lol.

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AuggumsMcDoggums@reddit

Sounds like a parental failure to me. /jk.., but how do they not know the B52s if you don't play them for them.

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Exhausted_but_upbeat@reddit

Yes yes YES

Thanks for posting upvotes all around!

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SuchDogeHodler@reddit

You know that was a euphemism for "knocked up," right?

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Next_Engineer_8230@reddit

You know the band denied this, numerous times, right?

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SuchDogeHodler@reddit

Of course they did.... it was the 80s, not 2024.

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Next_Engineer_8230@reddit

They denied it in 2018.

And with songs like "like a virgin", "like a prayer" "talk dirty to me", etc etc, people weren't going to bat an eyelash about being pregnant.

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sarahvanessa29@reddit

One of my gen z kids HATES the B-52’s and literally would’ve driven off without me.

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marshallkrich@reddit

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FairBaker315@reddit

The debut of RuPaul!

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neonturbo@reddit

I watch reaction videos on Youtube, and so many people (nearly everyone) misses RuPaul in this video.

RuPaul is so distinctive, how could you miss this?

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MikaJade856@reddit

It only works if you're driving a large Chrysler.

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queenofcaffeine76@reddit

I don't suppose my pt cruiser qualifies lol

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vajrasana@reddit

Seats about 20?

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MountainBrilliant643@reddit

So, come on!

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Ike_In_Rochester@reddit

AND BRING YOUR JUKE BOX MONEY!

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Prestigious_Ground40@reddit

I was waiting for that one! My favourite line.

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nullstr@reddit

And bring your juke box money

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The_Mopster@reddit

Big as a whale

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USAF_Retired2017@reddit

And it’s about to set sail!!!!

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Captain-Spectrum@reddit

WoooOOOOO!

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FailureFulcrim@reddit

I've heard that song 500 times, but didn't get the reference because I never understood that part of the lyrics.

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1RandomMind@reddit

“Tin roof rusted” is her way of saying that she is pregnant.

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Historical-Gap-7084@reddit

How on earth does that translate into she's pregnant?

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EruditeKetchup@reddit

It's because before she says that, Fred goes "Yo, what?" which sounds like "You're what?"

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SusannaG1@reddit

Yeah, this is not a southernism.

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eat_a_burrito@reddit

So is that some saying? In the northeast US I’ve only heard that in the song. Is it regional?

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Historical-Gap-7084@reddit

No, it's bullshit. It literally means "rusted tin roof." There is no hidden meaning. The band has said this many times because there was speculation and people trying to find a hidden meaning in simple lyrics.

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eat_a_burrito@reddit

Thanks. So just something that probably was organic when recording.

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HighOnGoofballs@reddit

Yup, she yelled it one time when the tape ran out and they found it funny and kept doing it

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Fun-Explorer-4152@reddit

Nope https://youtu.be/xWUOHKfQTyw?si=KsTX8dOQrmGSGpFg

While some fans speculated it meant being pregnant or drunk, the band has explicitly denied this.

The phrase was inspired by a real shack in Athens, Georgia, that had a rusted tin roof, which Wilson used as a visual detail for the "Love Shack" in her mind.

The line was added to the song during a jam session when the backing tape cut out, and Wilson continued singing, shouting "tin roof, rusted".

The band found the improvised line amusing and fitting as an ending, so they kept it in the song.

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1RandomMind@reddit

Ok, I stand corrected. I got my info from a radio station years ago when I was living in Nevada. The DJ on the radio was talking about it and that’s what she said.

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UtahSalad66@reddit

🤣🤣🤣

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horrormetal@reddit

I will sing Love Shack with you anytime, anywhere...the only catch? I have to sing the guy's part (I'm a lady - but trust me, I'm great at it).

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rhk_ch@reddit

I saw them play in like 94 or 95 at a venue where they usually had college basketball games in DC. The crowd was jumping on the bleachers so much the venue had to pause the concert and ask everyone to calm down. Amazing concert!!!!

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Medium_Audience_9051@reddit

BANG BANG!!!!!!!!!

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PlumbutterOnToast@reddit

Obviously you've raised them incorrectly. They were fine to leave you hanging. To each, their own.

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RunningPirate@reddit

Rusted!

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CallMeDavid@reddit

I wouldn't have got it either, and Love Shack is one of my favorite songs.

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MyriVerse2@reddit

Gotta start them on the classics earlier.

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knhmptn@reddit

The photo reminded me of a different song. I was going to challenge you to a game of horseshoes, a game of horseshoes!

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EmperorBozopants@reddit

Eshe, she went down to Holly Springs. Rasadon and Baba, they went down to Peachtree.

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HighOnGoofballs@reddit

I thought it was headliner

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lucy_eagle_30@reddit

Now you owe me a watermelon.

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bigmedallas@reddit

For some strange reason it had to be, it was all a strange dream about Tennessee

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UseACoasterJeez@reddit

I remember dancing to this song at Club DV8 in San Francisco, just before it broke nationally because the DJs there were ahead of the curve, while a guy dressed basically like Lord Humongous from The Road Warrior chased a guy in a Pope costume around with a four-foot by one-foot pink plastic or maybe polished paper-mache phallus, poking him in the rear with it whenever the "Pope" would get tired and bend over to rest with his elbows on his knees (which was about every 20 feet). Thank God I can hold my liquor, because some of my friends who were there with me don't remember it at all! Good times, good times.

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