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From the album Cosmic Thing, Love Shack was a #3 Pop hit for The B-52's in 1989.

Songwriter:
Frederick Schneider, Catherine Pierson, Keith Strickland & Cindy Wilson


Guest Stars
Everlife
J's Journal:
The story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, with a new wave, dance twist. I got the idea for this one in the late 1990's and the first few lines and chorus on a car trip to Cincinnati or Kentucky in the spring of 2000. I was going to give up on the song then, but the guys in the band and our wives liked it so much that I saved what I had. Even though the song was started so early, I didn't get the last third of it until we were well into the recording of "Adam Up." Although we recorded this song with the Ross sisters from Everlife, I wasn't there when they recorded their parts. I recorded my parts and guide vocals for them, and Karl recorded their vocals later and showed them their parts. Karl's a miracle worker for making that song come together. He was a great vocal coach for me in getting a B-52's sound, and I know he was a big help to the Everlife girls, too. We didn't perform the song together with Everlife until a concert in San Diego in the spring of 2004, but Bill Hubauer wasn't there to do the keyboard parts. The second time we peformed the song "live" was in Greensburg PA in August 2004. This time everybody was there, including Everlife and Bill Hubauer.
Stats:
Genre: Pop
Length: 4:22

Meshach
Parody of "Love Shack" by The B-52's
(Daniel 1:7, 3:1-30; 1 Peter 4:12-13)

Hey, there's three real famous guys in the Bible you know
And the in-between guy's name is Meee-shach!
Meschach, yeah, yeah
I read about them in Daniel one day
Look in chapter 1:7 babe
And then you can go get their names
They got treated harsh by the king of the world (go get their names)
When they didn't bow down to his gold statue (go get their names)
They got in a crisis and just about perished from burnin' up
Hey, king, your joke's not funny
Well-a Meshach was an Israelite faced with
Mean King Neb'chadnezzar
Meshach, baby – ah Meshach baby
Meshach, baby, Shadrach, Meshach, baby, Shadrach
Ah, babe, Abednego’s last
Simon says, kneel and pray fools
You must do as the law says!
Well, sittin’ way back in the middle of a field
There’s a 90-foot statue; ya gotta pray to that
Glitter on the statue didn’t make the guys pray
Even if they got scorched, they would trust in Yahweh
Well-a Meshach was an Israelite faced with
Mean King Neb'chadnezzar
Meshach, baby – Meshach baby
Meshach – Neb’chadnezzar’s mad
Meshach’s no scaredy cat
Huffin’ and a hissin’ guess he wasn’t bluffin’
Nebuchadnezzar shoved ‘em in the hottest of ovens
But hold on kiddies
Cause everybody’s movin’ around and around and around and around
Nebby got confused and said, “I thought we threw them in with
Ropes tied ‘em up – now guys how’d they get out?
There’s four bodies movin’  – there’s another dude in there and
Come here, Meschach – want you to come back!”
Often a crisis looks as big as a whale and you’re about to get nailed
But God isn’t far, He sees you now buddy
So come on and pray – you’re cool, stop running
CHORUS
Wait, wait, wait on the Lord, baby! Talk a little louder soldier
Wait, wait, wait on the Lord baby!  I can’t hear you!
Wait, wait! On the Lord, baby! Wait, wait! On the Lord!
Wait, wait! On the Lord, baby! Batman!
Girls, what?!!  Same tune … trust me
Meshach, baby, Shadrach (Ah, baby, trustworthy chaps, yeah)
Meshach, baby, Shadrach (Ah, baby, trustworthy chaps)
(Hope you learned a lesson standin’ in the oven with a-Meshach)


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