# B-52s fans: Can Fred Schneider sing?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 24, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-fans-can-fred-schneider-sing/845338 "2019-12-24T12:58:00Z")\
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No he can’t. But that is part of his charm.

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> [@Wicker\_Man](#):
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> He also sings in a more conventional sense on ‘Dreamland’ from the B-52’s ‘Good Stuff’ album.

Welcome!

Ahhh “Good Stuff”. That song and music video were criminally underrated!

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Since this is related – I always “appreciated” the B-52s…but had no idea how actually important they were.

This video goes in-depth–[https://youtu.be/YN1quwTNPLo?si=9P2MnjcTZjv\_M7Q\_](https://youtu.be/YN1quwTNPLo?si=9P2MnjcTZjv_M7Q_)

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It never occurred to me that Schneider was doing anything other than singing on “Love Shack.” He’s got a distinctive way of singing, but it sounds like singing to me.

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> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> Someone should start this thread: _Lead vocalists who don’t “sing” in the traditional sense but are still good_.

The cover of [Money by the Flying Lizards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DuJd-lTyf8) has to be up there.

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**Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-fans-can-fred-schneider-sing/845338/26 "2025-07-12T13:16:53Z")

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He sang, in a more conventional sense, on his solo song [Monster.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UzDjSx30O8&list=RD4UzDjSx30O8&start_radio=1)

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