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Eeeech. Those sucked when brand-new.
i have about 400 records in my back room that make these look like the works of Renaissance masters.
I’m torn between Joyce and Let Me Touch Him; both made me spit tea.
sorry for the two trackbacks, I am a little fuzzy on how to use my client software. ;)
my favorite is “Tino”
“Let Me Touch Him” is priceless. I’ve a soft spot for homoerotic Christianity.
Take a close look at the very last one.
Crosby, Stills and Nash: The early years.
BTW, I’m sure you’re all desperate to learn the words to “Julie’s Sixteenth Birthday”, so here they are.
So, what’s the story behind Julie’s Sixteenth Birthday? And does it involve a married man with a newly-suspicious wife in small-town Minnesota, where abortions may well not be legal, and nuns are standing by for the next nine months?
Or maybe it’s just dad can’t afford a new thunderbird.
I dunno. Mostly they seem to be on the list because fashion was diffrunt (thus funny/strange/ugly) in decades past.
“Tino” for example is just a “Backstreet on the Block” sort of thing from the past.
The exception, I think, is “Julie’s Sixteenth Birthday” which – even at that time – has got to be considered essentially a child molestation piece. Was that guy arrested or is there a humor content to the album. (Sorry Evan, your link doesn’t seem to be a link).
I’m fond of “Let Me Touch Him” for the modern context hilarity. But I don’t see that as deserving of a place on the list.
The disco(?) like cover and the rap(?) like cover would be considered as w/o taste in any age, but I’ve seen far worse.
I was curious as to why so many of the bad album covers were homoerotic. Perhaps I’ve just got anti-gay prejudice on the mind, though.
I like these Swedish band postcards.
http://www.nyheter.nu/kultur/
Oops, sorry the link didn’t work. Here’s the URL text:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mother_of_god/message/2603?source=1
C’mon, PDP. Nekkid men, especially posed provocatively or touching each other is gross and icky. Replace ’em with chicks, and suddenly it’s hhhhhhhhot ‘n sexxxxeeeeee.
Now drink your glass of “punk art” milk before it goes sour. :p
Nah, I’ll pass on the glass of “punk art” as I never made my mind up about that ad. How about a cup of snark?
It is odd, they’re either homoerotic or religious or both….or from the 70s–love those leisure suits and and sweater vests. I also really like the hair on the woman on “The McKeithens” cover.
Cup of snark ?! I’ve got a veritable snark reservoir in my backyard. Grab your giant bendy-straws and join in, baybees !!!!
ohmygod! it’s frightening but this really takes me back in time–when brown and orange polyester was king and side parted hair was queen! there was a boy in high school that wore crocheted sweater vests, highwaters, carried a briefcase and used to wave to me and my best friend at recess and lunch while saying, “hi girls, have a nice day!” yuck. unfortunately, i had teachers who looked like the mckeithens, which explains my morbid fear of wide collars (but doesn’t explain why i’m a teacher today). and well, just to stop the arm twisting, i confess–in 5th and 6th grade, i slept with a spongey curler drenched in dippity doo on eaach side of my temples to get the shirly temple curl, just like mrs. partridge had. ugh.
btw, is it me or is that will ferrell on the “joyce” album cover? and, no fair, the “12 top hits” is kinda cool–check out the sofa and record player. it reminds me of my brother’s double album “krla’s happenin’ hits”–groovy dance tunes like “dirty water” “farmer john” and “leader of the pack” vroom vroom vroom…
Yes! Bendy-straws! If you indeed have a reservoir of snark in your backyard, I suspect that we could power the nation for years in a safe, environmentally friendly way.
Behold the power of snark!
I liked the barn and the 12 Top Hits (like Nancy). I agree, the rest were bad, and some were among the worst I’ve ever seen. I think I have some real contenders in my collection, though. I can’t believe they had no heay metal covers, not to mention Nugent.
May I please share your snark? It’s one of my favorite taste treats!
I actually went to read the lyrics to “Julie . . .” whoooaaaa. Gotta love those remorseful-drunk songs . . .
Andrew Northrup at The Poor Man has been doing a series of “worst album cover” entries as well.
I like 12 Hits. I bet the music’s not bad either.
Im most intrigued by “Joyce.” Was she doing a “Cher” one-word name thing? She looks like an SCTV character but hey, Im sure the music stands on its own. Some would argue that Wishbone Ash’s “Argus” should appear here. It featured a guy in a cape with, as my friend says, “a bucket on his head.” He was supposed to look medievel and menacing. Definately looks like a Spinal Tap cover. As for Orleans, I hope there were no “I think it moved” incidents during the shoot.
Best ones to me are: Joyce, Country Church, The McKeithens, and Let Me Touch Him.
They all are obviously from the 70’s, what with the hair, leisure suits, and pullover vests. All except possibly Joyce are Christian-oriented, but she is probably the same. What strikes me is how homely those McKeithen women are, while the father and son are really pretty nice-looking guys. Mrs. McKeithen can’t really be a woman at all, can she? She looks 60. What was Mr. McKeithen thinking anyway? Well, they say that beauty is only skin-deep…..the woman with the 40-lb. beaver sitting on the top of her head must have possessed certain intangibles which we can only speculate upon. You wonder if the Christian performers are still active in the faith, still performing, still praising Jesus, etc..
In fact, that is the biggest question that comes to mind for me: whatever happened to these folks?
The Country Church group: are they still living? Anyone still married to one another? Anyone gone gay? Let Me Touch Him: Several of the gents must have passed on by now.
The Orleans Cover: how could anyone consent to doing such a thing? If I had been a member of Orleans, and an art director suggested this as a cover to my album, I’d have shot him! And if I WAS a member of Orleans, I would have had to kill myself, just to avoid the humiliation!
So does anyone actually have a last name on Joyce? She really speaks to me and I would like to hear her sweet angel voice to know whether or not she also sounds like Dustin Hoffman. Also, if you know where she lives I would like to go by her house and look into her windows. But only while she is sleeping because I’m not a weirdo.
Seriously, I need that album.
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“Joyce” last name was Landsdorf. I read a brief bio of here somewhere. Guess she did a few other records, and yes, she is a Christian/gospel singer.
Orleans did that song “Still the one I love” which was popular like 30 years ago and was on some commercial- forget for what.
I agree, why no heavy metal? Some of those bands actually relished their truly awful covers. Cannibal C0rpse, for instance, or the European release of the Scorpions “Virgin Killer” which was so bad their U.S distributers forced them to re-issue it with different artwork.