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I think the Let Me Touch Him album was pretty classic coming from a Minister's Quartet. You could probably Photoshop Catholic priest clothes on the guys, and change it to Priests' quartet, which would be funny too. Or change all the guys into Michael Jackson...That woman with the ESP album scared me a little. Posts: 1423 | Registered: Sep 2003
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Leto sent me this link a few days ago....I was very disturbed.
We both agreed that Julie's 16th birthday was really creepy, and that Joyce looked like Pat from SNL.
The naked hairy guys frightened me....and the old guys with Let Me Touch Him....That leather pants guy...ug.... Sometimes makes you wonder what people are thinking.
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quote: We both agreed that Julie's 16th birthday was really creepy
Oh, come on. Don't tell me you can think of a better way to spend your 16th birthday than being hit on by a middle-aged piece of white trash with the goofiest looking cowboy hat in the world. The look on that girl's face captures the moment flawlessly.
Really, though. That guy's hat should be in the Smithsonian. If they don't have an exhibit for "ugliest hat ever made by the hand of man," they should.
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A lot of those were only funny because they were not pop/rock albums, and we were looking at them from a pop/rock perspective. Like "The McKeithen's" [sic], "The Ministers Quartet," or "Country Church." Or because they were so totally dated, like 12 Top Hits. Frankly, laughing at people who are not trying to be cool by your standards because they are not cool by your standards seems kind of lame. (Like laughing at "Joyce" because she's ugly.) I would find them funnier if they were covers that were trying to be cool yet failed miserably in hindsight. As I recall, Hall & Oates had a couple like this. So did "Devastatin' Dave," "ORleans," and John Bult.
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Well, I didn't spend my 16th birthday like that....but the whole year of being 16 (and 17, and 18 and 19.....etc) being hit on by middle-aged pieces of white trash (the hat was optional).
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Plus---the covers are funny because they are so dated. I mean, I am sure people will be laughing at our album covers (ie---what a wacky name for a band! I mean---PEARL JAM!? And what's up with the camel?).
And, come on, Joyce does look like Pat from SNL---that doesn't make her ugly. Just androgenous. Or Hermaphoditic (I'm not sure if I spelled that right). She looks very 1983 (or 82, or 84).
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quote:If you think the John Bult cover is scary looking today. You should have been around when it came out. I was close enough to the man to know his thoughts, and I can say with all honesty that some of yours are right on target. Actually, the girl in the picture was supposed to represent his daughter. I never had the courage to tell him what the picture really looked like, but I am happy to see my feelings then are shared by others today. BTW, that album was made over 20 years ago.
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He probably could have conveyed the message of the girl being his daughter if the picture was not shot in a bar-like setting, with the half-empty beer glass and half-smoked cigarette. Maybe if the picture was taken at a kitchen table or something....with milk and chocolate chip cookies.......
mmm....chocolate chip cookies.......damn, ate 'em all.....
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It's not that they're dated; it's that some of them aren't trying to be cool. What I mean is you aren't qualified to call something a "worst" album cover if you are not the intended audience. I think we should limit our choices to pop/rock. (Perhaps country, but that's like shooting fish in a barrel, neh?)
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Candlebox's "Lucy" album cover was kinda lousy. But, then again, the album wasn't all that great. Not bad, just kind of boring. The first album was phenomenal---and the cover was nice, too, the band standing in a field of daffodils. Real pretty.
But I digress....
I found another one---a friend's band called Chipmonk, based out of Wildwood, NJ. The album name is foul (just like the album), so I won't link the picture. It's all daisies, lollipops and rainbows and sunshine. Really sick. The only song I remotely liked off it was the death metal version of "Meow Mix theme song."
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Yeah---I think they did that on purpose, because it is sooo incongruous with the style of music (I guess I could call it that) they were playing. I mean, the album is called F--- You. So...
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mega, i agree with you in that it's unfair to make fun of people who weren't even trying to be cool, but i'd definitely like to take a shot at the ones who were. i had an experience last night that ties in pretty well.
quote: That leather pants guy...ug.... Sometimes makes you wonder what people are thinking.
(please disregard the sadness of my existence as demonstrated by this anecdote.)
i was watching the extras on the dirty dancing dvd. apparently, at the time there was a tour called dirty dancing: live in concert or something like that. basically a few of the people who sang tracks on the soundtrack got together to, um, sing songs from the soundtrack while the original dancers plus some did their thing on stage. so anyway, one of the artists gracious enough to take part was eric carmen , the guy who sang hungry eyes (as well as lose control). so first of all, this guy has a way overblown sense of his own popularity, even taking into account that he had some really good songs and it was the 80s. the point here is that i decided that his choice of attire was a perfect example of "what were we thinking?" regarding 80s fashion. the link is from about that time frame; his hair looks about the same. he was wearing a black body-builder type tank top (the kind with the thin straps that are cut low so you can see 'chest hair'), suspenders, light gray tapered jeans that barely grazed the tops of his white shoes. the key to the outfit, though, was the shiny gold blazer, complete with shoulder pads. i laughed out loud. repeatedly. anyway, i couldn't find a link for the image i'm talking about, but i hope you get the idea.
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Apparently, Duran Duran has strict copyright lockdown going on. I mean, I would too if I had a design that brilliant available for public misuse.
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I'm surprised, though, that she can dance on the sand in those earrings without poking someone's eye out.
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Y'know---I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but the every-other-decade fashion rule is coming into being....
In plan language...the 80s are back, for juniors clothing, at least.
I noticed it about a year ago...certain stripey patterns, off the shoulder tops, plastic earrings...
Then more a few months back....leg warmers, pointy-toe shoes with the skinny heel....
Now it's just blatant 80s all the way---just look in any teenage girl magazine....
I just find it disturbing that I actually remember some of the fashions that are coming back in: either because I saw older girls wearing it or I had the little-kid cleaned up version.
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The "every other" rule isn't just coming into being. It's been around for years. Once you get old enough to remember, it becomes more real to you when you notice it. Everyone is retro: punks, hip-hop, emo (emu, as I call them), and even the goth kids and plain-jane-pop-culture. It's all retro any more.
People ran out of creative subculture ideas back in the 20s.
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I didn't mean to say it was coming into being, I meant to say that it's going on it's cycle again--like it's now 2003...and now the 80s are in style. Like when I was in high school---everything late 60s and early 70s was the shizznit. I know it's always been around. I just find it highly disturbing that I actually remember some of this stuff because of my incredible long-term memory (and now that I say this, the gods will revoke it ).
quote: People ran out of creative subculture ideas back in the 20s
So true. I wonder what happened. If it was technology, or the depression and then the war...mass production....I don't know, really.
I really liked the grunge style...it was like "hey, you po-folks, now YOU can be cool..." I wouldn't mind if it came back in. But then I'd be really disturbed.
Oh well, that's life.
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Grunge and me got together and made a baby. That baby was my bedroom closet.
Actually, I'm now going for a timeless (read: blend into background) look. My drive to modesty and fear of trends has lead me to ankle-length skits, turtlenecks, boots, and optional head covering. I look like I could survive a nuclear assault.
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