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Well, this really takes me back.

Back to the days when large denim over-all sportin black men with a pawn-shop full neck of gold necklaces would come to the playground and ask us to sit very very close to him.

Especially little Alan on the bottom. He used to sit very very VERY close to him.

Of course there were always the kids he locked our of the the school yard who would climb the fence and beg to be let in.

Then he would tell us his ‘commandments’.

“Thou shalt never match your socks.”

We smiled because he told us to.

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AlbumTalk: Wondering how well polka accordions and chest hair worked with these outfits.

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After being asked to paint three letters on his chest for the photo shoot, Manny realized a diet might be in order.
Everything about this Album says FUN.

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AlbumTalk: Living with Lesbians and The Lesbian Power Authority

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Subtle wasn’t in Alix Dobkin’s vocabulary.

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AlbumTalk: Possible the apple is poison too.

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Alternate title: “Music to force your children into studying after they were caught talking to that no-good-Hispanic boy from the other side of town.” Cuz nothing helps a girl get over her boy troubles like hunkering down with The Melachrino Orchestra in New Orthophonic High Fidelity.
Well, that and a bitchy helicopter knitting mom watching over [...]

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AlbumTalk: The Addicts Sing

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Featuring their big hit song
‘I left my heart (and body) in rehab’
and the very inspirational
‘Singing drives the shakes away’

(I am guessing Dr. Drew is working on putting his own group together soon.)

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AlbumTalk: Understand You’re (or actually your’e) Swede

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Noticing a void in the Swedish immigrant community, Jimmy decided to create a record explaining the right way to accessorize turtle neck wool ski sweaters with a sharp ax. He included a special track on how to bribe your 8 children each day with a large bag of candy. This bribing was sure to allow [...]

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AlbumTalk: When cannibalism was something to sing about.

Um, last time I checked eating children was slightly MORE severe than just REBELLION.
Pour little Barry Jr.
Hope he made it out alive.

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AlbumTalk: Little Marcy by Singcord

As if your toddler wasn’t having nightmares BEFORE.
Now you can play Little possessed Marcy before bedtime to really push the kid over the edge.
This is not the first Little Marcy album I have featured.
Check this out. (it includes a sample of the album too!)
Turns out ‘Little Marcy’ is the creation of Marcy [...]

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AlbumTalk: It’s so so wrong…

What the heck was going on in the 60s?
Were people making their own albums in their basements or something?
I just can’t imagine PLNR Records saw this photo, complete with the window air conditioner cord and the Jim Beam bottle, and thought
‘Yes! This is a perfect ALBUM COVER’.
And what is up with making Santa [...]

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AlbumTalk: Must be the power of the pink.

Let’s take a break from this holiday season to ask the question that begs to be asked…
Which one do YOU think is the one with confidence?
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AlbumTalk: Joyce

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Sometimes I would PAY MONEY to be able to hear these bad albums be played.
I suspect there was more than one song on this album about being an under appreciated secretary in a man’s world.
And possibly one about cross dressing.
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AlbumTalk: Lee Ferrell

Apparently times aren’t that hard…he IS sportin a killer fro plus he is still drinkin from a glass.
And somebody owns an iron (check the nice crease on the sleeve) if not a razor…

Don’t feel too sorry for him, turns out his son is doing good enough for the both of them…
Can you guess who [...]

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AlbumTalk: The Archers

 
I am not gonna lie, there was a point in my life when I had a pair of white lace up, heeled granny boots like these. And I may have had the brunetter version of this girls hair too. AND I may have even worn them with a pink outfit really really similar to this. [...]

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AlbumTalk: Mary Ann Lesar Band

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“We dun got ourselves bathed an in our churchin clothes jus fer the record!” 
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This album bring up an interesting question; why on earth were all the eyeglasses of the early 80’s so BIG?
I mean how on earth did having your prescription down over your cheeks help you see better?
It sure didn’t help these [...]

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AlbumTalk: The Calvary-Aires

 
Apparently there is so little time, that Paul had to ask Mother and Aunt Clare to play in his band with him, when the fellas from school said no.
And there is so little time that Aunt Clare had to play the dual neck electric guitar to beef up the sound off their trio.
The band [...]

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AlbumTalk: Look what the copy cat dragged in…

 
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“The earlier version with boys and the later version with men pretending to be girls.”

I worked a lot this weekend on adding some new AlbumTalk posts to the series- so every day this week a new one will be posted!
And it is often pointed out to me, that I don’t ‘make fun’ of albums [...]

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AlbumTalk: The Louvin Brothers

Feeling the “Jesus Loves You” angle had been done a hundred ways,
The Louvin Brothers (originally was The Love’n Brothers, but their pastor-agent felt it sounded a bit too secular)
decided to go a completely different direction….
“Let’s scare the hell out of people, that autta get them to believe!”
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AlbumTalk: Blame it on Cuba.

In an attempt to distance themselves from their Uncle Castro back in Cuba, the sisters added the ‘De-‘ to their last name when they came to America.
The helmet hair and bushy eyebrow trend can only be considered  passive revenge for the whole Bay of Pigs thing.
We retaliated with The Jonas Brothers.
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AlbumTalk: When fame gives you a big head. And hat.

 
Even though Elna had added the blue ribbon, Rigmor knew it was her old ‘Hot-Dog-on-a-Stick’ hat.
And no matter how hard she sat and prayed it was still there when she opened her eyes.
“How would anyone take their music seriously with a hat like that?” she thought.
Something had to be done about Elna’s rock [...]

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Technical Difficulties….UGH

The category pages are ALL MESSED UP.
I working on fixing by re-entering every category and tag for all of my 800 posts in the archive. In the meantime use my search function to find past MarcyThen, AdTalk and more…
The Association thanks you for your patience. And if you have some patience to spare could [...]

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AlbumTalk: Its family night

To this day if Susie is sitting on an older man’s knee, listening to records, while being read to with the smell of coffee and Brill cream in the air she almost always thinks of SEX. Well that and her bizarre childhood- but usually just sex.
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Okay, all together now …. ”Aaaawwkkwaaarrrddd”.
And really? Was the sit-on-the-knee really necessary [...]

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AlbumTalk: Get your shoes off my pillows

The title WAS going to be:
 "Songs for divorced balding older man who is trying very hard to act hip to impress severely younger blonde women that they bring back to their furniture-less bachelor pad to listen to some cool tunes and lay around on Romper Room colored pillows so they can be stared at in [...]

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AlbumTalk: The Christ Messengers

. Apparently you must pile the hair on your head as high as possible to receive Christ’s message.Let the Lord lift you up people. Lift, curl and hold…(A special thank you to Association member. MomZombie for this Album cover. If you have a sec. Check out her blog. She is hardly zombie-like at all.)

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AlbumTalk: Maddy Genets and Son

Before Chris Farley got his big break on SNL he played accordion with his parents.
When he wasn’t available Meatloaf would fill in.

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AlbumTalk: Dance Party in High Fidelity

The dynamic duo Mike & Bob were hired for an album cover.
And the creative meeting went a little something like this….

Mike: So Bob what are you thinking about for that Dance Party album cover? A shot of a dance in a gym? Or maybe a basement shot with some teenagers dancing?
Bob: I’m thinking POOL. [...]

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Swedish Dance Band #11: The Moonlighters*

As they ‘moonlighted’ by night as a killer dance band with a strange addiction to paisley polyester, they had REAL jobs by day;
Karl-Ingvar: Karl was an actor on the wildly popular Swedish Soap Opera "Manen med två första namnen"  (The man with two first names). Some say he was the inspiration for the romantic series.
Tore: [...]

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AlbumTalk: Orange ya glad I didn’t say banana?

That frisky Jacklynn, just one thought of scurvy put her in the mood.
The mood for oranges in bed, that is.
And she could hardly wait to eat one- right after she finished her ‘pilates-phone’ workout.

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Would love your advice….

I have been posting a lot lately.
Like an insane amount actually….and I started thinking about how this happened. First of all you should know that I always have lots and lots of posts in my head. If I could sit here for 14 8 hours a day just writing funny AdTalk or AlbumTalk posts [...]

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AlbumTalk: The Faith Tones

Elaina knew she was the pretty one in the group, even though bitchy JoAnne thought she was.
Where to begin. Where to begin. Are those home-made fleece,or worse yet FELT,  pull overs they are wearing? And the hair. Oh my god THE HAIR. No one light a match! Truly the poster children for Aqua Net. And [...]

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AlbumTalk: Dreamin Wild

Siamese twins Donnie and Joe pursued their dream of psychedelic rock to much success.
The band broke up when one of the bothers wanted a solo career.
It didn’t end well.
*Plenty more AlbumTalk. Search for in on my sidebar. Page coming soon. Right Shauna??

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