Worst looking CD/LP artwork

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pjme


bhodges

Quote from: pjme on August 20, 2008, 12:16:32 PM


This thread always has the best visuals...and the above is as fine an example as any.  Somehow I missed it if it was posted before, so thanks, Peter.  What was she thinking?

--Bruce

knight66

Never mind that Bruce; what was the art department thinking?

Mike
DavidW: Yeah Mike doesn't get angry, he gets even.
I wasted time: and time wasted me.

pjme



Jetty Gitari !



Francis Bay & his orchestra!



La Esterella!

pjme

Quote from: bhodges on August 20, 2008, 12:37:17 PM
This thread always has the best visuals...and the above is as fine an example as any.  Somehow I missed it if it was posted before, so thanks, Peter.  What was she thinking?

--Bruce

"How dare Birgit Nilson sing electra!"

bhodges

Quote from: knight on August 20, 2008, 12:38:44 PM
Never mind that Bruce; what was the art department thinking?

Mike

;D

Quote from: pjme on August 20, 2008, 12:41:54 PM
"How dare Birgit Nilson sing electra!"

;D  ;D

And that Jetty Gitari is pretty appalling, too...who's that woman...and the dog?

--Bruce

pjme

#306
Bruce, I'll try to explain... It's all about ( usually well meant) kitsch, of course.Jetty Gitari was a VERY VERY local "chanteuse" ( she died 2 or 3 years ago). I know very little about her, but let's say that after a brief stint in Flemish show bizz, she opened a café/bar near military barracks and was "like a mother" to her boys.

As for most of these singers,choosing a "nom d'artiste" was obligatory. "Jeanneke De Keukeleire", "Jef Van Quickenborne" or " Gerda Van Uytersprot" are hardly names to start a career with ..when Catharina Valente, Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra were ..errr,your rolemodel or ..adversary!

So many Ricky Gordon's, Johnny West's and Vicky Valero's tried to do their best - now singing in English, then in French or Flemish. Most of it is just boorish rock or straightforward hoompah - with a good deal of tearjerkers thrown in ( Don't leave mommy alone, Stop drinking now, Grandpa died, Red roses..) and the odd excursion into exotica : Hawaii, Mexico... the Alps and the Cote d'Azur!!

We have a few greats : Bobbejaan Schoepen ( a whistling cowboy, now at 80 making a come back!), Belgo-Italian Rocco Granata ( of "Marina " fame, now a serious producer), and young star Laura Lynn who will save the Flemish 'Schlager" all alone!

Holland's "Zangeres zonder naam" (The singer without a name!) is the godmother of them all.



Peter




bhodges

All most interesting...thanks.  (And another zinger in that last cover, too.  ;D)

--Bruce



DavidRoss

"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

DavidRoss

Was that meant to be this, Corey?
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Kullervo

Quote from: DavidRoss on August 20, 2008, 07:39:58 PM
Was that meant to be this, Corey?


Grah, yes. Serves me right for being too lazy to upload it to my Photobucket.  ::)

Dancing Divertimentian

Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

pjme

 ;D Of course, Belgian women are known for extremely high fertility levels!

Opus106

I did not take the time to see if this has been mentioned in the last 15 pages, so...

Regards,
Navneeth

Renfield

Quote from: opus67 on August 21, 2008, 06:24:58 AM
I did not take the time to see if this has been mentioned in the last 15 pages, so...



Didn't I use the "O_o;" emoticon already? Regardless, it certainly applies here. Ouch!

Opus106

Quote from: Renfield on August 21, 2008, 07:59:59 AM
Didn't I use the "O_o;" emoticon already? [/i]

What does that emoticon signify? Kindly enlighten.
Regards,
Navneeth

Brian

#318
Quote from: opus67 on August 21, 2008, 08:10:36 AM
What does that emoticon signify? Kindly enlighten.
O_o implies that one eye is considerably larger than the other, as a result of a facial expression signifying suspicion, disgust, or extreme discomfort with the object of the gaze.

Here is a very mild case of O_o in action:


Opus106

Quote from: Brian on August 21, 2008, 09:46:19 AM
O_o implies that one eye is considerably larger than the other, as a result of a facial expression signifying suspicion, disgust, or extreme discomfort with the object of the gaze.

Thanks, Brian, I suspected it was so. But the semi-colon in Reinfield's post had me confused.
Regards,
Navneeth