We interrupt the Junq Tour to bring you Christmas music. Sorry. This probably marks one of the worst Christmas entries I've done to date. Again, sorry.
Flo Price - Christmas 2020: The Return of Orion and Myah
Yes! We have a record released in 1984 that predicted the worst Christmas of the 21st century! Instead of a worldwide pandemic that kills thousand of people and destroys the world's economy, we have a kid accidentally time travelling and getting lost in Bethlehem after aliens visit the planet. The Christians finally got one of their prophecies right.
You can't ask for a vinyl record to age worse than this. However, the record talks about a "chip deficiency" which is a genuine problem the world is having as of this writing. Tech product releases are experiencing delays, both in the professional and in the hobbyist world due to chip shortages. There are also vinyl shortages causing problems with music releases, so melting this album down and using it for the latest Megadeth release isn't out of the question.
One of the kids on this record brags that he's getting a 1024k Tangerine computer with a universal interface. I knew Tangerine computers existed (and were originally released in 1979 with 48k of RAM), but they are quite rare. 1024 kilobytes of RAM is a bit low for the tech-savvy world we currently live in.
As for the kids travelling back to bible times, they discover that the people from the bible speak perfectly clear English as opposed to Hebrew. The kids also apparently know what Micah looks like. This record is a flaming pile of horse shit every way you look at it.
The album is mainly filled with music, so I made an edited version that only has the dialogue. It's nearly a whole eight minutes long. I've had farts last longer than this story.
Boxcar Newfie - Merry Christmas
The funny thing about Boxcar Newfie is that he doesn't really play Newfie music which is somewhat a relief. Perhaps there is hope for the music scene in Newfoundland since this album isn't the worst thing I've ever heard, although I'm fairly certain Boxcar had a few drinks before recording Jingle Bells. I'm pretty sure that drunkenness is more of a given than an exception in Newfoundland.
In the insert, Boxcar Newfie begs you to collect his five other releases. The fact that he has five other albums (one of which I have) proves that he's yet another music making machine that I need to start covering on this site.
Kris's Khristmas Karols 2004 - Hey, Join the Fuckin' Club
I covered a bunch of these back in 2018. It seems that I had accidentally left one behind, so I'm presenting it here. Again, these are just mix CDs with interesting pictures and liner notes. Apparently someone's car got stolen and it was really worth remembering. Here are scans of all the custom artwork.
Maryam Malak - Christmas Essentials
I honestly thought this woman's name was Daryam, given that the first letter of her name looks like a letter D on the cover. I can't exactly figure out how that fucking thing is supposed to look like a letter "M". She should have called herself "Dayam Makeup" after giving herself the Tammy Faye treatment. As for the cover photo, it's pretty easy to tell who took it.
This album was sealed. It also came in a slim case which makes the packaging a bit unusual. Daryam put a high gloss sticker on the back featuring a picture of herself wearing too much fucking makeup, and a track listing, showing that the album includes the essential Christmas songs "Rockin Around" and "O Holly Nigth"
In case you're wondering, no that's not a Spanish accent. That's just her having difficulty singing due to the weight of the makeup on her face.
Ecole Powerview School - Winter Wonderland
This one was sealed, and I shamefully opened it up and unleashed the atrocious noise that was contained within. This is by far the worst Christmas album I've ever listened to. The credits list Cindi Cain as being the vocal coach. Cindi Cain was a Canadian country singer who released one album in the 1980s. She also has a sister who dated my cousin. The fact that this album turned out so fucking terrible makes me question both Cindi's ability to sing and her ability to teach singing. Every other album I've covered in the past year is better than this garbage. I'll take my criticism back if I find out that this is a school for the deaf and hard of hearing.
If the children at this school genuinely don't have hearing problems, then I have to question the teachers. What teacher in their right mind said, "These kids sound great! We should put them on an album and we'll sell a million copies so we can refurbish the gymnasium!" Christian schools are much better at teaching their kids to sing, but they probably beat them with meter sticks.
I hope that you guys burn yourselves copies of this album and bring them to gatherings with family that you don't like. Tell them that this is Canada proud. Tell them that this is a Cindi Cain Christmas album. Tell them that your kid is singing on it. Hell, tell them that YOU are singing on it. If anybody throws up while listening to this album, be happy that it's not at your house.
Listen to Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Well, that covers Christmas for this year! I'm going to probably just work on Junq Tour entries and put them in queue until after Christmas. Until then, I wish you the very best and I'll be more than happy to torture you after the holidays.
3 comments:
I started playing this when the family gathering after Christmas Dinner turned toxic from both vocal and gaseous emanations. While this worked great at clearing out the house after which my immediate family had to deal with the horror of hearing this uhhh toxic waste. I can say that our dinner didn’t stay down long after hearing this. This should be criminal to be played.
I have to agree with you. This sounds like someone led a children's Christmas cantata at some small local church, and gave up on any sense of order and harmony. Geez, I wish I could wash out my ears with carbolic acid.
As one of the moderators of the "Making Fun of Funny Bizarre And Terrible Album Covers" board on facebook, I'm no stranger to the art of ridicule when it comes to music. But I have to say... a very long journey has ended here tonight. My Catholic elementary school in the mid 1980s put on Christmas plays every year. For 35+ years, a song called "Where Can I Find Him" has floated around in my head. I only knew a couple of lines from it. I asked the lady who played the piano for these Christmas plays. She recognized the melody right away, but had no clue what it was and had "thrown all the sheet music away years ago." Her daughter, who was in the play, remembered more lyrics and melody than I did, but also drew a blank as to anything more. Google turned up nothing. I finally had the thought to search the Library of Congress website for "Where Can I Find Him". I got one, and only one response... the correct one. And that lead me here, to your sound files of the Christmas 2020 album. It is seemingly the only place on the net to get them. Thank you. This has made me crazy for years and I can finally put this shit to rest. And yes, it's really bad.
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