Worst Album Names/Covers
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Topic: Worst Album Names/Covers
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: Worst Album Names/Covers
Date Posted: November 10 2013 at 05:00
| Just asking what are everyone's least favourite album names or covers. I never liked the Soft Machine album names that just kept on going up in numbers, and neither with their album covers. The cover for "Third" doesn't fit with the imaginative music and I always associate the dullness of it when hearing the music, which makes the music dull for me... Others in my opinion are Van Der Graaf Generator's album covers like on "H To He, Who Am The Only One" and maybe "Pawn Hearts" too. Also, maybe King Crimson's THRAK and Genesis' Abacab (for both name and cover). |
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: November 10 2013 at 10:08
Really really really great record, but the cover is visually uninspiring. -------------  |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 10 2013 at 12:41
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Hi,
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's Ad Nauseum ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: November 11 2013 at 02:43
Nice n Greasy by Atomic Rooster must be worth a place in any Worst Album Cover Ever contest. If Rooster fans were having doubts about the band's new "heavy funk" direction in 1973, then of course a cover featuring a cigarette stubbed out in the middle of a fried egg was just what was required to persuade them to shell out for the album. What the *&@k were they thinking?
------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 11 2013 at 03:16
Twelfth Night – X (1986)  Beneath the grotesque cover illustration is an album of trendy pop music that bears little resemblance to the great progressive rock band Twelfth Night no longer was. (They have since re-embraced their roots after reuniting a number of years ago.) ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 11 2013 at 04:36
 ugly album cover, I like the music though, I think it's quite good.
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 11 2013 at 11:03
Family Fearless
 Great music, though.
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 01:43
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The groovy hipster album title of The Unfortunate Cup of Tea by Horslips What *were*they thinking?
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 02:00
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 02:15
The cover is pretty cool I reckon, whether it was a good choice for them financially, I am unsure. The music as you say, is great. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Svetonio wrote:Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 02:34
| Richard Wright named his 1978 debut album 'Wet Dream'....?? It was related to his love of sailing the Mediterranean but it's not a good album name.....the cover has nice colours to it but it, too, is not very good. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 05:50
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So many come to mind... theres a thread with a ton of worst album covers but lets go for these gems http://www.google.com.au/imgres?sa=X&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:%7Breferrer:source%3F%7D&rlz=1I7SKPT_en&biw=1366&bih=635&tbm=isch&tbnid=5aY0I_Vrn6W6SM:&imgrefurl=http://www.qtrax.net.au/worst-album-covers-ken&docid=K5c4qW2gBOF7fM&imgurl=http://www.qtrax.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/worst-album-cover-ken.jpg&w=470&h=441&ei=uxWCUoGRMcislAX-94CIAg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:0,s:0,i:87" rel="nofollow -    ------------- 
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 13:14
^ 'My Pussy Belongs To Daddy' 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: November 12 2013 at 13:17
Have to agree with this. Such a wonderful record and then it's marred by this excuse for a cover  They should've put this one on the front instead:  Not fantastic but a hell of a lot better than the other one imo. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 06:44
The track
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 06:52
Yeah such as She sits among the cabbages and peas... -------------
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 11:04
"She Sits Among the Cabbages and Peas" sounds like the B-side to Spinaltap's "Cups and Cakes" ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 17:36
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Smegma - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=26788" rel="nofollow - 'Smell the Remains' ranks right up there as a combination bad band name, album title and cover. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 22:39
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^^^That cover! LMAO ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 13 2013 at 23:30
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'He Forgot His Rubbers'..... accidents are bound to happen
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Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: January 09 2014 at 22:28
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So repulsive, I won't post it:
The Rare Earth one with the fat chick . . .
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 13:27
| Never really cared for the album name Going For the One. Ambiguous as all get out for such a great piece (I don't care what the lyrics to the same titled song meant). |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 03 2014 at 13:57
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Posted By: I-Juca Pirama
Date Posted: February 04 2014 at 08:21
A matança do porco, by Som imaginário. In english, that would mean "pig slaughter"  A cover:  ------------- Without charity, there is no salvation |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 05 2014 at 00:55
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Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: February 09 2014 at 11:41
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Ditto what Rednight said: I've never liked the cover to Yes's Going For the One
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 09 2014 at 23:59
I can't believe I'm the first one to post this! It wins both categories. |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: February 10 2014 at 01:28
HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I can't believe it either! Better suited for a "Village People" album cover.... Are Keith Emerson's pants and accessories auditioning for "Rocky Horror" and "The Time Warp" i.e. "It's just a jump to the left......"! |
Posted By: admireArt
Date Posted: February 11 2014 at 22:29
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EL&P's LOVE BEACH the "i'm your bitch" look! Horrendous!
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 00:13
Going for the One is an avarage cover, not that bad per se, but not suitable for Yes' music - the same thing is with Tormato cover. Though, those two are much worse..   Just my opinion, of course.
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 00:20
I'v always been wondering how it was generally possible that such a cover passes and to destroy that pretty good collection of the songs.
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Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 19:46
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"Going for the One is an avarage cover, not that bad per se, but not suitable for Yes' music...." As for 90215 and Big Generator, I think they are pretty average covers, Not great, but at least they better represent the music on their albums. ------------- Z |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 19:51
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The cover of 90125 is pretty cool. The title is a joke, worst indeed. ------------- |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 20:25
Same here. Well, it was a complete nonsense of the band to abandon cooperation with Mr Roger Dean.
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 21:43
  ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 22:36
I'm also not a huge fan of P J Crook's King Crimson cover art, but they aren't by any means bad. ------------- https://twitter.com/ProgFollower" rel="nofollow - @ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 12 2014 at 23:13
 - and I'm sure Julie doesn't want to be comforted by an Ian Anderson wannabe.......
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: February 13 2014 at 00:14
| ^Is it just me but Julie is a dead ringer for Suzi Quatro. |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: February 13 2014 at 05:57
Adam Jone's Rib Cage cover is awesome and perfect for the music.. the inside however..
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: February 13 2014 at 06:47
------------- https://twitter.com/ProgFollower" rel="nofollow - @ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak. |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: February 14 2014 at 04:56
Haha isn't that what Adam Jones is known for? Minus his awesome claymation videos of course  Idk, it's bleak, it's plain, and it's thought provoking, just like Tools awesome music.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 14 2014 at 06:36
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j-tull dot com What the f**k?! ------------- |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 14 2014 at 07:04
Really great album but so poor design imo. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 14 2014 at 07:10
A nice debut but an absolutely mediocre design. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 15 2014 at 22:17
Suzi's much better-looking, IMO. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: February 15 2014 at 22:51
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I've always disliked Black Sabbath's Born Again cover even though i enjoy the album.I am disturbed by Lucifer's Friends 1st LP cover,but i like the music. |
Posted By: iamathousandapples
Date Posted: February 15 2014 at 23:04
Yeah, I pretty much extend that to all the - dot com albums, including Marillion.com Can we extend this to the backs of albums too? cuz the two band members who aren't Jimi Hendrix on Electric Ladyland are absolutely creepy  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/thamazingbender" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 16 2014 at 01:34
Gillan hated it, too, so you're in good company. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: LSDisease
Date Posted: February 16 2014 at 07:40
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Love Bitch by ELP sort of italo disco concept
------------- "Du gehst zu Frauen? Vergiss die Peitsche nicht!" |
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: February 16 2014 at 10:05
The Abominog Cover from 1982 Uriah Heep is hated by many but i actually like it
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 16 2014 at 21:56
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http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/big_lous_polka_casserole/polka_casserole/" rel="nofollow">
 I actually vote for Love Beach for both. This album cover by Big Lou's Polka casserole is pretty cheesy as well although it's funny music :) |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 17 2014 at 09:47
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 17 2014 at 09:50
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Never cared for this band name or the first cover........
but I like the band.
 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: February 17 2014 at 09:51
Nobody mentioned yet those two?  They both are really abominable. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 17 2014 at 09:53
Another one I don't like...... simply bad taste imho.
 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: February 17 2014 at 15:56
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Yep i mentioned them.I don't like Sabbath's Born Again's Cover at all,but on the other hand i'm not offended by Heep's Abominog in the least. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 17 2014 at 20:47
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 17 2014 at 20:49
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 17 2014 at 20:52
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 17 2014 at 20:53
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Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: February 18 2014 at 06:06
| Kansas - Point of Know Return (silly pun of a title; sillier cover artwork; and, a travesty of an album on the coat-tails of the much better 'Leftoverture'...) |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 20 2014 at 21:11
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Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: February 20 2014 at 21:30
I never understood this title. I remember when it came out, I rather liked the album, but the title and the song were just stupid. It's not even a pun, it's just the wrong word. The cover wasn't bad, but I remember thinking I could have drawn the portraits better and I was 17 at the time. |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: February 20 2014 at 22:03
 When this came out I knew it was time to move on. The '70's were over.Tull always had such a smart visual presence, so woodsy and warm and furry. Here they were trying to be something they weren't, and succeeding. They weren't this. This wasn't Jethro Tull, literally. I've never seen anyone look so awkward as they do on the back cover. "Ok, stand really still, but look like you're running. Now look up in the air, like you're looking at something but you don't know what it is. Eddie, you're looking too far to the left. No, my left, your right. Ok, Martin, you look ridiculous. Get in the truck and look through the window. Um. Good enough. -click- |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 20 2014 at 23:04
| ^ I looove 'A'. Craney is superb on the drums, Pegg proves he's an awesome bassist (beyond what he does for Fairport), and we have Eddie Jobson providing his amazing keys and violin. Along with Anderson/Barre and there's one heck of a band. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 02:51
Not an album cover, but I prefer this recent photo of The Enid (homage??):  -------------  Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 05:08
Tom, we are true kindred spirits! I love "A" as well.....this album just had to happen for Tull. At the time I felt is was truly refreshing. Lovit. Oh yes, the cover ...especially the back is hilariously contrived but it's the music that I was interested in.....so I just accepted the imagery as just a blip (on the screen!) and absorbed the great music.
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Posted By: VOTOMS
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 05:52
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A is in my top 3 Tull albums. Well, I will not post here because you know, but have you heard of the album Carnivorous Erection by Regurgitate? Check the album cover. Another ridiculous NSFW cover: Rompeprop - Hellcock's Pornflakes |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 11:55
I read somewhere years ago that Kerry Livgren did that as a joke sort of poking fun at the pretentiousness of musicians who took thought they were deeper than they were. Really, if you know anything about the original guys in Kansas, they didn't take themselves seriously at all (except maybe Walsh towards the end). The cheap tuxedos, overalls & flannel shirts, keyboard handstands, Viking helmuts and naked biker roadies dancing on stage were all part of the charm. Midwest humor is kind of dry and hard to get if you're not from around there. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 16:59
| Most of Squeeze's album covers. |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 22:06
I did appreciate that side of Kansas. The first time I heard or saw them was on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. I loved how they were almost Yes-like, but at the same time like hicks from Kansas. Walsh also used to wear those dorky gym shorts. No silver capes to be found. |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: February 21 2014 at 22:26
Thank God for Roger Dean.
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Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: February 23 2014 at 02:30
The best I ever heard about it was that someone wanted 90126 but after considerable heated debate Squire won 90125. ... don't forget the bland cover for the Solos. Talk was not a good cover. Nasty. Only Roger Dean should do art for Yes covers. That way, if you don't like what whoever is in the band have done, you'll get his art work. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: February 23 2014 at 02:45
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A favourite (non prog one to hate) that Aphex Twin cover. And for song names - the oh-so ultra Spinal Tap ' Smells Like Teen Spirit'. When I first saw and heard that all them years ago I thought it (the title) was just a bad joke. No change. BtTw just google worst ever album covers and see what turns up. Then think about starving people and could the money have gone to a better cause. There aren't really that many good album covers really. Most ok to good, some brilliant and Roger Dean, many too many are... the worst. I suppose the covers influence sales. This is why I've never... ever ... had the nerve to buy or hear Love Beach. I know I should rise above it, but someone might remember that I did that thing... |
Posted By: austin11
Date Posted: March 01 2014 at 00:04
http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/rick_james" rel="nofollow - Rick Jameshttp://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/rick_james/throwin_down/" rel="nofollow - Throwin' Down (1982)I think you'll find that some of the worst album covers in rock history feature people dressed like Conan the Barbarian. ------------- http://www.spam.com" rel="nofollow - Hotel in Spamanali |
Posted By: Stardust
Date Posted: March 01 2014 at 09:27
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Has anyone mentioned this yet? ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: March 01 2014 at 09:39
The worst thing is that it's for a band I really like, id est Dragontears, and possibly my favourite record of theirs. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: alienshore
Date Posted: March 02 2014 at 15:09
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I think that these two guys kick your ass if you don't like dance
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Posted By: AliceM
Date Posted: March 04 2014 at 07:59
| How about Lionel Richie and Liroy- "Hello" ? |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: March 04 2014 at 08:57
Really just lazy. They weren't the only ones of course...  ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: admireArt
Date Posted: March 20 2014 at 20:02
| This was the "european sleeve", the american is not much better. In fact more boring. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: March 20 2014 at 21:22
hahaha Barbu, I find this Bowie new album cover actually brilliant even in prog terms lol he is taking the mickey on us, considering we expect so much more from him, as he has been the constant chameleon, i.e. his fashion sense and music diversity have always been most unexpected, he keeps changing, outside the box/norm however here he decided to not do what we expect of Bowie to do (even if we don't know the specifics), I think really like it, it's so good lolol I too at first had to get myself over the disappointment but once I did I thought and do think it's ironic and really brilliant! Only Bowie could pull the unexpected off hahahaha  hugs to you, Barbu 
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Posted By: AreYouHuman
Date Posted: March 28 2014 at 23:19
 Billy Joel's proudest hour. ------------- Caption: We tend to take ourselves a little too seriously. Silly human race! Yes is for everybody! |