Comments on: The Museum of Cultural Waste: 1970s Vinyl and the Pornification of all things

By: Foolhardy

Foolhardy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:47:10 +0000

Good God, things may be even more depraved than they seem.
Perhaps I’m mistaken but doesn’t the “girl” on the cover of the Stef Meeder album have an enormous pair of balls tucked in to her bikini bottoms?

By: The Shadow

The Shadow — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:05:44 +0000

Another sign that I’m over the hill is that when I saw the BONEY M the first thing that I thought was “Oh, vinyl! What a shame that they got rid of old fashioned records.”

By: fústar

fústar — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:14:44 +0000

The Boney M cover isn’t actually that easy to read. On the face of it, it’s a gross slice of good ol’ 70s misogyny. But then there’s the “For Sale” bit – suggesting, perhaps, that some subtle comment on the evils of slavery is intended.

Hmmm…actually, that probably makes it more offensive if anything…

By: fústar

fústar — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:28:34 +0000

Yowzers. It appears that Stef, and his sexay young lovers, went even further on his next (?) release - Little Things. Steamy organ classics like Hokey Cokey and The Birdie Song were no doubt to the fore.

By: A Doubtful Egg

A Doubtful Egg — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:05:22 +0000

True! And might I add that only a true Alpha Male (as depicted on the Boney M cover) could get away with golden foil underpants. I now have a nightmare image of a red-haired, pasty Irish guy wearing that concoction to the local counthry dish-co (with a full -on ginger afro…)

By: fústar

fústar — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:32:15 +0000

John, They were thinking, “Our son could do with more disco-porn in his quiet life”. Fair play to them.

Doubtful, Discerned pattern is spot on. Stef Meeder (on his own, naked, terms) would be a hard sell. Fun as it can be, you’d be hard pressed to find a less sexy instrument than the Hammond organ. There’s no photo of Stef on the sleeve, for reasons that should now be obvious. No point turning up the heat on the front if you’re going to pour cold water with the reverse.

By: A Doubtful Egg

A Doubtful Egg — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:02:58 +0000

One sees a pattern with these records (if one can discern a pattern from only two items). The more hideously bland and awful the music, the more raunchy and inappropriate the cover. Does the photo of Stef Meeder fondling his organ come from the album? (I couldn’t resist…)

By: John Gunning

John Gunning — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:47:11 +0000

I had that Boney M album. Why, How or WTF were my parents thinking, are questions I can’t answer.