[QUOTE=kath94]
Man, do I feel old! I still remember the Christmas that I unwrapped “Meet the Brady Bunch” from under the tree. I’m surprised I didn’t wear the vinyl out playing over and over. In fact, I think I still have the album somewhere.
(…have I just dated myself?)
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[QUOTE=What Exit?]
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**No kid or teen at the time would be caught dead ** with a Brady Bunch record. The variety show and the cartoon were jokes. The same kids that had Partridge Family albums still thought the Brady’s were “Corny”.
Adults were not going to buy it for themselves and if no kids wanted their music, where were the sales suppose to come from?
[QUOTE=saoirse]
My kids, and others. Just before they hit the teen/cynical stage, they thought that was the best show. Or it may have been passive-aggressive hostility against their parents. All I know is, it was like absorbing human waste through the capillaries in my eyes. That’s a show you want to have cranberry juice on hand for.
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Don’t take it too hard. I think around a certain age most kids are just interested in watching any show or movie with kids in them. I know I certainly was. In fact, that was the reason why I used to watch “The Brady Bunch” nearly every Friday night when I was around 6 and 7. Eventually, I grew out of it and, by the time the Brady kids formed their singing group, I had switched over to “Sanford and Son.”
As for why the Brady Bunch never charted, I guess sometimes the system works.
The funny thing (or maybe ironic) is that the most musically talented ‘Brady’ was Robby Rist, who only came in for, what, six episodes in the last season. he’s been in quite a few bands (most notably The Andersons and now The Mockers), produced dozens of albums, and has a long list of songwriting credits. He’s not topping the charts, but has kept employed inthe music business long after any of the other dilettantes from that show stopped trying to be musicians.
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn]
The Brady Bunch Phonographic Album
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I read this as "The Brady Bunch Pornographic Album’ and went to a terrible, terrible place.
I was going through some boxes the other day and found my tape of The Brady Bunch Greatest Hits. I’m disapointed to learn that they had no hits, greatest or otherwise. I bought the tape some ten years ago, mainly for the groups unbelievable cover of “American Pie.” There’s something blissfully disturbing about hearing little Cindy Brady lisping about “Thatan laughing with delight.”
[QUOTE=NDP]
Eventually, I grew out of it and, by the time the Brady kids formed their singing group, I had switched over to “Sanford and Son.”
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Well you know, when it’s time to change, then it’s time to change.
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum]
The funny thing (or maybe ironic) is that the most musically talented ‘Brady’ was Robby Rist, who only came in for, what, six episodes in the last season.
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Of course–me reading it an hour after you and making the same mistake means that I shouldn’t be allowed to post it. Shame on me, I shall go rend my clothes and tear out my hair.
(I did read your post later in the thread, but I didn’t see it as a reason to not make my post. So very, very sorry for offending you. :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=OpalCat]
Of course–me reading it an hour after you and making the same mistake means that I shouldn’t be allowed to post it. Shame on me, I shall go rend my clothes and tear out my hair.
(I did read your post later in the thread, but I didn’t see it as a reason to not make my post. So very, very sorry for offending you. :rolleyes:
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Hey Opal, could you let me know when your birthday is? I’d like to buy you a sense of humor and I missed Christmas.
Well I will be damned. There was one kid.