I love the first frame… think hard to the beginning of this year…
Paul McCartney’s 1973 hit “Hi, Hi, Hi” was actually banned on a lot of AM stations here in the USA. Apparently even though Paul “cleverly” spelled the title “HI” the meaning was clearly “HIGH” and we can’t have pop songs telling our youth to get smacked up on dope, now can we? NO! So the song was banned. It was not that great of a song, but I bought the single anyway just for the hell of it. The song itself did not appear for a long time until the late 90’s on CD with one of his many compilations. I bought “Red Rose Speedway” on iTunes, and there it was as a “bonus” track. If you’re in the mood for a silly song talking about “grabbing it like a rabbit” then sample the song over at iTunes. Unless you’re a die hard McCartney fan (I play bass, how could I not be…), pass on buying it.
Enjoy! 🙂
Also, it’s interesting to see Troubles in a black shirt now……
I remember being high (and naked; and asleep) in the mid-day-sun back in the day…
(a sun-burned cock is NOT fun).
RE: vince – I wanted to do something for the “stage” for them, so I’m coming up with some alternate clothing. Rock chicks seem to like black… but she’s also heavy into cleavage (or at least I am) and this seemed okay for now.
RE: Brett – “Okay… OW! Um… OW! Wait… OW! DAMN YOU SUNSHINE!! No, not… OW!”
Would make for awkward whoopee making too…
WOW! LMAO! That was hilarious! 😀
Thanks, Bob! 🙂
This Lorraine’s frame is one of the best frames of 1977.
No, not because of the cleavage. It’s because it really looks like an excellent photo taken from the audience. And her face expression is just perfect!
You should definitely tune it up for using it at the store products. Just the frame with the black border would look cool, but using some kind of “photo-paper” effect, so that it could actually look like a photo sticked to the surface, would really rock.
And, for the most kick-ass t-shirt of them all, you have already 2 “photos”: this, and that one of bud playing the bass (from the wallpaper). One for Jeff, one for Robyn, all of them at the back of the tee with just the comic logo on the front (marijuana and everything) – BANG!!!!
Think about it!
Are the new mugs going to the store?
And, of course: use the “picture of the first gig” in chothes and mugs too!
A mug with the photo “tilted”, including the caption, just like is shown in the first frame, would be killer!
I love the separate panels,
but I’ve seen you do better pages as a whole.
Still enjoyed it a lot (love the black!).
I think EVERYONE knows who the cleavage fan is.
Very cool! My first concert ever was Wings Over America in 1976 (I was 15) and Paul did indeed play “HI HI HI”. A much more rockin’ version than the single, you can get it from the Wings Over America live album!
Love yer stuff, I look forward to every episode.
Rock on! Andyman
Cleavage rocks!
I think I should re-record Drew Carey’s theme song…. 😀
RE: Andyman – “Wings Over America” is a great album and furthers my arguement that today’s CD packaging does NOT do justice to albums like WOA. This was a HUGE three album package that had poster and tons of images and stuff. Great packaging and a tad expensive but worth every penny.
I gotta get that baby out and look it over again. I have totally forgotten the song list on that album and I’ll want to take a look at it again. Hmmm? iTunes…?
Anyway, thanks for the comment, man! I’ll keep cranking them out as long as folks like you keep reading! 😀
RE: Audible Atrocity – This is what I like about the current website is I get feedback right away. I’m not sure what I could do to improve this one, but I’d like to hear what you think. Drop me a line: byron (at) 1977thecomic.com I seperated it out so spambots miss it. I take all comments in stride as well.
🙂
RE: ferabreu – My man! You’ll be happy to note that the store updated just today. I’ve been tardy getting things up there, and did a major overhaul today. Check it out!
The mugs will be available here on the site as I’m having those custom made. When I get them in, I’ll post an image immediately.
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you know whats funny that little sixth grader in the third panel reminds me of me i was in sixth grade in 1977 (and was blonde too) although we didnt have live bands playing for us at school functions i was totally into rock then i used to listen to the local radio and would turn it up when a good rock song would come on(and turn it down when they would play disco) ahhh the mammeries
RE: 11 in 1977 – That’s cool… I seem to be able to draw kids fairly well (I’ve never grown up, so…).
I grew up on WLS AM in Chicago and have listened to “pop” music all my life and in 1970 discover FM and made that turn to album rock and roll.
I wish we had a band at our 6th grade fun fair too… even one that played banned pot music… 😀
Hey! Here’s the second frame of Lorraine singing on some t-shirts!
http://www.printfection.com/1977/Lorraine-Singing/_s_265568
Another instant request… as we said back in the old days of radio…
Ah, so THAT’S who did that song! I remember it, but never knew who it was until now.
And yeah – Lorraine in black is a great choice!
Wow, a revelation! In NM where I grew up, I remember hearing “Hi Hi Hi” on the radio & would’ve liked to assume that it was because we were a little more laid back about such things here, but it never occured to me that I would’ve been hearing it on the much more liberal FM AOR station I listened to at the time (heck, they would even play things like “Sweet Leaf” by ‘Sabbath) and not on any of the local AM pop stations because it could’ve been banned! My bubble has been burst! (although now that I think about it, even the more liberal FM AOR stations were not completely imune from the conservative backlash of the day – I remember ours actually being picketed by a local church youth group when they played “One Toke Over the Line” by Brewer & Shipley…)
Banned by the BBC too. And at that time the BBC had screwed a complete monopoly over radio broadcast of music in Britain – it stiffed the pirate radio stations in 1967 and used its influence to prevent commercial radio setting up until the mod 1970’s. So if it banned a song, it went under – no airplay, no publicity. This was one of two Macca numbers deemed too controversial for British ears, and both bombed out in the UK. However big an act you were, if you pissed off the BBC, your song bombed…