I was clicking on a series of random music blog links tonight when I stumbled across Neon Musical Insight‘s list of the top five albums of the 80s. It was great seeing a list that was ALL VINYL, at least in terms of what the original releases was. I agree with many of his picks –not necessarily in his order, mind–but the thing that caused me to spray single malt scotch out of both nostrils was the image which represented the album cover for The Clash’s London Calling.

I don’t know if that image is on purpose, if the site’s been hacked, or if there’s an inside joke I’m missing as a newcomer to this blog, but after reading the entries, scrolling down and hitting THAT ANIMATED GIF, I was in tears. The use of the word “revolutionary” in reference to the album seems to be a direct pun on the, er, motion of the GIF, so perhaps this is not the work of pervey-pants hackers.

I am sending this guy my hernia bill. Too funny in all the wrong ways. The Python-esque shock was probably a “you had to be there” moment, but STILL. I have yet to scan the rest of this blog, but I will do for certain, I can promise you that….

Personally I would put Elvis Costello and DEVO in that top five, but that’s just me.