Joan Crawford and Bette Davis did not like each other. When Joan Crawford died, Bette Davis was asked to comment and she said that it wasn't nice to say anything bad about the dead, then she said, "Joan Crawford is dead. Good."
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Joan Crawford and Bette Davis did not like each other. When Joan Crawford died, Bette Davis was asked to comment and she said that it wasn't nice to say anything bad about the dead, then she said, "Joan Crawford is dead. Good."
The album came out the same year as the movie adaptation of Christina Crawford's autobiography, "Mommie Dearest", however the album was released months prior. Now, the song's lyrics mostly just give me a very abundant EC horror comics cheesy horror vibe, and I like the song for that. However, I find the lyric "Christina, mother's home" quite interesting because of this. I don't think the choosing of Joan Crawford was just random, although she had starred in older horror films, especially because of that line. I assume Albert Bouchard had probably read the book and was inspired to make Crawford the center of the song because of this.Joan Crawford and Bette Davis did not like each other. When Joan Crawford died, Bette Davis was asked to comment and she said that it wasn't nice to say anything bad about the dead, then she said, "Joan Crawford is dead. Good."
Just found this
“Joan Crawford” was mostly written by David Roter, who writes funny songs about famous people. Brother Albert has been working with him on and off since 1968. This one seemed to fit the BÖC style.
—Joe Bouchard, 2001
Considering the lyrics were also co-written by Bouchard and a man named Jack Rigg, I wonder what the writing process was actually like.
The book was a big deal when it came out. The stories of Christina's treatment from the book were on the news. After the the movie came out, it got this cult following kind of like Rocky Horror and people would go to the showings and bring coat hangers and yell things. The movie had quite a run for a while.
BÖC's lyric writing credits are always interesting. They have frequent collaborators, mostly Sandy Pearlman, Richard Meltzer, Patti Smith, and a few songs even co-written by Micheal Moorcock. But then there's always the odd ones who are written/co written by people I can find virtually no other information on. I appreciate that Pearlman actually collaborated with the band and wrote/co-wrote some of their best songs, instead of just being a stereotypical band manager type.The book was a big deal when it came out. The stories of Christina's treatment from the book were on the news. After the the movie came out, it got this cult following kind of like Rocky Horror and people would go to the showings and bring coat hangers and yell things. The movie had quite a run for a while.
Absolutely loving this guy! Have been listening to him since you posted that link the other day, he's just gorgeous, love his sound.
....I'll have to tell Tracy!!....she'll get a big kick out of that.....she got me hooked with his first video.....I'm tellin' ya, this guy doesn't get a record deal-someboy's plum out their mind!!!!......