Dallas – The Music Story (1985)
Wow!!! This is freakin’ horrible. I managed to survive the over-synthesized theme song but by the time I got through the second song, “Who Killed Jock Ewing” sung by Steve Kanaly (Ray Krebbs for those of you who remember the show), I was ready to use this baby for target practice. Some of the singing isn’t quite as bad because they bring in some 80′s country pop singers who actually have decent voices, but the songs themselves are just plain awful. The first song on side two is “sung” by Howard Keel who played Clayton Farlow. Whomever decided that Keel should attempt to sing should be soundly thrashed.
I found it particularly interesting that none of the shows main characters (Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Victoria Principal, etc.) loaned their names to this project. It’s not really that surprising after you give this thing a spin.
For those of you who are too young to remember, Dallas was the number one rated television show for several years. The show ran from 1978 until 1991. In reality it should never had lasted 14 seasons. The show’s 9th season will always be remembered as the infamous “dream” season. Patrick Duffy’s character, Bobby Ewing, was killed off at the end of season 8 but miraculously appears in the shower during that last episode of season 9. It turns out that his wife, played by the yummy Victoria Principal, had dreamed the entire season. Ugh! One of the worst plot twists in the history of television and it was pretty much the end of Dallas as a top-rated show.
The thing that I’ll always remember about Dallas is that during it’s run, I met my future first wife, got married and then divorced. In a shorter period of time than this show lasted. It shouldn’t have surprised me though. She loved this stupid show and of course that meant that I had to watch it too. My ex thought Bobby was “dreamy” and that I was a complete bastard because I didn’t aspire to be the total wuss that his character was. I tended to root for J.R. because his character was a total sleezeball and I knew it pissed her off. Ahhh…the good old days. If only I could understand what went wrong……
Tracks:
Side One
- 01_01 – The Theme from Dallas
- 01_02 – Who Killed Jock Ewing?
- 01_03 – I Wanna Reach Out and Touch You
- 01_04 – Makin’ Up for Lost Time
- 01_05 – A Few Good Men
Side Two
This is a truly a piece of shite record! Yet, I wish I would have found it first and posted it.
Stop it….I’m blushing.
I’m waiting. For another record that is!