The Faith Tones: "Jesus Use Me" LP cover

I can't find this LP on the torrent sites. One sold recently on eBay for $21.

The Faith Tones: "Jesus Use Me" LP cover

[#1 posted by Grant D , October 1, 2008 9:40 AM]

New Desktop.

[#2 posted by BrotherPower , October 1, 2008 9:46 AM]

Hey, don't laugh. An unholy amalgamation of those ladies just might be our next vice president. Curse you, Frankenstein!!

[#3 posted by minTphresh , October 1, 2008 9:51 AM]

how could any christ-like being refuse such an offer? use them indeed!

[#4 posted by PhiCancri , October 1, 2008 9:51 AM]

There is no way, no how, that those are women. I refuse to believe!

[#5 posted by dbarak , October 1, 2008 9:52 AM]

Left to right:

Brad Pitt(?), Buster Poindexter, Jay Leno

[#6 posted by AceJohnny , October 1, 2008 9:53 AM]

That's photoshopped, right? Tell me it is. Please.

(it seems like their hairdos were added afterwards, especially the middle one)

[#7 posted by GeekDadCanada , October 1, 2008 9:53 AM]

Check out the graphic in the comments for your proof #2.

http://j-walkblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/the_faith_tones/

[#8 posted by jenjen , October 1, 2008 10:08 AM]

I agree about Buster Poindexter, but I think the left and right ones are Tom Hanks and John Lithgow, respectively.

[#9 posted by Lilorfnannie , October 1, 2008 10:10 AM]

Mark, your posts frequently mock Christianity and Christians. (No I don't buy for a minute that this post is solely about the hairdos and the unfortunately worded title. You keep doing things like this too frequently for it not to be about Christianity.) How you must hate them; you sneer so openly and so frequently. It's also really hypocritical when liberal, supposedly open-minded people are anything but when it comes to Christianity. I thought this blog was better than this, I'm disappointed.

As an Apostolic Christian I knew I didn't belong here but for the most part I thought I could be left in peace- but this is getting to be a pattern, and it's getting really old. Whatevers- it's your blog, not mine! I know where the exit door is!

[#10 posted by MameDennis , October 1, 2008 10:12 AM]

Sorry, the third one is clearly a young Stephen Fry.

[#11 posted by dbarak , October 1, 2008 10:17 AM]

>>#9 posted by jenjen

I was thinking Tom Hanks too, to be honest.

[#12 posted by Not a Doktor , October 1, 2008 10:20 AM]

Loving the hair-muts

[#13 posted by Mark Frauenfelder , October 1, 2008 10:28 AM]

Lilorfnannie@10: "It's also really hypocritical when liberal, supposedly open-minded people are anything but when it comes to Christianity."

The old "you're a hypocrite for not being tolerant of intolerance" saw.

[#14 posted by JG , October 1, 2008 10:31 AM]

Finally proof of the old adage, "The bigger the hair the closer to God!"

[#15 posted by celynnen , October 1, 2008 10:32 AM]

Oh please, Annie, clearly you missed the science fair geeks photo spread.

[#16 posted by ClintonD , October 1, 2008 10:32 AM]

>>#10

Chill out, the hairdoes are hilarious, as is the double(triple?)-entendre of the title. Really, BoingBoing isn't serious business(ok, maybe sometimes)

[#17 posted by Paul , October 1, 2008 10:32 AM]

@LILORFNANNIE

Wow, sensitive. Do you see anyone here going "ooo look, weird looking christians, that's what happens when you become a christian"?

Noone is attacking christians here, you are the first to mention it. The joks have mostly been about that insane 50/60s hair. The unfortunate title is the icing on the cake.

I suggest you watch/listen to Marcus Brigstock's clasic 7 minute talk, "Can the rest of us have our planet back", especially the bit about how not everything said about you is automatically an insult.

Youtube goodness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY-ZrwFwLQg

Paul

[#18 posted by weaponx , October 1, 2008 10:34 AM]

#10 - Avert your eyes my brother! Let the hand of God whisk you away from this abomination!

Seriously, there is nothing derogatory in this post...other than your comment.

[#19 posted by kathode , October 1, 2008 10:34 AM]

#10 is right. We really need to treat this with the respect it deserves.

Carry on, then!

[#20 posted by debacle , October 1, 2008 10:42 AM]

So, three tranvestites want to be Jesus's rough trade? Groovy, I'd pay to see that.

[#21 posted by onedogdan , October 1, 2008 10:43 AM]

no way those are women. prankster photoshopping crossdressers maybe...

[#22 posted by allan , October 1, 2008 10:48 AM]

The one in the middle looks like one of the kids in the American Funny Games.

[#23 posted by stevehops , October 1, 2008 10:49 AM]

50's 60's? Women in Minnesota still wear their hair that way today. It's quite practical and handsome, don't you know?

[#24 posted by Phikus , October 1, 2008 10:55 AM]

Finally, female counterparts to the Devo New Traditionalist look.

LILORFN@10: There is no need to mock when it does such a good job all on its own, and so have you.

[#25 posted by ryan , October 1, 2008 10:56 AM]

Are you sure this isn't just a still from one of those Tim and Eric Absolut vodka ads?

[#26 posted by Alan , October 1, 2008 11:01 AM]

@ #10 - I'm a Christian, and I wholly approve the mocking of this album cover.

[#27 posted by Chaoticfluffy , October 1, 2008 11:01 AM]

The one on the right looks really disturbingly like old photos of my grandmother. But I think grams went more for the helmet-head curls than the helmet-head feathering.

Phew, must not be her!

[#28 posted by hassan-i-sabbah , October 1, 2008 11:02 AM]

For added Jesus goodness here one of his own
http://www.imeem.com/ernstnicole/music/XTVOtsU_/jimmy_swaggart_plays_the_hammond_organ_jesus_use_me/

[#29 posted by Sekino , October 1, 2008 11:07 AM]

Okay. I am not trying to be some gender biased... whatever, but I also had this instant belief that these were men (before I read the article, I thought they must have been some modern alternative band Photoshopped that way for their quirky album cover. Wow.)

So as I tried to find out about the actual band, I stumbled upon a blog post written by a fan of the band. I had to include the excerpts I found most entertaining/puzzling:

I was a big fan back in the 60s, and played that album daily. I couldn't decide which one I liked best: Frances (the "cute Faith Tone"), Francine (the "pudgy Faith Tone"), or Franny ("the slut"). o_O

Rumor has it that Franny went on to become a successful Jay Leno impersonator in Vegas. It's probably not true.

Re: Franny, the rumor I heard is that she became Jay Leno. (the best is yet ahead)

You wouldn't think it possible to combine smoldering sexuality *and* worship but that's what made the Faith Tones special. (wait for it, waiiiiit for it)

I used to have a few more of their albums, in college. Their second effort was called "Come Inside Me, Jesus", critically well received, but not a but not a lot of takers. Another was "Oh Jesus, Don't Stop Now". O_O

I'm imagining that all these people could happen to be flawlessly sarcastic... But I can't seem to find any indication of that myself.

[#30 posted by powerpants , October 1, 2008 11:18 AM]

I've been quite entertained and not offended in the slightest at pretty much all the posts called into question by #10 up until now, until Mark's response to her.......at what point did we decide that all christians are intolerant?

[#31 posted by Teej , October 1, 2008 11:18 AM]

Can't...look...away.....

[#32 posted by UnderRat , October 1, 2008 11:20 AM]

I'm seeing Jimmy Kimmel in the middle there, betweet Tom Hanks and Steven Fry.

[#33 posted by Bevatron Repairman , October 1, 2008 11:22 AM]

I'm a Catholic and this is totally worth mocking, but Mark, I don't think this is about "tolerance of the intolerant" unless we're to assume that three ladies with odd hairdos singing songs about JC is necessarily intolerant. Falwell? Robertson? Yeah, intolerant. Three weird ladies doing their thing? I don't see it.

[#34 posted by Sekino , October 1, 2008 11:27 AM]

@ 31 & 34

I think Mark was pointing out the fact that the #10 poster was being intolerant.

[#35 posted by Daemon , October 1, 2008 11:29 AM]

#10 = Persecution Complex.

[#36 posted by WarEagle , October 1, 2008 11:33 AM]

I am a bigger fan of their follow up album "Jesus, come inside of me"

[#37 posted by FoetusNail , October 1, 2008 11:34 AM]

Thought that was Peter Sellers on the right.

[#38 posted by Mark Frauenfelder , October 1, 2008 11:45 AM]

powerpants@31: "at what point did we decide that all christians are intolerant?"

At no point.

[#39 posted by gladeye , October 1, 2008 11:49 AM]

#10, it would be funny even it wasn't religious/christian, but the fact that it's got a religious bent DOES make it more funny. Asking anyone, especially a savior, to "use" you just doesn't have the ring it did 50 years ago. I've never understood Christians who claim they are misunderstood, when THEY are the dominant religious influence on American culture. Christians who feel persecuted have plenty resources and experience to get back at jews, muslims, atheists, gays etc. anyway, so have at it you poor WASP you.

[#40 posted by Keneke , October 1, 2008 11:54 AM]

You guys have got it all wrong. The one on the left is Brendan Fraser.

And I've decided to be insulted at the intolerance of the intolerance of the intolerance. Please allow me to not be as intolerant as I would like to not be, but rather be as intolerant of intolerance half as less as I'd be willing to be.

[#41 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2008 11:56 AM]

Nothing in the world will convince me that the person on the right in this picture is *NOT* Stephen Fry in drag.

[#42 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2008 12:01 PM]

If that's Andy Kindler on the left and Stephen Frye on the right, then who's the guy in the middle?

[#43 posted by ryane , October 1, 2008 12:05 PM]

#10, did you see the Sonseed video Mark posted. It was not mocking. I'm listening to it right now. Zap. Much better than JC Superska.

[#44 posted by avar1ce , October 1, 2008 12:15 PM]

Bng tht gly s xctly wht drvs prsn t Gd.

dts.

[#45 posted by twobeeshawn , October 1, 2008 12:20 PM]

@10 I believe the exit doors are located on the far right and to your extreme left

[#46 posted by EH , October 1, 2008 12:27 PM]

Kimmel for the middle is good, but I'm gonna have to assert "Brendan Fraser" for the one on the left.

[#47 posted by dbarak , October 1, 2008 12:45 PM]

Intolerant? After looking at that album cover, I'm incontinent.

[#48 posted by dbarak , October 1, 2008 12:47 PM]

Oh, and don't forget about this...

http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/0/6/866066_170x170.jpg

[#49 posted by Gainclone , October 1, 2008 1:00 PM]

Grandma? GRANDPA!?

[#50 posted by dbarak , October 1, 2008 1:01 PM]

I kinda' wonder what they look like 45 or so years later...

[#51 posted by powerpants , October 1, 2008 1:01 PM]

@ mark -
in that case, I apologize for misinterpreting your comment.

[#52 posted by Antinous , October 1, 2008 1:01 PM]

That's Pete Wentz in the middle. And he really shouldn't go out without his guyliner.

[#53 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2008 1:04 PM]

Frances, Francine, and Franny?
I knew the regular music industry was "making the bands" by this time, but that makes me think the "unfortunate" title might have been deliberate.

As for the hairdos, yes conformity often is scary!

[#54 posted by phquaryn , October 1, 2008 1:11 PM]

I like how they match their jumpers to indicate they are part of the group, then express their individuality through their collars.

[#55 posted by pinguis , October 1, 2008 1:11 PM]

@29 sekino:
Its flawless sarcasm, I hope to god :)

I want a mokumentary to be done about these "ladies"... Really bad!!

[#56 posted by Stefan Jones , October 1, 2008 1:16 PM]

David Lynch can only wish he could make up shit this weird.

[#57 posted by Wigwam Jones , October 1, 2008 1:59 PM]

For those under the age of 30, I suggest that you take a good look at your high school graduation photo. Now look at this album cover. This is exactly how your children and grandchildren will view your graduation photo by the time you are 60.

I find it amusing that every generation thinks they finally have the secret to everlasting cool, and their fashions, trends, and fads will never go out of style.

You should mock now, with gusto. So you'll know what it's like when you are mocked later on.

Submitted with humility from a man who once wore bell-bottom jeans and a wide white leather belt. I apologize to any whose brains have just melted down at that horrifying mental image.

[#58 posted by Sekino , October 1, 2008 2:11 PM]

For those under the age of 30, I suggest that you take a good look at your high school graduation photo. Now look at this album cover. This is exactly how your children and grandchildren will view your graduation photo by the time you are 60.

Not to argue, but my grandmother didn't look anything like these people.

And I already mock my own pics... pretty much regardless of the era.

So I keep laughing ;)

[#59 posted by Snowpea , October 1, 2008 2:30 PM]

This is for reals? Noooo, can't be. Men in drag, gotta be.

[#60 posted by IronyElemental , October 1, 2008 2:38 PM]

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble...

[#61 posted by Wigwam Jones , October 1, 2008 2:40 PM]

Not to argue, but my grandmother didn't look anything like these people.

Neither did my grandmother. My mother wore her hair pretty much exactly like that. Perhaps not quite so high, but she wasn't in show business. The glasses are dead on.

I dunno. I agree it looks outrageous by today's standards, and funny. I LOL'd. But it wasn't that unusual by the standards of the time, just as our standards seem perfectly normal to us and will seem outlandish to later generations. So it goes.

[#62 posted by Bitgod , October 1, 2008 3:16 PM]

Tom Hanks, Eddie Izzard, Stephen Fry

[#63 posted by Bonegnawer , October 1, 2008 3:27 PM]

This has been said a million times before, but they just look like nerdy guys crossdressing.

[#64 posted by Grant D , October 1, 2008 3:37 PM]

These chicks are personally responsible for 1/3rd of the ozone layer depletion due to excessive use of Aqua-net.

[#65 posted by NicoNicoNico , October 1, 2008 3:40 PM]

Hmm, my maternal grandmother wore her hair long (in the 40's and 50's; I know, right?) and my paternal grandmother had a respectable, 30's style perm. I'm jealous of both those styles, thank you very much.

These are just...wow. Talk about spending twice your food budget on hairspray.

[#66 posted by OM , October 1, 2008 3:54 PM]

...Lessee, I could Xtian bash here, but I've got a better one: You see those quasibeehive hairdos? Well, believe it or not, they have a second use. They perform the same protective services for women that tinfoil hats provide for guys! They protect their brains from being scanned and mind-controlled by the Greys/Feds/Nazis!

[thinks]

...Hey, would I get banned from Boing Boing if I photochopped one of those beehives onto Xeni or Mark's heads?

[#67 posted by Chevan , October 1, 2008 4:27 PM]

I'm not convinced those weren't cut and pasted from other (larger scaled) heads.

I just can't see someone having that much hair.

[#68 posted by quail , October 1, 2008 4:43 PM]

Shellacked hair gives you the aerodynamics needed to walk through a Minnesota ice storm. My vote is that these young ladies were from the land of the north.

[#69 posted by Digital Artz , October 1, 2008 4:54 PM]

I was screwing girls that looked just like that
in the 1960's that's when "the pill" came out.
By the way they look like Hassidic Jewish wives that
must wear a wig outdoors,I guess the wigmakers used
this cover as a guide,no offense meant by me on this
religious custom,just some humor.

[#70 posted by theLadyfingers , October 1, 2008 4:58 PM]

I'm not able to rationalise the physical volume occupied by the one on the left's hair. Is it combed over a partly inflated balloon?

[#71 posted by minamisan , October 1, 2008 5:04 PM]

I've heard the words "Jesus use me" in so many movies now, but no-one was wearing clothes like that. Now that i think of it, no-one was wearing clothes at all.

[#72 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2008 5:46 PM]

Proof positive that people can "look" like an Ethel, a Myrtle or a Beatrice.

[#73 posted by minTphresh , October 1, 2008 5:48 PM]

LILORPHANANNIE#10 if you find that exit door, try not to let it hit ya where the good lawd dun split ya. a-men.

[#74 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2008 7:18 PM]

That's definitely Craig Finn from The Hold Steady on the right.

[#75 posted by Anonymous , October 1, 2008 8:04 PM]

@Lilorphanannie #10: You! Out of my religion! You, and the oh-so-vocal "Christians" like you, are making us saner Christians look whiny, humorless, and extremely butthurt.

[#76 posted by caiaphas , October 1, 2008 8:49 PM]

i think i've left a moist spot on my chair....

[#77 posted by caiaphas , October 1, 2008 8:51 PM]

and also, those two on the right are drag queens.

[#78 posted by Stevezilla , October 1, 2008 10:00 PM]

For some reason I feel compelled to watch some Kids in the Hall, I just don't know why...

[#79 posted by Antinous , October 1, 2008 10:43 PM]

those two on the right are drag queens.

Excuse me? Drag queens wear make-up.

[#80 posted by han , October 1, 2008 11:40 PM]

Come on, stop pestering LILORPHANANNIE#10. She's obviously distressed because she didn't think anyone remembered this old high school band of hers any more. And besides, this is a good, healthy way to channel one's youthful urges for Jesus.

[#81 posted by eclectro , October 2, 2008 12:21 AM]

@60 Wigwam Jones - Well put friend. I tried hard to look stylish back in the 70's and cared about my appearance. However I bet that if there were photos that could be found I would look like the goofiest oddball around today.

When you look at them, I bet a "makeover" with a different hairstyle, clothing, and makeup they would look comparable to what we think beauty is today.

I too will keep an eye out for their record. Don't bid against me Mark. Maybe I could make an mp3 and upload it to the archive, as I bet that the copyright was not renewed.

[#82 posted by placidbeau , October 2, 2008 12:28 AM]

Recall post from Mark Frauenfelder back in June, featuring another trio of similarly coifed females. No religious connotations to that post, unless one searched for the tinsel-laden christmas tree in the back of the photo posted later in the week (http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/11/girl-in-a-plastic-wi.html#comment-209935).

So, were the “Faith Tones” inspired by the “3 Play Wigs,” or vice versa?

Lack of punctuation between “Jesus” and “Use Me” lends to polyvalence. Would like to see “us,” from “Angelus Records,” incorporated into title (replacing “me”) and promoted in some sort of graphic form...”jesUS USe US.”

[#83 posted by altgrave , October 2, 2008 12:57 AM]

UNICORN CHASER, FOR THE LOVE OF HUMANITY!

[#84 posted by Phikus , October 2, 2008 12:57 AM]

KENEKE@40: ftw! (Now please explain to me what the heck you said...)

DBARAK@50: I'm sure they all have the same hairstyle, albeit gray, and wear the same clothes. Was this look ever hip, even for a nanosecond? If so, in what alternate dimension?

I think I'll stick to Jesus having built my hot rod, thanks.

[#85 posted by trstn , October 2, 2008 4:11 AM]

Martians.. I knew they are among us.

[#86 posted by mikelotus , October 2, 2008 4:52 AM]

#9 Nice not knowing you.

[#87 posted by mikelotus , October 2, 2008 4:55 AM]

A great web comic for those that believe or don't believe in Jesus -- http://www.officialjesuschrist.com/main.php

[#88 posted by mikelotus , October 2, 2008 4:57 AM]

#28 Swaggert's cousins were Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. He was a man with much musical talent actually.

[#89 posted by jathomas , October 2, 2008 5:43 AM]

The Faith Tone on the right looks like a young Stephen Fry...

[#90 posted by anthropomorphictoast , October 2, 2008 8:38 AM]

And that is why we had the hippy movement in the 60s. It was a rebellion for equal rights, freedom of expression, and freedom from shellacking your hair into unnatural and scary forms.

Also, Re: Offending the Christians...My Catholic buddy thinks this is friggin' hilarious. :P

[#91 posted by UnderRat , October 2, 2008 9:48 AM]

Yeah, Brendan Frasier Left...much better than Tom Hanks. Still sticking with Steven Fry on the right and Jimmy Kimmel in the middle.

[#92 posted by weaponx , October 2, 2008 10:09 AM]

#18 My mistake, reply was meant for #9

[#93 posted by Halloween Jack , October 2, 2008 10:13 AM]

Full title of the title song: "Jesus Use Me (Like I'm Mary Magdalene)".

[#94 posted by revscapegoat , October 2, 2008 10:22 AM]

Stephen Fry?! Peter Sellers?!?

It's OBVIOUSLY Robin Tyner from the MC5 on the right, kicking out the jesus jams, mothersuperiors!

[#95 posted by violet222 , October 2, 2008 11:02 AM]

I have a small collection of these...uh, suggestive religous LPs. Here they are: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitnuld/sets/981475/detail/

[#96 posted by minTphresh , October 2, 2008 11:33 AM]

I FIGGERED IT OUT!!! It's those three wacky brits from the BBCTV hit programme : "Top Gear"! Some crazy promo or somesuch.

[#97 posted by Ceybi , October 2, 2008 11:39 AM]

thank you

[#98 posted by Jane Kansas , October 2, 2008 11:58 AM]

John 11:35

[#99 posted by teckels , October 2, 2008 1:27 PM]

The only thing that comes to my mind is "The Exorcist".

[#100 posted by rad08 , October 2, 2008 2:53 PM]

Has anyone mentioned the infamous "Let Me Touch Him" by the Minister's Quartet? Much more upsetting than this Faith Tones trio.

http://citadino.blogsome.com/images/letmetouch1.jpg

[#101 posted by GlobalVillageIdiots , October 2, 2008 3:34 PM]

SORRY FOLKS That's PhotoShopped check out the real photo here:
Jesus Use Me

[#102 posted by Sijay , October 2, 2008 8:03 PM]

Agreed:
1. Brendan Frasier
3. Stephen Fry

Further nominations for 2:
- Eddie Izzard
- Bruce McCulloch

Discuss. If, at this point, you still care.

[#103 posted by Anonymous , October 2, 2008 11:36 PM]

I posit that #3 = Mo Rocca.

[#104 posted by fcw , October 3, 2008 6:31 AM]

Well, I see:

1. Brendan Fraser
2. Matt Damon
3. Stephen Fry

[#105 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator , October 3, 2008 10:29 AM]

Hey, those hairdos are a technological achievement. See the one on the left? You think it's easy getting that perfectly circular, uniform curl all the way around the crown of her head? As for them looking like boys, that's partly because they aren't wearing any makeup, and partly the result of an unnatural absence of sexual consciousness. I don't know where the pallor comes from, unless they live in Minnesota and the photo was taken in late winter.

Lilorfnannie @9, you've been a pain in the wazoo before, but this comment takes the cake. Fortunately, it's inadvertently amusing, which is a big improvement. If you're going to post again in future, could you please try to get the same effect? Thank you.

Hassan-i-Sabbah @28: That one needed a NSFW warning.

Keneke @40, you win. That should be embroidered and framed on the wall.

Avar1ce @44, try being inadvertently funny next time.

OM @66, it depends.

Chevan @67, Ladyfingers @70, it's possible. It just takes some doing.

Anthropomorphictoast @90, your moderator thinks it's a complete hoot.

Jane Kansas @98, good 'un.

[#106 posted by wayne_pickard , October 3, 2008 3:27 PM]

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer. It's an advert for their upcoming film lampooning the Christian music trade in the early 60's. Here's hoping it will be as big as Hairspray.

[#107 posted by Anonymous , October 8, 2008 12:49 PM]

I can easily imagine John Waters having this kitschily delirious LP cover enshrined in his home. It looks like a girl group he'd feature in one of his films. And of COURSE they're all females. The one in the center is my Aunt Frannie.