Here is the "highly personal story" of Mrs. Gertrude Behanna, a story of alcohol, drug addiction, three broken marriages and attempted suicide. Just look at Gertrude, doesn't she exude the aura of misbehavior and a youth gone wild?! But who am I to know. Maybe God healed her visage of all that was ugly and wrong and replaced it with the happiness pictured here. Besides, she must have been bad – just look at the syringe and tormented sillouette in the lower right hand corner of the sleeve. I haven't listened to this whole story yet, but I have listened to enough to know that Gertrude was quite a card, and managed to entertain and crack her audience up numerous times.
Filed under: Incredibly Strange, Spoken Word, Weird / Neat Covers, Xian / Religious
I made a mothers day card out of parts of that cover. Specifically, the tormented sillouette.
Ha Ha!
You must have a very understanding mom!!
I’ve always loved this cover. Totally demonic.
i might be confusing this record with another one, but isn’t amy sedaris’s charater in strangers with candy party based on mrs. behanna?
I have this record- it changed my life. Just kidding. But I do have it. Do you have any Jerry Falwell lps? They’re fun too.
No, no Falwell LPs, although I would think of picking some up if I came across them. Especially if they had covers nearly this amusing!
I am new to this sight. I’ll have to get my 12 year old to teach me how to scan covers & then I can send over some samples. Got some strange ones.
The scuzzier the junk stores the more likely to find them, for some reason.
i picked up this record in a thrift store in sacramento a few weeks ago along with another record by her called “women — be women!” which details how women should focus their lives on being wives and mothers. the cover isn’t as cool as this one, but features a rather unflattering drawing of our dear gert.
Hey- i want to hear or read this- does anyone know where I might find it? Thanks, Lynette
Why are you making fun of something you don’t understand?
my roomie back in the late 80′s used to like to que this up on one turntable and some ‘plinky plinky’ piano music from some horror movie on another and play them together… Was a great combo.
I also liked to sample her on really bad mix tapes I was making for friends… especially the lines “I don’t need a psychiatrist, what I need is GOD!” and “A totally sick woman.”
This album helped cure me of my catholic upbringing and to find my true atheist within.
The funniest thing I found about this is all the comments from people who have no idea what Gert was talking about. Get a life you guys!
READ THE BOOK! She was a filthy rich woman who had everything. One day a friend said to her that there is one thing you don’t have. Gertrude ask what that might be . Her friend replied, “Jesus!” She attempted to out-give-God. But the more she gave -the more she got.