If Famous Albums Were Best-Selling Books, They'd Look Like This
FUSE TV - If Famous Albums Were Best-Selling Books, They'd Look Like This
Purple Rain is a dystopian sci-fi novel. Blood on the Tracks is a lurid pulp paperback. And Are You Experienced? is a self-help book from "a charismatic Harvard whizkid."
These are visions from an alternate universe where classic albums exist only as cheesy best-selling novels (also, it's a hilarious website called the Record Books). And the images from this familiar but twisted reality are as terrifying as they are strangely believable.
Take the backstory for Purple Rain, written by P. Rogers Nelson: "When a form of acid rain, caused by a comet ploughing into Uranus, appears to stunt the growth of every living thing on Earth, mankind’s very existence is on a knife edge. When a group of pygmies realize that the peach is the only plant unaffected, they found a new society, with the peach stone as its currency."
Firstly, let's acknowledge that a book with this plot is probably sitting in a dusty second-hand bookstore right now. Secondly, I can somehow imagine the real Prince actually reading this.
We've posted some of the funniest "albums as best-selling books" below, but you should definitely checkout the full library from Christophe Gowans' the Record Books. And be advised that you can buy prints of these at the Rockpot, which you probably should. Hey, they're a more memorable gift than a Starbucks card.
20m
Famous Ramos
22m
A Tough Sell
13m
D&D
46m
And Then There Were Six
45m
And Then There Were Five
2m
The Best of The Best Clash
Like A Girl
Like, Share, Dimelo
20m
Sweet Like Kuki
23m
Best Of
21m
No Place Like Home
1m
Like A Girl - Trailer
20m
Best of 2018
30s
Like Share Dimelo - Trailer
59m
Queen: How They Broke Free
1m
TallBoyz: First Look
30s
Upcycle Nation: First Look
1m
Bollywed S2: First Look
1m
Sex Clinic: First Look
22m
Best of Part 1
21m
Best of Part 2
45m
Best of Part 3
20m
J.I.D
22m
Kat Von D
44m
Chew On This
57m
If I Should Die Before I Wake
20m
They Done Gave Us a TV Show
1m
Made From Scratch: First Look
41m
Tina Turner: Simply the Best
8m
Why This Show Exists?
41m
A Glove That Fits Like a Dress
1m
Made From Scratch S4: First Look
1m
Made From Scratch S5: First Look
23m
Father's Rights: Does Father Know Best?
21m
This Is A Sex Toy
1m
T-Pain's School of Business: First Look
1m
The Hollywood Puppet Show S2: First Look
46s
Tina Shows Off Her Most Glamorous Looks
1m
T Pain School of Buisiness - Where Are They Now? Weedwine
21m
I've Got This Foot Thing
59m
David Bowie: Out of this World
2m
All the Best Moments From Saturday Morning Fever
1m
T-Pain's School of Business - Where Are They Now? Morning Recovery
1m
Dublab Is Internet Radio Like You've Never Heard Before
24m
J.I.D., Madame Gandhi, 24kGoldn
30s
Fuse+ is the Home for Big Freedia Means Business, Sex Sells, Made From Scratch & More!
1m
If Clash of the Corps Stars Could Role-Play For A Day
1m
This Is How A DCI Marimbist Rolls
1m
Clash of the Corps Cast Share Which Amenities They Miss The Most
7m
Comedians Learn About This Weird Pickle Law
20m
Young R.E.A.D Feat.Young M.A
1m
What Does The Transcendent Star Look For In A Man: Dear Bambiana
4m
Let's Puff Puff Pass This Entire 2020 Election: Hot Tops
2m
T-Pain's School of Business: Neurogum- Focus Boosting Gum | Season 1 Look Back |
1m
T-Pain's School of Business: Fly Boys' Couture Club- Luxury Streetwear | Season 1 Look Back |
1m
T-Pain's School of Business: Artiphon- The All In One Musical Device | Season 1 Look Back |
23m
Performance Anxiety
3602s
Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths
21m
Nicole Scherzinger
44m
Vegas Strip
21m
Danny Trejo
2m
Carlos Niño Shares His All-Time Favorite Record
22m
Gringo 101
12m
Reebok
22m
Gloria and Emilio Estefan
40m
Matthew, Analise and Hunter
22m
Mark Ronson's Vinyl Collection
11m
Evidence's Vinyl Collection
21m
Into The Woods
12m
Anthony Ramos On 'The Good & The Bad' (Extended Cut)
15m
Dan the Automator's Vinyl Collection
1h 2m
The Beatles: In the Life
9m
Tony Touch's Vinyl Collection
13m
DJ Eclipse's Vinyl Collection on Crate Diggers
20m
Flipp Dinero
5m
You Need A Certification To Be A Fortune Teller!? Funny US Laws
6m
How Much Is too Much When It Comes to Sex with Weezy
14m
Where Is It Illegal To Eat Frogs?!
2m
Danny Trejo & His Son Discuss his Prison Past while Making Trejo’s Tacos
2m
Sneakerheadz - Trailer
1h 3m
Sneakerheadz
6m
Fila Returns with 96s and Ninja Turtles
23m
Should Reality TV Be Nip/Tucked?
21m
Mr. Scruff's Vinyl Collection
1h 28m
Salt in My Soul
20m
You're Cut
44m
Pole Dancer Diet
54m
Prince: Kiss the Rain
21m
Where Did People Get All These Milk Crates?
22m
Bronx Beauty
21m
Wacken Open Air Festival
9m
Christophe Roberts
10m
Privilege Theatre
58m
The Last 24 Hours: Prince
G-Thing
20m
Poppin' Up
1m
White Coat Rebels - Trailer
40m
Everybody Loves Chris Rock
42m
Recycle Your Baby Clothes
22m
