Gaily, Gaily original motion picture score

Title: Gaily, Gaily
Artist: Henry Mancini
Purchased: Savers, Madison, WI July 2006
Verdict: Ditch it

Based on the cover, this one could have been great. From the tagline ("The movie of a 19 year old who went to town–who went to town!" and "By the time Ben Harvey is 21 years old, he won't have a thrill left in his body.") to the photo of the young man on the cover, completely nude save a paperboy hat and beat-up satchel covering his governor, it looked like it would have at least one acid-rock freakout song or at least some swinging mod music. Plus, it's a Norman "Jesus Christ Super Star" Jewison film. Huh? Huh?

Anyone could have made that mistake.

Instead, what you get is a bunch of banjo and tuba faux-dixieland crap that makes you want to dig up Mancini to punch him. I cant imagine a less-gay sounding album than this, unless, unbeknownst to me, banjos have been secret code for gay for years. I threw it on the "Get out of my house!" pile.