1996 - Born on a Pirate Ship - Barenaked Ladies
- bribriny
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30 Years Ago - 1996 Barenaked Ladies released their thrid full-length album Born on a Pirate Ship.
The title and front cover photo refers to a vulgar joke that was popular around the time the band members were children. One kid would instruct another to pull back the corners of their mouth with their fingers (but not stick their tongue out) and say, "I was born on a pirate ship." The result would sound like them saying, "I was born on a pile o' shit." Sometimes "with a bunch of apples" would be added at the end, which would come out as "with a bunch of assholes."
"Shoe Box" also appeared on the soundtrack to Friends and had no US chart action.
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