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Party Party: The Dance Party Album Of Nightmares

At first I thought this couldn't be real, but apparently, it is: before there was Kidz Bop, the mysterious 1980's produced a party record of musak versions of lame, silly songs to get your extremely lame party started. Remember the guy who wouldn't dance? He's your dad:

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Hahaha, "The Bird Dance" -- because "The Chicken Dance" was too avant garde and copyrighted and super cool. If Google's list of weird file sharing sites with track listings from this album are to be trusted, this was a very real thing that existed, though it's hard to believe these records weren't just secretly filled with cocaine. (Thanks for the tip, Amanda!)

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