''It's Only Right and Natural'' is the second

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by the band

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and was released in 1989 by

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, who was in charge of Homestead at the time, came into possession of some of the Flemion Brothers' improvised homemade tapes and signed them to the label. The Flemions were originally hoping that Homestead would release their debut album

, but Cosloy convinced them to release a gay-themed album instead. The album was recorded on 4-Track reel-to-reel in Dennis's living room and was originally meant to be for the Flemion brothers and their friends' own amusement, and was not originally considered for release. Most of the songs on the album deal with

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s associated with

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, especially negative ones used by social

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s. The lyrics are highly satirical and portray stereotypes in an absurdly over-the-top manner. Shortly before the album's release, the Flemions went forward with a gay-themed live act, with Dennis wearing a trademark pink sailor suit. Audiences who knew the Frogs from their earlier material were often confused by this change of direction. The album has since become an underground classic. The album's cover depicts a very young

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wearing a gay pride button. The album was a frequent target of conservative

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at the time of its release, and was featured in the video series " Hell's Bells: The Dangers of Rock 'N' Roll" (as chronicled on '' Toy Porno''). The band were chosen by

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to perform the album in its entirety at the

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festival that they curated in May 2011.

Track listing

# "I've Got Drugs (Out of the Mist)" – 2:20 # "I Don't Care If U Disrespect Me (Just So You Love Me)" – 2:04 # "Hot Cock Annie" – 2:19 # "These Are the Finest Queen Boys (I've Ever Seen)" – 2:12 # "Rosy Jack World" – 2:23 # "Someone's Pinning Me to the Ground" – 1:44 # "Baby Greaser George" – 1:54 # "(Thank God I Died in) The Car Crash" – 2:12 # "Gather 'Round for Savior #2" – 2:35 # "Richard Dick Richards" – 1:40 # "Men (Come on Men)" – 2:39 # "Dykes Are We" – 3:02 # "Been a Month Since I Had a Man" – 2:27 # "Homos" – 1:55

Personnel

Jimmy Flemion Jimmy Flemion is a founding member, with his older brother Dennis Flemion, of controversial independent rock band The Frogs. Jimmy is mostly the lead singer and guitarist for the group. He has been known to play solo shows with just an acoustic gu ...

- Guitars, Cello, Lead Vocals on 01, 07, 09, 12-14, Backing Vocals on 05 *

- Drums, Keyboards, Lead Vocals on 01-06, 08, 10-11, Backing Vocals on 12 * Scott LaBerge - Additional Cello

Influence

* The album was one of

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's favorites. It was on the Nirvana Top 50 albums list. * The quip "That was a good drum break" from the song "I Don't Care If U Disrespect Me (Just So You Love Me)" was

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d for the song " Where It's At" by

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. * DJ Rozwell, under the alias of "KFC Murder Chicks", sampled the pre-first verse instrumental part of "I Don't Care If U Disrespect Me (Just So You Love Me)" for his song "Tsundere". *

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's band

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named their album '' A Drug Problem That Never Existed'' (2003), after a lyric in the song "I've Got Drugs (Out Of The Mist)". *

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named an EP '' Rosy Jack World'' after this album's fifth song. * Australian punk band

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covered the song "Homos" from this album, which was released on their "i miss my lung" single and also in the traveling flea circus releas

*

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have performed "Homos" and possibly other Frogs songs in concert.

References

External links

Lyrics to ''It's Only Right and Natural''
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