My Top 2000 Songs #1172: Blind Man's Penis

If you're not familiar with the legendary "Blind Man's Penis" (a.k.a. "Peace & Love"), are you any kind of music fan at all? 

The story begins with John Trubee, who came across an ad in the back of a tabloid offering to turn your poem into a hit song: all you needed to do was send in the words, and a check for $79.95, to some shady outfit in Nashville. So Trubee wrote some insane lyrics about dropping acid and UFOs and assorted gibberish, and shortly received a copy of a single setting his nonsense to a faux country song. The company left the words intact (though what had been "Stevie Wonder's penis is erect because he's blind" was revised to "a blind man's penis."

Trubee ended up distributing a few copies of the single, and it got picked up by an indie label (which changed the original title of "Peace And Love" to "Blind Man's Penis" for its official 1983 release). And that in turn ended up at the college radio station, where naturally we played it to death. (Bonus points because Trubee happened to be living in Princeton, NJ, where the station was based.)

Apparently the song also circulates credited to the for-hire singer who had the privilege of singing these poignant lyrics, Ramsey Kearney.

Trubee singing a live punk version circa late 90s:

AI turns it into a legit country anthem: