Do the Twist!

This scary graphic of noseless and mouthless aliens conducting an intergalactic diplomatic mission comes from Ray Charles's 1961 album, Do the Twist!, Atlantic 8054.

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 05, 2009
Category: Aliens | Design and Designers | Graphics | 1960s | Dance

Comments

I thought the twist involved some mild booty shaking but apparently its just waving your arms and giving each other a threatening lean. My bad.

Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 03/05/09 at 10:22 AM

Jules, mild anything never entered into The Twist. At least not the way we did it.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/05/09 at 10:33 AM

These are actually ancient heiroglyphs depicting Luke and Leia doing the Coruscant Stomp (note the hair on the female in 1a -1c).

Posted by DownCrisis on 03/05/09 at 12:41 PM

Strange, this looks a lot like the graphic they used in my sex ed classes in middle school.

Posted by Nethie on 03/05/09 at 04:40 PM

Nethie - you must have gone to a Southern Baptist school. They tend to view dancing as a precursor for sex.

Posted by Madd Maxx on 03/05/09 at 04:46 PM

Mo. Synod Lutherans were/are no slouches on the dancing, makeup, and bare knees thing either.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/06/09 at 09:16 AM

@Daniel - You win. I'm speechless.

Posted by Nethie on 03/06/09 at 03:57 PM

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