'There's plenty of people who'll claim that you can't make a great rock and roll record about the joys of matrimony. Bullshit, buddy. This is one of the wildest, weirdest records I've ever heard, made by a group so obscure that they make folks like the Students look like talk show regulars.
The announcement that Babalu (apparently a household name in whatever universe this song is situated) is finally getting hitched sends an entire society into frantic activity. Some laugh. Some sigh. We learn that he met his fiance, Hoskie Bopalena, at a Milwaukee Braves baseball game. Then, it seems Babalu misses the ceremony because his cheapskate friend refuses to lend him a dime to call for a ride. So he goes to work with a trained monkey, who steals all the cash and runs away as soon as work is over. That's it.
In my own view, Babalu's Wedding Day ranks with the wedding scene in The Searchers as an epitome of how such ceremonies should be conducted. That is, if I've got any of the details right. Amidst all the racket, it's real hard to be sure.'
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