![]() Was this gum being used to keep the strap of her dress in place (which quite clearly failed to hold)? Was the man pre-chewing it for the woman, and handing it over to her in the most clumsy way possible? Is she a runway model, and the man stuck to her is an outside-the-box fashion accessory? That’s a bit unrealistic, no? ![]() I can only speculate, and I relish in the opportunity to do so. I want to know what exactly lead to this mishap occurring. I’d like to have experienced this from the perspective of the photographer. Based on the woman’s cold, expressionless face, it doesn’t look like it has placed this gentleman into her good graces. She’s an attractive woman, possibly out of my league, but even I’m not desperate enough to rely on some Bazooka Joe gag as an icebreaker. Some readers may be assuming what my perverted intentions are if I think that I’d want to experience this scene, but it’s not what you think. The Eagles’ The Long Run didn’t even get an honourable mention. Don’t dismiss the accolade as merely a popularity contest. It caught the eyes of the Playboy staff, who gave Lovedrive their album artwork of the year award for 1979. While the Scorpions may have been gradually evolving to a more American hard rock style at this stage in their career, they still brought forth the controversy with regards to their covers. Even taken out those famous Floyd sleeves, you’d still have a great likelihood of owning one of his many album creations. Thorgerson was an in-demand cover designer for much of his life. Here we have a Storm Thorgerson/Hipnosis creation, who is perhaps best known for Pink Floyd’s highly-recognizable The Dark Side of The Moon art, as well as Wish You Were Here, and Animals. I was close enough at a Bob Mould show that I was sprayed with his sweat a few times, but that’s where I draw the line. Lynott isn’t only part of the way through a crowd-pleasing slide across the stage, or else I’d be getting to know the man a little too well for my comfort. This is ideally how a concert is supposed to be viewed, with a front-row-center perspective, and the assurance that there aren’t hundreds of smartphones flashing behind you. The closest I ever got was catching guitarist Scott Gorham with Black Star Riders (they did play ‘ Jailbreak’ to the crowd’s delight). I’m too young to have experienced Thin Lizzy in-concert seeing as band linchpin Phil Lynott passed away before I even learned how to walk. There are a massive amount of musicians I’d love to see live, but here’s an example of one that would have been downright impossible to have witnessed. I’ve thought of including one of Genesis Live or Rush’s A ll the W orld’s a S tage, but thought the guy-to-girl ratio might be a little to high in those audiences for some people’s tastes, so I’m going with some good old hard rock with Thin Lizzy’s Live and Dangerous. I wanted to pick one of an era of artists career I’d loved to have experienced first-hand. I’ll make it easy by leading off with a live album. ![]() With that business taken care of, here’s what I think are five excellent choices. the many nameless gospel or polka albums that are left to bake in the sun at rummage sales the world over.covers with nothing but a lifeless, staged photo of the band (which eliminates most Greatest Hits compilations or albums by The Beach Boys ).anything Vince Locke did for Cannibal Corpse (for reasons that shouldn’t need explaining ).Here are some things that you won’t be seeing on the list: This was one of the first potential blog topics I wanted to share, and around a year later, I’m finally getting to it. To be more specific, as my chosen title for this entry implies, album covers I’d want to experience. ![]() Album covers that can stand alone, and have a life all to themselves. For the case of the analysis below, I’m looking at album covers that can transport me mentally to a different place. I believe that any good album cover should inspire the viewer in some way or another. Most music fans will tell you that not all album covers are created equally, the most intricate of which could rival the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel, and the least intricate looking like a sixteen-second Photoshop job. There’s no rule book when it comes to their conception, legal issues notwithstanding (see Van Morrison’s recent Roll with The Punches). There are so many aspects in which to analyze an album’s artwork.
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