Album Art competition
Lee
these 50 covers as the Best over the rest? What's with that Sex Pistols
cover? ....Snore.... And how does something as plain as that Duran
Duran Rio cover get 20 percent of the votes? Other than YES, I'd vote
for all the covers with naked folks. In the old days (Hedrix - Electric
Lady Land) nudity on the cover was good promo but bad shelf life. Hey,
remember Waters' Pros And Cons of Hitch Hiking? I was floored when they
put the black box over that great butt. (I still have the first issue
somewhere. Is it worth $1, yet?) Without a doubt in my mind,
LennonOno's Two Virgins is the boldest cover ever. "Hi. Here I am
naked, and here's my wife naked, even though most of you don't want to
see us naked."
http://www.rollingstone.com/features/50albumcovers/vote1.asp
John T/CountV
> The Rolling Stones album art compitition seems odd to me.
It usually is. It's Rolling Stone, fergawdssake - most clueless
music/culture mag twenty years running.
> Who picked
> these 50 covers as the Best over the rest? What's with that Sex Pistols
> cover? ....Snore...
Jamie Reid - stylistically *incredibly* influential and groundbreaking. It
deserves to be on there more than almost any other one.
> And how does something as plain as that Duran
> Duran Rio cover get 20 percent of the votes?
All I can say is 'kitsch factor'. That people would vote for it for any
other reason is a frightening thought.
--
CountV/John T
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YESONGS
>From: Lee yes...@yesmuseum.org
>Hey,
>remember Waters' Pros And Cons of Hitch Hiking? I was floored when they
>put the black box over that great butt. (I still have the first issue
>somewhere. Is it worth $1, yet?)
Not based on the music, maybe on the butt.
:)
Eddie
David Rheault
"John T/CountV" <countRE...@m-ideas.com> wrote in message
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> On 02-02-16 08.57, Lee <yes...@yesmuseum.org> thought of this to say:
>
> > The Rolling Stones album art compitition seems odd to me.
>
> It usually is. It's Rolling Stone, fergawdssake - most clueless
> music/culture mag twenty years running.
It's as irrelevant as the Village Voice. RS had their day in the sun just as
the VV did. Those times are past and those publications are as irrelevant as
they claim prog is.
People thought that some of the music we liked would become true classics of
their genres. Maybe record companies are responsible, but it looks like much
of the music we thought might become *timeless* and *classic* proved to be
generational. Richard Branson talks about the excitement and anticipation
fans felt on the eve of a new record release (released by bands like Yes and
Genesis), an album-length statement of art and music that might or might not
set the bar higher (even cover and lyrics). When was the last time you
really really said, "I can't wait for such and such a group's newest
record." And what about all those great classic album covers from the
Sixties and Seventies?
dcr
gmelin
David Rheault <drhe...@erols.com> wrote in article
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| People thought that some of the music we liked would become true classics
of
| their genres. Maybe record companies are responsible, but it looks like
much
| of the music we thought might become *timeless* and *classic* proved to
be
| generational. Richard Branson talks about the excitement and anticipation
| fans felt on the eve of a new record release (released by bands like Yes
and
| Genesis), an album-length statement of art and music that might or might
not
| set the bar higher (even cover and lyrics). When was the last time you
| really really said, "I can't wait for such and such a group's newest
| record."
Just before _Magnification_ came out. And I imagine that fans of the
popular bands of today have similar feelings to the ones you presumabaly
had back in the 70's. It's not that the music isn't timeless, it's that
*we* aren't.
--
gmelin
[insert quip]
Mediaone
being a classic.
With the exception of GFTO. Which isn't a great cover anyway.
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