mrbuzzardstubble Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Did I tell you I like orangutans too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Did I tell you I like orangutans too? Shouldn't that be over on the other thread along with my Loretta Lynn coverI mean I like squaws but not just not in that context 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) Hi There is a conversations here and here about books and this topic related to record cover art .... JJ Edited August 2, 2014 by Janjuc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I really like Robert Cray's latest. The photo and design are vintage classic with just a little modern gloss. Much like the music inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Hi An iconic picture from 1963 of the self immolation of Thich Quang Duc as a protest against South Vietnam's persecution against Buddhists.... JJ It's incredible how he just sat there like that until he fell over dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal beat Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) This is a great cover Edited August 28, 2014 by metal beat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankStranger Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Dead Can dance have always had great covers, but this is my fav both in cover and music This statue is in a cemetery in Paris. My wife noticed it and stood and stared at it for ages and took this pic. (I can tell she took it because the head's not cut off) Didn't realise it was an album cover. It's awesomely eerie. We spent hours discussing what it was about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal beat Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) This statue is in a cemetery in Paris. My wife noticed it and stood and stared at it for ages and took this pic. (I can tell she took it because the head's not cut off) Didn't realise it was an album cover. It's awesomely eerie. We spent hours discussing what it was about. Man that is freaky spooky. BTW, what were you doing in a Paris cemetery, looking for Jim Morrison's resting place? Thanks for sharing. Edited August 28, 2014 by metal beat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted August 28, 2014 Volunteer Share Posted August 28, 2014 Hi An iconic picture from 1963 of the self immolation of Thich Quang Duc as a protest against South Vietnam's persecution against Buddhists.... JJ To be honest I struggle with this one. It's horrific, just think about what's happening there for a moment and why. Should his sacrifice end up helping to sell records? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankStranger Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) Man that is freaky spooky. BTW, what were you doing in a Paris cemetery, looking for Jim Morrison's resting place? Thanks for sharing. *sigh* We did go to the Jim Morrison one, but that was because we promised my father-in-law that we would. *eye-roll* I think this was the one that Oscar Wilde and Edith Piaf are buried in (could be wrong, a while ago now). Oscar Wilde's tomb is, well… wild. The marks are all lip prints where people have kissed it. It's a pretty sweet tribute but for some reason they put a stop to it in 2011 with glass barriers. Can't see how it was doing any harm. Edited August 28, 2014 by RankStranger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 To be honest I struggle with this one. It's horrific, just think about what's happening there for a moment and why. Should his sacrifice end up helping to sell records? You could look at it that way I suppose.On the other hand, it's a photo someone took of him that's being used on the album cover. He chose to do what he did. He's dead. Gone. Not like he was tortured aganist his will for the purpose of the album cover.... -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
progladyte Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 2 more that I like.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) This is a great cover What's that one?[EDIT] (Just saw the name in the link when I quoted it haha) Edited August 28, 2014 by Dirty_vinylpusher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesbee Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 It's incredible how he just sat there like that until he fell over dead I personally rate that as one of the worst covers around. Can't stand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesbee Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 This statue is in a cemetery in Paris. My wife noticed it and stood and stared at it for ages and took this pic. (I can tell she took it because the head's not cut off) Didn't realise it was an album cover. It's awesomely eerie. We spent hours discussing what it was about. Weeping Angels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krebetman Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Sometimes the first few albums covers you had make the biggest impression! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I personally rate that as one of the worst covers around. Can't stand it. Fair enuff. I think it was/is very suitable for the band and their name and everything about that album though. The ultimate demonstration of being against something. Setting yourself on fire. :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddisgeek Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Why, because they are bunch of corporate puppets? http://tyrannyoftradition.com/2014/06/18/rage-against-the-machine-and-sony-records-declare-war-on-capitalism/ Edited August 29, 2014 by caddisgeek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddyev Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Why, because they are bunch of corporate puppets? http://tyrannyoftradition.com/2014/06/18/rage-against-the-machine-and-sony-records-declare-war-on-capitalism/ Always been a fan of Norm Chomsky Edited August 29, 2014 by buddyev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddisgeek Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Whoops Edited August 29, 2014 by caddisgeek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Why, because they are bunch of corporate puppets? http://tyrannyoftradition.com/2014/06/18/rage-against-the-machine-and-sony-records-declare-war-on-capitalism/ Be that as it may, but I was talking about their first album..........which, for the record will always be their best.... ...and I would have been quite happy for them to have called it quits after.... -_- Edited August 29, 2014 by Dirty_vinylpusher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted August 29, 2014 Volunteer Share Posted August 29, 2014 Fair enuff. I think it was/is very suitable for the band and their name and everything about that album though. The ultimate demonstration of being against something. Setting yourself on fire. :mellow: Putting aside for a moment whether RATM were ever a credible protest band, this is not a staged scene. Some death metal covers are pretty gruesome but this is absolutely horrific... It's a real person dying a horrible death. Is that suitable stuff for *any* album cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesbee Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Putting aside for a moment whether RATM were ever a credible protest band, this is not a staged scene. Some death metal covers are pretty gruesome but this is absolutely horrific... It's a real person dying a horrible death. Is that suitable stuff for *any* album cover? That is why I hate that album cover. RATM commandeered it for their own commercial purposes,and I think that is disrespectful to the person who took his own life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundscape Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Putting aside for a moment whether RATM were ever a credible protest band, this is not a staged scene. Some death metal covers are pretty gruesome but this is absolutely horrific... It's a real person dying a horrible death. Is that suitable stuff for *any* album cover? No, it isn't in my opinion. It cheapens the image and its intent to publish it as an album cover. Edited August 29, 2014 by rehabitat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddisgeek Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Be that as it may, but I was talking about their first album.. No shite? The one which was also on Sony? Where they cut out the 'f#ck you I wont do what you tell me' bit for their single, coz the record company told them to? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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