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Certif1ed 
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Posted: March 21 2005 at 06:30 |
This has got to be up there... at least top 10 I would think;
And what about this?
("The Beatles" AKA The White Album, of course!).
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threefates
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Posted: March 21 2005 at 00:25 |
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Thats not the point tho is it Eddy... the point is how many would recognize DSOTM cover... many in this country would recognize that pyramid...
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Eddy
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Posted: March 20 2005 at 21:08 |
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BAH THATS BECAUSE PINK FLOYD IS POPY AND COMMERCIAL. ITS THE "COOL" thing to lie. everybody at my school has it juts Because evry buddy ELSE HAs it. its good stuff! butr BA! BA!
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threefates
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Posted: March 20 2005 at 18:20 |
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Pink Floyd seem to have a huge teen following in this country also!
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Posted: March 20 2005 at 14:04 |
 Reed Lover wrote:
Radioactive Toy wrote:
ah.. I've finally met a girl who loves pink floyd.. it really scared me! why? she says that the dark side of the moon is the best album to listen when having sex.. Guess I've got to buy the cd then altough I've got the lp..  |
Hmm sounds like time for a poll
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Which one did you vote for?
It's quite a brilliant poll if you ask me.
Edited by Cygnus X-2
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Reed Lover
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Posted: March 20 2005 at 13:29 |
Radioactive Toy wrote:
ah.. I've finally met a girl who loves pink floyd.. it really scared me! why? she says that the dark side of the moon is the best album to listen when having sex.. Guess I've got to buy the cd then altough I've got the lp.. |
Hmm sounds like time for a poll
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Radioactive Toy
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Posted: March 20 2005 at 13:14 |
ah.. I've finally met a girl who loves pink floyd.. it really scared me! why? she says that the dark side of the moon is the best album to listen when having sex.. Guess I've got to buy the cd then altough I've got the lp..
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emdiar
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Posted: March 20 2005 at 08:35 |
Reed Lover wrote:
DSOTM is one of my favorite albums,I am merely pointing out that for the Eminem generation DSOTM is irrelevant and obscure.My daughter is 13 and of course she has heard of it,and would recognise the cover (under duress) but none of her friends would.
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A lot of my 17yr old daughter's friends wear DSOTM badges/patches. It seems that as soon as something becomes "irrelevant and obscure", it becomes uberhip again. Here in Clogsville, PF are gods.
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James Lee
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 18:00 |
Just a quick boost for Warhol's cover for "The Velvet Underground & Nico"...though it could hardly be called most recognizable, it's definitely a classic.
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maani
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 17:04 |
Well, it seems that, had a poll been done, the list would look something like this:
1. Dark Side
2. Sgt. Pepper
3. Abbey Road
4. In the Court
With honorable mentions to: Nevermind, Who's Next, Zep IV, Sticky Fingers, and Born in the U.S.A. Personally, I would have to agree with Reed Lover (what - again?!?! ). Although most of us would assume that Dark Side is instantly recognizable, I would have to believe that more people know The Beatles than Pink Floyd, and that Sgt. Pepper would be more recognizable on a global level than Dark Side, especially with a younger demographic.
Two asides. First, I agree with threefates: I seem to remember a number of lists like this on which Sticky Fingers always ended up at #1. (And, yes, I also have my LP copy with the real zipper...).
Also, I wonder where The White Album fits here: I'd have to say it's recognizable for its sheer obviousness. Possibly the same thing re The Wall.
Peace.
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Sweetnighter
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 16:47 |
hate it, but its recognizable...
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 16:31 |
threefates wrote:
According to most lists I've seen... and I think there is a book out on this too, this is the #1 most recognizable album cover:
Of course with my friends, the most recognizable album cover is my avatar...
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Bruce Springsteen
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 15:50 |
Cluster One wrote:
/yawn
The badge is there surely Reed so that you could point it out to the rest of us.
Go pick on KE9.
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Hey,Cluster Bomb; get off my case.
DSOTM is one of my favorite albums,I am merely pointing out that for the Eminem generation DSOTM is irrelevant and obscure.My daughter is 13 and of course she has heard of it,and would recognise the cover (under duress) but none of her friends would.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 15:02 |
threefates wrote:
According to most lists I've seen... and I think there is a book out on this too, this is the #1 most recognizable album cover:
Of course with my friends, the most recognizable album cover is my avatar...
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I still have my 12" (LP), with the real zip!
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FloydWright
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 14:25 |
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James Lee--while I am very anti-smoking, I also don't appreciate people messing with somebody's artwork because that's a form of censorship.
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threefates
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 13:36 |
According to most lists I've seen... and I think there is a book out on this too, this is the #1 most recognizable album cover:
Of course with my friends, the most recognizable album cover is my avatar...
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emdiar
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 12:49 |
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Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact.
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Metropolis
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 12:32 |
Jim Garten wrote:
I seem to remember that Dream Theater decided to (had to?) change
the album cover of - I think - 'Scenes From A Memory Live In New York'
as the original featured a scene of the twin towers on fire.
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Yeah, it was actually released on September 11th 2001 and was removed
from shelves as soon as the news got out, after only being on sale for
a couple of hours. They replaced the burning new york with a
burning apple wrapped in barbed wire (a variation a theme used on
earlier albums). If anyone has got a copy with the original
packaging they're probably holding onto quite a rarity.
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We Lost the Skyline............
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Cluster One
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 12:12 |
/yawn
The badge is there surely Reed so that you could point it out to the rest of us.
Go pick on KE9.
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Marmalade...I like marmalade.
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Reed Lover
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Posted: March 18 2005 at 11:44 |
 Recognisable to you lot maybe,but I showed it to my staff today,without badge of course,and 1 recognised it as Dark Side Of the Moon,5 others had no idea! Their ages range from 22 to 45 BTW.
All but the youngest recognised Meatloaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" (with the writing removed)
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