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Lofcaudio
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Topic: Acquiring the Taste? Posted: February 17 2006 at 09:47 |
Can someone please explain to me what the artwork to this album is all about? For some reason, I cannot help but think one thing, and I'm hoping I am wrong. So I need some enlightenment. Thank you!
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 09:49 |
A tongue is licking an apple to "acquire the taste".
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Lofcaudio
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 10:18 |
I know that is a tongue, but are you sure that's an apple? I didn't realize that apples were an "acquired taste". I've never seen a flesh-colored apple before.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 10:26 |
Lofcaudio wrote:
I know that is a tongue, but are you sure that's an apple? I didn't realize that apples were an "acquired taste". I've never seen a flesh-colored apple before. |
I have no idea how your cover looks, but the apple even has a stem, and it is almost golden and not flesh-coloured in my version of "Acquring the taste".
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oracus
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 10:30 |
I have the same question...
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 10:34 |

not exactly sure WHAT that is, I guess flesh colored apple 
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Lofcaudio
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 10:36 |
Yep...that's the artwork that I am referring to. Where is the stem?
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 10:41 |
You are right, there is no stem. Strange; I remembered the artwork with a stem. Probably because of the way the album title is arranged above the "apple" or whatever it is. But I certainly see the double entendrč now.
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Lofcaudio
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 10:46 |
BaldFriede wrote:
But I certainly see the double entendrč now. |
Darn...that's what I was afraid of! 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 10:57 |
Yeah one is worried that its ass lickin', but on opening up the cover its only an apple...phew!
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Phil
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 11:48 |
As we're on this tastless (sic) theme did you know that on the live version of "Easy Money" John Wetton sings:
"So I argued with the judge
but the b*****d wouldn't budge
'cos they caught me licking fudge...."
What was Richard Palmer-James on about?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 11:50 |
^  ...................
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gr8dane
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 11:55 |
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 11:58 |
^That makes even more sense. Peach means buttocks too!
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John Gargo
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 12:02 |
They obviously had to make it a different color than red because of the tongue.
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Syzygy
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 12:03 |
More of a single entendre really - the vinyl original was folded so that in the racks of a record shop you'd only see the top half of the picture, which was highly suggestive, and only when you opened the gatefold would it become clear that it was really some kind of fruit.
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Aaron
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 12:34 |
what the f**k is the knife all about
Aaron
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ChadFromCanada
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 13:45 |
^Genesis.
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el böthy
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 16:18 |
NetsNJFan wrote:

not exactly sure WHAT that is, I guess flesh colored apple 
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I think that´s an ass...and Adquiring the taste must be adquiring the taste of ass...
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Man With Hat
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 16:26 |
I do believe it is suppose to be a peach as someone eles said.
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