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Points: 8543 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2007 at 16:22
Originally posted by steve j steve j wrote:

Originally posted by explodingjosh explodingjosh wrote:

If this thread has never been done before, it really needed to be. Maybe some of these artists will realize that we as prog fans actually don't like archetypal-prog-rock Wannabe Roger Dean covers.
 
Don't like Roger Dean?  Just listen to Eloy Colours while looking at Roger Dean artwork and it transports you to another world.  Don't like Roger Dean, good heavens, what will you guys come up with next.  Confused  Prog and Roger Dean go hand in hand.
 
That's kind of how I feel about Paul Whitehead.  But some people here don't seem to care much for him. 
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Hail to the Thief... if it was a great album
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2007 at 18:54
Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

Vanden Plas- Christ Zero
 
Dream Theater- Six Degrees
 
 
Pink Floyd- Meddle
 
Porcupine Tree- In Abentia- (maybe tops- bugs the hell out of me)
 
That's all I can think of at the top of my head


I like these album covers. Dont like the cover to TMV's Amputechture.
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Points: 46838 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2007 at 19:07
Originally posted by Odyssey Odyssey wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

hey I love the Tarkus cover..  it's a perfect fit for the music and period



I know.... it's a great cover...  ELP haters just can't stop with music.. or the personalities... but they even have to stoop to the level of f**king with the Armadillo "Tarkus'...  some people are never satisfied and have to go after our sacred cows of prog. 



Hey,I love ELP.Just because I don't like cover doesn't mean that I don't like music.
Sorry if I offended someone.


hahahha.. man... you sure as hell didn't offend me...   it was tongue in check humour (a sorry attempt at I guess LOL) . Though there are enough people walking around with sticks up their asses so  you do have to worry about offending some  people LOL 
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Have you ever noticed the three blobs on the right-hand side horizon of the WindozeXP default wallpaper (highlighted here in Red):

 
These have intrigued me for sometime now, so using the same image enhancing techniques as used by NASA to fake enhance photo's from the Mars lander, I have discovered this...
 
 
 
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Points: 1008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2007 at 22:37
Originally posted by Nowhere Man Nowhere Man wrote:

Well, if you open up the album cover....



It was probably meant to be ambiguous, though.
 
Probably?!!!!
 
My mind was indeed well and truly in the gutter when i was 16 years old (in 1972) but i'd seen enough of Oz magazine to know when someone was having a dig at the censor.
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What I like about that cover is that it pushes the envelope...right over everyone's head, and it says something about the music industry as well... clever 70s British humor.
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Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Have you ever noticed the three blobs on the right-hand side horizon of the WindozeXP default wallpaper (highlighted here in Red):

 
These have intrigued me for sometime now, so using the same image enhancing techniques as used by NASA to fake enhance photo's from the Mars lander, I have discovered this...
 
 
 


LOLLOL


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Originally posted by ClassicRocker ClassicRocker wrote:

Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Have you ever noticed the three blobs on the right-hand side horizon of the WindozeXP default wallpaper (highlighted here in Red):

 
These have intrigued me for sometime now, so using the same image enhancing techniques as used by NASA to fake enhance photo's from the Mars lander, I have discovered this...
 
 
 


LOLLOL
 
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Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Originally posted by ClassicRocker ClassicRocker wrote:

Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Have you ever noticed the three blobs on the right-hand side horizon of the WindozeXP default wallpaper (highlighted here in Red):

 
These have intrigued me for sometime now, so using the same image enhancing techniques as used by NASA to fake enhance photo's from the Mars lander, I have discovered this...
 
 
 


LOLLOL
 
LOLLOL


LOLLOL
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Points: 894 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2007 at 22:38
Originally posted by Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote:

Genius^


Indeed. There's a universe of commentary within those innocent "LOL" emoticons!
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Originally posted by ClassicRocker ClassicRocker wrote:

Originally posted by Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote:

Genius^


Indeed. There's a universe of commentary within those innocent "LOL" emoticons!


LOL

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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Originally posted by ClassicRocker ClassicRocker wrote:

Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Have you ever noticed the three blobs on the right-hand side horizon of the WindozeXP default wallpaper (highlighted here in Red):

 
These have intrigued me for sometime now, so using the same image enhancing techniques as used by NASA to fake enhance photo's from the Mars lander, I have discovered this...
 
 
 


LOLLOL
 
LOLLOL


LOLLOL
 
Almost makes me wish I hadn't sworn off emotionites...
 
As for myself, I dunno. The Yes Album I suppose. What a nice album. What an ugly cover.
 
Also, just about any Doors cover. They're all fairly rudimentary (except for Strange Days, which is strangely AWESOME).
 
Oh, and, a little album, don't know if you've heard of it before...Thick as a Brick. The cover works as a joke, of course, but not really as a cover. It's not like I hate it or anything, but after Aqualung, you could really only go down...
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Points: 65523 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2007 at 04:52
and what about Warchild--  p-u!   ...I actually much prefer the back, would've been better as the front cover
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

and what about Warchild--  p-u!   ...I actually much prefer the back, would've been better as the front cover

 
Oh, I dunno, I like it as a back cover. It's great too; you can even see Cecil the Sealion!
 
As for the front...meh. I agree. It works better in the "inverted" form, which is showcased on the Tuller website (somewhere).
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It's kind of interesting hearing people's opinions on the cover to Tarkus--it's either of love it or hate it type of situation it seems.  Personally, with that armadillo-tank, it actually ranks as my favorite cover of all time.  There's a certain odd humor behind it that I rather like.  Apparently, the armadillo tank was just from some doodlings William Neal had done, which Keith Emerson happened to like.

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My first thought was ELP's "Love Beach".
Then there's Supertramp's "Indelibly Stamped". Probably the world's ugliest boobs. Plus, try to explain to your girlfriend that you like the album but hate the cover.
Pink Floyd's "The Final Cut" was dull but not exactly bad.
 
 
Back when I lived at home, my sister insisted that I keep "In The Court Of The Crimson King" out of sight. It creeped her out. I once was woken up by her scream. She got up in the night to go to the toilet. The album was in my room but my door was open.
 
 
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just one example  of cheesy power metal covers, complete with dragons, fairies, magical wizards, epic battles/swords and/or vikings.

this one just scares me.






Edited by keiser willhelm - November 12 2007 at 20:16
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Originally posted by keiser willhelm keiser willhelm wrote:



just one example  of cheesy power metal covers, complete with dragons, fairies, magical wizards, epic battles/swords and/or vikings.

this one just scares me.






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