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AFlowerKingCrimson 
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 Topic: What do you think of naked men on album covers?Posted: May 23 2021 at 08:50 |
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I was thinking about how Going for the One might have sold more albums if there wasn't a naked man on the cover. Rush did it too for Hemispheres and the inside cover (I think) of 2112.
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Icarium
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 09:04 |
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If its art, its art, so It might distract some or atract others. If its well proportioned or in right angles its no less a wortht feature ss a female body on a cover art.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 09:09 |
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I never really took much notice of the naked man on the cover of Going for the One, although I would've much-preferred to see a naked woman on there instead.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 09:11 |
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Well, if you're not into men you probably won't be staring at it but it's pretty hard(no pun intended)not to see it.
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 09:30 |
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It didn't stop me buying either album.
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Grumpyprogfan
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 09:47 |
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Who buys albums released 45 years ago?
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You forgot to add "It's OK as long as they have animal heads." |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 09:54 |
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I've got it on CD, so it's only a small picture.
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Manuel
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 09:59 |
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Certainly it doesn't matter to me, either man or woman, from an artistic perspective.
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Hercules
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 10:33 |
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Two of my first (and favourite) albums have naked men: Moontan and Grave New world (OK - it's a painting, but.....).
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 10:42 |
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No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 12:07 |
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Going for the One isn't a 'soft porn' discussion (just an arse) so we don't need to enter into that. Oh wait....
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Helium Horse Fly are a great band, and this is their greatest album. 🖤 |
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 12:13 |
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No issue with it here, but I find it striking that the poll is only about naked men, and not naked people in general. Whether one likes the individual cover or not is a different story, and it is partly due to aesthetic aspects. I have absolutely no problems with Going For the One, but on the other hand I find it hard to look at Herbie Mann - Push Push...
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 12:22 |
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It could be worse - it could be men dressed in ladies underwear.   |
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Ok, I think a little clarification might be in order here. I chose the topic naked men because it seems the majority of prog fans are men and it seemed to me the issue wasn't naked people but naked men. You can see even one person's vote indicates he's homophobic. I'm glad most on here aren't but I have heard complaints in the past about the naked men. After all, what male prog fan(even if he's gay) is going to complain about a naked female? Lol.
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I think it depends on how the nudity is carried out. If it has sexist undertones like - say - Lovehunter by Whitesnake, I would definitely feel uneasy about it.
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 12:51 |
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Or the original cover of Smell the Glove.
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Earl of Mar
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 14:48 |
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In my teens naked ladies on covers would have embarrassed me if whilst playing aforesaid album my mum or other female relative would have seen the album. Now I'm all for it but unfortunately the modern world isn't.
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Posted: May 23 2021 at 15:03 |
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You can never see enough of the penis.
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