#RS500 192 One of the biggest albums of my high school days, not just bc it made my Stuy Phys Ed shirt instantly cool. Haven't listened in years under the impression it didn't age well but cartoonish misogyny aside it kinda has. The swagger and chaos of classic Looney Tunes. Fave song: The New Style
there’s a story about this dog I heard once but I can’t remember a thing about it and it may have all been made up but that just means you can make up your own story
I mean yeah all the visual jokes and references and everything in this century. But in its own form, especially the original release with the literally textured sleeve, I mean...'iconic' is overused as a general term but I'll make a goddamn exception every time if this is the subject.
really wish I had a minute to get into joy division, I know I can’t just decide I’m gonna do it and then give it only 38 minutes so I am just forever intimidated
Or, just move the calendar up by 3-4 years and you have THIS. Another example of a song and sleeve partnering to become iconic.
Peter Saville is a badman.
Ira Louvin crafted that huge plywood Satan himself. It started raining during the shoot, and the tires they set on fire for the photos started sparking and bouncing.
My daughter has taken to looking at the album covers that come up on Sirius from her car seat, and this one came on the other day and she goes “Oh my gosh who is *that*!?”
All I can think of is that Simpsons treehouse of horror episode spoofing The Omega Man where Homer runs down the Winters brothers because he thinks they’re zombies.
