#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
alright last one for now and I went back & forth for a while on whether to enter this or the st dominics preview cover but I decided on this one because it’s so goofy and vibrant and van looks about 900% more uncomfortable than he always looks anyway
Van Morrison is the perfect example of why you should separate an artist’s personality from their art. Veedon Fleece is just barely behind Astral Weeks in my Van pantheon.
The heaviest of metal covers with Sabaton: we’ve got a hoplite, we’ve got a samurai, we’ve got a hussar. Kick ass. The fact that it’s an entire album of nothing but historical last stands rules. Not subtle in the slightest, but come on.
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
there is so much wilco spiders/kidsmoke in this, which I fully know I have backwards because of chronology but geez it is wild how I kept expecting jeff tweedy’s gorgeous stained glass voice instead
It would be interesting to hear someone approach it from your perspective (knows a lot about music, isn't a young guy, might not feel the vibes). Here's a thought when you have time: try this story on them and New Order from 1988 (scroll to page 83). It was my own formal introduction to them.
Plus I'll definitely add that the one time I saw Mark Lanegan live he ended it with an amazing cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" that still sits in my brain. And that's just one of so many covers and reworkings I could name -- they really are a rich field in a concentrated space.
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.
