Comments on: Look! It’s me on the cover! Me!

By: ill man

ill man — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:58:01 +0000

I stuttered on to the last album before his current effort (can’t remember it’s name now…)

No more! He used to write about the world around him sometimes. Now it’s ever decreasing returns as he re-hashes the issues in Speedway over and over again.

Pouvre Moz, Pouvre Moz…….

By: Cocktails

Cocktails — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:00:54 +0000

To be honest ISWB, I’ve never really had a Phwooooaar moment with Bowie, although I do agree that those covers are pretty damn good (or at least better than Pin-Ups!). But if you’re talking about Bryan Ferry now…

Well, I wasn’t going to say anything Ill Man! ;)

But yes, Morrissey. He and I lasted until Vauxhall and I. Great album, then I just lost interest in him and his self-indulgence/weak material. See also: REM, Sonic Youth, Perry Farrell, U2, The Cure…teenage heroes… sigh…

By: ill man

ill man — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:45:56 +0000

“But really, I’m just having an unjustifable moan with this post!”

My favourite type of moan. Accounts for about 80% of my blog posts…….

I think Morrissey is a little too enamoured by his own iconography. It would almost seem wrong if he wasn’t to appear on the front of his latest album. And yes, his relentless self pity has stopped me buying any more of his records.

By: ishouldbeworking

ishouldbeworking — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:01:09 +0000

I forgive David Bowie, though. Can you imagine anything else on the cover of ‘Aladdin Sane’? Or ‘Heroes’? Phwoooooaaaaar.

By: Cocktails

Cocktails — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:54:44 +0000

It would have to be an amazing person to put up with Morrissey and his ‘I’m so hard done by’ issues…

Does the Captain & Tennille count as boyfriend and girlfriend on a cover? They’ve also got their dog on Love Will Keep us Together.

By: BLTP

BLTP — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:55:49 +0000

C: I’m sure Van morrison has on one cover with the delightfully named Janet planet on a horse on it! plus all the foxy roxy music lps have the bands “Girlfriends” lolling about well they manage to cop off with them after shoot if that counts! What’s the chance of Mozza having his beau on lp oh he’s in love with himself I see

By: Cocktails

Cocktails — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:35:19 +0000

Hello Ms Empress, I like that cover too and Highway 61 Revisited is one of my favourite covers ever. But that’s a whole other blog post. I can’t think of any other covers with girlfriends on them, but there must be! I know there is! Where is Planet Mondo when you need him?!

BLTP, alright forgot about Lowlife – but even though they are close-ups they are kind of arty… and it IS the exception.

Keith, yes I like covers where people have made a bit of an effort or just done something different. Actually, I don’t mind a lot of Sinatra’s covers because they are not just straight head shots and they are drawn (like Come Fly with Me and Songs for Swinging Lovers). But really, I’m just having an unjustifable moan with this post!

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:24:51 +0000

I always liked album covers with some sort of artwork. Where you could tell that the singer can taken some time in getting a cover put together. It wasn’t just somebody taking a picture of them and plastering it on the cover. There was some thought behind making a cover that connected with people.

By: BLTP

BLTP — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:05:49 +0000

I noticed that some artist get slip case on the cd’s with pictures of the artist and their name writ large, they are usually a not unattractive female (indie/americana)singer who intilaly plumped for arty tasteful cd but the marketing types said look if you going to sell any of these put the lass with the nice smeil and twinkly eyes on the front.
ps. Pedant’s corner lowlife by N.O has band shots on it (although not together)

By: Roman Empress

Roman Empress — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:17:29 +0000

I’ve always like ‘the freewheelin’ bob dylan’ album cover. Very sweet of them to include his girlfriend (Suze Rotolo) like that. Now, there’s something you don’t see anymore?