Post by: Maciek on April 12, 2007, 02:04:53 PM
A recent exchange (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,19.msg2891.html#msg2891) on the Your favorite CD covers! thread over here leads me to believe we still need this one. ;D
Maciek
Post by: Don on April 12, 2007, 02:06:05 PM
Post by: Maciek on April 12, 2007, 02:09:09 PM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000174LTS.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
Though this isn't much better, is it:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000E36W.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
(bad hair day)
Post by: Maciek on April 12, 2007, 02:45:49 PM
Always though it took courage for Philips to put him on the cover -- and Birgit Nilsson, for that matter,
I'll just wait for someone else to post for the first time the cover that haunted the previous incarnation of this thread. The famous opera about head removal will never be the same.
Post by: Brian on April 12, 2007, 04:52:18 PM
Oh my gosh! You know who that looks like:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000E36W.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
(bad hair day)
(http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/2352/burke1.jpg)
Oh my gosh! Even the eyebrows!
Post by: Varg on April 12, 2007, 08:20:13 PM
Post by: Symphonien on April 12, 2007, 10:15:54 PM
Post by: George on April 13, 2007, 02:11:20 AM
Pictures of interpreters on a cover is disgusting.
Hear that, Sarge? ;D
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000005E4I.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SS500_.jpg)
Post by: hornteacher on April 13, 2007, 03:16:45 AM
Pictures of interpreters on a cover is disgusting.
AHEM! >:( >:( >:(
Post by: CS on April 13, 2007, 04:40:27 AM
Post by: Novi on April 13, 2007, 04:43:41 AM
Hear that, Sarge? ;D
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000005E4I.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SS500_.jpg)
My favourite is this one though ...
(http://www.geocities.com/kulturkompasset/umudgHelene_Grimaud-credo.jpg)
AHEM! >:( >:( >:(
Hey, hornteacher, I think we're posting on the wrong thread!
Post by: Maciek on April 13, 2007, 10:09:14 AM
Post by: George on April 13, 2007, 10:27:37 AM
Some might think the thoughts such covers inspire in me are disgusting. My wife, for example.
Egbdf
If only I didn't know what you are talking about. ::)
;D
Post by: Maciek on April 13, 2007, 10:50:06 AM
One wife's disgusting is another man's Grimaud (or Hahn). ;)
Post by: 71 dB on April 13, 2007, 11:43:42 AM
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2079/d1c03f0f8ff3073821ffe03gd8.jpg) (http://imageshack.us) (http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4856/b578a93e8df890758b6b625wm9.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Post by: Brewski on April 13, 2007, 11:48:30 AM
--Bruce
Post by: Don Giovanni on April 13, 2007, 11:59:42 AM
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000001G6N.02._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
It has actually put me off buying Lulu for a while. At least until I can buy the Boulez recording without the Grammophone awards on it - sad, isn't it?
On this note: does anyone know where one can buy the Chailly recording of Varese's complete works without the Grammophone awards on it?
Post by: 71 dB on April 13, 2007, 12:00:19 PM
Those are indeed very, very bad. I'm a little surprised...Ondine usually does much better work! That one on the right is especially silly-looking.
--Bruce
The Finnish text on the right-side cover says: "Teddy bear in consert - orchestral music favorites for children". So, the sillyness is somewhat justified but still. Why teach children accept bad design?
Some of Ondine's covers are good but the average quality is low, unfortunately. :-\
Post by: Maciek on April 13, 2007, 12:06:04 PM
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2079/d1c03f0f8ff3073821ffe03gd8.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
A Five Star Sibelius Celebration!
No, thank you, I'll pass.
Post by: Novi on April 14, 2007, 04:17:38 AM
It seems the worst/best are interchangeable... ;D One man's disgusting is another's Grimaud (or Hahn). ;)
Aw, you don't like Grimaud? :( ;)
Back to the worst looking covers ...
Anything with Christophe Rousset on the front.
Post by: Bogey on April 14, 2007, 07:30:36 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000041EK.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
....but the price is right for two discs and they do have a number of them that I greatly enjoy.
Post by: George on April 14, 2007, 08:14:13 AM
I agree, Bill! :)
Post by: Joe Barron on April 16, 2007, 09:04:36 AM
(http://images.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/normal/304/Elliott_Carter_Eight_Compositions_1948_1993__5961304.jpg)
This photo really doesn't capture the wide-eyed, pothead look on Mr. Carter's face. Pity. It's a great recording.
And as far as I'm concerned, any picture of Helene Grimaud is a blessing.
Post by: Todd on April 16, 2007, 09:14:15 AM
Post by: pjme on April 16, 2007, 09:31:25 AM
The dreaded ultra - Vamp from Germany.... Nina Hagen!
Post by: Joe Barron on April 16, 2007, 09:35:06 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000064X2.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_.jpg)
MotherF*****
Post by: pjme on April 16, 2007, 09:47:47 AM
http://www.erwinolaf.com/
Post by: George on April 16, 2007, 09:56:21 AM
See everything Erwin Olaf made, at his website ...But I'm warning you ! Not for the fainthearted .....
http://www.erwinolaf.com/
Thanks for that! :)
Post by: JoshLilly on April 16, 2007, 10:07:29 AM
(http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/playmates.jpg)
In honour of the infamous Lara St.John cover:
(http://image.wetpaint.com/wiki/worstalbumcovers/image/4YYEv2uPaF2zlfa4nbBz3fQ==120054/GW200H200)
What? What? It's the same thing, isn't it?
Post by: George on April 16, 2007, 10:22:57 AM
The edges of potential captions swirl around the mind:
(http://www.zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/playmates.jpg)
The expression on the face of the guy in the front says it all. ::)
Post by: SimonGodders on April 16, 2007, 10:55:55 AM
(http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/67-1.jpg)
(http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/70-1.jpg)
(http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/2-1.jpg)
;D
Post by: George on April 16, 2007, 10:59:18 AM
(http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/worst-album-covers/70-1.jpg)
Dude that one's awesome!!! It's gotta be one of the very best ever!!
Is that Mike Meyers? ;)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 16, 2007, 11:08:21 AM
Pictures of interpreters on a cover is disgusting.
Hear that, Sarge? ;D
I hear it, George. Yes, quite disgusting, some of the worst ever ;)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/Grimaud-4.jpg)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/Grimaud%20Schumann.jpg)
Sarge
Post by: George on April 16, 2007, 11:12:20 AM
I hear it, George. Yes, quite disgusting, some of the worst ever ;)
Took you awhile, but I new you'd see it sooner or later. ;D
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 16, 2007, 11:13:56 AM
For some reason I really dislike the 'Grammophone Awards Collection'....does anyone know where one can buy the Chailly recording of Varese's complete works without the Grammophone awards on it?
It's still shown at JPC with the old cover:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/8613387/rk/classic/rsk/hitlist
Sarge
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 16, 2007, 11:14:56 AM
Took you awhile, but I new you'd see it sooner or later. ;D
Ya need to shout louder, George. I'm old...my hearing ain't so good no more ;D
Sarge
Post by: SimonGodders on April 16, 2007, 11:30:31 AM
Dude that one's awesome!!! It's gotta be one of the very best ever!!
Is that Mike Meyers? ;)
LOL! There is an uncanny resemblance.... ;)
Post by: Hector on April 17, 2007, 03:15:14 AM
See everything Erwin Olaf made, at his website ...But I'm warning you ! Not for the fainthearted .....
http://www.erwinolaf.com/
Brilliant. Only when I accessed the 'Fashion Victims' did I know that I had come across his work previously.
Who said the Germans did not have a sense of humour? Made my day.
Thank you ;D
Post by: pjme on April 17, 2007, 10:31:37 AM
Erwin Olaf
photographer & filmmaker
1959 Born in Hilversum, The Netherlands.
1977 School for Journalism in Utrecht. He graduates in 1980 as a newspaper journalist with photojournalism as a subsidiary subject.
1980 Works in Amsterdam as assistant photographer to André Ruigrok, who teaches him photojournalism. First steps in 1981 as an independent photographer as a volunteer for the COC magazine Sek.
1983 Choreographer Hans van Manen brings him into contact with the work of Robert Mapplethorpe and Paul Blanca. Makes photographs for Jeugd en Samenleving (Youth and Society), the journal for workers in the welfare sector. Publishes photos in the French Gai-Pied, American The Advocate, British Gay Times, German Rosa Flieder, Dutch Gaykrant.
[G] Among Men / Among Women, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
1984 Begins writing articles in Focus on aspects of photography. Olaf's work is removed from the photo exhibition in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam because the bodybuilding models in his pictures are not nude. This results in major publicity.
[G] Foto 1984, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
1985 He publishes his first booklet, Stadsgezichten (Faces of the City), a mixture of photojournalism and studio photography.
[G] The art of seduction, Melkweg, Amsterdam
1986 Does much commissioned work, including covers for the Vinyl music magazine, and begins working for the Haagse Post weekly magazine.
etc : see the full text + portrait at :
http://art.webesteem.pl/16/olaf_en.php
Post by: Greta on April 17, 2007, 01:13:06 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Indysolo/WGS-8126a.jpg)
Last place I'd ever expect to find a crotch shot! :o
Post by: Don on April 17, 2007, 01:34:25 PM
Gustav and Sir Adrian must be rolling in their graves...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Indysolo/WGS-8126a.jpg)
Last place I'd ever expect to find a crotch shot! :o
They might be rolling in their graves, but it's far better to update the Planets through a cover photo than adding Pluto to the equation (Colin Matthews), an addition that is now totally bankrupt since Pluto has been removed from the planet catetory.
Post by: Maciek on April 17, 2007, 01:55:55 PM
Post by: Joe Barron on April 17, 2007, 03:22:26 PM
Post by: Wendell_E on April 18, 2007, 02:11:35 AM
Post by: knight66 on April 18, 2007, 03:52:29 AM
A countertenor...in case you thought it was a girl and made proposals.
Mike
Post by: Maciek on April 18, 2007, 05:26:57 AM
Post by: pjme on April 18, 2007, 11:54:37 AM
And many more great LP covers at
http://www.duke.edu/~jlw7/lp-collection.html hilarious!
Post by: vandermolen on April 19, 2007, 12:11:45 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B0000042HI/sr=1-2/qid=1177017001/ref=dp_image_text_0/026-5773581-7374844?ie=UTF8&n=229816&s=music&qid=1177017001&sr=1-2
Post by: knight66 on April 19, 2007, 12:25:09 PM
Mike
Post by: pjme on April 19, 2007, 12:27:15 PM
(http://www.celestialaudio.com.au/Demos/608Cleopatre.jpg)
(http://www.celestialaudio.com.au/Demos/588Aida.jpg)
And now back to more serious matters!
I'll be in Wales for a vacation.
Peter
Post by: Siedler on April 19, 2007, 01:50:10 PM
(http://griffeaquitaine.free.fr/cerquetti/htm/disco/records/decca.jpg)
Post by: Siedler on April 19, 2007, 02:01:46 PM
(http://www.vinyldivas.com/gallery/anderson6.jpg)
(http://www.vinyldivas.com/gallery/szirmai.jpg)
(http://www.vinyldivas.com/gallery/nilsson6.jpg)
Post by: Maciek on April 19, 2007, 02:48:43 PM
(http://www.vinyldivas.com/gallery/nilsson6.jpg)
The main item has finally arrived... ;D
Post by: knight66 on April 19, 2007, 10:35:46 PM
The Cerquetti is another beaut. In the Decca photo, on the LP cover there was clearly lipstick on her teeth....a nice touch.
Mike
Post by: Maciek on April 20, 2007, 12:57:50 AM
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 20, 2007, 01:55:49 AM
(http://www.vinyldivas.com/gallery/nilsson6.jpg)
The real reason why John the Baptist preferred death to sex ;D
Sarge
Post by: Sergeant Rock on April 20, 2007, 02:04:08 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/new/1006481LRG.jpg)
Sarge
Post by: Guido on April 20, 2007, 02:19:16 AM
http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/worst-album-covers
Post by: Guido on April 20, 2007, 02:26:12 AM
Post by: Siedler on April 20, 2007, 02:27:27 AM
Post by: Maciek on April 20, 2007, 02:33:41 AM
(http://www.vinyldivas.com/gallery/callas13.jpg)
I'm definitely buying that!
Post by: Guido on April 20, 2007, 03:03:38 AM
Is this the worst one yet?!
Post by: head-case on April 20, 2007, 07:46:02 AM
(http://www.vinyldivas.com/gallery/nilsson6.jpg)
Imagine the dance of the seven veils!
Post by: Robert on April 20, 2007, 11:12:49 AM
Imagine the dance of the seven veils!
My Gosh its JIM BELUSHI.....
Post by: Maciek on April 28, 2007, 07:34:44 AM
(http://www.merlin.com.pl/images_product/22/PNCD369.jpg) (http://www.merlin.com.pl/images_product/24/PNCD398.jpg)
(Don't you just have to hear that Queen of the Night? ;D)
Really, these guys are pros.
Here's another example: take one of the best violinists ever, release a 2CD set containing some of her best recordings (including a peerless Khachaturian VC - at least equal to the Oistrakh recording, though I think it's actually better). All you need now is to think up some decent cover art. What do these guys do?
...
...
...
(http://www.merlin.com.pl/images_product/21/PNCD932AB.jpg)
Geez... I wonder what sort of graphics software they're using? I think it's not even MS Word... :P
BTW, all three albums are on my wish list but somehow I keeping putting off the purchase... ::)
Post by: маразм1 on April 30, 2007, 04:39:42 PM
Post by: 71 dB on June 14, 2007, 05:09:32 AM
(http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1610/badcoverpn8.png) (http://imageshack.us)
1 Fading background color is a cheap trick and looks stupid.
2 What are these bars? Stairs? The foundation of a pyramid? Stupid stupid stupid!
3 Why is all text italicized? Why is the text aligned with the picture on the left side only?
4 Sony's logo looks good but this blue large box looks stupid.
For me this "Essential Classics" serie looks horrible. No wonder I don't own any of them. They are repulsive!
Post by: George on June 14, 2007, 05:17:32 AM
Who makes these covers?
(http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1610/badcoverpn8.png) (http://imageshack.us)
Well, the original is certainly better, I'll give you that:
(http://i15.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/83/45/2046_1.JPG)
But then the latest Essential Classics covers to me are the absolute worst.
Isn't this:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MWNC2VJYL._SS500_.jpg)
Much worse than This:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nbTrIZm1L._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: orbital on June 14, 2007, 05:29:09 AM
This is very unimaginative. Why the peephole view :D And the colors they choose, this one or that green. And somehow it feels like I see Andre Watts' name on these covers more than anybody else ::)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MWNC2VJYL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Mark on June 14, 2007, 05:34:55 AM
Isn't this:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MWNC2VJYL._SS500_.jpg)
Much worse than This:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nbTrIZm1L._SS500_.jpg)
Actually, no. The top cover would be regarded as better (but still crap) design by an art director. The thoughtless positioning of competing logos on the bottom cover, together with the poor typographical setting (text squashed in so close beneath the dark blue logo), are alone enough to make it a poorer relation to the one above it.
Post by: 71 dB on June 14, 2007, 06:15:58 AM
Actually, no. The top cover would be regarded as better (but still crap) design by an art director. The thoughtless positioning of competing logos on the bottom cover, together with the poor typographical setting (text squashed in so close beneath the dark blue logo), are alone enough to make it a poorer relation to the one above it.
100 % agree with you. You should design classical CD covers too! ;)
Post by: George on June 14, 2007, 06:20:55 AM
This is very unimaginative. Why the peephole view :D And the colors they choose, this one or that green. And somehow it feels like I see Andre Watts' name on these covers more than anybody else ::)
Yeah, it's like looking at a door in a middle school hallway. Bleck! :(
Kinda makes a good argument for downloads, though. :)
Post by: 71 dB on June 14, 2007, 06:57:11 AM
Post by: Kullervo on June 14, 2007, 07:46:55 AM
Poor Iannis... they shouldn't put him on the cover of anything.
and pretty much every CD released by the Bridge label has terrible artwork, but I thought this was one of the worst:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/619XGCS16GL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Mark on June 14, 2007, 08:04:12 AM
Quick re-design of the Sony CD:
Nice work. Just need to range that Sony logo box off of something on the vertical axis (the '2' of '582', perhaps?) and that's a passable CD cover! :D
Post by: 71 dB on June 14, 2007, 10:18:37 AM
Nice work. Just need to range that Sony logo box off of something on the vertical axis (the '2' of '582', perhaps?) and that's a passable CD cover! :D
Thanks! You are right about the logo aligment. I'd change the font of the work list remind more the font Bach is written (+remove italicizing). This was just a demonstration how easy it is to have something better.
Post by: shive1 on June 14, 2007, 03:20:37 PM
Post by: Kullervo on June 14, 2007, 03:22:37 PM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/31HPJ4BWWFL._AA130_.jpg)
I didn't know Conrad Veidt did album covers!
Post by: shive1 on June 14, 2007, 03:26:42 PM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J3ZGB9AVL._AA240_.jpg)
Post by: shive1 on June 14, 2007, 03:31:34 PM
I didn't know Conrad Veidt did album covers!
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:GlSVsFPwiYFWlM:www.sunrisesilents.com/Images/TMWL.jpg)
A red wig and it's not too far off!
Post by: hornteacher on June 14, 2007, 04:56:53 PM
or...
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J3ZGB9AVL._AA240_.jpg)
Yes, terrible cover, but wow it is such a great recording!
Post by: shive1 on June 15, 2007, 12:28:04 PM
Yes, terrible cover, but wow it is such a great recording!
I agree. Some of my favorite/best-sounding cd's are on the Mercury Living Presence label.
Post by: 71 dB on June 15, 2007, 02:08:09 PM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/31HPJ4BWWFL._AA130_.jpg)
Absolutely horrible! :o Some bad covers are at least funny but this is pain for my eyes!
Post by: Maciek on June 18, 2007, 01:58:42 PM
Actually, no. The top cover would be regarded as better (but still crap) design by an art director.
I think you're completely missing George's point which is to contemplate these two covers as purely aesthetic objects, graphic design "craft" aside. Now, even though the top cover does not break as many rules as the bottom one, it is, IMHO, much uglier than the bottom one. Just as an ungrammatical sentence can still be more beautiful than a perfectly grammatical but... ugly one. On these terms, the main difference between these 2 covers is that one contains at least a segment of something that could be considered esthetically pleasing (the very decent painting in the middle) while the top one does not contain even one beautiful element to redeem it (unless you're into peepholes that is ;)).
Anyway, when did this thread suddenly turn so serious? ??? :o :o :o ::) ;) 8)
Post by: George on June 18, 2007, 02:00:57 PM
I think you're completely missing George's point which is to contemplate these two covers as purely aesthetic objects, graphic design "craft" aside. Now, even though the top cover does not break as many rules as the bottom one, it is, IMHO, much uglier than the bottom one. Just as an ungrammatical sentence can still be more beautiful than a perfectly grammatical but... ugly one. On these terms, the main difference between these 2 covers is that one contains at least a segment of something that could be considered esthetically pleasing (the very decent painting in the middle) while the top one does not contain even one beautiful element to redeem it (unless you're into peepholes that is ;)).
Thanks Mr. Osa!
Where you been?
Post by: Maciek on June 18, 2007, 02:03:22 PM
Maciek
Post by: George on June 18, 2007, 02:05:20 PM
Hi George! I was at the seaside. Getting hopelessly bored, I'm afraid... ::) (We're not great fans of sunbathing in our family... ;D And what else is there to do there...? 0:))
Maciek
Hope you had some 75 sunblock for Rose. :)
Post by: orbital on June 18, 2007, 02:08:35 PM
Hi George! I was at the seaside. Getting hopelessly bored, I'm afraid... ::) (We're not great fans of sunbathing in our family... ;D And what else is there to do there...? 0:))I don't like sunbathing either. But nothing beats the sound of the sea/ocean. That, under the shade, with a book, I will happily spend my vacation doing absolutely nothing 8)
Maciek
Post by: Maciek on June 18, 2007, 02:12:51 PM
Hope you had some 75 sunblock for Rose. :)
75? Yeah, well, more or less... ;D
Post by: Maciek on June 18, 2007, 02:13:32 PM
Post by: pjme on June 19, 2007, 01:08:54 PM
Ok - a good laugh before bed...
I'm in a big hair mood..
(http://www.deccaclassics.com/music/classicrecitals/images/028947561545-Cvr72.jpg)
Post by: knight66 on June 19, 2007, 01:27:04 PM
Mike
Post by: Kullervo on June 20, 2007, 09:23:39 AM
Is it just me, or does Iggy look already dead, and MTT is taking him for a ride a la "Weekend at Bernies"?
Also, this disc contains some of Stravinsky's most high-minded pieces (like Agon and Aldous Huxley in Memoriam).
Post by: Brewski on June 20, 2007, 09:29:38 AM
Is it just me, or does Iggy look already dead, and MTT is taking him for a ride a la "Weekend at Bernies"?
Also, this disc contains some of Stravinsky's most high-minded pieces (like Agon and Aldous Huxley in Memoriam).
;D That cover definitely does not say Agon.
--Bruce
Post by: Kullervo on June 20, 2007, 10:21:03 AM
;D That cover definitely does not say Agon.
--Bruce
I know. Agon brings to my mind the Parthenon, that is, if it were designed by the Bauhaus.
Post by: The Mad Hatter on June 24, 2007, 08:15:45 AM
(http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/images/51VQV4A18BL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Hector on June 25, 2007, 04:42:46 AM
or...
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J3ZGB9AVL._AA240_.jpg)
I don't think that this is as bad as it gets simply because one needs to know what it represents: a Lincolnshire Posy or an Armenian dancer?
It cannot possibly be Japanese , can it?
Either way, a classic!
Post by: Maciek on June 25, 2007, 09:54:39 AM
Post by: longears on September 08, 2007, 06:52:38 AM
Covers like these are just plain awful!Something we agree on! It's a miracle!
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2079/d1c03f0f8ff3073821ffe03gd8.jpg) (http://imageshack.us) (http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4856/b578a93e8df890758b6b625wm9.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Post by: longears on September 08, 2007, 06:55:51 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/Grimaud-4.jpg)How do you say, "Hubba-hubba!" in French?
Post by: longears on September 08, 2007, 02:31:56 PM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61dtDGRlKhL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Kullervo on September 08, 2007, 03:04:27 PM
And now for some really bad cover art:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61dtDGRlKhL._SS500_.jpg)
Cover art by Travis Anderson, grade 10. "I finished my Algebra exam early and drew this."
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ERR7D57SL._SS500_.jpg)
Looks like they took this with a webcam.
Post by: Saul on September 09, 2007, 04:16:06 AM
Covers like these are just plain awful!
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2079/d1c03f0f8ff3073821ffe03gd8.jpg) (http://imageshack.us) (http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4856/b578a93e8df890758b6b625wm9.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Hehe... these two really look weird...
Post by: Saul on September 09, 2007, 04:24:52 AM
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/feb99/kay.jpg)
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/feb99/tippett2.jpg)
(http://www.armydiller.com/_images/ClassicalCD.jpg)
(http://www.audiobooksonline.com/media/Darren_Henley_Story_of_Classical_Music_compact_discs.jpg)
Post by: Kullervo on September 09, 2007, 10:39:20 AM
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/Apr99/mcleodpiano.jpg)
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/feb99/kay.jpg)
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/feb99/tippett2.jpg)
(http://www.armydiller.com/_images/ClassicalCD.jpg)
(http://www.audiobooksonline.com/media/Darren_Henley_Story_of_Classical_Music_compact_discs.jpg)
For once, we agree on something. :)
Post by: vandermolen on September 09, 2007, 02:27:18 PM
Post by: Don on September 09, 2007, 02:43:36 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B00004TQP5/sr=1-29/qid=1189380266/ref=dp_image_text_0/202-0119149-4618273?ie=UTF8&n=229816&s=music&qid=1189380266&sr=1-29
What's not to like with that one?
Post by: Kullervo on September 09, 2007, 02:44:54 PM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61bE6X9rvzL._SS500_.jpg)
They actually hired someone to do this?
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZJJS4NMRL._SS500_.jpg)
I'm surprised no one has mentioned DG's "The Originals" series, where they take the original cover art and put it all askew and add a stupid-looking shadow effect for no apparent reason, like this:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KPNEK149L._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S17PJFCPL._SS500_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z8W218GML._SS500_.jpg)
I found this one on a blog, but I had to share it here.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sZyVg5hBL._SS400_.jpg)
Here's MTT in a thoughtful moment, but I think he's thinking more about his Gucci sweater than Mahler.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VCGZE1HSL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Saul on September 09, 2007, 04:08:23 PM
For once, we agree on something. :)
Yes.... to let you know that complex probabilities can turn into simple dispositions with erosive randomness and oddity...
::)
Post by: Keemun on September 10, 2007, 07:56:40 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X5Rj1nhtL._AA240_.jpg)
And to borrow one from another thread.....
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WQBbCdu5L._AA240_.jpg)
Post by: MishaK on September 10, 2007, 08:21:26 AM
They actually hired someone to do this?
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZJJS4NMRL._SS500_.jpg)
I actually don't mind that one at all. Reminds me a little of Kentridge. It's also a very good recording.
Post by: Renfield on September 10, 2007, 09:54:51 AM
Either Martin Frost is fleeing a burning building, or he is about to use his clarinet as a weapon.
One of the reasons I like this album cover is exactly that! He's not intending to simply play with it: he brings his clarinet to bear. 8)
(Though of course, I am something of a nut with things sword-related, and this does qualify, doesn't it? ;))
Post by: head-case on September 10, 2007, 10:08:02 AM
I'm surprised no one has mentioned DG's "The Originals" series, where they take the original cover art and put it all askew and add a stupid-looking shadow effect for no apparent reason, like this:I think the original's series is an example of excellent graphic design. It gives the series a very recognizable style while still including and emphasizing the original cover art. Brilliant, I would say.
Post by: Maciek on September 10, 2007, 12:01:21 PM
This looks like a High School vanity shot.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61bE6X9rvzL._SS500_.jpg)
Maybe it is one? ;D
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They actually hired someone to do this?
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZJJS4NMRL._SS500_.jpg)
I'll second O Mensch here - that's one I actually like very much (I mean both recording and cover).
Post by: MISHUGINA on September 11, 2007, 05:51:49 AM
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I found this one on a blog, but I had to share it here.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sZyVg5hBL._SS400_.jpg)
ROFL, and I thought that was a photoshop prank!
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Here's MTT in a thoughtful moment, but I think he's thinking more about his Gucci sweater than Mahler.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VCGZE1HSL._SS500_.jpg)
Is it me, or I think he looked like Micheal Jackson? :o
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Post by: longears on September 11, 2007, 05:39:56 PM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61bE6X9rvzL._SS500_.jpg)Haven't heard the disc, but I've heard Biss and he's very good.
Post by: маразм1 on September 11, 2007, 05:47:24 PM
And now for some really bad cover art:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/61dtDGRlKhL._SS500_.jpg)
wtf??? ha ha ha!!!!
Post by: Bogey on September 11, 2007, 05:59:07 PM
(http://www.scopecreep.com/dirty_work.jpg)
Post by: Bogey on September 11, 2007, 06:12:33 PM
(http://davegreten.typepad.com/dave_gretens_blog/images/album_cover_21.jpg) (http://davegreten.typepad.com/dave_gretens_blog/images/album_cover_29.jpg) (http://tng.cupofdirt.net/horrible_album_covers/ken.jpg)
Post by: MishaK on September 11, 2007, 06:17:56 PM
(http://tng.cupofdirt.net/horrible_album_covers/ken.jpg)
This reminds me of some of the puppets of neolithic people they have in dioramas at natural history museums.
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on September 11, 2007, 06:20:49 PM
Whos got the most body hair? ;)
Post by: KevinP on September 12, 2007, 12:14:11 AM
These lads should know better:
(http://www.scopecreep.com/dirty_work.jpg)
I was going to say, 'Everybody's allowed to use the "Hey, it was the 80s" card once,' but then, I think they'd better save that card for music *on* that disc.
Post by: Hector on September 12, 2007, 02:49:55 AM
What was the request: go away?
Post by: Hector on September 12, 2007, 02:51:46 AM
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/Apr99/mcleodpiano.jpg)
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/feb99/kay.jpg)
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/feb99/tippett2.jpg)
(http://www.armydiller.com/_images/ClassicalCD.jpg)
Actually, I quite like these, particularly the painting of the cricket match. Very appropriate. ;D
Post by: KevinP on September 12, 2007, 03:19:49 AM
(http://www.sa-cd.net/covers/4856.jpg)
Post by: Lethevich on September 12, 2007, 03:22:47 AM
This won't win the 'worst cover ever' award, but I so want to see thunderbolts coming out of his hands.
(http://www.sa-cd.net/covers/4856.jpg)
:D Reminds me of this one, which I found hilarious when I first saw it:
(http://www.soundandmusic.com/img/Articoli/15877.jpg)
"I HAVE THE POWER!!!! YEAAHH!!!!!!"
Post by: KevinP on September 12, 2007, 03:28:01 AM
(http://www.soundandmusic.com/img/Articoli/15877.jpg)
Caption: Guess who's just made the varsity team.
Post by: sound67 on September 12, 2007, 03:49:39 AM
Post by: sound67 on September 12, 2007, 03:54:59 AM
For an all-gay classical album ... :-\
And this all-time classic:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/418TG8NHYYL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Lethevich on September 12, 2007, 04:09:16 AM
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/519QH2F3Y6L._SS500_.jpg)
Wow... it makes me want to hang it on my wall and salute it every morning :P :P :P
Post by: Hector on September 12, 2007, 05:26:58 AM
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/519QH2F3Y6L._SS500_.jpg)
Enlighten me: why is it the Worst looking CD/LP artwork?
Is it because it is the 'Stars and Stripes' or it has the St. Louis Symphony on the cover or is conducted by Leonard Slatkin?
Is it because you'se is Anti-American?
Post by: Hector on September 12, 2007, 05:30:54 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/412B2FRCPRL._AA240_.jpg)
For an all-gay classical album ... :-\
It seems to me that if you wanted to attract gays to your disc you would signal that intention by putting a 'hunk' on the cover.
Are you homophobic? :(
Post by: Lethevich on September 12, 2007, 05:53:04 AM
Post by: Kullervo on September 12, 2007, 05:55:14 AM
I think the original's series is an example of excellent graphic design. It gives the series a very recognizable style while still including and emphasizing the original cover art. Brilliant, I would say.
You're kidding, right?
Post by: Kullervo on September 12, 2007, 05:56:10 AM
It seems to me that if you wanted to attract gays to your disc you would signal that intention by putting a 'hunk' on the cover.
Are you homophobic? :(
Please, anyone with taste would find that cover repulsive.
Post by: George on September 12, 2007, 05:56:39 AM
You're kidding, right?
I actually agree with him, but then, I'm a head case myself. ;)
Post by: Kullervo on September 12, 2007, 05:57:55 AM
I actually agree with him, but then, I'm a head case myself. ;)
It probably wouldn't bother me so much if it weren't for the shadow effect. Graphics aside, I generally trust those recordings and they are hard to beat, price-wise.
Post by: George on September 12, 2007, 05:59:24 AM
It probably wouldn't bother me so much if it weren't for the shadow effect. Graphics aside, I generally trust those recordings and they are hard to beat, price-wise.
They are, and they actually usually fill the CD, unlike the newer Decca and Philips Originals, which I have seen at 40 minutes and UNDER!! :-\ ??? :-[ >:( :'(
Post by: sound67 on September 12, 2007, 07:06:48 AM
Wow... it makes me want to hang it on my wall and salute it every morning :P :P :P
Exactly. ::)
Also, the cover doesn't identify ANY of the works on this disc, as if they didn't matter (well, probably they don't). Same goes for the "gay" disc.
Edited my moderator for offensive personal remark.
Post by: Hector on September 13, 2007, 05:09:43 AM
Please, anyone with taste would find that cover repulsive.
Really, I would have thought that any homophobe would find the cover not only tasteless but offensive.
Do you find it offensive?
Quentin Crisp used to say that many homophobes were such because they felt guilt about their latent homosexuality.
Incidentally, not that it interests you, John Hurt has been signed up to play the Stately Homo of England, again, in a film of Crisp's life in NY.
Post by: Kullervo on September 13, 2007, 05:11:42 AM
Really, I would have thought that any homophobe would find the cover not only tasteless but offensive.
Do you find it offensive?
Quentin Crisp used to say that many homophobes were such because they felt guilt about their latent homosexuality.
Incidentally, not that it interests you, John Hurt has been signed up to play the Stately Homo of England, again, in a film of Crisp's life in NY.
A gay man being called a homophobe, that's a hoot. 8)
It speaks volumes that you assumed I was straight. ;D
Post by: Hector on September 13, 2007, 05:13:34 AM
Exactly. ::)
Also, the cover doesn't identify ANY of the works on this disc, as if they didn't matter (well, probably they don't). Same goes for the "gay" disc.
Edited my moderator for offensive personal remark.
Oh, I see, it offends you because you are Anti-American as, clearly, the disc signals by its cover that it contains American music played by an American orchestra under an American conductor.
All I need to do is pick it out and turn it over to see what it contains, or not, depending on my interest.
Post by: MishaK on September 13, 2007, 06:04:32 AM
Oh, I see, it offends you because you are Anti-American as, clearly, the disc signals by its cover that it contains American music played by an American orchestra under an American conductor.
All I need to do is pick it out and turn it over to see what it contains, or not, depending on my interest.
Hector, have you lost your senses? It's just bad taste and not very creative design. One doesn't have to be a Cuban communist to dislike the cover. Chill out, dude.
Post by: sound67 on September 13, 2007, 08:38:24 AM
Hector, have you lost your senses? It's just bad taste and not very creative design. One doesn't have to be a Cuban communist to dislike the cover. Chill out, dude.
If only he could. But that would require some sense of humor on his part, of which there is no trace.
The producers of this disc obviously thought that the flag would sell itself, irrespective of contents of the CD. That alone is an offense against the composers.
Thomas
Post by: Kullervo on September 17, 2007, 03:42:53 PM
One word: Woof!
Post by: Hector on September 18, 2007, 04:45:16 AM
A gay man being called a homophobe, that's a hoot. 8)
It speaks volumes that you assumed I was straight. ;D
Not volumes, surely, a paragraph at most, because why would I?
I didn't know.
It does not answer my question, however, merely adds to Crisp's comments: you find it tasteless because it draws attention to homosexuals or you are ashamed of your sexuality?
Post by: Hector on September 18, 2007, 04:48:52 AM
Hector, have you lost your senses? It's just bad taste and not very creative design. One doesn't have to be a Cuban communist to dislike the cover. Chill out, dude.
No, you have lost yours.
I find myself defending the Americans and their flag here because some, you, for example, are offended by it.
What would be creative in this context?
Hey, DUDE, you is full o' crap!
Post by: Kullervo on September 18, 2007, 04:54:24 AM
Not volumes, surely, a paragraph at most, because why would I?
I didn't know.
It does not answer my question, however, merely adds to Crisp's comments: you find it tasteless because it draws attention to homosexuals or you are ashamed of your sexuality?
No. I find this just as distasteful.
(http://www.larastjohn.com/photo/420/bachcover.jpg)
Stop being argumentative for the sake of being argumentative. Get a hobby.
Post by: Hector on September 18, 2007, 04:55:25 AM
If only he could. But that would require some sense of humor on his part, of which there is no trace.
The producers of this disc obviously thought that the flag would sell itself, irrespective of contents of the CD. That alone is an offense against the composers.
Thomas
No they didn't, Thomas, they were advertising the fact that the disc contained American music by the simplest and, in their judgement, most direct way possible with one of the most recognisable flags on the planet.
Would they put a Venezualean flag on to draw attention to the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, for example? I doubt it.
You do not answer my question but avoid it with insults. I on the other hand find you one of the most side-splitting humorous contributors ::)
Post by: MishaK on September 18, 2007, 05:21:35 AM
No, you have lost yours.
I find myself defending the Americans and their flag here because some, you, for example, are offended by it.
What would be creative in this context?
Hey, DUDE, you is full o' crap!
Hector, you've fallen prey to a dangerous you're-either-with-us-or-you're -against-us sort of thinking. Did I say I was offended by it? No. It's just not well done as a piece of graphic design and it doesn't even tell us what's on the CD. Disliking a particular CD cover because it cheaply uses the flag for lack of any creative ideas doesn't mean I hate the flag. Normal sentient beings would not require that I defend myself by explaining something so obvious. BTW, by contrast, the following CD cover also uses the flag, but much more tastefully:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/417VPREEVAL._AA240_.jpg)
Post by: orbital on September 18, 2007, 05:38:29 AM
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/512MX5DKC3L._SS500_.jpg)
One word: Woof!
That is awful! "I am outlined in poison green! Watch out, and also watch out for the deer-dude! " :P
Post by: MishaK on September 18, 2007, 07:34:18 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dWBg9vD0L._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YCNST37GL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WN8H2S08L._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/513-OvTrEVL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XJ77ST9VL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/610JTR90JFL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/512iMKbQeGL._AA240_.jpg)
Post by: Lethevich on September 18, 2007, 07:41:12 AM
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/512MX5DKC3L._SS500_.jpg)
Jesus God... that looks like a trance album...
Post by: MishaK on September 18, 2007, 08:20:45 AM
@ O - I actually like those RCO ones :D They aren't subtle, but very distinctive.
Really? I get a headache everytime I look at that Brahms album cover.
Post by: sound67 on September 18, 2007, 09:40:10 AM
Would they put a Venezualean flag on to draw attention to the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, for example? I doubt it.
Me, too. Because, Venezualeans are more mature.
I can well imagine Hector as a flagwaver ...
Post by: MishaK on September 18, 2007, 10:29:58 AM
Me, too. Because, Venezualeans are more mature.
Actually, they perform concerts in something that could only be called national team jerseys.
Post by: Kullervo on September 19, 2007, 04:58:35 AM
Post by: MishaK on September 19, 2007, 06:01:42 AM
What is with those Jansons covers? Some of them look like broken pills. ???
It's what happens when you leave your Aspirin on the wood block right before the hammer blows.
Post by: Hector on September 19, 2007, 06:25:35 AM
Hector, you've fallen prey to a dangerous you're-either-with-us-or-you're -against-us sort of thinking. Did I say I was offended by it? No. It's just not well done as a piece of graphic design and it doesn't even tell us what's on the CD. Disliking a particular CD cover because it cheaply uses the flag for lack of any creative ideas doesn't mean I hate the flag. Normal sentient beings would not require that I defend myself by explaining something so obvious. BTW, by contrast, the following CD cover also uses the flag, but much more tastefully:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/417VPREEVAL._AA240_.jpg)
OK, I get the joke ;D
Post by: Hector on September 19, 2007, 06:29:23 AM
No. I find this just as distasteful.
(http://www.larastjohn.com/photo/420/bachcover.jpg)
Stop being argumentative for the sake of being argumentative. Get a hobby.
Well, that's just a matter of personal taste. If I was brought up by, say, the Plymouth Bretheren, I would, likely as not, find it beyond the pale.
But, since I wasn't (thank God >:D) I merely think: "What's she got to hide?"
I have a hobby: being argumentative ;)
Post by: MishaK on September 19, 2007, 06:44:02 AM
OK, I get the joke ;D
??? It wasn't one. What joke did you think you got?
Post by: Hector on September 19, 2007, 07:05:43 AM
??? It wasn't one. What joke did you think you got?
You are serious, aren't you?
That MTT cover is simply hideous. No, absolutely hideous. Oh, and lacking imagination but that is no reason to condemn as the heading of the thread is quite clear.
Post by: MishaK on September 19, 2007, 09:59:14 AM
You are serious, aren't you?
That MTT cover is simply hideous. No, absolutely hideous. Oh, and lacking imagination but that is no reason to condemn as the heading of the thread is quite clear.
Actually, I was serious. And I await your explanation of what makes it hideous (I will for now reserve the overly "obvious" conclusion from your criticism that you are obviously an anti-American homophobe since you take offense at a cover that pictures the Star Spangled Banner alongside a photo of an openly gay conductor). ;)
Post by: DavidW on September 19, 2007, 01:19:05 PM
Post by: longears on September 21, 2007, 04:28:38 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/417VPREEVAL._AA240_.jpg)So this cover is the cause of the squabbling? I like the graphic design, I don't think it makes ANY statement about MTT's sexual orientation, the flag reminds me of Jasper Johns, and it's a clear reference not only to the "American sound" Copland is so often identified with, but to the title and theme of the album, The Essence of America.
Excellent graphic design, the more I think about it.
As for the Lara St. Johns, there's a difference between "bad looking" and "in poor taste." However, in her case the covers are intended to sell records that otherwise would be purchased only by her friends and family, and I suspect they're somewhat successful. I've never heard her playing. My prejudices suggest that someone who stoops to such tactics has little of value to offer.
Post by: Hector on September 21, 2007, 04:38:40 AM
Actually, I was serious. And I await your explanation of what makes it hideous (I will for now reserve the overly "obvious" conclusion from your criticism that you are obviously an anti-American homophobe since you take offense at a cover that pictures the Star Spangled Banner alongside a photo of an openly gay conductor). ;)
You are quite mad.
Quite the opposite as my feeling was that your objection to the Slatkin/Louisville was political rather than of taste.
Likewise the 'gay' cover.
The MTT cover has, clearly, no merit whatsoever, a view I am rapidly forming of you.
Post by: MishaK on September 21, 2007, 05:40:51 AM
Quite the opposite as my feeling was that your objection to the Slatkin/Louisville was political rather than of taste.
You quite misunderstood me as I clearly explained that my irritation with the Slatkin cover was a matter of taste. You imputed, without any basis, a political objection to everyone who found it irritating.
The MTT cover has, clearly, no merit whatsoever, a view I am rapidly forming of you.
Longears already eloquently explained the merits of the MTT cover (the reference to Jasper Johns and the entire American visual art heritage I found quite appropriate - so you see, it's more than just a flag in this case). However, it does frequently appear that you do form views very rapidly indeed, and without much reflection or substantiation. I suppose that attitude permits you to avoid any uncomfortable questioning of your own biases and prejudices.
Post by: Don on September 21, 2007, 07:40:20 AM
Post by: sound67 on September 21, 2007, 08:20:51 AM
You are quite mad.
Quite the opposite as my feeling was that your objection to the Slatkin/Louisville was political rather than of taste.
Likewise the 'gay' cover.
The MTT cover has, clearly, no merit whatsoever, a view I am rapidly forming of you.
Oh, but the stupid American flag on its own has, or some torso disconnected from any contents of any disc. That has merit. ::)
You are obviously quite mad, and if you're not, then it won't come over my lips just what you are.
Thomas
Post by: KevinP on September 29, 2007, 03:05:05 AM
http://www.vinylvulture.co.uk/pages/moog_galleryc.htm
Incidentally I studied with Hans Wurman of the Moog Strikes Bach album.
Post by: Hector on October 01, 2007, 03:26:16 AM
Oh, but the stupid American flag on its own has, or some torso disconnected from any contents of any disc. That has merit. ::)
Thomas
I do not understand anything after "stupid American flag."
Are you anti-American?
Were you drunk when you penned this?
Post by: Hector on October 01, 2007, 03:30:49 AM
Actually, I was serious. And I await your explanation of what makes it hideous (I will for now reserve the overly "obvious" conclusion from your criticism that you are obviously an anti-American homophobe since you take offense at a cover that pictures the Star Spangled Banner alongside a photo of an openly gay conductor). ;)
Firstly, I did not know, nor do I care, that MTT was gay and, secondly, I thought that the objections to the covers were because you were anti-American and a homophobe...and I'm accused of jumping to conclusions to quickly.
You need a new translation service.
Post by: MishaK on October 02, 2007, 01:40:25 PM
Firstly, I did not know, nor do I care, that MTT was gay and, secondly, I thought that the objections to the covers were because you were anti-American and a homophobe...and I'm accused of jumping to conclusions to quickly.
Why would you ever think that if you weren't jumping to conclusions?
Methinks you need a thinking device. ::)
Post by: KevinP on October 02, 2007, 09:11:23 PM
Please take it to PMs or start a new thread out of respect for those of us who aren't interested in reading insults.
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 03, 2007, 07:20:19 PM
Post by: George on October 04, 2007, 01:23:18 AM
Art director on acid, Don? ;D
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 05, 2007, 03:46:28 PM
Art director on acid, Don? ;D
Something like that, eh?! ;D
Post by: epicous on October 05, 2007, 07:10:42 PM
Post by: KevinP on October 05, 2007, 07:41:17 PM
Post by: Kullervo on October 06, 2007, 08:18:12 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/4107HYVSZWL._SS500_.jpg)
What is it with people trying to make Scriabin look like Timothy Leary?
Post by: longears on October 07, 2007, 08:38:58 AM
Post by: dtwilbanks on October 07, 2007, 08:46:06 AM
Post by: Kullervo on October 07, 2007, 12:27:01 PM
(http://www.musicandarts.com/CDpages/CD1125.jpg)
"My god... it's full of stars!"
Post by: dtwilbanks on October 07, 2007, 06:07:08 PM
Post by: KevinP on October 07, 2007, 06:15:51 PM
Is this classical music? Is there actual literature for this or these arrangements?
Post by: Kullervo on October 10, 2007, 01:30:59 PM
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/2a/f4/1b94224128a0b6b564a5c010.L.jpg)
Post by: Bonehelm on October 10, 2007, 02:50:49 PM
(http://www.tubastudio.com/cd10020l.jpg)
...........................WHAT THE SHIT??
Post by: Renfield on October 10, 2007, 03:17:57 PM
...........................WHAT THE SHIT??
For once, I will fully agree, even in the phrasing. Whoever came up with this cover would surely give a Freudian psychoanalyst hours and hours of pleasure. >:D
Post by: Wendell_E on October 11, 2007, 04:42:51 AM
And yet:
Here's the cover of her new Schoenberg/Satie/Bolcolm disc:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Wendelle/singers/51zAT0qdt7L_SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Kullervo on October 11, 2007, 04:50:40 AM
In a recent interview (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071005/music_nm/classical_dc;_ylt=Ag2b4LfZls3alc9mLT_UTDOXExkF (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071005/music_nm/classical_dc;_ylt=Ag2b4LfZls3alc9mLT_UTDOXExkF)), Canadian soprano says "In pop music, great presentation sometimes camouflages inferior product. But we in classical music have the greatest product in the world. But as we all well know, there are so many truly crappy classical music album covers out there. Why? People see you before they hear you, so why wouldn't you try not to start out with a deficit?"
And yet:
Here's the cover of her new Schoenberg/Satie/Bolcolm disc:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Wendelle/singers/51zAT0qdt7L_SS500_.jpg)
HAHAHAHA!!!
That cover suggests to me a sort of Corrin Bailey Ray classical crossover, with all the horrible things that would imply. :o
Post by: Lethevich on October 11, 2007, 04:55:55 AM
Post by: George on October 11, 2007, 05:00:39 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/Wendelle/singers/51zAT0qdt7L_SS500_.jpg)
Macy Gray has crossed over? ;D
Post by: Wendell_E on October 11, 2007, 05:44:55 AM
Post by: orbital on October 18, 2007, 06:40:47 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SHZB9C98L._SS500_.jpg)
I am not sure if this is a cool cover or if they blew it (I generally like the cover for these series a lot, the Bartok 2 CD in particular)
Post by: 71 dB on October 18, 2007, 07:45:12 AM
I was just listening to this:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SHZB9C98L._SS500_.jpg)
I am not sure if this is a cool cover or if they blew it (I generally like the cover for these series a lot, the Bartok 2 CD in particular)
Absolutely horrible cover "art". :-X I was interested of de Larrocha's playing but I can't buy a CD that ugly. I can't. :-[
Post by: George on October 18, 2007, 07:48:48 AM
Absolutely horrible cover "art". :-X I was interested of de Larrocha's playing but I can't buy a CD that ugly. I can't. :-[
Easy, just get the double Decca release instead:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AMXX1HMVL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: orbital on October 18, 2007, 08:08:37 AM
That is a beautiful CD, cover and otherwise. But the RCA is Granados only. I think there is another version with a painting of a young girl as well. Let me find it
Easy, just get the double Decca release instead:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AMXX1HMVL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: 71 dB on October 18, 2007, 08:43:43 AM
Easy, just get the double Decca release instead:
That's in my long wishlist. ;)
Post by: Kullervo on October 21, 2007, 04:15:51 AM
Post by: KevinP on October 21, 2007, 04:56:26 AM
Post by: Lethevich on October 21, 2007, 04:59:53 AM
Now I think they're just trying to get on this thread.
:D It's all about the fame with them :(
Post by: Bonehelm on October 21, 2007, 02:05:32 PM
Post by: Lethevich on November 16, 2007, 01:11:10 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/314WHNTH4FL._AA240_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sven-G%C3%B6ran-Eriksson-Classical-Collection/dp/B000063TTQ/ref=sr_1_53?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195204449&sr=1-53)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21NFTKP88JL._AA130_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/God-Bless-America-Various-Artists/dp/B00005YK2J/ref=sr_1_88?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195204673&sr=1-88)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/212FAM9BP3L._AA130_.jpg) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Universe-Bach-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B00004SUB3/ref=sr_1_98?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195204685&sr=1-98)
Bling...
Browsing the dregs of Amazon for a bargain can be a disturbing experience...
Post by: FideLeo on November 16, 2007, 02:52:37 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51755EBC54L._SS500_.jpg)
Mock it not too much since it may have been inspired by this great Rembrandt:
(http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4423/aristotlebushomergb5.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
But I do still find it silly - mostly for the Star Trek style background and the goofy subtitle. Otherwise his profile-prone attitude can actually remind me a little of Fluffy (HvK).
Post by: Drasko on November 16, 2007, 02:57:38 AM
Mock it not too much since it
(http://www.jpc.de/image/cover/front/0/9223001.jpg)
comes in series
Post by: FideLeo on November 16, 2007, 03:42:36 AM
comes in series
Rembrandt's idea played out in a quasi-animated style. Rather than being f-ugly,
it's actually a beauty! ;D
Post by: sidoze on November 16, 2007, 03:45:09 AM
I was just listening to this:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SHZB9C98L._SS500_.jpg)
I am not sure if this is a cool cover or if they blew it (I generally like the cover for these series a lot, the Bartok 2 CD in particular)
call me tasteless but I really like that. I think whoever designed it--and presumably got her permission for it--has a tremendous sense of humour, especially if you know something about the little lady.
Post by: Kullervo on November 16, 2007, 12:31:32 PM
Mock it not too much since it may have been inspired by this great Rembrandt:
Ah, but it's still awful, even if it was inspired by something beautiful, just like the movie Tristan + Isolde. ;D
Post by: FideLeo on November 16, 2007, 01:20:31 PM
Ah, but it's still awful, even if it was inspired by something beautiful, just like the movie Tristan + Isolde. ;D
Didn't even bother to check that movie out... ;)
Post by: Drasko on November 17, 2007, 02:34:16 AM
Rembrandt's idea played out in a quasi-animated style.
Don't know about quasi-animated, looks more like a still from Roger Corman movie to me.
Anyhow fire walk with me background isn't that unique:
(http://www.carlospaita.com/pochettes/8.jpg)
Paita's covers are generally interesting, I'm fond of Beamin' Beethoven and Surfin' Tchaikovsky in partcular:
(http://www.carlospaita.com/pochettes/2.jpg) (http://www.carlospaita.com/pochettes/13.jpg)
Post by: Mark on November 17, 2007, 02:46:39 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51755EBC54L._SS500_.jpg)
Reloaded? What is this? The Matrix?
Post by: Renfield on November 17, 2007, 04:15:08 AM
Paita's covers are generally interesting, I'm fond of Beamin' Beethoven [...]
"Pewpew laz0rz", as might be said in the context of the wonderful world of online role-playing games. ;D
Post by: FideLeo on November 17, 2007, 05:07:52 AM
Reloaded? What is this? The Matrix?
Rembrandt Reloaded...see my comment above. :)
Post by: Kullervo on November 17, 2007, 05:54:31 AM
"Pewpew laz0rz", as might be said in the context of the wonderful world of online role-playing games. ;D
Ludwig Unbound
Post by: Papy Oli on November 17, 2007, 11:29:21 AM
:-\
Post by: 71 dB on November 17, 2007, 12:03:19 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61EZAB7BYZL._SS500_.jpg)
:-\
OMG! :o
Post by: Lethevich on November 17, 2007, 12:07:32 PM
Post by: Papy Oli on November 17, 2007, 12:19:27 PM
£1.60 used...go for it >:D
edit : how can i shorten the link to show just a clickable "link" ? ???
edit : Cheers Lethe :)
Post by: Lethevich on November 17, 2007, 12:23:35 PM
edit : how can i shorten the link to show just a clickable "link" ? ???
Code: [Select]
[url=thelinkgoeshere]the shortened text[/url]
Post by: Papy Oli on November 17, 2007, 12:31:25 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CES257VNL._AA240_.jpg)
and the track listing contains Carmina Burana.... go figure ;D
Post by: mahlertitan on November 19, 2007, 11:03:43 AM
(http://www.qualiton.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/286/286_40704.jpg)
Post by: Kullervo on November 19, 2007, 02:02:19 PM
(http://www.qualiton.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/039/039_741073.jpg)
(http://www.qualiton.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/286/286_40704.jpg)
Hey, I like that bottom cover.
Post by: pjme on November 20, 2007, 02:33:13 PM
how about this one....
BTW; I like Sandor Vegh's craggy face! A great conductor - with real traits .
(http://www.papelenblanco.com/images/2007/09/wh-auden.jpg)
W.H.Auden's face is another good example : almost land art!
Post by: Peregrine on December 08, 2007, 07:14:24 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41G4GPY1M4L._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Peregrine on December 16, 2007, 02:53:55 PM
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on January 21, 2008, 09:02:57 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512Q184TMZL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Brian on January 21, 2008, 09:12:44 PM
(http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/450/453458.jpg)
Post by: Bonehelm on January 21, 2008, 09:30:24 PM
Post by: Kullervo on January 21, 2008, 09:33:58 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NF6VBHPBL._AA240_.jpg)
Ugh! That is just painful to behold.
Post by: Lethevich on January 21, 2008, 10:23:01 PM
Ugh! That is just painful to behold.
;D It was probably made in paint, as it looks like it has jpeg artefacts all over it :-\
Post by: George on January 22, 2008, 07:18:31 AM
Not only is the design poorly done...but why is this girl hugging a giant cat paw?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512Q184TMZL._SS500_.jpg)
Yeah, not what I would call "exposed."
Post by: MishaK on January 25, 2008, 08:08:22 AM
http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/authoralbumbackground/1291/aua_meine_augen.html
Post by: Lethevich on January 25, 2008, 08:26:28 AM
Post by: маразм1 on January 25, 2008, 08:30:27 AM
Not only is the design poorly done...but why is this girl hugging a giant cat paw?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512Q184TMZL._SS500_.jpg)
is a bear violating her? lol
Post by: Kullervo on January 25, 2008, 08:33:24 AM
Hope that's not a photo from the recording session...
Post by: George on January 25, 2008, 08:37:40 AM
That cover is awesome, Corey!!
You really think it belongs here in this thread?
:-\
Post by: Kullervo on January 25, 2008, 08:43:42 AM
That cover is awesome, Corey!!
You really think it belongs here in this thread?
:-\
Hee! I don't know, maybe not. It's really just a cheesy concept rather than poor album design, but this thread seems to be a catch-all for both. Reminds me of an old Samantha Fox video where she's singing in a swimming pool (with a live microphone, no less). :P
Post by: George on January 25, 2008, 08:58:45 AM
Hee! I don't know, maybe not. It's really just a cheesy concept rather than poor album design, but this thread seems to be a catch-all for both. Reminds me of an old Samantha Fox video where she's singing in a swimming pool (with a live microphone, no less). :P
I can think of quite a few pop stars that I'd like to throw in a pool with live mics. 8)
Post by: Brewski on January 25, 2008, 09:01:03 AM
That cover is awesome, Corey!!
You really think it belongs here in this thread?
:-\
Ooh, I like that cover, too. (Although I can certainly see why some wouldn't.)
--Bruce
Post by: George on January 25, 2008, 09:03:52 AM
Post by: Brewski on January 25, 2008, 09:08:58 AM
But design-wise, it's quite well-done. Meyer's knees, the lines on the pool floor and the reflections above all converge in a big "X" in the center. Actually quite a fine photograph, just on its own.
--Bruce
Post by: BorisG on January 25, 2008, 01:59:36 PM
Post by: MishaK on January 25, 2008, 02:01:03 PM
Apex, Arte Nova, Testament are consistently bad.
What's wrong with the historic photos on Testament covers?
Post by: Don on January 25, 2008, 02:09:01 PM
Apex, Arte Nova, Testament are consistently bad.
I agree about Testament, but Arte Nova covers are now quite attractive. The cover below is just one example of many dozens. Concerning Testament, I find their covers washed-out and have the look of "cheap" all over them. Apex covers are okay.
Post by: Brian on January 25, 2008, 02:56:33 PM
Apex, Arte Nova, Testament are consistently bad.What! I love the Arte Nova covers.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517W5ON3Z6L._SS500_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61GFX59YFYL._SS500_.jpg)
They're just beautiful!
Post by: Novi on January 25, 2008, 03:07:34 PM
What! I love the Arte Nova covers.
They're just beautiful!
Yep, me too
I like this one:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414KGQ05XGL._AA240_.jpg)
Back on topic:
Some of these Trio sets are quite quaint, if somewhat random, but this one is just naff, if not down right insulting:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5100MW6SCSL._AA240_.jpg)
Post by: Lethevich on January 25, 2008, 03:11:39 PM
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/a5/20/948b793509a0197510bd2110.L.jpg)
The way they cut out the images and place them over a cheap looking gradient looks bad, and even worse in some such as this, when ones with significantly different looking depths are combined (the woman's photo looks flat next to the man, and together they seem to inhabit different dimensions). They also have a bad habit of tinting the photographs slightly, which when combined with a lurid background gradient produces unpleasant effects:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B66DBEAWL._AA240_.jpg)
The logo is also not ideal... An example of them doing it slightly better without as aggressive cutting out, and no gradient (the fancy font is nice as well):
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515W-SHC41L._AA240_.jpg)
This one is the best, simply because it's a full photograph for once:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AQ-cYoLvL._AA240_.jpg)
Still marred by the logos, but much better overall.
(It takes an immensely sad person to make such a lengthy commentry on a damn label's cover design :-X ;D)
Post by: Haffner on January 25, 2008, 04:33:23 PM
Post by: MishaK on January 25, 2008, 07:13:47 PM
Post by: M forever on January 25, 2008, 07:53:05 PM
(http://shop.castleclassics.co.uk/acatalog/V4937.jpg)
Post by: Gustav on January 25, 2008, 07:58:54 PM
Bleh
I think we have a winner here.
Btw, isn't that cover also somewhat "X-rated"? Isn't it a bit too late for the "Parental Advisory" warning?
Post by: Kullervo on January 25, 2008, 08:51:48 PM
Apex, Arte Nova, Testament are consistently bad.
What is wrong with these?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/316J8qW7kEL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uiLGbzgeL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B1VF5KMDL._AA240_.jpg)
They look better than Naxos's covers.
Post by: Kullervo on January 25, 2008, 08:54:27 PM
Some of these Trio sets are quite quaint, if somewhat random, but this one is just naff, if not down right insulting:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5100MW6SCSL._AA240_.jpg)
What is insulting about it? Shostakovich is a Russian composer. Those are Russian dolls. It's better than the faux-Cyrillic on most covers of DSCH recordings. ::)
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on January 25, 2008, 08:59:26 PM
I can understand the issues with Testament's covers, I also don't like them. An example of why:
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/a5/20/948b793509a0197510bd2110.L.jpg)
The way they cut out the images and place them over a cheap looking gradient looks bad, and even worse in some such as this, when ones with significantly different looking depths are combined (the woman's photo looks flat next to the man, and together they seem to inhabit different dimensions).
I dunno....
There's a certain 'rightness' to this cover that if you knew the libretto you'd probably appreciate (although you might know it...just guessing).
Everything is enshrouded in a kind of dankness, giving a claustrophobic feel to the story. It's sullen, misty, half-lit...
Overall, though, I'm in favor Testament's covers. Understated, for the most part, and sort of elementary.
Post by: Lethevich on January 26, 2008, 02:56:00 AM
What about this? Doesn't this look really bad?
(http://shop.castleclassics.co.uk/acatalog/V4937.jpg)
The choice of picture is silly (and also pretentious). I love this cover from the same label, though:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510GQ4M2GHL._AA240_.jpg)
Post by: M forever on January 26, 2008, 10:23:31 AM
Post by: Lethevich on January 26, 2008, 10:31:42 AM
But what does it have to do with Bruckner or the artists?
Nothing - it's just pretty (I suppose someone could suggest that the big train represents Bruckner's orchestral "power", but that would be BS IMO). Admittedly using a CD cover as some kind of photographic showcase is strange when I think about it, but it does tend to get repetitive seeing the same composer portraits, or even conductor photographs (eg I've seen Gunter Wand from 20 different front angles, all of them much the same) all the time, so mixing it up a little can be fun, in my view anyway.
Post by: Brian on January 26, 2008, 10:51:57 AM
Yep, me tooWow; I would consider buying that one just to have the photograph on my shelf.
I like this one:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414KGQ05XGL._AA240_.jpg)
Back on topic:
Really now?
They look better than Naxos's covers.
(http://www.naxosdirect.com/templates/shared/images/titles/largest/636943932827.jpg)
And my obligatory Bad Cover Art image (or, Why You Shouldn't Declare a Winner Until All the Votes Are In):
(http://einestages.spiegel.de/hund-images/2008/01/23/55/92602213db9c858044163c65af309645_image_document_large.jpg)
from the link posted a couple pages ago. ;D
Post by: Kullervo on January 26, 2008, 10:57:42 AM
Really now?
(http://www.naxosdirect.com/templates/shared/images/titles/largest/636943932827.jpg)
Which one of those is Joan? ;D
Post by: Brian on January 26, 2008, 11:00:23 AM
Which one of those is Joan? ;DOooh, nice. ;D
Post by: Kullervo on January 26, 2008, 11:01:59 AM
Oooh, nice. ;D
It would have been perfect if they had superimposed a photo of Joan to make it look like she was as tall as one of the towers. She would also be wrapped in an American flag.
Post by: Brian on January 26, 2008, 11:16:54 AM
It would have been perfect if they had superimposed a photo of Joan to make it look like she was as tall as one of the towers. She would also be wrapped in an American flag.;D ;D I only have MS Paint, not Photoshop, so I apologize for the meager effort, but...
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4065/madeinamericaif7.jpg)
Post by: Brewski on January 26, 2008, 11:28:09 AM
I also like Arte Nova's covers...the Carter one below is a favorite. Naxos seems to be getting better, but not consistently. This one of Véronique Gens doing Canteloube is lovely.
(http://www.starzik.com/chanson_thumb.php?ID=1133850&H=183&W=183)
--Bruce
Post by: Novi on January 26, 2008, 11:46:19 AM
What is insulting about it? Shostakovich is a Russian composer. Those are Russian dolls. It's better than the faux-Cyrillic on most covers of DSCH recordings. ::)
Hey Corey. I guess it's that glib 'touristy' association of ideas that I don't like. Russian composer? What should we put on the cover? Something Russian? I know! What about Russian dolls! Poulenc? How about three baguettes? A Lang Lang recital? What about a pair of chopsticks? ;D
I came acrosss this Philips series recently. There are a whole lot of them, 'Rachmaninoff for a Rainy Day,' 'Baroque at Bathtime: A Relaxing Serenade to Wash Your Cares Away,' 'Mozart for Massage' etc but I thought these two had the funniest covers:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R491JJ16L._AA240_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31q3HDz94eL._AA130_.jpg)
Kind of like '101 uses for Mozart ...' And here I was just listening to those darn things. I wonder if Philips is taking the piss :D.
Post by: Lethevich on January 26, 2008, 11:52:13 AM
Post by: Kullervo on January 26, 2008, 11:53:09 AM
;D ;D I only have MS Paint, not Photoshop, so I apologize for the meager effort, but...
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/4065/madeinamericaif7.jpg)
:D :D :D
Post by: Kullervo on January 26, 2008, 11:55:42 AM
Hey Corey. I guess it's that glib 'touristy' association of ideas that I don't like. Russian composer? What should we put on the cover? Something Russian? I know! What about Russian dolls! Poulenc? How about three baguettes? A Lang Lang recital? What about a pair of chopsticks? ;D
You're right, I was just feeling argumentative. They usually stick to more generic objects, like mushrooms or jewels.
Post by: gomro on January 26, 2008, 05:49:21 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21GCNSTTDDL._AA130_.jpg)
Not even an interesting font, and that photo! It looks like the cover was left in the hands of Bazelon's worst enemy, who of course did all he could to dissuade potential buyers.
Or how about:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LiLQLF0OL._SS500_.jpg)
The picture is trying to hint at Horwood's Amusement Park Suite and National Park Suite, but it looks like Godzilla vaporized half of Coney Island.
And Don Gillis wasn't a major composer, but he deserves better than this:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21Kl3QD7s0L._AA130_.jpg)
That's "YeeeeHaaaaa!!!" coming out of the ladies ear, or mouth, or something. Even Amazon recognizes the dreariness of this and the Bazelon: there was no closeup available!
Post by: M forever on January 27, 2008, 12:36:09 AM
(http://www.iclassics.com/content/assets/selection/19/18380E.jpg)
Post by: Lethevich on January 27, 2008, 05:34:23 AM
Post by: Maciek on February 21, 2008, 09:49:22 PM
Browsing the dregs of Amazon for a bargain can be a disturbing experience...
Have to agree.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61F54tucJVL._AA280_.jpg)
Eeek.
Post by: BorisG on February 22, 2008, 08:27:54 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31P%2BF-kSW2L._SS400_.jpg)
Post by: Brian on February 22, 2008, 09:27:08 AM
EMI Triples covers are boring. At first impulse-buying glance, these covers do not entice.You mean you don't like how it says "3CD", "three", "EMI Triples", and has a big 3 and a little 3? You think that's ... repetitive? ;D ;D Although I must say, $3 would be a nice price to match. :)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31P%2BF-kSW2L._SS400_.jpg)
Post by: head-case on February 22, 2008, 09:40:54 AM
You mean you don't like how it says "3CD", "three", "EMI Triples", and has a big 3 and a little 3? You think that's ... repetitive? ;D ;D Although I must say, $3 would be a nice price to match. :)Hmm, and it only took them several years to come up with something to match the Universal Triple series. They must have had their marketing specialists working 7 days a week to come up with this. 8)
Post by: vandermolen on February 22, 2008, 09:41:40 AM
Link takes you to a photo of Vaughan Williams looking like the craters of the Moon.
Post by: epicous on February 22, 2008, 09:47:51 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61E6nZ5rsAL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Haffner on February 22, 2008, 11:38:11 AM
Look at this:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61E6nZ5rsAL._SS500_.jpg)
Can't wait to miss that one!
Post by: Brian on February 22, 2008, 12:07:01 PM
Look at this:Kansas City!? ;D ;D
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61E6nZ5rsAL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Solitary Wanderer on February 22, 2008, 12:33:25 PM
How about this? I just saw this in another thread. I think it's pretty bad.
(http://www.iclassics.com/content/assets/selection/19/18380E.jpg)
Yeah, I posted that and its pretty bad. [Great music though]
In fact theres a whole series of them!
'We've completely run out of ideas!'
(http://www.iclassics.com/content/assets/selection/59/58512E.jpg)
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/July02/Haydn_schopfungmesse_harmoniemesse_gardiner.jpg)
(http://www.iclassics.com/content/assets/selection/19/18380E.jpg)
(http://www.iclassics.com/content/assets/selection/48/47057E.jpg)
'Okay, look down at the chair - good. Now look at me - good. Okay now wave your arms in the air!' ;)
Post by: Mozart on April 20, 2008, 09:32:51 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61EZAB7BYZL._SS500_.jpg)
:-\
Im glad I wasnt drinking anything!
Post by: M forever on April 22, 2008, 12:40:54 PM
Rattle is one ugly dude, he actually looks like the reptile my roommate has in her terrarium, apart from the curls, of course (if the reptile wore a grey curly wig, it would look exactly like him though), but that shouldn't matter - musical quality (or the lack thereof) should be the decisive factors. Still, do they have to advertise his ugliness in this way?
Post by: Don on April 22, 2008, 12:46:19 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41gi9a1nGjL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Rattle is one ugly dude, he actually looks like the reptile my roommate has in her terrarium, apart from the curls, of course (if the reptile wore a grey curly wig, it would look exactly like him though), but that shouldn't matter - musical quality (or the lack thereof) should be the decisive factors. Still, do they have to advertise his ugliness in this way?
I don't find him ugly, but his color is terrible (looks like a corpse). He just needs an extreme makeover.
Post by: MN Dave on April 22, 2008, 12:46:56 PM
Post by: M forever on April 22, 2008, 12:53:34 PM
Post by: Kullervo on April 28, 2008, 03:50:00 PM
Post by: MN Dave on April 28, 2008, 03:50:53 PM
Post by: George on April 28, 2008, 05:46:58 PM
That's not so bad.
I especially love Salieri fading into the woodwork. ;D
Post by: Kullervo on April 28, 2008, 05:54:10 PM
I especially love Salieri fading into the woodwork. ;D
Possible caption: The opera house is falling down. The ghost of Salieri is mildly displeased.
Post by: маразм1 on July 07, 2008, 04:43:07 AM
Post by: маразм1 on July 07, 2008, 04:51:35 AM
Post by: Hector on July 07, 2008, 05:29:32 AM
haha
What does laughing at these unfortunate people do for you?
Boost your deflated ego or just make you feel physically superior or something else, perhaps?
Post by: Lethevich on July 24, 2008, 06:03:57 AM
(http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/5549/20080416kilarsemptemberow7.jpg)
An amazingly terrible concept coupled with an amazingly terrible 'shop, with some deeply uninspired graphic design thrown in for good measure.
Post by: Renfield on July 25, 2008, 04:08:59 AM
Post by: Wanderer on July 25, 2008, 05:38:27 AM
"Behold, lowly pianists, I, too, have five fingers (per hand), so, my immeasurable talent and extraordinary hairstyle and fashion sense aside, I'm just a normal person, just like you...only better!"
Post by: knight66 on July 25, 2008, 05:52:31 AM
Mike
Post by: Keemun on July 25, 2008, 06:08:01 AM
Adding insult to injury, of the 21 tracks, only six are J.S. Bach, one is C.P.E. Bach, and the rest are other composers whose surnames are not Bach. ::)
Post by: Lethevich on August 14, 2008, 06:18:16 PM
Wut?
Post by: Renfield on August 20, 2008, 01:32:30 AM
Wut?
Exactly. :P
Post by: orbital on August 20, 2008, 01:53:58 AM
(http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7281/schw2.jpg):D That is funny. Allow me to translate:
Wut?
The title Seçmece Balkan: Balkan Selection.
Komşuda pişer, bize de düşer: That is a Turkish expression meaning "we can benefit from what goes around us". Literal translation would be: It [food] is cooked by/at our neighbors, but we do get a piece of it.
Post by: pjme on August 20, 2008, 11:16:32 AM
I'm sure we've seen this on the old Forum...but still, such a classic deserves a second serving. I love the sweater.
However, in Belgium anno 1972....a song for all mothers!
(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images/003/124/779_cb167887d18b6506d0c5fda7b44ca3c6.jpg)
Post by: pjme on August 20, 2008, 11:23:23 AM
(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images/003/120/071_48614872967cd9fc014ba687542cfb83.jpg)
(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images/003/107/055_b0abfc0850a7fcbcb17a2d6fce71b0b3.jpg)
(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images/003/096/233_fb75d3311af9a96024f94014b8ff788e.jpg)
Post by: Brewski on August 20, 2008, 11:37:17 AM
(http://bp2.blogger.com/_-Wjc2NhMAU4/RjuEVCE9xxI/AAAAAAAAACU/vAypSEDEVlU/s200/2.jpg)
This thread always has the best visuals...and the above is as fine an example as any. Somehow I missed it if it was posted before, so thanks, Peter. What was she thinking?
--Bruce
Post by: knight66 on August 20, 2008, 11:38:44 AM
Mike
Post by: pjme on August 20, 2008, 11:40:28 AM
Jetty Gitari !
(http://www.muziekarchief.be/thumbnails/carrierdata_4204.jpg)
Francis Bay & his orchestra!
(http://www.muziekarchief.be/thumbnails/carrierdata_19311.jpg)
La Esterella!
Post by: pjme on August 20, 2008, 11:41:54 AM
This thread always has the best visuals...and the above is as fine an example as any. Somehow I missed it if it was posted before, so thanks, Peter. What was she thinking?
--Bruce
"How dare Birgit Nilson sing electra!"
Post by: Brewski on August 20, 2008, 11:54:11 AM
Never mind that Bruce; what was the art department thinking?
Mike
;D
"How dare Birgit Nilson sing electra!"
;D ;D
And that Jetty Gitari is pretty appalling, too...who's that woman...and the dog?
--Bruce
Post by: pjme on August 20, 2008, 12:24:02 PM
As for most of these singers,choosing a "nom d'artiste" was obligatory. "Jeanneke De Keukeleire", "Jef Van Quickenborne" or " Gerda Van Uytersprot" are hardly names to start a career with ..when Catharina Valente, Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra were ..errr,your rolemodel or ..adversary!
So many Ricky Gordon's, Johnny West's and Vicky Valero's tried to do their best - now singing in English, then in French or Flemish. Most of it is just boorish rock or straightforward hoompah - with a good deal of tearjerkers thrown in ( Don't leave mommy alone, Stop drinking now, Grandpa died, Red roses..) and the odd excursion into exotica : Hawaii, Mexico... the Alps and the Cote d'Azur!!
We have a few greats : Bobbejaan Schoepen ( a whistling cowboy, now at 80 making a come back!), Belgo-Italian Rocco Granata ( of "Marina " fame, now a serious producer), and young star Laura Lynn who will save the Flemish 'Schlager" all alone!
Holland's "Zangeres zonder naam" (The singer without a name!) is the godmother of them all.
(http://i1.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/db/1b/3b4e_2.JPG)
Peter
Post by: Brewski on August 20, 2008, 12:33:16 PM
--Bruce
Post by: pjme on August 20, 2008, 12:35:32 PM
(http://rockerries.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/images/front_84.jpg)
(http://www.webdjsitalodisco.ch/Vinilcovers/Rocco-Marina.jpg)
(http://www.vtm.be/promo/gfx/laura_lynn_betoverd_affiche.jpg)
Post by: Kullervo on August 20, 2008, 06:14:11 PM
Post by: DavidRoss on August 20, 2008, 06:28:12 PM
Flemish treasures! ;D ;DMagnifico!
(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images/003/096/233_fb75d3311af9a96024f94014b8ff788e.jpg)
Post by: DavidRoss on August 20, 2008, 06:39:58 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Scorpions-Fly_To_The_Rainbow.jpg/200px-Scorpions-Fly_To_The_Rainbow.jpg)
Post by: Kullervo on August 20, 2008, 07:04:08 PM
Was that meant to be this, Corey?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Scorpions-Fly_To_The_Rainbow.jpg/200px-Scorpions-Fly_To_The_Rainbow.jpg)
Grah, yes. Serves me right for being too lazy to upload it to my Photobucket. ::)
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on August 20, 2008, 08:08:38 PM
(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/616/433/20080430/dyn008_original_437_452_pjpeg_2616433_ab48b844711ed5508dd9da479ee397b2.jpg)
Are those all of her sons?
Post by: pjme on August 20, 2008, 09:02:07 PM
Post by: Opus106 on August 21, 2008, 05:24:58 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51itM6qddSL._SS400_.jpg)
Post by: Renfield on August 21, 2008, 06:59:59 AM
I did not take the time to see if this has been mentioned in the last 15 pages, so...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51itM6qddSL._SS400_.jpg)
Didn't I use the "O_o;" emoticon already? Regardless, it certainly applies here. Ouch!
Post by: Opus106 on August 21, 2008, 07:10:36 AM
Didn't I use the "O_o;" emoticon already? [/i]
What does that emoticon signify? Kindly enlighten.
Post by: Brian on August 21, 2008, 08:46:19 AM
What does that emoticon signify? Kindly enlighten.O_o implies that one eye is considerably larger than the other, as a result of a facial expression signifying suspicion, disgust, or extreme discomfort with the object of the gaze.
Here is a very mild case of O_o in action:
(http://carboncopy.hobix.com/archives/4%20disgust.jpg)
Post by: Opus106 on August 21, 2008, 09:09:13 AM
O_o implies that one eye is considerably larger than the other, as a result of a facial expression signifying suspicion, disgust, or extreme discomfort with the object of the gaze.
Thanks, Brian, I suspected it was so. But the semi-colon in Reinfield's post had me confused.
Post by: Kullervo on August 21, 2008, 09:42:25 AM
Thanks, Brian, I suspected it was so. But the semi-colon in Reinfield's post had me confused.
The semicolon is an anime thing; implies frustration, embarrassment, or general "ugh"-ness.
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/crusherdrop.gif)
Post by: Opus106 on August 21, 2008, 09:47:13 AM
Post by: Renfield on August 21, 2008, 12:02:15 PM
The semicolon is an anime thing; implies frustration, embarrassment, or general "ugh"-ness.
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/crusherdrop.gif)
Indeed, it is exactly this.
Most of the text-based emoticons I use (if ever) are drawn from Japanese anime expressions, mostly because of how visceral (and thus illustrative) some of them can be! Apologies if I confused you, opus67. :)
Post by: Opus106 on August 22, 2008, 05:51:28 AM
Most of the text-based emoticons I use (if ever) are drawn from Japanese anime expressions, mostly because of how visceral (and thus illustrative) some of them can be! Apologies if I confused you, opus67. :)
Not a problem. Hey, I learnt something new thanks to you! :)
Post by: vandermolen on August 29, 2008, 03:39:29 AM
Post by: Kullervo on August 29, 2008, 05:07:55 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tfaB03IcL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Lethevich on August 29, 2008, 05:34:06 AM
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/457/image3jv9.jpg)
Post by: karlhenning on August 29, 2008, 05:52:02 AM
Post by: Brian on September 02, 2008, 08:17:31 PM
(http://www.emusic.com/music/images/album/279/112/700/11270089/600x600.jpg)
Post by: Drasko on September 03, 2008, 02:38:43 AM
Post by: M forever on September 03, 2008, 02:26:06 PM
Post by: Lethevich on September 03, 2008, 02:36:15 PM
I see Bach and Liszt on the left, but who are the other two? Is the one on the far right supposed to be Wagner?
The 3rd guy looks like Sibelius with Wagner's nose and some facial hair... bizarre. Wagner on an organ disc would also be pretty odd, I wonder why he was picked over more rational choices...
Post by: Drasko on September 03, 2008, 03:18:34 PM
According to this, Germanic monument on the right is indeed Richard Wagner and the gentleman with monumental nose and moustache is none other than Sigfrid Karg-Elert.
Post by: Lethevich on September 03, 2008, 03:59:11 PM
the gentleman with monumental nose and moustache is none other than Sigfrid Karg-Elert.
Damn, it was so obvious 0:)
Post by: Opus106 on September 25, 2008, 09:32:42 AM
Post by: Bulldog on September 25, 2008, 09:38:54 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VEHxzyHxL._SS400_.jpg)
I like that cover. What bothers you about it?
Post by: Opus106 on September 25, 2008, 09:44:21 AM
Post by: Bulldog on September 25, 2008, 09:53:09 AM
Without the violin (or maybe even with it), I'd usually associate that picture with fashion photography/modelling, or something along those lines. The picture as such may not be bad, but I don't see how that connects with the music.
Okay, you want covers that are in sync with the musical content. I want covers that attract me, and the St. John cover does just that.
Post by: Kullervo on September 25, 2008, 09:57:52 AM
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/LaraStJohn.jpg)
Post by: Bulldog on September 25, 2008, 09:59:49 AM
It's better than another infamous cover of hers.
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/LaraStJohn.jpg)
Agreed. That earlier cover has a kiddie-porn aesthetic to it and looks washed-out as well.
Post by: Opus106 on September 25, 2008, 10:10:24 AM
It's better than another infamous cover of hers.
Yup. That CD was listed on Amazon as well, but I remembered someone had commented about it earlier (here or, probably, some other forum), so I didn't bother posting that.
Post by: Brian on September 25, 2008, 11:29:06 AM
Agreed. That earlier cover has a kiddie-porn aesthetic to it and looks washed-out as well.Actually, I prefer the earlier cover; in the new one she looks both really angry and really ugly. And the wind is not flattering her either...it just looks astoundingly amateurish and creepy.
Post by: Bulldog on September 25, 2008, 11:34:58 AM
Actually, I prefer the earlier cover; in the new one she looks both really angry and really ugly. And the wind is not flattering her either...it just looks astoundingly amateurish and creepy.
I gave the cover another look - still enjoy it.
Post by: adamdavid80 on September 30, 2008, 06:04:44 PM
Gustav and Sir Adrian must be rolling in their graves...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Indysolo/WGS-8126a.jpg)
Last place I'd ever expect to find a crotch shot! :o
This cover is fucking AWESOME!!!! I'll take twelve!
Post by: MishaK on October 02, 2008, 07:32:06 AM
This cover is fucking AWESOME!!!! I'll take twelve!
I almost regret not buying it when I saw a copy of this a few weeks ago at my local used record store.
Post by: adamdavid80 on October 02, 2008, 08:51:05 AM
I almost regret not buying it when I saw a copy of this a few weeks ago at my local used record store.
"Almost?????"" >:(
What a missed opportunity!! This is death-bed regret level!!! :)
Post by: Brian on October 02, 2008, 09:33:40 AM
I almost regret not buying it when I saw a copy of this a few weeks ago at my local used record store.I DID buy it, last night. Did some Google searching, found a used copy on a record shop's website for $6, and ordered it. ;D ;D
Post by: scarpia on October 02, 2008, 09:55:10 AM
Without the violin (or maybe even with it), I'd usually associate that picture with fashion photography/modelling, or something along those lines. The picture as such may not be bad, but I don't see how that connects with the music.
How about he fact that it is a photograph of the performer?
Post by: adamdavid80 on October 02, 2008, 10:11:36 AM
I DID buy it, last night. Did some Google searching, found a used copy on a record shop's website for $6, and ordered it. ;D ;D
Win-win! You get the acest of ace album jackets in existence, AND assist in keeping the economy afloat! On behalf of the American people, thanks you!
Post by: Brian on October 03, 2008, 05:31:24 AM
Win-win! You get the acest of ace album jackets in existence, AND assist in keeping the economy afloat! On behalf of the American people, thanks you!And the record shop was in Scranton - Joe Biden's "neighborhood" ;D
Post by: M forever on October 03, 2008, 08:33:00 PM
On behalf of the American people, thanks you!
On behalf of Brian, you is welcomes!
Post by: adamdavid80 on October 04, 2008, 05:16:41 AM
On behalf of Brian, you is welcomes!
i deserved that. ;D
Post by: knight66 on October 07, 2008, 10:41:05 AM
(http://lpcoverlover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/img_2317-498x500.jpg)
Mike
Post by: Brewski on October 07, 2008, 10:45:18 AM
Perhaps they should model for a CD of string trios, e.g., Beethoven Use Me. ;D
--Bruce
Post by: knight66 on October 07, 2008, 11:03:00 AM
Mike
Post by: pjme on October 07, 2008, 11:16:02 AM
But the ozone layer does NOT approve....!
I'm scanning some photographs from a great little book "Bad hair" - Great Britain ca 1965-1975....You'll be amazed!
Peter
Post by: Jay F on October 07, 2008, 11:17:24 AM
Holy Draft Excluders!
(http://lpcoverlover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/img_2317-498x500.jpg)
Mike
OMFG. The one on the right is a guy, isn't he?
Post by: Brewski on October 07, 2008, 11:22:29 AM
OMFG. The one on the right is a guy, isn't he?
*still laughing*
Does sort of look like it, doesn't it!
--Bruce
Post by: knight66 on October 07, 2008, 11:23:10 AM
(http://re3.yt-thm-a01.yimg.com/image/25/m2/2105685780)
Mike
Post by: pjme on October 07, 2008, 12:08:44 PM
Post by: pjme on October 07, 2008, 12:14:44 PM
Post by: pjme on October 07, 2008, 12:15:26 PM
Post by: pjme on October 07, 2008, 12:16:19 PM
Post by: Brewski on October 07, 2008, 12:32:47 PM
--Bruce
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on October 07, 2008, 01:28:52 PM
Holy Draft Excluders!
(http://lpcoverlover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/img_2317-498x500.jpg)
Mike
The Three Graces. I don't envy Paris. ;D ;D ;D
Post by: Brian on October 07, 2008, 01:36:30 PM
I DID buy it, last night. Did some Google searching, found a used copy on a record shop's website for $6, and ordered it. ;D ;DNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
The record shop sent me a reissue of the original album, but with a boring cover! Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! I am not in possession of the Holst Planets LP with the two morons in space costumes on the cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: adamdavid80 on October 07, 2008, 02:04:23 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
The record shop sent me a reissue of the original album, but with a boring cover! Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! I am not in possession of the Holst Planets LP with the two morons in space costumes on the cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hunt them down and kill them. Post-haste.
Post by: Brian on October 07, 2008, 02:06:19 PM
Hunt them down and kill them. Post-haste.I know!
Now how am I going to decorate the apartment?!
Post by: Haffner on October 07, 2008, 02:16:35 PM
OMFG. The one on the right is a guy, isn't he?
You mean, they're not ALL guys :o?
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on October 07, 2008, 03:01:39 PM
Post by: Haffner on October 07, 2008, 03:03:03 PM
(http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/jqUxW_TM16eBoaxb4a3nNw43717/GW302H327)(http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/0-BmUMTF2GJhbRe5TiTiFg158446/GW350H357) (http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/w5Qy57eJ99Bk8BtqjAYHAw71188/GW350H352)
EEEEEEK!
Post by: adamdavid80 on October 07, 2008, 05:53:48 PM
I know!
Now how am I going to decorate the apartment?!
You could use the print-outs of the decline of my stock portfolio and 401K as wallpaper...decorative AND ironic!
Post by: Jay F on October 07, 2008, 07:01:51 PM
You could use the print-outs of the decline of my stock portfolio and 401K as wallpaper...decorative AND ironic!
Why "ironic"?
Post by: M forever on October 07, 2008, 10:44:39 PM
Post by: adamdavid80 on October 08, 2008, 07:01:15 AM
Why "ironic"?
because this was the money that was set aside to fund my early retirement, that seemed not entirely unimpossible a year ago (meaning, not likely, but it was certainly accruing and generating numbers). I would have been better off spending that money on a trip to Vienna or whatever, since it's now non-existant.
The conventional wisdom is always you'll never regret buying a home or putting money in your company 401k program. And, historically, that was true.
But history can sometimes burp. Or, in this case, vomit. Phooey.
Back to funny album jackets!
Post by: Jay F on October 08, 2008, 07:07:39 AM
because this was the money that was set aside to fund my early retirement, that seemed not entirely unimpossible a year ago (meaning, not likely, but it was certainly accruing and generating numbers). I would have been better off spending that money on a trip to Vienna or whatever, since it's now non-existant.
The conventional wisdom is always you'll never regret buying a home or putting money in your company 401k program. And, historically, that was true.
But history can sometimes burp. Or, in this case, vomit. Phooey.
Back to funny album jackets!
That's not irony, Alanis, just bad luck. (Sorry to hear it, though.)
Post by: adamdavid80 on October 08, 2008, 07:18:00 AM
That's not irony, Alanis, just bad luck. (Sorry to hear it, though.)
Great. First I'm broke, now I'm being compared to Alanis Morrisette. Still, better that than Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Take that, Barack!
Post by: MDL on October 08, 2008, 08:33:40 AM
Holy Draft Excluders!
(http://lpcoverlover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/img_2317-498x500.jpg)
Mike
Holy Draft Excluders indeed! I'm going to make this one my wallpaper at work.
Post by: knight66 on October 08, 2008, 08:58:05 AM
Mike
Post by: MDL on October 08, 2008, 09:14:57 AM
MDL, I do think that looking at that image for too long would be detrimental to your wellbeing. It could turn you to excessive consumption of lager and public micturition....and who knows what then!
Mike
You're right. I had to replace it. It was freaking me out. Maybe I should do a bit of work instead of staring at my wallpaper. Or arsing around on GMG, for that matter... :(
Post by: knight66 on October 08, 2008, 09:20:15 AM
Mike
Post by: The new erato on October 08, 2008, 02:27:12 PM
(http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/jqUxW_TM16eBoaxb4a3nNw43717/GW302H327)(http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/0-BmUMTF2GJhbRe5TiTiFg158446/GW350H357) (http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/w5Qy57eJ99Bk8BtqjAYHAw71188/GW350H352)At least the Brailettes probably never saw the cover and can be to some extent excused.....
Post by: Wanderer on October 18, 2008, 09:46:55 AM
Post by: M forever on October 23, 2008, 02:37:28 PM
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on October 23, 2008, 02:48:15 PM
Post by: MISHUGINA on October 24, 2008, 03:18:52 AM
This is pretty sad:
That kicked ass.
Post by: Archaic Torso of Apollo on October 24, 2008, 04:02:14 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/316ZDA1ZB6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Post by: Hector on October 24, 2008, 05:47:13 AM
http://cdn.pe.recordcup.com/img/565_b.jpg[/img]
What is he doing? Playing it or playing with it?
Truly awful!
Post by: Kullervo on October 24, 2008, 05:54:48 AM
Post by: Lethevich on October 24, 2008, 05:55:42 AM
This is pretty sad:
;D Few conductors have so consistently appeared on awful LP covers. There were a few under the title "Karajan Express" that were pretty horrible as well - one including a still life photo on the back of expensive wine, cheese, caviar, cigars, etc on a table - live the Karajan lifestyle! ::)
Post by: adamdavid80 on October 24, 2008, 06:18:24 AM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/SPdW-ZHg4-I/AAAAAAAAFV8/PiKKF9m55Cc/s1600/innocentear.jpg)
....please say that this is something that you photoshopped, that this never actually happened...
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/kennedy.jpg)
This too.
I have lost all respect for classical music... :-[
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on October 24, 2008, 10:24:34 AM
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/kennedy.jpg)
:o :o :o
Post by: Opus106 on October 24, 2008, 10:44:41 AM
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z245/tapiola/kennedy.jpg)
Tsk tsk - that's not how your destroy a Strad. ::)
This is how you should do it.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSMN88F9L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Post by: Kullervo on October 24, 2008, 11:08:28 AM
Post by: Maciek on October 24, 2008, 12:47:32 PM
Post by: lukeottevanger on October 24, 2008, 12:49:39 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TPYZW17EL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Maciek on October 24, 2008, 12:51:26 PM
Post by: lukeottevanger on October 24, 2008, 12:51:57 PM
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on October 24, 2008, 12:57:34 PM
Is this as bad as it seems to me?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TPYZW17EL._SS500_.jpg)
Incredible!
(And one of my best friends has a book published very soon, in the US, about Babbitt and Alan Forte: Analyzing Atonal Music: Pitch-Class Set Theory and Its Contexts (Eastman Studies in Music)!)
Post by: Maciek on October 24, 2008, 12:59:54 PM
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on October 24, 2008, 01:31:59 PM
Now that's what I call a shameless plug! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :P ;D
0:)
Post by: adamdavid80 on October 24, 2008, 03:54:06 PM
Hey, that Giardino Armonico cover is actually pretty cool! 8)
Really? If it was some bizarre post-modern avant-garde interpretation of The Four Seasons played on koozoos, sure, but....
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 24, 2008, 06:48:27 PM
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 24, 2008, 07:12:00 PM
Post by: gomro on October 24, 2008, 08:23:04 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XTN1CHWKL._SS500_.jpg)
No helicopters? Stockhausen would be envious...!
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 24, 2008, 09:29:50 PM
No helicopters? Stockhausen would be envious...!
;D
Post by: M forever on October 27, 2008, 09:47:25 AM
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/418459.jpg)
Post by: Tsaraslondon on October 27, 2008, 10:29:29 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512PC6VQJBL._SS400_.jpg)
Post by: Maciek on November 12, 2008, 02:03:33 AM
Post by: adamdavid80 on November 12, 2008, 07:10:45 AM
I don't think we've had these 2 here before but I may be wrong.
Don! ;D
Post by: adamdavid80 on November 12, 2008, 07:11:50 AM
This one's pretty awful. What on earth were they thinking of?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512PC6VQJBL._SS400_.jpg)
That cover would only be acceptable if the recordings were orchestral renditions of Jimmy Buffet songs.
And that idea is even worse than that damn cover!
Post by: Opus106 on November 17, 2008, 12:40:37 PM
(http://www.europadisc.co.uk/thumb/phpThumb.php?src=../images/products/1225209994_4763216.jpg&w=190&h=190&zc=1)
Post by: Brian on November 17, 2008, 12:59:39 PM
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on November 17, 2008, 01:20:10 PM
Post by: Bulldog on November 17, 2008, 01:58:57 PM
(http://www.naxosdirect.com/templates/shared/images/titles/largest/636943961520.jpg)
I like this one - very sensual.
Post by: Bulldog on November 17, 2008, 02:00:01 PM
This one's pretty awful. What on earth were they thinking of?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512PC6VQJBL._SS400_.jpg)
Brazil is lush?
Post by: Bulldog on November 17, 2008, 02:07:05 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XTN1CHWKL._SS500_.jpg)
This one really sucks. The Vienna boys must have been high on top-grade pot.
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 17, 2008, 06:58:05 PM
This one really sucks. The Vienna boys must have been high on top-grade pot.
;D
Or "Beam us up, Scotty!"
Post by: Kullervo on November 17, 2008, 07:04:05 PM
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 17, 2008, 07:45:28 PM
Post by: vandermolen on November 30, 2008, 02:34:52 AM
Post by: Brian on January 28, 2009, 03:25:52 PM
(http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/279/108/034/10803483/300x300.jpg)
Post by: Maciek on February 20, 2009, 03:09:27 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gUAPle-tL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Bulldog on February 20, 2009, 03:13:22 PM
Have we had this beauty here yet?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gUAPle-tL._SS500_.jpg)
Not gorgeous, but I have no problem with it.
Post by: Benji on February 20, 2009, 03:24:12 PM
Post by: sul G on February 20, 2009, 04:27:19 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uxR5UCf2L._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: sul G on February 20, 2009, 04:28:45 PM
Post by: Benji on February 20, 2009, 04:32:57 PM
...it's wrong in so many ways....
The woman has no hips and no more than one leg.
Post by: Guido on February 20, 2009, 04:34:34 PM
...it's wrong in so many ways....
Vile.
Post by: Guido on February 20, 2009, 04:38:18 PM
(http://doublebassblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/holst-the-planets.jpg)
Post by: Haffner on February 20, 2009, 04:53:27 PM
Has this been posted?
(http://doublebassblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/holst-the-planets.jpg)
Got an itch for dat lowest rent style 'o kitsch?
Poor Boult. I would have been ashamed to show my face to my mama after that kind of injury.
Post by: Benji on February 20, 2009, 04:53:53 PM
Has this been posted?
(http://doublebassblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/holst-the-planets.jpg)
Is that a mini Steinway hanging from his belt? (Does someone else want to make the obvious six inch pianist joke now...) ;D
Post by: Guido on February 21, 2009, 04:26:29 AM
Post by: Opus106 on February 21, 2009, 08:03:36 AM
Has this been posted?
Yes. And someone bought a copy just for the cover! ;D
Post by: Brian on February 21, 2009, 09:10:39 AM
Yes. And someone bought a copy just for the cover! ;DThat was me. And they sent a reissue with a different cover. Fiends! >:(
Post by: Maciek on February 21, 2009, 09:51:51 AM
What's that falling out the left side of the crotch of his pink leotard?
Wow, how much time did you spend staring at that photo? That's scary, man.
;D
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on February 28, 2009, 06:44:10 PM
Post by: pjme on March 01, 2009, 03:21:44 AM
Let's go for some expressionism : Elektra always brings out the best in great singers! Here's Astrid casting the bad eye at klytemnestra!
P.
(http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2002/Jun02/Strauss_Elektra_guild.jpg)
Post by: sul G on March 01, 2009, 03:35:33 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418E3E5HAAL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61rk9PAqxZL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SMGG7DW9L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21ZJKERK87L._SL500_AA130_.jpg) (I wish this one was bigger!)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31PVK1Z2VJL._SL500_AA130_.jpg) (and this one!)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/316006G67DL._SL500_AA130_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TKAT045BL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CQFRAEAHL._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (ridiculous literalism!)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QKPCF5Q0L._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (Tom's beardy brother?)
I'm off to try 'contrabassoon'....
Post by: pjme on March 01, 2009, 03:47:16 AM
(http://goingdigitalmusic.com/images/album%20covers/baja%20marimba%20band%20-%20naturally%20(resized)gdmac.jpg)
Notice the socks, naturally!
Post by: Maciek on March 01, 2009, 03:52:48 AM
Luke, I know what you're doing is actually mistaking this for the "Purchases" thread so I'd suggest you also add this to your basket (I posted it once on the old forum (http://www.good-music-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,619.msg382151.html#msg382151) so perhaps you already have it?).
(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001BUCL0.03._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
Post by: sul G on March 01, 2009, 03:55:23 AM
Post by: Maciek on March 01, 2009, 04:06:37 AM
Post by: Opus106 on March 01, 2009, 05:08:03 AM
Post by: Brian on March 01, 2009, 01:54:23 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QKPCF5Q0L._SL500_AA240_.jpg) (Tom's beardy brother?)It's the Geico caveman!
Post by: Benji on March 04, 2009, 01:31:56 PM
Post by: aquablob on March 04, 2009, 05:41:33 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513DYYVRMGL._SS500_.jpg)
Thank you :D :'( :D
Post by: Benji on March 05, 2009, 09:18:27 AM
Thank you :D :'( :D
It's like a nightmarish modern take on the pied piper tale, except instead of a man with a flute it's a man with a saxophone and instead of little rats it's HIDEOUSLY OVERSIZED KILLER WHALES THAT CAN FLY!!! :o
I've seen them breaching the water - it's only a matter of time before evolution helps them into the skies permanently. Be scared.
Post by: Haffner on March 08, 2009, 02:52:16 PM
I've seen them breaching the water - it's only a matter of time before evolution helps them into the skies permanently. Be scared.
No! Embrace! Embraaaaace!
Post by: Scots John on March 10, 2009, 06:10:00 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51O4pseqq6L._SS500_.jpg)
WTF???
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on March 10, 2009, 04:47:15 PM
WTF???
Yeah, strangeness.
I wonder if that...creature thing...isn't some sort of leftover stage prop?
Post by: Lethevich on March 11, 2009, 03:47:38 PM
Post by: knight66 on March 14, 2009, 02:02:22 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5101lZ8ScuL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Mike
Post by: Renfield on March 14, 2009, 02:37:32 PM
Bad on so many levels.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5101lZ8ScuL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
Mike
!
No further comment. :P
Post by: Lethevich on March 14, 2009, 10:59:37 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5101lZ8ScuL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4777/qqemote.gif)
Post by: knight66 on March 14, 2009, 11:04:36 PM
Mike
Post by: Opus106 on August 16, 2009, 06:26:34 AM
(http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/t_200/meridiancde84341.jpg)
[Sorry, couldn't find one larger.]
Beethoven's opera 120 and 34 -- John Bingham -- Meridian
Stay with me if you will
Beethoven's set of variations was based on a waltz written down Diabelli, correct? But waltz is also a form of ballroom dance. What Shiva, in the form of Nataraja, the Patron God of Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form, is doing in the picture is dancing while in the process of creating the Universe. It's just a conjecture, of course. ::)
Post by: knight66 on August 16, 2009, 08:44:07 AM
Mike
Post by: The new erato on August 16, 2009, 09:28:21 AM
Lots of REALLY bad stuff here:
http://www.katastrofalaomslag.blogspot.com/ (http://www.katastrofalaomslag.blogspot.com/)
An example:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2XHxqgMF4mw/SfbbMyBPK4I/AAAAAAAAAvM/ZgyTrfJ5Dhc/s400/Loco+mia.jpg)
Post by: Valentino on August 16, 2009, 09:29:33 AM
Post by: Brian on September 27, 2009, 06:33:04 AM
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/4781463.jpg)
Yes, they Photoshopped Jonas Kaufmann into the painting.
Post by: Opus106 on September 27, 2009, 06:46:55 AM
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 27, 2009, 05:19:20 PM
Post by: Diletante on September 28, 2009, 09:55:48 AM
This new disgrace from Decca:
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/4781463.jpg)
Yes, they Photoshopped Jonas Kaufmann into the painting.
Mahler Chamber Orchestra? Isn't that an oxymoron? :D
Post by: Benji on November 23, 2009, 01:53:39 PM
To the tune of Ride of the Valkyries:
A CHERRY TOMATO? A CHERRY TOMATO? A CHERRY TOMAAAATO WONT PASS MY LIPS
A CHERRY TOMATO? A CHERRY TOMATO? I ASKED FOR A HOG ROAST STUFFED FULL OF CHIPS
:P
Post by: Papy Oli on November 23, 2009, 01:57:29 PM
Post by: MN Dave on November 23, 2009, 02:30:35 PM
Not sure what she's aiming for (no pun intended):
You'll put your eye out with that thing.
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 23, 2009, 05:18:32 PM
You'll put your eye out with that thing.
;D
Post by: Lethevich on November 24, 2009, 07:59:19 PM
What were they thinking ;_:
Post by: Diletante on November 24, 2009, 08:16:47 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GCF8FASDL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
What were they thinking ;_:
I bet they put an ostrich on the cover of a Strauss recording.
Post by: CD on November 24, 2009, 09:03:04 PM
Post by: Christo on November 25, 2009, 12:07:15 AM
(http://www.danacountryman.com/danacovers/CLMikeTerry.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008ICDU.02._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1107636947_.jpg)
(http://lpcoverlover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/img_2317-498x500.jpg)
Post by: The new erato on November 25, 2009, 03:24:10 AM
This new disgrace from Decca:If they had airlifted him and the photograpic team by chopper, the disc would have been really expensive.
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/4781463.jpg)
Yes, they Photoshopped Jonas Kaufmann into the painting.
Post by: The new erato on November 25, 2009, 07:13:16 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GCF8FASDL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)That Lobos means wolf?
What were they thinking ;_:
Post by: CD on November 25, 2009, 07:16:03 AM
Post by: The new erato on November 25, 2009, 07:18:43 AM
It still looks like a white trash t-shirt design.I don't find it very successfuil either (strange for a label like Hyperion); I was just answering what they may have been thinking. ;)
Post by: Benji on November 25, 2009, 09:21:19 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GCF8FASDL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
What were they thinking ;_:
It reminds me of those etching gifts you sometimes get at Christmas when people think you're a 'creative' type. You know, the ones where you scrape away the black coating to reveal the silvery stuff beneath and end up covered in black dust. ???
Post by: knight66 on November 25, 2009, 12:11:14 PM
Mike
Post by: CD on November 25, 2009, 01:08:56 PM
Post by: Diletante on November 25, 2009, 01:43:28 PM
Some golden oldies from the old thread. The first used to be my favourite:
(http://www.danacountryman.com/danacovers/CLMikeTerry.jpg)
Oh my friggin' God, you can close the thread now. :o :o
Post by: Diletante on November 25, 2009, 01:45:59 PM
That Lobos means wolf?
It actually means "wolves", so Corey's image should have been used. I'm sending an e-mail to Hyperion. :D
(And "Strauss" means "ostrich" BTW, that's why I wrote that in my post.)
Post by: knight66 on November 25, 2009, 10:45:18 PM
With the reputation of audiences at the Glasgow Pavilion; he may have been live when the photo was taken, but I find it hard to believe he was other than carried off that stage.
Mike
Post by: Papy Oli on November 28, 2009, 08:56:23 AM
ahem....
that's the 454th bestselling EMI Classics CD... just so you know.... ;D
Post by: Brahmsian on November 28, 2009, 09:10:41 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31V37EWQWXL._SS400_.jpg)
ahem....
that's the 454th bestselling EMI Classics CD... just so you know.... ;D
:D The only difference is Rattle's hair is gray now. 8) Still...I love the dude! :)
Post by: CD on November 30, 2009, 07:41:53 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Srarpromo.jpg)
(http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/drinkingsongs/mp3s/1960s/1963-why-was-he-born-so-beautiful--sportsdisc-records-(LP)/why-was-he-born-so-beautiful.jpg)
(http://www.vinylrecords.ch/E/EM/Emerson_Lake_Palmer/Love-Beach/love-beach-10.jpg)
(http://www.terry-1.com/Five-EARTH-Moons_FINAL_web-.jpg)
(http://merlin.pl/Good-To-Go-Dystrybucja-Bmg_Terrorvision,images_big,23,CDMASS0850.jpg)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 30, 2009, 07:56:49 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31V37EWQWXL._SS400_.jpg)
ahem....
that's the 454th bestselling EMI Classics CD... just so you know.... ;D
Ghastly cover,...fun album.
Sarge
Post by: Maciek on December 31, 2009, 07:50:19 AM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oXwOuEBX6DY/SzPMVphWEOI/AAAAAAAABKk/hz8UgyDrEtg/s320/Los+grandes+de+la+musica+tropical.jpg)
Post by: Cristofori on January 02, 2010, 08:51:05 PM
Post by: Cristofori on January 02, 2010, 08:52:10 PM
Post by: Cristofori on January 02, 2010, 08:53:30 PM
Post by: Cristofori on January 02, 2010, 09:15:20 PM
Post by: Lethevich on January 02, 2010, 10:02:12 PM
I don't think she cares much for their singing...:D!
Post by: KevinP on January 05, 2010, 12:51:51 AM
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=239.0;attach=22877;image)
I'm not correcting you but rather the file name of the image. It's Korean, not Japanese.
Post by: Wanderer on January 05, 2010, 01:50:35 AM
Not strictly GMG territory, but probably deserves to be here 0:):
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oXwOuEBX6DY/SzPMVphWEOI/AAAAAAAABKk/hz8UgyDrEtg/s320/Los+grandes+de+la+musica+tropical.jpg)
What chance is there for EMI to snatch her up to make a cover with Simon Rattle? >:D
Post by: Cristofori on January 05, 2010, 05:06:39 AM
I'm not correcting you but rather the file name of the image. It's Korean, not Japanese.Yes, I knew that by the writing. The title of the file was as I received it, and I didn't bother to correct it, as it wasn't really important for this purpose. Nice catch though, if your not Korean!
Regardless of the origin, it's still awful!
Post by: KevinP on January 05, 2010, 10:06:59 PM
Nice catch though, if your not Korean!
My wife of 12 years is, and I've lived here for the past 10 years.
Post by: Papageno on January 07, 2010, 07:07:19 AM
Hear that, Sarge? ;D
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000005E4I.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SS500_.jpg)
I just can't fit the two in my mind at the same time; Brahms and sex, that is.
Post by: Cristofori on January 07, 2010, 05:41:15 PM
Post by: Cristofori on January 07, 2010, 05:44:38 PM
Post by: MN Dave on January 07, 2010, 05:45:39 PM
Post by: Cristofori on January 07, 2010, 05:49:53 PM
Post by: Lethevich on February 14, 2010, 04:41:18 PM
:-*
Post by: kishnevi on February 14, 2010, 08:23:38 PM
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6019/frontbz.jpg)
:-*
Double win on that one, for the album "art" and the album name!
Post by: Brian on February 15, 2010, 09:07:13 AM
The incredible shrinking organ. ;D
(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n254/faustus777/TheOffice-ThatsWhatSheSaid-Michael.jpg)
Post by: Bunny on February 15, 2010, 07:09:09 PM
Oddly enough, this cover featuring a disturbing John Wayne Gacy-ish clown, had absolutely NOTHING to do with the music on the LP, which were just some old church hymns.
(http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=239.0;attach=22981;image)
I suppose he forgot to get out of costume after filming?
(http://www.horrorsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/horrorsociety-killer-klowns.jpg)
Post by: Christo on February 16, 2010, 11:49:45 AM
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on February 16, 2010, 12:39:56 PM
Post by: pjme on February 16, 2010, 01:07:52 PM
Who remembers Sylvia Geszty?
(http://www.kugin.de/user0002/Langspielplatten/825900/825%20973.jpg)
or Margit Schramm and Rudolf Schock?
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on February 16, 2010, 01:13:56 PM
Well, Eros - Thanatos, the eternal battle!
Who remembers Sylvia Geszty?
(http://www.kugin.de/user0002/Langspielplatten/825900/825%20973.jpg)
or Margit Schramm and Rudolf Schock?
Margit Schramm and Rudolf Schock? I do - my late mother loved operetta...
Post by: Brian on February 16, 2010, 02:11:16 PM
I suppose he forgot to get out of costume after filming?
(http://www.horrorsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/horrorsociety-killer-klowns.jpg)
That is a legitimately very amusing movie! I might actually watch it again in the coming months, before I leave college and move into the real world, where such movies don't have quite the same audience.
Post by: Bunny on February 17, 2010, 12:43:05 PM
Well, Eros - Thanatos, the eternal battle!
Who remembers Sylvia Geszty?
(http://www.kugin.de/user0002/Langspielplatten/825900/825%20973.jpg)
or Margit Schramm and Rudolf Schock?
OMG, I always thought it was Rudolph Schlock. :o
Post by: Bunny on February 17, 2010, 12:46:51 PM
That is a legitimately very amusing movie! I might actually watch it again in the coming months, before I leave college and move into the real world, where such movies don't have quite the same audience.
Yes, it was a family favorite after the children were no longer afraid of clowns. ;)
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 12, 2010, 01:09:01 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RmirqbpvL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
8)
Post by: drogulus on March 12, 2010, 01:19:03 PM
That is a legitimately very amusing movie! I might actually watch it again in the coming months, before I leave college and move into the real world, where such movies don't have quite the same audience.
Killer Klownz is........wonderful!! I idolize that film. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/angel.gif)
Post by: pi2000 on March 12, 2010, 01:51:27 PM
I don't know, is this great or bad? :)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RmirqbpvL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
8)
The original is better..
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 12, 2010, 02:08:34 PM
The original is better..
True enough. Doesn't seem reminiscent of Handel though... never mind, I guess it doesn't have to. :)
8)
Post by: Opus106 on March 12, 2010, 09:50:58 PM
I don't know, is this great or bad? :)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RmirqbpvL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
8)
It's HIP and nip.
Post by: MDL on March 13, 2010, 02:37:20 AM
I don't know, is this great or bad? :)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RmirqbpvL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
8)
A rather odd choice of artwork for a release that features two female artists! Reminds me of a Monty Python cartoon. Perhaps the one on the left saying, "I can't find Radio 3."
Post by: MDL on March 13, 2010, 02:38:33 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Okc9LHmcL._SS500_.jpg)
I think we may have found a winner. Wow, that's just wrong.
Post by: MDL on March 13, 2010, 02:40:26 AM
Well, Eros - Thanatos, the eternal battle!
Who remembers Sylvia Geszty?
(http://www.kugin.de/user0002/Langspielplatten/825900/825%20973.jpg)
or Margit Schramm and Rudolf Schock?
Is that Julian Clary?
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 13, 2010, 04:58:54 AM
I think we may have found a winner. Wow, that's just wrong.I was thinking that too, but then I stumbled across this:
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/ZM0016.jpg)
Post by: Opus106 on March 13, 2010, 05:42:08 AM
I was thinking that too, but then I stumbled across this:
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/ZM0016.jpg)
I came across that earlier today, and was even ready to post it here until I read the album's name.
Post by: pi2000 on March 13, 2010, 09:06:29 AM
A rather odd choice of artwork for a release that features two female artists! Reminds me of a Monty Python cartoon. Perhaps the one on the left saying, "I can't find Radio 3."
It seems that in fact the one on the left is saying: you are pregnant!!! you are pregnant!!! ;D
Post by: Scarpia on March 13, 2010, 09:09:27 AM
It seems that in fact the one on the left is saying: you are pregnant!!! you are pregnant!!! ;D
That's what the wiki page says, anyway.
Post by: pi2000 on March 13, 2010, 01:10:57 PM
The original is better..but there are some weird variations,look here (last image ;D):
http://lenaweb.site.voila.fr/gabrielle_d_estrees.htm
Post by: pi2000 on March 14, 2010, 09:10:12 PM
Well, Eros - Thanatos, the eternal battle!
Who remembers Sylvia Geszty?
(http://www.kugin.de/user0002/Langspielplatten/825900/825%20973.jpg)
or Margit Schramm and Rudolf Schock?
I ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE9w4ohgxJw
Post by: mc ukrneal on March 24, 2010, 12:32:45 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61MJTFbkmeL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: knight66 on April 24, 2010, 10:29:56 PM
Mike
Post by: Opus106 on May 07, 2010, 12:04:36 AM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5028421940441.jpg)
...even though it's unrelated to the subject of the music!
::)
Post by: Lethevich on May 07, 2010, 03:02:55 PM
Post by: Antoine Marchand on May 09, 2010, 11:58:10 AM
Sorry, George! :)
Post by: Opus106 on May 10, 2010, 06:48:21 AM
Ah, the watermelon galaxy? :P
*Adjusts his astronomy hat*
;D It's actually called the Cat's Eye Nebula. It appears less fruity in a later image by the Hubble (http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/27/). The symmetry and all the enhanced colours appeal to human aesthetics, but it's essentially the grave of Sun-like star. And unlike the region surrounding more massive stars which go supernova, there is practically no chance of planets forming in such a "dead" environment.
Just yesterday there was an image on APOD (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100509.html) showing the rarely seen (at least, I hadn't seen it before) HUGE but tenuous shell of material surrounding the nebula.
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming. Ugly album cover art will be displayed shortly...
Post by: epicous on May 21, 2010, 07:12:07 PM
http://www.youtube.com/v/o_s5sVYw1m8
Post by: greg on May 27, 2010, 04:20:06 AM
Has this been posted yet?
I guess it's intentional to be so goofy...
Post by: DavidW on May 27, 2010, 04:35:33 AM
Post by: Opus106 on June 19, 2010, 10:12:09 AM
I'm sure there are better ways to show the performers immersed in music-making.
Post by: snyprrr on June 20, 2010, 06:16:03 AM
(http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/9003643988767.jpg)
I'm sure there are better ways to show the performers immersed in music-making.
That reminds me of the two popsicle slurping ladies on the Gong Show!
Post by: knight66 on June 24, 2010, 11:30:59 AM
Mike
Post by: Scarpia on June 24, 2010, 11:34:36 AM
Any chnce you can translate that into English? 8)
Mike
Obscure cultural reference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUkzIx382mM
Post by: knight66 on June 24, 2010, 11:40:39 AM
I knew what a Popsickle was having watched Mad Men, but the clip makes the point thst I was not getting.
Mike
Post by: MDL on September 26, 2010, 05:55:07 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61XAwnc6bkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Mike
Laugh-out-loud terrible. Who knew Gandhi had a thing for Bet Lynch earrings?
Post by: Saul on October 04, 2010, 01:15:21 PM
Post by: Brian on December 23, 2010, 11:25:43 AM
And Don Gillis wasn't a major composer, but he deserves better than this:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21Kl3QD7s0L._AA130_.jpg)
That's "YeeeeHaaaaa!!!" coming out of the ladies ear, or mouth, or something. Even Amazon recognizes the dreariness of this and the Bazelon: there was no closeup available!
I was just about to post this myself. Here's a bigger photo so everyone can appreciate the tawdriness of the cover:
(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/TROY391.jpg)
Post by: Brewski on December 23, 2010, 11:30:13 AM
And that little star at the bottom, with "Music that's really fun!" Makes me want to reply, "Thank you for the notice, since what we're all listening to at the moment is clearly a dreadful bore." ;D
--Bruce
Post by: Brian on December 23, 2010, 11:45:22 AM
*I hear James is planning on putting that on Kapustin album covers...
Post by: Scarpia on December 25, 2010, 10:53:21 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61XAwnc6bkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Mike
I sort of like that one.
Post by: PaulSC on January 04, 2011, 05:17:37 AM
I do rather like the association of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue with a plate of sausage!
Post by: vandermolen on January 04, 2011, 05:59:56 AM
Post by: Antoine Marchand on January 04, 2011, 06:18:01 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BiOffQTML._SS500_.jpg)
I do rather like the association of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue with a plate of sausage!
I like that cover; it's quite creative and well thought. Just the English Suite was clearly a problem, but I suppose the Englishmen are not especially famous by their cuisine. :)
The statuette was unnecessary.
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on January 04, 2011, 07:33:06 AM
I thought that this one rates fairly high in terms of ridiculous covers (especially for Symphony No 4!). Even 'A Pastoral Symphony' is now mostly regarded as a Requiem for the legion dead of World War One. It would, however, be perfectly approriate for a box of Quality Street confectionery:In complete agreement here. Anyone buying this would think he'd be listening to idyllic and innocuous works.
Post by: vandermolen on January 05, 2011, 11:13:45 AM
In complete agreement here. Anyone buying this would think he'd be listening to idyllic and innocuous works.
Yes, the EMI Eminence series of VW symphonies excelled itself in completely inappropriate cover images!
Post by: Gurn Blanston on January 05, 2011, 11:31:34 AM
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa159/Gurn_Blanston/HaydnHencover.jpg)
8)
Post by: knight66 on January 05, 2011, 11:38:42 AM
Mike
Post by: Gurn Blanston on January 05, 2011, 11:46:45 AM
I take it 'The Hen' is in there, otherwise it is perverse as well as ugly.
Mike
Yes, The Hen & The Queen. The title says "Hen Hunts Queen". Not sure about that, since I haven't heard any Paris symphony called "The Hunt". Perhaps it is #73, 'La Chasse'? :)
8)
Post by: Brewski on January 05, 2011, 11:49:36 AM
I take it 'The Hen' is in there, otherwise it is perverse as well as ugly.
Mike
And what is that other, sadly drawn object? It looks like a New Year's Eve party hat.
--Bruce
Post by: Gurn Blanston on January 05, 2011, 11:50:29 AM
And what is that other, sadly drawn object? It looks like a New Year's Eve party hat.
--Bruce
That is The Queen. Looks rather more like The Witch, does it not? :D
8)
Post by: karlhenning on January 05, 2011, 11:52:08 AM
That is The Queen. Looks rather more like The Witch, does it not? :D
8)
Hot enough to boil a monkey's bum, Your Majesty.
Post by: Brewski on January 05, 2011, 11:52:46 AM
That is The Queen. Looks rather more like The Witch, does it not? :D
8)
That is *exactly* what I first thought, but then, "Nyah, looks a little frivolous for a witch." ;D
--Bruce
Post by: knight66 on January 05, 2011, 11:57:28 AM
That is The Queen. Looks rather more like The Witch, does it not? :D
8)
Glad you told me Gurn, I could not see what it was. Well, I hope the performances are worth the eyesore.
Mike
Post by: karlhenning on January 05, 2011, 12:04:47 PM
Post by: Opus106 on January 05, 2011, 12:25:02 PM
That is The Queen. Looks rather more like The Witch, does it not? :D
8)
Now that you've mentioned it, the image of a giant hen facing off against a part-human-part-platypus is gone from my mind. It was fun while it lasted. :(
Post by: Brewski on January 05, 2011, 12:28:31 PM
Now that you've mentioned it, the image of a giant hen facing off against a part-human-part-platypus is gone from my mind. It was fun while it lasted. :(
*[laughing]*
That's now the award-winner. ;D
--Bruce
Post by: karlhenning on January 05, 2011, 12:29:21 PM
Post by: Opus106 on January 05, 2011, 12:35:08 PM
True it is, covers like that make this (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,17764.0.html) easy ; )
But think of all the CDF (photoshopped or otherwise) that one could collect.
Post by: Lethevich on January 20, 2011, 04:04:24 PM
Did they have to choose that angle?
Post by: snyprrr on January 20, 2011, 06:47:47 PM
Did they have to choose that angle?
Ride 'em Cowboy! ;)
Post by: Drasko on February 15, 2011, 02:25:49 PM
Beethoven for the Suicidal
Post by: Brewski on February 15, 2011, 02:30:51 PM
--Bruce
Post by: Scots John on February 15, 2011, 02:35:56 PM
Did they have to choose that angle?
Do you know I had to think for a few moments, looking at the pic and wondering about the statues angles.
:o
I am so niaeve. :-[
Post by: Brian on February 15, 2011, 02:41:42 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OA9nk3I8L.jpg)
Beethoven for the Suicidal
As a side note, the title of the CD gives the viewer no reason to believe that that set has 6 violin sonatas rather than just 2. (It does have 6.)
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on February 15, 2011, 08:37:18 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61TN569EZ3L._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Mirror Image on February 15, 2011, 08:57:57 PM
Hehe, it's too easy to mock Arte Nova's super pretentious covers 0:)
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/457/image3jv9.jpg)
That is one of the most ridiculous covers I've ever seen. What a stupid cover.
Post by: Brian on February 16, 2011, 01:38:17 AM
That is one of the most ridiculous covers I've ever seen. What a stupid cover.
I'm pretty sure Lethe photoshopped that. ;)
As a proof of concept, consider this cover (which I actually like!) before and after my intervention...
Post by: Luke on February 16, 2011, 01:40:08 AM
Now that cover is just plain weird. And I'm all for oblique approaches to CD cover design (e.g., other than photos of the artists), but that...
--Bruce
Is it not just trying to suggest Spring?
Post by: Luke on February 16, 2011, 01:41:34 AM
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 16, 2011, 01:45:00 AM
I'm pretty sure Lethe photoshopped that. ;)Yes, the original looks like this:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gM3FF5TIL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Antoine Marchand on February 16, 2011, 03:14:33 AM
I'm pretty sure Lethe photoshopped that. ;)
As a proof of concept, consider this cover (which I actually like!) before and after my intervention...
Even Lethe let a proof of her "crime" because she forgot (?) to delete the neck of the bottles on the upper part of the intervented cover: :)
Hehe, it's too easy to mock Arte Nova's super pretentious covers 0:)
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/457/image3jv9.jpg)
... the perfect crime doesn't exist my fellows. Anyway, it's a great "intervention"... ;D
Post by: Lethevich on February 16, 2011, 03:59:24 AM
Post by: Scarpia on February 16, 2011, 06:15:19 AM
And no, I didn't Photoshop it!
Post by: Opus106 on February 16, 2011, 06:16:29 AM
This doesn't below under "worst" but certainly weird. Seems to be a landscape but those two hills look suspiciously like something else. Sarge, we need a judgement here, you're the expert.
The mind sees what it wants to see. 0:)
Post by: MDL on February 16, 2011, 08:05:17 AM
Did they have to choose that angle?
I think she's saying, "I need more butter!"
Post by: Brian on February 16, 2011, 02:38:38 PM
I think she's saying, "I need more butter!"
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Post by: KevinP on February 19, 2011, 05:14:59 AM
I think she's saying, "I need more butter!"
And what's he saying? I need more butt?
Post by: Antoine Marchand on February 19, 2011, 06:16:24 AM
Did they have to choose that angle?
At first I thought this was another Lethe's intervention. ;D But then I recalled that I own this recording and it's the actual cover!
As a sort of relief for Chandos' stupidity, I will post the complete picture of the sculpture:
(http://www.galleriaborghese.it/opere/maxi/dafne.jpg)
Apollo e Dafne (1622-25) marmo di Carrara cm. 243 | Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Galleria Borghese, Rome
Post by: Scarpia on February 19, 2011, 09:46:28 AM
At first I thought this was another Lethe's intervention. ;D But then I recalled that I own this recording and it's the actual cover!
As a sort of relief for Chandos' stupidity, I will post the complete picture of the sculpture:
(http://www.galleriaborghese.it/opere/maxi/dafne.jpg)
Apollo e Dafne (1622-25) marmo di Carrara cm. 243 | Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Galleria Borghese, Rome
I see nothing stupid about Chandos's use of the image. The entire point of sculpture is that it can give a different impression from different vantage points, and Bernini's work is hardly chaste.
(http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/178267/1/Apollo-And-Daphne-$5bdetail$3a-3$5d.jpg)
Post by: Florestan on February 19, 2011, 09:53:25 AM
I see nothing stupid about Chandos's use of the image. The entire point of sculpture is that it can give a different impression from different vantage points,
True, but no person walking around it can see it from Chandos' vantage point. ;D
Post by: Scarpia on February 19, 2011, 10:05:26 AM
True, but no person walking around it can see it from Chandos' vantage point. ;D
I'm not so sure. If you look at the Chandos image, if Daphne turned her head a little to her right she would be looking directly at the camera. Now look at the full figure that A-M posted. If Daphne turned her head a little to her right she would be looking downward. The Chandos image appears to have been taken looking slightly up at Daphne's face, not to far from where the A-M image was taken. I think the Chandos image was taken from a location a bit below and a bit to the right of where the A-M photographer is standing. The novelty seems to come from the fact that the frame is rotated somewhat in the Chandos image.
Post by: Florestan on February 19, 2011, 10:12:55 AM
It appears to be that the novelty comes from the fact that the image has been rotated.
Yes, that's my point: the image has been manipulated --- no real walking around the statue would result in that vantage point.
Post by: Scarpia on February 19, 2011, 10:14:21 AM
Yes, that's my point: the image has been manipulated --- no real walking around the statue would result in that vantage point.
If you turned your head, you'd see that vantage point. If Bernini wanted to determine the perspective from which we see Daphne he would have made a painting, not a sculpture. 0:)
Post by: Florestan on February 19, 2011, 10:17:10 AM
If you turned your head, you'd see that vantage point. If Bernini wanted to determine the perspective from which we see Daphne he would have made a painting, not a sculpture. 0:)
Well, it's all conjecture --- let's meet at the statue, Chandos picture in hand, and check it. :)
Post by: Scarpia on February 19, 2011, 10:26:23 AM
Well, it's all conjecture --- let's meet at the statue, Chandos picture in hand, and check it. :)
Here, this is simpler. In the Chandos image you can see under Apollo's chin. The Chandos photo was definitely taken looking up at Apollo's head, from the point of view of someone looking up at the statue. But the image was rotated almost 90 degrees as framed on the Chandos CD. If you want to see the couple oriented normally, just turn the CD on its side. 0:)
Post by: Florestan on February 19, 2011, 10:40:36 AM
Here, this is simpler. In the Chandos image you can see under Apollo's chin. The Chandos photo was definitely taken looking up at Apollo's head, from the point of view of someone looking up at the statue. But the image was rotated almost 90 degrees as framed on the Chandos CD. If you want to see the couple oriented normally, just turn the CD on its side. 0:)
This only proves my point, as it is equivalent to turning the statue on its side --- piece of cake with a camera, impossible for someone walking around it. Now, if I understand your point correctly, you mean that Chandos didn't necessarily meant a sexual undertone of that picture --- and I agree. Why can't you accept my point? ???
Post by: Antoine Marchand on February 19, 2011, 10:43:03 AM
I see nothing stupid about Chandos's use of the image. The entire point of sculpture is that it can give a different impression from different vantage points, and Bernini's work is hardly chaste.
(http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/178267/1/Apollo-And-Daphne-$5bdetail$3a-3$5d.jpg)
I consider that picture a non-sense because (1) it doesn't suggest at all the classical beauty of the complete sculpture; it's an ugly and pseudo-intellectual picture; (2) it simply transforms the terrified fugue of Dafne ( wich is all movement) in a static couple copulating and (3) the vantage point is totally unnatural, even without to consider the fact that a sculpture of almost two and a half meters it is never intended to that kind of absurd close-up.
Post by: Florestan on February 19, 2011, 10:54:17 AM
I consider that picture a non-sense because (1) it doesn't suggest at all the classical beauty of the complete sculpture; it's an ugly and pseudo-intellectual picture; (2) it simply transforms the terrified fugue of Dafne ( wich is all movement) in a static couple copulating and (3) the vantage point is totally unnatural, even without to consider the fact that a sculture of almost two and a half meters it is never intended to that kind of absurd close-up.
QFT.
Post by: Scarpia on February 19, 2011, 11:04:30 AM
This only proves my point, as it is equivalent to turning the statue on its side --- piece of cake with a camera, impossible for someone walking around it. Now, if I understand your point correctly, you mean that Chandos didn't necessarily meant a sexual undertone of that picture --- and I agree. Why can't you accept my point? ???
Yes, I agree, the rotation of the picture changes the impression. But if I gave you a postcard of the statue you could also rotate it, no?
Post by: Scarpia on February 19, 2011, 11:08:03 AM
I consider that picture a non-sense because (1) it doesn't suggest at all the classical beauty of the complete sculpture; it's an ugly and pseudo-intellectual picture; (2) it simply transforms the terrified fugue of Dafne ( wich is all movement) in a static couple copulating and (3) the vantage point is totally unnatural, even without to consider the fact that a sculpture of almost two and a half meters it is never intended to that kind of absurd close-up.
I think it is pretty silly for you to claim that Bertini did not intend an "absurd close-up" when the camera had not been invented yet. I suspect he took it for granted that people would walk around the work and decide to look closely at different parts of it as it took their fancy. As to the "classical beauty," I also suspect Bertini took delight in the conflict between the classical beauty and the raw sensuality that are combined in the work.
In any case, you have your view of the work, perhaps you will condescend to permit me my own view of the work. ;D
Post by: ibanezmonster on February 19, 2011, 11:22:31 AM
At first I thought this was another Lethe's intervention. ;D But then I recalled that I own this recording and it's the actual cover!I think someone at Chandos just has a sense of humor.
Post by: Florestan on February 19, 2011, 12:06:44 PM
I think it is pretty silly for you to claim that Bertini did not intend an "absurd close-up" when the camera had not been invented yet. I suspect he took it for granted that people would walk around the work and decide to look closely at different parts of it as it took their fancy. As to the "classical beauty," I also suspect Bertini took delight in the conflict between the classical beauty and the raw sensuality that are combined in the work.
In any case, you have your view of the work, perhaps you will condescend to permit me my own view of the work. ;D
(1) Had I been a smartass --- which some of you might think I really am --- I'd have corrected Bertini as Bernini, twice... :P
(2) Why someone would think that classical beauty and (raw) sensuality are mutually exclusive is beyond me --- and more likely than not, beyond Bernini himself. ;D
Post by: Florestan on February 19, 2011, 12:08:27 PM
I think someone at Chandos just has a sense of humor.
And more than one person at Chandos has no sense of propriety at all. ;D
Post by: Antoine Marchand on February 19, 2011, 12:12:21 PM
I think it is pretty silly for you to claim that Bertini did not intend an "absurd close-up" when the camera had not been invented yet. I suspect he took it for granted that people would walk around the work and decide to look closely at different parts of it as it took their fancy. As to the "classical beauty," I also suspect Bertini took delight in the conflict between the classical beauty and the raw sensuality that are combined in the work.I'm sorry if you feel my opinion as derogatory, but it is just that: my opinion. Anyway, I would prefer to avoid adjectives such as "silly", even if they are improperly replaced by words like "wrong". I think it is more polite.
About the "close-up": Yes, photography and sculpture are different arts and that picture -considered on the basis of its own merits- it's, IMO, an ugly picture. I won't comment its merits as a supposed exercise in style.
In any case, you have your view of the work, perhaps you will condescend to permit me my own view of the work. ;DNo problem at all, I just have my arguments and paraphrasing Voltaire, I would say:"Monsieur Scarpia, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write". ;)
P.S.: BTW, that "to detest" is merely rhetorical. ;D
Post by: Brahmsian on February 19, 2011, 12:13:24 PM
Post by: Florestan on February 19, 2011, 12:32:23 PM
"Monsieur Scarpia, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write". ;)
P.S.: BTW, that "to detest" is merely rhetorical. ;D
I don't detest it either: I don't take it seriously. ;D :P
Post by: Scarpia on February 19, 2011, 03:06:37 PM
Post by: Coco on April 30, 2011, 06:04:35 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nVJxXAxkL._SS400_.jpg)
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on April 30, 2011, 10:43:48 PM
This is just unfortunate. What were they thinking?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nVJxXAxkL._SS400_.jpg)
Three pieces, three wind quintets?
Post by: Coco on May 01, 2011, 03:03:11 AM
Post by: Lethevich on May 01, 2011, 04:32:43 AM
This is just unfortunate. What were they thinking?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nVJxXAxkL._SS400_.jpg)
I thought that was a parody of Otto Böhler's picture of Bruckner entering heaven until I noticed they didn't use the composers in the picture :(
Post by: Papy Oli on May 01, 2011, 04:48:01 AM
Post by: Opus106 on May 01, 2011, 04:49:04 AM
going through Amazon bargains... ;D
You haven't seen the Rachmaninoff, have you?
Post by: Coco on May 01, 2011, 04:55:10 AM
going through Amazon bargains... ;D
"Shacking Up"... yeah, that's what they're doing. ¬_______¬
Post by: KevinP on May 01, 2011, 05:12:45 AM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007MB5D.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Post by: Coco on May 01, 2011, 05:25:16 AM
Post by: Lethevich on May 01, 2011, 05:30:58 AM
Post by: Scarpia on May 01, 2011, 05:34:29 AM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007MB74.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)Is there music on those CDs? And what's with the parental advisory? ???
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007MB5D.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Post by: Brian on May 01, 2011, 05:42:34 AM
Is there music on those CDs? And what's with the parental advisory? ???
They translated 'La ci darem la mano' to English... and amended the lyrics so the characters sing what they're really thinking.
Post by: snyprrr on May 01, 2011, 06:05:21 AM
Bring on Felching with de Falla - if it makes money I'm sure the majors will have no qualms.
Aren't you a GIRL?!? :o Such language!! :-\ Y'know, now someone gonna ask you what that means! ::)
Post by: Antoine Marchand on May 01, 2011, 06:14:39 AM
Aren't you a GIRL?!?
snyprrr,
I think this is a great moment to clarify the veracity of those reports (Gurn?) which indicated that you are a girl too. ;D :D ;D
Post by: Lethevich on May 01, 2011, 06:27:37 AM
Post by: Coco on May 01, 2011, 06:28:11 AM
Post by: Papy Oli on May 01, 2011, 06:38:17 AM
You haven't seen the Rachmaninoff, have you?
Have you seen the Cesar Frank ? ;D
here's another one :
Post by: Opus106 on May 01, 2011, 08:04:15 AM
here's another one :
Just make sure Il Furioso doesn't see it. :-\
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on May 01, 2011, 10:19:47 AM
Post by: Brian on May 01, 2011, 10:42:32 AM
'Bedroom bliss with Beethoven'... The mind boggles.
Indeed! I remember reading in Maynard Solomon's Beethoven that once, in the early 1790s, the young composer's fellow students went to a tavern with him and bribed a waitress to flirt with him as a joke. The joke ended when an irritated Beethoven punched her in the face.
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on May 01, 2011, 10:47:17 AM
Indeed! I remember reading in Maynard Solomon's Beethoven that once, in the early 1790s, the young composer's fellow students went to a tavern with him and bribed a waitress to flirt with him as a joke. The joke ended when an irritated Beethoven punched her in the face.
Yes, four times. He immortalized them in the opening of his Fifth Symphony.
Post by: Drasko on May 01, 2011, 12:29:50 PM
going through Amazon bargains... ;D
I'd buy all three if I could find them for cheap, and I'm serious. Ridiculousness of the entire concept has so passed beyond being terrible that I find them utterly fascinating. The idea that someone actually came up with it with straight face, and that it got realized is amazing. Would love to have them.
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on May 01, 2011, 12:38:25 PM
Post by: Coco on May 01, 2011, 01:03:12 PM
Post by: Brahmsian on May 01, 2011, 02:28:08 PM
here's another one :
That one really cracked me up. ;D
Post by: KevinP on May 01, 2011, 06:57:50 PM
Is there music on those CDs? And what's with the parental advisory? ???
No idea to either question, sorry.
I'd buy all three if I could find them for cheap, and I'm serious. Ridiculousness of the entire concept has so passed beyond being terrible that I find them utterly fascinating. The idea that someone actually came up with it with straight face, and that it got realized is amazing. Would love to have them.
Well put. I probably wouldn't buy them, but I agree with what you're saying.
I don't know if I'd call that one 'bad,' though I certainly wouldn't call it good. It's clever and risk-taking enough that even though it ultimately doesn't work, it deserves a nod.
Post by: Luke on May 01, 2011, 10:09:16 PM
(http://www.surrealists.co.uk/artistsimages/ManRay-Ingres%27violin.jpg)
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 03, 2011, 09:40:51 AM
My favorite of these was from someone here (can't remember who): "Fuckin'er to Bruckner" ;DI'm pretty sure that was Sarge...
Post by: DavidW on May 03, 2011, 10:01:39 AM
My favorite of these was from someone here (can't remember who): "Fuckin'er to Bruckner" ;D
Put on Celibidache and it becomes tantric. ;D
Post by: Valentino on May 19, 2011, 10:55:05 PM
You're crackin' me up, folks.
Post by: Luke on June 04, 2011, 02:18:00 PM
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Post by: Brian on August 25, 2011, 11:02:25 AM
(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/0094635317350.jpg)
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 29, 2011, 12:06:07 PM
Post by: Coco on August 29, 2011, 02:15:37 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 29, 2011, 03:14:21 PM
Roots? In your hair, Paavo? Because it's about to fall out. You suave motha-fu***.
Post by: AllegroVivace on August 29, 2011, 04:21:12 PM
Roots? In your hair, Paavo? Because it's about to fall out. You suave motha-fu***.
Can't stand this guy's pose either.... that vain look in his face.
Post by: eyeresist on August 29, 2011, 04:48:41 PM
Can't stand this guy's pose either.... that vain look in his face.
I've seen PLENTY worse, Herbert von K and Lenny being amongst the most notable offenders.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 29, 2011, 04:51:15 PM
Can't stand this guy's pose either.... that vain look in his face.
I've saw several Cincinnati SO concerts a few years ago, and when Paavo was conducting there was a 4-5 minute video called. "Paavo's First Notes" and it was an introduction of sorts to the pieces being performed, it was just Paavo talking in close ups, as if in an 20/20 interview, shot from different angles, even in black & white (ooo, stylish)..It was ridiculous.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 29, 2011, 04:52:37 PM
I've seen PLENTY worse, Herbert von K and Lenny being amongst the most notable offenders.
Here's a personal favorite of Herbert.
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/20/3a/2571828fd7a036edde1a5110.L.jpg)
Post by: kishnevi on August 29, 2011, 04:55:52 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Tt2IZUXtL._SS400_.jpg)
Okay, I'm driving myself crazy, because I can't think of the name of the TV comedy actor/stand up comic who looks exactly like Jarvi on that cover.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 29, 2011, 04:58:36 PM
Speaking of comedians...these look more like Roger Norrington's stand-up comedy CDs rather than his Bruckner recordings.
Post by: Mirror Image on August 29, 2011, 05:08:58 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Tt2IZUXtL._SS400_.jpg)
Roots? In your hair, Paavo? Because it's about to fall out. You suave motha-fu***.
I've seen worse...a lot worse. Like this one:
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 29, 2011, 05:10:32 PM
I've seen worse...a lot worse. Like this one:
Only difference is that Paavo is trying really, really hard to look that way.
Post by: kishnevi on August 29, 2011, 05:16:20 PM
Speaking of comedians...these look more like Roger Norrington's stand-up comedy CDs rather than his Bruckner recordings.
At the very least, Sir Roger definitely wasn't aiming for the glamour look like Paavo.
Coincidently, my order from Arkiv contianing Norrington's Bruckner 4, 6 and 7 landed today.
Post by: Mirror Image on August 29, 2011, 05:18:09 PM
Only difference is that Paavo is trying really, really hard to look that way.
Honestly, any cover with the conductor on the front cover is a bad cover IMHO.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 29, 2011, 05:18:57 PM
At the very least, Sir Roger definitely wasn't aiming for the glamour look like Paavo.
Coincidently, my order from Arkiv contianing Norrington's Bruckner 4, 6 and 7 landed today.
Very nice, Jeff. I have many Norrington recordings that I really enjoy, his Bruckner is next, specifically the 6th.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 29, 2011, 05:22:40 PM
Honestly, any cover with the conductor on the front cover is a bad cover IMHO.
Are you telling me this Levine, super-imposed close-up is bad? ;D
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61pjb8d3hYL.jpg)
Post by: eyeresist on August 29, 2011, 05:40:01 PM
Only difference is that Paavo is trying really, really hard to look that way.No, I think that's actually what he looks like.
Here's a personal favorite of Herbert.
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/20/3a/2571828fd7a036edde1a5110.L.jpg)
It's FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER meets THE CABINET OF DOCTOR CALIGARI! :o
(http://www.clipartpal.com/_thumbs/pd/holiday/halloween/Frankenstein_4.png) (http://rookery.s3.amazonaws.com/1147000/1147452_9620_625x1000.jpg)
Post by: Mirror Image on August 29, 2011, 06:03:42 PM
Very nice, Jeff. I have many Norrington recordings that I really enjoy, his Bruckner is next, specifically the 6th.
Why is it Norrington has such a bad reputation amongst classical critics and fans? What is so appalling about his performances?
Post by: AllegroVivace on August 29, 2011, 06:04:48 PM
Honestly, any cover with the conductor on the front cover is a bad cover IMHO.
Agree with this hundred percent! I'd prefer the pictures of the composers, or no picture at all. Couldn't care less about a conductor glamor-shot. Most conductors are full of sh*t anyway... No other profession in the music world gives a person such undeserved confidence.
Post by: Mirror Image on August 29, 2011, 06:13:31 PM
Agree with this hundred percent! I'd prefer the pictures of the composers, or no picture at all. Couldn't care less about a conductor glamor-shot. Most conductors are full of sh*t anyway... No other profession in the music world gives a person such undeserved confidence.
I think too often conductors are spotlighted when the real stars are the musicians in the orchestras. I'm not degrading the conductor's job, but I think too much emphasis has been placed on their role when the orchestra are responsible for producing the sounds we hear. The conductor tries to keep the balances right in the orchestra and may offer the orchestra, specifically in rehearsal, a little background information on the piece they're performing, but ultimately a good performance rests in the orchestra's hands.
Post by: Renfield on August 29, 2011, 06:17:01 PM
So that's what he looks like, too, in context. Whereas that Karajan is definitely not his best moment.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 29, 2011, 06:23:58 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4127RBCYPGL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Here's a bad one, Masur, the party-crasher...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RI2u4FLFL._SS400_.jpg)
Post by: Brian on August 29, 2011, 06:30:47 PM
Okay, I'm driving myself crazy, because I can't think of the name of the TV comedy actor/stand up comic who looks exactly like Jarvi on that cover.
Major Winchester from M*A*S*H?
Honestly, any cover with the conductor on the front cover is a bad cover IMHO.
Nah. There are good conductor covers. They're very rare, I'll grant you that, and they're usually my least favorite covers, but there are good conductor covers. Greg found one with Boulez, a really good one. In fact, black and white is usually the best conductor-cover tone, I think. Here are some of my favorites, three of them b&w...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2552731874_dd52f8f57b.jpg) (http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/001/483/0000148399_350.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61l0AY4NL2L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00336/clarevdvorak_336355t.jpg)
Post by: Coco on August 29, 2011, 06:32:52 PM
Honestly, any cover with the conductor on the front cover is a bad cover IMHO.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/2551724283_0a608981ae.jpg)
What are you saying, MI? ;D
Post by: Mirror Image on August 29, 2011, 06:35:33 PM
Nah. There are good conductor covers. They're very rare, I'll grant you that, and they're usually my least favorite covers, but there are good conductor covers. Greg found one with Boulez, a really good one. In fact, black and white is usually the best conductor-cover tone, I think. Here are some of my favorites, three of them b&w...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2552731874_dd52f8f57b.jpg) (http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/001/483/0000148399_350.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61l0AY4NL2L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00336/clarevdvorak_336355t.jpg)
Well perhaps I should elaborate, I think conductor covers aren't very creative.
Post by: kishnevi on August 29, 2011, 06:49:55 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514TwfHeeuL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Are you telling me this Levine, super-imposed close-up is bad? ;D
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61pjb8d3hYL.jpg)
Well, it does have a sort of Frankenstein's Bride look to it. But in this case, it's simply the photo of Levine they chose, and not the basic concept.
Post by: eyeresist on August 29, 2011, 06:53:04 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4127RBCYPGL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Is it "two ducks humping", Pierre?
Post by: Brian on August 29, 2011, 06:58:14 PM
Well perhaps I should elaborate, I think conductor covers aren't very creative.
Oh undoubtedly so, unless they are creative in a bad way.
Post by: Mirror Image on August 29, 2011, 07:10:06 PM
Oh undoubtedly so, unless they are creative in a bad way.
Yes, there's nothing worse than a piece of cover art that has NOTHING do with the music or remotely even hints at it.
Post by: Renfield on August 29, 2011, 07:31:57 PM
Is it "two ducks humping", Pierre?
;D
Post by: The new erato on August 29, 2011, 09:36:27 PM
Post by: Mirror Image on August 29, 2011, 10:12:39 PM
I have pretty few Karajan discs. One of the reason is that I hate the vain, selfglorifying covers. Put them in plain, brown wrapping paper and I would probably buy them.
Do you own his recordings of the Second Viennese School?
Post by: The new erato on August 29, 2011, 10:21:59 PM
Do you own his recordings of the Second Viennese School?Some of them. I'm not saying he's a bad conductor, just that I would have had more discs if it weren't for some of those horrifying covers.
This for example is both very good and nice to look at:
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/4577212.jpg)
Post by: Renfield on August 30, 2011, 12:45:13 PM
The Karajan Gold (TM) look-at-me rebranding of his 80s work, for example, is definitely post-mortem.
Post by: Grazioso on August 30, 2011, 01:14:34 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xZFpVlx6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Grazioso on August 30, 2011, 01:23:19 PM
Put the seven veils back on, quick! :o
Post by: Grazioso on August 30, 2011, 01:45:32 PM
"Jeffrey! What the hell did you eat for lunch?" :'(
Post by: Mirror Image on August 30, 2011, 01:47:10 PM
I'm not saying he's a bad conductor.
HvK, like Bernstein, was hyped to the hills by the media (still is). I do think highly of both of these conductors, but I don't put them up on some kind of pedestal as some people do. I generally like the repertoire Bernstein chose to perform more than HvK, but HvK has done some interesting recordings like those of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern, which Bernstein never bothered with. Does anybody know the history of why Bernstein didn't record these composers or maybe what his opinion of them happened to be?
Edit: I see Bernstein conducted Isaac Stern's performance of the Berg's Violin Concerto, but this is all I could find.
Post by: AllegroVivace on August 30, 2011, 03:53:19 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 30, 2011, 04:01:20 PM
the conductor's real work (running rehearsals) is hidden from your view.
Exactly, but that carries over to the actual performance.
Thread duty...
Great disc, but sort of an awkward photo.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51f2k9ajypL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on August 30, 2011, 05:37:05 PM
Exactly, but that carries over to the actual performance.
Thread duty...
Great disc, but sort of an awkward photo.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51f2k9ajypL._SS500_.jpg)
"Dude,... I'm hammered..."
Post by: DavidW on August 30, 2011, 05:38:27 PM
"Dude,... I'm hammered..."
Perfect caption! ;D
Post by: snyprrr on August 30, 2011, 05:41:41 PM
Okay, I'm driving myself crazy, because I can't think of the name of the TV comedy actor/stand up comic who looks exactly like Jarvi on that cover.
Bill Pullman? meets Jeff Daniels?? :-\
Post by: Brahmsian on August 30, 2011, 05:43:44 PM
Here's a bad one, Masur, the party-crasher...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RI2u4FLFL._SS400_.jpg)
"Stay thirsty, my friends."
Post by: snyprrr on August 30, 2011, 05:44:38 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 30, 2011, 05:47:57 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 30, 2011, 05:49:02 PM
.
Crap, amazon sticky fail.
Post by: snyprrr on August 30, 2011, 05:52:45 PM
Also, how bout them thar Segerstam pics? Anyone?
Personally, being vain, I gotta dig some of those classic covers that are floating through my head right now. How bout Lenny trying to look suave with that closeup of his craterous, pock marked face,... looking like a bad Richard Burton (haha, that's a... oh, what do you call it?).
Was that Babbitt cover shown yet? 'The One'? :o :o The Bridge label has a cache of some of the worst covers ever.
Post by: Cato on August 30, 2011, 05:53:23 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E7R2MDE8L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
"Jeffrey! What the hell did you eat for lunch?" :'(
The above reminded me of this cover with Uchida:
(http://www.technodisco.net/img/tracks/p/pierre-boulez/2428072-pierre-boulez-schoenberg-piano-concerto--berg--webern.jpg)
"Pierre! I think they're looking at us!"
"Oui! They want to see me! Get out of the way!"
Post by: snyprrr on August 30, 2011, 05:56:09 PM
Crap, amazon sticky fail.
That's some spectacular color in that picture.
btw- what is UP with those annoying amazon gift stickers?? >:Darrrgh?? like the sand around here!! ???
btw 2- please post as many covers as you like. Laughing feels good!! ;) ;D
Post by: Cato on August 30, 2011, 05:57:55 PM
Can someone also show the Xenakis Orchestral Works Vol.4 (Timpani), where it looks like his hair's on fire?
Ask and ye shall receive!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KGxvTSnp3Dw/SaR9V5DFonI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/uukLO1GUjDs/s320/orchestralworksiv.jpg)
Actually, I think his hair is on fire..and since he is Xenakis, he likes it that way!
Post by: Brahmsian on August 30, 2011, 05:59:22 PM
(http://www.technodisco.net/img/tracks/p/pierre-boulez/2428072-pierre-boulez-schoenberg-piano-concerto--berg--webern.jpg)
"Oui! They want to see me! Get out of the way!"
;D
"Sacre bleu! Why isn't my name in the biggest and boldest fonts, like on all my other recordings, as it SHOULD be! I'm da superstar, not da com-poser. I don't even need a stick to conduct, god damit I'm so good!"
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 30, 2011, 06:33:06 PM
Exactly the image in my head when I listen to RVW's Fantasia
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 31, 2011, 02:55:43 AM
The creepy Uncle.
Post by: Cato on August 31, 2011, 03:09:02 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eptsVCnyL._SS500_.jpg)
The creepy Uncle.
"Hi there, little girl! Would you like some ice cream?" $:)
Post by: DavidW on August 31, 2011, 03:12:23 AM
Watch this to get the right tone (Demitri Martin):
http://www.youtube.com/v/Kl48-eI7ETI
Post by: The new erato on August 31, 2011, 03:16:23 AM
"Hi there, little girl! Would you like some ice cream?" $:)since I succeded with the Eleanor Rigby reference in another thread, this is more like the Stones' Spider to the Fly; "step right ahead and you're dead".
Post by: Grazioso on August 31, 2011, 04:07:29 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ltduOQO0L._SS500_.jpg)
Exactly the image in my head when I listen to RVW's Fantasia
Looks like a rejected cover shot for a Hee Haw album!
Post by: Grazioso on August 31, 2011, 04:10:43 AM
Ask and ye shall receive!
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KGxvTSnp3Dw/SaR9V5DFonI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/uukLO1GUjDs/s320/orchestralworksiv.jpg)
Actually, I think his hair is on fire..and since he is Xenakis, he likes it that way!
Looks more like he's underwater, as if some angry traditionalist threw him in the Aegean.
Post by: Cato on August 31, 2011, 05:50:59 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ltduOQO0L._SS500_.jpg)
Exactly the image in my head when I listen to RVW's Fantasia
Is she wearing an artichoke?
Or is the artichoke wearing her?
The '60's and '70's! Nothing like 'em!!!
Post by: snyprrr on August 31, 2011, 06:05:54 AM
The '60's and '70's! Nothing like 'em!!!
Ahhhhh!!!!!! ;)
Post by: Renfield on August 31, 2011, 01:14:51 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eptsVCnyL._SS500_.jpg)
The creepy Uncle.
Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you!
(http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Davnes007/emporer-throne.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on August 31, 2011, 05:46:25 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eptsVCnyL._SS500_.jpg)
The creepy Uncle.
The guy on SNL who plays Vincent Price,... what's his name...
Post by: snyprrr on August 31, 2011, 05:49:09 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Aequalis-Martin-Davidovsky-Steiger-Chinary/dp/B0000030H3/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1314845241&sr=1-1
Can someone get the pic up please!!
Post by: Renfield on August 31, 2011, 05:55:23 PM
I think I've mentioned that this is my fav album cover:
http://www.amazon.com/Aequalis-Martin-Davidovsky-Steiger-Chinary/dp/B0000030H3/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1314845241&sr=1-1
Can someone get the pic up please!!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415HJC1EKAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I don't even know what to say.
Post by: eyeresist on August 31, 2011, 06:29:36 PM
I don't mind this one at all. The message it sends to me is that Herbie took the music seriously.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eptsVCnyL._SS500_.jpg)
I am feelink zo fery Cherman at zis moment, ja?
Post by: eyeresist on August 31, 2011, 06:30:08 PM
Perhaps this calls for a separate thread, but I find it very difficult to be a fan of a conductor, any conductor... Unless you play in an orchestra, the conductor's real work (running rehearsals) is hidden from your view.
Well, you should be able to HEAR it....
Post by: snyprrr on August 31, 2011, 06:40:41 PM
I don't mind this one at all. The message it sends to me is that Herbie took the music seriously.
I am feelink zo fery Cherman at zis moment, ja?
Plus, Karajan's hair is AWESOME!!! :-* AWESOME
The other guy does have the Dr. Strangelove look, ja!
Post by: Renfield on August 31, 2011, 06:49:13 PM
Post by: eyeresist on August 31, 2011, 07:23:43 PM
Plus, Karajan's hair is AWESOME!!! :-* AWESOME
I credit HvK for not having crazy "classical hair". We could run a long thread on the bizarre head-toppings of various conductors and musicians.
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on August 31, 2011, 07:33:46 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514w254AgCL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 31, 2011, 07:54:57 PM
I credit HvK for not having crazy "classical hair". We could run a long thread on the bizarre head-toppings of various conductors and musicians.
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/cc/0e/17d5c060ada05d2c6bb2a110.L.jpg)
Sigiswald Kuijken doing Blue Steel
Post by: eyeresist on September 01, 2011, 12:39:26 AM
(http://pmpif.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/pmp_vasary_featured-290x290.jpg)
Post by: Grazioso on September 01, 2011, 03:11:45 AM
80's New Wave star decides to have a go at classical music.
Post by: DavidW on September 01, 2011, 06:13:13 AM
Karajan's image in an alternate universe:What!? I like that. much better than all of those stupid ones with Karajan actually on the cover! >:D
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514w254AgCL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 01, 2011, 08:47:52 AM
What!? I like that. much better than all of those stupid ones with Karajan actually on the cover! >:D
You can like it all you want! Just DON'T make it your avatar anytime soon! ;D
Post by: Grazioso on September 01, 2011, 08:48:56 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NK6XcNqnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VnDaXIv1L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Grazioso on September 01, 2011, 08:56:34 AM
Looks like he just saw Bernstein in the building.
Post by: DavidW on September 01, 2011, 10:21:59 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FK1H5jSXL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Looks like he just saw Bernstein in the building.
"take that Voldemort!" ;D
Post by: karlhenning on September 01, 2011, 10:23:28 AM
What!? I like that. much better than all of those stupid ones with Karajan actually on the cover! >:D
That's Rover, isn't it? I am not a number! I am a free man!
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 01, 2011, 10:34:07 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MM2HAP59L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4100XXQ34DL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: karlhenning on September 01, 2011, 10:37:26 AM
; )
Post by: eyeresist on September 01, 2011, 04:48:43 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FK1H5jSXL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Electricians' motto: "ALWAYS turn the power off FIRST!"
Post by: snyprrr on September 01, 2011, 05:08:15 PM
Complain about Karajan all you want, but I find this series of Mravinsky covers downright scary!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MM2HAP59L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4100XXQ34DL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Starring John Carradine as The Mummy!
Post by: Cato on September 01, 2011, 05:17:37 PM
Starring John Carradine as The Mummy!
Almost what I thought! (Boris Karloff came to mind!)
"The Nubian!"
"The ancient blood!"
Post by: snyprrr on September 01, 2011, 05:20:23 PM
Tamas Vasary conducting the 4th symphony was my favourite part of that Vaughan Williams doco, but I couldn't help thinking he looked like one of the Three Stooges.
(http://pmpif.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/pmp_vasary_featured-290x290.jpg)
Sadly, this guy looks like my friend going through chemo.
Post by: eyeresist on September 01, 2011, 05:23:27 PM
Sadly, this guy looks like my friend going through chemo.
Well, that's depressing :(
Post by: Mirror Image on September 01, 2011, 05:24:37 PM
Complain about Karajan all you want, but I find this series of Mravinsky covers downright scary!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MM2HAP59L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4100XXQ34DL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Is this what the Grim Reaper really looks like? :D
Post by: The new erato on September 01, 2011, 08:56:26 PM
Post by: snyprrr on September 02, 2011, 12:20:07 PM
Is this what the Grim Reaper really looks like? :D
Really looks like someone out of a NineInchNails video.
Post by: Papy Oli on September 02, 2011, 12:33:16 PM
Post by: kishnevi on September 02, 2011, 03:46:09 PM
err....
That doesn't really qualify for this thread. The pictorial element isn't so bad. It's the title concept that fails. Although Rossini certainly knew his food...
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 02, 2011, 07:04:14 PM
err....
LOL
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 02, 2011, 07:12:58 PM
Mr. K must not be a big fan of the first two symphonies.
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 02, 2011, 08:17:03 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513UYEvCrSL._SS500_.jpg)
(http://blog.needsupply.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/stevie-nicks-436x600.jpg)
Post by: DavidW on September 03, 2011, 05:23:29 AM
Post by: DavidW on September 03, 2011, 05:23:51 AM
err....
That is awesomely bad!! Good find! ;D
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 03, 2011, 05:29:37 AM
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 03, 2011, 05:35:49 AM
.Why is this a bad cover? It seems rather contemplative to me.
Mr. K must not be a big fan of the first two symphonies.
Post by: DavidW on September 03, 2011, 05:42:16 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pEgfd3aHL._SS400_.jpg)
Yeah that looks like a five minute photoshop job! ;D
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 03, 2011, 06:22:55 AM
Why is this a bad cover? It seems rather contemplative to me.
It was more for his expression, he just looks upset at someone.
Post by: Brahmsian on September 03, 2011, 06:28:28 AM
It was more for his expression, he just looks upset at someone.
Right you are. Almost like K is saying "Uggh, do I really have to record these first two? I want to move on to the big guns." ;) ;D
Post by: springrite on September 03, 2011, 06:29:01 AM
Tamas Vasary conducting the 4th symphony was my favourite part of that Vaughan Williams doco, but I couldn't help thinking he looked like one of the Three Stooges.
(http://pmpif.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/pmp_vasary_featured-290x290.jpg)
Of all the photos I have of him, this has to be the prettiest.
Post by: Brahmsian on September 03, 2011, 06:57:50 AM
Post by: Opus106 on September 03, 2011, 07:02:46 AM
(http://www.ivoryclassics.com/releases/70701/jackets/l.jpg)
He's the Row-mantic master.
Post by: Brahmsian on September 03, 2011, 07:12:43 AM
He's the Row-mantic master.
;D
You know, this wouldn't be such a terrible cover if he just wasn't wearing a tuxedo, but perhaps some sportsmen attire, and fishing hat. And it was actually on a real lake or river, not just a fake photoshop image of a canoe on lake. ;D
Post by: PaulSC on September 03, 2011, 07:27:09 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pEgfd3aHL._SS400_.jpg)Yes, a bad cover. And in this case, you can safely judge the disc by the cover.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 03, 2011, 07:27:28 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418mhD7mVYL._SS500_.jpg)
I'm having too much fun with this thread.
Post by: Renfield on September 03, 2011, 09:34:09 AM
EMI and Profil!
Post by: The new erato on September 03, 2011, 09:37:45 AM
(http://www.ivoryclassics.com/releases/70701/jackets/l.jpg)They must have mistaken the Nocturnes for Barcarolles.
Post by: Lethevich on September 03, 2011, 04:16:15 PM
He's the Row-mantic master.
*diiiieeeessss*
;D
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 03, 2011, 07:44:11 PM
I like that cover as well Don jeez.
You must be kidding.
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All of the genuinely bad ones are taken so you're just posting decent ones. :D
You must be kidding.
Post by: DieNacht on September 03, 2011, 08:57:15 PM
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He's the Row-mantic master
yeah, that extr-oar-dinary piano music is soo my-steer-rious ...
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They must have mistaken the Nocturnes for Barcarolles.
- or perhaps it is a rather sentimental recording of the Raindrop Prelude ??
Post by: snyprrr on September 04, 2011, 05:07:05 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jUgtOMmfL._SS400_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iD9DPX-vL._SS400_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418mhD7mVYL._SS500_.jpg)
I'm having too much fun with this thread.
:o :o :o
I'm having moooooore fun!! Yes, this is lots of funny!! ;) ;D
Post by: Opus106 on September 04, 2011, 05:10:14 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jUgtOMmfL._SS400_.jpg)
(http://gordonandthewhale.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/x-men-origins-wolverine-450x337.jpg)
Post by: eyeresist on September 04, 2011, 03:00:21 PM
That doesn't really qualify for this thread. The pictorial element isn't so bad. It's the title concept that fails. Although Rossini certainly knew his food...
There are probably hundreds of such themed collections. Australian Eloquence, to their lasting shame, put out a series of "Aromatherapy" collections.
(http://www.ivoryclassics.com/releases/70701/jackets/l.jpg)
Up a certain creek...
I didn't think the last ones GSMoeller posted were so bad - not compared to this:
ANTHEMS FOR THE GAYEST TIMES OF YOUR LIFE!
Post by: Coco on September 04, 2011, 03:06:41 PM
Looks pretty good to me. What it has to do with the music is questionable.
Post by: eyeresist on September 04, 2011, 04:44:59 PM
Looks pretty good to me. What it has to do with the music is questionable.
You don't think there's anything suspicious about this super-muscular oiled-up chap with silver body paint?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 04, 2011, 04:51:42 PM
You don't think there's anything suspicious about this super-muscular oiled-up chap with silver body paint?
Maybe he's Romeo.
Post by: Renfield on September 04, 2011, 07:06:55 PM
Maybe he's Romeo.
As long as he's not Cinderella.
Post by: eyeresist on September 04, 2011, 07:20:48 PM
"How could this happen? We started out like Romeo and Juliet, but it ended up in tragedy!" - Milhouse Van Houten
Post by: Mirror Image on September 04, 2011, 07:30:41 PM
Not very creative and almost as bad as Spinal Tap's infamous black album cover.
Post by: eyeresist on September 04, 2011, 07:55:13 PM
This one has some doozies, though the cover for Abbado in Mozart's Requiem looks fine to me.
http://gramilano.com/2011/04/worst-classical-music-album-covers-ever/
(http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-05.jpg)
UUUuuuuurrrrghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
(http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-10.jpg)
UUUuuuuurrrrghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
(http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-18.jpg)
What.
(http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-16.jpg)
WTF?
(http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-22.jpg) (http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-17.jpg)
(http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-11.jpg) (http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-03.jpg)
This one is not bad so much as irrelevant - plus makes my arteries ache:
(http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-07.jpg)
ALSO: Pretty much everything Westminster Gold put out.
http://www.westminstergold.com/
Post by: Mirror Image on September 04, 2011, 07:57:20 PM
Looks fine to me.
It doesn't to me, that's why I pointed it out. Looks like people in the marketing department went to sleep behind the wheel. Zero creativity. Let's just put letters on a black backdrop and call it a day. Bloody brilliant!
Post by: Brian on September 04, 2011, 08:02:21 PM
Now, this:
(http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-03.jpg)
Initially I thought, "Hey, now, that's not bad."
...then I saw the dog.
;D
Post by: Lethevich on September 04, 2011, 08:03:25 PM
Post by: eyeresist on September 04, 2011, 08:32:57 PM
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album14/cover142.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album14/cover147.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album12/cover125.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album12/cover126.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album11/cover112.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album10/cover101.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album10/cover109.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album9/cover95.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album9/cover99.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album6/covers61.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album5/covers53.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album5/covers55.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album4/cover45.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album4/cover46.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album2/cencic.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album2/strausswindensemble.jpg) (http://bp1.blogger.com/_j6tJqjGiGDs/RsckouZSkiI/AAAAAAAAADo/ekEEmB-pHOQ/s200/larastjohn.jpg) (http://bp3.blogger.com/_j6tJqjGiGDs/Rsck3OZSkkI/AAAAAAAAAD4/KViGrl0w8cE/s200/maazelstraussspace.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/albumtwofer/twofer52.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/albumtwofer/twofer12.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album14/cover141.jpg) (http://toomanytristans.blogspot.com/search/label/Greatest%20Classical%20CD%20Covers%20EVER)
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 04, 2011, 09:01:34 PM
Some of those are just really strange, but I actually like this one (with Stravinsky and MTT). The caricatures are well done. Makes me smile.
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album14/cover141.jpg)[/url]
Post by: eyeresist on September 04, 2011, 09:09:59 PM
Some of those are just really strange, but I actually like this one (with Stravinsky and MTT). The caricatures are well done. Makes me smile.
Fair enough. I think it makes them look like utter tools. And the whole thing has a lurid nightmare feel. Fear and Loathing in
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 04, 2011, 09:37:05 PM
Fair enough. I think it makes them look like utter tools. And the whole thing has a lurid nightmare feel. Fear and Loathing in San Francisco!I think the absurdity of it is a factor in its favor. But I can see how you might not like it.
Post by: Renfield on September 04, 2011, 10:26:58 PM
(http://gramilano.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Worst-Covers-16.jpg)
WTF?
I'd totally dig a 'black Rambo' staging of Parsifal like that! ;D
Post by: eyeresist on September 04, 2011, 10:37:57 PM
I'd totally dig a 'black Rambo' staging of Parsifal like that! ;D
Erm, I think it would be more like Tom of Finland. :-\
Post by: springrite on September 04, 2011, 10:39:07 PM
I'd totally dig a 'black Rambo' staging of Parsifal like that! ;D
... to be followed by the "Bruce Lee" staging...
Post by: Coco on September 05, 2011, 05:22:06 AM
This one:
Not very creative and almost as bad as Spinal Tap's infamous black album cover.
It's simple. I don't mind it.
Post by: Brian on September 05, 2011, 05:23:09 AM
I think the absurdity of it is a factor in its favor. But I can see how you might not like it.
I like that cover too. Now, this:
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album9/cover99.jpg)
WHAT
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 05, 2011, 05:23:45 AM
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album2/strausswindensemble.jpg)(http://bp1.blogger.com/_j6tJqjGiGDs/RsckouZSkiI/AAAAAAAAADo/ekEEmB-pHOQ/s200/larastjohn.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/albumtwofer/twofer12.jpg)
Love the battle of the conductors!
Hello, Ms. St John!
And I own that Bach album! Bought it for my wife while she was pregnant, which is odd because I could have just made her the same compilation with my own library :-\.
Here's one that is puzzling, I'll be shocked, shocked if it gets positive remarks :o :) ;D
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MFGKDxxtL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Coco on September 05, 2011, 05:29:34 AM
Here's one that is puzzling, I'll be shocked, shocked if it gets positive remarks :o :) ;D
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MFGKDxxtL._SS500_.jpg)
I've seen that series — he looks like he's having a tantrum. :D
Post by: springrite on September 05, 2011, 05:33:37 AM
I've seen that series — he looks like he's having a tantrum. :D
You have to admire his torso control during a tantrum.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 05, 2011, 05:34:52 AM
You have to admire his torso control during a tantrum.
He's very well-balanced, you're correct.
Post by: Brahmsian on September 05, 2011, 05:40:05 AM
(http://bp3.blogger.com/_j6tJqjGiGDs/Rsck3OZSkkI/AAAAAAAAAD4/KViGrl0w8cE/s200/maazelstraussspace.jpg)
(http://retrobookshop.com/images/products/detail/103575.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on September 05, 2011, 06:23:33 AM
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album14/cover142.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album14/cover147.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album12/cover125.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album12/cover126.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album11/cover112.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album10/cover101.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album10/cover109.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album9/cover95.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album9/cover99.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album6/covers61.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album5/covers53.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album5/covers55.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album4/cover45.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album4/cover46.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album2/cencic.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album2/strausswindensemble.jpg) (http://bp1.blogger.com/_j6tJqjGiGDs/RsckouZSkiI/AAAAAAAAADo/ekEEmB-pHOQ/s200/larastjohn.jpg) (http://bp3.blogger.com/_j6tJqjGiGDs/Rsck3OZSkkI/AAAAAAAAAD4/KViGrl0w8cE/s200/maazelstraussspace.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/albumtwofer/twofer52.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/albumtwofer/twofer12.jpg) (http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album14/cover141.jpg) (http://toomanytristans.blogspot.com/search/label/Greatest%20Classical%20CD%20Covers%20EVER)
You need to have a lawn sale!!! :o
The Lara St. John cover is definitely The Worst. I remember when that came out. And also that Parsifal. There waaas a time in the'90s...I think this is when they were actively seeking the gay bucks.
Post by: DieNacht on September 05, 2011, 06:31:04 AM
Post by: Brahmsian on September 05, 2011, 06:31:32 AM
Still trying to figure out what 'Fat Albert' has to do with Strauss' Four Last Songs? ???
Post by: Coco on September 05, 2011, 06:32:53 AM
You have to admire his torso control during a tantrum.
I can imagine he's yelling at a bunch of non-plussed movers: "No, no, NO — the single chair was supposed to go over HERE"
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 05, 2011, 06:56:11 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MFGKDxxtL._SS500_.jpg)
I've seen that series — he looks like he's having a tantrum. :D
I get a different feeling: he was a "special" child, grown now but of course still living with his parents who indulge his conductorial fantasies.
Sarge
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 05, 2011, 06:59:00 AM
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album10/cover109.jpg)
That may be the most puzzling cover I've ever seen. Not only is the picture nonsensical, but what the hell is a golden flute of life??? :D
Sarge
Post by: Sandra on September 05, 2011, 09:47:49 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock
That may be the most puzzling cover I've ever seen. Not only is the picture nonsensical, but what the hell is a golden flute of life??? :D
Sarge
This doesn't even look like an authorized recording. Doesn't even say what company produced it. If you're gonna create a fake CD, at least make up some recording company name to make it look legit, right? :D
Post by: Mirror Image on September 05, 2011, 11:14:27 AM
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/album14/cover141.jpg)
I don't mind this one either. Not a bad cover at all. I like the drawings. It's at least tasteful and doesn't use sex as a selling point.
Post by: eyeresist on September 05, 2011, 07:00:37 PM
Still trying to figure out what 'Fat Albert' has to do with Strauss' Four Last Songs? ???
I'm not sure, but I think the blog I took this from may have sometimes posted a made-up cover at the end of some of the entries. But I thought this one was too good not to include...
Post by: kishnevi on September 05, 2011, 07:31:02 PM
All of that Opera D'oro series has very strange cover art, and it seems to relate to the actual opera only by sheer chance.
And Placido trying to look very spiritual has a frisson all its own.
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on September 06, 2011, 12:24:35 AM
And Placido trying to look very spiritual has a frisson all its own.
With the Pope watching in the background, I can't blame him.
Post by: Papy Oli on September 24, 2011, 12:00:47 PM
Post by: Renfield on September 24, 2011, 01:22:55 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ve0XFHViL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Heavy Classix, no kidding.
Post by: Luke on September 25, 2011, 03:24:05 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eaB04z6NL._SS400_.jpg)
High-serious repertoire on this disc includes Kagel, Tormis, Kokkonen, Penderecki, Schoenberg, Reger and others....
Post by: Opus106 on September 30, 2011, 05:52:40 AM
And don't you give me any rubbish about "a tastefully done" photograph. ;D
Post by: Sandra on September 30, 2011, 11:26:21 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41241WAJQ6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
And don't you give me any rubbish about "a tastefully done" photograph. ;D
The picture is of course stupid. But the "comforting music" part disgusts me even more. So many undereducated people out there think of classical music as nothing but white noise.
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 30, 2011, 11:27:12 AM
(http://www.mdt.co.uk/public/pictures/products/standard/0300259BC.jpg)
Post by: Brahmsian on September 30, 2011, 11:48:07 AM
The picture is of course stupid. But the "comforting music" part disgusts me even more. So many undereducated people out there think of classical music as nothing but white noise.
Yes Sandra. That really, really annoys me too. I'll be talking to a stranger, or a new friend, and mention that I love classical music, and am very passionate about it. They will respond with something like: "Oh, I love classical music too. I often have it in the background when I'm cooking in the kitchen, or when I need to relax or meditate."
People just do not understand that classical music encompasses everything in music. Everything! My ex-wife used to say: "Well, I like classical music sometimes, but sometimes I just need something more energetic, with more beat and rhythm." ::)
Post by: Sandra on September 30, 2011, 11:58:42 AM
My ex-wife used to say: "Well, I like classical music sometimes, but sometimes I just need something more energetic, with more beat and rhythm." ::)
Is that the reason why she's your EX-wife now? ;D
Post by: Brahmsian on September 30, 2011, 12:09:22 PM
Is that the reason why she's your EX-wife now? ;D
:D No.
Post by: Lethevich on September 30, 2011, 03:33:08 PM
My ex-wife used to say: "Well, I like classical music sometimes, but sometimes I just need something more energetic, with more beat and rhythm." ::)
FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU- I have friends like that too. Just get a bloody metronome if you insist it be accompanied by a click-track >:D It's especially rotten because if it wasn't for this drum-tapping fetish pop has given people, several of those friends would probably really like the music. Everything in their pop tastes hit towards things that classical could do better.
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 30, 2011, 08:00:56 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wV%2BriiiEL._SS400_.jpg)
Post by: Lethevich on September 30, 2011, 08:13:42 PM
Post by: snyprrr on September 30, 2011, 08:22:06 PM
Eek, he looks like he's wearing his girlfriend's clothes.
Thooper!! ;D
Post by: 71 dB on October 01, 2011, 02:07:27 AM
People just do not understand that classical music encompasses everything in music. Everything! My ex-wife used to say: "Well, I like classical music sometimes, but sometimes I just need something more energetic, with more beat and rhythm." ::)
Well, not perhaps everything but a lot nevertheless. While classical music can be extremely energetic, it only has certain ways to be that. tracks by The Prodigy (just one example) are energetic in ways I have never encountered with classical music.
Post by: Coco on October 01, 2011, 03:44:46 AM
"Well, I like classical music sometimes, but sometimes I just need something more energetic, with more beat and rhythm." ::)
"I've got your beat right here!" *smack* ;D
Post by: Grazioso on October 01, 2011, 04:22:50 AM
People just do not understand that classical music encompasses everything in music. Everything!
Surely you don't seriously mean that :o Classical music might touch on elements found in other musics--and vice versa--but it hardly replicates them all in their unique combinations. We wouldn't even be able to intelligently discuss different styles and genres if they were in reality all subsumed by some overarching, all-encompassing music. But we know that significant differences do exist, that each genre has its own history, sources, expectations, instrumentation, and emphases.
FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU- I have friends like that too. Just get a bloody metronome if you insist it be accompanied by a click-track >:D It's especially rotten because if it wasn't for this drum-tapping fetish pop has given people, several of those friends would probably really like the music. Everything in their pop tastes hit towards things that classical could do better.
That's quite presumptuous. Why do you assume pop has given people a "drum-tapping fetish," when percussion forms a key element in numerous musical styles, both classical/courtly and popular, across geography and history? Western classical music is, if anything, an odd man out for largely jettisoning constant percussion accompaniment.
Post by: Gurn Blanston on October 01, 2011, 04:52:19 AM
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa159/Gurn_Blanston/HaydnBruggen90_92cover.jpg)
Wonder what that's about? :-\
8)
Post by: Coco on October 01, 2011, 05:08:24 AM
(http://paris-la.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/grace-jones-slave-to-the-rhyt-18664-1.jpg)
Post by: Opus106 on October 01, 2011, 05:09:03 AM
I don't know about anyone else, but somehow I find this cover unnecessarily disturbing;
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa159/Gurn_Blanston/HaydnBruggen90_92cover.jpg)
Wonder what that's about? :-\
8)
Haydn
Post by: Gurn Blanston on October 01, 2011, 05:22:39 AM
Maybe they were channeling Grace Jones?
(http://paris-la.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/grace-jones-slave-to-the-rhyt-18664-1.jpg)
Yikes! :o :o Grace can be disturbing even without the artsy stuff! :-X
Haydndimultisected, after a cup of coffee.
Well, I'm down with the coffee part of the equation anyway... :)
8)
Post by: Lethevich on October 01, 2011, 03:15:05 PM
That's quite presumptuous. Why do you assume pop has given people a "drum-tapping fetish," when percussion forms a key element in numerous musical styles, both classical/courtly and popular, across geography and history? Western classical music is, if anything, an odd man out for largely jettisoning constant percussion accompaniment.
Drums may be nice, but if you require them even to enjoy music then it's a sign of laziness. It's the same as people who whine about "boring instrumental music".
Post by: snyprrr on October 01, 2011, 07:04:23 PM
Drums may be nice, but if you require them even to enjoy music then it's a sign of laziness. It's the same as people who whine about "boring instrumental music".
Theme from 'A Man & A Woman' ;D
Post by: Renfield on October 01, 2011, 07:16:32 PM
Consider how we (broadly speaking) apply our own musical norms to much of pop music, when we decide we dislike it. For a classical listener, structural and harmonic sophistication is paramount. For a pop listener, it's not a primary concern - tunes are.
Invention is a mark of good music that carries over between most (all?) genres; but otherwise, of course someone with pop-musical criteria, who wants music to grab them by its sheer élan, will enjoy classical music as - at best - a benign anaesthetic.
Edit: To elaborate that point a little, I mean that they will enjoy 'light' classical, and won't listen at all to the rest.
I wouldn't call them stupid or lazy, though. :)
I don't call people who don't worry about things like metaphysics and formal semantics stupid or lazy, even if I could make a pretty convincing case for why it's more 'sophisticated' to worry about them - but not to want to do so, which is often the real issue.
Post by: Coco on October 01, 2011, 07:19:31 PM
Drums may be nice, but if you require them even to enjoy music then it's a sign of laziness. It's the same as people who whine about "boring instrumental music".
Yes. And even the simplest classical music has more "rhythm" than most pop music that is supposedly more rhythmic — but if there isn't a constant thud behind every gesture then it's "rhythmless".
Post by: Grazioso on October 02, 2011, 05:33:45 AM
Drums may be nice, but if you require them even to enjoy music then it's a sign of laziness. It's the same as people who whine about "boring instrumental music".
I would posit rather that percussion (or at least percussiveness or a very prominent beat) satisfies a widespread, deeply rooted musical desire across time and cultures. It is surely no coincidence that these things feature so prominently in so many diverse musics--and in the most (literally) popular musical forms.
Along the same lines, song is another deeply rooted musical fundamental: look at classical music's harmonic ancestry in a cappella religious chant and song. Vocal music was granted primacy of status in the Baroque as well. It's hardly lazy for people to desire to hear (and join in with) the human voice.
Yes. And even the simplest classical music has more "rhythm" than most pop music that is supposedly more rhythmic — but if there isn't a constant thud behind every gesture then it's "rhythmless".
How do you mean "more rhythm"? The vast majority of both classical and pop music has fixed rhythms. Ad libitum sections are comparatively rare. Your average baroque piece chugs along at a steady tempo in one time signature. How is that more rhythmic than your typical Western pop song? And of course, you can find rock/pop songs in shifting meters, using hemiola and other metrical "tricks." If you broaden "pop music" to include jazz (questionable in its current incarnation, but some do), then odd meters and polyrhythms become relatively common.
And then if you use "popular music" in the broadest sense of non-scholarly, unwritten music of the people:
http://www.youtube.com/v/He4qVF-AZxQhttp://www.youtube.com/v/9btCyYdsVSEhttp://www.youtube.com/v/p6cByvRheZw
Post by: chasmaniac on October 02, 2011, 05:58:25 AM
I would posit rather that percussion (or at least percussiveness or a very prominent beat) satisfies a widespread, deeply rooted musical desire across time and cultures. It is surely no coincidence that these things feature so prominently in so many diverse musics--and in the most (literally) popular musical forms.
Along the same lines, song is another deeply rooted musical fundamental: look at classical music's harmonic ancestry in a cappella religious chant and song. Vocal music was granted primacy of status in the Baroque as well. It's hardly lazy for people to desire to hear (and join in with) the human voice.
How do you mean "more rhythm"? The vast majority of both classical and pop music has fixed rhythms. Ad libitum sections are comparatively rare. Your average baroque piece chugs along at a steady tempo in one time signature. How is that more rhythmic than your typical Western pop song? And of course, you can find rock/pop songs in shifting meters, using hemiola and other metrical "tricks." If you broaden "pop music" to include jazz (questionable in its current incarnation, but some do), then odd meters and polyrhythms become relatively common.
And then if you use "popular music" in the broadest sense of non-scholarly, unwritten music of the people:
http://www.youtube.com/v/He4qVF-AZxQhttp://www.youtube.com/v/9btCyYdsVSEhttp://www.youtube.com/v/p6cByvRheZw
+1. Gimme some Elvin Jones, baby!
Graz, you're the most indefatigably sensible forumite I've ever come across. :)
Now, what d'y'all say about the plague of chest-beating among classical music fans? Harumph!
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 02, 2011, 06:03:44 AM
the forest God, known as Paavo Jarvi, is afraid this thread is in danger of losing it's humor, don't force him to turn and look at you :o
Post by: Grazioso on October 02, 2011, 06:04:22 AM
I'd argue it's simply a clash of paradigms, rather than inherently a lack of listener sophistication.
Consider how we (broadly speaking) apply our own musical norms to much of pop music, when we decide we dislike it. For a classical listener, structural and harmonic sophistication is paramount. For a pop listener, it's not a primary concern - tunes are.
Invention is a mark of good music that carries over between most (all?) genres; but otherwise, of course someone with pop-musical criteria, who wants music to grab them by its sheer élan, will enjoy classical music as - at best - a benign anaesthetic.
Edit: To elaborate that point a little, I mean that they will enjoy 'light' classical, and won't listen at all to the rest.
I wouldn't call them stupid or lazy, though. :)
I don't call people who don't worry about things like metaphysics and formal semantics stupid or lazy, even if I could make a pretty convincing case for why it's more 'sophisticated' to worry about them - but not to want to do so, which is often the real issue.
Well said. I do wonder about the sentence I bolded above. We like to think that's case, but is it? How many classical listeners are cognizant of and can articulate the structures they're exposed to in the music? How many could tell you what a C chord is, let alone perceive and explain the procedures a piece uses to modulate? How many "merely" enjoy the melodies or the drama or the sounds of an orchestra or a piano?
Post by: kishnevi on October 02, 2011, 08:48:17 AM
Well said. I do wonder about the sentence I bolded above. We like to think that's case, but is it? How many classical listeners are cognizant of and can articulate the structures they're exposed to in the music? How many could tell you what a C chord is, let alone perceive and explain the procedures a piece uses to modulate? How many "merely" enjoy the melodies or the drama or the sounds of an orchestra or a piano?
Being able to enjoy the structure and harmonic depth of a piece does not require in-depth knowledge. You don't need to know that composer x is modulating into a distant key via a diminished seventh followed by a minor fourth and then restating the second subject in the new key as a canon in augmentation* because your ears are telling you in their own way what the music is doing. If it where otherwise, we wouldn't need recordings or live performances; we'd just need copies of the full score. But it is that structural and harmonic depth that makes 'classical' music what it is. Melody and beat are important, but ultimately they serve the structure and harmony, not vice versa.
Whereas pop music's focus lies on the melody. There can be structural and harmonic depth--except that the commercial pressures seem to continually suppress it--but the key always seems to be melody, which was after all the original germ of human music making. A popular "pop" song seems to always have a recognizable melody from the very first bar, and focuses on that melody.
I'd say the beat is important but not as important as melody. (And often enough "light' classics are popular because people hook onto their melodies).
*example made up as I typed this. And honestly, if I were sitting in a concert hall, I probably wouldn't be able to identify a diminished seventh or minor fourth, or know if the canon I was hearing was in augmentation or diminution, if my life depended on it.
Post by: Sandra on October 02, 2011, 11:41:43 AM
Post by: Renfield on October 02, 2011, 06:33:16 PM
(Not Bach-sophisticated, but sophisticated.)
Point being, it's not the beat, it's how you use it. Though I grant you that uncreative use of drum beats is just that: uncreative.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 02, 2011, 07:21:44 PM
Post by: Renfield on October 02, 2011, 07:23:42 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 02, 2011, 07:28:03 PM
Greg trying to Paavojärvi us back on topic... ;D
Don't get me wrong, it's actually an interesting conversation you are all having, I'm just having fun...so is Paavo. ;D
Post by: springrite on October 02, 2011, 07:29:26 PM
Post by: kishnevi on October 02, 2011, 08:06:40 PM
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cm200/m258/m25845nmgoh.jpg)
Post by: Grazioso on October 03, 2011, 04:45:59 AM
I think the argument was that for many listeners pre-recorded, repetitive drum beats are more than satisfactory as the most prominent feature of the music they like. For us (classical music lovers), it's intolerable. We require more sophistication and creativity in the music we enjoy. If admitting this makes us elitists, then so be it.
You're not in a position to speak for all of us. You're certainly not speaking for me, a hardcore classical music fan for many years.
Being able to enjoy the structure and harmonic depth of a piece does not require in-depth knowledge. You don't need to know that composer x is modulating into a distant key via a diminished seventh followed by a minor fourth and then restating the second subject in the new key as a canon in augmentation* because your ears are telling you in their own way what the music is doing. If it where otherwise, we wouldn't need recordings or live performances; we'd just need copies of the full score. But it is that structural and harmonic depth that makes 'classical' music what it is. Melody and beat are important, but ultimately they serve the structure and harmony, not vice versa.
My signature speaks to the sentence I bolded above. If someone can't consciously recognize and articulate those details, it remains to be seen whether or not he or she is really picking up on them, even subconsciously, and whether he or she understands their import, cleverness, or originality.
I'm not saying one must be a musicologist or musician to enjoy classical music, but precisely because music can be complex and sophisticated, it's dangerous to assume that just listening, without knowing specifically what to listen for, will tell the whole story. It's one thing to enjoy, another to really hear and understand.
Ask your average person to step outside for a few minutes with their eyes closed. Then ask them what they heard. Provided they were even paying attention and not daydreaming, they may say, "I heard some birds and a plane." A skilled birder is going to be able to catalog by sound alone all the audible species heard during the experiment, and suggest what the birds were likely doing. An aviation enthusiast might be able to tell you the general type of plane and approximate airspeed and altitude. It all depends on if a) they're paying attention b) they've trained themselves to notice certain things and c) they can articulate them. Because of their interests and focuses, their emotional reactions are likely to be different, too.
Post by: Renfield on October 03, 2011, 06:52:33 AM
Ask your average person to step outside for a few minutes with their eyes closed. Then ask them what they heard. Provided they were even paying attention and not daydreaming, they may say, "I heard some birds and a plane." A skilled birder is going to be able to catalog by sound alone all the audible species heard during the experiment, and suggest what the birds were likely doing. An aviation enthusiast might be able to tell you the general type of plane and approximate airspeed and altitude. It all depends on if a) they're paying attention b) they've trained themselves to notice certain things and c) they can articulate them. Because of their interests and focuses, their emotional reactions are likely to be different, too.
This is a very persuasive argument, that requires some effort on my part to contest.
But I will anyway, as I've a strong feeling that what Jeffrey is saying (and I'd also posit) may have substance: namely, that our subconscious, intuitive capacity to grasp structure may outstrip our conscious ability to codify and express it.
(In which case we may well notice sophistication, even in terms of its form, but not be able to describe it.)
However, I cannot but grant you that (self-)consciously codified acquaintance with a given structure, as in the examples you provide, may qualitatively alter one's experience of that structure. There's certainly experimental evidence backing this. :)
Post by: Grazioso on October 03, 2011, 09:55:34 AM
This is a very persuasive argument, that requires some effort on my part to contest.
But I will anyway, as I've a strong feeling that what Jeffrey is saying (and I'd also posit) may have substance: namely, that our subconscious, intuitive capacity to grasp structure may outstrip our conscious ability to codify and express it.
(In which case we may well notice sophistication, even in terms of its form, but not be able to describe it.)
However, I cannot but grant you that (self-)consciously codified acquaintance with a given structure, as in the examples you provide, may qualitatively alter one's experience of that structure. There's certainly experimental evidence backing this. :)
I was wondering about the same possibility. We process stimuli all the time without necessarily being aware of them consciously or being able to conceptualize/verbalize them. The heart knows things the mind doesn't, so to speak. And, to stay with the example of music, I know from experience that once you become cognizant, through practice, of certain musical elements or devices, you start to note them with less and less conscious effort, processing them rather matter-of-factly, just as you process the feeling of the pull of gravity. (I know also from experience how easy it is to miss things in music unless you've been trained to pick them out.)
Post by: Sandra on October 04, 2011, 12:05:04 AM
You're not in a position to speak for all of us.
Your distasteful tone aside, why waste an entire sentence like this? How could I, or anyone else, possibly be "in a position" to speak for everyone?
I don't need your consent to make a point that those who love classical music would find music based on synthesizer drum beats (house, techno, etc) a bit more unpalatable.
It's really hard to understand why some people find it so easy to be rude on the internet. Would you really respond like that to people you were having a discussion with around a dinner table?
Post by: Grazioso on October 04, 2011, 04:15:44 AM
Your distasteful tone aside, why waste an entire sentence like this? How could I, or anyone else, possibly be "in a position" to speak for everyone?
Because that's exactly what you tried to do:
"For us (classical music lovers), it's intolerable. We require more sophistication and creativity in the music we enjoy. If admitting this makes us elitists, then so be it."
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I don't need your consent to make a point that those who love classical music would find music based on synthesizer drum beats (house, techno, etc) a bit more unpalatable.
You have changed the point you made: "intolerable" is now "a bit more unpalatable."
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It's really hard to understand why some people find it so easy to be rude on the internet. Would you really respond like that to people you were having a discussion with around a dinner table?
I was not being rude, and I'm sorry if you interpreted it that way. On the contrary, I found your statement to be rude, snobby, and inconsiderate of people who like other things in music than you and of classical music fans: we are not all snobs, we do not all hold the sames views on music, we do not all happily consider ourselves elitists.
When making such statements, it would be more respectful to speak for yourself only.
Post by: Grazioso on October 04, 2011, 05:24:34 AM
Antoine posted this in a comment on the Purchases Today thread, but I think it deserves a place here
(http://image.allmusic.com/00/acg/cov200/cm200/m258/m25845nmgoh.jpg)
Reminds me a bit of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 04, 2011, 05:06:34 PM
"I love you, Antonin."
"I love you too, Nikolaus."
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 04, 2011, 05:08:58 PM
"Don't move Nikolaus, I can see it, it's right at the tip of your nose."
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 04, 2011, 05:13:07 PM
"Shhh, Nikolaus, don't tell them I'm here."
Post by: Mirror Image on October 04, 2011, 05:17:23 PM
Yeah, Greg, those are some bad looking covers.
Post by: Coco on October 04, 2011, 05:20:25 PM
(http://www.urtextonline.com/images/cHAVEZ.jpg)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 04, 2011, 05:21:05 PM
another one in that vein (not sure if this has been done already)
(http://www.urtextonline.com/images/cHAVEZ.jpg)
Man on the right, lookout for the cactus!!
Post by: Sandra on October 04, 2011, 10:48:10 PM
Because that's exactly what you tried to do:
"For us (classical music lovers), it's intolerable. We require more sophistication and creativity in the music we enjoy. If admitting this makes us elitists, then so be it."
People generally don't speak in absolutist terms. If someone says something like "the people in Mexico like to eat tacos", would you hurry to tell her that she is not in a position to speak for all Mexicans? Do you think anyone would be stupid enough to make such a statement thinking a full one hundred percent of the population of Mexico likes to eat tacos?
Post by: Grazioso on October 05, 2011, 04:17:48 AM
People generally don't speak in absolutist terms. If someone says something like "the people in Mexico like to eat tacos", would you hurry to tell her that she is not in a position to speak for all Mexicans? Do you think anyone would be stupid enough to make such a statement thinking a full one hundred percent of the population of Mexico likes to eat tacos?
If I knew such a statement to be both false/misleading and inflammatory or derisive, yes, I would speak up. Particularly if I was one of the people being misrepresented by the statement.
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 05, 2011, 04:21:50 AM
People generally don't speak in absolutist terms. If someone says something like "the people in Mexico like to eat tacos", would you hurry to tell her that she is not in a position to speak for all Mexicans? Do you think anyone would be stupid enough to make such a statement thinking a full one hundred percent of the population of Mexico likes to eat tacos?What!?!?!?!?! Mexicans don't like tacos?!?!?!? :P >:D
Post by: snyprrr on October 05, 2011, 08:31:59 PM
another one in that vein (not sure if this has been done already)
(http://www.urtextonline.com/images/cHAVEZ.jpg)
I have that one. The picture of Chavez is superimposed onto the picture of the group. What is up with that?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 05, 2011, 08:33:02 PM
I have that one. The picture of Chavez is superimposed onto the picture of the group. What is up with that?
Chavez missed the photo-shoot?
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 05, 2011, 09:36:28 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mf-dUBwKL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on October 06, 2011, 05:57:50 AM
Chavez missed the photo-shoot?
By what, thirty years, haha?
Post by: kishnevi on October 06, 2011, 10:14:55 AM
"...ninety-nine red balloons go by..."
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mf-dUBwKL._SS500_.jpg)
Actually, it looks like one really big balloon is about to come down and crush that poor person who's just minding their own business.
BTW--what was the orchestra? Or did Kubelik play all the instruments by himself?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 06, 2011, 10:22:26 AM
BTW--what was the orchestra? Or did Kubelik play all the instruments by himself?
It's a combination of hums and whistles.
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 06, 2011, 05:56:15 PM
Actually, it looks like one really big balloon is about to come down and crush that poor person who's just minding their own business.
:)
The converse of red balloons simply going by...
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BTW--what was the orchestra? Or did Kubelik play all the instruments by himself?
It's apparently part of a cycle Kubelik recorded with the Vienna Philharmonic. I had no idea the set even existed!
Post by: kishnevi on October 06, 2011, 06:06:34 PM
Grandpa Munster!
In its own way, that photo is scarier than the Monster Balloon.
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 06, 2011, 06:21:18 PM
Grandpa Munster!
In its own way, that photo is scarier than the Monster Balloon.
Poor Kubelik. Without KarajanHair® he hasn't got a chance...
Post by: Opus106 on October 09, 2011, 11:31:00 PM
Post by: Grazioso on October 10, 2011, 04:50:49 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P6iZtXKcL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
He can use his head to polish his cello.
Post by: springrite on October 10, 2011, 04:53:52 AM
He can use his head to polish his cello.
Only after he polishes the conductor's shoes.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 13, 2011, 08:46:33 PM
Post by: Mirror Image on October 13, 2011, 09:59:20 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TVLS7bt6L._SS500_.jpg)
Yes, what a horrible and generic looking cover. I'd be ashamed to have released such a monstrosity.
Post by: Coco on October 14, 2011, 05:39:15 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TVLS7bt6L._SS500_.jpg)
"Someday... Love. Will. Find youuuuu."
(http://goldenageofmusicvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fourserious.jpg)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 14, 2011, 05:51:12 AM
"Someday... Love. Will. Find youuuuu."
(http://goldenageofmusicvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fourserious.jpg)
Classic, Coco. Classic. ;D
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 14, 2011, 06:23:33 AM
Post by: Brahmsian on October 14, 2011, 06:27:41 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Lim-J%2BWSL._SS400_.jpg)
Wow, that is just........random?!?!?!? *chortle*
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 14, 2011, 06:32:03 AM
"The Crying Game", starring Ceclia Bartoli
Post by: Opus106 on October 14, 2011, 07:10:42 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Lim-J%2BWSL._SS400_.jpg)
I see a razor and some shaving cream. Could come in handy as a cover for some Rossini.
Post by: Grazioso on October 14, 2011, 09:41:48 AM
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"The Crying Game", starring Ceclia Bartoli
Looks like a new, utterly wrong superhero: Naked Marble Opera Diva with a Penis
"Someday... Love. Will. Find youuuuu."
(http://goldenageofmusicvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fourserious.jpg)
Are they all pissed at Steve Perry? :o Journey's album covers were actually cool :)
Post by: Grazioso on October 14, 2011, 09:42:42 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Lim-J%2BWSL._SS400_.jpg)
It looks like the ibis crapped all over the cover :D
Post by: Luke on October 16, 2011, 06:46:45 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TVLS7bt6L._SS500_.jpg)
Trouble is, it is a gorgeous CD, for the ears and mind if not the eyes. I play it often and just try not to look.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 17, 2011, 04:12:03 AM
Trouble is, it is a gorgeous CD, for the ears and mind if not the eyes. I play it often and just try not to look.
Oh, I agree, Luke, but that's the case with some of the recordings here. In fact here is another goody from phantasm that could've used a little help from the art department, but again some beautiful performances.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HxoB3vtkL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Grazioso on October 17, 2011, 04:49:13 AM
Oh, I agree, Luke, but that's the case with some of the recordings here. In fact here is another goody from phantasm that could've used a little help from the art department, but again some beautiful performances.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HxoB3vtkL._SS500_.jpg)
Bad Photoshopping seems to have replaced real graphic design these days :(
Post by: Opus106 on October 17, 2011, 05:52:25 AM
Bad Photoshopping seems to have replaced real graphic design these days :(
Add terrible puns and a lack of imagination to that.
Post by: DavidRoss on October 17, 2011, 06:20:31 AM
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned...."
Post by: Grazioso on October 17, 2011, 06:24:59 AM
Add terrible puns and a lack of imagination to that.
I look at those classic Reid Miles covers for Blue Note and lament the loss of the good old days of album art.
Post by: ibanezmonster on October 17, 2011, 07:57:26 PM
Looks like a new, utterly wrong superhero: Naked Marble Opera Diva with a PenisAt least it's small...
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 17, 2011, 09:04:04 PM
Bad Photoshopping seems to have replaced real graphic design these days :(
Probably the lesser of two evils with a photo-shoot like that: either be photoshopped in or be sitting ducks in real life for bird poop bomb-arama!
Post by: kishnevi on October 18, 2011, 12:13:53 PM
Post by: Opus106 on October 18, 2011, 09:15:55 PM
Besides that--aren't those seagulls? If you're going to have birds on an album cover with that name, at least show birds usually associated with singing? You know, nightingales and robins and skylarks and avians of that ilk...
I can't understand why people won't open their minds up a little. It's always those "greats" -- the cuckoos, the nightingalres et al. Why don't you explore other bird songs? I say give gull-iard a try. If you don't like, take a break and go to the beach a couple of weeks later and listen again.
Post by: Grazioso on October 19, 2011, 04:10:46 AM
I can't understand why people won't open their minds up a little. It's always those "greats" -- the cuckoos, the nightingalres et al. Why don't you explore other bird songs? I say give gull-iard a try. If you don't like, take a break and go to the beach a couple of weeks later and listen again.
The raucous, atonal cries of gulls circling a garbage dump are in fact very similar to the modernist experimentation of... ;)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 19, 2011, 04:37:07 AM
"Oh wait, everyone! Come back, we forgot to get a photo for the Dvorak disc." -photographer
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51d60pI6MVL._SS400_.jpg)
Post by: Grazioso on October 19, 2011, 05:22:33 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51e-7ZaMAAL._SS400_.jpg)
"Oh wait, everyone! Come back, we forgot to get a photo for the Dvorak disc." -photographer
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51d60pI6MVL._SS400_.jpg)
They're smart: they're wearing white in case the birds in the photo shoot next door poop on their clothes.
Post by: snyprrr on October 19, 2011, 12:08:42 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Lim-J%2BWSL._SS400_.jpg)
I'm glad to see you're taking this Thread seriously. I must commend you. ;)
Post by: kishnevi on October 19, 2011, 07:05:03 PM
"Oh wait, everyone! Come back, we forgot to get a photo for the Dvorak disc." -photographer
Or project manager to the art director: "Oh, we have these stills from the last CD still hanging around. Let's use one of them. Be a lot cheaper."
Harmonia Mundi did a similar thing with the first three CDs they released for the Jerusalem Quartet.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M77PN63ML._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5168m-llfxL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vWfEfn1VL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
although apparently they did allow one of the musicians to change his shirt to match the others before the final shot.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 19, 2011, 07:13:55 PM
although apparently they did allow one of the musicians to change his shirt to match the others before the final shot.
There's always that one bad apple to ruin everything!!
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 19, 2011, 09:10:49 PM
I'm glad to see you're taking this Thread seriously. I must commend you. ;)
If the record companies would ask us first there wouldn't be these problems!
Post by: Opus106 on October 19, 2011, 09:16:20 PM
Or project manager to the art director: "Oh, we have these stills from the last CD still hanging around. Let's use one of them. Be a lot cheaper."
The title of Most Notorious Use of Photos from a Single Shoot is awarded to the series of boxes from Warner for their Barenboim boxes (Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and more recently, Wagner).
Post by: Mirror Image on October 19, 2011, 09:38:06 PM
The title of Most Notorious Use of Photos from a Single Shoot is awarded to the series of boxes from Warner for their Barenboim boxes (Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and more recently, Wagner).
Don't forget Liszt!!! :D
(http://image.betamonline.com/sdimages/upc12/825646744039.jpg)
And Mozart!!! ;)
(http://boxset.ru/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/barenboim_mozart_the_piano_concertos.jpg)
Post by: Opus106 on October 19, 2011, 10:24:19 PM
Don't forget Liszt!!! :D
And Mozart!!! ;)
Ah, yes. It's like they worked towards winning the award.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 21, 2011, 10:07:09 AM
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on October 21, 2011, 07:16:41 PM
Post by: Mirror Image on October 21, 2011, 08:46:59 PM
Ah, yes. It's like they worked towards winning the award.
They won the award already my friend. :)
Post by: Mn Dave on October 22, 2011, 05:29:09 AM
Post by: Lethevich on October 22, 2011, 05:40:29 AM
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Post by: Coco on October 22, 2011, 05:57:18 AM
Post by: Mn Dave on October 22, 2011, 06:04:28 AM
Post by: Brahmsian on October 22, 2011, 06:05:49 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VowFd3jZL._SS500_.jpg)
Sheep May Not Safely Graze! ;D
Post by: Grazioso on October 22, 2011, 06:10:48 AM
Post by: Coco on October 22, 2011, 06:36:09 AM
Post by: DieNacht on October 22, 2011, 11:02:08 AM
They sure look like a rather woollen blazer ensemble.
Post by: Opus106 on November 07, 2011, 08:00:05 AM
The photos of the man are available, you know! ::)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 07, 2011, 08:02:28 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QdUzhfmcL._SS500_.jpg)
The photos of the man are available, you know! ::)
Wow, that's just sad. Looks like a series, there must be others.
Post by: Brahmsian on November 07, 2011, 08:05:31 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QdUzhfmcL._SS500_.jpg)
The photos of the man are available, you know! ::)
*chuckle* Looks more like someone portraying the role of Johannes Brahms in a Lord of the Rings film. ;D
Post by: Opus106 on November 07, 2011, 08:05:33 AM
Wow, that's just sad. Looks like a series, there must be others.
Good call. Google was all too eager to offer me suggestions on this. Here's an all-in-one group shot.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61LaSEWKBVL._SS400_.jpg)
All hail the Canon Meisters.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 07, 2011, 08:05:57 AM
Hello, Claude.
Post by: Brahmsian on November 07, 2011, 08:06:59 AM
Good call. Google was all to eager to offer me suggestions on this. Here's an all-in-one group shot.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61LaSEWKBVL._SS400_.jpg)
All hail the Canon Meisters.
The only one I can't quite make out is the dude on the far right? ???
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 07, 2011, 08:09:28 AM
The only one I can't quite make out is the dude on the far right? ???
It's Vivaldi
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 07, 2011, 08:09:55 AM
It's Vivaldi
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sSfs384DL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Opus106 on November 07, 2011, 08:09:57 AM
The only one I can't quite make out is the dude on the far right? ???
Egad! That's Il Prete Rosso! :o
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 07, 2011, 08:10:46 AM
Post by: Brahmsian on November 07, 2011, 08:11:07 AM
It's Vivaldi
Ok, that actually was my hunch, but just wasn't 100% sure. :D
Post by: Opus106 on November 07, 2011, 08:15:05 AM
Go forth and waste time.
Post by: springrite on November 07, 2011, 08:17:41 AM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 07, 2011, 08:18:39 AM
They have a whole -- and fairly modern-looking, if I may add -- website: http://www.riseofthemasters.com/composers/
Go forth and waste time.
When is this epic movie being released?
Bach is the Godfather, while Beethoven is the mastermind of the gang. Debussy is the smart but goofy genius.
Schubert and Schumann are the young, but out of control guns hired for action.
Then there's Vivaldi, some call him the silent assassin.
Post by: The new erato on November 07, 2011, 08:18:51 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61y7uIudN2L._SS500_.jpg)No, that must be wrong. Grieg was so short (1,55 m) that only the crown of his hair would have been vsible if that had been an actual photo.
Post by: Brahmsian on November 07, 2011, 08:19:01 AM
As these images are posted here, I wouldn't doubt that there are people who bought these recordings because of their love for the cover art!
*cancels purchase* jk ;)
Post by: Opus106 on November 07, 2011, 08:24:02 AM
Schubert and Schumann are the young, but out of control guns hired for action.
Schubert and "hired for action"? Nah. The love-sick, slightly effeminate son of the boss, maybe. :D
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 07, 2011, 08:25:44 AM
Schubert and "hired for action"? Nah. The love-sick, slightly effeminate son of the boss, maybe. :D
Good call. :D
Handel so looks like the bad guy in this film.
Post by: snyprrr on November 07, 2011, 12:01:57 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61y7uIudN2L._SS500_.jpg)
...starring Gary Oldman... or is it Marjoe Gortner?...
Post by: snyprrr on November 07, 2011, 12:02:52 PM
Post by: snyprrr on November 07, 2011, 12:03:33 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QdUzhfmcL._SS500_.jpg)
The photos of the man are available, you know! ::)
...starring Matthew Modine as Brahms...
Post by: kishnevi on November 07, 2011, 07:36:03 PM
And this line from the website suggest a horror movie, not a mob movie:
Our most well know classical composers are alive again and they are stronger than ever!
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 08, 2011, 11:30:14 AM
This one is in dire need of a caption.
Post by: DavidRoss on November 12, 2011, 12:04:30 PM
Gag me with a spoon!
Post by: Opus106 on November 12, 2011, 12:13:11 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/311lShjB7KL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Szykneij on November 12, 2011, 12:29:40 PM
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/a2/ba/3f8c024128a00909874be010.L.jpg)
(http://www.generalentertainment.com/artists/turtles.jpg)
Was Levine a turtle in an earlier life?
Post by: snyprrr on November 12, 2011, 03:19:54 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61lLFnLdHIL._SS400_.jpg)
Gag me with a spoon!
I erased everything I said. It's that bad. :(
Post by: snyprrr on November 12, 2011, 03:23:20 PM
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/a2/ba/3f8c024128a00909874be010.L.jpg)
This one is in dire need of a caption.
...Hi...
...no, no...please, call me Jimmy...
...oh, really? Me too!... more bubbly?...
...ahh, James Levine,... for when a night has to be,...must be... sexxxy!!!...
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 12, 2011, 08:06:06 PM
...Hi...
...no, no...please, call me Jimmy...
...oh, really? Me too!... more bubbly?...
...ahh, James Levine,... for when a night has to be,...must be... sexxxy!!!...
;D ;D
Post by: knight66 on November 13, 2011, 02:25:08 AM
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/a2/ba/3f8c024128a00909874be010.L.jpg)
This one is in dire need of a caption.
It's cold out, innit?
Mike
Post by: Opus106 on November 16, 2011, 09:50:04 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P6iZtXKcL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ok8zqI%2BjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
The Yankee version, I assume.
Post by: Lethevich on November 16, 2011, 11:32:06 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ok8zqI%2BjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
The Yankee version, I assume.
Hehe, that one is quite clever - the reference (amongst others):
(http://i.imgur.com/1dBHp.jpg)
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on November 16, 2011, 11:37:34 AM
Post by: Lethevich on November 27, 2011, 09:24:42 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/p2gaJ.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on November 27, 2011, 09:29:59 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71%2B71qEvnoL.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/p2gaJ.jpg)
:o :o :o
:'( :'( :'(
Beavis: It's..huh huh... it's bulging!, huh huh...
Butthead: Bulging cor...
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 28, 2011, 06:24:39 AM
Post by: Lethevich on November 28, 2011, 06:31:12 AM
Why.
Post by: Opus106 on November 28, 2011, 06:36:09 AM
:o
DUDE!!!
Don't do that ever again! >:(
Post by: snyprrr on November 28, 2011, 08:04:28 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61VehEKvLqL._SS500_.jpg)
Wasn't Demeter some
Post by: jowcol on November 28, 2011, 11:58:05 AM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BaxMlnoKZyY/SowtqGu8W1I/AAAAAAAABnQ/XzDXEAG8V7c/s400/antonin-dvorak-funny-covers.jpg)
(http://www.rockonchicago.com/tristan/albumtwofer/twofer21.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0xItbPYwPwI/TM9RLg1Dh5I/AAAAAAAAAiM/OLv-lD76eXg/s1600/Worst+Album+Cover+Ever.jpg)
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3456/miaskovskyass.jpg)
(http://musicology.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/10/stravinsky.jpg)
Outside of teh classical realm, there are many sites dedicated to the most horrific assaults on the eyes possible.
Post by: Papy Oli on November 28, 2011, 12:10:55 PM
oh boy.....
Post by: Florestan on December 15, 2011, 12:55:44 AM
Some like it long... ;D ;D ;D
Post by: knight66 on December 18, 2011, 11:36:12 PM
Mike
Post by: snyprrr on December 19, 2011, 08:54:52 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-TyR-vyLL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Some like it long... ;D ;D ;D
She's wearing...jeans! :o
Post by: Mirror Image on December 24, 2011, 06:54:36 PM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B004OZRP5U.01.L.jpg)
I mean what does this have to do with anything?
Post by: springrite on December 24, 2011, 08:08:16 PM
I really don't like this cover:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B004OZRP5U.01.L.jpg)
I mean what does this have to do with anything?
Galatasaray is the top football (soccer) club in Turkey, much like Manchester United, Barcelona or Real Madrid, thus the football.
Post by: Mirror Image on December 24, 2011, 08:20:37 PM
Galatasaray is the top football (soccer) club in Turkey, much like Manchester United, Barcelona or Real Madrid, thus the football.
Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification, spriterite. Oh, and I still don't like the cover. :)
Post by: springrite on December 24, 2011, 11:08:51 PM
Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification, spriterite. Oh, and I still don't like the cover. :)
I am sure you would excuse the cover had the music been Koechlin.
Well, OK, you still wouldn't like the cover. Just switch to the back of the cover and it'd look better. Galatasaray isn't worth it anyway.
Post by: Todd on January 25, 2012, 07:18:01 PM
Not sure if this has been posted before. It's unpleasant.
Post by: eyeresist on January 29, 2012, 05:16:00 PM
Post by: Lethevich on February 08, 2012, 06:11:45 AM
Post by: Opus106 on February 08, 2012, 06:17:04 AM
Post by: Sergeant Rock on February 08, 2012, 06:28:12 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/2SHyD.jpg)
That's just appalling....and of course I love it ;D
Sarge
Post by: Brian on February 08, 2012, 05:42:07 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/2SHyD.jpg)
I would have this one for ironic wall art, right alongside the notorious Boult Planets also on Westminster. And this movie poster (http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-f/fly_me_poster_01.jpg).
Post by: Lethevich on February 09, 2012, 11:26:14 PM
Post by: Opus106 on February 09, 2012, 11:35:36 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/Y4cLl.jpg)
I'd love to talk to the "creative designer" behind that one. (Of course, how long we talk will be limited by the asylum's visiting hours. :()
Post by: TheGSMoeller on February 10, 2012, 04:55:35 AM
I absolutely love the Fey/Haydn performances, but this cover is too much, too much Fey.
Post by: fridden on February 10, 2012, 05:00:13 AM
(http://lpcoverlover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01.resized/a409498fe960ade0ec1fd578c30088bc_image_document_large.jpg)
Post by: Lethevich on February 10, 2012, 05:03:24 AM
There is this site at http://lpcoverlover.com/ (http://lpcoverlover.com/), and among them I found this:
(http://i.imgur.com/tq6fT.jpg)
Eek ;D
Post by: TheGSMoeller on February 10, 2012, 05:04:18 AM
There is this site at http://lpcoverlover.com/ (http://lpcoverlover.com/), and among them I found this:
(http://lpcoverlover.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01.resized/a409498fe960ade0ec1fd578c30088bc_image_document_large.jpg)
Thanks for the link, those were some great covers! ;D
Post by: The new erato on February 10, 2012, 05:15:32 AM
(http://ring.cdandlp.com/lerayonvert/photo_grande/114754420.jpg)
Would have loved a Frank Zappa tune about this.
Post by: listener on March 12, 2012, 09:36:09 PM
seeking a crossover audience for Norman Treigle?
Post by: Lethevich on March 31, 2012, 11:18:33 AM
Post by: snyprrr on March 31, 2012, 11:53:16 AM
http://www.amazon.com/Music-Stefan-Wolpe-Volume-5/dp/B002RS7MZ4/ref=sr_1_14?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1333223530&sr=1-14
UN-BE-LEEEEEV-ABLE!!!! :o Wolpe???
Post by: Szykneij on March 31, 2012, 12:45:54 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/DFzZV.jpg)(http://mimg.ugo.com/201003/38921/cuts/wayne-knight-seinfeld_480x270.jpg)
Post by: knight66 on April 01, 2012, 02:58:34 AM
Mike
Post by: DieNacht on April 05, 2012, 06:50:37 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514kjAQCqfL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: kishnevi on April 05, 2012, 07:44:57 AM
This one just attacked me from the GMG-screen´s upper bar:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514kjAQCqfL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
:D >:D
When Sadko posted that to the Listening thread, I immediately called it as a good one for this thread.
Of course, our own interchange here probably means it will keep attacking GMGers for a little while longer.
Post by: DieNacht on April 05, 2012, 09:03:40 AM
:D >:D
When Sadko posted that to the Listening thread, I immediately called it as a good one for this thread.
Of course, our own interchange here probably means it will keep attacking GMGers for a little while longer.
.......... and it´s only "Volume 1", he´s just getting started ...
Post by: snyprrr on April 06, 2012, 06:09:25 AM
See: David Lee Roth, all '80s hair metal, I don't know, you tell me...
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 26, 2012, 08:47:14 AM
Crocodile Dundee does furries.
Post by: DieNacht on April 26, 2012, 09:01:02 AM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/4c61fab9-89da-31dd.jpg)
Crocodile Dundee does furries.
Somehow I don´t think Igor Markevitch would have approved of that one ...
(http://blog.codaex.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Igor-Markevitch.jpg)
STOP THAT; PLEASE !
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 26, 2012, 10:08:03 AM
Not saying this really is an "awful" cover, but I love that the left hand gets in on the photo op.
Post by: eyeresist on April 26, 2012, 05:09:34 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/4c61fab9-89da-31dd.jpg)I don't think this looks bad. Having the people in various costumes is colourful and appealing. I'm sure it sounded pretty wretched though.
Post by: snyprrr on April 26, 2012, 07:05:04 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/4c61fab9-9ce4-47da.jpg)
Not saying this really is an "awful" cover, but I love that the left hand gets in on the photo op.
Haha, that's good. I was taken aback as I scrolled and only saw the top and said, awww, I love that album! :'( Yes, a lot of these could be a lot lot worse.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 28, 2012, 06:32:48 PM
I'm not entirely convinced that's the same guy.
Post by: knight66 on April 28, 2012, 09:41:34 PM
Mike
Post by: The new erato on April 28, 2012, 11:27:11 PM
I guess getting one's right hand nailed to the wall tends to age one.Not to mention listening to the harpsichord.
Mike
Post by: Brian on April 29, 2012, 11:19:33 AM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/4c61fab9-9ce4-47da.jpg)
Not saying this really is an "awful" cover, but I love that the left hand gets in on the photo op.
That picture makes Seiji Ozawa looks like one of the Ladies Who Lunch.
Post by: snyprrr on April 29, 2012, 04:28:30 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lv5j3H-oL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ywLJBZWOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I'm not entirely convinced that's the same guy.
Hey, the guy on the right is that actor from 'Scream'!
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 29, 2012, 04:29:49 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lv5j3H-oL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ywLJBZWOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcReQysquwld9D4iFgSu3CEhil4x1C1CLydlpjV0P3HDTOSMOv0NVA)
Post by: eyeresist on April 29, 2012, 07:18:32 PM
Not to mention listening to the harpsichord.
:D
Post by: snyprrr on April 30, 2012, 06:09:19 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lv5j3H-oL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ywLJBZWOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcReQysquwld9D4iFgSu3CEhil4x1C1CLydlpjV0P3HDTOSMOv0NVA)
NO!! The OTHER guy from 'Scream',... Matthew Lillard(?),... 'rubber face'
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 30, 2012, 06:22:44 AM
Damn, I really screwed that one up.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on May 01, 2012, 03:23:19 AM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/4c61fab9-9ce4-47da.jpg)
Not saying this really is an "awful" cover, but I love that the left hand gets in on the photo op.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/4c61fab9-d579-a9da.jpg)
The many faces of Ozawa.
Post by: The new erato on May 01, 2012, 05:22:53 AM
Post by: BobsterLobster on May 01, 2012, 08:02:11 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kH9xlEd0L._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Szykneij on May 01, 2012, 11:18:18 AM
Just found the following beauty, the most hilariously awful CD cover I've ever seen. I challenge anybody to beat this!
Freud would have a field day with that image. :o
Post by: BobsterLobster on May 06, 2012, 11:51:43 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Djt7WbjtL._SS400_.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on May 06, 2012, 04:07:08 PM
Just found the following beauty, the most hilariously awful CD cover I've ever seen. I challenge anybody to beat this!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kH9xlEd0L._SS500_.jpg)
Haha :o it MUST be from the '70s ;)!! At least 'inspired' by it,... gwaaack :-\...
Been watching to much Pekinpah ::)...
Post by: DieNacht on May 23, 2012, 08:13:18 AM
Downright scandalous - unbelievable ...
Post by: springrite on May 23, 2012, 08:15:57 AM
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/emi6447012.jpg)
Downright scandalous - unbelievable ...
Now, if they title the CD "Witch of the Piano"... maybe, just maybe it'd be less inappropriate, for some. But I agree this is awful!
Post by: The new erato on May 23, 2012, 08:50:11 AM
Post by: DieNacht on May 23, 2012, 09:06:17 AM
Post by: Sammy on May 23, 2012, 09:33:05 AM
It´s not the element of age I oppose against, there are many great photos of the elderly Argerich - it´s the combination of the sunset colours and the grey portrait that is surreal and extremely unattractive, making her look like a ghost IMO.
Yes, it's a horrible photo.
Post by: The new erato on May 23, 2012, 10:21:35 AM
Post by: Sammy on May 23, 2012, 01:12:43 PM
It's a bad photo, photoshopped onto a blurry background, I see that. That in itself doesn't qualify it as horrible, for many labels that seems to be the norm.
I'm looking at it and find it horribly bad. :P
Post by: Brian on June 02, 2012, 08:59:07 AM
Post by: Opus106 on June 02, 2012, 09:27:17 AM
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/miraremir168.jpg)
Hehe... I was thinking the same about a day ago, while going through the list of Future Releases at Presto.
Post by: Brian on June 02, 2012, 09:31:47 AM
Hehe... I was thinking the same about a day ago, while going through the list of Future Releases at Presto.
Exactly where I saw it!
Post by: Opus106 on June 02, 2012, 10:06:52 AM
Exactly where I saw it!
Um... I knew that. That's why I mentioned it! ;D
Post by: kishnevi on June 02, 2012, 04:28:16 PM
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/miraremir168.jpg)
Given the CD title, I suspect we have a concept that wasn't completely thought through.
That, or a failed attempted synchronized leaping, and lack of synchronization in a string quartet does not bode well.
Post by: The new erato on June 03, 2012, 05:39:13 AM
Post by: snyprrr on June 03, 2012, 06:06:36 AM
ttp://www.amazon.com/Liszt-Opera-Paraphrases-F/dp/B000005GLS/ref=sr_1_13?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1338735939&sr=1-13
Can someone open this?
Post by: springrite on June 03, 2012, 06:08:44 AM
ttp://www.amazon.com/Liszt-Opera-Paraphrases-F/dp/B000005GLS/ref=sr_1_13?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1338735939&sr=1-13
Can someone open this?
As soon as you add an "h" it opens. A miracle!
http://www.amazon.com/Liszt-Opera-Paraphrases-F/dp/B000005GLS/ref=sr_1_13?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1338735939&sr=1-13
Post by: JerryS on June 09, 2012, 07:57:00 AM
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1862565/concherto.jpg)
Post by: Szykneij on June 10, 2012, 01:20:59 PM
Now, number 110 on this one could truly be called a "concherto".
Post by: kishnevi on June 10, 2012, 05:59:29 PM
(http://www.sequenza21.com/cdreviews/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/616F8RZBsXL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Now, number 110 on this one could truly be called a "concherto".
That CD is probably popular in Key West (aka "the Conch Republic").
Post by: Brian on June 11, 2012, 04:48:31 AM
(http://991.com/newGallery/The-Firehouse-Five-Plus-Crashes-A-Party-466641.jpg)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 11, 2012, 07:17:01 AM
I saw this on vinyl at the used bookshop and decided that it is an absolutely essential part of my future art collection.
(http://991.com/newGallery/The-Firehouse-Five-Plus-Crashes-A-Party-466641.jpg)
As bad as this may be, I give it high points for creativity.
Post by: ibanezmonster on June 11, 2012, 06:40:18 PM
(http://991.com/newGallery/The-Firehouse-Five-Plus-Crashes-A-Party-466641.jpg)
Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 17, 2012, 04:03:58 PM
It's a Bernstein Man-wich! On white bread it seems.
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 17, 2012, 04:22:55 PM
Post by: eyeresist on June 17, 2012, 05:18:08 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 17, 2012, 05:33:41 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 20, 2012, 07:36:54 PM
Did Mehta guest host the Lawrence Welk show
Post by: The new erato on June 22, 2012, 04:02:16 AM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 24, 2012, 01:10:43 PM
Worse than the Eye of Sauron, it's the Head of Richard.
Post by: eyeresist on June 24, 2012, 08:23:03 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/a693799f-9016-9ea9.jpg)
Worse than the Eye of Sauron, it's the Head of Richard.
Holy shit! We've seen some bad ones, but this really takes the cake for total lack of taste and judgement.
Post by: Mirror Image on June 24, 2012, 08:31:24 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/a693799f-9016-9ea9.jpg)
Worse than the Eye of Sauron, it's the Head of Richard.
Yeah, that's just...ah...well....bad.
Post by: Lethevich on June 25, 2012, 03:06:55 AM
Chandos is kindly offering this for half-price this hour.
(http://i.imgur.com/abGQW.jpg)
Post by: Florestan on June 25, 2012, 03:13:26 AM
http://www.theclassicalshop.net/Details.aspx?CatalogueNumber=I7%200352
Chandos is kindly offering this for half-price this hour.
(http://i.imgur.com/abGQW.jpg)
As a well known and fitting Romanian joke goes: dude, your wife has run away! ;D
Post by: Papy Oli on June 25, 2012, 12:57:40 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61YqKTxqd6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 25, 2012, 01:00:05 PM
Come on Jeff, play it cool... 8)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61YqKTxqd6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
All he's missing is a sifter of brandy.
Post by: Papy Oli on June 25, 2012, 01:00:32 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61wufFSGjEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: nico1616 on June 25, 2012, 01:06:22 PM
well, they're happy...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61wufFSGjEL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Oh my, and I always loved Sarah Walker's Dejanira on the Gardiner recording.
I will try to not to link this image with her great singing :-X
Post by: Papy Oli on June 25, 2012, 01:09:30 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41171Q9E9BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
that's where searching amazon classical CD for £0.50 to £ 0.70 takes you, people.... be warned... :-X
Post by: Papy Oli on June 25, 2012, 01:12:09 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Q2yVDtI2L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Papy Oli on June 25, 2012, 01:16:04 PM
Merry christmas....time to be jolly and all that... ;D
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aPxCvHHVL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Papy Oli on June 25, 2012, 01:17:49 PM
I am scared, I am scarred... both...not sure any more.... ;D
Post by: Papy Oli on June 25, 2012, 01:21:43 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5174WJ7F4HL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: nico1616 on June 25, 2012, 01:24:21 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61sPLg05hAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I am scared, I am scarred... both...not sure any more.... ;D
I sure would like to hear that: yodelling Mozart and Strauss :-X
Post by: Papy Oli on June 25, 2012, 01:25:52 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61nRn0b2PqL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Papy Oli on June 25, 2012, 01:33:09 PM
Post by: snyprrr on June 25, 2012, 06:56:24 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZHCCNPjgL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Cleaning out the closet, eh papy? You've Got Gold in them thar crawlspace boxes! ;) ;D
Post by: Brian on June 25, 2012, 07:59:29 PM
how many pictures of myself can I squeeze on a cover I wonder... let's try 10, shall we....
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41171Q9E9BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
that's where searching amazon classical CD for £0.50 to £ 0.70 takes you, people.... be warned... :-X
10?? What about 20?
(http://classicvinyl.com/files/images/1234e_0.jpg)
Post by: Opus106 on June 26, 2012, 07:49:14 AM
Post by: Opus106 on June 26, 2012, 07:53:44 AM
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/sony82876873822.jpg)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 26, 2012, 01:03:06 PM
ok... try dapper...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5174WJ7F4HL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
His (failed) audition photo for Cutthroat Island?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 26, 2012, 01:03:59 PM
Leave the gun, take the cannoli.
Post by: Papy Oli on June 26, 2012, 01:05:33 PM
10?? What about 20?
(http://classicvinyl.com/files/images/1234e_0.jpg)
touché.
;D
Post by: kishnevi on June 26, 2012, 02:41:18 PM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/THN42681qOI/AAAAAAAAMA8/MC1mym9jKnc/s400/Muti1.jpg)
Leave the gun, take the cannoli.
An orchestra you can't refuse.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 26, 2012, 06:31:07 PM
"I'm sorry, what did you say?"
"Yeah, yeah, but what are their names?"
"I'm also huge fan of Breastein."
Post by: Mirror Image on June 26, 2012, 07:07:26 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/4c61fab9-7e24-ad50.jpg)
"I'm sorry, what did you say?"
"Yeah, yeah, but what are their names?"
"I'm also huge fan of Breastein."
In addition to Breastein, I'm also a fan of Boober.
Post by: Brian on June 26, 2012, 07:28:05 PM
In addition to Breastein, I'm also a fan of Boober.
Samuel Boober, Leonard Breastein, Benjamin Titten, Aaron Copfeel, Charles T. Boobies, Roger Milfer.
...I'm rather fond of "Benjamin Titten."
Post by: Mirror Image on July 03, 2012, 03:52:52 PM
ok... try dapper...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5174WJ7F4HL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
All he needs is a patch over his eye, a parrot on his shoulder, a bandana around his head, and he'll be ready to say "Shiver me timbers." :D
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 04, 2012, 11:35:39 AM
Goerne is very mad, then he's just worn out and has a headache from yelling. The whole time Brendel couldn't give a shit.
Post by: kishnevi on July 04, 2012, 05:06:38 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 05, 2012, 05:38:24 PM
Yep, still angry.
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 05, 2012, 05:48:09 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xjd8gzOqL._SL500_AA350_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51prKxymxxL._SL500_AA350_.jpg)
Goerne is very mad, then he's just worn out and has a headache from yelling. The whole time Brendel couldn't give a shit.
Indeed, the covers are amusing. I have the disk on the right and it is among my favorites. Not even PI.... :)
8)
Post by: mc ukrneal on July 06, 2012, 11:35:08 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Djl6ezSQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Szykneij on July 07, 2012, 07:15:32 AM
Here's one that doesn't really work well.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Djl6ezSQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
If his name was Graham Casket the imagery might work better.
Post by: eyeresist on July 08, 2012, 04:23:34 PM
Here's one that doesn't really work well.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Djl6ezSQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Lemme guess - artist's own label?
Post by: vandermolen on July 14, 2012, 05:02:23 AM
Post by: escher on July 14, 2012, 06:35:30 AM
(http://www.eyeballpress.com/Henry/RichardMiller.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on July 14, 2012, 06:39:30 AM
This must be a serious contender:
a serious contender of what?
(http://www.eyeballpress.com/Henry/RichardMiller.jpg)
HAHAHAHAHA!!! :D :D :D
SERIOUSLY!,... oh, just sitting there at the organ,... ahhh,...
Post by: Szykneij on July 14, 2012, 07:00:50 AM
(http://media.sdreader.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2011/May/25/wtfz51_t620.jpg?fbf2daa044e08a86b24c9c38cd7501865a0e2373)
Not sure if this one was already posted:
(http://media.sdreader.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2011/May/25/wtfz85_t620.jpg?fbf2daa044e08a86b24c9c38cd7501865a0e2373)
Lots of great album covers here:
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/jam-session/2011/may/25/worst-album-covers-of-all-time/ (http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/jam-session/2011/may/25/worst-album-covers-of-all-time/)
Post by: Wendell_E on July 15, 2012, 03:20:14 AM
a serious contender of what?
(http://www.eyeballpress.com/Henry/RichardMiller.jpg)
Back in my Southern Baptist churchgoing days (late 60s-early 70s) he (or someone like him) once played at our church.
Post by: eyeresist on July 15, 2012, 04:56:16 PM
Post by: escher on July 16, 2012, 12:44:00 AM
Haw. Disabled people are funny.
well you know, if they are in a car park with an organ under the title "jesus uses me" and an oval with the face of jesus they could be funny too.
Post by: snyprrr on July 16, 2012, 05:23:33 AM
Post by: Ataraxia on July 23, 2012, 04:58:39 PM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/SPdW-ZHg4-I/AAAAAAAAFV8/PiKKF9m55Cc/s400/innocentear.jpg)
Post by: Todd on July 23, 2012, 05:26:58 PM
(http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/ministers-quartet-let-me-touch-him.jpg)
Post by: Szykneij on July 24, 2012, 02:24:42 AM
:D
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FPpiWNARTt4/SPdW-ZHg4-I/AAAAAAAAFV8/PiKKF9m55Cc/s400/innocentear.jpg)
Breaking news!
Research has confirmed that Beethoven's head was a D-cup!
Post by: vandermolen on July 24, 2012, 09:50:37 AM
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 24, 2012, 09:53:49 AM
Post by: Opus106 on July 24, 2012, 10:32:29 AM
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 10:34:07 AM
Post by: Opus106 on July 24, 2012, 10:35:25 AM
Where did they get that picture of me?
In The Shed, of course.
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 10:37:09 AM
Post by: Opus106 on July 24, 2012, 10:40:26 AM
What happens in The Shed is supposed to stay in The Shed.
And all the clothes that you shed for that shot are still there, apparently.
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 10:41:44 AM
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 24, 2012, 10:46:59 AM
What happens in The Shed is supposed to stay in The Shed.
The Shed contains All; so, yes: it has stayed in the Shed : )
Where did they get that picture of me?
Roz, white courtesy telephone, please . . . .
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 24, 2012, 10:55:24 AM
How lame, Paavo has to get his face everywhere these days, as if his mug on every CSO disc wasn't enough, now he's on Orpheus CO covers.
Post by: PaulR on July 24, 2012, 10:57:39 AM
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/orpheus-white.jpg?w=500&h=500)Am I the only one who thinks it's weird how the shirt is cutoff?
How lame, Paavo has to get his face everywhere these days, as if his mug on every CSO disc wasn't enough, now he's on Orpheus CO covers.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 24, 2012, 10:58:37 AM
Am I the only one who thinks it's weird how the shirt is cutoff?
You are all too precise on this forum.
Post by: PaulR on July 24, 2012, 11:00:11 AM
You are all too precise on this forum.I'm just saying......there's nothing else on that cover, they could have stretched the photo, or even put a border up.
EDIT: That's not a real CD cover?
Post by: Gurn Blanston on July 24, 2012, 11:01:03 AM
If that little donkey says anything it's a damn lie!
Welcome to Minnesota, where men are men and sheep are terrified!
8)
Post by: Brian on July 24, 2012, 11:15:59 AM
EDIT: That's not a real CD cover?
Incredibly, the real cover is ALSO a portrait of Paavo Jarvi.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 24, 2012, 11:17:43 AM
Incredibly, the real cover is ALSO a portrait of Paavo Jarvi.
Haha!
I'm just saying......there's nothing else on that cover, they could have stretched the photo, or even put a border up.
they = me ;D
just a quick little patch job for shits & giggles
Post by: PaulR on July 24, 2012, 11:19:05 AM
Haha!That went right over my head. ha (way to look stupid Paul!)
they = me ;D
just a quick little patch job for shits & giggles
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 24, 2012, 11:34:38 AM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 24, 2012, 11:44:16 AM
Paul, the give-away was a conductor, for the conductor-less Orpheus Ch Orch ; )
BINGO!
Post by: The new erato on July 24, 2012, 12:22:02 PM
Welcome to GMG; the place "where nothing is real". Nothing to get hung about.
EDIT: That's not a real CD cover?
Post by: Brian on July 24, 2012, 12:27:40 PM
Welcome to GMG; the place "where nothing is real". Nothing to get hung about.
Amazon spending forever.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 24, 2012, 12:49:55 PM
(http://gregscottmoeller.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/orpheus-white.jpg?w=500&h=500)
How lame, Paavo has to get his face everywhere these days, as if his mug on every CSO disc wasn't enough, now he's on Orpheus CO covers.
"The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is a top-notch group of talented musicians that can convey the emotion and passion behind any work they perform. Unfortunately, the only thing this group lacks is, me. And that's a damn shame." -Paavo Jarvi, quoted sometime at some bar.
Post by: Wendell_E on July 24, 2012, 12:57:19 PM
Okay, one can't do anything about it if the opera itself was staged this way. Still, I can't help reeling back with disgust when this pops up every now and then at the top banner. Was there a mention or discussion about this recording recently?
Lis (uffeviking) has it, but didn't like it much. She didn't write about it here, as far as I can find, but did write about it at my forum (http://operafriendsinexile.yuku.com/reply/20297/Electrifying-Trovatore-in-Brussels#reply-20297). Yes, the thread's about a Trovatore in Brussels, but that's where she wrote about the Don Giovanni.
Post by: Ataraxia on July 24, 2012, 05:02:01 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61VehEKvLqL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 25, 2012, 12:49:13 PM
Post by: kishnevi on July 25, 2012, 04:08:26 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-6VjwFRHL.jpg)
Rather looks like he was preparing to perform the hammer in the Sixth himself.
But now I'll go hunt it up, since it seems interesting. I can always paste a pretty picture on the cover...
ETA: ordered it off Amazon. I wonder how often this thread produces a purchase!
Post by: eyeresist on July 25, 2012, 05:22:18 PM
OTOH, I know that divas can be high maintenance, but this chick takes it into Courtney Love territory.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61VehEKvLqL._SS500_.jpg)
"If you betray me, I will CUT YOUR BALLS OFF!!!"
Post by: TheGSMoeller on July 25, 2012, 05:30:33 PM
I quite like the Mitropoulos one.
OTOH, I know that divas can be high maintenance, but this chick takes it into Courtney Love territory.
"If you betray me, I will CUT YOUR BALLS OFF!!!"
The many faces of Ms. Deneterova...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Zy5xY512L._SS350_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jZ5dFB1-L._SL600_AA400_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519cKuGBL3L.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61VehEKvLqL._SS350_.jpg)
Post by: eyeresist on July 25, 2012, 06:01:22 PM
The many faces of Ms. Deneterova...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Zy5xY512L._SS350_.jpg)
I actually have this, picked up from a bargain bin, but have never actually listened to it. Just can't work up the interest.
Post by: Fafner on July 25, 2012, 07:04:34 PM
"Hey! You wanna shut up while I'm playin'?"
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61VehEKvLqL._SS500_.jpg)
Caption is spot-on. I don't know what it is doing in this thread. I think it is the best album cover I have seen in a long time.
Post by: JerryS on July 29, 2012, 04:18:27 PM
Post by: Sammy on July 29, 2012, 04:43:11 PM
What were they thinking?
Eight
Post by: Szykneij on July 29, 2012, 05:03:11 PM
Eight
This is probably on the back cover for String Symphony No. 10.
(http://thirdwayliving.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/two-hands.jpg)
Post by: Scots John on July 29, 2012, 05:32:56 PM
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XJ2EmSPmQo8/UBXxpcKS50I/AAAAAAAAAF8/uPSAJiq4jS0/s512/Publication3.jpg)
Post by: Opus106 on July 31, 2012, 06:29:24 AM
Yep, it's her.
The power of Cecilia compels you to buy this album.
Post by: Florestan on July 31, 2012, 06:30:28 AM
.
Yep, it's her.
The power of Cecilia compels you to buy this album.
Vade retro, Satanas ! ;D
Post by: eyeresist on August 01, 2012, 04:39:45 PM
Yep, it's her.
The power of Cecilia compels you to buy this album.
How is this anyone's idea of "crossover"?
Post by: Opus106 on August 01, 2012, 10:34:07 PM
How is this anyone's idea of "crossover"?
Is it?
Post by: The new erato on August 01, 2012, 10:41:32 PM
.If I order it, I will order it in a plain, brown wrapper.
Yep, it's her.
The power of Cecilia compels you to buy this album.
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 01, 2012, 10:44:16 PM
Is it?Interesting question, one which may be answered by the description at Amazon (depending on your view of what crossover is):
Quote
Autumn 2012 marks the release of Mission, a sensational release from the world s best-selling classical artist Cecilia Bartoli and a project with international politics, religious conflict, diplomatic secrecy, spying and sensational music at its heart.
Following the exceptional artistic and commercial success of 2009 s Sacrificium (which earned Cecilia her fifth Grammy award), Cecilia Bartoli now turns to the early baroque period for the first time in her recording career and uncovers a treasure of beautiful music in an album almost entirely composed of world premiere recordings.
Limited-edition 25K
Hardcover book presentation
172 page booklet (which will not be reproduced when the jewel version comes out later) including historical essay and complete album notes and libretto
The album showcases the music of little-known Italian composer Agostino Steffani (1654 1728), and will include solo arias of various moods and styles, several duets, solo numbers with chorus - all sung in Italian - and instrumental interludes that create an organic transition from one piece to the next and an arc that reaches from the beginning to the end of the album.
Steffani s story is mysterious at the very least; his name is largely absent from studies of Italian music despite holding senior court positions during his lifetime and contemporary accounts acknowledging him as one of the greatest opera composers of the period and the acknowledged master of the vocal duet (Colin Timms, author of the booklet note).
Such was the appeal of the project that longtime Bartoli admirer and global best-selling author Donna Leon decided to write a mystery novel - Jewels of Paradise - to accompany Cecilia s album, which uses the mystery surrounding the composer s story as the centre of its plot. Jewels of Paradise will be released simultaneously with Cecilia Bartoli s album in English (UK and USA), German, French, Dutch, Spanish and Catalan.
Among the distinguished names appearing on Mission is star French counter-tenor Philippe Jaroussky who features in a first-time collaboration with Cecilia on a selection of duets, alongside the Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, the period orchestra I Barocchisti from Lugano, Switzerland, and conductor Diego Fasolis.
A cinematographic vision of the album directed by Olivier Simonnet and filmed in the historic Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and in the gardens of the Chateau de Versailles will be available on DVD and for TV broadcast later in the year.
Post by: The new erato on August 01, 2012, 10:54:59 PM
Interesting question, one which may be answered by the description at Amazon (depending on your view of what crossover is):I'm so happy this new disc is about mystery, not about music. Saves me some money. And an ugly cover to scare me.
It seems the music industry is continually reaching new lows.
Post by: eyeresist on August 01, 2012, 11:47:02 PM
I'm so happy this new disc is about mystery, not about music.
The fact that much of this early music hasn't been recorded before is certainly of interest. The fact that a Da Vinci Code-style tie-in was thought a good idea is another matter - though in the end I think it's all harmless fun.
Post by: Opus106 on August 02, 2012, 12:03:45 AM
Interesting question, one which may be answered by the description at Amazon (depending on your view of what crossover is):
The cover was weird enough that I read all that before posting the image. This recording just has a few hefty add-ons, that's all; the music is still "regular" classical, from what I can gauge.
Post by: The new erato on August 02, 2012, 12:21:29 AM
The fact that much of this early music hasn't been recorded before is certainly of interest.Yes, but unfortunately I'm one of those put off purchasing stuff if the marketing is too stupid.
Post by: eyeresist on August 02, 2012, 12:39:19 AM
Yes, but unfortunately I'm one of those put off purchasing stuff if the marketing is too stupid.
Sometimes terrible marketing can results in, after a couple of months, very cheap CDs! You just need to have a strong stomach regarding the covers.
Reminds me of that book Lebrecht wrote about the death of the record industry, in which he named the Worst Record of All Time as being "Mahler for Dummies". The thing is, I actually have that CD (it was a cutout in a bargain bin) and as a newcomer to Mahler I actually found it quite valuable. It contained complete movements in creditable performances. There was some "multimedia" content, but I didn't bother with that. But as I recall Lebrecht's chief objection was in fact not to the content, or the purpose, of the CD but to its title. It was the Worst Record of All Time because of its title.
Gee, can we all spend a few minutes ranting about what an idiot that Lebrecht is? >:D ;)
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 02, 2012, 02:03:54 AM
... It seems the music industry is continually reaching new lows.
Dude, you're forgetting the abysmal old lows!
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 02, 2012, 02:05:07 AM
Gee, can we all spend a few minutes ranting about what an idiot that Lebrecht is? >:D ;)
He's utterly not worth the time.
Post by: snyprrr on August 02, 2012, 06:28:04 AM
.
Yep, it's her.
The power of Cecilia compels you to buy this album.
Oh... I... did... not... NEEEEEEED to see that!! :o :'(
Aye, and after the 'Matrix' guy,... I mean, girl,... aye :-\
Post by: kishnevi on August 02, 2012, 12:14:28 PM
And the cover is not half as scary as the one on Sacrificium.
Post by: snyprrr on August 02, 2012, 07:02:39 PM
It seems the intention is attract Bartoli fans to Donna Leon, and vice versa. I don't see a problem with that.
And the cover is not half as scary as the one on Sacrificium.
No, she looks like the overtaken priest in 'The Exorcist VII: The Transgender Nun',... I mean,... really!! ::)
Post by: The new erato on August 02, 2012, 07:06:50 PM
It seems the intention is attract Bartoli fans to Donna Leon,Good books. I prefer Brunetti to Bartoli.
Post by: Brian on August 29, 2012, 09:48:28 AM
(http://musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Aug12/Antony%20Hopkins_A%20Portrait%20Divine%20Art_dda21217.jpg)
Post by: eyeresist on August 29, 2012, 07:42:08 PM
Post by: snyprrr on August 30, 2012, 04:39:42 AM
This poor man.
(http://musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Aug12/Antony%20Hopkins_A%20Portrait%20Divine%20Art_dda21217.jpg)
yumpin' yimminy!! :o
I love those old Laurel cds which look like they were made with cardboard. This one looks like a school project, haha!! Poor guy.
Post by: OrchestralNut on September 10, 2012, 04:22:05 AM
.
Yep, it's her.
The power of Cecilia compels you to buy this album.
Aye! :-X Just this morning, on the way to work, the French CBC classical music station played a piece by Steffani, with Bartoli singing. The music and singing was lovely.
Although this ridiculous cover alone would put me off of purchasing it. My word! ???
Post by: OrchestralNut on September 15, 2012, 10:45:34 AM
Post by: The new erato on September 17, 2012, 01:03:15 AM
(http://media.mdt.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/O/C/OC858.jpg)
but the blurb on mdt's new releases page is much, much worse:
Alexander Maria Wagner, piano
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexei Kornienko,
Wagner has composed the most amazing work that say this heaven-storming adolescents and write fourteen years, his first symphony for full orchestra titled "Power Plant". This young man to predict a great future is almost an understatement and that the pianist Alexander M. Wagner the composer in no way inferior to prove this, in February rehearsed piano recordings of the now sixteen.
:-\
What's it all about, Alfie?
Post by: Opus106 on September 17, 2012, 01:07:22 AM
Wagner has composed the most amazing work that say this heaven-storming adolescents and write fourteen years, his first symphony for full orchestra titled "Power Plant". This young man to predict a great future is almost an understatement and that the pianist Alexander M. Wagner the composer in no way inferior to prove this, in February rehearsed piano recordings of the now sixteen.
It's easy to guess where that came from (http://translate.google.com/#auto/en/Das%20erstaunlichste%20Werk%2C%20das%20dieser%20himmelst%C3%BCrmende%20Jugendliche%20mit%20sage%20und%20schreibe%20vierzehn%20Jahren%20komponiert%20hat%2C%20ist%20seine%20erste%20Sinfonie%20f%C3%BCr%20gro%C3%9Fes%20Orchester%20mit%20dem%20Titel%20%E2%80%9EKraftwerk%E2%80%9C.%20Diesem%20jungen%20Mann%20eine%20gro%C3%9Fe%20Zukunft%20zu%20prophezeien%2C%20ist%20schon%20fast%20ein%20Understatement%20und%20dass%20der%20Pianist%20Alexander%20M.%20Wagner%20dem%20Komponisten%20in%20nichts%20nachsteht%2C%20beweisen%20die%20vorliegenden%2C%20im%20Februar%20eingespielten%20Klavieraufnahmen%20des%20inzwischen%20Sechzehnj%C3%A4hrigen.). ;)
Post by: The new erato on September 17, 2012, 01:36:07 AM
Post by: eyeresist on September 17, 2012, 01:41:27 AM
Post by: The new erato on September 17, 2012, 01:44:59 AM
The above blurb was composed using the methods of John Cage :PI would have preferred 4'33'' of silence. Or the printed equivalent.
Post by: Opus106 on September 17, 2012, 02:21:14 AM
Oh yes, and so I did, but why in God's name didn't Oehms take the trouble to provide the disc with a correctly translated threeliner for international release? it's not that it would take more than two minutes to provide it.
Oehms is not to blame for this.
http://www.oehmsclassics.de/cd.php?formatid=572&sprache=eng
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 18, 2012, 03:45:38 AM
Very brave of Uchida to use her mug shots as album covers.
I actually don't think these are awful at all, just made me laugh this morning going through some of my Uchida discs and noticing the "now turn your head for the next cover."
And I adore her Schubert.
Post by: DavidRoss on September 18, 2012, 06:37:51 AM
Very brave of Uchida to use her mug shots as album covers.Ha! Your post reminds me of these, which I happened on while seeking a copy of Dohnanyi's M5 this morning:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61qhM5hf3AL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61%2B3EIMXnUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BHrkj0Z9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61bJMuMWBrL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 18, 2012, 07:21:15 AM
Ha! Your post reminds me of these, which I happened on while seeking a copy of Dohnanyi's M5 this morning:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61qhM5hf3AL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61%2B3EIMXnUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BHrkj0Z9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61bJMuMWBrL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Just a touch of photoshop to change the suit color a little, distort the background, and bam! New cover.
Post by: Scots John on September 18, 2012, 07:31:34 AM
Ha! Your post reminds me of these, which I happened on while seeking a copy of Dohnanyi's M5 this morning:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61qhM5hf3AL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61%2B3EIMXnUL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BHrkj0Z9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61bJMuMWBrL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I think it is a shame that often conductors appear as the main feature on front covers. It completely gives the wrong impression of the music within and does nothing to entice Classical newbies to listen to them. Niether does it say anything about the actual composer. It is as ludicrous as a photo of Stephen Kings publishing editor on the front of 'Carrie'...
Carrie yesterday
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mpBGa4P5jUo/Sqo8dyYq27I/AAAAAAAADsU/0yNSAQdWULc/s400/carrie1.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on September 18, 2012, 07:34:43 AM
I always thought it humorous that the album says 'MAHLER' (or whatever) in big huge letters, but then it is (say) Levine's ridiculous jewfro that we are given... kind of Pavlovian, no?
I want breasts! Big breasts! And lots of 'em!! ;) Breasts will sell Shostakovich's 7th,... I'm sure of it! ::)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 18, 2012, 07:46:10 AM
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 18, 2012, 07:47:32 AM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 18, 2012, 08:31:47 AM
Not strictly the topic . . . not the worst-looking, probably, but certainly the wrong cover artwork:
Vivaldi has never looked so good.
Post by: DavidRoss on September 18, 2012, 08:46:43 AM
Not strictly the topic . . . not the worst-looking, probably, but certainly the wrong cover artwork:Girlfight? I donno...Vivaldi probably waded into more than a few girlfights at the orphanage!
Post by: Scots John on September 18, 2012, 09:08:29 AM
I want breasts! Big breasts! And lots of 'em!! ;) Breasts will sell Shostakovich's 7th,... I'm sure of it! ::)
No.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bdtlSj4sj-0/UFi4OuOZEPI/AAAAAAAAALY/VqRgL6KGfhk/s512/Publication3.jpg)
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 18, 2012, 09:09:27 AM
Post by: DavidRoss on September 18, 2012, 12:11:19 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 18, 2012, 05:42:16 PM
Post by: Luke on September 19, 2012, 04:57:21 AM
Post by: Brian on September 19, 2012, 05:13:12 AM
I want breasts! Big breasts! And lots of 'em!! ;) Breasts will sell Shostakovich's 7th,... I'm sure of it! ::)If I wasn't at work right now I would so be using MS Paint to make this album cover.
Post by: DavidRoss on September 19, 2012, 05:48:59 AM
...Levine's ridiculous jewfro...What about Rattle's Anglofro?
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 19, 2012, 05:58:36 AM
I want breasts! Big breasts! And lots of 'em!! ;) Breasts will sell Shostakovich's 7th,... I'm sure of it! ::)
If I wasn't at work right now I would so be using MS Paint to make this album cover.
Here you go:
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Sarge
Post by: DavidRoss on September 19, 2012, 06:08:58 AM
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 19, 2012, 06:22:23 AM
And they're real. 8)
Indeed. The photographer is known for using only natural models.
Sarge
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 19, 2012, 06:30:45 AM
The idea of a breast marked Cheerful, but not too much . . . .
Post by: snyprrr on September 19, 2012, 06:34:12 AM
What about Rattle's Anglofro?
My step brother had a most ridiculous anglofro in the '70s... who's that guy on The Simpsons?
Post by: snyprrr on September 19, 2012, 06:36:56 AM
Here you go:
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Sarge
ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE!! :D :D :D
You know,... you... know...
...ah, what... was... I saying? ???
I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!!
(finally... it worked. Bwa-ha-ha-ha,... soon I'll get them to Post pics of...)
Wow, I need a nurse! :o
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 19, 2012, 06:47:56 AM
Here you go:
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Sarge
By far the breast version I've ever heard, or seen.
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 19, 2012, 07:30:21 AM
Post by: North Star on September 19, 2012, 11:06:40 AM
Wow, I need a nurse! :o
That outfit would be appropriate for a cover of Shosty's 7th, too.
Idle wondering: why exactly are there so few women on this forum ?
Post by: kishnevi on September 19, 2012, 06:06:07 PM
The problem here is subtle, but as a cellist it makes me feel queasy. Puts me off listening to the discs, which is a shame. I managed to get past that today and actually listen to the music inside, for which I am thankful asDaniel ShafrannarfahS leinaD is just superb.
Problem, schroblem. He's merely a nice Jewish boy who learned to play 'cello in Hebrew.
Post by: Corey on September 20, 2012, 03:06:13 AM
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on September 20, 2012, 03:19:26 AM
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VICTORIA-LOOSELEAF-Harpnosis-LP-Godess-GO-001-/00/$(KGrHqUOKikE3HdbyVp8BNynyeECM!~~_35.JPG)
Seemed a good idea at the time . . . .
Post by: Florestan on September 20, 2012, 05:19:50 AM
Idle wondering: why exactly are there so few women on this forum ?
The only coherent theory on that belongs to Josquin des Prez (the poster, not the composer)... but as someone once put it, coherence leads to madness. ;D
Post by: DavidRoss on September 20, 2012, 12:33:42 PM
Problem, schroblem. He's merely a nice Jewish boy who learned to play 'cello in Hebrew.;D
Post by: DavidRoss on September 20, 2012, 12:35:06 PM
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VICTORIA-LOOSELEAF-Harpnosis-LP-Godess-GO-001-/00/$(KGrHqUOKikE3HdbyVp8BNynyeECM!~~_35.JPG)Looks like an assignment from high school art class.
Post by: North Star on September 20, 2012, 12:44:38 PM
The only coherent theory on that belongs to Josquin des Prez (the poster, not the composer)... but as someone once put it, coherence leads to madness. ;D
I was referring to the new Shosty artwork :P
JdP isn't around anymore, though - something we can always be grateful of, I suppose. Perhaps JdP is/was not part of the solution, but of the problem, though.
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on September 20, 2012, 01:06:34 PM
I was referring to the new Shosty artwork :P
JdP isn't around anymore, though - something we can always be grateful of, I suppose. Perhaps JdP is/was not part of the solution, but of the problem, though.
Why there aren't more women? Mouth breathers.
As to the disappearance of JdP, I sincerely doubt grateful is a term I'd use.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 25, 2012, 02:38:05 PM
This was listed at the Amazon.com new releases here on GMG, it startled me, made me cry.
Post by: The new erato on September 26, 2012, 12:35:25 AM
When he wrote about music, he was worthwhile.
As to the disappearance of JdP, I sincerely doubt grateful is a term I'd use.
Post by: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 01:44:51 AM
When he wrote about music, he was worthwhile.I think he was worthwhile as a whole. He was articulated in expression, firm in convictions and always polite even when his opponents were burying him under a heap of insults and ridicule. Sometimes I really miss him.
Post by: snyprrr on September 26, 2012, 04:32:30 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UJ0nQZIZL._SL550_AA350_.jpg)
This was listed at the Amazon.com new releases here on GMG, it startled me, made me cry.
Jeremy Renner as the famous male ballerina, Caputchik.
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on September 26, 2012, 04:37:43 AM
I think he was worthwhile as a whole. He was articulated in expression, firm in convictions and always polite even when his opponents were burying him under a heap of insults and ridicule. Sometimes I really miss him.
He was never polite, and I have a feeling that even he would take issue with that sort of characterization.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 26, 2012, 04:40:41 AM
Jeremy Renner as the famous male ballerina, Caputchik.
I was thinking more, Chris Kattan.
Post by: Florestan on September 26, 2012, 04:56:38 AM
He was never polite, and I have a feeling that even he would take issue with that sort of characterization.As if you'd know what being polite means...
Post by: Scots John on September 26, 2012, 05:03:22 AM
Mouth breathers.
What is this expression? 'Mouth breathers?' It is as strange as a shining coal. What does it mean? It has the air of offence in it, but I can't figure it. I've seen you use it more than once, so I hope you can quell my curiosity over its meaning. :-\ I may be mouth breathing myself, I just want to check. :P
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on September 26, 2012, 05:06:05 AM
As if you'd know what being polite means...
You would be correct in your assertion of my understanding when it comes to matters of decorum.
What is this expression? 'Mouth breathers?' It is as strange as a shining coal. What does it mean? It has the air of offence in it, but I can't figure it. I've seen you use it more than once, so I hope you can quell my curiosity over its meaning. :-\ I may be mouth breathing myself, I just want to check. :P
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mouthbreather
Post by: Madiel on September 26, 2012, 05:13:34 AM
Post by: Scots John on September 26, 2012, 05:37:14 AM
Post by: Gurn Blanston on September 26, 2012, 06:01:33 AM
Women tend to find being smug know-it-alls considerably less satisfying than men do.
No they don't...
8)
Post by: The new erato on September 26, 2012, 06:07:22 AM
Post by: Gurn Blanston on September 26, 2012, 06:48:59 AM
So you're a ladies man, Gurn? ;)
No, I'm a smug know-it-all. Generally speaking, however, the ladies are rather more fond of me than not. 0:)
8)
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on September 26, 2012, 07:00:55 AM
No, I'm a smug know-it-all. Generally speaking, however, the ladies are rather more fond of me than not. 0:)
8)
If that was remark was in reference to me, I have to also say that the women and men are quite fond of me as well.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 26, 2012, 07:10:28 AM
Post by: CaughtintheGaze on September 26, 2012, 07:24:30 AM
Post by: Madiel on September 26, 2012, 02:11:47 PM
No they don't...
8)
Ah. Sorry. On reflection, perhaps I should have said they much prefer to do it in person.
Post by: DavidRoss on October 05, 2012, 08:31:06 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618Dgxwoj7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Terrible.
Just terrible.
(Maybe I can find a larger image so we can study it more closely.)
Post by: The new erato on October 05, 2012, 08:39:50 AM
And this one:If this is a Josephine Baker tribute (which I think it is); it lacks a banana.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618Dgxwoj7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Terrible.
Just terrible.
(Maybe I can find a larger image so we can study it more closely.)
That would be right up........the alley for this site.
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Post by: DavidRoss on October 05, 2012, 01:13:37 PM
Better?
Post by: Madiel on October 05, 2012, 04:48:45 PM
Unfortunately, this caught my eye in the new releases ribbon.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zExzpCxWL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Some guys really need to be told the '80s are over.
He also needs to be told that casting for rejected semi-evil elves in Lord of the Rings is over.
Post by: Scots John on October 05, 2012, 05:42:17 PM
Unfortunately, this caught my eye in the new releases ribbon.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zExzpCxWL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Some guys really need to be told the '80s are over.
Give the guy a break. He just got disqualified from the Einstein lookalike competition by the judge standing next to him for not having a moustache.
Post by: Scots John on October 05, 2012, 05:46:59 PM
And this one:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618Dgxwoj7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Terrible.
Just terrible.
(Maybe I can find a larger image so we can study it more closely.)
These photos you are posting are unquestionably the most offensive pictures I have ever seen on GMG. To prove my point, I purchased a magnifying glass from a Taiwan importer to examine the picture in higher resolution and detail, covering it all over a deliberately long time, thereby being able to asses the psychological frustrations you have placed before your fellow GMG'ers.
Post by: Madiel on October 05, 2012, 06:00:19 PM
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 05, 2012, 07:12:15 PM
These photos you are posting are unquestionably the most offensive pictures I have ever seen on GMG. To prove my point, I purchased a magnifying glass from a Taiwan importer to examine the picture in higher resolution and detail, covering it all over a deliberately long time, thereby being able to asses the psychological frustrations you have placed before your fellow GMG'ers.
Hi John - I posted a LARGER image of this cover art in another thread; unfortunately, the clothing obscures the underlying anatomic details - RATS! Dave ;D
Post by: DavidRoss on October 06, 2012, 03:15:47 AM
Hi John - I posted a LARGER image of this cover art in another thread; unfortunately, the clothing obscures the underlying anatomic details - RATS! Dave ;DAs a physician your interest is doubtless purely professional.
I'm still wondering how the record company got hold of that photo of my wife...?
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 06, 2012, 04:56:12 AM
As a physician your interest is doubtless purely professional.
Well, despite being a radiologist, I don't have xray vision unfortunately! :( ;D
I'm still wondering how the record company got hold of that photo of my wife...?
Lucky man! :D Dave
Post by: snyprrr on October 06, 2012, 07:11:02 AM
He also needs to be told that casting for rejected semi-evil elves in Lord of the Rings is over.
No, he looks like a wet puppy from a Sarah MacLacklan(sic) video, HA HA ;D
He's playing the girl poodle in the Broadway version of 'Dogs'.
An old metal friend of mine used to talk about metal players, and say, if the metal player was losing his hair (say, David lee Roth), he would say, Boy, he's got PROBLEMS. Haha,... not about the music sucking,... but that IS what these guys HAVE TO be conscious of, and eventually get a haircut, or they risk looking like this guy, who really is channelling Klaus Meine(sic?) of the Scorpions.
Hair is very, very important!!
Currently, the genes on the 'hair' side of the family, and 'bald' side, have been duking it out. I have the two 'solar panels' on either side, with a nice 'landing strip' in the middle (no, not THAT kind, haha). I can not really wear my hair in rock star fashion any longer and am trying to come up with a style that will work FOR me, haha. Work it, work it!!
God smote with with no side burns, so my options are limited.
http://menwholooklikeoldlesbians.blogspot.com/
I can only pray I don't end up here.
Post by: Florestan on October 08, 2012, 01:14:24 AM
And this one:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618Dgxwoj7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Terrible.
Just terrible.
(Maybe I can find a larger image so we can study it more closely.)
Errrmmm... what's wrong with that? ???
Post by: Scots John on October 08, 2012, 04:22:18 AM
Errrmmm... what's wrong with that? ???
I have spent hours scrutinizing it with high resolution equipment Andre, and I find nothing wrong with it. :P
Post by: listener on October 09, 2012, 12:56:06 PM
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 09, 2012, 01:52:24 PM
The gentleman (?) at the piano is probably not Edith Farnaby (who is the pianist playing on the disc), nor is the lady (singer?) standing in front. There is a cover credit for the candelabra, however.
Well, should be a 'guy' @ the piano staring at that buxom gal, but the one who comes to mind w/ a candelabra doesn't fit the role! ;) ;D
(http://content8.flixster.com/photo/12/98/53/12985342_ori.jpg)
Post by: SonicMan46 on October 09, 2012, 01:54:59 PM
Post by: listener on October 09, 2012, 04:27:10 PM
Well, should be a 'guy' @ the piano staring at that buxom gal, but the one who comes to mind w/ a candelabra doesn't fit the role! ;) ;D... which is why I put the ? A quite mystifying combination which I won't dwell on. vide Hans Conreid's attire* in my avatar.
A quite
*from Dr. Seuss' Dr.T
Post by: Madiel on October 10, 2012, 01:42:52 AM
The gentleman (?) at the piano is probably not Edith Farnaby (who is the pianist playing on the disc), nor is the lady (singer?) standing in front. There is a cover credit for the candelabra, however.
Is she at least Hungarian?
Post by: listener on October 10, 2012, 01:58:01 AM
Is she at least Hungarian?Edith Farnadi born in Budapest, started her studies at the age of seven at the Budapest Academy with Arnold Szekely, graduated at the age of seventeen, and became a professor there. The cover babe is unidentified. The candelabra is courtesy of Plummer Inc.
I don't have the other two discs of the set.
Post by: Madiel on October 10, 2012, 03:03:49 AM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on October 11, 2012, 08:23:24 AM
Here's a good caption-filler cover...
"Guess what magic I hold in my hands?" -spoken in his Gandalf-voice impression
"My hands stink of onions."
Post by: Mirror Image on October 11, 2012, 09:17:56 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cMKXrlAlL._SL550_AA350_.jpg)
Here's a good caption-filler cover...
"Guess what magic I hold in my hands?" -spoken in his Gandalf-voice impression
"My hands stink of onions."
Hmmm...I thought his hands stunk of a new moisturizer that he purchased from a Mary Kay saleswoman? :-\
Post by: snyprrr on October 11, 2012, 07:55:49 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cMKXrlAlL._SL550_AA350_.jpg)
Here's a good caption-filler cover...
"Guess what magic I hold in my hands?" -spoken in his Gandalf-voice impression
"My hands stink of onions."
She kinda pretty, but needs to let her hair grow out. 8)
Post by: Brian on November 01, 2012, 02:15:07 PM
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/bisbis1773.jpg)
Heck, check out their new releases gallery (http://bis.se/index.php) and this sticks out like a fat kid in husky jeans at a black tie cocktail reception.
Post by: snyprrr on November 01, 2012, 10:37:55 PM
BIS makes some really beautiful covers, a few of the very best, which makes it all the weirder when they poop out something like this:
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/bisbis1773.jpg)
Heck, check out their new releases gallery (http://bis.se/index.php) and this sticks out like a fat kid in husky jeans at a black tie cocktail reception.
Haha, all that's missing is a burning cigarette dangling from his fingers. ???
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 02, 2012, 02:47:29 AM
BIS makes some really beautiful covers, a few of the very best, which makes it all the weirder when they poop out something like this:
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/bisbis1773.jpg)
Heck, check out their new releases gallery (http://bis.se/index.php) and this sticks out like a fat kid in husky jeans at a black tie cocktail reception.
I find the real creativity of this cover to be in the fading letters of "Pavane", suggesting that the viewer, perhaps similar to the cover's subject, will doze off during the performance.
Post by: Madiel on November 03, 2012, 04:29:59 PM
As in Pavane for a dead prince(ss).
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 03, 2012, 07:52:34 PM
Post by: Scarpia on November 03, 2012, 08:35:23 PM
Asleep? Looks more like "dead".
Sequel to Weekend at Bernie's, Weekend at Maxim's, culminating in a performance of Cage 4'33.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 07, 2012, 03:48:26 AM
Post by: Opus106 on November 13, 2012, 04:58:43 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iNsM-lyNL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
Post by: Corey on November 13, 2012, 05:11:49 AM
Post by: Scarpia on November 13, 2012, 07:22:12 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VZv4xK0hL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I like that one!
Post by: kishnevi on November 13, 2012, 07:58:26 AM
I like that one!
I agree with Scarpia. It suggests to me a nice civilized 21st century start of the day--checking email and Facebook and GMG while drinking the morning coffee and listening to good music.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 13, 2012, 09:22:27 AM
"Surprise! Guess who?!"
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/14/eja7e7ub.jpg).
"You know who."
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/14/abu7ehuv.jpg).
"I love column."
Post by: PaulSC on November 13, 2012, 12:59:33 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/14/3asu2uvu.jpg).Or: ”Are you tired of string sections that play with a vibrato this wide?”
"Surprise! Guess who?!"
Post by: Corey on November 13, 2012, 01:18:31 PM
I agree with Scarpia. It suggests to me a nice civilized 21st century start of the day--checking email and Facebook and GMG while drinking the morning coffee and listening to good music.
The design is not horrible, but it looks like what it is: a stock photograph with a picture of C.P.E. Bach photoshopped onto the computer screen. I just think as a rule it's not a good idea to incorporate recent technology into a design for something that will be purchased several years from now. It dates.
Post by: Brian on November 13, 2012, 01:20:16 PM
The design is not horrible, but it looks like what it is: a stock photograph with a picture of C.P.E. Bach photoshopped onto the computer screen. I just think as a rule it's not a good idea to incorporate recent technology into a design for something that will be purchased several years from now. It dates.
Guess what! Volume 2 is on the way and it replaces that oldfangled computer with an iPad.
(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/CD98.653.jpg)
Post by: Corey on November 13, 2012, 01:45:13 PM
Post by: Scarpia on November 13, 2012, 01:48:11 PM
The design is not horrible, but it looks like what it is: a stock photograph with a picture of C.P.E. Bach photoshopped onto the computer screen. I just think as a rule it's not a good idea to incorporate recent technology into a design for something that will be purchased several years from now. It dates.
Exactly, that's why JSB didn't put a picture of a Harpsichord on the cover of the clavierubung.
Post by: Corey on November 13, 2012, 05:50:59 PM
Exactly, that's why JSB didn't put a picture of a Harpsichord on the cover of the clavierubung.
There's a difference in that people are still using and restoring harpsichords, while computers made only 10 years ago (or less!) are lying in a scrap heap.
Post by: Scarpia on November 13, 2012, 06:06:12 PM
There's a difference in that people are still using and restoring harpsichords, while computers made only 10 years ago (or less!) are lying in a scrap heap.
Maybe in 300 years historically informed gamers will be restoring IBM XT's to play Super Mario Brothers.
Post by: PaulSC on November 13, 2012, 06:28:00 PM
Maybe in 300 years historically informed gamers will be restoring IBM XT's to play Super Mario Brothers.The period computer movement has already begun! (http://www.vintage-computer.com/)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 13, 2012, 06:44:12 PM
I loves me some Norrington, but the man looks more like a wacky comedian in most of his covers rather than a conductor.
Post by: Mirror Image on November 13, 2012, 07:29:23 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61NQDiiD3vL._AA300_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518WQfik6PL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
I loves me some Norrington, but the man looks more like a wacky comedian in most of his covers rather than a conductor.
Thanks for tuning in ladies and gentlemen to the Laugh Hour starring Roger Norrington and this man:
(http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/SimonRattle021008_450x371.jpg)
Post by: Corey on November 13, 2012, 10:49:08 PM
Maybe in 300 years historically informed gamers will be restoring IBM XT's to play Super Mario Brothers.
Stop presenting counter-examples and just admit I'm right!!
;D
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 15, 2012, 02:53:00 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cxhoOlWCL._SL500_.jpg)
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 15, 2012, 06:35:12 PM
That is a really good recording - maybe my favorite recording of the Bartok sonata for two pianos and percussion.
I believe you that the recording is good...the cover design however........
Post by: ibanezmonster on November 15, 2012, 07:32:53 PM
Here you go:This is great. As much as I like the one on the left, I'd probably choose the one on the right if given the choice.
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Sarge
Probably because she reminds me of Mikuru:
(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/15600000/Mikuru-Asahina-mikuru-asahina-fan-club-15680368-960-540.jpg)
Speaking of Jewfros on p.57...
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRHcBtoEx48enBJTCvg4BWo88gMNDRZvX2d7g0RB7fh02CDD1iJYkKs0DnicA)
Post by: snyprrr on November 15, 2012, 09:38:34 PM
That is a really good recording - maybe my favorite recording of the Bartok sonata for two pianos and percussion.
I really wish for a Kontarsky DG Box, no? :P
Post by: Opus106 on November 18, 2012, 06:52:31 AM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 18, 2012, 07:24:21 AM
BAM!
Wow. Front runner for worst EVER.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 23, 2012, 07:21:05 PM
"Psst. Hey, I'm over here."
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 23, 2012, 07:24:59 PM
Elgar's essentials, in outer space!
Post by: 71 dB on November 24, 2012, 04:04:05 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RAZGdYimL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
Elgar's essentials, in outer space!
I don't have a problem with the combination of space and Elgar but the execution of this cover "art" is extremely amateurish. A colourful stardust background and a cut-out black and white portrait photograph just don't go together not to mention the dull "Elgar - Essentials" texts and the the overall layout. The cover says: "Please, keep left Sir Elgar so people can see the stars."
::)
Post by: Szykneij on November 24, 2012, 05:23:02 AM
I don't have a problem with the combination of space and Elgar but the execution of this cover "art" is extremely amateurish. A colourful stardust background and a cut-out black and white portrait photograph just don't go together not to mention the dull "Elgar - Essentials" texts and the the overall layout. The cover says: "Please, keep left Sir Elgar so people can see the stars."
::)
I don't believe this is an actual CD/LP cover, just an image for a digital download. I'm more inclined to cut them some slack for slapping something together that doesn't actually exist as printed matter.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 24, 2012, 06:58:47 AM
Post by: Opus106 on November 24, 2012, 07:14:52 AM
It is a digital download, in fact their are other ones from this series with the same cover but different composer.
A different astronomical object, too, my classical music-listening toy simian friend. Let's not forget that. 0:)
Elgar gets the Orion Nebula. RVW has a mirror image of the 'Baja' region of the North American nebula. (There's aren't enough clues to identify Handel's background. :()
Ooh, some more!:
Beethoven - Trifid Nebula
Bach - Storm clouds over choppy waters :-\
Mozart - Seems like the rim of the Andromeda galaxy
Tchaikovsky - seems purely CG stuff; although "Essential Works" has the Orion and the Running Man complex.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 24, 2012, 07:34:06 AM
A different astronomical object, too, my classical music-listening toy simian friend. Let's not forget that. 0:)
Elgar gets the Orion Nebula. RVW has a mirror image of the 'Baja' region of the North American nebula. (There's aren't enough clues to identify Handel's background. :()And I've only managed to locate these two apart from Elgar.
Ooh, some more!:
Beethoven - Trifid Nebula
Bach - Storm clouds over choppy waters :-\
Mozart - Seems like the rim of the Andromeda galaxy
Tchaikovsky - seems purely CG stuff; although "Essential Works" has the Orion and the Running Man complex.
Then someone did put some thought into these covers, well done. 8) (You can tell I didn't inspect more than the thumnails of the rest of them, I passed them up as slapping something together covers)
Now lets solve the mystery of what connects these astronomical images to their respective composers.
Post by: Opus106 on November 24, 2012, 07:44:21 AM
Then someone did put some thought into these covers, well done. 8)
I didn't imply that. I was simply playing Identify that Nebula. ;D
Post by: Kontrapunctus on November 24, 2012, 01:17:40 PM
BIS makes some really beautiful covers, a few of the very best, which makes it all the weirder when they poop out something like this:
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/bisbis1773.jpg)
I just ordered this SACD--I hope that isn't my response to it!
Post by: Madiel on November 24, 2012, 03:11:13 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RAZGdYimL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)
Elgar's essentials, in outer space!
Take two stock images, and a tube of glue...
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 28, 2012, 05:32:12 PM
Seiji Ozawa in rehearsal alongside his lesser known twin, Seiji.
Post by: Mirror Image on November 28, 2012, 05:33:59 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S7P0nFTCL._SS500_.jpg)
Seiji Ozawa in rehearsal alongside his lesser known twin, Seiji.
Ha! I was also thinking "Will the real Seiji Ozawa please stand?"
Post by: Mirror Image on November 28, 2012, 06:02:52 PM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00080LEHK.01.L.jpg)
Another GMG member posted this cover in the listening thread and I thought was so awful that it would perfectly suit this thread.
Post by: Madiel on November 29, 2012, 04:19:32 AM
Post by: Mirror Image on November 29, 2012, 07:39:15 AM
Well, it partly goes with the completely bizarre title...
Yeah, but it's still an ugly, unappealing cover to say the least.
Post by: J.Z. Herrenberg on November 30, 2012, 07:01:20 AM
(http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/arthausmusik1003891-550x784.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on November 30, 2012, 08:13:11 AM
Just in, thanks to: http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/11/ghastliest-classical-cover-of-2012.html (http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/11/ghastliest-classical-cover-of-2012.html)
(http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/arthausmusik1003891-550x784.jpg)
Even better when you HAVE to scroll from the top, slowly revealing the bottom half, haha!!
I thought this cover was pretty horrible:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00080LEHK.01.L.jpg)
Another GMG member posted this cover in the listening thread and I thought was so awful that it would perfectly suit this thread.
And I thought Bridge had a lock on that type of cover.
Post by: Opus106 on December 01, 2012, 03:02:12 AM
Just in, thanks to: http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/11/ghastliest-classical-cover-of-2012.html (http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/11/ghastliest-classical-cover-of-2012.html)
Haha! I was just about to post the same having seen it in Naxos' recent newsletter. ;D
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 05, 2012, 04:59:45 AM
Helikopter-Streichquartett (1992-93) 31:20
Studioproduktion 1996
Irvine Arditti, David Alberman, violins
Garth Knox, viola; Rohan de Saram, cello
"The Grasshoppers" (helicopter acrobatic team)
(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/066/MI0001066230.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
http://www.stockhausencds.com/Stockhausen_Edition_CD53.htm
I nearly started Apart from the inset photo which does not flatter the composer . . . only the unattractive appearance was probably deliberate, as the cover looks to me an obvious knock-off of this choice artifact from the '60s:
<<Image removed by Admin>>
. . . reinforcing the composer's "If you're a hippie, I'm your classical man!" image ; )
Post by: Florestan on December 05, 2012, 06:49:16 AM
<<Image removed by Admin>>
WTF? ???
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 05, 2012, 06:50:55 AM
Post by: Florestan on December 05, 2012, 06:55:56 AM
Exactly. The cover of the debut album for a group you almost have to be a rock music nerd to have heard anything about: Blind Faith.
I reckon it should be a very sought after memorabilia amongst rock music
Post by: springrite on December 05, 2012, 06:57:14 AM
Exactly. The cover of the debut album for a group you almost have to be a rock music nerd to have heard anything about: Blind Faith.
You have to be blind or have incredible faith to love that picture. Thus the cover is appropriate.
Post by: snyprrr on December 05, 2012, 07:02:35 AM
I reckon it should be a very sought after memorabilia amongst rock musicpedophilesaudiophiles... ;D ;D ;D
Some might have been, say, 11 when that came out? hmmm? ;)
no? I'm just sayin' ::),...
Post by: snyprrr on December 05, 2012, 07:03:26 AM
I reckon it should be a very sought after memorabilia amongst rock musicpedophilesaudiophiles... ;D ;D ;D
Some might have been, say, 11 when that came out? hmmm? ;)
no? I'm just sayin' ::),...
Post by: snyprrr on December 05, 2012, 07:04:36 AM
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 05, 2012, 07:06:05 AM
Wow! A rare double Post!! OOoooOOOO,... it's like a double rainbow. :'(... so... :'(beautiful...
Could be worth something someday.
Post by: Szykneij on December 07, 2012, 02:28:04 PM
Exactly. The cover of the debut album for a group you almost have to be a rock music nerd to have heard anything about: Blind Faith.
... which is amazing for a band made up of two-thirds of Cream (Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker) and Steve Windwood.
Post by: Rinaldo on December 08, 2012, 08:01:14 AM
(http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/arthausmusik1003891-550x784.jpg)
This hurts, you know.
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 08, 2012, 09:39:00 AM
Exactly. The cover of the debut album for a group you almost have to be a rock music nerd to have heard anything about: Blind Faith.
A rock music nerd...or, simply of a certain age ;) Actually, Blind Faith was HUGE in its brief life (about a year in existence, 1968-69). Their only album went to Number 1 in both the UK and US; sold over half a million copies in its first month. But the egos involved couldn't sustain the band.
Sarge
Post by: Sammy on December 08, 2012, 10:11:14 AM
A rock music nerd...or, simply of a certain age ;) Actually, Blind Faith was HUGE in its brief life (about a year in existence, 1968-69). Their only album went to Number 1 in both the UK and US; sold over half a million copies in its first month. But the egos involved couldn't sustain the band.
Sarge
I also remember Blind Faith as being huge. However, I asked my wife if she remembered the group; she said no though we were living together even back then. So Karl might be correct on this one.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on December 10, 2012, 05:31:12 AM
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 10, 2012, 05:57:16 AM
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 10, 2012, 06:05:54 AM
A rock music nerd...or, simply of a certain age ;) Actually, Blind Faith was HUGE in its brief life (about a year in existence, 1968-69). Their only album went to Number 1 in both the UK and US; sold over half a million copies in its first month. But the egos involved couldn't sustain the band.
Sarge
I also remember Blind Faith as being huge. However, I asked my wife if she remembered the group; she said no though we were living together even back then. So Karl might be correct on this one.
FWIW (just one chap's perspective), I don't think I should have known of them, if I hadn't read of them in (something much like) The Rolling Stone Guide to Rock Music & Musicians back in the late '70s . . . .
(The big upside from that book, whatever its actual title and provenance, is that reading the respective articles on King Crimson and the Bonzo Dog Band revolutionized my listening experience.)
Post by: The new erato on December 10, 2012, 06:27:11 AM
FWIW (just one chap's perspective), I don't think I should have known of them, if I hadn't read of them in (something much like) The Rolling Stone Guide to Rock Music & Musicians back in the late '70s . . . .Believe my they were BIG. They included Rich Gretch from one of my favorite bands at the time, Family. Why don't anyone mention him?
(The big upside from that book, whatever its actual title and provenance, is that reading the respective articles on King Crimson and the Bonzo Dog Band revolutionized my listening experience.)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 10, 2012, 06:49:37 AM
Believe my they were BIG. They included Rich Gretch from one of my favorite bands at the time, Family. Why don't anyone mention him?
I did...in the non-classical listening thread.
Sarge
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 10, 2012, 06:50:14 AM
Post by: The new erato on December 10, 2012, 06:54:47 AM
I did...in the non-classical listening thread.I noticed - should have said "nobody except the bazooka slinger".
Sarge
Post by: OrchestralNut on December 11, 2012, 04:21:23 AM
*Shudders!*
Post by: Gold Knight on December 11, 2012, 02:15:39 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61JyJJqIJuL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Florestan on December 12, 2012, 05:32:16 AM
How about this one from Trane; the music is great, but its cover: YIKES! :o
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61JyJJqIJuL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
A candidate for the ugliest ever indeed.
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 12, 2012, 05:40:50 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Os43xbFHL._SS500_.jpg)
Post by: Gurn Blanston on December 12, 2012, 07:10:31 AM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/12/10/e9uqa5en.jpg)
That is truly lovely....
Perhaps even a bit more than my little guy;
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa159/Gurn_Blanston/middlefingervx6.jpg)
8)
Post by: snyprrr on December 12, 2012, 07:42:56 AM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/12/10/e9uqa5en.jpg)
"I'm firing my agent!"
Post by: Opus106 on December 18, 2012, 08:02:31 AM
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/aparteap048.jpg)
(I'm not calling it ugly, mind you; it simply reminds me of an ugly cover. ;))
Post by: snyprrr on December 18, 2012, 08:05:01 AM
So, is he for or against The Mission?
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/aparteap048.jpg)
(I'm not calling it ugly, mind you; it simply reminds me of an ugly cover. ;))
Slayer 'does' Handel
Post by: North Star on December 18, 2012, 08:55:10 AM
Slayer 'does' HandelHow's your memory doing? (or eyesight...)
Post by: SonicMan46 on December 18, 2012, 09:40:37 AM
So, is he for or against The Mission?
(http://i.prs.to/t_200/aparteap048.jpg)
(I'm not calling it ugly, mind you; it simply reminds me of an ugly cover. ;))
Hmmm - at first, I thought the lower description was Bald Guys - :D
Post by: Opus106 on December 18, 2012, 09:56:46 AM
Hmmm - at first, I thought the lower description was Bald Guys - :D
;D
Sort of like this fellow?
(http://www.cooperpiano.com/Portals/99598/images/handel-piano.jpg)
Post by: kishnevi on December 28, 2012, 11:03:39 AM
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/sep2012/trompeteng_ttlerpommer.jpg)
(Come on, you knew it was only a matter of time before that cover migrated to this thread....)
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 28, 2012, 11:05:37 AM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on December 28, 2012, 11:07:05 AM
Mon amour, will you not come up and see my musical scores?
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/sep2012/trompeteng_ttlerpommer.jpg)
(Come on, you knew it was only a matter of time before that cover migrated to this thread....)
Totally crossed my noggin when I laid eyes on this bad-boy. You beat me to it, Jeffrey.
Post by: Sergeant Rock on December 28, 2012, 12:08:36 PM
(Come on, you knew it was only a matter of time before that cover migrated to this thread....)
Totally crossed my noggin when I laid eyes on this bad-boy. You beat me to it, Jeffrey.
I'm happy I could contribute something worthwhile to this thread.
Sarge
Post by: Papy Oli on December 29, 2012, 02:32:57 AM
Post by: Szykneij on December 29, 2012, 05:38:42 AM
Mon amour, will you not come up and see my musical scores?
(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/sep2012/trompeteng_ttlerpommer.jpg)
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQRqJ5Y_zbw5dOGj6tpuD7QtT7nvRb4gUcBMdvXaHlnwQIf9Ljw1Q)
... or some varm milk... perhaps?
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 29, 2012, 06:18:27 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UDHujnahL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)???
Is that a sheep costume...? ???
Post by: snyprrr on December 29, 2012, 07:56:49 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UDHujnahL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
ARE THOSE BREAST IMPLANTS :o?
Post by: Gold Knight on December 29, 2012, 12:11:33 PM
ARE THOSE BREAST IMPLANTS :o ?
:'(
Post by: Brian on January 02, 2013, 01:08:52 PM
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on January 02, 2013, 01:19:09 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on January 27, 2013, 10:59:30 AM
Jazz Hands!!
Post by: PaulR on January 27, 2013, 11:09:51 AM
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/72/93/4bcd024128a0d273a26a1010.L._AA300_.jpg)"Press button here and instantly play the harmonica!"
Jazz Hands!!
Post by: Brian on January 27, 2013, 11:26:56 AM
Post by: snyprrr on January 27, 2013, 11:31:03 AM
(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/AMG/covers/large/242/2424757.jpg)
"let me show you where I touched her."
:o :o :o
:o :o :o
Post by: DavidRoss on January 27, 2013, 01:18:01 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51h56OI2N-L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Szykneij on January 27, 2013, 04:58:19 PM
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/72/93/4bcd024128a0d273a26a1010.L._AA300_.jpg)
Jazz Hands!!
Is it possible to have a tasteful cover for a classical harmonica album?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on January 27, 2013, 05:06:33 PM
Is it possible to have a tasteful cover for a classical harmonica album?
Oh, not only tasteful, but downright classy.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61zS3oVoSLL._SL550_AA350_.jpg)
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on January 27, 2013, 06:48:52 PM
Oh, not only tasteful, but downright classy.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61zS3oVoSLL._SL550_AA350_.jpg)
:D The "Harmonicats". :D
Post by: Rinaldo on January 28, 2013, 07:47:29 AM
:D The "Harmonicats". :D
(http://themixtressonline.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/harmonicats.jpg)
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on January 28, 2013, 04:18:43 PM
(http://themixtressonline.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/harmonicats.jpg)
Ha!!
Post by: Szykneij on January 28, 2013, 05:47:41 PM
Oh, not only tasteful, but downright classy.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61zS3oVoSLL._SL550_AA350_.jpg)
Without the tuxes ...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TL9EdjIYL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on January 28, 2013, 06:42:33 PM
Without the tuxes ...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TL9EdjIYL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
It just keeps getting better!! LOL!!!
Post by: TheGSMoeller on January 28, 2013, 06:57:00 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on January 28, 2013, 07:01:21 PM
Post by: kishnevi on January 28, 2013, 08:15:10 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41T183KAP3L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
That's a scary photo for me.
Scary because I just realized I remember when he the next big new guy in the conducting world.
Post by: ibanezmonster on January 28, 2013, 08:19:05 PM
Without the tuxes ...Wondering if the shape of harmonicas are meant to represent something... ::)
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TL9EdjIYL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on January 28, 2013, 08:29:45 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sHoSr-jhL._SS550_.jpg)
That's just terrible...ly funny haha!! Photoshop, right?
Post by: romboid on January 28, 2013, 10:38:56 PM
(http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-Bio-BIG/Barrio-Isidro-03.jpg)
Post by: listener on January 29, 2013, 12:32:53 AM
Post by: DavidRoss on January 29, 2013, 03:18:52 PM
Post by: SonicMan46 on January 29, 2013, 03:37:03 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41T183KAP3L._SL500_AA300_.jpg) (http://images.sodahead.com/polls/003214343/1330429650_obama_afro_answer_4_xlarge.jpeg)
Yep, those 'afros' were quite popular! ;D
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on February 12, 2013, 11:13:02 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NEPD0MNJL.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on February 14, 2013, 08:46:02 AM
Hmm....
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NEPD0MNJL.jpg)
I can almost see some boobie in the water's reflection!! HA!!
Post by: TheGSMoeller on February 22, 2013, 07:52:55 PM
Bloomin Onion made a recording.
Post by: Szykneij on February 24, 2013, 08:18:38 AM
More here:
http://www.kusc.org/Blog/kusc/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10312566 (http://www.kusc.org/Blog/kusc/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10312566)
Post by: Szykneij on February 24, 2013, 12:10:36 PM
(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/12144_208587322422_2050591_n.jpg)
(http://media.npr.org/assets/music/firstlisten/2009/ceciliabartoli/bartoli-321d1395c7cd542b07f4f418083cefe513e71a9f-s6-c10.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RN2XNr6CWF8/S1BYfa7oqmI/AAAAAAAACNA/Ey7MDq1UFQY/s320/bartoli_sacri_rev_header.jpg)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 04, 2013, 08:03:35 PM
Post by: snyprrr on March 05, 2013, 08:57:32 AM
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2035/diefrau.jpg)
More here:
http://www.kusc.org/Blog/kusc/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10312566 (http://www.kusc.org/Blog/kusc/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10312566)
Our Thread's much better!! ;)
This is most certainly, STILL, one of the Top3 most startling Classical CD Covers. Can someone 'open' it?:
http://www.amazon.com/Rameau-Suites-Platée-Dardanus-McGegan/dp/B000006O5V/ref=sr_1_7?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1362502589&sr=1-7&keywords=rameau+opera
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 05, 2013, 09:17:18 AM
Our Thread's much better!! ;)
This is most certainly, STILL, one of the Top3 most startling Classical CD Covers. Can someone 'open' it?:
http://www.amazon.com/Rameau-Suites-Platée-Dardanus-McGegan/dp/B000006O5V/ref=sr_1_7?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1362502589&sr=1-7&keywords=rameau+opera
It's a great disc! And the cover is the main character from the opera, Platée.
Still frightening, yes. But not as egnimatic as the celestial deer peeing on a naked women. :)
Post by: Opus106 on March 05, 2013, 09:55:27 AM
Still frightening, yes. But not as egnimatic as the celestial deer peeing on a naked women. :)
Peeing from an eye. On a naked pregnant woman.
These little details matter, dear Sock Monkey. ;D
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 05, 2013, 10:18:10 AM
Peeing from an eye. On a naked pregnant woman.
These little details matter, dear Sock Monkey. ;D
I know, I was short on time. Thought I at least hit the important details. :D
Post by: snyprrr on March 06, 2013, 11:53:35 AM
Peeing from an eye. On a naked pregnant woman.
These little details matter, dear Sock Monkey. ;D
:laugh: :'( :laugh: :'( :laugh: :'( :laugh: :'(
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 13, 2013, 04:50:02 AM
More photos than cover art, but definitely worth a look or three.
(http://awkwardclassicalmusicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/brodsky-quartet-otter2.jpg?w=590)
Post by: Sammy on March 13, 2013, 09:09:08 AM
Post by: MishaK on March 13, 2013, 09:15:18 AM
I'll double post this
Gov. Blagojevich made a disc?
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VpOpfkHqL._SY450_.jpg)
Bloomin Onion made a recording.
This actually was a fad for a while among German orchestras to take group pictures from the pooping pigeon perspective. Aachen is just about 7 years late in catching on.
Post by: Rinaldo on March 13, 2013, 09:19:48 AM
Doesn't get any worse than this:
What's wrong with that? This might actually be the first cover featuring Dudamel that I sort of like!
Post by: Brian on March 13, 2013, 12:17:31 PM
What's wrong with that? This might actually be the first cover featuring Dudamel that I sort of like!"Fiesta" has a perfectly good cover.
Post by: Sammy on March 13, 2013, 03:15:09 PM
What's wrong with that? This might actually be the first cover featuring Dudamel that I sort of like!
It's a fine cover if you like to watch people puke. :)
Post by: Mirror Image on March 13, 2013, 06:12:57 PM
Post by: Rinaldo on March 13, 2013, 06:18:31 PM
How about a thread for cool looking covers? Why all the negativity with bad covers? We know they're in abundance when classical music is concerned.
Perhaps this one (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,19.0.html)?
Post by: kishnevi on March 13, 2013, 07:31:02 PM
What's wrong with that? This might actually be the first cover featuring Dudamel that I sort of like!
speaking as someone who actually has the recording--it's a very nice effect of photograph combined with water color or ink wash. The water color effect is carried through on the interior labeling. The colors are rather mellow--nothing harsh about them.
BTW, I've posted about this CD when I first played it: it's a very good recording, definitely Dudamel's best Mahler, and one of his best overall, and a very good recording of M9 from any conductor. If you don't like the cover, download it and print out your own CD cover.
Post by: Brian on March 14, 2013, 06:36:22 AM
(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/UP0146-2.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on March 14, 2013, 06:38:45 AM
Some serious attitude on the violin and cello players here.
(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/UP0146-2.jpg)
Go ahead, just tryyyy to knock my sun glasses off!
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 14, 2013, 06:40:04 AM
Go ahead, just tryyyy to knock my sun glasses off!
Must be one or those Antonio Banderas type cello cases.
Post by: Papy Oli on March 14, 2013, 12:31:51 PM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 14, 2013, 06:35:30 PM
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/25/33/52ad81b0c8a02351affa9110.L._SX350_.jpg)
Post by: kishnevi on March 14, 2013, 08:53:50 PM
Some serious attitude on the violin and cello players here.
(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/UP0146-2.jpg)
It would have probably helped if they had stood in front of a real building, and not a photograph of one.
Post by: Rinaldo on March 15, 2013, 04:58:20 AM
(http://cdn.naxosmusiclibrary.com/sharedfiles/images/cds/hires/UP0146-2.jpg)
It would have probably helped if they had stood in front of a real building, and not a photograph of one.
I don't think this cover can be helped at all.
Cool timing, though - I was going past this building (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_House) about half an hour ago.
Post by: Madiel on March 15, 2013, 07:05:54 AM
Go ahead, just tryyyy to knock my sun glasses off!
You mean, "hey sexy young lady, come backstage after the show and try to knock my sun glasses off".
Post by: Madiel on March 15, 2013, 07:08:20 AM
This would fit my description of an over-produced cover.
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/25/33/52ad81b0c8a02351affa9110.L._SX350_.jpg)
Frankly I was more disturbed by the title, because it took a while to realise it said "lips". It looked like "tips". The girl with orange tips would rank as a pretty bizarre title.
Post by: Florestan on March 15, 2013, 07:38:55 AM
Frankly I was more disturbed by the title,
This question might belong more to Cato's Grammar Grumble than here, but here it is nevertheless: why are you, guys, that disturbed by anything? I mean, one can be disturbed by a sudden unpleasant noise when reading in the quiet late at night, or by the entrance of the chamber maid when making love to a gorgeosu babe in a hotel room --- but being disturbed by a title, or CD cover? What am I missing?
Post by: kishnevi on March 15, 2013, 08:08:20 AM
This question might belong more to Cato's Grammar Grumble than here, but here it is nevertheless: why are you, guys, that disturbed by anything? I mean, one can be disturbed by a sudden unpleasant noise when reading in the quiet late at night, or by the entrance of the chamber maid when making love to a gorgeosu babe in a hotel room --- but being disturbed by a title, or CD cover? What am I missing?
Perhaps it's just a question of usage. At any rate, Webster's lists "breaking or destroying tranquility or composure" as one of the meanings of "disturb", even though the sense of interrupting something is the word's primary meaning.
Post by: Florestan on March 15, 2013, 08:24:04 AM
Perhaps it's just a question of usage. At any rate, Webster's lists "breaking or destroying tranquility or composure" as one of the meanings of "disturb"
Even so, I can't imagine anyone losing their sleep because of a CD cover, or a CD title. ;D
Post by: Rinaldo on March 15, 2013, 09:01:57 AM
Even so, I can't imagine anyone losing their sleep because of a CD cover, or a CD title. ;D
Oh, I can. I very much can.
(http://i50.tinypic.com/33xc8km.jpg)
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 15, 2013, 09:16:49 AM
Oh, I can. I very much can.
(http://i50.tinypic.com/33xc8km.jpg)
OK, you win! :o
8)
Post by: Florestan on March 15, 2013, 10:18:38 AM
Oh, I can. I very much can.
Ooops, I forgot to qualify: I can't imagine any sane person etc. ;D
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 15, 2013, 11:07:24 AM
Oh, I can. I very much can.
(http://i50.tinypic.com/33xc8km.jpg)
Thank goodness that she's covering up her knee caps.
Post by: Sammy on March 15, 2013, 12:37:18 PM
This would fit my description of an over-produced cover.
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/25/33/52ad81b0c8a02351affa9110.L._SX350_.jpg)
Now that's a cover I've always liked a lot - tranquil and mysterious at the same time.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 15, 2013, 01:23:01 PM
Now that's a cover I've always liked a lot - tranquil and mysterious at the same time.
I have no problem with the cover.
Internet bullying! :o
Post by: The new erato on March 15, 2013, 02:16:43 PM
I have no problem with the cover.Neither have I.
Post by: Madiel on March 15, 2013, 07:09:17 PM
Not only that, but it is a very good recital recording; wonderfully paced and collecting some great songs from a nice variety of composers.
Indeed, thanks to this thread and then seeing the tracklisting/reading reviews on Amazon, I'm quite interested!
Post by: Szykneij on March 19, 2013, 07:01:00 AM
Post by: ibanezmonster on March 20, 2013, 08:16:37 AM
is that what is referred to as a "foxy lady?" :-X
Post by: Madiel on March 21, 2013, 06:17:50 AM
Post by: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 06:38:48 AM
Is that even Debussy?
Post by: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 06:41:03 AM
:blank:
Is that even Debussy?
Dvorak. Pretty sure. Well, they both start with D.....
8)
Post by: snyprrr on March 26, 2013, 09:29:57 AM
:blank:
Is that even Debussy?
Anyone else find the unintentional disturbing quality in this one?
Post by: kishnevi on March 26, 2013, 02:17:40 PM
Anyone else find the unintentional disturbing quality in this one?
Not so much disturbing as vertigo-inducing.
What I'd like to know is, which side of the CD is Debussy and which is Ravel?
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 26, 2013, 02:19:48 PM
Anyone else find the unintentional disturbing quality in this one?
Not at all, it's just two dudes playing a serious game of Twister.
Post by: Lisztianwagner on March 26, 2013, 02:32:59 PM
:blank:
Is that even Debussy?
Yes, that one doesn't look like Debussy at all......
Post by: Scots John on March 26, 2013, 02:47:49 PM
:blank:
Is that even Debussy?
and:
Yes, that one doesn't look like Debussy at all......
Thats a Russian composer, surely. Unless Debussy had some kind of facial morphing thing going on...I wouldn't even sniff at such a release for such nonsense. Is it really a release? Or a schoolboy paste-up? Here is the real Debussy:
(http://quintessentialpublications.com/twyman/wp-content/uploads/debussy.jpg)
Post by: Lisztianwagner on March 26, 2013, 03:03:53 PM
and:
Thats a Russian composer, surely. Unless Debussy had some kind of facial morphing thing going on...I wouldn't even sniff at such a release for such nonsense. Is it really a release? Or a schoolboy paste-up? Here is the real Debussy:
Maybe I got it, that man looks like Eduoard Manet. It would explain why I think I've already seen him.....
(http://images2.informazione.it/OO2o4kTgOElXZx88CZ0u81Em2NS-zzrdlOV+lUCGVXVzGih2QeHy2b+Xa35V5zuu)
Post by: Scots John on March 26, 2013, 04:45:35 PM
Maybe I got it, that man looks like Eduoard Manet. It would explain why I think I've already seen him.....
(http://images2.informazione.it/OO2o4kTgOElXZx88CZ0u81Em2NS-zzrdlOV+lUCGVXVzGih2QeHy2b+Xa35V5zuu)
Superb work, thanks for that. It annoyed the hell out of me. ;D
Post by: TheGSMoeller on March 27, 2013, 05:25:00 PM
From Grunge Rock to Baroque, perhaps that's what this epiphany he's having on a rooftop is all about.
Post by: Scots John on March 27, 2013, 06:09:14 PM
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From Grunge Rock to Baroque, perhaps that's what this epiphany he's having on a rooftop is all about.
I hope he falls off.
Post by: snyprrr on March 27, 2013, 06:27:30 PM
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From Grunge Rock to Baroque, perhaps that's what this epiphany he's having on a rooftop is all about.
I'm Danielle, I'm Danielle, I'm...
Post by: OrchestralNut on March 29, 2013, 07:38:30 PM
This would fit my description of an over-produced cover.
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/25/33/52ad81b0c8a02351affa9110.L._SX350_.jpg)
Orange Tips
The latest release by Nelly Furtado (or Sade)
Post by: Moo Yai on March 31, 2013, 12:07:55 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5178E7HlY%2BL._SX300_.jpg)
Post by: Madiel on March 31, 2013, 05:28:42 AM
Came across this one recently (apologies if it's been posted before)! :o
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5178E7HlY%2BL._SX300_.jpg)
No, that's not where you put a clarinet.
Post by: Mirror Image on April 01, 2013, 06:28:40 AM
Came across this one recently (apologies if it's been posted before)! :o
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5178E7HlY%2BL._SX300_.jpg)
Yeah, don't give this guy a gun. He looks a little...hmmmm....how shall I put this, crazy?
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 01, 2013, 06:37:30 AM
Post by: Opus106 on April 01, 2013, 06:57:02 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sf9pXZN3L.Image._AA500_.jpg)
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 01, 2013, 06:59:58 AM
That's what happens when you listen to and perform too much Bartok.
No, when you're expecting Bartók, and they play Delius instead . . . .
Post by: snyprrr on April 01, 2013, 07:33:13 AM
and they play Delius instead . . . .[/font]
4... 3... 2...
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 01, 2013, 07:41:32 AM
4... 3... 2...
C'mon, who needs Porky's on blu-ray? ; )
Post by: springrite on April 01, 2013, 07:49:29 AM
C'mon, who needs Porky's on blu-ray? ; )VHS it is, then!
Post by: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 01, 2013, 09:10:13 AM
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 03, 2013, 02:59:44 AM
Post by: huntsman on April 03, 2013, 03:29:32 AM
(http://imageshack.us/a/img515/3923/lmaonw0.gif)
No, that's not where you put a clarinet.
Post by: TheGSMoeller on April 06, 2013, 07:45:09 PM
Post by: Madiel on April 08, 2013, 01:05:41 AM
Good Music Guide was not, until now, one of them.
Post by: Papy Oli on April 18, 2013, 03:23:32 AM
Sales are gonna go through the woof I guess....
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 18, 2013, 03:22:13 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31o30Im48bL.jpg)I had to look at the chest to determine if this was a guy or a girl. I'd guess girl, though I can't say that with 100% confidence. ???
Post by: North Star on April 19, 2013, 05:32:11 AM
I had to look at the chest to determine if this was a guy or a girl. I'd guess girl, though I can't say that with 100% confidence. ???As I have seen the covers from their other recordings, I knew she must be a woman because she is wearing a top. The men are bare-chested.
This definitely belongs in here, too:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LRNyU%2BnQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Post by: snyprrr on April 19, 2013, 06:09:01 AM
As I have seen the covers from their other recordings, I knew she must be a woman because she is wearing a top. The men are bare-chested.
This definitely belongs in here, too:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LRNyU%2BnQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
uh boy :( I... I... I... ??? ??? ???
but... I... uh...
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 19, 2013, 08:21:15 AM
This definitely belongs in here, too:Yes it does. Just wtf.
Post by: knight66 on April 20, 2013, 05:20:32 AM
Mike
Post by: snyprrr on April 20, 2013, 05:57:30 AM
As I have seen the covers from their other recordings, I knew she must be a woman because she is wearing a top. The men are bare-chested.
This definitely belongs in here, too:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LRNyU%2BnQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Ha, if girls looked like that we'd all be in trouble!
Wait a minute... come to thi...
Post by: Parsifal on April 20, 2013, 06:48:00 AM
As I have seen the covers from their other recordings, I knew she must be a woman because she is wearing a top. The men are bare-chested.
This definitely belongs in here, too:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LRNyU%2BnQL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
A pathetic attempt to make the artist seem "cool" I suppose. Actually I recall reading that this album got some traction in mainstream music just because of the compelling cover art.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GAKW5TZFL.jpg)
Post by: ibanezmonster on April 21, 2013, 05:04:24 AM
A pathetic attempt to make the artist seem "cool" I suppose. Actually I recall reading that this album got some traction in mainstream music just because of the compelling cover art.Looks like an emo.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GAKW5TZFL.jpg)
"Mom, I'm trying to play Chopin in the dark in my room! Leave me alone!"
Post by: Rinaldo on April 21, 2013, 07:17:03 AM
A pathetic attempt to make the artist seem "cool" I suppose. Actually I recall reading that this album got some traction in mainstream music just because of the compelling cover art.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GAKW5TZFL.jpg)
I don't see what's wrong with this one, it's nothing forced - that was his haircut back then and unlike most of the atrocities of that era, it still looks kinda cool. Who cares if it made a bunch of Flock of Seagulls fans listen to some Chopin..
Post by: Parsifal on April 21, 2013, 07:27:12 AM
I don't see what's wrong with this one, it's nothing forced - that was his haircut back then and unlike most of the atrocities of that era, it still looks kinda cool. Who cares if it made a bunch of Flock of Seagulls fans listen to some Chopin..
I did not intend to criticize this cover. My point was that it achieves what the other cover tries to achieve, making the artist look "cool."
Post by: DavidRoss on May 02, 2013, 03:13:27 PM
sMeLL tHe gLoVe
Post by: snyprrr on May 02, 2013, 07:19:58 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Oj6QLKT%2BL._SY300_.jpg)
sMeLL tHe gLoVe
he's sitting on a cucumber
Post by: Madiel on May 03, 2013, 12:33:01 AM
Post by: Sandra on May 03, 2013, 01:17:43 AM
Never mind the photo, what about that font? ::)
That's what I thought too... Bach's middle name stylishly blends with the glare on the man's forehead. )))
Post by: TheGSMoeller on May 09, 2013, 05:48:53 PM
Really? Did Hanssler lose all of its cover art budget?
Post by: knight66 on May 09, 2013, 09:13:28 PM
Mike
Post by: snyprrr on May 10, 2013, 05:36:30 AM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Afv8%2B8bDL._SS300_.jpg) (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514%2BQWP0%2B-L._SS300_.jpg)
Really? Did Hanssler lose all of its cover art budget?
Why don't classical people EVER get a little hair trim for their photo shoot????
Post by: knight66 on May 10, 2013, 11:40:59 AM
Mike
Post by: Gurn Blanston on May 10, 2013, 11:49:41 AM
Really all he needs is a red nose and white makeup round the mouth.
Mike
His mother was a Bozo-ette in University.... :)
8)
Post by: mc ukrneal on May 10, 2013, 11:52:40 AM
Why don't classical people EVER get a little hair trim for their photo shoot????WHo says he didn't?!?! :)
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on May 15, 2013, 08:09:09 PM
Post by: snyprrr on May 16, 2013, 02:57:40 PM
WHo says he didn't?!?! :)
Classical Hair is such a joke, haha!
Post by: Gurn Blanston on May 16, 2013, 03:07:02 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511aLnZo%2BiL.jpg)
Hold your calls, ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! :P
You've hurt me, DD.... :'(
8)
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on May 16, 2013, 05:52:08 PM
You've hurt me, DD.... :'(
0:)
I hate that I've hurt your eyes, Gurn, but remember I had to look at it first! 8)
(Now on to some of Haydn's great string quartets to help right my wrong...)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on May 16, 2013, 05:54:10 PM
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511aLnZo%2BiL.jpg)
What time is it? Ask Haydn, he nose. ;D
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on May 16, 2013, 06:01:42 PM
What time is it? Ask Haydn, he nose. ;D
Ha!!
Luckily Haydn is greater than any hack graphic designer!
Post by: kishnevi on May 16, 2013, 06:38:08 PM
I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time.
That sort of punishment should have been reserved for the person who designed the cover.
And just be glad they didn't carry the concept over to some of the other symphonies with nicknames. We could have suffered Haydn with a bear or a hen or a queen on his head.
Post by: Rinaldo on May 18, 2013, 03:05:30 AM
I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Yeah, but now it just ticks me off.
Post by: knight66 on May 18, 2013, 06:38:35 AM
Mike
Post by: Parsifal on May 18, 2013, 08:07:47 AM
Post by: snyprrr on May 18, 2013, 08:13:46 AM
I think a pair of clock-hands attached to an appropriate anatomical feature would improve this cover.
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