THE WORST NME COVER OF ALL TIME

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― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:23 (twelve years ago)

Good spot.

― the drummer is a monster (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:24 (twelve years ago)

I like that the "N" is in scare quotes; like they're somehow sceptical of the "and" connecting "rock" to "roll." "Yeah, the man wants you to think it's rock 'and' roll, maybe it's rock *or* roll, did you ever think of that?"

― voyou, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:26 (twelve years ago)

http://fashiongrunge.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/rolling-stone-cover-volume-905-9-19-2002-the-vines.jpg

― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:26 (twelve years ago)

Bound, gagged and loving it. The people who pay to be kidnapped. Is that what is happening in that Vines picture?

― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:30 (twelve years ago)

Hey NME lets go for a little walk..
http://i.imgur.com/4l2yDpL.jpg

― Scooby Doom (۩), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:34 (twelve years ago)

I like that the "N" is in scare quotes; like they're somehow sceptical of the "and" connecting "rock" to "roll." "Yeah, the man wants you to think it's rock 'and' roll, maybe it's rock *or* roll, did you ever think of that?"
― voyou, Tuesday, February 25, 2014 4:26 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ummmm... To be fair, that's how "rock'n'roll" is generally stylised, isn't it?

― doglato dozzy (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:45 (twelve years ago)

the n in rock'n'roll is supposed to have two apostrophes, whereas as voyou says the n on that cover is in quote marks

― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:48 (twelve years ago)

omg I just noticed the quote from Henry V

― soref, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:48 (twelve years ago)

rickroll needs you

seriously it's a classic web 2.0 prank and it sucks people forgot about it

― imago bantz and the deems context (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:48 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx5lHXr1lmw

― Scooby Doom (۩), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:49 (twelve years ago)

That rock n roll eh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCTGXnNKks

― Scooby Doom (۩), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:51 (twelve years ago)

dear god i had such a crush on Rita Ray

― the immortal jellyfish will never die (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:52 (twelve years ago)

the n in rock'n'roll is supposed to have two apostrophes, whereas as voyou says the n on that cover is in quote marks
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, February 25, 2014 4:48 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wait... are we talking at the same cover? Those are 's not "s ?

― doglato dozzy (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:53 (twelve years ago)

can't we go back to laughing at Alex Turner please

― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:55 (twelve years ago)

no, they are "'"'s

― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:55 (twelve years ago)

you can have single quote marks

it's just shitty typesetting

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:56 (twelve years ago)

"first rule of Indie, Spike, you must have reality"

― the immortal jellyfish will never die (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:56 (twelve years ago)

there should be a whole thread for posting youtubes of 70s/early 80s rock 'n' roll homage pop

― soref, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 16:59 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLC2P8WR-g8

― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 17:03 (twelve years ago)

do it!

― Scooby Doom (۩), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 17:05 (twelve years ago)

50s homage songs from the 70s/80s

― Scooby Doom (۩), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 17:07 (twelve years ago)

http://ring.cdandlp.com/kroun2/photo_grande/114865231.jpg

― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 17:14 (twelve years ago)

http://i58.tinypic.com/e8l7bb.jpg

― Scooby Doom (۩), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 20:09 (twelve years ago)

you managed to get paul shane's head in proportion to the hand better than nme did with turner

― soref, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 20:18 (twelve years ago)

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6015/5955103043_7b4be1a9ea_o.jpg

― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 20:24 (twelve years ago)

oh it wasnt me. I cribbed it from fb

― Scooby Doom (۩), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 20:28 (twelve years ago)

the wikipedia article on Hi-de-Hi! claims that Ted Bovis was born in November 1936 literally one sentence before saying he joined Maplins upon demobilisation in 1945.

― soref, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 20:35 (twelve years ago)

the show was set in summer 1959, making Ted Bovis 22 years old

― soref, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 20:38 (twelve years ago)

What's going on with Brian Setzer's nose in that photo?

― Vast Halo, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 20:41 (twelve years ago)

It was Ted Bovis that made Hi-de-Hi watchable. A likeable crook.

― Scooby Doom (۩), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 21:03 (twelve years ago)

Nick B who is the "Peggy" of indie?

― Scooby Doom (۩), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 23:07 (twelve years ago)

david gedge

― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, 25 February 2014 23:25 (twelve years ago)

oh my god, lolololololololol forever at this cover

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 12:41 (twelve years ago)

So did anyone read it in a supermarket yet?

― Scooby Doom (۩), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 12:41 (twelve years ago)

"everyone's still talking about it" might be the most offensive thing about the cover. no one is still talking about that stupid acceptance speech!

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 12:42 (twelve years ago)

what speech?

― Scooby Doom (۩), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 12:43 (twelve years ago)

I for one am offended by a music magazine's front cover being a bit stupid

― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 12:44 (twelve years ago)

i thought TV Choice magazine was very disingenuous as to the shocking nature of Ronnie's confession to Roxy this week too

― i'm a subject; you're a object (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 12:48 (twelve years ago)

If Rock "N" Roll makes people get haircuts like that, then I am Against Rock "N" Roll.

― Bipolar Sumner (Branwell Bell), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 13:27 (twelve years ago)

The best bits of all these covers are the lines beneath the photo/headline

'...so what are YOU doing?', 'everyone's talking about it'

deluded NME at it's worst

― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 15:56 (twelve years ago)

it's not delusion if you're just saying stuff to vibe with yr target audience

― The Buzzing of Summer Tweets (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:00 (twelve years ago)

and a lot of people ARE talking about it.

― piscesx, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:25 (twelve years ago)

lol no, gonna need receipts for that. it certainly hasn't cropped up on my twitter feed or any articles i've noticed since the morning after

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:28 (twelve years ago)

wait, so someone who professes complete uninterest in the NME and all the bands they feature hasn't heard anything about this?

― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:32 (twelve years ago)

The only reason people are still talking about this is because the NME is still drawing it out, in previous years a vaguely sarcastic acceptance speech would barely even have been noted.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:33 (twelve years ago)

All it really illustrates is the NME's desperation to wring some sort of agenda out of this.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:33 (twelve years ago)

Making a Thing out of not very much is what music papers do. I remember they once tried to convince us we gave a shit about S*M*A*S*H or that people from Menswear and Blur both occasionally drank in the same pub.

― every time you sneer at "white boys with guitars" a Ramone dies (onimo), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:36 (twelve years ago)

Making a Thing out of not very much is what music papers do.

well it shouldn't be!!!

mdc otm

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:37 (twelve years ago)

music magazines should stick to reporting the facts, just like Smash Hits used to

― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 16:38 (twelve years ago)

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