Shock the Mogwai
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 18:35 (two years ago)
Oh Gizmo, Gizmo, because Gizmo
― never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 18:39 (two years ago)
I've always liked that Manfred Mann cover.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 18:44 (two years ago)
Steve Cropper looks like he's joined Reef or Terrorvision
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 18:48 (two years ago)
Hall and Oates also made the shift, by doing the awkward transitional records in the late 70s. George Harrison's arc would be closer to Heart.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 20:16 (two years ago)
Paul Simon, too.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 20:17 (two years ago)
Seeing Doctor Casino's name immediately made think of the Dog!
https://i.postimg.cc/zGVBVwF0/dog.jpg
Maybe they're trying for a Bow Wow Wow-type thing there.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 23:05 (two years ago)
... Bow Wow Wow meets the Residents.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 23:15 (two years ago)
Kenny should've done a Miami Vice cameo. (Produced by Robin Gibb.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_That_See_in_the_Dark#/media/File:Kenny_Rogers-Eyes_That_See.jpg
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 00:37 (two years ago)
the little river band has a pretty good run from 76-90 that doesn't include anything that screams 80's to me
― Florin Cuchares, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 00:58 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/4utbrnDTMtXZTXfbWDtjAb3bctjzL8aNpSdNjaKKmnw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:450/w:453/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwOTIw/MTEtMTE5MTQyNzQ0/Ni5qcGVn.jpeg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 04:38 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/4uk8VX8zl3KnhYy3PKCavBu1Gt0wbXe_sgYB5b8N5AM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:599/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxMzk1/MDctMTQwNDUwMjk4/NS01NTE2LmpwZWc.jpeg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 04:39 (two years ago)
Ha!
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 04:39 (two years ago)
to be fair, renaissance had a great 80s record cover in 1978!
https://i.discogs.com/yXv_TgHn6ik1O60oehMUm0k1ZjInYsAMmudc-S6cPu8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:598/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEzMTYy/OTEtMTQyNjQzMTQz/Mi04Mzg4LmpwZWc.jpeg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 04:40 (two years ago)
Remembering some long ago bygone time when I bought some fancy CD storage system from a guy whose prior claim was playing with Annie Haslam.
― Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 05:32 (two years ago)
this guy only put out one album in the sixties (backed by mighty baby iirc) before his synth-pop rebirth, but:
https://i.discogs.com/se-qz-YZstDQTX1BxbiOrNOdxrjnmfNFXHHMSrTWugM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyNDc2/ODgtMTY3NzI0NDE1/OC05MDk4LmpwZWc.jpeg
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 05:53 (two years ago)
Surprised this hasn't been posted yet, though it's a touch nsfw
https://i.imgur.com/dJbCNtm.jpeg
― octobeard, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 07:49 (two years ago)
Roger Waters very much stuck in the 70s there imo
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 07:51 (two years ago)
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2734a8cb2b41e3e01aa0e10b036
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 08:00 (two years ago)
xp I dunno it's tacky af which screams 80's to me, but his handwriting is pretty iconic I suppose
― octobeard, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 08:21 (two years ago)
I was thinking more of the tits-and-bums sexism.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 09:07 (two years ago)
That's Gerald Scarfe's handwriting on the Pros and Cons cover.
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 09:13 (two years ago)
Modern Times indeed!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Modern_Times_%28Jefferson_Starship%29.jpg
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 09:38 (two years ago)
(Jefferson) (Airplane) (Starship) have an awe-inspiring instinct for the worst conceivable taste in any domain. They never miss.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 09:54 (two years ago)
haha as with the Waters cover above there's a definite air of "what's wrong with being sexy?" about this one
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 09:57 (two years ago)
matttkkkk otm... I find it v endearing, tho I guess it helps if you have a soft spot for the whole enterprise!
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 16:48 (two years ago)
they're so uncool that it enters the realm of "dgaf"-flex
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 16:49 (two years ago)
I had that Roger Waters album on cassette and it had a black bar over the girl's ass, which I still think improves the layout.
https://i.discogs.com/0IQx_Oz9YSoylV70AKIUBXxr4heImB3LMzd4k9meRXE/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:598/w:588/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI0MjI3/NjUtMTI4MzIzMTM5/NC5qcGVn.jpeg
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 16:52 (two years ago)
technically 1992, but I it still feels 80s to mehttps://i.imgur.com/Lq69aRc.jpeg
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 16:55 (two years ago)
oh sandypaws
― dead precedents (sleeve), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 16:58 (two years ago)
best 21st century indie rock cover art by a 60s artist in the 80s goes to the back cover of john fogerty's eye of the zombie album from 1986.
https://i.discogs.com/xabXDdlHWkdGhnabkk2FV2QBcRyD3X2By-RPf480GBw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:592/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyNzE1/OTMtMTQxMzMyMjEx/My03MTM4LmpwZWc.jpeg
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 17:23 (two years ago)
not to be too off-topic...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 17:24 (two years ago)
if i were a chillwaver i would just steal it outright for my cassette release.
just don't ask me about the front cover of that album...
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 17:25 (two years ago)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_of_Power_%28album%29#/media/File:ELO_BalanceOfPower.PNG
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:02 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/P8lw5Mld1mALL8ycYL93CWJZ6dp1fvPU-pa5PCKDH9w/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:595/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTgwMTA0/MjgtMTQ4NzE3ODk2/NC0xMDYzLmpwZWc.jpeg
I think he's allowed. Quite a makeoverhttps://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music126/v4/b5/02/53/b50253d5-7f86-c588-df75-442cc3b27816/887830017268.png/1200x1200bf-60.jpg
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:06 (two years ago)
holy shit @ that Sandy Bull cover!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:07 (two years ago)
dang this thread is like heaveni especially liked the Juice Newton
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:09 (two years ago)
similarlyhttps://e.snmc.io/i/1200/s/4d116d9be4f80ac9c625003beaa697d9/2611727
― PaulTMA, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:19 (two years ago)
Bert making a token effort here but ultimately you'd have to call it a fail
https://www.bertjansch.com/images/c/b/1/3/f/cb13f6c1dc92efcc090ba673eb6e228594edb2f8.jpg
― fourth world problems (Matt #2), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:25 (two years ago)
I guess Neil Young's Trans is too obvious (or too self-aware).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:26 (two years ago)
Already posted as nothing is too blatant for this thread
― fourth world problems (Matt #2), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:28 (two years ago)
Ah, missed it. It does seem a different--not a desperate attempt to keep up, not silly in a way the artist seems oblivious to.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:32 (two years ago)
Speaking of which
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71N8-WR7gAL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg
― fourth world problems (Matt #2), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:33 (two years ago)
https://i.discogs.com/ToQgvpD0TUWl2G9ecWEFHwlt0zJ7QJp3IWp-L1p-Odk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM2NDk5/MjYtMTU3MTE0ODE5/NS05MzAzLmpwZWc.jpeg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Rjyu_4HzI
― scott seward, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:34 (two years ago)
https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/412f25bcd9f89f9a281952e3a138c6e0/1430727/willie-nelson-angel-eyes-Cover-Art.jpg
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:37 (two years ago)
https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/81af05e558ccdbaeedcfab264e1e1cb2/9391538/joe-ely-hi-res-Cover-Art.jpg
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:43 (two years ago)
Once this runs out of steam we def have to do "every record cover where a 70s or 80s artist goes 90s in a big way".
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:52 (two years ago)