the lesson: ask for straw hay, people.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
I'm very anxious about getting The Surfers double bass back to shore without salt water damage.
― file of unknown origin (bendy), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
My computer might explode if I open all messages but was it this thread that had a big exploration of "Many Moods Of..." albums?
― emil.y, Wednesday, 29 January 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
^ Albums covers that depict the artists hanging out with their clones?
― nothing in the dialog (unregistered), Thursday, 30 January 2020 07:59 (four years ago) link
Cool thread.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 January 2020 08:00 (four years ago) link
Wilbury Jam, the complete works:
...A Good Spread (1980):https://i.imgur.com/fSV7MoJ.jpg
...A Second Helping (1990):https://i.imgur.com/JEKbPWo.jpg
A Silver Spoonful (2002):https://i.imgur.com/tgirrpu.jpg
― nothing in the dialog (unregistered), Thursday, 30 January 2020 08:09 (four years ago) link
... also on the 'Horrible Album Titles Like...' thread!
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 January 2020 08:10 (four years ago) link
broad crossover appeal
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
unreg, yes, thank you!
― emil.y, Thursday, 30 January 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
http://www.rockofages.uk.com/stock/60753.jpgStatus Quo - Blue for You
― closed beta (NotEnough), Monday, 17 February 2020 10:49 (four years ago) link
Rush, "Moving Pictures"
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Rush-Moving-Pictures-Album-Cover-web-optimised-820.jpg
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Saturday, 22 February 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link
That one has always felt super corny to me because of the triple pun.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 07:39 (four years ago) link
Gentle Giant - Free Handhttps://img.discogs.com/GVpcIOIYBgq82l-VlB1j7iNbygM=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-367166-1387108842-2106.jpeg.jpg
At the last minute, the art director got worried this wasn't obvious enough, so added some Bound Hands for contrast.
― enochroot, Friday, 6 March 2020 02:23 (four years ago) link
Has been posted before tbh.
― Load up your rubber wallets (Tom D.), Friday, 6 March 2020 07:45 (four years ago) link
John Mayall, "Looking Back"
https://img.discogs.com/ZqeAVaCWjvBO3Mrj9ho1_PB9UBY=/fit-in/600x596/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8650272-1472158772-3150.jpeg.jpg
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 April 2020 00:22 (four years ago) link
The High Level Ranters, "Four in a Bar" (which I'm assuming is a musical pun, which makes it even better)
https://img.discogs.com/yHugEgrnlQpPD2HsPcnhitnLqf4=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2960386-1309261187.jpeg.jpg
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 May 2020 11:15 (four years ago) link
... those two covers go nicely together.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 May 2020 11:27 (four years ago) link
I've never contributed anything here but this might be the most consistently satisfying thread I know of. Bless you all.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 3 May 2020 12:58 (four years ago) link
This one's probably a bit subtle for this thread but I like it...
Widowmaker, "Too Late to Cry"
https://img.discogs.com/kZXliSvEGXYkQeJ0ENlw_XIWu_E=/fit-in/600x597/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3670190-1481569447-4547.jpeg.jpg
... the cat has spilled the milk, DO YOU SEE?
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 00:07 (four years ago) link
Wild Turkey – You & Me In The Jungle
https://img.discogs.com/FKDqXEJtNfTG8KLZJSPsqO-ZX1U=/fit-in/600x586/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-8644357-1465796994-1821.jpeg.jpg
― all things must pasteurize (Matt #2), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 00:29 (four years ago) link
*gulp*
― Angry Question Time Man's Flute Club Band (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 07:56 (four years ago) link
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - Reaching for the World
https://img.discogs.com/Z_R9ms5G6JkyFnUeuc4AaS5RRi0=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-327763-1172921636.jpeg.jpg
― visiting, Sunday, 24 May 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
bahahaha
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 24 May 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
yawnsomely literal and also forced and nonsensical
https://i.imgur.com/F1g1r6a.png
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 13 August 2020 09:20 (four years ago) link
“does what it says on the package”
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
that's a really nice cover tho
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 13 August 2020 20:28 (four years ago) link
i do love it. great record too tbh.
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 14 August 2020 03:12 (four years ago) link
Humble Pie, Go for the Throathttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Humble_Pie_Go_for_the_throat_album_cover.jpg
― Get your filthy hands off my asp (morrisp), Friday, 14 August 2020 22:20 (four years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Image_Knock_On_Wood_cover.jpg
Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 18:49 (four years ago) link
https://ecsmedia.pl/c/down-to-earth-b-iext55324715.jpg
Down to Earth - Eddie Floyd
― visiting, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 18:57 (four years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Beggar_On_A_Beach_Of_Gold.jpg
Mike & the Mechanics: <i>Beggar on a Beach of Gold</i>
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 21 November 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
Oh my.
― Naughty Boys Hoo! (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 November 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
The well just never goes dry.
― enochroot, Sunday, 22 November 2020 01:54 (three years ago) link
Chris Rea, "God's Great Banana Skin"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/God%27s_Great_Banana_Skin.jpg
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 28 November 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
Has this ever been posted here?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/Beatles_-_Abbey_Road.jpg
It just hit me that this "iconic" album title and cover is actually horribly unimaginative, literally named after the fucking recording studio and the cover is just them walking on a road. It's not far off from calling a song "Untitled Original." Still one of my favorite records of all time.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 30 November 2020 06:11 (three years ago) link
In 1970, the studio was renamed from EMI in honour of the group's 1969 album Abbey Road.
― visiting, Monday, 30 November 2020 06:32 (three years ago) link
could have counted if they had dressed up as monks
― Running up that hill but fleeting (a deal with Gop) (breastcrawl), Monday, 30 November 2020 06:58 (three years ago) link
Is "God's great banana skin" some known expression/metaphor that I'm just not familiar with, or did Rea come up with it himself? What does it even mean?
― Tuomas, Monday, 30 November 2020 07:54 (three years ago) link
Ah, it's explained at the Wiki page for the title song:
Rea was inspired to write the song after he noticed his daughter was tempted to laugh at "somebody who'd been giving her a hard time". Rea told John Pidgeon in 1992: "I told her 'don't laugh when people go down even if they've been awful to you because you're tempting God to throw you a banana skin'. It's half moral and half superstition. Anybody who's done me a disservice in life, and I see them go down, you get tempted to laugh. I don't know whether it's superstition or not, or I daren't laugh just in case God throws me a banana skin as well."
― Tuomas, Monday, 30 November 2020 07:56 (three years ago) link
xp ok whatever named after the road the studio is on, still extremely uninspired
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 06:30 (three years ago) link
it had no weighted meaning to anyone else before they named the album that though!
― huge rant (sic), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 08:51 (three years ago) link
That banana skin just doesn't seem that great imho.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 09:21 (three years ago) link
Shel Silverstein - "Crouchin' On The Outside"
https://i.imgur.com/CQID7kV.jpg
― huge rant (sic), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 09:29 (three years ago) link
Bizarre.
― ILXceptionalism (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 11:35 (three years ago) link
killer cover imo
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
yeah that's extremely weird and striking, and I'm also confused about what the title means - is that an idiom or a play on an idiom?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
he looks feral
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
all-time cover. terrified me as a kid.
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
in my cover-connections fantasy, i like to imagine that black sabbaths paranoid is his hallucinating POV and this is the reverse shot, as you calmly approach.
"Shel? Shel? Why dont you come inside and have some water bud, OK? Nice and easy" "grmfmrmrmSWORD?!"
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link