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Post by EdoBosnar on Feb 14, 2018 4:35:42 GMT -5
No better combo of cover art and music than YES and Roger Dean. QFT. I've been a big fan of Yes since my elementary school days in the late '70s, and, well, yes, Dean's art on the album covers (and interiors) is a perfect visualization of their music. On the other hand, I'm with Confessor on Meatloaf - both the performer and his music make me cringe. Love that album cover, though.
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Post by kirby101 on Feb 14, 2018 8:35:07 GMT -5
No better combo of cover art and music than YES and Roger Dean. QFT. I've been a big fan of Yes since my elementary school days in the late '70s, and, well, yes, Dean's art on the album covers (and interiors) is a perfect visualization of their music. On the other hand, I'm with Confessor on Meatloaf - both the performer and his music make me cringe. Love that album cover, though. Well, two out of three ain't bad.
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Post by MDG on Feb 14, 2018 8:51:45 GMT -5
There was no bigger fan of Corben in the 70s then I was, but I could never pull the trigger on that album, or the second one w/ a Wrightson cover.
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Post by kirby101 on Feb 14, 2018 9:10:43 GMT -5
There was no bigger fan of Corben in the 70s then I was, but I could never pull the trigger on that album, or the second one w/ a Wrightson cover. You took the words right out of my mouth.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 14, 2018 11:53:10 GMT -5
There was no bigger fan of Corben in the 70s then I was, but I could never pull the trigger on that album, or the second one w/ a Wrightson cover. If you substitute Meatloaf albums for clay pigeons pulling the trigger is a joy.
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Post by kirby101 on Feb 14, 2018 12:20:43 GMT -5
There was no bigger fan of Corben in the 70s then I was, but I could never pull the trigger on that album, or the second one w/ a Wrightson cover. If you substitute Meatloaf albums for clay pigeons pulling the trigger is a joy. But I won't do that.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 14, 2018 13:42:31 GMT -5
There was no bigger fan of Corben in the 70s then I was, but I could never pull the trigger on that album, or the second one w/ a Wrightson cover. If you substitute Meatloaf albums for clay pigeons pulling the trigger is a joy. I don't know, I could definitely see the appeal of blowing copies of Meat Loaf albums to smithereens with a shot gun. "Pull!"
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 14, 2018 19:36:22 GMT -5
I have that album (on cassette) because I loves the Loaf - Never actually realized it was a Corben before. Awesome!
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 14, 2018 19:43:58 GMT -5
...Am I the only one fond of Mr.Loaf?
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Post by shaxper on Feb 14, 2018 20:14:29 GMT -5
...Am I the only one fond of Mr.Loaf? I'm one hundred and twenty percent, absolutely, hard-core, die-hard indifferent to the man. I LOVE '70s rock, but somehow Meatloaf means absolutely nothing to me one way or the other.
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 14, 2018 20:18:16 GMT -5
I enjoy Meatloaf and that album. Never examined it close enough to see it was Corben or Wrightson on the sequel. When I was in college, we frequented a bar, called O'Malleys (long gone), where at 11:45, every night, they played "Paradise By the Dashboard Lights," and the whole bar sang along. That was followed by midnight and "American Pie," which also signalled it was closing time. It was years before I realized that the woman dueting with Loaf on "Paradise..." was Ellen Foley, who played Billie, on Night Court.
To each their own; but, I always though Loaf had an amazingly powerful voice, especially with a Jim Steinman song. Same held true for Bonnie Tyler and Steinman. I likes myself a bit of over-the-top, epic sound. besides, as far as I'm concerned, Steinman wrote the greatest hero anthem since the William Tell Overture...
I grew up in a little farm town, "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights," was an anthem for us.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 14, 2018 20:26:50 GMT -5
Having a Richard Corben cover alone puts him ahead of 90% of all '70s rock bands.
Meat Loaf forever!
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 14, 2018 20:30:41 GMT -5
That image just fits this song, perfectly...
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Post by shaxper on Feb 14, 2018 20:32:03 GMT -5
Having a Richard Corben cover alone puts him ahead of 90% of all '70s rock bands. Meat Loaf forever! Unfortunately, great album art and great music seldom correlated in the '70s. In fact, it was often just the reverse.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 14, 2018 20:33:18 GMT -5
I enjoy Meatloaf and that album. Never examined it close enough to see it was Corben or Wrightson on the sequel. When I was in college, we frequented a bar, called O'Malleys (long gone), where at 11:45, every night, they played "Paradise By the Dashboard Lights," and the whole bar sang along. That was followed by midnight and "American Pie," which also signalled it was closing time. It was years before I realized that the woman dueting with Loaf on "Paradise..." was Ellen Foley, who played Billie, on Night Court. To each their own; but, I always though Loaf had an amazingly powerful voice, especially with a Jim Steinman song. Same held true for Bonnie Tyler and Steinman. I likes myself a bit of over-the-top, epic sound. besides, as far as I'm concerned, Steinman wrote the greatest hero anthem since the William Tell Overture... Completely agreed. I'm a little afraid to listen to the Steinman-less MeatLoaf albums. What's amazing to me about Bat Out of Hell and the albums around it is their designed to be taken completely seriously and 100% ironically AT THE SAME TIME. I'm not sure anyone else in music has quite pulled that off.
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