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Screen13 · 03-17-2013, 11:37 AM

ELP for me this round! I grew up with the album, and it's the least obvious of all of the covers in this case. Also, it's very iconic. Hardly any of their other covers have that impact in my opinion.

EDIT: Celtic gets vote #2 here. It's an evil sense of humor, and as I'm voting on a Sunday, I have to do the right thing and vote for sacrilege.

Danzig - WAY too obvious. Yeah, we get it. Been there, seen that, nothing new here although there was still a lot of work that went into it. The Teen Screen loved it, and I kind of like it now, but I've seen that imagery too many times for it to stand out.

Debbie - I wonder if THAT was the career-kill of Blondie instead of their next album proper, The Hunter (Zzzzzzzzz). It was a moment of indulgence, but it came off trying too hard to look edgy and shocking. It wound up in some Worst Covers of 1981 lists (The Rock Yearbook was one of them from what I remember).

ELP - 3
Debbie - 0 (and will possibly remain there unless...)
Danzig - 0
Celtic Frost - 5 (The only close call in this match)

03-17-2013, 11:37 AM	#140 (permalink)
Screen13 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,388	ELP for me this round! I grew up with the album, and it's the least obvious of all of the covers in this case. Also, it's very iconic. Hardly any of their other covers have that impact in my opinion. EDIT: Celtic gets vote #2 here. It's an evil sense of humor, and as I'm voting on a Sunday, I have to do the right thing and vote for sacrilege. Danzig - WAY too obvious. Yeah, we get it. Been there, seen that, nothing new here although there was still a lot of work that went into it. The Teen Screen loved it, and I kind of like it now, but I've seen that imagery too many times for it to stand out. Debbie - I wonder if THAT was the career-kill of Blondie instead of their next album proper, The Hunter (Zzzzzzzzz). It was a moment of indulgence, but it came off trying too hard to look edgy and shocking. It wound up in some Worst Covers of 1981 lists (The Rock Yearbook was one of them from what I remember). ELP - 3 Debbie - 0 (and will possibly remain there unless...) Danzig - 0 Celtic Frost - 5 (The only close call in this match) Last edited by Screen13; 03-18-2013 at 11:46 AM.