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Old 08-26-2008, 12:31 PM   #390 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by boo boo View Post
Someone obviously hasn't heard a lot of Dead if they think they're just a country band. Anywho.

You know what I hate?





Prog rock esque surrealism/fantasy album covers by everyone from low key folk singers to bland pop rock bands or anything that sounds absolutely nothing like the cover implies.

When I'm at a record store and I buy an album from some band I've never heard just because it has Roger Dean cover art and it ends up sounding like Journey, I'm gonna be really pissed off.
Two questions:

1. Why do you feel prog bands are the only ones who can legitimately use fantasy/surreal cover art?

2. Why would you buy an album purely due to the cover art? How does that indicate the quality of the music?
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