Unpopular Music Opinions

YorkeDaddy · 08-27-2014, 06:38 PM

There are quite a few albums that I REALLY like that I checked it solely because the album cover looked really awesome. "Pink Moon" being the most significant example that comes to mind

It's just so eerie and strange

**Goofle** · 08-27-2014, 06:44 PM

I've actually been looking for albums that have a cover which doesn't particularly represent the music on the album well... and I can't find any. Not from my favourite records anyway. Maybe that's just because I familiarize the cover with the music though.

Mondo Bungle · 08-27-2014, 06:48 PM

Those come to mind for me

Neapolitan · 08-27-2014, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

But how the heck do you even know there's going to be anything good inside??

It's such a gamble.

Well sometimes when you gamble it's pays-out. I like the excitement of taken a chance and getting a hidden gem. I was thinking about that today, how I missed that. These are albums back when I use to buy CDs. I haven't heard anything from these bands prior to buying them. And all I spent for them, since I found them in the cut-out bin, was less than $10. Nowadays the only gamble I take is clicking on a link on the youtube sidebar for related artist.

The Batlord · 08-27-2014, 07:06 PM

I've also read a few books just cause of their cover. How I discovered Shogun, by James Clavell, one of my all-time favorite books.

Wpnfire · 08-27-2014, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Because album covers aren't random. They're a marketing tool deliberately chosen to represent the content of the album.

Never thought of it like that.

duga · 08-28-2014, 08:27 AM

I've also wondered if album covers influence the way you listen to the music as well. There have been times (especially now with streaming being my primary means of listening to music) where I hear the album and then go and check out the album art. It actually changes my perception of the music AFTER I've already heard it. As if the artist was trying emphasize some aspect of the music that I didn't catch without the artwork.

For example, imagine The Velvet Underground and Nico...very iconic album cover. Makes me feel like the band were a bunch of artsy hipsters (and they were, and I'm sure that's the image they wanted to portray). Imagine that album a bleak and dark album cover. In my opinion, the music has a much more cynical and depressing feel to it. Like everything is very sarcastic. It adds a new spin to the music.

Necromancer · 08-28-2014, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by duga

I've also wondered if album covers influence the way you listen to the music as well. There have been times (especially now with streaming being my primary means of listening to music) where I hear the album and then go and check out the album art. It actually changes my perception of the music AFTER I've already heard it. As if the artist was trying emphasize some aspect of the music that I didn't catch without the artwork.

For example, imagine The Velvet Underground and Nico...very iconic album cover. Makes me feel like the band were a bunch of artsy hipsters (and they were, and I'm sure that's the image they wanted to portray). Imagine that album a bleak and dark album cover. In my opinion, the music has a much more cynical and depressing feel to it. Like everything is very sarcastic. It adds a new spin to the music.

Andy Warhol was a genius in that sense.

Zer0 · 08-28-2014, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Because album covers aren't random. They're a marketing tool deliberately chosen to represent the content of the album.

The Batlord · 08-28-2014, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

I think that makes a pretty clear statement of their desire to troll the music industry, music fans, and the world in general, rather than JUST be pretentious and arty. On a related note I gotta say though, no matter how pretentious they might be, arty folk can still make statements that your more straightforward artists are often incapable of. "Slug Bait"'s lyrics and music are far more terrifying then anything Cannibal Corpse or Mayhem or even Macabre could ever hope to put out. Also, as legitimately creepy as "Hamburger Lady" is, "Slug Bait" definitely wins. How you can come up with that and not be just a little bit serial killery I can only speculate.

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	I've also wondered if album covers influence the way you listen to the music as well. There have been times (especially now with streaming being my primary means of listening to music) where I hear the album and then go and check out the album art. It actually changes my perception of the music AFTER I've already heard it. As if the artist was trying emphasize some aspect of the music that I didn't catch without the artwork. For example, imagine The Velvet Underground and Nico...very iconic album cover. Makes me feel like the band were a bunch of artsy hipsters (and they were, and I'm sure that's the image they wanted to portray). Imagine that album a bleak and dark album cover. In my opinion, the music has a much more cynical and depressing feel to it. Like everything is very sarcastic. It adds a new spin to the music. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...