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BiNNS
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I'm sure this has been discussed before. I'm sitting here listening to Friends wondering who some of these faces on the cover are. Is that Paul McCartney to the left of the boys? I think i see Carl and Brian in the Clouds. I could be wrong. Who's that in the top right corner behind the guy with the hat, bob dylan? Phil spector? Random made-up man?
Also, on a somewhat related matter, does anyone have that picture of Brian hiding behind the eye chart from the 20/20 gatefold cover? I've never seen it.
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this site has a picture of the 20/20 eye chart picture:
http://www.pipeline-operaglass.moonfruit.com/#/2020/4517893879
I've always thought that looked like Paul to the left of the Boys.
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Thanks variable2, i appreciate it.
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Quote from: BiNNS on June 13, 2008, 08:46:30 AM
I'm sure this has been discussed before. I'm sitting here listening to Friends wondering who some of these faces on the cover are. Is that Paul McCartney to the left of the boys? I think i see Carl and Brian in the Clouds. I could be wrong. Who's that in the top right corner behind the guy with the hat, bob dylan? Phil spector? Random made-up man?
There was some recent mention of the weird Friends cover art on a "confusing album covers" thread, but I thought it seemed appropriate to follow up on this thread for future's sake. The awesome "Through the Looking Glass" site that discusses album art only asks a lot of questions about this cover, and it mentions "the artist, a certain David McMacken, whoever he may be". Well, he has a website with the Friends picture on it: "
http://www.mcmackengraphics.com/cgi-local/content.cgi?s=3&c=6&p=686
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I can try to contact, but I'd like to know what questions you guys might want to have asked (besides 'who is each face supposed to represent?') so he doesn't get bugged with multiple emails.
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i'd always assumed the other pictures were poor drawings of the BBs.
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Quote from: Loaf on May 05, 2011, 01:51:54 AM
i'd always assumed the other pictures were poor drawings of the BBs.
I was looking at the cover just the other day and reached the same conclusion. I think the idea is just that it's the beach boys surrounded by their friends montaged into the landcsape (and their friends happen to be, well, them).
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Quote from: buddhahat on May 05, 2011, 02:02:13 AM
Quote from: Loaf on May 05, 2011, 01:51:54 AM
i'd always assumed the other pictures were poor drawings of the BBs.
I was looking at the cover just the other day and reached the same conclusion. I think the idea is just that it's the beach boys surrounded by their friends montaged into the landcsape (and their friends happen to be, well, them).
I'm not convinced this is the case. Why are there
eight
additional faces surrounding the six band members in the middle? Also, while the drawings of the band members themselves aren't the greatest, it's easy enough to identify who each is supposed to be. The surrounding eight faces, however, are much more difficult to identify. I think the surrounding faces represent others in the Beach Boys universe at the time or, possibly, the artist himself and
his
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Maybe Korthof, Parks and Grillo are among them?
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Quote from: Magic Transistor Radio on May 05, 2011, 07:29:47 AM
Maybe Korthof, Parks and Grillo are among them?
nah, not me...
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Maybe one of them is Dick Rising/Reising lol
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The awesome "Through the Looking Glass" site that discusses album art only asks a lot of questions about this cover, and it mentions "the artist, a certain David McMacken, whoever he may be". Well, he has a website with the Friends picture on it: "
http://www.mcmackengraphics.com/cgi-local/content.cgi?s=3&c=6&p=686
"
I can try to contact, but I'd like to know what questions you guys might want to have asked (besides 'who is each face supposed to represent?') so he doesn't get bugged with multiple emails.
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Thanks for the 'awesome' plug for my site (BTW - it's "Back Through The OPERA Glass" !!) - and it's cool you've found a link for David McMacken - I couldn't find anything on him when I wrote the 'site' all those years ago (well, it's seems like a long time ago now).
Interestingly, another fan contacted me just two days ago encouraging me to turn the site into book format. Easier said than done but I said if he can find the means I'll supply the beans ... ;-)
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Quote from: Malc on May 05, 2011, 08:10:35 AM
Interestingly, another fan contacted me just two days ago encouraging me to turn the site into book format. Easier said than done but I said if he can find the means I'll supply the beans ... ;-)
That would be great !
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Quote from: Malc on May 05, 2011, 08:10:35 AM
The awesome "Through the Looking Glass" site that discusses album art only asks a lot of questions about this cover, and it mentions "the artist, a certain David McMacken, whoever he may be". Well, he has a website with the Friends picture on it: "
http://www.mcmackengraphics.com/cgi-local/content.cgi?s=3&c=6&p=686
"
I can try to contact, but I'd like to know what questions you guys might want to have asked (besides 'who is each face supposed to represent?') so he doesn't get bugged with multiple emails.
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Thanks for the 'awesome' plug for my site (BTW - it's "Back Through The OPERA Glass" !!) - and it's cool you've found a link for David McMacken - I couldn't find anything on him when I wrote the 'site' all those years ago (well, it's seems like a long time ago now).
Interestingly, another fan contacted me just two days ago encouraging me to turn the site into book format. Easier said than done but I said if he can find the means I'll supply the beans ... ;-)
Sorry about that, I was writing too late at night. A blind class ass I made of me.
If you are still updating the site, and want to, I'll let you do the honors and contact him with some good questions.
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Quote from: Winston Wrong on May 05, 2011, 08:02:58 AM
Maybe one of them is Dick Rising/Reising lol
Naw, Dick Rising had to wait until "LA Light Album" to get depicted on a BB album. He's on the back cover.
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Quote from: Custom Machine on May 05, 2011, 11:52:48 PM
Quote from: Winston Wrong on May 05, 2011, 08:02:58 AM
Maybe one of them is Dick Rising/Reising lol
Naw, Dick Rising had to wait until "LA Light Album" to get depicted on a BB album. He's on the back cover.
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Quote from: monkeytree5 on May 05, 2011, 06:05:45 PM
Sorry about that, I was writing too late at night. A blind class ass I made of me.
If you are still updating the site, and want to, I'll let you do the honors and contact him with some good questions.
No plans to update it at present - been engrossed in my biography of BREAD for the past two years or so now - but would like to see it fully 'finished' one day (if it can ever be finished). Maybe if the idea of a book version ever comes to light I can add new bits to it then. I did have a section on the 'best of' and 'greatest hits' releases laid out at one stage but never got round to putting it up online. Maybe once the work on Bread is completed ...
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