Album Covers #1: Nirvana Et Al
Juicebox - Popcorn 69 I don’t know what this band was thinking of when they came up with this. Maybe one of the members had a nightmare about this theme of giant monkey chefs. Maybe they just designed this...
Juicebox - Popcorn 69
I don’t know what this band was thinking of when they came up with this. Maybe one of the members had a nightmare about this theme of giant monkey chefs. Maybe they just designed this to fit with the release of Peter Jackson’s King Kong which came out not too long ago or maybe they plan to release their own version of King Kong, but in a small town and with a lot of product placement from a pop corn company (after all how could they plan to finance such a big project).
The problem with seeing this is that rather than wanting to buy this record, I kind of want to prepare for the event that a giant chimpanzee will emerge forth and start making popcorn for people. I don’t know about you but the thought of that scares the hell out of me.
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nirvana being the dystopian chaps that they are seem to be trying to make some sort of political point with this cover. I think Kurt and the boys are trying to have a pop at the consumer culture we live in by using the innocence of childhood (read humanity in this case) being lured by the almighty dollar.
Then again, maybe I’m wrong and Kurt on one of his heroin induced benders said, “hey guys, GUYS! I’ve got it! We should, like, have a picture of a baby in water….and….er….he’s chasing money because it’s all political and shit and makes us look er….reactionary!” Ah that Kurt, he was a character wasn’t he until he killed himself (NOT! shot by Courtney Love you stupid conspiritualists!) Still though including the baby’s penis was maybe a little unnecessary.
Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me, Then
J’Lo seems to be trying to portray herself as being natural here. I’d imagine her roves of loyal fans (including the ones from the Bronx, she loves so dearly –see Jenny From the Block) will think, “wow she’s so natural, she’s like a real person like me, I bet she goes shopping at Tesco’s like the rest of us (just like the Spice Girls do) and would so be like my best mate if I bumped into her on the street.”
Now I dispute this a little as she is probably caked in make-up and photo-brushed up to the Nth degree. Seeing a picture taken of her first thing in the morning without make up might be a little more natural, although probably a little unsightly. Also I can’t see her going to Tesco’s either, I can imagine she shops at Harrods or somewhere just as expensive and probably has people do it for her. Also if I were to greet her on the street as a fan, I can see myself getting my legs broken by her security and possibly maced into the bargin. So like us isn’t she.
Busted - A Present For Everyone
This rather sorry picture seems to be portraying ‘the lads’ as being a little bit hard. Then again, I could have misread the situation massively and they have seen something truly horrible like maybe some pictures of the allies entering Auschwitz or perhaps that picture from Vietnam where the children have been napalmed.
What ever they have seen, Charlie seems to be pointing at it in disbelief, either that or he is trying to recreate the famous poster of Lord Kitchener from world war one but with a slight modern twist. Matt however just looks like he has been shocked to his core and is actually feeling angry about whatever he is looking at depicts.
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