Hipgnosis vs Roger Dean
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Topic: Hipgnosis vs Roger Dean
Posted By: Scorpius
Subject: Hipgnosis vs Roger Dean
Date Posted: December 23 2016 at 18:28
| Hipgnosis by a TIGHT margin for me. P |
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Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: December 23 2016 at 18:58
| Hipgnosis |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 23 2016 at 19:36
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Hipgnosis. Too many important covers to ignore: DSotM, WYWH, Amimals and other Floyd covers, Peter Gabriel's first 3 album covers, Who's Next, Led Zep's Houses of the Holy, T. Rex Electric Warrior, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, etc. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 23 2016 at 19:39
| I really cannot decide. No vote. |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: December 23 2016 at 19:43
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Roger Dean for me by quite some distance, though that's not to discredit the awesome covers that Hipgnosis has put out. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: December 23 2016 at 19:43
| Hipgnosis easily. Roger Dean's art, while good, gets pretty same-y. Hipgnosis has more variation in his works. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 23 2016 at 20:55
| Of course I admire and love both, but when I try to choose my favourites from Hypgnosis I just can't find them. They impress me for their originality and all, but mostly that. On the other hand, I love the fantasy world created by Dean... specially with Yes. And Relayer is my favourite album cover of all, so Roger it is. |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: December 23 2016 at 21:27
| Hipgnosis will get the popular vote however its very hard to beat Roger Dean from an artistic perspective, hes just amazing. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 23 2016 at 21:46
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Roger Dean for me. I just love fantasy. Not to discredit Hipgnosis works, but some just don't make any sense to me : covers like Brand X - Product, and Wishbone Ash - New England, No Smoke Without Fire, are examples which I just don't 'get'. But overall, the Hipgnosis bunch are still pretty awesome. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: December 24 2016 at 02:47
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Well we have all possible options unlike a Poll I would conjure up. How can a decision not be made. This reminds me of the polar opposite - the thread about the covers wtf were they thinking and all those horrendous, horrible, loathsome foul (even funny for all the wrong reasons) reprehensible symbols of marketing product that were designed to be attractive to the great unwashed. Here it's got to be both. Now being prog - are these covers high art? Yet? |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 24 2016 at 04:02
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It's a tie right now and I am fine with that. I voted "Both are equal", though they are not, for some reasons mentioned by Pastmaster and Dellinger. ------------- 
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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: December 24 2016 at 04:37
Dean (Roger) - great art, in spite of some missteps like this one below |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 24 2016 at 04:40
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Hipgnosis is cleverer and more "arty", but Dean captures the fantasy element wonderfully. Choosing would be pointless: they are both brilliant. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: December 24 2016 at 07:23
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Roger Dean. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: December 24 2016 at 10:10
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Hipgnosis for the diversity. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 24 2016 at 11:16
| I give it to Hipgnosis, mainly because: (1) I don't like Dean much; and (2) one of the partners in Hipgnosis was Pete "Sleazy" Christopherson of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV and Coil. Now that is hip. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: December 24 2016 at 11:44
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Is Hipgnosis even around anymore? ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: December 25 2016 at 13:43
| Both are fantastic. |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: December 25 2016 at 14:09
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Yeah, both are great... So, how can we decide? Well, there is a way... Contrarily to Hipgnosis, Roger Dean rarely deceives, and especially never shows men's bum, and this makes all the difference  So, Roger Dean for me ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf2srRfppHAslEmHBn8QP6d_eoanh0eW" rel="nofollow - My compositions |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: December 25 2016 at 16:00
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Good old Roger for me ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 27 2016 at 10:02
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Dean ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 28 2016 at 18:33
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Both ------------- |
Posted By: Sailor21Prog12
Date Posted: December 29 2016 at 11:11
| I have to go with both on this one also. And the covers they do really, for me at least, gives the listener what to expect atmosphere/mood-wise. |
Posted By: doompaul
Date Posted: December 29 2016 at 12:10
| both are wizard. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 29 2016 at 13:50
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Roger! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Terrapin Station
Date Posted: December 29 2016 at 16:05
This. Though Dean's work was perfect for Yes. |
Pastmaster wrote:Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: January 04 2017 at 14:37
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That's Yes vs Pink Floyd! With a drop of Gentle giant, 10CC, vs Genesis, Led Zep... It was Roger Dean when I was young, now it's a draw |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 04 2018 at 02:23
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Equally awesome IMHO! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: March 04 2018 at 03:07
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Both - so important to so many great albums ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |