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Obviously the bloke is blind, and only pulled some of them from a hat. Surprise surprise ELP and KC are among the worst....get a life. There are far worse than those albums (Tarkus and ITCOTCK). If, as some  think Kate Bush is prog, The Kick Inside is bloody awful....and there are more. Tormato has to be one of the worst ever album covers.

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I think it's a simple case of fondness for the music being carried over to the cover art. Kinda like when your to die for beautiful girlfriend is a complete bitch, yet everyone but you can see that. 
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Nah, the guys use the cover excuse to rant about the music.
 

For example, if he had listened 21st Century Schizoid Man, probably would had understood the concept of the psychotic face in ITCOCK.

 

This "critics" talk about the Paul Whitehead cover of Nursery Cryme and talk about the "pun" of the title...I'm 100% sure they never heard The Musical Box (Little Henry is beheaded by Little Cynthia), so they are not able to understand why the heads in the field.

 

This is the problem when ignorants talk about what they don't understand, but even worst when they don't want to understand and not even take the time of listening the music before opening their mouths.

 

But they got what they wanted, several more ignorants replied trying describe Prog without knowing a fuc*ing word about it, one even said music for nerds, while other made a political essay about Prog and Communism. Confused

 

Only one answered with intelligence saying that if anyone of us went to Antartica to listen Prog in the middle of nowhere, he would find two idiots criticizing it.

 

Of course there are ridiculous covers in Prog and any genre, but I hardly agree with any of the list.

 

Try for example:

 


 

Now, that's cheesy, but they don't mention it because they want to attack Prog, and most Progheads will agree this cover is ridiculous, they want a Proghead with an angru reply ro sell more, but I won't give them that pleasure, I don't even care about what they say..

 

Also because many cheap albums of pseudo artists (the ones who pay the salaries of this guys with propaganda), have similar covers to Love Beach...Of course they don't bite the hand that feeds them.

 

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haha! i didn't know jimmy buffet made a prog album! ;-)
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Those are not the most ridiculous prog rock covers...........some of those are great.... lol
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have a look at the cover of Guru Guru's "Känguru" (front and back). now that's what I call a ridiculous cover (in case you don't know the back cover: it shows drummer Mani Neumeier in a kind of kangaroo costume - without head - hopping around)


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Originally posted by rhinn rhinn wrote:

If, as some her think Kate Bush is prog, The Kick Inside is bloody awful....and there are more.




What? Is this awful? Why?
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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

Originally posted by rhinn rhinn wrote:

If, as some her think Kate Bush is prog, The Kick Inside is bloody awful....and there are more.




What? Is this awful? Why?

it would depend a lot upon what the Chinese sign Kate Bush is posing in front of means. maybe it means something like "the postman was late today" or "I can't find my bloody car keys" or "yes, that certainly was cat in the stew which you just ate" or even "come and f*** me, you hot stallion" Wink. does anybody have an idea?


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Someone who thinks they are GOD out there keeps hiding my posts. But my response to this thread is c`mon guys isn`t prog ridiculous to begin with. Critics hate it, classical and jazz purists hate it and even my dogs hate it. I happen to love the real prog from `68-76. The only one cover  I disagree with on the guy`s list is the Marillion cover. There, please don`t hide this post. It`s only my opinion.
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the Marillion cover is laying it on a bit thickly, I think, so I agree with the ridiculousness there. generally speaking one could reasonably claim "any cover that shows anything but the musicians is ridiculous". but then covers surely become boring after a while, so I prefer a bit of ridiculousness


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Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

But my response to this thread is c`mon guys isn`t prog ridiculous to begin with. Critics hate it, classical and jazz purists hate it and even my dogs hate it. 


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I thought this was one of the funniest articles I've read in a while.
 
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I think they are all very ridiculous, except for De-Loused In The Comatorium, which is weird, but not quite as over the top as the other albums.
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I hang that in my art gallery..............
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funny, 12 of those are probably some of my fav album covers (including RUSH's hemisphers in my top ten)

I don't think a lot of those are lame at all, I rarely find something someone would consider "weird" or "lame" as something "weird" or "Lame" I might not agree with it, but I do enjoy it.
Much the same as most prog, lyrics included, I hardly ever agree with many of the messages that prog artists are trying to convey, but I still thuroughly enjoy the format, and context that they bring it forth.
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Where I live (at least), the AV Club exists in the back of the Onion, and the issue this article came out in also has a fun Mars Volta interview, so I've held onto it. However, the lineup was a little different, and...thinner...
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I hang that in my art gallery..............


Now THAT is an awesome cover! One of my faves. WinkThumbs%20Up
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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

But my response to this thread is c`mon guys isn`t prog ridiculous to begin with. Critics hate it, classical and jazz purists hate it and even my dogs hate it. 


All purists are ridiculous!


 
Now that would make a great prog cover: hateful critics, classical & jazz purists, all sitting in an english garden , waiting for the sun , sipping green tea and moldy crumpets with deaf dogs running idly after the Hare with the spectaclesLOL
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For me, these are the main ones (in the world of prog of course):
- "Love Beach" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- "Rhapsodies" by Rick Wakeman
- "Genesis" by Genesis
 
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:


Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:


Originally posted by rhinn rhinn wrote:

If, as some her think Kate Bush is prog, The Kick Inside is bloody awful....and there are more.
What? Is this awful? Why?
it would depend a lot upon what the Chinese sign Kate Bush is posing in front of means. maybe it means something like "the postman was late today" or "I can't find my bloody car keys" or "yes, that certainly was cat in the stew which you just ate" or even "come and f*** me, you hot stallion" Wink. does anybody have an idea?


I don't see any Chinese characters as such. She appears to be strung to a kite with a Phoenix on it!
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Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

I know that this is going to tick some or all people off here but, isn`t prog itself ridiculous ? I`ve been listening to progrock since I was a kid back in the early seventies and ever since I`ve  had to put up with ribbing from everyone from my friends at high school to my wife`s classical musician friends. Nonetheless, the one on the guy`s list I really have to disagree with is the Script For A Jester`s Tear cover. All the Fish era covers in my opinion are great.


We all know prog has its ridiculous aspects. Just think of ELP prancing around in Montreal's Olympic stadium in their "Fanfare" days; or think of Jon Anderson AND Steve Howe wearing embroidered silk pyjamas to perform "Turn of the Century". Oops. almost forgot that (female!) kimono Chris Squire sported for the "Hold out your hand" video.
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