SteveS said...
Concerning the Macca cover for "Memory Almost Full", does it really matter? Anyone remember the White
Album cover? Call me crazy but doesn't the music matter ? People actually buy CD's based on how the
cover art moves them? So the cover, what does it mean? When I see it, I feel he's trying to convey a sense
of comfort within his own skin about his past, his place in History if you will, maybe that's why the lyrics from
what I've heard are retrospective in content. Someone mentioned and I agree that cover art doesn't have
the impact that it once had, the size of the CD cover is much smaller than it's Album counterpart, when you
think of the "downloads" of songs, it hardly comes down to anything but the strength of the songs themselves.
I personally like the track "Ever Present Past" , but radio being what it is, "youth oriented" will it get the play it
deserves? My guess is, that's part of the reason that Paul is on his new label, to reach people in a new way.
Starbucks did very well with the Ray Charles CD, and he being their one client at this point should help him
immensely.
May 7, 2007 12:06 PM
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Wow what a cover. Probably his most honest as well. Just to think of that chair represents. It's one of those chairs that sit in the room where nobody sits on it and you know your not supposed to. It's usually a bid deal to sit there. The chair is beautiful but uncomfortable. It's in the room at the front of the house. It's been there forever and everybody who's been at the house knows about it and wonder why its still there and looking like it was bought yesterday. The only thing that is missing from the album cover is for that chair to be covered in protective plastic.
Not a comment about the cover, but I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere that the three bonus tracks are given names on the iTunes pre-order page:
In Private
Why So Blue
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Let's face it, this cover just BEGS to be lampooned--as the "wheelchair" rendering on Terry's BB's blog demonstrates. I'm underwhelmed, and not surprised to learn it was done by Humphrey Ocean. I didn't like his portrait of Paul in the National Gallery, and the last time I was in London I noticed it had been replaced by a better painting entitled "Mike's brother." I guess this is Mike's brother's chair.
Why not use the picture of Paul posing with the chair over on its side? Not great, but miles more interesting and discussion-provoking. Although, personally, I can't remember the last time I had a conversation with anyone about a CD cover.
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