Author Topic: Never mind who the girl from Space-Dye Vest is... (Read 3635 times)

James Mypetgiress · « **on:** May 05, 2015, 10:54:23 AM »

I want to know who the f*ck this guy is

krands85 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 05, 2015, 11:10:57 AM »

I seemed to remember Lifting Shadows mentioned something about this, so I dug it out and had a look. Apparently it's a guy called Steve Burman - a college friend of Amy Guip, who designed the cover.

RaiseTheKnife · « **Reply #2 on:** May 05, 2015, 11:13:08 AM »

His name is Robert Paulson.

I remember reading that he was a friend of the photographer that took the photo.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 05, 2015, 11:32:22 AM »

I have it on good authority, it was a guy named Eddie.

James Mypetgiress · « **Reply #4 on:** May 05, 2015, 02:15:02 PM »

Thanks... maybe his name is Steve Eddie Burman

rumborak · « **Reply #5 on:** May 05, 2015, 03:02:08 PM »

IIRC, MP hated the album cover, but I gotta say, there's a certain charm to it.

TAC · « **Reply #6 on:** May 05, 2015, 03:08:01 PM »

I remember having the album in my hand when it came out. The front cover sucked and the band pic on the back was worse. I put it down.

rumborak · « **Reply #7 on:** May 05, 2015, 03:16:24 PM »

Oh, the band pics were terrible. Even worse is the IAW one in my opinion. JM is taking a dump somewhere in the back, and JLB looks like Fabio.
EDIT: MP is even worse in that pic!

TAC · « **Reply #8 on:** May 05, 2015, 03:18:19 PM »

Quote from: rumborak on May 05, 2015, 03:16:24 PM

Oh, the band pics were terrible. Even worse is the IAW one in my opinion. JM is taking a dump somewhere in the back, and JLB looks like Fabio.

Yeah, they were pretty bad, but by the time I had seen the I&W ones, I had already seen the band and was a fan.

When WDADU, all I had to go on was the pic and I passed.

erwinrafael · « **Reply #9 on:** May 05, 2015, 08:48:24 PM »

Is there any sort of symbolism in that cover image? Because I am drawing a blank here. Help please.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #10 on:** May 05, 2015, 09:25:50 PM »

Quote from: rumborak on May 05, 2015, 03:02:08 PM

IIRC, MP hated the album cover, but I gotta say, there's a certain charm to it.

If your sexual preference swings a particular way maybe.

Absolutely awful cover.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 06, 2015, 06:39:50 AM »

Quote from: erwinrafael on May 05, 2015, 08:48:24 PM

Is there any sort of symbolism in that cover image? Because I am drawing a blank here. Help please.

It symbolizes a low budget.

Stadler · « **Reply #12 on:** May 06, 2015, 07:15:58 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on May 05, 2015, 09:25:50 PM

Quote from: rumborak on May 05, 2015, 03:02:08 PM
IIRC, MP hated the album cover, but I gotta say, there's a certain charm to it.

If your sexual preference swings a particular way maybe.

Absolutely awful cover.

I'm with Blob. No charm. Horrible. I&W, on the other hand, I think is excellent. I heard the band first, but if I had seen that in a store, I would have bought it for the cover alone.

TAC · « **Reply #13 on:** May 06, 2015, 07:30:38 AM »

Yeah, absolutely.

The name of the band and album (WDADU) made me pick it up in the first place.

Mladen · « **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2015, 07:39:14 AM »

Hideous cover. I wonder whose idea it was and who allowed it to be released.

RodrigoAltaf · « **Reply #15 on:** May 06, 2015, 07:55:33 AM »

Quote from: Mladen on May 06, 2015, 07:39:14 AM

Hideous cover. I wonder whose idea it was and who allowed it to be released.

Most likely their Russian manager at the time, Mr. Lackov Money.

Zydar · « **Reply #16 on:** May 06, 2015, 07:57:40 AM »

James Mypetgiress · « **Reply #17 on:** May 06, 2015, 01:58:59 PM »

This thread has suddenly become fabulous

paulstfu · « **Reply #18 on:** May 06, 2015, 03:23:59 PM »

Quote from: RodrigoAltaf on May 06, 2015, 07:55:33 AM

Quote from: Mladen on May 06, 2015, 07:39:14 AM
Hideous cover. I wonder whose idea it was and who allowed it to be released.

Most likely their Russian manager at the time, Mr. Lackov Money.

This is glorious

RaiseTheKnife · « **Reply #19 on:** May 06, 2015, 09:12:59 PM »

Not sure if its charm or nostalgia, but I'll always be fond of the day I found this CD in an import record store in Boston in September 1994. I didn't have a CD player at the time, so I got to my dorm and transferred it to a blank cassette on my neighbors stereo.

the_silent_man · « **Reply #20 on:** May 07, 2015, 03:17:58 AM »

This is perhaps DT's worst album cover along with ADTOE Imo. Pretty hideous execution, but like the symbolism (first slice of DT, being branded by the band to forever be a fan)

Cyclopssss · « **Reply #21 on:** May 07, 2015, 04:08:05 AM »

Yes the cover was awful. But it was different. Didn't see anything like it in that period of time.

ytserush · « **Reply #22 on:** May 19, 2015, 03:18:38 PM »

I kind of like the cover for the first album. Got branded myself when I first heard it.

Don't like Images and Words much though. Looks way too digital for me. To harsh on the eyes.

Setlist Scotty · « **Reply #23 on:** May 19, 2015, 04:31:28 PM »

Quote from: ytserush on May 19, 2015, 03:18:38 PM

Don't like Images and Words much though. Looks way too digital for me. To harsh on the eyes.

The one issue I have with the IaW cover is that it looks fake. The flooring for instance isn't photographic, nor is the bed. To me, it's like a poor man's impression of Syme artwork (which I think it essentially was). However, the Awake artwork (done by the same artist as IaW) was well done, and remains my favorite DT cover.

Getting back to the topic of the thread, I guess I never gave the cover that much thought when I first bought it, nor did I give it that much thought until other people talked about it. A bit weird, sure. But there's plenty of weird covers out there - far worse than WDaDU.

Podaar · « **Reply #24 on:** May 19, 2015, 04:46:32 PM »

Quote from: Setlist Scotty on May 19, 2015, 04:31:28 PM

A bit weird, sure. But there's plenty of weird covers out there - far worse than WDaDU.

KevShmev · « **Reply #25 on:** May 19, 2015, 04:47:47 PM »

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #26 on:** May 19, 2015, 08:58:21 PM »

I'd definitely cop a tan on that love beach <3

James Mypetgiress · « **Reply #27 on:** May 20, 2015, 09:44:24 AM »

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on May 19, 2015, 08:58:21 PM

I'd definitely cop a tan on that love beach <3

Only after "Jesus has used you"

ytserush · « **Reply #28 on:** June 05, 2015, 06:33:22 PM »

Quote from: Setlist Scotty on May 19, 2015, 04:31:28 PM

Quote from: ytserush on May 19, 2015, 03:18:38 PM
Don't like Images and Words much though. Looks way too digital for me. To harsh on the eyes.
The one issue I have with the IaW cover is that it looks fake. The flooring for instance isn't photographic, nor is the bed. To me, it's like a poor man's impression of Syme artwork (which I think it essentially was). However, the Awake artwork (done by the same artist as IaW) was well done, and remains my favorite DT cover.

Getting back to the topic of the thread, I guess I never gave the cover that much thought when I first bought it, nor did I give it that much thought until other people talked about it. A bit weird, sure. But there's plenty of weird covers out there - far worse than WDaDU.

I'd agree with that. Awake is among my favorites too. Huge improvement over Images.

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Author Topic: Never mind who the girl from Space-Dye Vest is... (Read 3635 times)