Does anyone have
Monty's address? I've got one of those new 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie' stamps and I want to send him a letter.

EDIT: What are your favourite album covers?
( djtrialprice, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:30, 86 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Just send it to...
...the barman at the 'Effete Monarch' in Soho - he will pass it on.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:44, Reply)

Near the top.
I've started a new thread, everyone go to that one, this one's officially closed.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:50, Reply)

Drunken death from hypothermia, Gutter,
That London, The Sarf.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:46, Reply)

Hahaha you CUNTS

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:47, Reply)

Eye Thenk Yew.

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:48, Reply)

I see there's a Clash one too.
Some fucker at the Royal Mail is taunting me.


*builds letterbomb*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:50, Reply)

And a Howard Jones one!

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:51, Reply)

and the Division Bell

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:54, Reply)

No Shed Seven though...
..that is odd.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:55, Reply)

Yay Shed 7
She left me on Friday! And ruined my weekend!
( djtrialprice, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:56, Reply)

and a cake baked by Delia Smith
I'd like to take this moment to join the 'David Bowie is utter shite' camp. I'm astounded his banal, mediocre drivel is as popular as it is. And then I remember U2, The Beatles and Metallica. People are idiots.

Oh yes, I went there.
( djtrialprice, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:56, Reply)

Welcome friend...
...we have been expecting you.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:57, Reply)

how very dare you
while I appreciate you may not like metallica, lumping them in with U2 is a heinous crime for which you will be punished.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:57, Reply)

Nah.
Fuck em - any last trace of credibility was lost when they took on Napster.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 9:59, Reply)

I don't care about any of that shit
they are all tossers, but they've done some good music.
Not St Anger, that was a piece of shit, but they redeemed themselves with the latest one.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:01, Reply)

U2.
Shite. That is all.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:01, Reply)

Come in, 007
EDIT I watched Inglourious Basterds yesterday - I'm pretty certain that cunt Bowie was on the soundtrack, singing another forgettable, insipid dirge...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:01, Reply)

Welcome to the party
Draw up a seat and let the bile flow.

On today's agenda of hate is The Stone Roses. Never have a band so devoid of talent managed to amass such a wealth of positive reviews, sickening platitudes and wildly over the top sycophancy.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:03, Reply)

ahem
U2
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:04, Reply)

ahem.
Oasis. And U2 naturally.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:05, Reply)

I LOVE B3ta.
Stone Roses: 'Best British Album of all time'

To this day I am fucking flabbergasted by how cretinous the very idea is. Utter, utter tosh.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:07, Reply)

Pretty much.
I liked the Mondays though. And from that scene, ther Doves were ace.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:10, Reply)

I liked Wrote for Luck, that's it for me
The Mondays were better as a concept than as actual music, I think, fucking hilarious bunch of chaps but I wouldn't buy a record off 'em. One of my favourite 12"s is Space Face by Sub Sub (who became Doves). I spent a LOT of money on that one...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:13, Reply)

Aaaaw man
I had completely forgotten about that track. I had bought the 12" when it came out, for £4. Sold it a few years later along with a whole load of other stuff i now regret, for peanuts.

Everyone wrongly thinks the sample 'my god, it's full of stars' to be from 2001, whereas it is actually from 2010. Decent track, although it sounds a bit ropey by today's standards.

What next K-Klass? ;-)
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:37, Reply)

It's worth up to £50 mate, unlucky!
EDIT N-Joi's 'Live in Manchester' is the perfect time capsule for that era, for me. I LOVE it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:39, Reply)

I was AT that fucking gig
Then went back to an enormous garden flat, with a full dolby 5.1 setup, amazing for its day, and necked 2 purple ohms. I still get flashbacks about it.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:45, Reply)

You lucky, lucky cunt

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:03, Reply)

Was at the Hacienda
the night before as well, great fucking weekend. Had a few pals who worked for Ocean Software and we would be down to 'Madchester' every other month. That flat was the scene of many outrageous LSD episodes, including the now infamous 'black microdot' event.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:11, Reply)

My brother lived there at the time
He was friendly with the Hacienda security mob. Dodgy gangsters to a man...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:16, Reply)

Store Noses?

(TheColonel, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:13, Reply)

I have to.
The hammering mine takes, it makes sense to have a couple of spares.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:14, Reply)

Senor Store?

(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:14, Reply)

Haha!
That is clearly the best stamp ever.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:34, Reply)

I suppose they had to pick covers
still identifiable in stamp size - Screamdelica was a good call, despite not being 'my cup of tea'.

Some of my favourite LP covers are:

Who's Next (Who)
Axis: Bold as Love (Hendrix)
Hapshash and the Coloured Coat
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
Never Mind the Bollocks (Pistols)
Live'r than God (Hypnotics)
Space Ritual (Hawkwind)
Bryter Later (Nick Drake - the cover's better than the LP)

AND SO ON.....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:00, Reply)

Good cover is Space Ritual.
Doremi is their best Lp though. Epic.

*Old hippy*
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Warrior on the Edge of Time is my favourite LP
Doremi is a fucking good call though. Someone should remaster it - the production lets it down.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:08, Reply)

I went off them with Chronicles...
Awful.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:09, Reply)

Very, very awful indeed.
Still a good festival live act until the early 90s though.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:15, Reply)

I ran a vegiburger stall at the Bristol and Avon Free Festival.
Dave Brock got his free. Huw Lloyd Plankton paid. Haha.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:16, Reply)

Which year(s)?
I used to fucking love that festival.

*has massive acid flashback*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:34, Reply)

they should've used Dark Side of the Moon instead of Division Bell
I was going to suggest some of my favourite covers, but I really can't think of any, other than Deftones - Around the Fur, and that's only because of the pretty lady...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:03, Reply)

which reminds me
The Fuzztones' Lysergic Emanations is another cracking cover.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:09, Reply)

Nice subject, I'll throw in
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
Faust - Faust (Clear vinyl, clear cover, Polydor issue)
Faust - Tapes
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Suicide - Suicide
Venetian Snares - Horse and Goat (incredibly offensive, sold in brown paper bag)
Butthole Surfers - Hairway to Steven
Kratwerk - Autobahn
Sweet Exorcist - Clonks Coming EP
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:12, Reply)

Hairway - good call
I cannot believe I missed their UK show last year - just because my daughter was being born. Such a thoughtless child, even then...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:21, Reply)

the Tool albums Lateralus and 10,000 Days have awesome packaging and covers
10,000 Days has two lenses built in and a series of stereoscopic pictures inside and Lateralus is made of clear plastic with a different layer of the cover picture on each.

Fucking brilliant stuff.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:14, Reply)

Recently rediscovered a few Tool tracks I hadn't heard in a while and I was very impressed.
Which album would be a good starting point for a n00b such as myself?
(TheColonel, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:25, Reply)

I'd go with either of the two I mentioned
they are masterpieces
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:26, Reply)

Now that I've update the thread to include a proper question
I Say! I Say! I Say! - Erasure
Regular Urban Survivors - Terrorvision (not a huge fan but it's a quality cheesy cover)
Medulla - Bjork (hmmmm, boobs)
Hefty Fine - The Bloodhound Gang (you have to google it!)
Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop - Stone Temple Pilots
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
They Came From The Sun - yourcodenameis:milo
The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed - The Wildhearts (again, cheesy)
( djtrialprice, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:16, Reply)

Hefty Fine....
is that Phil Jupitus?
(TheColonel, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:22, Reply)

Yay
Someone looked.
( djtrialprice, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:29, Reply)

Actually I was searching for "Phil Jupitus bare stomach" and I came across it.

(TheColonel, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:47, Reply)

you came across Phil Jupitus' bare stomach?
are you some kind of dirt-road bandito?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:58, Reply)

*cries with laughter*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:05, Reply)

No,
just lonely
(TheColonel, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:07, Reply)

aww
that's made me sad.

pleased to see I am back on the popular page though, several times.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:08, Reply)

You totally deserve to be, old bean

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:09, Reply)

naa, I'd been conspicuously unfunny and uninteresting over the last few days
*awaits 'no change there' comment*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:13, Reply)

Mendicant.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 7 Jan 2010, 15:22, Reply)

Album covers
My faves that I can think of right now:

Axis: Bold as Love - Hendrix (as previously mentioned)

Welcome to Sky Valley - Kyuss
Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:23, Reply)

You're right re the Thin Lizzy one
That is a fucking GREAT cover.

I'm finding this really hard, to separate the record from the cover. I'm so pleased to see some records because I love the music, that I think I love the cover itself, but really I don't. LAMF by the Heartbreakers, for example.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:33, Reply)

I would've liked to see:
In the Court of the Crimson King
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:37, Reply)

Of course!
It would have been ace at stamp size, too.

Excellent choice.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:38, Reply)

seconded
I need to get that album
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:39, Reply)

That you do
20th Century Schizoid Man is worth the purchase price alone.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:43, Reply)

as is the title track

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:47, Reply)

Odelay - Beck
Dookie - Green Day (even if you hate GD, this cover is ace)
Doolittle - The Pixies (monkeys FTW!)
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:39, Reply)

Good to see a Pixies band around here
That is an amazing album but all 5 main albums are equally amazing imo. I have a soft spot for Trompe Le Monde especially.

*edit* that band in the title should read fan. Oops-a-daisy
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:51, Reply)

I'd forgotten how much I like the Pixies until the summer
then I listened to them on one day and forgot again...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:57, Reply)

Frank Black = fat squeaky bender

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:06, Reply)

true
but I do rather lack a load of their songs.

not being able to sing need not get in the way of success as a singer
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:10, Reply)

That is entirely correct
However, when combined with looking like a sweaty IT consultant, your chances of making it as a rock icon are severely curtailed....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:18, Reply)

true
got to be one or the other

look at Meatloaf. At least he can sing
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:19, Reply)

Do I have to?
Actually I was amazed to read recently that he was a regular (as performer and attendee) at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit in the late 60s and was not only a huge fan of but a good mate of the Stooges & MC5. I still loathe him though, just a little tiny bit less...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:23, Reply)

I don't like his music
and the best bit about the couple of decent films he's in is when he explodes or gets his head shot open.

He was on Bo Selecta (I think) once, and came across as quite amusing.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Shit.
I missed the Frank Black attacks. I would like to slice his fucking eyeballs in a Bunuel frenzy.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:54, Reply)

Pah 2 u!

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 12:20, Reply)

Pah!
When I first LISTENED to them my first instinct was not - I wonder how he looks.. It was - OMG this song is amazing!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:53, Reply)

I like Doolittle and Surfa Rosa
tuned out after that
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:12, Reply)

25 O'Clock by the Dukes of Stratosfear
What a cover. I'd love a t shirt of that.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:41, Reply)

This is going to make Monty sick
but I actually have the London Calling picture (sans text) on my bedroom wall.

This doesn't sound quite so terrible apart from the fact that I used rasterbator (http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/) to blow it up to about 10 A4 sheets by 20!! It's HUGE!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:45, Reply)

*shrugs* It is a good photo
(of someone trotting out the same stage act perfected by Townshend and Hendrix ten years earlier)

EDIT MUCH better without that AWFUL text, I grant you.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:50, Reply)

Haha
Fair enough smashing equipment is a bit cliché, especially now. But you can't just draw a line (especially in Rock and Roll) and say , nope, you just can't do THAT anymore. Where does it end? All the arts are, after all, varying degrees of plagiarism, and I'm not even sure that instance qualifies.

Furthermore, as I'm sure you're aware that text is, erm, homage to Elvis Presley's first effort, i.e. the first Rock and Roll album ever, London Calling was ahem, the last...

Either way an iconic image.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:56, Reply)

Your points are all very much valid.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:07, Reply)

I quite like George Harrison's Extra Texture
Because it has EXTRA TEXTURE like an orange basketball!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 10:50, Reply)

Album covers is such a lost art on CDs.
I still get out my Factory Records and savour the textures as well as the design. My 'sandpaper edition' of 'The Return of the Durutti Column' is a prized possession although the vinyl is well fucked.

Unknown Pleasures is iconic and has more cultural validity than Ziggy fucking Shitebox.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 11:42, Reply)

Zodiac Mindwarp's 'High Priest of Love' EP
has such a great cover I have it on my wall in one of those LP frames.

The Cramps had some nice artwork too.

'Introducing The Sonics' is fucking great as well....
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 7 Jan 2010, 13:19, Reply)