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Marvello 01:19 am UTC 03/14/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Bat Out Of Hell Cover Art - steven_stuart 12:58 am UTC 03/14/09 |
| You can find the Bad For good videos on the Dream Pollution site, in the multimedia section. > I am not sure if I've seen the cheesy videos you mention. > Can you give me more information? > > The only terrible Jim video that I have seen was the > Pandora's Box video for It's All coming Back To Me Now. > There are two versions. The original and the one that the > record company edited. > > This can't really be blamed on Jim because Ken Russell > directed it. Jim probably thought he was going to get > something like one of the really cool scenes from > Russell's Tommy. But by the time Russell directed > Pandora's box, he must have been bonkers. I don't know > what he was thinking of. It was a very ugly orgy and the > record company tried to edit Russell's vision out. > > As far as Jim being influenced by the movie you mention, > it is always possible. Although the album cover is more > complicated then that. Especially if you consider the > importance of the bat. > > The cover for Bat 2 is also very Jim because it's his > Obsidian vision. He used to have Obsidian as a > post-apocalyptic city in California but he changed it to > post-apocalyptic New York. The bat on the Chrysler > building is a brilliant image. He couldn't have picked a > more iconic building. It's like the Statue of Liberty in > Planet of the Apes. > > I am sure you are right that Jim has been influenced by > various things but I think a genius is allowed to do that. > I saw an old cartoon video from 1972 for Leader Of The > Pack and it featured a guy on a Harley, with enormous > wings, rising up into heaven. I immediately wondered if > Jim had been influenced by that. > > > > Although the cover image concept for the album was > > reputedly Jim's, the idea had been used before albeit in a > > film. The late sixties british film Psychomania has a > > scene where the reborn biker surges out of a grave on his > > triumph, maybe Jim saw it. > > Jim's vision also spawned the cheesy BFG videos i believe, > > hmmm how "gay" are they? > > > > > > > I recently purchased the sheet music for Bat Out Of Hell. > > > Amongst the various credits it says that the album's cover > > > art was Jim's concept, even though they had to use an > > > artist to bring the vision to life. If Jim's genius was > > > limited to just music, he would still be very impressive. > > > Music and lyrics is even better. But there seems to be no > > > limit to Jim's creative power. This is one reason why I > > > believe that Bat Out Of Hell The Musical will be a great > > > show, as long as Jim is the master and nobody tries to > > > interfear with him. As they did during the DOTV > > > preperations. I think that the cover for Bat is one of the > > > greatest covers of all time. I was actually surprised to > > > find out that it was the vision of the same person who > > > came up with both the lyrics and the music. | |
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