mfratt Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I've been looking at the GUP album cover, trying to figure out its meaning, but I'm drawing a blank. Does anyone care to throw in their wisdom on this matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 The water is symbolic of grace and the storm clouds are symbolic of various kinds of pressure. The water seems to remain calm despite the growing "storm" above. Hey, I tried... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Rygar Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 The answer is "mary Jane" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadwing2112 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I don't know. But it absolutly awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 QUOTE (King Rygar @ Mar 24 2007, 05:13 PM) The answer is "mary Jane" Best answer that's likely to be given. Close the thread. I don't know. I'm not sure there's a literal "this image means THIS...and that image means THAT." Could just be a really badass image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlWannabe Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I think it's just a pretty image that doesn't make sense and doesn't have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyt Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 QUOTE (Finbar @ Mar 24 2007, 06:12 PM) I think it's just a pretty image that doesn't make sense and doesn't have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 QUOTE (daveyt @ Mar 24 2007, 08:52 PM) QUOTE (Finbar @ Mar 24 2007, 06:12 PM) I think it's just a pretty image that doesn't make sense and doesn't have to. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyt Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 QUOTE (Finbar @ Mar 24 2007, 08:23 PM) QUOTE (daveyt @ Mar 24 2007, 08:52 PM) QUOTE (Finbar @ Mar 24 2007, 06:12 PM) I think it's just a pretty image that doesn't make sense and doesn't have to. What? just looking at those tacos, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcaressed Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 QUOTE (daveyt @ Mar 24 2007, 11:34 PM) QUOTE (Finbar @ Mar 24 2007, 08:23 PM) QUOTE (daveyt @ Mar 24 2007, 08:52 PM) QUOTE (Finbar @ Mar 24 2007, 06:12 PM) I think it's just a pretty image that doesn't make sense and doesn't have to. What? just looking at those tacos, that's all. Just think of what Syme could do w/ some watercolors and those tacos. Mind boggling, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The O' Sullivan Factor Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit of radio Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 QUOTE (Finbar @ Mar 24 2007, 08:12 PM)I think it's just a pretty image that doesn't make sense and doesn't have to. .................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES-335 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I hate it when i see a storm with a row of teeth and a big red eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 (edited) QUOTE (ES-335 @ Mar 25 2007, 03:11 PM) I hate it when i see a storm with a row of teeth and a big red eye. The row of teeth and the eye appear to be part of a distant mountain. Take that part as a whole, and it looks like a hawk or eagle, with the snowcaps part of his "bald" head. The humanoid figure certainly relates to "The Body Electric," but what's that object floating over the water? I always thought of it as the rusted metallic hull of a spacecraft, broken-off from the ship. And I thought it was cool how the edges of the painting extend into negative space; those red globules, and the water at the bottom. Edited March 25, 2007 by GeddyRulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Rygar Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 QUOTE (The O' Sullivan Factor @ Mar 24 2007, 11:40 PM) And I really doubt "mary jane" had anything to do with it It did when I was looking at it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyt Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 QUOTE (ES-335 @ Mar 25 2007, 01:11 PM) I hate it when i see a storm with a row of teeth and a big red eye. duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyt Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Mar 25 2007, 02:10 PM) QUOTE (ES-335 @ Mar 25 2007, 03:11 PM) I hate it when i see a storm with a row of teeth and a big red eye. The row of teeth and the eye appear to be part of a distant mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcaressed Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 QUOTE (daveyt @ Mar 25 2007, 08:51 PM) QUOTE (ES-335 @ Mar 25 2007, 01:11 PM) I hate it when i see a storm with a row of teeth and a big red eye. duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumb! Hey Davey...don't you have an OA meeting that you should be at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyt Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 (edited) QUOTE (steelcaressed @ Mar 25 2007, 07:54 PM) Hey Davey...don't you have an OA meeting that you should be at? Edited March 26, 2007 by daveyt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 "The serene and peaceful bottom part of the picture represents 'grace', the turbulent and troubled top represents 'pressure'. Thus; 'grace" under "pressure', or 'P' over 'G'. The humanoid figure is just a symbol relating to the two conditions, but also relates a bit to 'The Body Electric.'" - Neil Peart, "Backstage Club Newsletter", Janurary 1988"The background imagery simply mirrors the P/G symbol; grace UNDER pressure In a physical sense. Abstract, but simple. The head represents the onlooker perhaps, or an "everyman" symbol facing the world, and perhaps a hint of the character In "The Body Electric". That�s about it really." - Neil Peart, "Backstage Club Newsletter", September 1988 Power Windows.com :bump: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeChuck Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I always wonder about the teeth and eye too. I guess they are somehow part of the image of “pressure”. PS - This just came up in the Hugh Syme interview thread. He said to him the three shapes in the middle were just an interesting non-specific texture to put there. So they aren’t plane wings or rusting razor blades or anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Greatest album cover of all time. JMO GUP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 I did the album cover in 1986 for my senior high school art class in watercolors. I got an honorable mention. It's still hanging on my wall in my office. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeChuck Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 I did the album cover in 1986 for my senior high school art class in watercolors. I got an honorable mention. It's still hanging on my wall in my office.Pics or it didn't happen ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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