CA Cover Art - Face In The Clouds

[Geddyleegenes]

I've read a number of posts saying that the CA cover is sort of boring or that it reminds them of the "Hold Your Fire" cover.

 

I think it's pretty cool and I think there's maybe more to it when you look harder at it. (It helps if you're smokin' a little somethin' too.)

 

Is it just me or is there a face in that swirl of clouds on the cover of CA?

 

Angels make you think of Heaven, of course. But that cover is red, which makes you think of demons and devils. The face I'm seeing in there seems like a twisted demonic face, which - if it's really supposed to be there - is pretty cool in the way it's looking down from the blood red sky and clouds.

 

Maybe it's that loving Watchmaker, loving us all to death?

 

I'm not good at this sort of thing, but I've marked out the face I'm seeing. There's a right eye (or eye-less blacked-out eye socket), a nose and a wickedly smiling mouth.

 

If you look close, there are even teeth in that mouth. I didn't mark it out, but you can also see the right side of the face too. The left side of the face, including the left eye, is lost in the swirl effect.

 

Now, when you look at what I've marked out, it looks silly. Scroll down and look at the album cover without my markings and see if you see what I think I'm seeing.

 

And yes, I know the thing about psychiatrists saying that humans like to try and see faces in everything. I guess I'm just being human.

 

I suppose it's open to one's own interpretation.

 

Thanks to the person who posted the cover and the photo of the guys.

 

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll191/Headache2112/rushclockworkangelscoverface.jpg

 

Now look at the unmarked version and see if you see what I see.

 

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll191/Headache2112/rushcacovernormal.jpg

 

Just me?

Edited April 13, 2012 by Geddyleegenes

[presto123]

Damn I could use some of that stuff you're smokin.

[Tommy Sawyer]

[RUSHHEAD666]

QUOTE (Geddyleegenes @ Apr 12 2012, 09:07 PM)

I've read a number of posts saying that the CA cover is sort of boring or that it reminds them of the "Hold Your Fire" cover. I think it's pretty cool and I think there's maybe more to it when you look harder at it. (It helps if you're smokin' a little somethin' too.) Is it just me or is there a face in that swirl of clouds on the cover of CA? Angels make you think of Heaven, of course. But that cover is red, which makes you think of demons and devils. The face I'm seeing in there seems like a twisted demonic face, which - if it's really supposed to be there - is pretty cool in the way it's looking down from the blood red sky and clouds. Maybe it's that loving Watchmaker, loving us all to death? I'm not good at this sort of thing, but I've marked out the face I'm seeing. There's a right eye (or eye-less blacked-out eye socket), a nose and a wickedly smiling mouth. If you look close, there are even teeth in that mouth. I didn't mark it out, but you can also see the right side of the face too. The left side of the face, including the left eye, is lost in the swirl effect. Now, when you look at what I've marked out, it looks silly. Scroll down and look at the album cover without my markings and see if you see what I think I'm seeing. And yes, I know the thing about psychiatrists saying that humans like to try and see faces in everything. I guess I'm just being human. I suppose it's open to one's own interpretation. Thanks to the person who posted the cover and the photo of the guys. http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll191/Headache2112/rushclockworkangelscoverface.jpg Now look at the unmarked version and see if you see what I see. http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll191/Headache2112/rushcacovernormal.jpg Just me?

I see the wicked eye and the mouth with teeth.

 

It's a satanic jack-o-lantern!

 

Rush does worship SATAN!!!

 

WOW!!!

 

 

[Echoes]

o_O;

[RUSHHEAD666]

"TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL!"

 

Love,

 

STRYPER

[LyndseyG]

sorry hun, can't see it!

[RUSHHEAD666]

I can see Geddy, Alex and Neil's faces in the fireball on the cover of "Vapor Trails" too!

 

[savagegrace26]

I see a vagina

[CrossedSignals]

I think I see a bong...

[eshine]

I dig the cover - and no I don't see a face, but I havent smoked anything (yet

 

One thing is for sure - Hue Syme is a fantastic painter.

[TullSkull]

QUOTE (presto123 @ Apr 12 2012, 09:10 PM)

Damn I could use some of that stuff you're smokin.

[Principled Man]

Obviously, the entire image is that of the Universe's cosmic background radiation, which The Watchmaker left behind to befuddle us puny Earthlings......

[greyfriar]

count me in.

[anchorman]

QUOTE (savagegrace26 @ Apr 13 2012, 01:21 AM)

I see a vagina

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn100/n157/n15721cf3zd.jpg

 

Death Magnetic / Metallica

[trenken]

I think I see the virgin mary in it.

[FountainOfSyrinx]

I see three faces...

 

the ones of Geddy, Alex, and Neil

[Presto-digitation]

Edited April 13, 2012 by Presto-digitation

[Principled Man]

QUOTE (savagegrace26 @ Apr 13 2012, 01:21 AM)

I see a vagina

Whose vagina?

[Motorshooter]

I see stupid people....they're every where

[ReflectedLight]

[Gompers]

See that pic of the boys on the couch you posted?

 

 

Yeah, they are laughing at you.

 

 

 

[Rush Cocky]

QUOTE (Geddyleegenes @ Apr 13 2012, 12:07 AM)

I've read a number of posts saying that the CA cover is sort of boring or that it reminds them of the "Hold Your Fire" cover.

Only because it's RED!

 

Other than that, I expect the album itself to be nothing like HYF.

 

And this is a very good thing.

[ReflectedLight]

i like the album cover alot. nice and simple and the last thing i wanted to see on the front cover would be blimps and all kinds of crazy steampunk stuff which you will get on the inside.

[Godeater2112]

I find the picture of the three of them on that fancy assed couch a lot more shocking.

 

If you project where each of their six eyeballs are looking and connect those points, it clearly forms an upside-down trident. WTF does that mean?!