Ok, so technically this is a single cover, but it’s just too good to pass up. Not a bad song, but it gets overplayed imo.) Chemical World - Blur (edit: I just found out I have been heard the song “Somebody’s Baby” from this album on the radio multiple times. This could mean that him rowing the car as a raft instead of driving it refers to how he cannot buy love and that his shiny car is ultimately pointless in this pursuit. I’m no expert, but there seems to be a heavy connection to how a Mercedes is a status symbol, which one might assume a lawyer would own. More specifically, it’s an image of a man in business attire, rowing his Mercedes which somehow isn’t sinking. Petrolhead Rating: 9/10Īnother rock album from an artist who sort of flew under the radar for me, Jackson Browne’s “Lawyer’s in Love” is a platinum-certified album, and of course, there is a car on the cover. Most classical art snobs would scoff at the idea of scantily clad women and muscle cars having a place in the art world, but honestly, nobody likes those people anyway. The pop art piece on the album cover marries the forces of fast cars and rebellious counterculture of late 60s early 70s. The cover was not commissioned, but instead licensed work of an artist name Peter Phillips who met with drummer David Robinson. I also have a soft spot for that wood paneling! Petrolhead Rating: 8.5/10 Heartbeat City - The Carsīy their band name, you would assume they would end up somewhere on the list, but what really earns this album a spot is the exquisite Plymouth Duster 340 illustration. At this point, the Black Keys were no longer a small full-time indie road band, but it seems they still wanted to capture that same sense of adventure and freedom that comes with automotive travel in a band van. The act of playing music or doing stand up comedy at various small venues is often referred to as being “on the road”. The van in this album cover seems more to suggest a band van, and how small bands need one to travel around to various gigs. Rating: 8.5/10 El Camino - The Black KeysĮl Camino, the Spanish word for the road, it’s right there in the title. No other picture has made me long for an old Chrysler minivan in this way, except for the next album cover of course. There’s just something endearing about the way the minivan looks in the shot. Also notice how the street is extremely cracked, conveying a message about urban poverty and decay. If you have ever been in an American city, this type of vehicle is common, as people can’t afford newer or nicer vehicles in poor neighborhoods. City by Kendrick Lamar features a stylistically distorted picture of a Chrysler minivan parked on the side of the street. Petrolhead Rating: 10/10Īnother sort of breakout record here, Good Kid M.A.A.D. The best part, however, has to be that Joji actually owns this car and actually has it star in one of his strange comedic videos. There’s also something to be noted in how the Dodge Stealth is an American car which is really a rebadged Japanese car, and how that mirrors how the artist in question, Joji, is half Japanese and spent an extensive part of his life in Japan, yet now lives in America. ![]() The Dodge Stealth on the cover of his breakout album with the Pink Guy persona caught my eye, and it fits well with the oddball character of Pink Guy. Pink Season is the brainchild of living meme George “Joji” Miller who goes by the name of Filthy Frank (one of his characters) on Youtube and makes comedy music under the Pink Guy persona and serious music under the name Joji. Pinks Season - Pink Guy (aka Filthy Frank aka George "Joji" Miller) So today, for my 50th monday music, I present to you some of my favorite automotive imagery from the music world. Ever since car radios became popular, automobiles and song have been wedded. Strangely, they actually go well together like peanut butter and jelly. ![]() While these two interests are vastly different on the surface, they both have an association with each other.
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