Obscured by Clouds Album Cover

sydbarrettxoxo · #1 04-26-2006, 09:41 AM

what is the picture for the album cover for Obscured by Clouds? like what is it a picture of....& also Meddle...isn't meddle like an exploding star? that is what i think
i have searched this out on the fourms & i could not find it

Two-Headed Boy · #2 04-26-2006, 10:44 AM

It's a man and a woman flying through trees. The one on the left is David GIlmour. Both shirtless, wearing jeans.

Lily · #3 04-26-2006, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by sydbarrettxoxo

...isn't meddle like an exploding star?

the meddle cover is a picture of an ear underwater.

Random Precision · #4 04-26-2006, 11:48 AM

I have absolutely no idea, but im guessing its a scene from the movie.

Botley · #5 04-26-2006, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Random Precision

I have absolutely no idea, but im guessing its a scene from the movie.

Yes, it is... and David Gilmour is not in the movie. Joey has an overactive imagination. As far as I can tell, it's only one bloke and his name is Jean-Pierre Kalfon. Storm Thorgerson was playing with a slide projector and film stills, accidentally defocussing the lens with water or something to get that starburst effect.

Lily is right about Meddle... the question is, whose ear is it?

Two-Headed Boy · #6 04-26-2006, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Botley

...the question is, whose ear is it?

It's the ear of the damned!

AAh!! Run!!!!

lunaticccc · #7 04-26-2006, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Botley

the question is, whose ear is it?

well somebody was mentioning pig's ear, but i think it's human?

stratman · #8 04-26-2006, 08:08 PM

It is human. The ear belongs to Storm's mother.

Botley · #9 04-26-2006, 08:50 PM

And just why would the photographer, Bob Dowling according to the album credits, choose Mrs. Thorgerson for his model?

Lily · #10 04-26-2006, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Botley

And just why would the photographer, Bob Dowling according to the album credits, choose Mrs. Thorgerson for his model?

because she's such a sweet lady! and her ear fitted the exact image he had in his head while preparing the shooting.

stratman · #11 04-26-2006, 09:07 PM

Yes, I made that up.

If Botley would have said it, everyone would have accepted it without question.

sydbarrettxoxo · #12 04-27-2006, 07:19 AM

are you guys sure it is an ear?

to me it does not look like an ear...it has to be like sticking out of the head for it to look like that

now that looks a little bit like meddle
it's the little pic on the tippy top..not the other colorful ones

Lily · #13 04-27-2006, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sydbarrettxoxo

are you guys sure it is an ear?

you have to open the cd booklet and look at the whole picture:

Botley · #14 04-27-2006, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by sydbarrettxoxo

to me it does not look like an ear...it has to be like sticking out of the head for it to look like that

Of course - it wouldn't be Floydian enough if it just looked like a regular ear. But the resemblence to a spacey image is probably intentional:

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The cover design for Meddle, Pink Floyd’s fourth studio album, is a straightforward affair technically speaking. Separate 5x4 photographs were taken of a human ear in close up (God knows whose), and of ripples in a big tray of water. Both set ups were arranged in a studio using artificial light and Extachrome transparency film. The two selected images were then sandwiched together by the repro house according to black and white trace instructions.

What was not so straightforward were the meanings and implications. What was the design about? What relevance did it have? Somehow the cover seemed as obscure as the title. Why Meddle? Is that ‘meddle’ as in meddling or interfering? Who or what is meddling with what? Is the band meddling with our minds? Is the water interfering with the ear? Was someone meddling in Pink Floyd affairs? Was it a misspelling? And so on and so forth. The relevance can’t be simply water ripples like concentric waves of sound, that’s too easy and not particular to Floyd, unless the design refers to repeated circles, like repeated sounds or echoes, which is the main track on the album, occupying a whole side of the vinyl.

There was no doubting the quality of the music. Meddle is a great album, much underrated, except by cognoscenti.

Also check out this analysis here.

sydbarrettxoxo · #15 04-27-2006, 09:19 AM

thanks for the info....i belive you ....hah i'm asking all the kids in me class the whole think the link u sent me & they say that it looks like a dinosor....but then i tell them it's an ear & they are like oooo yah....but i don't see it

....maybe cuz it's a differnet color

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Obscured by Clouds Album Cover

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