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GIRLS ALOUD - COPY CATS??
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ally77 said on May 10, 2003 10:21:
Okay just reading in a UK paper a review of the new GIRLS ALOUD single “NO GOOD ADVICE” and was shocked to see the cover of the single.... check it out @
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009EPWX/ref=sr_aps_music_1_1...
Nice cover on the new CD single but I think it looks familer, or just perhaps my brain is working overtime!!
harriej said on May 10, 2003 18:30:
Ah, now I see!
The Crash! Boom! Bang!-checkerboard background.
But if remember correctly, not only Roxette has used it before, but also Kim Wilde (before Roxette did it) had something similar.
ally77 said on May 10, 2003 18:57:
@ Harriej.... Yes... it looks like CBB & SIMC.... I did not know Kim Wilde did it as well..... Everytime I see CHECKERBOARDS I think of ROXETTE!!!
harriej said on May 11, 2003 20:01:
Stormkeeper,
It was not an album, but a videoclip.
I think Chequered Love, but could also be an other one, because it is already a long time ago.
I might even be wrong, but in my perception Kim Wilde also had this pattern in one of her clips.
ally77 said on May 12, 2003 07:30:
Yeah maybe but she did not use it on a singles/album cover... pity GA cannot be more creative.... then again they are only manufactured crap....
powerpoplarry said on May 13, 2003 00:36:
ACTUALLY, the originators of the use of checkerboards in their visuals is Cheap Trick back in the 70s!! They use checkerboards on their amp stacks, on Rick Nielsen’s guitars, and sometimes in their logo + on album covers.
Sorry, checkerboards originate with Cheap Trick. I think Per must be a fan, as they are one of the true original powerpop bands ever.
Vixzter said on May 13, 2003 06:00:
Roxette didn’t invent the checkerboard ;)
Per once said in an interview for CBB when asked about the album cover......
’I think its cool......very Blondie’
Check out Parallel Lines by them, ok...so not a checkerboard....but I think he was referring to the black and white bit.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005MNP8/ref=sr_aps_music_1_2...
powerpoplarry said on May 13, 2003 06:07:
Hey Viz, sure, Blondie is cool, and PL is a classic, and I know Per is a big fan. But still, checkerboard visuals started with Cheap Trick, even before Blondie’s PL, at least 2 years prior.
Vixzter said on May 13, 2003 16:23:
I know.....what I mean is....the inspiration behind the CBB cover is more Blondie than cheap trick.
powerpoplarry said on May 14, 2003 02:58:
Oh OK, sure, but I wonder if Per knows of Cheap Trick’s music?? I know he’s a Blondie fan, I remember his quote in discussing musical differences between him, Marie + Clarence, where Marie was all about Joni Mitchell, Clarence about Kate Bush, and Per with his candy-coated Blondie collection...
harriej said on May 10, 2003 10:25:
Maybe my eyes are not good enough, but I do not see any shocking details on the picture.
Maybe i have to look better??