3/16/2023 0 Comments Grand funk railroad album covers![]() If this is what they opted for, what kinds of ideas do you think they rejected?Īnd, from a modern-day perspective: Should we all thank Rock n’ Roll Jesus that there were basically no music videos in 1973?Ĥ. Is there some corollary between “American” and “naked” I’m missing? Did someone think, “Nothing says ‘American band’ quite like going naked”? (I mean, they could have dressed up like Uncle Sam and had their pictures taken at the head of the Flint Fourth of July Parade or something.) Why do I get the feeling Don Brewer is about to offer me cab fare and an invitation to see him backstage the next time he’s in town? Is it coincidence that Mark Farner, who seems to be enjoying the moment the most, is also the band member with the least body showing? What is Craig Frost looking at (or for)? Is someone standing just out of shot holding up his clothes?Ĭould Mel Schacher look any more emaciated, or any more pissed off? If you were straight, you could take droll pleasure in considering any one of a number of questions and considerations: If you were gay in 1973, you could enjoy this picture as a rare over-the-counter glimpse of male nudity, as an old acquaintance of mine who was gay in 1973 (and still is now) once described it to me. Though … well, that’s not where your eye is drawn when you look at the picture: There’s actually a fair amount of red, white and blue on the inside cover. Those among you who know We’re An American Band mentally corrected me a minute ago. And colored vinyl, in all its showy glory, earns an automatic placement in any Five For The Record entry.ģ. This is the other album I own on colored vinyl. It’s enough to make a man go all Scrooge McDuck.Ģ. Behind that shiny gold cover was/is a rich river of millions of dollars of American teenage cash. ![]() Grand Funk went Vince Furnier and the lads one better, with a design that evokes one of the world’s most sought-after universal currencies.Īnd, when you think about it, a lot of people laid out a lot of bank to buy copies of We’re An American Band (and Billion Dollar Babies, for that matter). ![]() ’73, you’ll remember, was also the year Alice Cooper released Billion Dollar Babies, whose art and design were based heavily on dollar bills. Redolent of gold albums, yes … but also of shiny, shiny bullion, and sleekness, power and fortune. Instead, the entire album cover is done in gold foil, with black lettering and some white inside the gatefold just to break things up a bit. (We’ll get back to this thought in a minute.) But there’s scarcely a shred of red, white or blue to be found anywhere on the album. 2 on the album charts and spawned two Top 40 singles (the one you remember, and the one you probably don’t.) Kick-started GF(R)’s brief but lucrative run as a Top 40 teenybop-singles band.ġ. Today’s subject: Seventh studio album by Flint, Michigan-based rock band. A recurring feature in which I look at something I enjoy but have never thought deeply about, and force myself to clearly state five reasons why I like it.
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