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Damo
Sep-02-2009, 20:36 GMT
United Kingdom
 | Two questions - does anybody know what the cover of Hearts And Bones is supposed to be (looks like Paul in a sweet shop to me) and secondly does anybody else think that on ´Cars Are Cars´ the lyric ´you can drive em on the left´ sounds like it is being sung (or someone mimicking) George Harrison??
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Ian
Sep-03-2009, 15:44 GMT
USA - United Staates America
 | Yeah,that line DOES sound like a George Harrison impersonation. Good call. The picture on the front cover of ´Hearts And Bones´ sleeve is,I believe,a photograph of the image of Paul being displayed on a television! You can make out the pixels of the tv screen. I also think he may be standing in front of a newspaper stand/kiosk, on a New York street,for example. I think too that whatever the footage of Paul is,that they photographed the television image and cropped off someone,most probably Carrie Fisher,who Paul has his left arm draped over. The b&w picture on the inner sleeve/booklet of H&B,of Paul sitting on a park bench(though not in a park),with a little girl behind him,is probably from the same television footage(judging by the clothing),but not taken from a tv screen obviously. And finally,could that little girl actually be Carrie? I´ve thought a lot about the art direction of this album for many years,but I´m sorry Damo,that I have only added further confusion to your question. |
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DannyJ
Sep-03-2009, 20:08 GMT
United Kingdom
| Hi Damo... the re-issue of H&B says the front cover photo is credited to E.K.T.V. and the inside cover photo to a photographer called Arthur Elgort... in the reissue the photo under the clear tray os also credited to E.K.T.V. though I have no idea who they are! |
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Damo
Sep-03-2009, 22:42 GMT
United Kingdom
| Hi Ian
Thanks for getting back to me. Hearts And Bones was, I think, the first Paul Simon album I bought and I loved it from the first notes of ´Allergies´ and still do. The cover just seems to articulate something for me but I still haven´t figured out what!!! Another question I have always wondered about - in the Late Great Johnny Ace, he says that a stranger came up and told him about Lennon´s death and they went to a bar together - is that a true story? Sorry, I have a million of these questions!! |
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Damo
Sep-03-2009, 22:43 GMT
United Kingdom
| Thanks Danny
I will look up the references and see if I can shed further light on it |
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Forum guest
Sep-04-2009, 10:34 GMT
United Kingdom
| Nick from Widnes England writes:
I always asummed that the cover sleve for the vinal record (not CD) wich I have was a poor photograph from a TV station in possibily Japan, where Paul is very popular.
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Ian
Sep-04-2009, 11:58 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Hi all,as Danny pointed out,some of the photos were attributed to E.K.T.V.,which goes further to convince me that it is a photograph of a tv screen. I remember when I was 16 and waiting for the release of ´Think Too Much´,the long awaited reunion studio album from S&G. After months of rumours and constantly changing release dates,I got a phone call from my older brother who was a radio announcer in another city. He told me that he was holding an advance copy of ´Hearts And Bones´ in his hands and that it was a Paul Simon album,not S&G!! I distinctly remember him trying to give a verbal description of the album sleeve,and he described it as very colourful,and garish looking. That,combined with the LONG title of ´Rene and Georgette´ had me very intrigued to hear this album,and when my copy finally arrived,it almost didn´t leave my turntable for 2 years!! I Love ´H&B´ very much´. I also like ´Allergies´ which some don´t. I had heard it live at the ´S&G´ show earlier in ´83 and it sounded great in concert too. |
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Forum guest
Sep-04-2009, 15:15 GMT
United Kingdom
| The cover looks to me like Paul is shopping. He is reaching to a shelf with his left hand and holding a shopping basket in his right.
He has been captured on the store´s CCTV.
Probably shopping for his own records at this time in his career!:) |
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Damo
Sep-04-2009, 21:00 GMT
United Kingdom
| On Youtube type in Song About The Moon simon and Garfunkel and there is a studio recording of them singing it - you probably know this, but just in case... |
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