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Oops, A Robot Accidentally Killed Queen

Discrete-Daniel — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:29:36 PDT

Don't forget the version Jawbone Radio did for Jonathan Coulton's Thing-A-Week cover of Queen!

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ndgmtlcd — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:38:01 PDT

Kelly Freas was a master at drawing both anatomy and hi-tech SF. It,s too bad he's remmebered mostly for that Queen cover. Check out his book "The Art of Science Fiction". Freas was astounded at the bad art that ended up on SF novel covers in the 70s and 80s. One thing that startled him in particular was how those penny dreadful illustrators always failed to get Spock right.

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ideaman2020 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:32:41 PDT

Best. Queen. Album. Ever.

PS. Always loved/was-creeped-out-by the cover, too.

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Freebadeebadingdong — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:35:38 PDT

This was my first 8 Track Tape. I bought it at OZ Music Store in Eastwood Mall in Birmingham, Alabama and rocked to it while cruising the mall, looking for girls, in my 77 Camaro.

Lol, let the laughter and shaming begin... I have thick skin, you can't hurt me.

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kingfling — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:52:30 PDT

I remember staring at this album cover in the store when I was a kid. It blew my mind.

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AmericanHector — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:52:23 PDT

@zenpoet: Exactly...pretty much sums up the song in 1 image.

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strider_mt2k — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:32:30 PDT

It obviously didn't mean to...

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Timeshredder — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:16:39 PDT

Someone could do (and possibly has done) a thesis on the use of SF motifs in album covers of the 70s.

ELO, anybody?

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Evil Tortie's Mom — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:39:58 PDT

yay for Kelly Freas, RIP.

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Horselover — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:25:05 PDT

The guitarist, Brian, earned his PhD in astrophysics a couple of year ago, and even wrote a popular science book with another 2 scientists.

Those god-damned talanted E.T commies...

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EBone — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:23:58 PDT

And all this time I thought it was HIV...

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zenpoet — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:47:46 PDT

I...am....Ironman!

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AlfaCharger — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:18:40 PDT

The Artwork reminded me of Jeff Wayne's Album cover for his musical version of the War of the Worlds from 1979.

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MilesFromNowhere — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:10:33 PDT

The cover folded open to show the other band members falling and the inside has a more sinister robot picture.

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Monsieur.Mind — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:06:02 PDT

This album cover gave me the heebie jeebies as a 5 year old every time I saw it in a store.

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Maxxofor — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:00:37 PDT

Strangely enough the man in the original painting reminds me of Freddy Mercury during the early 80's.

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WordMan — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:59:10 PDT

awww...robot sad

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