Forty years ago tomorrow, photographer Iain MacMillan took the photo that would be the cover of the Beatles’ Abbey Road, spawning Paul McCartney death rumors in the immediate and a Webcam in the Internet-enabled years. It also inspired a bunch of “homages,” one of which sticks out above all the rest:
The tracklisting for Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers Play The Music Of The Beatles would seem to indicate that this album—which was released in 2001, wow—is not a compilation of mastermixes, but instead some disappointingly straight covers. This does not swing my mood, Jive Bunny!
Abbey Road Album Cover Parodies [Am I Right]
[Liverpool Daily Post; HT The Awl]
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The “Abbey Road” Photo Turns 40
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2001? What the hell. (And I seriously thought you were going to do the Simpsons one.)
My favorite utterly geeked out homage is buried in the art for the [i]Return of the King[/i] soundtrack, showing Peter Jackson, Howard Shore and two other folks in said pose.
Actually, not Simpsons so much as B-Sharps but anyway.
Happy birthday, Abbey Road pic! It’s a good excuse for the early release of this album, to give us a sneak peak per the upcoming Beatles catalogue explosion in September. If only.
I thought this would feature the one good thing the Red Hot Chili Peppers had done.
Overheard in the Mixmaster art department: “Anyone have a picture of that album cover? Oh, never mind. I basically remember how it goes.”