Thanks to Conor, I have indulged in a bona fide internet meme. My album cover above is the result of this exercise:
- 1) Your album cover is the third image on this page.
2) Your band name is the article title at the top of this page.
3) Your album title is the last 4 or 5 words from the last quote on this page.
Yes, a random generator actually gave me a Yoda quote. There’s some kind of sick karma at work here.
On the sunnier side — I do like my group’s name, which I’ve decided is a Burgess Meredith cover band.
***Added by Kevin Murphy***
I got a great cover for a current electro-trance or late-seventies funk band:
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1 Tim on Mar 9, 2009 at 6:30 am
An album featuring covers of Burgess Merideth reading Yoda quotes?
Await you, platinum records and Grammy awards do.
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Reply from Rob T Firefly on March 9, 2009:
Good thing it isn’t the other way around. It’s a bit hard to Yoda-fy “Waaaaaaaaak, waaaaak, waaaaaak!”
2 Wings on Mar 9, 2009 at 6:38 am
Your’s is AWESOME! Seems like everyone had a great one - except me! I followed the rules and didn’t cheat and ended up with this:
http://wings1295.blogspot.com/2009/02/fun-little-game.html
Poop.
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3 Barry on Mar 9, 2009 at 6:48 am
I’ll take Anal Bum Cover for $600, Alex!
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4 Kris on Mar 9, 2009 at 6:58 am
Ah, this was the precious internet plague that took over once that ‘25 Things About Me’ thing finally died a slow, horrible death on Facebook. I like this plague much better. This was my photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlem/3333147532/
It’s strange and comical, and I like it. It brings a serious case of WTF all up in this joint. Word.
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5 Adam on Mar 9, 2009 at 7:06 am
So you guys do all the Burgess Meredith hits, like “There Was TIME Enough Now” and “Yes Chancellor, In God’s Name I WILL Let You Out!”
…I like The Twilight Zone.
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Reply from Earl Fando on March 9, 2009:
I think this leaves out the twin peaks of Burgess’ ouevre: The Rocky years and the Batman years.
Who could forget classic tunes like:
“Keep hittin’em in the ribs ya see?”
and
“Down! Down! Stay Down!”
Remember the soul-stirring inspiration of
“You’re a bum, Rock. You’re a bum.”
The political anthem that changed a generation:
“But remember, no politics. Issues confuse people.”
and the romantic ballad
“Here comes the bride, all bagged and tied!”
Feel free to adapt this to any adverts or future Rhino Records liner notes, Bill.
6 blablover5 on Mar 9, 2009 at 7:08 am
I find it funny how slowly these things get around. I want to say it was a year ago that I caught it off a message board, then I got it again off my blog, and now the poor little meme is trying to infect facebook.
I almost feel bad for it when we finally get a good vaccine and erradiact the poor guy.
Oh yeah this was mine:
Gargas, Haute-Garonne
With the rocking album “September tries its best to have us forget summer. ”
And this is our rocking album picture ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/10637784@N05/3299774365/ )
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7 Incurable Insomniac on Mar 9, 2009 at 7:23 am
I did this one last week; seems it’s really making the rounds. Here’s mine:
http://incurable-insomniac.blogspot.com/2009/03/first-album-meme.html
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8 Conor Lastowka on Mar 9, 2009 at 7:28 am
I enjoy h0w the quotes can be very familiar, mine was “The only place success comes before work is a dictionary”, but still rendered very strange and album title sounding when you chop half the quote off.
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Reply from Nerf on March 9, 2009:
I agree. My album title was “Books Is Making Us Ignorant”. The original was from Voltaire, “The multitude of books is making us ignorant”. The album version has the perfect amount of sarcasm which is completely missing from the actual quote.
Reply from Rubicon on March 10, 2009:
(disambiguation) is a cracklin’ good end of a band name, and would also make for a fine album title.
9 AJ on Mar 9, 2009 at 7:32 am
Mine was quite good.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Angela001/cover.jpg
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10 Barry on Mar 9, 2009 at 7:49 am
http://sokar.cwru.edu/images/albumcover.jpg
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11 Joshua J. Slone on Mar 9, 2009 at 7:49 am
http://joshuajamesslone.name/images/date/20090309fakealbum.jpg
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Reply from Kris on March 9, 2009:
This was utterly brilliant.
12 Ben on Mar 9, 2009 at 8:00 am
My band is Anal Leakage and my quote was “Your movements go too far”. The photo was of ducks…I think it a sort of sublime commentary on duck gastrointestinal fortitude.
Interesting.
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13 Laura on Mar 9, 2009 at 8:36 am
My album cover:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristianbirchall/3337779564/
My band name:
Emory Washburn
Album title:
“What I Have Not Received”
…. Emory Washburn?
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14 SecretIdentityCrisis on Mar 9, 2009 at 8:42 am
I’ve made a bunch of these since I first heard about the meme a year ago (I’m an early adopter of time-wasting things) and then made a couple more when Connor mentioned it again on Twitter.
http://twitpic.com/1qd5a
http://twitpic.com/1qdkp
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15 Tv Miller on Mar 9, 2009 at 8:46 am
The album cover was something of a painting of Eminem by Renoir.
My band is is umbrage to Andre Talley called Talley.
And my album title is, “I Do Nothing Myself.”
And I decided my first track is the text from the first Google Ad on the right side of this page which is “White Lies”
The album dedication is to the third click on the 20th email following the first email about enlargement with the word ‘goat’ in it… “Kyle Maki of Santa Clarita, California.”
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16 JoshWay on Mar 9, 2009 at 8:50 am
In case the image tag doesn’t work: http://www.joshway.com/wp/VeraSessina.jpg
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Reply from Wesley Stamper on March 9, 2009:
I know this quote, Josh. It goes:
Pure of Mouth
Pure of Hands
But the Diaper Contains
a Substance so Toxic
it Evokes Fond Memories of Chernobyl
17 Derek on Mar 9, 2009 at 8:51 am
Mine turned out rather well: http://tr.im/haAT
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Reply from Rubicon on March 10, 2009:
That’s hilarious, something off kilter about all three elements that makes it extra funny.
18 rebisaz on Mar 9, 2009 at 9:57 am
I’m not quite sure what I think of my title, “Without the female sex”.
http://twitpic.com/1yjo9
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19 Matt on Mar 9, 2009 at 10:23 am
Band Name: Settlement Commission
Album Title: Cats Regard People As Warm-Blooded Furniture
Pic: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3337156227_cace3092e5_m.jpg
The pic alone is worth the jump
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20 While You Were Away « Mindings on Mar 9, 2009 at 10:35 am
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21 Krunchy on Mar 9, 2009 at 11:15 am
Band Name:
Frontal fibrosing alopecia
definitely sounds death metal! Though it’s about women going bald
CD title:
Blame the Looking Glass
Perhaps some sort of alice in wonderland concept album? Maybe she’s losing her hair due to radiation from the giant mushrooms?
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22 awfulgoodmovies on Mar 9, 2009 at 11:24 am
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9173/eastwallroad.jpg
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Reply from Matt on March 9, 2009:
Fly sex is always worth it, those things live for like a day.
23 Russ Rogers on Mar 9, 2009 at 11:34 am
There is a facebook group dedicated to the game:
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=130275380028
Len Peralta (illustrator extraordinaire and pal of the RiffTones) was one of the founding members!
I think you are missing some important elements to “The Rules” of the game. You should give a link to the Wikipedia page that inspired your band’s name. You should publish the full quote with author. And give a link to the original flickr page where you get your image. It’s good to give credit where credit is due.
Also, you get bonus points if you format the finished piece as a square, like an LP or CD cover.
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Reply from Bill Corbett on March 9, 2009:
Rules?
I’m a
copjerk who doesn’t follow the rules, man.Reply from Invisible NanoGhost on March 9, 2009:
He’s in a rock band. Freedom from rules!
(cue Born to be Wild)
Reply from Earl Fando on March 10, 2009:
What is this, chess? Just go with the flow, man.
24 tweez on Mar 9, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Here’s mine:
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25 tweez on Mar 9, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Let me try again:
[IMG]http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/ss356/Tweez65/FREEDOMFROMFEAR.jpg[/IMG]
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26 AmandaGal on Mar 9, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Can you use HTML here?
I think “Superior thoracic artery” is a sweet name for a band. My full quote was:
“If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment.”
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Reply from AmandaGal on March 9, 2009:
I guess that is a no, here is a link:
http://www.cybervixen.net/album.jpg
[img src=http://www.cybervixen.net/album.jpg]
27 Mack on Mar 9, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Here’s mine.
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd91/MackintoshRJ/91de831b.jpg
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28 Adam on Mar 9, 2009 at 3:12 pm
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/8730/myband.jpg
I’m pretty happy. I bet it’s like, the ultimate shoegaze record.
Also, I took a longer title than instructed, but I don’t care, it’s a better title that way.
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29 wakachiwaka on Mar 9, 2009 at 3:18 pm
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u127/nopso66/Miscellaneous/AlbumCover.jpg
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30 Meredith on Mar 9, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Here’s mine. I’m guessing it’s full of folk songs about feelings:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/changetion/Cover.jpg
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31 Queen Shadowrama on Mar 9, 2009 at 3:59 pm
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/Halsgoddess/albumcover.jpg
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32 Emily on Mar 9, 2009 at 6:17 pm
oh man, you made me into a shitty emo band >:(
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33 Jack the Autumn on Mar 9, 2009 at 7:58 pm
BAND- Müller
(yep with the ‘Crew dots over the “u”)
ALBUM- Human and, therefore, brothers.
Ja Jungenmädchen! Come and dance to your favorite Aryan hits straight from the homeland!
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34 gojikranz on Mar 9, 2009 at 11:44 pm
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=41897023&l=50a44&id=3227681
band name: Krông Năng District
your band name is always better if it has letters with things over them like the two dots.
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35 Sensei_Rebel on Mar 10, 2009 at 12:29 am
Yes! I got the band name I’ve always wanted. “Fern Spike”. Now that’s cool.
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36 Creepy Girl on Mar 10, 2009 at 4:32 am
Yet another excuse to spend hours messing around in Photoshop! How fabulous!
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e134/KKtrin/PhotoShop/albumcover.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e134/KKtrin/PhotoShop/album2.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e134/KKtrin/PhotoShop/album1.jpg
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37 Montagthemagician on Mar 10, 2009 at 5:03 am
Here’s my album cover. http://twitpic.com/1z64d Follow me on twitter if you want.
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38 Earl Fando on Mar 10, 2009 at 6:04 am
I’ve done this several times already (I’m trying to encapsulate the career arc thingy…think Eric Idle reading the history of a band, Toad, the Wet Sprocket, etc.) but for my morning shot of fake bandness got the following combination:
Cover: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24739867@N02/3342794552/
Band Name: Kittery (CDP), Maine
Album Title: It’s Against the Law
Given the quality of the average band name, album cover, and title these days, I’m beginning to suspect that all bands should be formed in this way,
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39 MichaelG on Mar 10, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Here’s mine:
Very sincere.
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40 MichaelG on Mar 10, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Here’s mine:
http://www.free-the-memes.net/misc/album-cover.jpg
Very sincere.
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41 mst3ktemple on Mar 14, 2009 at 9:20 pm
I kept getting errors when I tried to get the band name and album title, but I used what came up. It turned out kind of ominous, but I like it:
http://www.mst3ktemple.com/albumcover.html
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