October 30, 2021

The Cars on the cover of RollingStone by Annie Leibovitz

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The Cars - 1980     
RollingStone cover     
cover photo by Annie Leibovitz      
photo of magazine cover by Styrous®       
      
       
     
      
      
       
       
       
      
During the COVID-19 year (2020) I was going through a box of old newspapers and magazines that have been in storage for the last thirty years or so and came across my old issues of the RollingStone magazine I'd forgotten all about. 
 
My favorite was issue 329, dated October 30th of 1980, which featured Ric Ocasek and The Cars photographed by Annie Leibovitz; it is hard to believe it was over forty years ago. "My, how time . . . etc."    
 
 
RollingStone article - 1980
photo by Annie Leibovitz
photo of magazine by Styrous®
 
      
It was a good year for Leibovitz on the Stone, she made the cover of sixteen issues. Richard Avedon only managed to score three.     
      
And of course, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show had their comedic, sarcastic, tongue in cheek, 1972 hit, written by Shel Silverstein, The Cover of 'Rolling Stone, in which they bemoan the lack of making the cover of the magazine. The song is a parody of the rock and roll lifestyle. It pokes fun at all the things that rock stars indulge in when they're successful: groupies, shady characters hanging around, limo rides, etc. It's a whole lot of fun and I love this song!      

Cover peaked at No. 6 on the U.S. pop chart for two weeks on March 17–24, 1973. The success of the song led to the band actually appearing, in caricature, on the cover of RollingStone on March 29th of 1973.  



 
Poison did a cover (pun intended) of the song. It is a little slower and a bit more syncopated than the Hook version. Country music singer Chris Janson had his turn at the song in 2017; he plays a hot harmonica and I like his voice (links below).       
     
      
 
Well, we're big rock singers
We got golden fingers
And we're loved everywhere we go (that sounds like us)
We sing about beauty and we sing about truth
At ten-thousand dollars a show (right)
We take all kinds of pills that give us all kind of thrills
But the thrill we've never known
Is the thrill that'll gitcha when you get your picture
On the cover of the Rollin' Stone

(Rollin stone) want to see my picture on the cover
(Stone)Wanna buy five copies for my mother (yes)
(Stone)Wanna see my smilin' face
On the cover of the Rollin' Stone (that's a very very good idea)

I got a freaky ole lady name a cocaine Katy
Who embroideries on my jeans
I got my poor ole grey haired daddy
Drivin' my limousine
Now it's all designed to blow our minds
But our minds won't really be blown
Like the blow that'll gitcha when you get your picture
On the cover of the Rollin' Stone

(Rollin Stone) want to see our pictures on the cover
(Stone) want to buy five copies for our mothers (yeah)
(Stone) want to see my smilin' face
On the cover of the Rollin' Stone
(talking) Hey, I know how
Rock and roll

Ah, that's beautiful
We got a lot of little teenage blue eyed groupies
Who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian Guru
Who's teaching us a better way
We got all the friends that money can buy
So we never have to be alone
And we keep getting richer but we can't get our picture
On the cover of the Rollin' Stone

(Rollin stone)Gonna see my picture on the cover
(Stone) Gonna buy five copies for my mother (wa wa)
(Stone) Gonna see my smilin' face
On the cover of the Rollin' Stone
On the cover of the Rollin'
Stone) Gonna see my picture on the cover
(talking) I don't know why we ain't on the cover, baby
(Stone) Gonna buy five copies for my mother
(talking) We're beautiful subjects
(Stone) Want to see my smilin' face
(talking) I ain't kiddin', we would make a beautiful cover
On the cover of the Rollin' Stone
(talking) Fresh shot, right up front, man
I can see it now, we'll be up in the front
Smilin, man
Ah, beautiful. 
      
      
     
Viewfinder links:
      
Richard Avedon       
The Cars      
Corona Virus          
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show          
Annie Leibovitz        
Ric Ocasek      
Poison        
     
Net link:
     
RollingStone magazine ~ 1980 covers            
     
YouTube links:
      
Chris Janson ~ The Cover of 'Rolling Stone      
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show ~   
       The Cover of 'Rolling Stone     
       The Cover of 'Rolling Stone (live)           
       The Cover of 'Rolling Stone (live on BBC)           
Poison ~ The Cover of 'Rolling Stone     
     
     
     
Styrous® ~ Saturday, October 30, 2021    















Angela Davis articles/mentions

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Mentions:     
Michelle Vignes ~ Photographs          
Dionne Warwick ~ Go With Love     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Angela Davis - 1968
photographer unknown



        
       
       
       
        
       
















B. J. Thomas articles/mentions

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Mentions:     
Dionne Warwick ~  
       Go With Love     
       Greatest Motion Picture Hits  
     
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
     
B. J. Thomas - 1968
photographer unknown
        
       
       
       
        
       














Jackie DeShannon articles/menitons

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Mentions:     
Dionne Warwick ~ Go With Love     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
photographer unknown



        
       
       
       
        
       

















Poison articles/mentions

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Poison     
date & photographer unknown     
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Shel Silverstein articles/mentions

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Shel Silverstein     
photo: CSU Archive/Everett Collection     
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show articles/menitons

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photo: CSU Archive/Everett Collection     
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

October 29, 2021

The Styrous Viewfinder ~ 990,000 Pageviews

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Yesterday the Viewfinder hit 990,000 Pageviews 

Once again, a heartfelt thanks to the many readers of my blog who have supported me the last eleven years.        
        
        
        
        
Viewfinder link:        
        
        
        
        
        
         
        
Styrous® ~ Friday, October 29, 2021                 












Doris Troy articles/mentions

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mentions:      
Atomic Rooster ~ Made In England     
Pink Floyd ~      
       Dark Side Of The Moon      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
date & photographer unknown 
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Leila and the Snakes articles/mentions


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Leila And The Snakes ~ Pyramid Power     
     
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
      
Pyramid Power 
45 rpm record
cover photo by Eddie Troia
photo of record cover by Styrous®      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Clash articles/mentions

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The Clash - 1978   
photo by Sheila Rock     
     
     
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hipgnosis articles/mentions

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mentions:      
Atomic Rooster ~ Made In England     
Pink Floyd ~      
       Dark Side Of The Moon      
       Dark Side of the Moon minutiae  
       Wish You Were Here    
Wishbone Ash ~ Wishbone Four      
     
     
     
10cc - Deceptive Bends album cover detail    
     
      
     
     
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Morris Day articles/mentions

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Prince ~   
     Parade Under the Cherry Moon        
     Purple Rain laserdisc    
     Purple Rain vinyl LP          
      
     
     
     
     
      
Morris Day     
date & photographer unknown     
     
      
     
           
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

John Morris articles/mentions

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John Morris     
date & photographer unknown     
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

October 24, 2021

Pablo Casals ~ Hymn to the United Nations & W.H. Auden

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Exactly fifty years ago today, on Sunday, October 24, 1971, Pablo Casals conducted the premiere of his Hymn to the United Nations with text by W.H. Auden, in New York City, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations.     
     
The work is a beautiful, glorious and exuberant paean to the hope of peace in the world by a mixed chorus of what sounds like a bazillion people with full orchestra (link below).      
     
There is an audio of Auden reciting his poem, Hymn to the United Nations, on the United Nations Audiovisual Library website and the words to his poem can be found on the bartleby.com website (links below).    
     
     
     
      
     
     
    
 



 
left: W.H. Auden, reciting, right: Pablo Casals, watching


 


Hymn to the United Nations
October 25, 1971, p. 40





 
left: W.H. Auden, right: Pablo Casals
      
     
     
      
     
     
     
Viewfinder links:       
         
20,000 Vinyl LPs Archive           
W. H. Auden       
Pablo Casals          
Francisco Franco         
Yousuf Karsh        
      
Audio link:                    
        
UN Audiovisual Library ~ Hymn to the United Nations a Poem by W.H. Auden         
        
Net link:       
         
bartleby.com ~ W. H. Auden ~ Hymn to the United Nations         
Foundation Pau Casals ~ The day the world sang for peace         
New York Times ~ Casals Acclaimed in Concert at U. N.        
     
YouTube link:       
         
Hymn of the United Nations (with lyrics & photos)        
        
        
        
Looking forward to the third 25th anniversary!
        
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Sunday, October 24, 2021