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The Simpsons' Spoof of Sgt. Pepper's Album Cover
The famous Beatles' 1967 "Sgt. Pepper's" album cover was designed by Peter Blake. The collage features the foursome among their heroes including dignitaries, friends, actors and even wax models of themselves. The cover is considered a turning point in album cover design, inspiring many interpretations in the ensuing years. One particular zany interpretation is the cover of the 1998 album "The Yellow Album" by the cast of the popular television show, "The Simpson's." The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television show in American TV history. It debuted on December 17, 1989. The characters were created by cartoonist Matt Groening.
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There have been several visual parodies of Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass's eyebrow raising 1965 album. Later artists experimented with other edibles such as sour cream, clam dip, spaghetti and sweet cream.
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The political parody outfit, the Capitol Steps, is a troupe of current and former Congressional staffers. Since the mid '80s no administration, be it Republican or Democrat, is safe from their scrutiny of events and personalities in Capitol Hill and around the world.
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The 1984 mock, rock documentary written by Rob Reiner chronicles the adventures of the British heavy metal band, Spinal Tap, in the midst of their first American tour. The irony of the soundtrack and songs such as "Big Bottom" and "Stonehenge" is that they work better than the songs they parody. In 1990, a studio-only album with the same cast of characters assembled for "Break Like the Wind" to give fans another foul whiff of music.
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The debut album "This Is It" from The Strokes caused a quite stir in 2001 as many hailed the group’s back-to-basics form of rock and roll. Prior to their U.S. release, their British release featured the sexy cover depicting a bare hip and glove. An unknown band called The Diff'rent Strokes paid homage with a four song EP titled "This Isn't It." The songs on the EP are played entirely with Casio synthesizers. Additionally, the nude model on the original is replaced by a doll on the parody's cover.
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Radio veteran Bob Rivers has been offering up song parodies since the mid 1980s. Starting with 1992’s "Twisted Christmas" and followed by 1993's "I Am Santa Claus," 1997's "More Twisted Christmas," 2000's "Chipmunks Roasting On an Open Fire" and 2002's "White Trash Christmas" Rivers' holiday parodies have become infamous. His holiday parodies include the songs "Walkin' Round in Women's Underwear" and "Have Yourself an Ozzy Little Christmas."
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The famous Beatles' 1967 "Sgt. Pepper's" album cover was designed by Peter Blake. The collage features the foursome among their heroes including dignitaries, friends, actors and even wax models of themselves. The cover is considered a turning point in album cover design, inspiring many interpretations in the ensuing years. Frank Zappa and the Mother of Invention's 1968 "We're Only in it for the Money" album cover was to originally include a parody of the Beatles' cover. It is reported that Zappa and the Mothers negotiated with the Beattles for almost a year and finally agreed to put the parody inside the album cover. So if you look inside you'll find a zany interpretation of the original cover Beatles' cover which serves as a comment on the pretenses of the late 1960s hippie movement.
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The famous Beatles' 1967 "Sgt. Pepper's" album cover was designed by Peter Blake. The collage features the foursome among their heroes including dignitaries, friends, actors and even wax models of themselves. The cover is considered a turning point in album cover design, inspiring many interpretations in the ensuing years. One particular zany interpretation is the cover of the 1998 album "The Yellow Album" by the cast of the popular television show, "The Simpson's." The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television show in American TV history. It debuted on December 17, 1989. The characters were created by cartoonist Matt Groening.
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