Posted on 06/09/2005 2:39:36 PM PDT by GPBurdell
LONDON - Is Coldplay trying to tell us something with that multicolored symbol on the cover of their new album? Cubelike images adorn the packaging, both on the cover and the liner notes, of "X&Y," the British band's much-anticipated third album that was released Tuesday.
New Music Express asked a number of top art experts to figure out what the geometric figure on the cover means. They've concluded that it's a 19th-century telegraphic code known as the Baudot Code, or The International Telegraph Code Number One. It was used in teletype machines in the late 1800s.
So, what does it say on the album cover? It says, appropriately enough, "X and Y." The rainbow colors are there just to make it pretty.
A message on the back of the liner notes says, "Make Trade Fair." The band is politically active, and lists several Web sites in the liner notes at which fans can get involved in global affairs
Sure it doesn't say "cranberry sauce"?
Goo-goo-ka-choo!
;-D
If played backwards, it probably says, "Give me a wooden apple for the banana patch monkeys".
;-D
LOL! Baudot was still being used by the military when I got out in '97.
I'd rather listen to my old Def Leppard albums than these schmucks any day. BTW, DL is apparently touring with Tesla this summer. What a blast from the past! I remember buying the singles off the Hysteria album, because when you put them all together, they form a bigger picture.
You are magically transported to the Dark Side of the Moon?
You are magically transported to the Dark Side of the Moon?
Ahhh, now there's an album!!
" According to the December 1, 2001 issue of Billboard, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon has been on the charts for an astounding 1,285 weeks. That's just under 25 years! Its closest rival is James Taylor's Greatest Hits, checking in at 573 weeks on the chart. James can expect to reach Pink Floyd's record number in about 13 1/2 years."
COLDPLAY who?
Looks like spectroscopy lines.
Yep, Zep too. I just got the Led Zep box set last month. Swwwweet!
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