Memorable Magazine Covers...

[naija nitemare]

I understand Yoko "broke up the Beatles" but can someone school me on that cover

it's pretty tautological to just be like, its significant without saying why

 

[retr0sxual]

A lot of these are a joke.

 

[ardeedas]

Originally Posted by you go boy

suprised nobody posted it yet

This issue had me on one as a pubescent lad. The pictorial on Ms. Braxton was rather risqué for a VIBE magazine.

 

[dvdjamm5150]

The session took place in a bright, sunny room overlooking the park," says Yoko Ono of her and John Lennon's photo shoot at the Dakota, their New York apartment building, on December 8th, 1980. "We were feeling comfortable because it was Annie [Leibovitz], whom we respected and trusted, so John seemed not to have any problem taking off his clothes. John and I were hugging each other, feeling a bit giggly and up."
"I was thinking that they had never been embarrassed to take their clothes off, that they could do a nude embrace," says Leibovitz, who was photographing them for a Rolling Stone cover to mark the release of Double Fantasy, their first album in five years. "John took his clothes off in a few seconds, but Yoko was very reluctant. She said, 'I'll take my shirt off but not my pants.' I was kinda disappointed, and I said, 'Just leave everything on.' We took one Polaroid, and the three of us knew it was profound right away."

That evening, returning to the Dakota on his way home from the recording studio, Lennon was shot and killed by a deranged fan. The photo would become the cover of Rolling Stone's commemorative issue, which also included one of the last interviews with Lennon, conducted on December 5th with writer Jonathan Cott.

"When I was with John and Yoko, they seemed like gods to me," says Leibovitz, even though she was living upstairs from them at the time in a small Dakota apartment. "It's hard to think about that time, but I remember being impressed with the simple kiss they did on the cover of Double Fantasy. The Eighties were not a romantic era, and the kiss was just so beautiful."

"The first time John and I worked with Annie was in 1970," says Ono. "That was a long, long time ago, and Annie seemed like a shy teenager. In 1980, Annie came back to us as a very accomplished photographer. She made us move around quietly and casually, but with inspired thoughts behind it."

Leibovitz had started the shoot with Ono and Lennon on December 3rd; when she returned on the 8th, she discovered that Lennon had gone to the barbershop that morning and had his long shag chopped off. "This is the way we used to wear our hair," he told Leibovitz, referring to the early days of the Beatles, "but it takes a lot of keeping up."

"Afterward, I didn't want to sell the picture to anyone else," says Leibovitz. "And Yoko said, 'Sell it! Sell it! Go buy yourself a photography studio!' She was very sweet."

Even now, it's not easy for Ono to look at the photo. "Why wasn't I told that John will be taken away from me soon after, without even a chance for me to say goodbye?" she says. "That's what I think about now when I see it."

 

[hardwork919]

Originally Posted by SEND ONE

Dopest XXL cover EVER.

 

[10eazye]

Originally Posted by Gmills23

Remember begging my moms to buy it for me

...So I'm not the only one haha.

 

[youngmoney]

 

[roll 22]

RyGuy45 wrote:

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Sucker for them old Jordan S.I. covers man

These are some classics....Great thread!

 

[djaman]

Originally Posted by Naija Nitemare

I understand Yoko "broke up the Beatles" but can someone school me on that cover

it's pretty tautological to just be like, its significant without saying why

The photo took place hours before he was assassinated. Lennon was a HUGE figure at the time, like and Beatle was. The photo itself is memorable too. Why? Well, i've always seen the symbolism of Lennon posing in a fetus-like pose clinging to Yoko as an image of love in a really profound sense. The wayhe's wrapped around her makes it appear he knows his destiny when, of course, he had no idea. Again, the proximity of the photo in relation to his deathis a huge part of it.

 

[you go boy]

^ thank you... i didnt know fancy did playboy

 

[sole trooper]

great thread! I need to go diggin through some crates now

 

[androoow]

dont let this thread die

 

[dwadefan]