Tony K's wonderful postcards reminded me how much I adored Roger Dean's art as a teenager. His visions graced so many rock covers back then it was almost mantra.
In the loft I've got my original but dog-eared Views book alongside the similar much-thumbed Studio, both by Paper Tiger. One of Roger's images I recall is this amazing church spire blasting off like a rocket.
Its such a simple idea and one we will have all thought as kids, that spires look like rockets. Theirs plenty of meaning that can be squeezed out of it too - churches/ God/ Astronaut/ space etc.
Its the cover to Ramases' album Space Hymns.
What do you think?
Same idea crops up in the Tom Baker Doctor Who story 'State of Decay'.
ReplyDeleteDon't know that one Kev but I stopped watching the Doctor in the early Seventies. Not sure why. Probably girls, kung fu and rock! I think I heard on telly that ALL Dr. Who series are in I-Player. Can that be right?
DeleteI think they are all on Britbox. You'd like Stste of Decay, it's about vampires.
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