There's several covers with that Scott Baio & Michael Jackson pose, before and after those records. Here's a few of them: Teddy Pendergrass - It's Time For Love / Bunny Sigler - Keep Smilin' / Alice Dona - Vivre / Tino - Por Primera Vez / the inside gatefold of Lionel Richie's 1982 self-titled album / Adamo - Si J'Osais (this one is from the early 1960s)

@stephenjohnson9632

3 ай бұрын

I read all about it on Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog.

@red.aries1444

3 ай бұрын

It's a style of portrait photography that was in fashion at a certain time. Together with a similar looking font, which also has to do with fashion, it looks like someone took inspiration from the other. But it's just a tempory style of fashion in photography and graphic design. It's maybe the same with the avocado. There is a whole series of album covers from the classic Naxos Label "(Name of composer) for Meditation" which feature apart from the Name only a highly polished photo of a object from nature like a pine cone, a leaf, feather, chestnut... I see more similarities in the style of the photography to the avocado in the Pearl Jam cover, than between the two avocados.

@Yanks1005

3 ай бұрын

Lee Greenwood's I.O.U.

@jimmiesmith5811

3 ай бұрын

It was a guy in the early 80s name Alfonso who even sounded like Michael his cover was almost like triller i think his album came out before triller maybe that's where they got idea for the triller cover

@doloresbriseno2567

3 ай бұрын

Scott - Looks like one of my 1981 senior high school photos. Hmmmm.

So many r&b albums feature pictures of the singer with that same pose. It's not copying nor stealing, it's just a marketing strategy that many artists used at the time including Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and Lionel Richie.

@jerrywoodson1856

2 ай бұрын

And all those albums were spectacular...

@Nimonjeua-Ndiangang

2 ай бұрын

Yeah has everything to do with marketing and the era!

Peter Frampton had a cover like Baio and Jackson before they did.

@fumoffuyou

3 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing, the "I'm In You" album. But so many of these are likely coincidences, because if you want to show a solo artist on a cover, a "reclining figure" pose is one way that's cliche. The pose has a name because it's literally centuries old and you can commonly find it in paintings.

@doriclogos4322

3 ай бұрын

That was the pose. Look at Teddy Pendergrass as well.

@Framos16

3 ай бұрын

Lionel Richie tpp

@tommylitz4543

3 ай бұрын

Luther Vandross, too. And Ice Spice is also reclined, -- except doggy style.

@ccculture9681

3 ай бұрын

Common pose in showbiz.

" Thriller:" -78 million copies and counting. "Scott Baio" : 117 copies . His mom bought 30 of them.

@davestang5454

3 ай бұрын

They make good coasters for your drinks.

@mstayloronline

3 ай бұрын

I bought the rest lol

@Tasosjackson

3 ай бұрын

😂😂

@jaiyabyrd4177

2 ай бұрын

And Thriller is still famous 40 years later

@AmySue280

2 ай бұрын

😂

I see very little similarity with the Huey Lewis cover and the other band.

Dope video. I'm pretty sure that cover pose was common to do at the time, it's just that MJ's album became a global hit that people began to associate the pose with him.

On the Michael Jackson/Scott Biao cover. Lionel Richie has one in that pose as well. I actually thought that was who you were going to say to begin with.Richie is also wearing a white suit.

@curtismichael4703

3 ай бұрын

I was going to say this but first wanted to check the comments to see if others made the connection. I agree, so I’ll just like your post!

The Huey Lewis one is a bit of a stretch in my opinion. But some of these others are spot on homage.

@tl1110

3 ай бұрын

I thought that as well.

The poses of Scott and Michael are really typical body-poses of the 80-ies!! They really are....No kidding! I"m from that era and it looks very familiar to me....👍🏻 Greetings from Germany......🙋🏻‍♀️

Deep Purple's "Burn" album from 1974 is heavily inspired by John Lee Hooker's 1961 album "Burnin'", not only in the fire theme but also the writing of the titles.

@ediblehorse

3 ай бұрын

Huh? Please explain.

@mortenriisberg

3 ай бұрын

@@ediblehorse What do you mean "explain"? Look it up on Google. The 2 album covers definitely have similarities not only in the title.

@SmokeD-dl2ju

3 ай бұрын

Michael cover is better church ❤️❤️❤️🌹😊😅😮😮😮😮

Olivia Newton-John's "Physical"" (1981) and Madonna's "True Blue" (1986), both photographed by Herb Ritts, were similar.

These are not ripoffs, tributes, or coincidences at all - as a professional photographer I can state that these are simply "Normal" common poses used by most photographers for this type of photo session. The editors simply chose the photos in a line-up because they looked good and that's all. There is nothing more to it than that.

@davestang5454

3 ай бұрын

Good point but I would only consider that in the case of a photo, not another type of image, like a drawing, painting, graphic image, etc.

@RC51Legend

2 ай бұрын

Or maybe they were taken by the same photographer.

Peter frampton im in you predates Scott baio and Jackson

@joannemcmillan9201

3 ай бұрын

Lionel Richie is the latest one I believe.

@mistertoyou1

3 ай бұрын

The pose is totally different

@blazingskull65

3 ай бұрын

@@mistertoyou1 think the concept was in mind.

@LambentOrt

3 ай бұрын

That Peter Frampton album cover has always haunted me... what does he mean by "I'm In You"

@blazingskull65

3 ай бұрын

@@LambentOrt I believe it’s about a bond beyond the physical. Soul mates . Lyrics should be available as well.

Thanks for the shoutout Frank. Dig this series! I've learned a lot!

Meh, the Thriller album cover copycat thing is a stretch. because ALOT of albums feature artists posed like that. Before Thriller and After Thriller. It was a common pose for album covers of that time.

i've always thought hardwired looked more like alice in chains' facelift.

@mickschnabel

3 ай бұрын

Yep was gonna say the same!

@jables9229

3 ай бұрын

And facelift looks like that king crimson album

I think Baio claiming his as the progeniter is silly. It's a look that became popular at the time. Jackson's cover, coming later, is still superior in layout, color and design. I sure that there were other albums even before Baio's that had the same basic blocking and position.

@dandeluxe8731

2 ай бұрын

You're right about other albums existing. Teddy Pendergrass has an album with the same pose. I think it came out in 1975. Could be wrong about the date though.

Love the channel Frank! You are very good!!! Video/Audio editing - the content - always look forward to your releases! ⚡️⚡️

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

Would be interesting to explore album covers that have no graphics on the front cover, just an image. Such as Led Zeppelin's "IV" and "Houses Of The Holy", Bob Dylan's "Blonde On Blonde", The Beatles "Abbey Road", the original "Blind Faith", etc.

@Koffieleuter

3 ай бұрын

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@familybettencourt7650

3 ай бұрын

Hi Frank Love your channel Check out these album covers BILL EVANS - UNDERCURRENT - 1962 GHOSTLY KISSES - HEAVEN, WAIT - 2022 Keep up the great videos

Wow that was interesting. I can't wait to see more of these. Awesome video 😊👍

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

This is freaking awesome! I see this more as on influencing or inspiring the other, and in those cases at the end, they are clearly pointing directly to the other album cover. I think this is all cool however it's done. The Huey Lewis cover and the Dr Feel good cover don't really seem that similar to me. MAYBE a similar "vibe" but definitely not the same. The Lars thing, he could have very well had that experience that gave him the idea, and he could very well have had that other album somewhere in the back of his memory that helped connect the wedding photo to them doing the album that way, and not even be aware that he did that. Either way, while it is the same idea, it is done differently, and that is kind of the way art in general has always been. Art exists because as artists, we all borrow from each other, and get inspired by each other. Sometimes we know we are doing it, sometimes we don't realize it. If something is an exact ripoff, especially if it is the actual music itself, that tends to be cringy, but no matter what, all music as we know it, is inspired by and influenced by some other music. That is actually how it evolves.

Wow, Thriller definitely took some inspiration for the cover. I've never been a huge fan of the Hot Space album, but I do like that cover. Great video Frank.

@AidenSwords-md1do

3 ай бұрын

Pat benatar wtde awake in dreamland is quite like anthrax among the living

@jopp3786

3 ай бұрын

Maybe. However, this is a very common pose for teen magazines in the 80s.

@TheRockinDonkey

3 ай бұрын

@@jopp3786 Yeah, I'm sure Jacko stole his cover from Chachi

I never even knew Scott Biao had made an Album.

This series is so great bro

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

I keep thinking it's over... yet here we are again. Thanks JC!

Love how you displayed a few of these albums behind you! I had never seen that Kiss Creatures of The Night album cover.

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@buckster2575

3 ай бұрын

With the makeup that was the original cover.

Here's another to check out. The Moody Blues - The Present and Dali's Car - The Waking Hour.

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

Will do!

Frank - when it comes to Queen's "Hot Space" album, check out 1987's self-titled album by New Monkees - clearly the Hot Space cover was the inspiration, because except for the white borders and the titling its similarity is striking, right down to the why the photos of the band are stylized and positioned...just my two cents, great video as always!

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

I will definitely check that one out. Thanks!

@bltvd

3 ай бұрын

@@Channel33RPMit is much better than the what the original Monkees were doing at the time!

@melchiorvonsternberg844

3 ай бұрын

I would even go further and cheekily claim that Queen was inspired by the album cover of "Let it be"...

"Heaven And Hell" and "1984" have angels smoking cigarettes.

More great content. Keep it up! I thought 'Hardwired' was so terrible that I made my own cover for it. It is an homage to the famous Sally Mann 'Candy Cigarette' photo. Yeah, I had some spare time that day LOL. Cheers!

Loving this series.

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

I think the most obvious VH one is OU812 which copies Meet the Beatles

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

Yes, that's a good one. I mention it in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pKSKupNwmbXAodo.html

@ollyhal

3 ай бұрын

and the story behind it is funny too: just a reply to David Lee Roth´s "Eat ´em and smile" after the breakup, which reads: "Oh, you ate one too?"

Even if a million ppl did it before Michael Jackson, I guessing his is the most memorable. 😏

@urmom777

3 ай бұрын

Real

6:15 - These would just be coincidences cos it was a popular 60's - 70's portrait studio style. We as do other people we know have family and multi shot photo styles sone this way.

Elvis Presley's first self titled album and The Clash's London Calling. :)

Weird but true: I own the Scott Baio album, but not Thriller. Bob Loblaw!

@davidmitchell6873

3 ай бұрын

Why would anybody own either of them? Sad.

@graemeking7336

3 ай бұрын

Yes, you are truly weird 😂

@melchiorvonsternberg844

3 ай бұрын

There's nothing strange about that. Jackson is completely overrated anyway and his personality was massively disturbed (no wonder given the family), to put it nicely. And about the other disc... Don't worry about it! Not everyone can have taste...

@chercurry

3 ай бұрын

THAT'S BOB LOBLAW FROM THE BOB LOBLAW LAWBLOG??!

@JWD1992

3 ай бұрын

@@chercurry You, sir, are a mouthful.

Check out the final artwork showing Jackson in a red leather jacket. The original photo image has zipper tabs in a different position (open?). We moved the tabs on one of the first SciTex workstations just because we could.

Surprised that not included is the late photographer Herb Ritts using his cover photo of Madonna for True Blue as a “tribute” to his own previous photo of Olivia nearly five years earlier on the cover of Physical. (Incidentally, both are the best-selling studio albums of each of their careers, based on worldwide sales - although they each also had a mega selling greatest hits album and/or movie soundtrack that outsold them.)

Another great one Frank!! \m/

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Brandon! BTW, it was good to see you on the Concert Buddy channel. That was awesome.

I know the album covers are different, but this makes me think of Slayer’s live album Live Undead and how, in response, The Undead titled their live album Live Slayer. I always thought that was clever.

@GoonSquadLifeMember

3 ай бұрын

"Live Undead"...Jeezus, that takes me back!!

You're pushing it!!!

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

😇

Never thought I'd see Macabre here. Good stuff :)

@tomfurgas2844

3 ай бұрын

I'd never seen that parody of Sgt. Pepper before. Or is it a parody of The Mothers Of Invention's "We're Only In It For The Money"? A parody of a parody?

@NateB1976

3 ай бұрын

Yep Macabre is one of the best metal bands of all time. Other bands wish they could play that technical.

The cover of hot space is very similar to the series of compilation albums ‘flyback’ from fly records in the early 70s featuring compilations of T rex, the move, and procol harum.

Pretty cool. Enjoyed watching! ❤️💜💚

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

On the topic of Danzig. LL Cool J’s album cover for Mama Said Knock You Out is the same as Danzig’s Lucifage album cover, both released in 1990, so I’m not sure who was first. I think the LL Cool J album was a few months before. I was probably the only kid who owned both.

Great video!

love that Huey Lewis album, bought it way back when it came out in Germany, and incidentally just drove past the 2AM club today on the way home from Mt Tamalpais, fun coincidence, now I wanna check out that club! Too bad it's 1.5 hrs away from my home, clubbing and driving don't mix. But fun trivia!

Another one. John Lennon & yoko ono - double fantasy. vS Suede - animal nitrate vs depeche mode - question of lust.

Wow Frank, who would of thought that the king of Pop - MJ, would take inspiration from Chachi in happy days. The mind boggles ?? Keep on spinnin !!

@bobdavis4848

3 ай бұрын

I have both. I'm a big Michael Jackson fan, yet these days I'd rather listen to Scott Baio. I have both his albums. My Michael Jackson fan music store coworker insisted I file the five CDs we had of him under Pop / Rock because he was called "King Of Pop." I protested they won't sell there, but did so anyway. For three months, none of them sold. I moved all five to the Soul section and they all sold within a month.

@urmom777

3 ай бұрын

​@@bobdavis4848yeah because pop/rock is overwhelmingly white. We all know why it didn't sell there lmao

@bobdavis4848

3 ай бұрын

@@urmom777 Yes; I'd love to hear you debate my coworker.

as for the Scott Baio/Michael Jackson cover, Peter Frampton struck that pose in the 70's

@davestang5454

3 ай бұрын

So did Elton John.

This was a fun video; loved the last album cover. You mispronounced, "Rammstein," btw

Re the Queen & Blur covers, I'd also put Talking Heads' Remain In Light with them. The cover for the single Cross-eyed And Painless, from that album, is also similar.

Its like this in the comic book industry. I guess that's the way it is in all the arts.

Lady Gagas album cover for "The cherry tree sessions" is a complete rip off of Missing Persons "Spring session M" album cover.

Please check Physical by Olivia Newton John and the complete picture of Madonna’s True Blue covers. Both pictures were taken by Herb Ritts. And both have the exact same pose.

Scott Baio and Michael Jackson took it from Roger Voudouris. From the album "She's Too Cold (1981)".

probably one of my favorites and the most direct I've seen is "Glad Music" by R. Stevie Moore (1986) and "A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles (1964). the cover of Glad Music is a direct pastiche of A Hard Day's Night, and considering just how much influence R. Stevie took from the Beatles... it's no surprise lol

Nah, that was a common album cover pose in the 70s ,80s and 90s. MJ had no reason to copy friggin Scott Baio. LOL!!!😅😅😂😂😂

The Metalica album cover looks more like the cover for Love's Forever Changes

Love this channel! Shout out from North Kildonan. Go Jets!

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

Go Jets!

If I'm in MJ's camp, I may not even be aware that Scotty B even had an album out. I just found out today that he even released music.

There are dozens of albums, with pictures "similar" to the Michael Jackson cover. That was the album cover every (wanna be) recording artist was putting out in the 80's.

Jeff Goldlum "hold my beer..."

Scott Baio is nuts. Your so-called album cover looks nothing like Michael Jackson's Thriller...you dreaming

Dr Feelgood were tipped to be huge in the 70s but for some reason never took off as expected. My Dad used to rave over them and went to many of their early gigs. They are from SE Essex ,UK. There’s a documentary on a tour they did, here on KZread.

@adamzapple67

2 ай бұрын

Yeah but they had a hardcore cult following.

The four faced image of queen first seen in Bohemian Rhapsody videos and its singles cover (with dark background) was also almost similar to the Beates album cover "With The Beatles".

Love this video.. Apologies if you have covered this already but take a look at Herbie Hancock's Future Shock and Ryuichi Sakamoto's Favourite Visions both released in 1983 and the similarly is pretty clear.

@Channel33RPM

3 ай бұрын

I will check those out. Cheers!

James Taylor's Apple album was well before baio.

There’s always the ubiquitous peacock chair covers.

It took a lot of effort to clean those avocado halves!

I always thought Hazel O'Connor's Cover Plus was a rip off of Bowie's Scary Monsters

I wonder if the New York Dolls Red Patent Leather cover was the inspiration for Devo's hats found on their cover of Freedom of Choice and Micheal Jackson's Thriller Jacket.

In case anyone doesn't know, the industry uses the same graphic designers and photographers to do promotional materials for many different artists. Plus, every designer and photographer "borrows" hot trends of the current times they are in.

I'm not an M.J fan. But fair dues. It's a common pose.

How many poses do you think photographers have?

On your last entry don’t forget to include the Mother’s of Invention We’re Only In It For The Money

Nothing weird about it: that standard protocol to sell to the masses.

@sirapos6550

3 ай бұрын

Exactly, they copy themselves actually.

On the copy of The Doors album cover with Danzig & The Stooges, you could put the The Black Crowes first album too.

My favorite album cover of all time would be Linkin Park's Meteora. I don't think that there are any other album similarities on that cover. Unique on its own!

Hi Frank. There is a funny and strange simularity between the cover of the first album of Imiskoumbria, a Greek hip hop band, that came out on 1996 and the Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty album cover that came out on 1998. (Τα Ημισκούμπρια - 30 Χρόνια Επιτυχίες)

Also check out the Lordiversity box set by Lordi. All 7 albums pay homage to an album cover.

All those last three were glorious. I’m gonna have to listen to Lordy now, and Guire looks great and I think I have that macabre CD down in my basement somewhere. My friends are weirdos. They were into serial killer stuff for a long time either that or listen to music that no one else knew so we listen to that a lot

I've often wondered if the cover for 'Weird Al' Yankovic's self-titled debut is supposed to intentionally be an homage to the art from Frank Zappa's Over-Nite Sensation, as they're oddly similar. Not a cover lookalike, but an album title tribute/spoof of sorts: Gang Green released the album I81B4U in response to Van Halen's OU812, which in itself was intended to be a sly reference to David Lee Roth's Eat 'em and Smile.

Just how many ways can someone pose for an album cover photo?

Good video. What about The Mothers of Invention and their, We're Only In It For The Money album. It's a parody of the Sgt Peppers cover also.

Fun episode Frank

now this was very interesting 👍🥁

The cover style used in those three albums by the doors, Danzig and the stooges was also a little bit (not completely) present in Queen’s Queen II 😅

Probably all three. As someone who worked as a graphic artist, I have seen a lot of “serendipity.”

Another Look-A-Like albums would be Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon from 1973 and Bob James's Three from 1976 featuring the Westchester Lady jazz song.

Frank Zappa and the Mothers also did a parody of the Sgt. Pepper album cover with the cover of We're Only In It For The Money.

Scott Bao taking credit for one of the best albums of all time.

@Wilboe66

3 ай бұрын

The jokes write themselves. 😂

@MrBdiddypop

3 ай бұрын

@@Wilboe66 out of morbid curiosity, I looked up Bao in Apple Music. Good god, it was horrid. Back then they didn’t have auto tune and he’s off key a lot. It’s obvious they mixed the music to play louder than his vocals to try to cover for his singing. I’d rather listen to Corey Feldman than this and that’s saying a lot.

@Wilboe66

3 ай бұрын

@@MrBdiddypop oh my oh my , you’re a really brave soul for going down that rabbit hole. I would sue Bao for a free month of that online therapy service (BetterHelp). I’ll testify in court on your behalf. 😉

No U Turn "Torque" vs Judas Priest " Vengeance", Kruder & Dorfmeister "G-Stoned" vs. Simon & Garfunkel "Bookends".

With The Beatles and KISS first self titled album. Great job

1:38 First thing I thought of was Forever Changes by Love album cover from the sixties.

A lesser known one that kind of pops out to me is how "Lover's End" by Moon Safari looks a little like Rio by Duran Duran. Although, that one's a bit more of a stretch imo.

I always thought 1984 by Van Halen was heavily influenced by Black Sabbath's Heaven & Hell.

Madonna's Greatest Hits Vol #2 looks EXACTLY Like Kylie Minogue's Greatest Remix Hits Vol 1-4

Both Scott Baio and John Phillips albums peaked at #181 that is kinda a story in itself.

-Tone-Lôc's Lôc-ed After Dark (1989) and Donald Byrd's A New Perspective (1963). -Redman's Dare Iz a Darkside (1994) and Funkadelic's Maggot Brain (1971). -Flying Lotus' Flamagra (2019) and Michael Jackson's Dangerous (1991). -Miles Davis' The Man with the Horn (1981) and Judas Priest's Stained Class (1978). -The movie poster of Thirteen Ghosts (2001) and Dream Theater's Metropolis pt. 2 (1999).

Also the cover artwork for Deicide and Kerry King albums share pretty similar cover Art.