B.A.D. Observations Thread

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A new interview with Andre Shapps which throws a bit of light on the BAD II formation.

https://jaysmusicreviews.wordpress.com/ ... vYybmOKqlI
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Heston wrote:
21 Apr 2021, 5:46pm
A new interview with Andre Shapps which throws a bit of light on the BAD II formation.

https://jaysmusicreviews.wordpress.com/ ... vYybmOKqlI
That blog intro was so long I forgot there was an interview to follow...ha ha.

Never knew about that aborted Prince tour, though.
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Record Mirror in early 1986
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Record Mirror 02-November-1985
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Couple of low budget ads in FMQB, a radio trade journal, from 01-November01985 and 06-December-1985
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Hello? Go ahead, man. Yeah I'd just like to say, um, lets have some music now, huh? Ok, ok...thank you.

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YoungParisians wrote:
25 Apr 2021, 4:49pm
Couple of low budget ads in FMQB, a radio trade journal, from 01-November01985 and 06-December-1985
Some inspired design with those horses, I might have done something like that.
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Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:09pm
YoungParisians wrote:
25 Apr 2021, 4:49pm
Couple of low budget ads in FMQB, a radio trade journal, from 01-November01985 and 06-December-1985
Some inspired design with those horses, I might have done something like that.
What makes it inspired? I say it not being snotty or dismissive but genuine curiosity as to how people like you do your job.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:16pm
What makes it inspired? I say it not being snotty or dismissive but genuine curiosity as to how people like you do your job.
well, for one, for anyone with a horse fetish this ad is all of a sudden very compelling.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead

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Flex wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:18pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:16pm
What makes it inspired? I say it not being snotty or dismissive but genuine curiosity as to how people like you do your job.
well, for one, for anyone with a horse fetish this ad is all of a sudden very compelling.
People laughed at Mick when he said that his music would appeal to bronies. They aren't laughing now. They're shuddering, but they're not laughing.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:16pm
Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:09pm
YoungParisians wrote:
25 Apr 2021, 4:49pm
Couple of low budget ads in FMQB, a radio trade journal, from 01-November01985 and 06-December-1985
Some inspired design with those horses, I might have done something like that.
What makes it inspired? I say it not being snotty or dismissive but genuine curiosity as to how people like you do your job.
Thinking more on it, that decision probably came from a marketing manager rather than the designer. But the tagline is good and using a line from the song that isn't the main hook was pretty sharp. I was just imagining the moment they came up with that idea "...and the horses can be all the affiliate stations!"
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Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:23pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:16pm
Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:09pm
YoungParisians wrote:
25 Apr 2021, 4:49pm
Couple of low budget ads in FMQB, a radio trade journal, from 01-November01985 and 06-December-1985
Some inspired design with those horses, I might have done something like that.
What makes it inspired? I say it not being snotty or dismissive but genuine curiosity as to how people like you do your job.
Thinking more on it, that decision probably came from a marketing manager rather than the designer. But the tagline is good and using a line from the song that isn't the main hook was pretty sharp. I was just imagining the moment they came up with that idea "...and the horses can be all the affiliate stations!"
To my crude eye, it's not awful by any means, but it doesn't strike me as inspired. But, again, depending on how convention is followed, maybe it is. Outsiders can be dopes.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:26pm
Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:23pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:16pm
Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:09pm
YoungParisians wrote:
25 Apr 2021, 4:49pm
Couple of low budget ads in FMQB, a radio trade journal, from 01-November01985 and 06-December-1985
Some inspired design with those horses, I might have done something like that.
What makes it inspired? I say it not being snotty or dismissive but genuine curiosity as to how people like you do your job.
Thinking more on it, that decision probably came from a marketing manager rather than the designer. But the tagline is good and using a line from the song that isn't the main hook was pretty sharp. I was just imagining the moment they came up with that idea "...and the horses can be all the affiliate stations!"
To my crude eye, it's not awful by any means, but it doesn't strike me as inspired. But, again, depending on how convention is followed, maybe it is. Outsiders can be dopes.
I meant the concept more than the design itself, I just realized I erroneously said "design" in my original comment. That was probably slapped together at the last minute like most newspaper ads.

edit: If I find some free time (fat chance), it might actually be a fun exercise to make this ad look good.
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Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:36pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:26pm
Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:23pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:16pm
Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:09pm


Some inspired design with those horses, I might have done something like that.
What makes it inspired? I say it not being snotty or dismissive but genuine curiosity as to how people like you do your job.
Thinking more on it, that decision probably came from a marketing manager rather than the designer. But the tagline is good and using a line from the song that isn't the main hook was pretty sharp. I was just imagining the moment they came up with that idea "...and the horses can be all the affiliate stations!"
To my crude eye, it's not awful by any means, but it doesn't strike me as inspired. But, again, depending on how convention is followed, maybe it is. Outsiders can be dopes.
I meant the concept more than the design itself, I just realized I erroneously said "design" in my original comment. That was probably slapped together at the last minute like most newspaper ads.

edit: If I find some free time (fat chance), it might actually be a fun exercise to make this ad look good.
I'd love to sit and have you explain how you do this stuff one day, just basic concepts and whys and hows of all that.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:53pm
Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:36pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:26pm
Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:23pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:16pm


What makes it inspired? I say it not being snotty or dismissive but genuine curiosity as to how people like you do your job.
Thinking more on it, that decision probably came from a marketing manager rather than the designer. But the tagline is good and using a line from the song that isn't the main hook was pretty sharp. I was just imagining the moment they came up with that idea "...and the horses can be all the affiliate stations!"
To my crude eye, it's not awful by any means, but it doesn't strike me as inspired. But, again, depending on how convention is followed, maybe it is. Outsiders can be dopes.
I meant the concept more than the design itself, I just realized I erroneously said "design" in my original comment. That was probably slapped together at the last minute like most newspaper ads.

edit: If I find some free time (fat chance), it might actually be a fun exercise to make this ad look good.
I'd love to sit and have you explain how you do this stuff one day, just basic concepts and whys and hows of all that.
That could be fun and also beneficial to me as well (the only reason I ever do anything)—I often find that having to describe concepts helps me get a better grasp on them or even new insights.
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Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:53pm
Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:36pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:26pm
Kory wrote:
26 Apr 2021, 2:23pm


Thinking more on it, that decision probably came from a marketing manager rather than the designer. But the tagline is good and using a line from the song that isn't the main hook was pretty sharp. I was just imagining the moment they came up with that idea "...and the horses can be all the affiliate stations!"
To my crude eye, it's not awful by any means, but it doesn't strike me as inspired. But, again, depending on how convention is followed, maybe it is. Outsiders can be dopes.
I meant the concept more than the design itself, I just realized I erroneously said "design" in my original comment. That was probably slapped together at the last minute like most newspaper ads.

edit: If I find some free time (fat chance), it might actually be a fun exercise to make this ad look good.
I'd love to sit and have you explain how you do this stuff one day, just basic concepts and whys and hows of all that.
That could be fun and also beneficial to me as well (the only reason I ever do anything)—I often find that having to describe concepts helps me get a better grasp on them or even new insights.
Organize a Zoom session edumacating us dopes!

(I do have some ulterior motives in all this. In my punk seminar, I really wanted to do a class on iconography in punk design, going so far as to buy several coffee tablish books with examples, but I realized I lacked any kind of foundation to run a discussion.)
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft

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