“Iconic Art” [Reflections On Book - 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design Stephen Heller and Veronique Vienne - #86]
Iconic art like Abbey Road
On record covers often told
The buyer of the theme inside
The record sleeve – though short its ride.The year of start of World War II
Saw a record covers come as new;
They peaked when CD’s hit the scene;
Now all is MP3s, and streams.But, as I kid I well recall
Craft-paper sleeves there were – that’s all –
And precious were those few we had –
Old seventy-eights – now seems quite sad.Things brightened up – as Christmas gifts,
We played, replayed, those teenage riffs;
Top-forty carried albums large,
And forty-fives in stacks like cards.Before CDs came tape machines –
Eight-tracks, cassettes, reel-players, seen
By some of us; then digi-sound;
With analog no more around.I had forgotten ’bout those sleeves
Of Kraft, in days when Marg, Louise,
Crossed over to their teenage years
Of record albums, joys, and tears.One role of graphic arts I see,
Is bringing back those memories
Of bitter-sweet in teenage years –
First jobs; young love; new adult fears.Thanks Lord for this.
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