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The cover of Nirvana's "Nevermind" is important to the band's success because it visually epitomizes the messages intrinsic of the album's content. The memorable depiction is of a naked, swimming infant, grasping for a single dollar bill in an underwater expanse; of course, the dollar bill appears to be a lure that is attached to a fishhook. Though odd, this representation accounts for the themes that are riddled throughout the album: isolation, beauty, innocence, deception, and disillusionment. For instance, though the album's song, "Territorial Pissings" includes the lines, "Everybody get together / try to love one another right now," the song "Breed" professes repeatedly the lines "I don't care," "I don't mind," and "I'm afraid." Thus, Nirvana explores a range of emotions that are not altogether misanthropic nor naive; the tone succinctly corresponds with the album cover to produce an integral piece of art. | The cover of Nirvana's "Nevermind" is important to the band's success because it visually epitomizes the messages intrinsic of the album's content. The memorable depiction is of a naked, swimming infant, grasping for a single dollar bill in an underwater expanse; of course, the dollar bill appears to be a lure that is attached to a fishhook. Though odd, this representation accounts for the themes that are riddled throughout the album: isolation, beauty, innocence, deception, and disillusionment. For instance, though the album's song, "Territorial Pissings" includes the lines, "Everybody get together / try to love one another right now," the song "Breed" professes repeatedly the lines "I don't care," "I don't mind," and "I'm afraid." Thus, Nirvana explores a range of emotions that are not altogether misanthropic nor naive; the tone succinctly corresponds with the album cover to produce an integral piece of art. | ||
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| − | + | When "The Waste Land" first appeared in the November 1922 issue of the American periodical, ''The Dial'', it was preceded by Robert Delaunay's painting entitled, "Saint Severin No. 3." | |
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