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How would you explain this?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:47 am
by Rockersmood
If you were asked to explain this cover art
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1408 what would you say?
There is a tower which i take to be towwer of babel and On top of it is a man looking like Pope(you can correct me).Tower of babel is all about confusion.Does this mean the man on top of the tower is a confusionist?
What do you think?
Re: How would you explain this?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:26 am
by kalcidis (not at home)
First of all. That's a favourite album of mine. Really love Militant Barry.
This is how I've always read the cover. I think that since Pope Paul is on top of Babels* tower it's supposed to mean that the Pope is a part of Babylon. Simple as that.
*Babel is the hebrew name for the city of Babylon.
Re: How would you explain this?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:13 pm
by leggo rocker
Or that the Pope is the King of Babylon?
Re: How would you explain this?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:45 pm
by StranJah
Militant is saying : Look at dem babylonians ( world leaders)
Re: How would you explain this?
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:59 pm
by bullit
Interesting, love cover art that has good meaning to it, needs a bit of thinking
Re: How would you explain this?
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:51 am
by MightyZ
Definately signifying Babylon falling I'd say - Pope Paul is wearing a cowboy hat - is that normal for him, or added to pic for some significance perhaps? Notice the Babylon military general type is at a loss to save the crumbling Tower of Babel!
MightyZ
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Re: How would you explain this?
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:19 am
by Rootsman
Gonna mash down rome in pieces.
Dave
Re: How would you explain this?
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:37 pm
by jah breadfruit
its real a brain buster
not
Re: How would you explain this?
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:00 pm
by bwoyrough
i have that LP, love the cover......
Re: How would you explain this?
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:14 am
by Alhazred
Who's in the bottom left corner? I'm not sure the pope's hat is a cowboy hat, some older catholic clergy hats did look like that.
Check sexy Pope Benedict still wearing one:
http://timesnews.typepad.com/news/image ... _hat_1.jpg (in all due respect).
I would take it as standard charge against the pope and babylon (general) bound to collapse under the power of rasta... Nice cover, still.