The Album London calling by The Clash an English punk band has a lot of intertextual and symbolic meaning behind the image. For example if we compare this album cover with Elvis you can clearly see a similarity between the two, with the same font and colours, in the same area on the cover. The image is slightly different with The Clash smashing the guitar on the ground, as Elvis is playing the guitar. By having a band member smash the guitar is highlights there attitude towards social media and other world issues, it shows a rebellious side, a modern rock n roll image. It highlights the ‘punk’ genre within the band. To highlight the similarities between both pictures you can clearly see that they are both black and white, this clearly shows that The Clash who became famous twenty years after Elvis did, the London Calling album has a clear aim to copy and then show no respect and almost an anger towards Elvis, but it definitely highlights the rebellious attitude towards music.
No comments:
Post a Comment