Re: Swan Song Label Logo...

[Wyatt Brake <wyattbrake@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm - I always figured it was Lucifer - the best-known "fallen angel".
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_angel

I suppose the three paintings bring up an interesting philosophical
question - could it really have been Heaven if the guy was missing his
genitals?

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:19 PM, TheCosmicEnergy
<thecosmicenergy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> according to the Swan Song Records wikipedia entry amongst other
> sources, apparently, Rimmer's drawing depicts Apollo from Greek
> mythology:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Song_Records#History
>
> Well I'll be...........and after all these years of thinking that the
> little winged man I drew on all my notebooks as a high school kid was
> Icarus (another mythological character):
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus.
>
> I don't at all understand why it would be depicting Apollo, as I never
> found anything in the "Apollo" wiki entry alluding to a "winged
> incident" or anything that looked remotely related.......of course, to
> be honest, I only skimmed over it as it was pretty in depth:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo
>
> Anybody know why Hipgnosis used this image.....or if the band chose
> this image for a specific reason?