I don’t know, I never got to do it, did I? I did a drawing. What do you mean a photographic version? You actually painted someone silver and put them on a surfboard? Yeah, a photographic version, but they turned it down. So the triangle was a very a useful – as we know, obviously – was a very useful icon to deploy and making it into the prism – you know, the prism belonged to the Floyd.Īccording to legend, was there one version of the cover that had the Silver Surfer, the Marvel Comics character? I think the triangle, which is a symbol of thought and ambition, was very much a subject of Roger’s lyrics. They hadn’t really celebrated their light show. The Private Lives of Liza Minnelli (The Rainbow Ends Here)ĭid the idea of the prism in some way relate to what you were hearing on the record directly? The Beatles in India: 16 Things You Didn't Know How about a change?” I said “But I don’t do graphics.” He said “Well, why is it a challenge?” He said “Could we not have one of your funny pictures, Storm?” and I said “What do you mean? That’s what I do. And with Dark Side it was very much about the madness of the lyrics and about something that Rick said to me. So it doesn’t really matter what I think, it matters what comes out the other end. I just let it go over, really, I suppose. Do not murder our tune.” So I never say anything, really, about the music. They say “For God’s sake, Storm, do not harm our song.

I don’t have much to say, and they ain’t let me say anything anyway. In this conversation with Storm Thorgerson, the band’s graphic designer explains how he created the record’s iconic cover.Īt what point were you introduced to the Dark Side material? Did you go to the shows where they played it or did you hear some of the demos? The principal creators of Pink Floyd‘s masterpiece The Dark Side of the Moon all spoke with Rolling Stone senior writer Brian Hiatt.

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