Controversial Album Covers | Van Halen 1984
June 13, 2008 by Scott
Remember this? When Van Halen’s 1984 came out there was a bunch of controversy over the album cover over a baby…who also happens to be an angel…smoking a cigarette. Back then this was a big deal. Yep, that’s right…this was controversial back then. Kind of funny if you think about it. I wonder what these people that thought this album cover as taboo think of some of the album covers of today.
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You kinda figure that Van Halen is close to the top of some sorta list of pissing someone off.
1984 was just their way of making a person to say WTF…
If you go back and look at “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”…Just plain and simple. It said it all…
Tha’Carnal Knowledge came out when I was in High School. Everyone thought it was the coolest thing.
You want to hear something funny, my ten year old son and I were At Best Buy the other day and they had a big picture of the Nirvana Nevermind cover and he saw the baby’s penis and goes “ewww!”