"Mirage" album cover backstory

[littlelies7]

For a long time, I've been always wondering why the "Mirage" album cover was what it is now. I know a few things, like Lindsey's aunt was who gave them the idea for the album name and that Hollywood photographer George Hurrell did the photography (Fun fact: he also did the cover photography on Lindsey's "Law and Order").

So, is there any theories or any websites containing information about this album cover?

[bootylicous]

Are you talking about the old-man-head in the hands thing? I love that, but I never noticed it until very recently!

[Les]

I don't know if I've ever really read anything concrete about why they went with that particular pose for the cover. I know that Hurrell specialized in those very glowing romantic old Hollywood portrait shots, so perhaps he kind of directed the scene he wanted to capture or something like that. Just guessing though.

[CarneVaca]

Sometimes I am in awe of the level of information you guys have. Honestly. I have no idea who took the photos or whose aunt did what (Hmm, actually I knew about he aunt "Mirage" thing). But, wow. Chart positions! I even forget what's on the videos, though I've seen them many times. The only one I can truly remember is Gypsy because it was always my favorite.

I couldn't even name all of the personnel that has made up Fleetwood Mac at one time or another!

My hat's off to you folks.

[littlelies7]

Originally posted by bootylicous
Are you talking about the old-man-head in the hands thing? I love that, but I never noticed it until very recently!

Whoa!

Where's that? :confused:

[littlelies7]

This has been bugging me for a long time.

Why is Lindsey wearing full-on black??

I can't think of anything.

Any ideas?

:wavey:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by littlelies7
Whoa!

Where's that? :confused:

If you look at the front of the album, Lindsey and Stevie's hands clasped together appear to make the face of an old woman...it's very cool. I love the cover of that album :nod:

[littlelies7]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
If you look at the front of the album, Lindsey and Stevie's hands clasped together appear to make the face of an old woman...it's very cool. I love the cover of that album :nod:

Oh, really? :shocked:

Wow, that's something I've never noticed before! Hold on, I gotta see it for myself!

*rushes off to find Mirage CD*

[littlelies7]

I got to take a gander, and is it something you notice right off the bat?

[DownOnRodeo]

Hey LittleLies7 <-- I like your name BTW ~ and the explanation in the sig :wavey:

yes the Mirage mirage took me a fair while to spot. If I'm not mistaken you need to turn the picture 90 degrees right to begin with. It's actually more like an old hag than an old man to me - I only say that in case that makes it easier for you to spot.

[jwys_soapbox]

here's a link to my outline of the old lady from the cover...

http://fleetwood-mac.john-w-young.net/oldlady.jpe

and here's the pic itself...

http://fleetwood-mac.john-w-young.net/oldlady.jpe

John

[blackdove]

Originally posted by jwys_soapbox
here's a link to my outline of the old lady from the cover...

http://fleetwood-mac.john-w-young.net/oldlady.jpe

and here's the pic itself...

http://fleetwood-mac.john-w-young.net/oldlady.jpe

John

So people have far too much time on their hands!! LOL! :laugh:

Love Sarah

[jwys_soapbox]

Yeah, it's funny what you'll notice while looking at a picture for 20 YEARS! This mystery has been around for a long time, it's nothing new.

John

[blackdove]

Originally posted by jwys_soapbox
Yeah, it's funny what you'll notice while looking at a picture for 20 YEARS! This mystery has been around for a long time, it's nothing new.

John

Yeah, everytime I get my vinyl copy of Tusk out and look at the inner covers I find something I hadn't seen before :D

Love Sarah

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by jwys_soapbox
here's a link to my outline of the old lady from the cover...

http://fleetwood-mac.john-w-young.net/oldlady.jpe

and here's the pic itself...

http://fleetwood-mac.john-w-young.net/oldlady.jpe

John

Thanks, I've never been able to see it on my own. I lack the Magic Eye.:cool:

- Jake

[Josh2003]

I've seen the face before, but after seeing John's outline, I was shocked at how much that looks like the famous "Young Girl/Old Woman" optical illusion.

See for your self:

<img src="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/gifs/young1.jpg"> <img src="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/gifs/young2.jpg"> <img src="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/gifs/young3.gif">

And now John's again so you can see the similarities:

<img src="http://fleetwood-mac.john-w-young.net/oldlady.jpe">

Weird.

[jwys_soapbox]

Wow! I have never seen those old images before! Those are new to me! This thread has gone a lot further towards "prooving" the image was intentional. You know, a long time ago, before the fan club, Jonathan Todd promised to ask Mick about this. He never delivered (of course). It would be wonderful to hear one of FM's members reactions to these various images.

John

[littlelies7]

Originally posted by DownOnRodeo
Hey LittleLies7 <-- I like your name BTW ~ and the explanation in the sig :wavey:

yes the Mirage mirage took me a fair while to spot. If I'm not mistaken you need to turn the picture 90 degrees right to begin with. It's actually more like an old hag than an old man to me - I only say that in case that makes it easier for you to spot.

Thanx, DownOnRodeo! I like you name too! :wavey:

BTW: thanx for the tip!

[littlelies7]

I'll check out that thing about John soon.

Also, what's the idea about Lindsey wearing all black, whereas the others aren't? :confused:

[Johnny Stew]

There are outtakes of the 'Mirage' cover photo-session, including one where Stevie & Christine have swapped places.

I used to have one of the outtakes on my old PC, but lost it when the hard-drive got fried.
Haven't found it since. :(

Definitely one of my favorite Mac album covers. I always prefer to see the artist on the album cover, rather than a painting or obscure photograph.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by Johnny Stew
There are outtakes of the 'Mirage' cover photo-session, including one where Stevie & Christine have swapped places.

I used to have one of the outtakes on my old PC, but lost it when the hard-drive got fried.
Haven't found it since. :(

Definitely one of my favorite Mac album covers. I always prefer to see the artist on the album cover, rather than a painting or obscure photograph.

I agree, I cannot stand the covers of Greatest hits and Tango.

- Jake

[mylittledemon]

Interesting little tidbit.... I actually own the original artwork that WAS to be the Mirage album cover. I think it fit the title a little better and should've been used. Here it is in all its glory!

[The Chain]

Originally posted by mylittledemon
Interesting little tidbit.... I actually own the original artwork that WAS to be the Mirage album cover. I think it fit the title a little better and should've been used. Here it is in all its glory!

Wow, I think It should have been on the back, or the liner notes, or something. Great Pic:thumbsup:

[littlelies7]

Originally posted by mylittledemon
Interesting little tidbit.... I actually own the original artwork that WAS to be the Mirage album cover. I think it fit the title a little better and should've been used. Here it is in all its glory!

Wow! Where did you get that?

That's pretty cool! :wavey:

[mylittledemon]

I believe Ken Caillat gave it to Frank Harding and I in turn got it from Frank. He worked for the band for MANY years. I've had it framed for about 3 years. Its showing its age however, and its also something I'd LOVE to give BACK to the band if I ever had the chance.

[sodascouts]

That "old lady" thing is a stretch, if you ask me. A clever but unlikely conceit.

[TwoTricky]

Looks like Mick Fleetwood to me!!:D

[Sarah]

Originally posted by mylittledemon
Interesting little tidbit.... I actually own the original artwork that WAS to be the Mirage album cover. I think it fit the title a little better and should've been used. Here it is in all its glory!

A little OT, but I think it's really strange that they were considering using that piece of art for the Mirage cover at one time. Just peculiar that they'd use variations on a Tusk photo shoot for a brand new album. Artists would NEVER imagine doing that today.

And I agree about the hand/old woman thing being a stretch. I can see how some people see that in there.. but when I look at that album cover, all I really see is a dramatic pose.

I love the back. John's all in white. Yay for white suit John.

[celestenadia]

Isn't that painting derived from the photographs on the inside gatefold
of the Live Album?

[goldie]

Originally posted by blackdove
Yeah, everytime I get my vinyl copy of Tusk out and look at the inner covers I find something I hadn't seen before :D

Love Sarah

LOL!! Yeah Sarah!! I used to stare at those for HOURS!!!! There was always something new each time!!! Glad to know it wasn't just me!!

[mylittledemon]

Actually the picture I attached is not the full shot. In the upper right hand corner is an embossed (that means raised) lettering of the Fleetwood Mac logo. The lettering is precisely the way the Mirage album font looks. Also in the lower right corner are embossed penguins whispering to one another. Much like the ones from the 1975 album.

[jwys_soapbox]

Originally posted by sodascouts
That "old lady" thing is a stretch, if you ask me. A clever but unlikely conceit.

All I can say to that is... remember the title is MIRAGE. Is it not out of place for the cover artist to sneak a little optical illusion onto the cover of something so titled?

John

[Vianna]

Never knew all this about the cover shot for Mirage but it's always been my favorite cover.

I can see the resemblance between it and the Law and Order cover.

Does anybody know anything about the pic on the back of Mirage? That's always been a favorite of mine too-love the silhouettes...

[joe]

Originally posted by Josh2003
I've seen the face before, but after seeing John's outline, I was shocked at how much that looks like the famous "Young Girl/Old Woman" optical illusion.

See for your self:

<img src="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/gifs/young1.jpg"> <img src="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/gifs/young2.jpg"> <img src="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/gifs/young3.gif">

And now John's again so you can see the similarities:

<img src="http://fleetwood-mac.john-w-young.net/oldlady.jpe">

Weird.

I'm having a hard time seeing the "young woman" in the Mirage illusion. does anyone else see it? i've been squinting (helps) for five minutes but it's not working.

[joe]

Originally posted by Vianna
Never knew all this about the cover shot for Mirage but it's always been my favorite cover.

I can see the resemblance between it and the Law and Order cover.

Does anybody know anything about the pic on the back of Mirage? That's always been a favorite of mine too-love the silhouettes...

i never knew about it either....what's the "pic on the back of Mirage"? are you talking about the cd? i actually don't have it....the lp has mick and john on the back and only Lindey, Stevie and Chris on the front. Maybe they used Lindsey's painting of the band (as seen on the lp insert w/lyrics) as the back on the cd?
I haven't really seen that cd in a while. Need to get it.

[jwys_soapbox]

Originally posted by joe
I'm having a hard time seeing the "young woman" in the Mirage illusion. does anyone else see it? i've been squinting (helps) for five minutes but it's not working.

I have never heard any discussion of a young woman--just the old lady with the hood. The antique images that you quoted in your message have both a profile of an old woman (with a big face) and a young lady as you'd see her face from looking over her shoulder. The mirage cover has a "mirage" of an old woman if you compare the outline to the portion of the mirage cover to the left of the outline.

John

[ricohv]

I like that artwork of the band in a way but it looks too 80's new wavey for that album. I love the cover as it is. If it were going to have an "era" feel to the cover I think for Mirage it would have had to have been a 50's look instead of the (although current at the time!) early 80's look of that picture. It would be cool to know how all the album covers were conceived and possible alternate covers that didn't make it. Like the original Bella Donna that was some sort of double exposed image of Stevies head or something-I think she said it was supposed to represent the two sides of her (and then I'm sure she said what the 2 sides were-at least what they were for that day or that interview). Then she had the dream of the image that became the album cover.
Not too fond of the RAL outtake/alternate cover shoot photos. I think that pic on or near the back of Enchanted w 'Stevie w/ the black lacquered rocking chair and baby rocker are from that
shoot. (I'm not in love with the real cover either tho, her head looks distorted, if I remember right that makes her teeth look a little crooked, and I didn't like how around that time you could tell a lot of her pics were altered. You could almost see the exacto knife slicing off the pounds. OSOTM front cover pose definately has some of that too!

[dissention]

I can't believe for one second that the Mac intentionally did this with their hands. It's too far-fetched! ;)

[jwys_soapbox]

Originally posted by dissention
I can't believe for one second that the Mac intentionally did this with their hands. It's too far-fetched! ;)

But they don't have to do anything with their hands. Any decent artist would be able to do a realistic matte painting over their real hands, for example. Such a feat is easy to do with a computer program like PhotoShop and just because they didn't have such technology available then doesn't mean the same effect couldn't be done. It just means it would take more time and use different media to get the same result.

Give me one more concrete example on that album of the mirage theme. They're hard to come by.

John

[dissention]

Originally posted by jwys_soapbox
But they don't have to do anything with their hands. Any decent artist would be able to do a realistic matte painting over their real hands, for example. Such a feat is easy to do with a computer program like PhotoShop and just because they didn't have such technology available then doesn't mean the same effect couldn't be done. It just means it would take more time and use different media to get the same result.

Give me one more concrete example on that album of the mirage theme. They're hard to come by.

John

Sorry, I just don't think that the Mac was very conscious of what kinds of symbols their hands were making during that shoot. Regardless if the effect could be done, it wasn't done back then for the album. It's just a little trivia item that has been blown into some secret message that it isn't.

Lindsey: Stevie, let's clasp our hands for the next pose.
Stevie: Ohmigod! I can see Melacine in our hands!

[jwys_soapbox]

Originally posted by dissention
Sorry, I just don't think that the Mac was very conscious of what kinds of symbols their hands were making during that shoot. Regardless if the effect could be done, it wasn't done back then for the album. It's just a little trivia item that has been blown into some secret message that it isn't.

Lindsey: Stevie, let's clasp our hands for the next pose.
Stevie: Ohmigod! I can see Melacine in our hands!

Hah ha funny, but you didn't read what I wrote! The technique I am speaking of is called RETOUCHING. Do a search for George Hurrell, the guy who took the photo, and I'm sure you'll find a lot of commentary about his retouching of photos--not that he practiced hiudden imagery by and large--just that he was skilled in "touching up" photos after they were taken. What lies in the shadows of a work of art are often as important as what is shown in the light. To make a scenerio as you did, I propose the following exchange...

FM MEMBER: Great photo shoot, Mr. Hurrell
HURRELL: Thank you.
FM MEMBER: By the way, you know the album we're doing is going to be called "Mirage." Is it at all possible to add a little mirage to the finished photo?
HURRELL: Well, I suppose I can try something with retouching.
FM MEMBER: Well if it works, it'll have many of our fans scratching their heads for decades to come... and the rest will be history.

John (with a hidden moan of pleasure in the middle of his name--"Oh"--ha ha)

[Johnny Stew]

It may just be purely coincidental (like the 'Dark Side Of The Moon'/'Wizard Of Oz' connection), or it may have been intentional.
Either way, it's pretty fascinating that you can see the illusion of an old woman in Lindsey & Stevie's hands.

Of course, I've always felt the true "mirage" depicted on the cover, was that of Lindsey and Stevie in a lovers' embrace, years after they had broken up and their relationship had dissolved into acrimony!

[Josh2003]

I don't think that the "young woman" can be seen in the cover photo. I was just reminded of that illusion when I saw the outline that John had made.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
It's just a little trivia item that has been blown into some secret message that it isn't.

Lindsey: Stevie, let's clasp our hands for the next pose.
Stevie: Ohmigod! I can see Melacine in our hands!

If you hold the old woman at a certain angle, you can see a tattoo that reads "I am the Walrus Witch.":)

- Jake

[mylittledemon]

I agree with Johnny Stew about the cover more than there being an actual "mirage" or hidden image there. The image of the woman and or the old man's face are WAY TOO vague. They are barely even visible. I know thats the concept of a mirage, but even that is the case with this cover, they would've made the hidden image a little more decipherable.

PS. the original piece which I own was only one of several concepts for the album cover. I was also told there was one involving a picture of earth ala "Eyes of the World" that never made it. So at least we know of 3 different ideas for the cover. There could've been several more.

[cliffdweller]

I always thought Stevie's neck looked weird in that photo. Then I remembered something she said in the past about how she thought she was a good dancer but how she was never able to "give with her neck"-- something about her neck being the stiffest part of her body when she danced, maybe that's why it looks weird. I don't know, I always think about that when I look at that album cover.

[Sarah]

Originally posted by celestenadia
Isn't that painting derived from the photographs on the inside gatefold
of the Live Album?

I was thinking Tusk tourbook.. it might be the live gatefold though. I'd have to go dig in the "box of fm junk" to find out.

[Les]

Originally posted by Johnny Stew
There are outtakes of the 'Mirage' cover photo-session, including one where Stevie & Christine have swapped places.

This one? :) I wish it was slightly better quality.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by Les
This one? :)Yes, that's the one!

I've been looking for it ever since I got my new computer... thank you, Les! :D
I actually think it was on the original Ledge boards that someone posted it the last time.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by cliffdweller
I always thought Stevie's neck looked weird in that photo. Then I remembered something she said in the past about how she thought she was a good dancer but how she was never able to "give with her neck"-- something about her neck being the stiffest part of her body when she danced, maybe that's why it looks weird. I don't know, I always think about that when I look at that album cover.

I know, I always think about the hairdresser and past life beheading quote. It almost looks like an Adam's Apple is trying to break free.

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I know, I always think about the hairdresser and past life beheading quote. It almost looks like an Adam's Apple is trying to break free.

- Jake

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

exactly.

[SuzeQuze]

Yes! I always thought Stevie's neck looked really weird here too. She has said she can't put her neck back without it just falling all the way back which is probably what happened for the shot. Very strange. Here's the quote from inherownwords:

[On her past lives] I think I spent a lot of time in old churches, like a monk. I'm very comfortable around that kind of music, with that kind of creeping around, with being very quiet. My ballet teacher believes that my head was cut off in another life, too. I totally give with my body except for my neck. Even if I go to the beauty salon, I can't put my head back. They have to hold it or it will drop. The same thing happens when I dance or get a massage. It's very weird.

~Stevie Nicks, Playboy, July 1982

~Susan

[littlelies7]

Originally posted by SuzeQuze
Yes! I always thought Stevie's neck looked really weird here too. She has said she can't put her neck back without it just falling all the way back which is probably what happened for the shot. Very strange. Here's the quote from inherownwords:

[On her past lives] I think I spent a lot of time in old churches, like a monk. I'm very comfortable around that kind of music, with that kind of creeping around, with being very quiet. My ballet teacher believes that my head was cut off in another life, too. I totally give with my body except for my neck. Even if I go to the beauty salon, I can't put my head back. They have to hold it or it will drop. The same thing happens when I dance or get a massage. It's very weird.

~Stevie Nicks, Playboy, July 1982

~Susan

Huh. That's interesting. I never noticed her neck. I've always been staring at Lindsey... :laugh:

[littlelies7]

Originally posted by Les
This one? :) I wish it was slightly better quality.

Oh, wow! Thanx Les! It's pretty cool!

[ricohv]

OK-I've been looking for this since this thread started and I finally found out (now that we're on page 4-hope everyone is still reading!):
From Us Magazine, Aug 94 (Tom Hanks on cover)
pg 87 Q & A w/ Stevie (it has a vey strange creepy/cool pic of Stevie, too...wish I had a scanner). Anyways, I knew she addressed the Mirage cover directly somewhere and I found it!

I've heard that you have a hard time tilting your head back because you beleive you are the incarnation of Marie Antoinette. Is this true?

When I was little my ballet teacher brought this to my attention-that I could not put my head back-and we came to the conclusiion that I must have been put to death in a past life, like Marie Antoinette. It's weird, this reflex. Like when I go to the beauty parlor, I can't put my head back in the sink for a shampoo.

But on the cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'Mirage', you are shown with your head thrown back.

I hated posing for that more than life. And then, when I shot the video for "If Anyone Falls", the director wanted me to dance with this guy and throw my head back, and I couldn't do it. We had to call in a back up singer to do it. I called her my stunt neck.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally posted by ricohv

When I was little my ballet teacher brought this to my attention-that I could not put my head back-and we came to the conclusiion that I must have been put to death in a past life, like Marie Antoinette. It's weird, this reflex. Like when I go to the beauty parlor, I can't put my head back in the sink for a shampoo.

But on the cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'Mirage', you are shown with your head thrown back.

I hated posing for that more than life. And then, when I shot the video for "If Anyone Falls", the director wanted me to dance with this guy and throw my head back, and I couldn't do it. We had to call in a back up singer to do it. I called her my stunt neck. [/B]

Cool! Thanks for posting this, I've never read this. Now, I'm thinking, what about "Like a willow I can bend" in the Stand Back video. She also tilts her head back in that if I recall correctly.

If I had taken ballet as a little girl and came home and said, "Mommy, my ballet teacher and I figured out that I've been beheaded in another life because I cannot tilt my head back." my mother would've had a cow I think. It's very strange, IMO.

~Susan

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by ricohv
We had to call in a back up singer to do it. I called her my stunt neck.

Food for Debate:
Which back up singer would make the best stunt neck for Stevie?
Discuss amongst yourselves. (Her neck is like buttah.)
:)

- Jake

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Food for Debate:
Which back up singer would make the best stunt neck for Stevie?
Discuss amongst yourselves. (Her neck is like buttah.)*lol* Well, Lori got the honors, so I guess she was deemed the "best stunt neck"!

[Cammie]

:wavey: You all are sooo very very observant!!!
Very glamorus pose!Chris's dress is cute!
My neck does that! I have to stand to get
my hair washed at the beauty shoppe!:eek:
A carwreck did it to me!Nice cover!:cool:Sky:)

[The Chain]

I agree with the adam's apple.... yikes...... But if Stevie couldn't throw her head back, what's with that wild dancing on Stand Back, Red Rocks....

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by The Chain
I agree with the adam's apple.... yikes...... But if Stevie couldn't throw her head back, what's with that wild dancing on Stand Back, Red Rocks.... I don't think it's a problem of not being able to throw it back, it's just that she can't hold the position.

[ricohv]

I agree-it does seem like she holds her head back in the "like a willow I can bend..." part of SB video and she might do a little flailing in the Red Rocks video (what would you give to see her bust a move like that now? even if they had to haul out the dancer guy to came shake his booty around her-how Flashdance was that?).
So maybe she made this whole thing up because she's a big drama queen. Either way, she is most definately kind of a kook (and I mean that in the most loving way) and a bundle of contradictions-why else would we be so fascinated?
Ricoh

[SuzeQuze]

Originally posted by ricohv
... she is most definately kind of a kook (and I mean that in the most loving way) and a bundle of contradictions-why else would we be so fascinated?
Ricoh

Well stated! We do love this about Stevie! She IS the beauty and she's also the beast and we love both sides! The Gemini that she is, such a dichotomy.

~Susan

[littlelies7]

Originally posted by Johnny Stew
Of course, I've always felt the true "mirage" depicted on the cover, was that of Lindsey and Stevie in a lovers' embrace, years after they had broken up and their relationship had dissolved into acrimony!

Wow! I thought I was the only one who thought that!

BTW, a while back, I wrote a theory of the cover just for grins. Here it is:

"This album cover, done by legendary Hollywood photographer George Hurrell, showcases the three vocalists of rock band Fleetwood Mac. Literally taking the album title to heart, it showcases something that we would consider a “mirage”. The cover shows ex-lovers Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks in a “tango” dance pose. Highly unlikely since they are no longer a couple and Christine McVie looking on suspiciously, as if she and Lindsey had something going on between them. Since this is something that wasn’t going on at the time of the album’s release, it was considered an optical illusion, a trick for the audience."

P.S. My sister and I thought for a while that Mirage and TITN should switch album titles, since the original names show the opposite.

[littlelies7]

I had seen the picture, yet I am perplexed. For some reason, I don't think they actually look like the bandmembers.

Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by Johnny Stew

Of course, I've always felt the true "mirage" depicted on the cover, was that of Lindsey and Stevie in a lovers' embrace, years after they had broken up and their relationship had dissolved into acrimony!

I never thought that deeply about the history but based my impression of the mirage just on what I saw. I had always thought that the mirage was that Lindsey's character in the photo was with Stevie's but imagining Christine's, or that he was escaping into a fantasy dance with Stevie while Christine was trying to pull him back to reality. Either woman was the mirage.

- Jake

[ShamHy89]

P.S. My sister and I thought for a while that Mirage and TITN should switch album titles, since the original names show the opposite.

When I first started researching the Mac online, I saw all of the albums lined up. I knew their names, but didn't know which one was which. At first glance and for a couple weeks afterwards, I was convinced that the cover of Mirage was indeed Tango In The Night, and that the tropical oasis scene of Tango was Mirage...it made more sense to me at the time.

Shamus :)

[littlelies7]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I never thought that deeply about the history but based my impression of the mirage just on what I saw. I had always thought that the mirage was that Lindsey's character in the photo was with Stevie's but imagining Christine's, or that he was escaping into a fantasy dance with Stevie while Christine was trying to pull him back to reality. Either woman was the mirage.

- Jake

Good one, Jake! :nod:

Sounds better than my theory!

he was escaping into a fantasy dance with Stevie while Christine was trying to pull him back to reality. Either woman was the mirage.

That's my fav.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by littlelies7
Good one, Jake! :nod:

Sounds better than my theory!



That's my fav.

It's like reading Shakespeare. You wonder, are we reading more into this or was it all intentional?

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

Stunt neck... hilarious. You have to admit though, she's still pretty stiff necked in her dancing. Maybe all that wild flailing about during her 80's heyday was due more in part to the cocaine and boozing, she was well medicated to dance around like a wild banshee then! :laugh:

[Myristica]

Re the band members not looking like themselves, yes my first impression was that they're all waxworks. After I read that there's a hidden image but before I found the "face", I strained my eyes and imagination for a long time and tentatively saw a keyhole, or a question mark, a lightbulb, or a snake (all tilted at 90 degrees), or a black cystal ball in the middle. I thought a penguin would make more sense but couldn't see it in there.

[littlelies7]

Okay, this has been bugging me to no end...

Why is Lindsey wearing all black?