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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 70
Sign: Aries

City: Oxford
Country: UK
Signup Date: 4/2/2007
Saturday, April 07, 2007 
NEED A LARGE CLEAR PICTURE?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Radiohead.okcomputer.albumart.jpg

Looking at the O.K Computer Album cover from a Formalistic and Iconic approach:

(With this phenomenon of The Wizard of Oz in mind) I'll analyze it from RIGHT to LEFT.

Starting in the middle of the right-hand side of the cover there is a distinctive blurred human figure that appears to by running down a road that has stripes across it creating 'bricks'. The 2 dark images above the figure's head resemble a tall city in the distance.
"Lost Child" referring to Dorothy, is printed TWICE. The Album plays twice to the movie.

To the right of the figure is an 'X' in a blue box. This could resemble something not meant to be seen, like the Wizard(or the man behind the curtain). Above the 'X' is a solid shaded rectangle that is on the far right of the cover. The famous image of the yellow brick road with the emerald city has GREY CLIFFS on the far right of the picture in the same general area. Underneath the 'X' is what appears to be the tip of a shoe with RED stripes. The RED represents the ruby slippers. To the left of the shoe is a small image of a cow in a pen with a worker. There are 2 RED arrows showing a girl figure running away.

At the bottom of the work of art, the road can be seen diverging. The Large 'Striped Road' has all light shaded autos on it. There is only ONE BLACK CAR (representing the Witch) on the diverged road. This road winds off to the left-center of the page. The road diverges again. One road winds sharply back to the right and disappears as the road winds into a 'Forest of Trees.'

The BLACK car is in the lane, on the road, that goes to the far left of the picture. The blurred shadow (double image of the castle on rocks/tornado with house) that ascends up from the scribbled looking forest gives an ominous look.


Also to the left of the tall, blurred shadow appears to be a small farm house suspended in the air.



Also...above the "trees", in the center of the cover, there is scratch lines that curve creating a bubble of white that encompasses the entire upper center of the album cover. It resembles the good witch's bubble.


NOW..... CAN YOU FIND THE WITCH?.....or should I say WITCHES*

*hint....look back at the first shadowy figure that hovers over the main road. It's her changing from riding the bike, with the basket on back, into the witch.



How about the Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion, and Toto? They are all in their 1st scene poses.

....And Dorothy...well the colors blue and white that dominate the cover art...ARE HER DRESS!

The Cover has been dressed!