{"id":230,"date":"2011-08-31T21:20:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T03:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2011-08-31T21:20:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T03:20:01","slug":"did-freddy-kreuger-plagiarize-captain-beefheart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcanasphere.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/did-freddy-kreuger-plagiarize-captain-beefheart\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Freddy Kreuger Plagiarize Captain Beefheart?"},"content":{"rendered":"

1982. \u00a0My dad was showing me around his record collection when he yanked out Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefeart. \u00a0Being that I was very young, I ran away screaming in pure horror. \u00a0There’s not much else to tell, here, except that my father usually handled that album with care from then on. \u00a0Only, from time to time, he liked to see if I would still jump.<\/p>\n

Its presence in his record collection – and please remember these were the days of big vinyl disks – kept my hands and curiosity at bay. \u00a0 That album cover is burned into my mind like a smoldering scar.<\/p>\n

Those who know me can understand why it’s much less frightening to see Fred Kreuger in a nearly perfect mirror image of the same album cover. \u00a0“Freddy’s Greatest Hits” recently came to my attention by way of a blog devoted to the foolhardy days of vinyl. \u00a0\u00a0Here are the covers, side by side.<\/p>\n

\"Freddy<\/a>Okay, so right now it only looks a prom photo with two people who settled on\u00a0desperate, last-minute dates. \u00a0I’ll put a different perspective on this.<\/p>\n

\"Mirrored<\/a><\/p>\n

That smirk on Freddy’s face is as good as a bloody fingerprint. \u00a0He knows he’s up to something. \u00a0I’ll bet it’s this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1982. \u00a0My dad was showing me around his record collection when he yanked out Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefeart. \u00a0Being that I was very young, I ran away screaming in pure horror. \u00a0There’s not much else to tell, here, except that my father usually handled that album with care from then on. \u00a0Only, from … <\/p>\n

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