Baby From Nirvana’s Album Cover Recreates Iconic Photograph 25 Years Later
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Whether you’re a fan of Nirvana or not, chances are that you’re familiar with the cover of their Nevermind album. It’s the one with a naked baby chasing a dollar in a swimming pool, and a reader’s poll for Rolling Stone magazine rated it as the third most iconic cover of all time.
Well believe it or not, that little baby – named Spencer Elden – is now 25 years old, and in homage to the album’s quarter century anniversary, he recently decided to recreate the pose that made him famous. He wanted to do it “au naturel” in order to stay true to the original, but the photographer John Chapple fortunately talked him out of it and convinced him to wear shorts for the shoot. Chapple paid him $200, which is exactly what Elden’s parents were paid for Spencer’s involvement in the Nevermind cover, but it’s not so much about the money as it is about honoring what is arguably the defining album of the grunge movement.
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First of all, he needs to lose the pants. Secondly, where's the dollar bill?
I agree. I don't care about the dollar bill though :-)
I like the way you think Helen :D
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I wanna suck your dick, ha.
I also thought so...keeping the pants looks like political correctness. Which is rather strange considering that the band probably would not have been considered politically correct.
Nah. It's just censorship. Give David his pants.
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I'm sure he's as tiny as he was when he was a baby so he's a shy coward about it... it could have been shot in a way so that his Vienna Sausage wasn't visible.
Exactly. Where the true re-creation?
That is EXACTLY what I came here to say! LOL
Vickie Chan, I was thinking the same thing!!
Off the pants, agree. And the dollar Bill... well... times are hard, Vickie :(
not an accurate recreation
Yep! There's no dollar. ♥
Right!
Who cares? It's still cool & accurate enough.
hahaha , I agree!!!
The dollar was the point too!!!
123
"See that baby? It's me." How many dudes get to impress the ladies by holding an album cover up?
Some girls might reply to this refering to babys penis. Not a good conversation starter
He grew pants.
...more like a sense of shame, shame, shame [ding, ding]
I wonder if the females here would have the same comments had it been a female baby...
i feel that many woman would like to jump in the pool with him ;-)
...and many man whores as well, just because he's 15 seconds famous. Other wise they WGAFF about him and just ask for fries with that.
Adjusted for inflation, he was actually paid $353.37. If the photog wanted to be true to the original (which it's clear he did not), the payment should have been more like $113.20. Glad the guy got the higher payment, though! :-)
He also did this in 2014 already http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042033/Baby-cover-Nirvanas-Nevermind-album-turns-20.html
I thought I had seen this before!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042033/Baby-cover-Nirvanas-Nevermind-album-turns-20.html
Where's the dollar??
The dollar is in bitcoins now.
he has nevermind tattooed on his chest
Every time you feel ashamed your parents show your naked baby photos to a couple of people... think of this guy XD
I wonder how he feels about being naked on the cover of an album as a baby? He obviously didn't consent.
Where's Willy?
Waiting to get back to the White House and start blasting into a new set of interns?
Aren't you supposed to be naked? and where's the dollar? so not accurate.
My comment? Exactly like the album title.
Why "fortunately?" It would have been more accurate if he had been nude. Kurt Cobain would have probably preferred it that way.
Nothing new, he already did it some years ago...
I think more about how I've been growing old. Dammit #almost40
Reminds me of the Extended Album Cover https://www.boredpanda.com/nirvana-nevermind/
Nirvana?...Never mind!... He should have done it "au naturel"...
C'mon, read the text!!! -- He wanted to do it “au naturel” in order to stay true to the original, but the photographer John Chapple fortunately talked him out of it and convinced him to wear shorts for the shoot.
C'mon... read the text!!! -- He wanted to do it “au naturel” in order to stay true to the original, but the photographer John Chapple fortunately talked him out of it and convinced him to wear shorts for the shoot.
Does no one read the actual article? He wanted to lose the pants, but the photographer talked him out of it.
Where's the money?
123456789
Oh dear, he has a "Nevermind" tattoo....how sadly self referential....you know what his #1 pick up line is don't you?
"See that baby? It's me." How many dudes get to say that to the ladies?
Is anyone else wondering how they did the original? Seems like a pretty dangerous thing to do with a baby...?
did yall ever see kurk/kirk's twin? apparently some guy who sings like him and looks like him?
He was much cuter as a baby!!
No,,,,He Didn't.
I don't care about the minor differences.If he does it every few years, he is giving us transition pics and we can follow as he grows older. Very interesting.
Niubility
Translation: "Help! I need money!"
This guy needs to let go and stop doing these recreations every couple of years. It was mildly interesting at first but it's just getting tedious now.
Guys is cute.
Ok he could forget about the pants and try the dollar.
Sh.. I'm old.
He could be a doppelgänger for Bob Geldof with some hair styling!
So glad he's wearing pants this time
Cowardice should never be rewarded.
But modesty and self respect possibly should
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there's no dollar bill, and there's no peepee... perhaps it's still as small?
very...
First of all, he needs to lose the pants. Secondly, where's the dollar bill?
I agree. I don't care about the dollar bill though :-)
I like the way you think Helen :D
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
I wanna suck your dick, ha.
I also thought so...keeping the pants looks like political correctness. Which is rather strange considering that the band probably would not have been considered politically correct.
Nah. It's just censorship. Give David his pants.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
I'm sure he's as tiny as he was when he was a baby so he's a shy coward about it... it could have been shot in a way so that his Vienna Sausage wasn't visible.
Exactly. Where the true re-creation?
That is EXACTLY what I came here to say! LOL
Vickie Chan, I was thinking the same thing!!
Off the pants, agree. And the dollar Bill... well... times are hard, Vickie :(
not an accurate recreation
Yep! There's no dollar. ♥
Right!
Who cares? It's still cool & accurate enough.
hahaha , I agree!!!
The dollar was the point too!!!
123
"See that baby? It's me." How many dudes get to impress the ladies by holding an album cover up?
Some girls might reply to this refering to babys penis. Not a good conversation starter
He grew pants.
...more like a sense of shame, shame, shame [ding, ding]
I wonder if the females here would have the same comments had it been a female baby...
i feel that many woman would like to jump in the pool with him ;-)
...and many man whores as well, just because he's 15 seconds famous. Other wise they WGAFF about him and just ask for fries with that.
Adjusted for inflation, he was actually paid $353.37. If the photog wanted to be true to the original (which it's clear he did not), the payment should have been more like $113.20. Glad the guy got the higher payment, though! :-)
He also did this in 2014 already http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042033/Baby-cover-Nirvanas-Nevermind-album-turns-20.html
I thought I had seen this before!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2042033/Baby-cover-Nirvanas-Nevermind-album-turns-20.html
Where's the dollar??
The dollar is in bitcoins now.
he has nevermind tattooed on his chest
Every time you feel ashamed your parents show your naked baby photos to a couple of people... think of this guy XD
I wonder how he feels about being naked on the cover of an album as a baby? He obviously didn't consent.
Where's Willy?
Waiting to get back to the White House and start blasting into a new set of interns?
Aren't you supposed to be naked? and where's the dollar? so not accurate.
My comment? Exactly like the album title.
Why "fortunately?" It would have been more accurate if he had been nude. Kurt Cobain would have probably preferred it that way.
Nothing new, he already did it some years ago...
I think more about how I've been growing old. Dammit #almost40
Reminds me of the Extended Album Cover https://www.boredpanda.com/nirvana-nevermind/
Nirvana?...Never mind!... He should have done it "au naturel"...
C'mon, read the text!!! -- He wanted to do it “au naturel” in order to stay true to the original, but the photographer John Chapple fortunately talked him out of it and convinced him to wear shorts for the shoot.
C'mon... read the text!!! -- He wanted to do it “au naturel” in order to stay true to the original, but the photographer John Chapple fortunately talked him out of it and convinced him to wear shorts for the shoot.
Does no one read the actual article? He wanted to lose the pants, but the photographer talked him out of it.
Where's the money?
123456789
Oh dear, he has a "Nevermind" tattoo....how sadly self referential....you know what his #1 pick up line is don't you?
"See that baby? It's me." How many dudes get to say that to the ladies?
Is anyone else wondering how they did the original? Seems like a pretty dangerous thing to do with a baby...?
did yall ever see kurk/kirk's twin? apparently some guy who sings like him and looks like him?
He was much cuter as a baby!!
No,,,,He Didn't.
I don't care about the minor differences.If he does it every few years, he is giving us transition pics and we can follow as he grows older. Very interesting.
Niubility
Translation: "Help! I need money!"
This guy needs to let go and stop doing these recreations every couple of years. It was mildly interesting at first but it's just getting tedious now.
Guys is cute.
Ok he could forget about the pants and try the dollar.
Sh.. I'm old.
He could be a doppelgänger for Bob Geldof with some hair styling!
So glad he's wearing pants this time
Cowardice should never be rewarded.
But modesty and self respect possibly should
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
there's no dollar bill, and there's no peepee... perhaps it's still as small?
very...