[Robert DeLong]

The 50th anniversary issue is an obvious nod to homosexuals, whereas, the original prism refraction album cover was first released on April, 1 1973. That was about 5 years before the homosexuals adopted the rainbow flag.

The rainbow flag was created in 1978 by artist, designer, Vietnam War veteran and then-drag performer, Gilbert Baker. He was commissioned to create a flag by another gay icon, politician Harvey Milk, for San Francisco’s annual pride parade.

Article is full of BS, for it does not match up chronologically to history at all.

[rlmorel]

I think what bothers people is the intentional effort to inject something like homosexuality into something like a 50-year old album that people enjoyed for the music in it.

I understand it is possible for some graphic artist commissioned to work on the new album cover, who added that just grabbed some hi-res stock graphic to work off, but I am a bit dubious about that after seeing those two images you posted.

If I were commissioned to do a high-profile piece like that, I would have made it exactly identical to the smallest possible detail I could, including the colors and numbers of colors.

Personally, I loved Pink Floyd until I unknowingly (about his politics) went to a Roger Waters concert back in 2004, and have been unable to even listen to the music anymore.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I am reminded of this 1957 color chart.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ndyb1OIf-W0/maxresdefault.jpg

[frogjerk]

Harvey Milk...big Rev Jim Jones supporter