Ryan Lochte Recreates Nirvana 'Nevermind' Cover: Hilarious or Horrible?

by SodaHead Celebs Posted 2013/02/08 15:00:00

Related Topics: ryan lochte, The Beatles, Abbey Road, U2, War, The Clash, London Calling, Paul Simonon, ESPN the magazine, What Would Ryan Lochte Do, Spencer Elden, Speedo, Josh Freeman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Trent Richardson, LaMarr Woodley, Run DMC, Marshawn Lynch, Michael Jackson, Thriller

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Album covers have delivered some of the most iconic photography in pop culture history. Most rock fans will instantly recognize the image of the Beatles striding across “Abbey Road.” Punk devotees know that a hunched-over Paul Simonon smashing his Fender Bass represents The Clash’s “London Calling.” And modern rock fans know that that wide-eyed boy is the face of U2’s “War.”

Now, ESPN The Magazine is paying tribute to some of music’s most famous album art by recreating classic photos for their first-ever music issue. And they’ve recruited Olympic gold-medalist Ryan Lochte to pose for grunge’s most infamous offering: Nirvana's "Nevermind" album.

The original features a naked baby floating in the water reaching for a dollar bill on a fishing hook. In the tribute shot, the London Game’s media darling does a pretty close approximation. But the star of the upcoming reality show "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" clearly has his limits.

Apparently, Lochte won’t pose nude. Much to the disappointment of many fans, no doubt, the champion swimmer didn't match the cover exactly. Unlike the original model, three-month-old Spencer Elden, Lochte wore a Speedo for his shot.

It’s certain that this is the most talked about photo in the ESPN series, which also includes Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman lounging for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and NFL stars Trent Richardson, Lamarr Woodley and Marshawn Lynch posing as Run DMC. What do you think? Is Lochte’s cover hilarious or horrible?

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Dyonus 2013/02/08 17:14:34 (edited)

Hilarious

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Here's a couple of other parodies I like:

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Jay-Arr Preston 2013/04/15 16:43:40

Hilarious

hot hot hot...

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Noodle :3 2013/03/11 03:46:10

Horrible

it is an insult ..??

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Dave 007 2013/02/17 12:52:43

Hilarious

I'm surprised "family Guy" didn't do it first.

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mache.salas 2013/02/13 11:14:16

Hilarious

+1
This is awesome!

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macy 2013/02/13 01:38:31

Hilarious

Nice looking :)

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DOriginalDonald 2013/02/12 22:05:10

Hilarious

Of course it would be funnier if it was Michael Phelps :P

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stevie.luplow 2013/02/12 16:22:47

Horrible

+2
Not really horrible, but kind of overdone and "whatever"

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wes 2013/02/12 15:54:57

Horrible

He's an idiot last chance grabbing at straws for attention......

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lol fakename 2013/02/12 14:05:42

Horrible

It's more just "meh" than "horrible". As a sight gag, this is just a safer version of Weird Al's take a decade ago.

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raine1200 2013/02/12 13:48:05

Horrible

Ugly skin and body. Why not keep it covered in something attractive. MEN nobody really wants to see your parts at all..except maybe other gay men!!

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lol fak... to raine1200 2013/02/12 14:07:56

Haha, what.

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Music the Man 2013/02/12 12:48:00

Hilarious

he must really be bored with himself...More money than brains I guess..

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Syra Nior Enoch 2013/02/12 09:54:46 (edited)

Horrible

Now Who is this clown trying to be all cool and unoriginal?? ...Really I dunno who he is

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Ado Christian 2013/02/12 03:25:57

Hilarious

This is pretty over the top funny. I confess never having had any genuine liking for a bunch of losers who continually whined and cried big tears about the way the world treated them in every album they produced, culminating with the biggest loser killing himself because he couldn't accept life. Kurt Cobain's persistent drug addiction, clinical depression and inability to deal with reality personifies the musical genre he helped create. This is a fitting mockery of all equally meaningless and laughable grunge bands.

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Colin L to Ado Chr... 2013/02/12 04:24:29

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Ohh… go suck a big one.

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Ado Chr... to Colin L 2013/02/12 05:11:05

Oh go roll a fat one and find some shotgun ammo.

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Valenti... to Ado Chr... 2013/02/22 23:03:29 (edited)

This is incredibly ignorant and narrow-minded of you... Plus now one ever said Kurt was suicidal ( I mean none of his friends. Not even the doctor that treated hinm in Rome) except for Courtney who he was trying to divorce... Nevermind. I don't want to get into an internet discussion/fight thingy

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Colin L to Ado Chr... 2013/02/27 19:51:38

Haha, touché.

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Acacia Slocum 2013/02/12 00:28:21

Hilarious

+1
Call me sick-humored but it is pretty funny.

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AnneFS 2013/02/11 23:28:44

Hilarious

+1
Hilarious. But he should've (literally) had the balls to truly repeat the original by being naked.

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Feria~T... to AnneFS 2013/02/12 00:20:55

ESPN wouldn't have let him show his penis because it's a magazine, not pornography.

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WorleyGig 2013/02/11 23:07:29

Hilarious

+5
How is this "Horrible"?

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raine1200 to WorleyGig 2013/02/12 13:53:39

I think because that body is ugly pale white no muscle protruding stomach . It has come to my attention from talking to people that only gay men want to see naked men.. A female body if in shape has a bit of grace but men, they just look clunky to me. ewwww..

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spencerific93 2013/02/11 22:00:08

Hilarious

+1
An awesome tribute to an awesome album. Long live grunge!

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Adam Dodge 2013/02/11 21:58:06

Hilarious

To all of you who answered "Horrible":

(read the response)

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Adam Dodge to Adam Dodge 2013/02/11 21:59:40

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raine1200 to Adam Dodge 2013/02/12 13:56:12

Now that is just un called for

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Adam Dodge to raine1200 2013/02/13 03:23:46

Maybe. I'm actually sort of shocked the filter didn't pick it up, hence my first comment.

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El Prez 2013/02/11 21:24:04

Horrible

More stupid than horrible!

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cranejumper 2013/02/11 20:21:43

Horrible

+2
To each their own but being original is number one

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Tennessee3501 2013/02/11 20:18:31

Horrible

+1
Isn't he the Olympic swimmer who confessed that he peed in the Olympic swimming pool? They should make him clean up the pool for $1,00. That would fix him!

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Don Pink 2013/02/11 20:11:52

Hilarious

+1
So true. lmao

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Fashionable60s 2013/02/11 19:19:04

Hilarious

Don't need to see his junk. This is fine.

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monkeybutt 2013/02/11 19:14:51

Hilarious

No has done it it's been around forever good job

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jessperado 2013/02/11 19:09:05

Horrible

+2
If I don't see your junk then it hasn't been recreated. Trunks off.

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POWERSHAKER 2013/02/11 19:01:00

Hilarious

+1
That's funny. lol

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nin phan 2013/02/11 19:00:24

Horrible

+1
If "Weird Al" can do it without seeing either a) a dinkie or b) a speedo, so too should Lochte. He pose looks absolutely boring as sin. It's not "horrible"...it's "pathetic".

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liz 2013/02/11 14:29:09

Hilarious

+1
their covers have always been a little " off" So what its the music that counts.

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Mark5610 2013/02/11 11:26:50 (edited)

Hilarious

+4

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Serenity 2013/02/11 09:15:22 (edited)

Hilarious

+1
With the lights out, it's less dangerous

Here we are now, entertain us

I feel stupid and contagious

Here we are now, entertain us

Is our David Walliams swimming the English channel again xxx resemblance is uncanny

As images go I have to say ............Oh well.........Nevermind don't really give a damn

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