Pink Floyd Ethos Pathos Logos

There is nothing better than music. With countless songs, artists, and genres of music in this world, there cannot be just the sound of music or singing. People want visuals to their favorite sounds as well. They love the music videos, album covers, posters, and magazines. Music Icons magazine pays tribute to very influential and popular bands of all time essentially. On the cover of this particular edition, “Pink Floyd” printed across the top in large, black letters with the subheadings: “The Story Behind Every Album” in red letters and “50 Year Salute to Rock’s Most Mysterious Band” below that in black letters. At the very top of the cover, the band’s most popular album’s covers are at the top in chronological order of when they were released. There is a white brick pattern background and along the bottom are the band’s four main members in black and white. This edition was printed in 2015 in the United Kingdom and the articles inside are not credited to one particular writer. The cover seems simple but it is still effective. Music Icons effectively reaches their target audience of Pink Floyd fanatics, along with people who might have heard of the band, but do not know anything about them through pathos, logos, and slight lack of

A sentimental longing for the past. That is what pathos is all about, appealing to the audience’s emotions. With this cover, an older individual who remembers hearing Dark Side of the Moon for the first time is enticed to take a second look. All of those memories of the album and that time period come flooding back and they reminisce on how different the sound was. The songs rivulet into one another and the music is timeless. For the people that do not know much or anything at all about Pink Floyd, their curiosity is sparked. They are inquisitive about not only the band, but the magazine and its contents as well. This is where ethos, or lack thereof, becomes