Posted March 22, 200619 yr In an age when looks are more important than musical content there were some great artists from yesteryear who would never come high in a beauty contest but they could write and sing good songs. Ian Dury in the 70's. -- what a waste,hit me with your rhythm stick,reasons to be cheerful Shane McGowan in the 80's ---Fairytale of New York What others come to mind
March 22, 200619 yr Ummm, well, most of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to be honest...... :lol: :lol: None of Iron Maiden would be in any danger of winning any beauty contests let's face it..... But Metal bands in general dont really rely too much on looks (obviously there are exceptions, but it's mainly the music that's the important thing...)
March 25, 200619 yr tastes have changed, in the 60's / 70's hair was the rage, ala kings of leon stylee, late 70's early 80's, bizarre outrageous dress, scruffy punk was the rage.. i think that in these categories so many were not pretty boys... they didnt have to be. its lamentable that nowdays good looking females have to cake themselves in very unnessacery make-up in order to look like a barbie doll in order to be accepted. imho, theres far too much emphesis on looks nowdays.
March 25, 200619 yr Thinking of great female singers from the past who would struggle to get a contract today.........Alison Moyet, Kirsty MacColl, Siouxsie(& the Banshees) are a few of my female favourites. I also reckon Dusty Springfield would struggle to get a contract .........and don't get me started recycling the Simon Cowell quote from his autobiography regarding David Bowie & Kate Bush. If the Simon Cowell's & the Louis Walsh's of the world were around in the 1960s with the power they have today then it would be frightening as to the negative impact they could have had on popular music. You know that Pop Music is going down the toilet when the likes of Chantelle & Paris Hilton get offered recording contracts.
March 25, 200619 yr Thinking of great female singers from the past who would struggle to get a contract today.........Alison Moyet, Kirsty MacColl, Siouxsie(& the Banshees) are a few of my female favourites. I also reckon Dusty Springfield would struggle to get a contract .........and don't get me started recycling the Simon Cowell quote from his autobiography regarding David Bowie & Kate Bush. If the Simon Cowell's & the Louis Walsh's of the world were around in the 1960s with the power they have today then it would be frightening as to the negative impact they could have had on popular music. You know that Pop Music is going down the toilet when the likes of Chantelle & Paris Hilton get offered recording contracts. There's no way either Chantelle or Paris Hilton would sell records. Who is Paris Hilton anyway? What is she famous for? Chantelle 'might' have been a one-hit wonder with 'I Want It Right Now' but CBB finished two months ago and no sign of a release. I can't see it happening now. She wouldn't have had a career in music anyway.
March 26, 200619 yr tastes have changed, in the 60's / 70's hair was the rage, ala kings of leon stylee, late 70's early 80's, bizarre outrageous dress, scruffy punk was the rage.. i think that in these categories so many were not pretty boys... they didnt have to be. Oh, I dunno, I know plenty of young girls who found Sid and Johnny to be "total sex Gods" LOL..... Bob Smith's had his fair share of female admirers as well.....
March 26, 200619 yr There's no way either Chantelle or Paris Hilton would sell records. Who is Paris Hilton anyway? What is she famous for? Chantelle 'might' have been a one-hit wonder with 'I Want It Right Now' but CBB finished two months ago and no sign of a release. I can't see it happening now. She wouldn't have had a career in music anyway. Totally agree with you Mark. Chantelle and Paris Hilton is just the absolute scraping of the bottom of a fukkin' barrel. Paris Hilton is "famous" for taking up the ass from her boyfriend in some DIY porn video - apart from that, she's just some vapid, rich-bitch daddy's girl who just happens to be rich enough to have all her fantasies indulged...Fukkin sickening.... And Chantelle is only famous because she looks a bit like her...... :wacko: Fukkin' crazy world we live in mate, and people wonder why I choose to totally reject all this manufactured crap..... I'd rather be considered a Musical Snob than worship at the alter of this utter mediority any day....
March 26, 200619 yr Oh, I dunno, I know plenty of young girls who found Sid and Johnny to be "total sex Gods" LOL..... Bob Smith's had his fair share of female admirers as well..... then yes.... not now though. its all perfect skin, 6 packs etc.
March 27, 200619 yr the thing is re: walsh and cowell, picking pretty boys, well, shayne (their latest flame) ain't all that nice. Ugly guys, hit songs: Lemmy (the obvious one) Lou Reed (not ugly but heroin washed him out so much) David Bowie Elton John Janis Joplin
March 28, 200619 yr when i saw the topic Looks over musical ability i thought the first post would be: every boyband in the history of the world ever! :dance: :lol: :lol:
March 28, 200619 yr id say the only ugly acts around today are the Magic Numbers, certainly popular acts anyway. Even todays rock/indie cts are fairly good looking, very few really "ugly acts about. In the past id say without all that make up, all those glam rock stars were atsolute munters lol
March 28, 200619 yr id say the only ugly acts around today are the Magic Numbers, certainly popular acts anyway. Even todays rock/indie cts are fairly good looking, very few really "ugly acts about. In the past id say without all that make up, all those glam rock stars were atsolute munters lol I dunno though,Marc Bolan had a certain feminine charm about him with his girlie afro-esque perm and wide cow-eyes ! :smoke:
March 28, 200619 yr Totally agree with you Mark. Chantelle and Paris Hilton is just the absolute scraping of the bottom of a fukkin' barrel. Paris Hilton is "famous" for taking up the ass from her boyfriend in some DIY porn video - apart from that, she's just some vapid, rich-bitch daddy's girl who just happens to be rich enough to have all her fantasies indulged...Fukkin sickening.... And Chantelle is only famous because she looks a bit like her...... :wacko: Fukkin' crazy world we live in mate, and people wonder why I choose to totally reject all this manufactured crap..... I'd rather be considered a Musical Snob than worship at the alter of this utter mediority any day.... But Chantelle and Paris aren't good looking though :blink:
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