Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental houseboy Kato and I...well, actually I had to discharge the swarthy little wog for lightfingeredness. (Don't ask: let's just say my autographed Mitzi Gaynor album is missing). Which means I'll be interviewing for the position for the next few days, so posting by moi will necessarily be sporadic.
In the meantime, here's another little project for you folks:
Coolest Looking and/or Sharpest Dressed Rock Bands of All Time!
My carefully considered (if not always totally serious) Top 10:
1. The Beatles (all periods, but especially 1968)
2. The Rolling Stones (1965-66)
3. The Music Machine
4. The Byrds (1965-66)
5. MC5
6. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (late 70s)
7. The Sex Pistols
8. The Tubes circa "Talk to Ya Later"
9. The Banana Splits
10. The Strokes
But enought of my yakking -- join in, won't you?
PS: If anybody nominates Duran Duran, swear to god I'm gonna take a hostage.
Sharpest dressed:
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Tin Machine
The Rutles
Paul Revere & The Raiders (idea borrowed from last week)
Coolest looking:
Prince & The Revolution
The Ramones
New York Dolls
The Cramps
Parliament-Funkadelic
Great list, Steve. Thanks for the "Revolution" link. Somehow I have never seen it before. Amazing
ReplyDelete1. The Hollies
2. Sparks (1974-76)
3. The B-52s
4. The Kinks (1966-69)
mister pleasant:
ReplyDeleteYou really never saw that Revolution clip before? Wow. That's pretty much my all-time fave -- the Beatles in their street clothes, just oozing charisma.
And I almost included a fantastic Hollies vid of "Look Through Any Window" which I'd never seen before -- from some Brit TV dance show. The original Hollies, with brilliant bass player Eric Haydock, actually live (not lip-synched). Look for it on YouTube -- it's a mindblower.
The Jam
ReplyDeleteThe Small Faces
Well, The Strokes are professionally good-looking, aren't they? I can't recall how many were male models, but at least a couple. The lead singer is a Casablancas, for chrissake. But learning how to be a rock star from Robert Pollard probably didn't help much.
ReplyDeleteI hope next week's is bad-looking/appallingly dressed bands, because I know a lot more of those.
--NYM
I hope next week's is bad-looking/appallingly dressed bands, because I know a lot more of those.
ReplyDelete--NYM
You bet. That's next week for sure.
Uriah Heep lives! I only hope I can find that video they begged MTV to stop broadcasting because they were so ugly it was adversely affecting record sales.
Obviously the best dressed for a gala evening of Dada would be The Residents.
ReplyDeleteKid Charlemagne beat me to it, but yes, The Jam.
ReplyDeleteI'd also add DEVO, Elvis Costello and Spoon.
Before I forget, THE MOVE!
ReplyDeleteOf more recent vintage, there's adorable Swedish megalomaniacs The Hives, and, I dunno, Interpol. Because I'm fairly certain there's a law that requires all columns featuring the Strokes to also mention Interpol. It's Joy Division with pizazz!
ReplyDelete-Jay C.
Buck-Tick just their hairstyles.
ReplyDeleteBow Wow Wow when they were still rockin their Vivienne Westwood pirate look.
Josie and the Pussycats long tails, and ears for hats.
Earth Wind & Fire
ReplyDeleteThe Commodores
Johnny Cash
Elvis P. was always looking pretty fly for a white guy. Esp., the 68 comeback show, which I think inspired Joan Jett quite profoundly.
Tom Jones, of course...
Devo - hmmm.. this week or next week..???
OK, I have given this some more thought:
ReplyDeleteBest Suit: John Lurie, The Lounge Lizards
Best Suit (big): David Byrne, Talking Heads
Best Suit (on a chick): Grace Jones
and I have come to realize that Bow Wow Wow actually looked better in their faux-hawk phase.
- The Maskman (Harmon Bethea) and the Agents.
ReplyDelete-Los Straitjackets
-Devo (Hazmat suit era)
Thanx Unkie Smokes. Though maybe they're not a rock band, The Residents in their eyeball-heads and tuxedos always looked cool to me.
ReplyDeleteI would add The Waitresses to the list just for Patti Donohue.
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers should probably go on somebody's "least-dressed band" list.
The Who looked really good there for awhile, all mod in their target t-shirts.
ReplyDeleteI have a nice photo of Elvis (neither fat nor dead) at my photo blog. He wears an ascot well!
http://flickr.com/photos/tmink/744168427/
Trey
Hey, Steverino - you posted the wrong "Revolution" video. Here's the semi-live original.
ReplyDeleteI'd say Robert Palmer,
ReplyDeleteAnd just for the hell of it,
Devo.
Okay -- I obviously posted the wrong band at number one.
ReplyDeleteNew thread coming up....
I wonder if the Beatles were that tuned into fashion, or that they were just so talented and emotionally touched so many people that we all wanted to lok like them no matter how they dressed. My favorite hair length is still Paul just before Revolver. And that is deep in my unconscious, nothing that I purposely ape.
ReplyDeleteI think they affected fashion because they were so damn good and culturally powerful. We had to look like them.
Trey