GA Russell Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Here's a long list of photos of stars from the early days of MTV. IMO, Patty Smyth was the best looking then, and the best looking now. I don't recognize Chrissie Hynde at all! http://djrioblog.com/2013/11/26/new-wave-artists-aging-gracefully-an-80s-world-gone-by/ Quote
jlhoots Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 I much prefer Patti Smith to Patty Smyth. Quote
Stefan Wood Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Lene Lovich looks exactly the same...... Quote
JSngry Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Old rockstar people should not be photographed (especially if they pose for it) unless they are still currently popular as something besides a nostalgia question. The world is a sad enough place as it is. Quote
GA Russell Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Posted February 19, 2014 Kate Bush is another one I don't recognize at all. Among the men, Thomas Dolby and maybe Joe Jackson. Quote
sidewinder Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 The only guy with a load of hair left is the one from Haircut One Hundred. Quote
BFrank Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 The best looking ones are those who don't try too hard to look 25 years old. Quote
imeanyou Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Feargal Sharkey looks like Chet Baker. Most of them look dreadful. George Michael and Sting haven't done too bad. Kate Bush has been at the biscuits! Robert Smith looks like the same prat I always thought he was... Generally speaking the punk/goth types have aged as well as their music. Phil 'Cleanhead' Oakey, like it! Quote
sidewinder Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) Robert Smith of The Cure looks like the late Liz Taylor on a bad hair day.. Eurythmics and Alison Moyet are looking in good nick.. Edited February 19, 2014 by sidewinder Quote
Scott Dolan Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) Old rockstar people should not be photographed (especially if they pose for it) unless they are still currently popular as something besides a nostalgia question. The world is a sad enough place as it is. Oh, really?! Anybody else you want to ask our opinion about as to whether or not they're attractive, or to declare that you don't want to look at them? Remember that pseudo outrage? BTW, Teri Nunn still looks fantastic. Edited February 19, 2014 by Scott Dolan Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Thomas Dolby looks like he has aged the best. Must use Erno Laszlo products. The Stranglers still look scary. Finally.......that's Adam F**** Ant?????????? Huh? Quote
JSngry Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Old rockstar people should not be photographed (especially if they pose for it) unless they are still currently popular as something besides a nostalgia question. The world is a sad enough place as it is. Oh, really?! Anybody else you want to ask our opinion about as to whether or not they're attractive, or to declare that you don't want to look at them? Remember that pseudo outrage? BTW, Teri Nunn still looks fantastic. Old formerly famous people are ugly unless they stay famous. This is not opinion, it is science, science and research, well-funded research. You can argue science if you want to, but not when science has all the money. Get as old as you want or as famous as you want, but if you can't do both the camera will one day be a gun, and you will be in its sights. Opening Day tickets are on sale now. Quote
jlhoots Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 I was talking about musical quality, not physical appearance. Didn't even look at the photos. Quote
ArtSalt Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Tina Weymouth looks like a grandmother, that's the real reason The Talking Heads won't tour again! They missed out Clare Grogan of Altered Images and she still looks very good. So too do the Bananarama girls. I was a big fan of Sheffied's finest The Human League and Heaven 17 back in the day. If you're ever bored, listen to Heaven 17's Luxury Gap and imagine Frank Sinatra taking on these songs in bar setting! Quote
Dave Garrett Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 The only guy with a load of hair left is the one from Haircut One Hundred. Speaking of hair, the most ironic photo has to be the one of A Flock of Seagulls. Quote
sidewinder Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 They missed out Clare Grogan of Altered Images and she still looks very good. So too do the Bananarama girls. She crops up from time to time on TV over here and to my mind she looks even better now than she did 'back in the day'. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 23, 2014 Report Posted February 23, 2014 The site is stupid. People age - so what? Quote
Matthew Posted February 23, 2014 Report Posted February 23, 2014 Holly Johnson looks like his a character out of an Evelyn Waugh novel, very distinguished and upper-crust. Quote
Scott Dolan Posted February 23, 2014 Report Posted February 23, 2014 The site is stupid. People age - so what? It's just an innocent curiosity, that's all. Kinda like a class reunion. And many of those folks have aged very well. Quote
imeanyou Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 The site is stupid. People age - so what? The site is stupid - so what? With age comes wisdom...usually. Quote
mjzee Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 The site was useful - I decided I don't look so bad compared to some of my peers. Quote
GA Russell Posted February 25, 2014 Author Report Posted February 25, 2014 The site was useful - I decided I don't look so bad compared to some of my peers. Me too, mjzee! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 Apologies for coming off like a jerk. I just don't like clickbait, and I value the above musicians - some of them anyway - as artists rather than being concerned about their looks. My 30-year old girlfriend was surprised at how "old" and not "cleaned-up" Kim Gordon looks these days. That irked me too - Gordon is a great artist and a hero of the music. Who cares what she looks like? Quote
BERIGAN Posted February 27, 2014 Report Posted February 27, 2014 The site was useful - I decided I don't look so bad compared to some of my peers. Me too, mjzee! me three! Toni Basil may be the oldest one of them all(she's 70 now!) but still looks pretty darned good to me...google her and see what she looked like pre Micky Quote
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