I honestly thought we had a thread for this, but I've searched and searched, and it turns out we actually don't?
Anyway, this is a thread for musicians who wear capes, and also the semiotics of cape-wearing as a musician - is this inherently a prog thing, or can there be other meanings to cape-wearing? (Magician? Sci-Fi? Fantasy?)
What are the genres for which cape-wearing is appropriate, who can you never imagine wearing a cape?
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:00 (three years ago) link
Mostly, I really wanted a place to post this picture, because it is amazing, and made me think about what musicians are generally trying to say, when they don capes:
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/colin-angus-and-will-sinnott-of-dancerock-crossover-pioneers-the-in-picture-id52490241?s=2048x2048
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:01 (three years ago) link
James Brown - The Godfather of CapesRick Wakeman - The Lord of Capes
― earlnash, Friday, 4 September 2020 11:05 (three years ago) link
Elvis Presley- the King of Capes
― earlnash, Friday, 4 September 2020 11:06 (three years ago) link
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SCN_0114b.jpg
― calzino, Friday, 4 September 2020 11:07 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3fWl9VXoAAeo5F.jpg
― soref, Friday, 4 September 2020 11:11 (three years ago) link
Wait... what... reverse googling seems to imply that last one is... STEREOLAB o_0 who are not a band I would ever associate with cape-wearing, and yet it somehow totally makes sense?
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:53 (three years ago) link
Different eras of cape-wearing seem to signify different things - like, I associate James Brown being wrapped in a cape to simulate an exhausted boxer being dragged out of the ring, then throwing off the cape to spring back to life and start singing and energetically dancing again, which is a different kind of theatre than a Rick Wakeman cape.
Elvis's short cape seems to signify something else again.
The first place I ever encountered cape-wearing was on the inside sleeve of one of my dad's Live Yes albums (I'm guessing Yessongs) and it wasn't even Rick Wakeman, it was I think one of their road crew, who had the most incredible FUR cape, and an impossibly Welsh name with no vowels at all (I'm thinking like Llyww or something like that) - and I just remember as a wee child, gazing at these superhuman creatures in capes thinking they were the coolest wizards on earth or something, clearly I was overly influenced at a young age.
I think this might be the exact photo, in fact, but I remember the photo being longer, and the cape being more amazing - but childhood memories are never what they seem...
https://img.discogs.com/s7BJ9-ymSbp6QaAi_3fbTqgmQAE=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-743613-1448206557-1354.jpeg.jpg
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:59 (three years ago) link
David Bowie had a huge white cape in the Ziggy era iirc
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:01 (three years ago) link
My question is why didn't more goths wear capes? Don't think I ever saw peter murphy or dave vanian or eldritch or Wayne hussey or Steve severin wearing one. Surely not too theatrical? Maybe just too tainted by prog
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:04 (three years ago) link
Equiphttps://i.imgur.com/ZSIkUcR.jpg
― calstars, Friday, 4 September 2020 12:06 (three years ago) link
the Stereolab pic is from the video for Wow and Flutter- capes seem to fit with their whole spacey synthy sixties/seventies aesthetic - I think it ties in with that kind synth stuff where the appeal is in the tension between being simulatnelosy futuristic/rigid/cold and also baroque, Wendy Carlos etc? video looks a bit like the Prisoner as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru5zYr8aB0k
― soref, Friday, 4 September 2020 12:07 (three years ago) link
https://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/443/cover_184671152016_r.jpg
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:08 (three years ago) link
It's funny that I honestly did not imagine techno artists ever wearing capes (I can't imagine e.g. Orbital or 808 State ever rocking a cape) but it kind of makes sense that The Shamen would wear capes (Will Sin was an inveterate cape-wearer) given that The KLF wore capes:
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3e43ca0f35ca096ac438460f32d3ac8fa8f767ca/0_0_3479_2087/master/3479.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=bd0ce03efcb39641e3d0d70da71ab48b
I swear that Peter Murphy *did* use a cape-like device while performing Bela Lugosi's Dead - but I think it was more like a long frock coat type thing, that he hung theatrically from his arm to impersonate a cape. Isn't he wearing one in the original video for Spirit, too?
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:10 (three years ago) link
Wow, no, I've just checked and it's a frock coat that Peter Murphy is wearing in Spirit, too:
https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/638590521_1280x720.jpg
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:11 (three years ago) link
Another Peter Hammill one, from the same photo session:
http://vandergraafgenerator.com/quebecrock0978_10.jpg
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:12 (three years ago) link
Gah, don't know why that didn't work, sorry.
uk sleeve for 'are you exprienced?' was always better than the american one. why is cos cape
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:13 (three years ago) link
https://ramrock.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/0badc7f384b7ad3ff9a0bf2a9dcdb29f.jpg
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:13 (three years ago) link
Sun-Ra is also an excellent exemplar of the cape aesthetic! Well chosen, that one.
I think that P-Funk were also cape-wearers, but whenever I search for George Clinton, all of his capes seem to have arms.
Trying to investigate the glittery funk-cape, I'm looking up Earth Wind and Fire and LaBelle - Labelle have some amazing silver feathered creations, but I'm not having much luck with capes.
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:15 (three years ago) link
https://artist-assets.hubbardradio.com/thebyrds-3_v1000.jpg
david crosby was an excellent wearer of capes, but it's a shame i can't find a photo of him combining it with that one cowboy hat he wore that looks like someone just sat on it
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:24 (three years ago) link
The KLF may have done capes first, as they had capes around Doctorin' The TARDIS
https://www.old-record-shop.co.uk/blog/Timelords.jpg
But I think this was the first cape appearance for the Shamen and I'm trying to remember which video it was, but definitely around En-Tact period
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQgkmdJ4AzYc4NhjEGCOJn6uP3rJFj1YMEY9w&usqp=CAU
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:28 (three years ago) link
https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GeredMankowitz12EXH200910.jpg
absolute don of the cape wearing game
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:29 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/HangmansBeautifulDaughter.jpg
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:31 (three years ago) link
David Crosby is disqualified, as that is not a CAPE that is a PONCHO!
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:32 (three years ago) link
Some of these look more like cloaks than capes to me.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:33 (three years ago) link
"My question is why didn't more goths wear capes?"
Because that is for those stupid vamp kids.
― earlnash, Friday, 4 September 2020 12:43 (three years ago) link
I'm OK with cloaks, cloaks are close enough to capes, but I do draw the line at ponchos.
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:44 (three years ago) link
https://d4q8jbdc3dbnf.cloudfront.net/user/561196/24ab52d0891d25189ed0ad9dc0998b09.jpg
― henry s, Friday, 4 September 2020 12:49 (three years ago) link
I mean, there is definitely a difference between:
a) the Victorian English Gentleman's Cape as modelled by Bela Lugosi, Hendrix, Colin Shamen, Peter Hammill
and
b) the Welsh bard / mystical wizard / Native American Medicine Man type cloak-like cape, as modelled by Yes, Will Shamen, and everyone else on this thread
Does a cape have to have a collar? Is that the difference? I don't know actually know!
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:53 (three years ago) link
the neck and colour of the crosby garment suggest to me it's referencing a european medieval tradition so i'd say that makes it some sort of mutant cape rather than a poncho. or maybe it's a sleeveless smock?
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:54 (three years ago) link
https://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/photos/var/albums/Syd-Barrett-Photos/Amsterdam/1967-04-00%20Amsterdam%20Pink%20Floyd%20%282%29.jpg
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:57 (three years ago) link
I think it's maybe just length that distinguishes cape from cloak - Wikipedia is not being very helpful.
The thing Colin Shamen wore on Top of the Pops was definitely a cape, tho.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/78/ce/4b/78ce4bc7578965ec8711ef09cdd2e9d7.jpg
David Crosby's thing was buckskin, and also was not split up the front. A cape can't be sewn shut, it can only be buttoned or pinned or fastened.
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:58 (three years ago) link
This appears to have arms, so I don't think it's a cape:
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/20/b8/99/20b899558aba4d954d6d9ca048d65cc4--parliament-funkadelic-top-list.jpg
But these are definitely capes and so fall within the remit of thread:
https://liveforlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bootsycollins-gabba-988x630.png
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/J5kxb_F_23rXN8qswMUOJNfEZOEOn8JOjfrKeTzgW_xZlnHG7Rl89fn1keAvBoqBBUrTifkE9rv2f1g4xvxqKcNkodSAEB9ulArdcCdmyiYIRmFTMDY3rqfNDwg-xrhRjKu2E4KHY3c8HA
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:11 (three years ago) link
dave vanian
ahem
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/48/de/7a/48de7a1f3c96c1a4591e46e08c8254a2--punk-rock-david-bowie.jpg
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
Peter Hammill wasn't the only member of Van der Graaf Generator to wear a cape:
http://www.mitkadem.co.il/files/artists/vdgg/vdgg1967.jpg
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:19 (three years ago) link
gah, ffs
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
try again
https://i.imgur.com/kWcH092.jpg
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link
Ah, damned good find col poo!
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:27 (three years ago) link
Must be a whole slew of glam rock cape wearers from Elton John through to g*ry gl*tter
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:30 (three years ago) link
Well, show me these glam rock cape wearers, then! :D
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:36 (three years ago) link
could probably fill a whole thread with ABBA photos but bjorn seems to be somehwat of a sceptic
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IzNOPiBCntI/UNMbdE7KcSI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Pw2tKNVqh5Y/s1600/abba.jpg https://www.diehardagnetha.com/gallery/galleries/Color/Outfits/White_and_green_jumpsuit/Abba_000750.jpg
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:38 (three years ago) link
Blowfly
https://observer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/09/blow.jpg?quality=80&w=876&h=438&crop=1&strip
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:42 (three years ago) link
not entirely sure what's going on here. shirt with a built-in cape?
https://i.ibb.co/r2PqqRp/bolan.jpg
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:53 (three years ago) link
That is quite amazing, and I cannot figure out its construction, but it is a thing of beauty!
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
isn't it just? and that horse!
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:58 (three years ago) link
but you ain't seen nothing yet...
First thought when I saw this thread was "Pat! Don't wear a cape!"
https://i.imgur.com/HG51ywx.gif
― Brainless Addlepated Timid Muddleheaded Awful No-Account (Pheeel), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:59 (three years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/02ngsM8/khs.jpg
stockhausen! (with olivier messiaen)
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 14:00 (three years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/K2vh1v9/khs2.jpg
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
queen of capes!
https://i.ibb.co/wJJXSMS/gj.jpg https://images.saatchiart.com/saatchi/1022832/art/4000988/3070842-ITZROSFL-7.jpg https://i.ibb.co/nfc6xvh/gj2.jpg https://i.ibb.co/dGBRBw3/gj3.jpg
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
Some of those capes reach all the way into another galaxy! Amazing!
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Friday, 4 September 2020 15:05 (three years ago) link
The Original
https://alldylan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/screamin-jay-hawkins.jpg
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 4 September 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
did anyone say The Original?https://www.thevoxagency.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/liberace_tile_11.jpghttps://i.pinimg.com/originals/f4/7e/f5/f47ef5f5cbef0706caf1fdc9f28d8b62.jpghttps://i.pinimg.com/originals/61/e6/d4/61e6d43b00329fb1f9a56d1e46e49ca6.pnghttps://i.pinimg.com/originals/f6/85/9a/f6859a685e31e81af167962b13ac21b9.jpg
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 September 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
COUNT FIVE!
https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/ar0/3af5571a2e334960c9aacf6b3dffcb16.jpg
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 4 September 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
Guitarist was an ex-pat Dubliner btw
― Stevolende, Friday, 4 September 2020 19:34 (three years ago) link
who else than Young Thug to take this look into the 2020s?https://www.gqmiddleeast.com/public/styles/full_img_sml/public/images/2020/01/29/Grammys-2020-Music-Feet-2.jpg?itok=kEJnp1-mhttps://eonlinethumbs-a.akamaihd.net/images/383/427/glam_2020grammys_thug_302435_560x315_1688403523554.jpg?fit=around%7C1080:1080&output-quality=90&crop=1080:1080;center,top
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 September 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
(I mean, it’s a timid attempt, but it’s one of the few examples from this century - must count for something)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 September 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ird83Rg.jpgcape? not suremusician? not sure
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 4 September 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3e/2c/d6/3e2cd6b2e2f2d292dc3daa56e94e8d11.jpg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 4 September 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
Fred Sonic Smith
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/16/b1/d2/16b1d21597ce94005ec15b4f422a6a8f.jpg
― visiting, Friday, 4 September 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
I mean
https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/08/01/james-brown_ozy_wide-e94ffca96d7dfde6aaf3a920732d890b3d9a7136.jpg?s=1400
― tater totalitarian (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 September 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/987b7f0c21c75fb350997560055d5cef49bb422c/0_369_2652_3313/master/2652.jpg
― tater totalitarian (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 September 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/987b7f0c21c75fb350997560055d5cef49bb422c/0_369_2652_3313/master/2652.jpg?w=300&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=cdc4a8ac8f59b42a1b3c8a0bb50fe973
https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/10574691_web1_elton-cape.jpg
― tater totalitarian (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 September 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
Jagger
https://rollingstonesphotosfromphilly.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/jagger_unionjack.jpg
― visiting, Friday, 4 September 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5c83d6030c54352cc28c00f5/master/pass/740826_ra621.jpg
― this is my clean tone (NickB), Friday, 4 September 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
tonight there's gonna be a cape out
https://66.media.tumblr.com/d44106459b9890f1884d4fe430f70eec/tumblr_plv7ro68P41tsxh9ko1_1280.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 September 2020 21:27 (three years ago) link
https://onmilwaukee.com/images/articles/ph/phantom-of-the-opera-review-2019/phantom-of-the-opera-review-2019_fullsize_story1.jpg?20190311093902
― tater totalitarian (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 September 2020 21:30 (three years ago) link
https://i.redd.it/nz8l4v07olfz.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 September 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link
yeah and honestly how long did you think it would take until this guy showed up
https://64.media.tumblr.com/773e6fc11e90bba6d57f1e586e44d3df/tumblr_nip33juaOj1soplvbo1_250.gif
― tater totalitarian (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 September 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
Rufus Thomas with the rare cape + Bermuda shorts combo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-95rBJkUt8M
― Josefa, Friday, 4 September 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
https://brokelyn.com/app/uploads/2013/10/30443_416522898648_1780720_n.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 September 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
This thread is pure gold.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 4 September 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5e/cb/3b/5ecb3b818aabb208da4de9e96398830c.jpg
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 4 September 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
cape... or kingsize towel?https://nytsyn-production.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/0117/6512/1176512_525_350_w.jpg
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 September 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
Have we gotten any good Wakeman action yet?
https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/d35/77d/d188651c3ef1c39cad52635bfda79458a3-8-rick.rsquare.w700.jpg
― tater totalitarian (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 4 September 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
Os Mutantes
https://www.guidetotheworldofmusic.com/app/uploads/2018/05/Os-Mutantes-original-line-up-1279x664.jpg
― fpsa, Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:37 (three years ago) link
I am obsessed w/that amazing Jagger pic (© Roger Barone 1981)
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Saturday, 5 September 2020 04:16 (three years ago) link
i knew jagger had worn a cape at least once... when i found that photo it made me laugh so hard.
― visiting, Saturday, 5 September 2020 05:43 (three years ago) link
what a beautiful thread.
Klaus Nomi and his see-through capes:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/87/eb/cf87eb2814ecc8cea91798d430814643.jpg
https://static.messynessychic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ea8f7023d54ec1fdb92da3b64eea1b53.jpg
― Roz, Saturday, 5 September 2020 06:21 (three years ago) link
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1555976531334-XQEDK3UZKBXAD38Z0V1W/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kIWQrttvf9iNAQ1U4YRk97Z7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0nQwvinDXPV4EYh2MRzm-RSeeBJuvP-Iyk8D79omdAAjoiXij2V8C9eHVUvT7tqQUA/FLAUNT-MAGAZINE-GRIMES-2.jpg?format=2500w
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Saturday, 5 September 2020 06:36 (three years ago) link
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56c346b607eaa09d9189a870/1555977333836-0GLP8PTUAGUOUQU0HP26/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kMXRibDYMhUiookWqwUxEZ97gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0luUmcNM2NMBIHLdYyXL-Jww_XBra4mrrAHD6FMA3bNKOBm5vyMDUBjVQdcIrt03OQ/FLAUNT-MAGAZINE-GRIMES-3.jpg?format=2500w
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Saturday, 5 September 2020 06:37 (three years ago) link
(some other pretty cool fashion pics of Grimes, both with capes and without, found here)
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Saturday, 5 September 2020 06:38 (three years ago) link
current queen of capes Janelle Monae:
https://muriellefashionblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/hbz-met-gala-2014-janelle-monae-lg1.jpg https://styledarlingonline.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/janelle-monae-in-a-black-custom-hm-cape-look-at-the-2015-met-gala-02.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H0H7To8G_ig/TFMoWhYE5SI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Y0EnQ2ERSkg/s1600/janelle4.jpg https://photos.laineygossip.com/lifestyle/janelle-monae-spirit-25feb17-02.jpg
― Roz, Saturday, 5 September 2020 06:39 (three years ago) link
and the smashing pumpkins thread being bumped reminded me that billy does love a vampiric cloak/cape or two lol:
https://www.dailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0901_LDN-L-PUMPKINS-WBOX-11_26688743_1027281.jpg
https://images.theskinny.co.uk/assets/production/000/138/118/138118_widescreen.1.jpg
― Roz, Saturday, 5 September 2020 06:45 (three years ago) link
Not all zeroes wear capes
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 5 September 2020 08:04 (three years ago) link
Thread needs some New Romantics. Spandau Ballet at their peacock best/worst.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-64w2A3SxBcU/Uass29PeqsI/AAAAAAAAMsk/XI56lCTn214/s800/Spandau%2520Ballet.jpg
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 5 September 2020 09:28 (three years ago) link
Beefheart wore capes in the early 70s, including this amazing one with clouds blowing the wind. You can see it better in the Click Clack video below.
http://tela.sugarmegs.org/_asxtela/asxcards/asxpicts/CaptainBeefheart1972-03-27e.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7DdDeuxo10
― city worker, Saturday, 5 September 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
I so badly wanted to post "I see your Beefheart and raise you Meat Loaf."
Unfortunately I could not find a good shot of Mr. Loaf wearing a cape. He DOES wear a short cape in the motorcycle segment of the "Anything for Love" video. I could not find a good still. But the truth is out there.
― the hardline according to shrimp on the b'arby (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 5 September 2020 19:47 (three years ago) link
I want to pelisse.
― budo jeru, Saturday, 5 September 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
Rihanna is extremely cape-adjacent.It’s hard to be sure: does this “heart-shaped cape” fit our bill?https://fashion.hellomagazine.com/imagenes/fashion-news/201609065526/rihanna-heart-shaped-saint-laurent-cape/0-41-38/Rihanna1-a.jpg?interpolation=lanczos-normal&downsize=0.75xw:*Or this “one-sleeved cape”?https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e3/06/24/e306247407ce9cfaee41b0bd6ccadbbc.jpgHowever, this one is just perfect:https://picture-cdn.wheretoget.it/j0drp6-l.jpg
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 September 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
Rihanna's cape skills are so far above and beyond our ordinary mortal comprehension she is totally free to rock any cape, cloak, poncho or space-princess-garment-of-awesomeness and I will allow it!
― Extractor Fan (Branwell with an N), Sunday, 6 September 2020 08:57 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3ejYYpUwAE0juQ.jpg
― syphilitic wolf prose errata (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 6 September 2020 14:14 (three years ago) link
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/8/8/1/188172_artist.jpg?3045
― syphilitic wolf prose errata (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 6 September 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f0/56/af/f056afac0e33fd98585a02490156d0bd--capes-concert.jpg
― syphilitic wolf prose errata (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 6 September 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/617LAPtEyQL._AC_SY741_.jpg
― syphilitic wolf prose errata (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 6 September 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
http://www.tenues-johnny.fr/photos/03-g01-p03_th.jpg
― syphilitic wolf prose errata (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 6 September 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltc6qrKVTW1qhyxxwo1_250.jpg
― syphilitic wolf prose errata (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 6 September 2020 14:26 (three years ago) link
Os Mutantes looking like mages from Final Fantasy.
I would be surprised if Bjork never wore a cape.
Probably lots of black and doom metal.
Great thread.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 6 September 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link