I used to fancy him/her: what was I thinking?

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I was glancing through my old Severed Alliance Morrissey/Marr book whilst in the bath (sheltering from the snow), and I realised that I don't think Morrissey is attractive at all. But when I was 16 I certainly did. Anyone got their own example?

Or alternatively, who (apart from Keith Richards) has aged particularly badly?

― paulhw (paulhw), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

When I was 13, I thought Grace Slick was hot. I don't think she ever was though.

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

hot flashes maybe!

― Har har (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Ugh, as a teenager I liked Brett from Suede. *shudder* Then again, I liked any extremely fey-looking men in a desperate attempt to deny my lesbianism. Scary times. He did sorta look like a girl in '92, though. (Not a very pretty girl.)

― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I fancied one of Hanson when they appeared (albeit briefly). Then I saw a show that was interviewing them, and introducing them as the three *brothers* who were sweeping the nation with their infectious "MmmBop".

Several years were then spent in severe adolescent sexuality trauma from which I am only beginning to recover. Thanks guys.

― Colin Cooper, Wednesday, 28 January 2004 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Stevie Nicks would be the answer to both questions.

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, the middle Hanson would have made a pretty girl at one point. Hahaha.

― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

― The River Kate (kate), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Can I go the opposite way? I used to think Sinead O'Connor was funny looking. Nowadays I think she's gorgeous.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

One of (any of?) Bananarama, then Robert Smith. Nuff said.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Michael Stipe.

― Carrie Turner (cjt), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

From tshirthell.com:

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― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Wednesday, 28 January 2004 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought Pete Townshend was gorgeous! Also, David Bowie (who has aged a little better), and Robert Smith.

― Amy Meacham, Thursday, 29 January 2004 05:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought all the members of the Alarm were hot. I must have been blind :/

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 29 January 2004 06:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Then there are those occasions when you *expect* to think "What was I thinking?" but then you find a Bauhaus album and look on the back cover and realise that yes, David J probably was the most fanciable member. (I would say that Kevin was, too, but I still fear a whack upside the head from my teenage best friend, even two decades later.)
Ewww...he's got all these age lines now, and he's so tall and awkward. Kevin on the other hand is so g-darn adorable you just want to pinch his cheeks.

― anode (anode), Thursday, 29 January 2004 06:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Any girl in a 4AD band to thread!

(I'm willing to bet that Anthony Kyle Monday still suffers from this particular affliction!)

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 January 2004 06:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Aw come on, Elizabeth Fraser is still gorgeous :D

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 29 January 2004 06:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to think billy corgan was the hottest when I was 16. I wanted him to do all sorts of bad things to me. These days I find the thought of it completely laughable.

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Thursday, 29 January 2004 07:46 (twenty-two years ago)

still can't shake the MES thing (shudder)

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

juliana hatfield. then i saw the inside of 'its a shame about ray'

― Shooz (shooz), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Tall and awkward, yes, that sounds just like my type.

― The River Kate (kate), Thursday, 29 January 2004 17:29 (twenty-two years ago)

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