it looked cooler then, when it was actually cool: dork rock

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post em here: the worst "fashion" of any and all rock bands from 50s-70s, cause yeah though they may have rocked they looked like real bozos (i still think they look kool, but what would the chicks say...) this shall be a collection of the best of the worst. it don't matter if they're famous either... the cover of clear light is the perfect example... or here's one for the books, creme soda's "tricky zingers" cover:
http://www.slippytown.com/cremezin.jpg
i think the LP actually sports a different cover but this photo is tops. the guys on the ends are what i'm kind of going for here....

― jack dee, Thursday, 27 October 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

I had a blog post on this re. White Witch and Clear Light yesterday if anyone's innerested.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 27 October 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

one of my favorites has always been the contrast between this:
http://www.icemagazine.com/stories/173/images/velvet_underground.jpg
and this:
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/echo/Volume1-Issue1/middleton-media/undergroundsunglasses.jpeg
the first one looks like they could be recording coke-binge lite-rock, the second, well hipper than thou...

― jack dee, Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

That's a tie-dye Lou Reed is wearing, isn't it?

Maureen does not look like a coke-head, Jack! They look like a '70 era pop/bubblegum band there, I think.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

strawberry alarm clock on Upbeat:
http://members.aol.com/RockVideo1/Sac.jpg

― jack dee, Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

yeah you're right tim. i spoke too soon... they need big blazers to be a true coke band... but hey i think it is a tie-dye shirt!

― jack dee, Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, those silk things the SAC wore.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

the seeds were really a master of this look... thrown together costumes, random objects, and big deviant haircuts.
http://img209.echo.cx/img209/1849/saxonfullspoon9vt.jpg

― jack dee, Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

The Gurus (from NYC, I believe):

http://www.techwebsound.com/A%20Heavy%20Dose%20Of%20Lyte%20Psych.jpg

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

nice inclusion of the oud and some form of ethnic drum. very chic. were they actually used on the recording???
for yer 70s quotient ya can't beat gregg and duane allman...
http://www.bobgruen.com/files/allman/R.357%20Greg-Duane%20hugging%20

― jack dee, Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, they did actually use the oud! They were music students, I believe.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

The Turtles:

http://www.henrysgallery.com/turtles.jpeg

― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 27 October 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

oh general, that is something else...
it's hard to believe this band:
http://www.sundazed.com/artists/artistpage_gfx/artist_pics/caquintetpic.jpg
made this record:
http://www.sundazed.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/caquintet-tth.gif

― jack dee, Thursday, 27 October 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

http://www.popmatters.com/music/concerts/i/images/interpol-050310.jpg

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 27 October 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

it's pretty depressing to think how people will look back on now
oh fritz already beat me to it

― nervous (cochere), Thursday, 27 October 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

country joe was always pretty hep...
"img src="http://www.riprense.com/images/BarryCJFish2.jpg">
and here they go for the ol costume trunk scramble:
"img src="http://www.solcomhouse.com/fish2.jpg">

― jack dee, Thursday, 27 October 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

country joe was always pretty hep...
http://www.riprense.com/images/BarryCJFish2.jpg
and here they go for the ol costume trunk scramble:
http://www.solcomhouse.com/fish2.jpg

― jack dee, Thursday, 27 October 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

this thread isn't really working...what's the theme?

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 27 October 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

http://www.mundanesounds.com/artwork/Record_Reviews/natural_dreamers-natural_dreamers.jpg

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 27 October 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/thefeeliesweb/images/picgal2/promo80a.gif

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 27 October 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

http://www.recordresearch.com/Album_Photos/images/Bubble%20Puppy.jpg

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)

http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/images/autobahn.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

http://www.elfeile.com/img/tonesclassic2.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:42 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ondarock.it/photo/Supertramp.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:43 (twenty years ago)

http://www.pagine70.com/vmnews/archivio/crimson.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

http://fiw.web.infoseek.co.jp/sanctuary/pic/rush2.jpg

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

Rush looks like characters off of the original Battlestar Galactica, which I suppose was the point. I used to have this huge montage poster from 2112 that had a better picture with Alex Lifeson looking like some Dutch girl a the hippy commune circa 71.

Ed King was rocking the same bowl haircut in the Skynnrd days.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 27 October 2005 23:57 (twenty years ago)

Rush looks like characters off of the original Battlestar Galactica, which I suppose was the point.

Well if the point was to look "futuristic," then yeah, but 2112 actually pre-dates "Battlestar Galactica" by about two years.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 28 October 2005 00:05 (twenty years ago)

http://www.cocteautwins.com/html/theband/band/1986_6.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 28 October 2005 00:19 (twenty years ago)

alex: kraftwerk and undertones still look awesome in my opinion

― nervous (cochere), Friday, 28 October 2005 00:22 (twenty years ago)

I agree, but they're still kinda dorky/geeky (as are the Cocteaus).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 28 October 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:x2fyzgFaEDkJ:www.gepr.net/magma.jpg

― the, Friday, 28 October 2005 06:34 (twenty years ago)

Hey, what's with the hot chick hanging out with those dorks?

http://www.rossoalice.virgilio.it/alice/musicstore/image/2/2092.jpg

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 28 October 2005 06:55 (twenty years ago)

http://home.att.net/~s.m.geer/ht1.jpg

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Friday, 28 October 2005 08:56 (twenty years ago)

http://home.att.net/~s.m.geer/d-ts.jpg

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Friday, 28 October 2005 09:10 (twenty years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000002KO1.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Although Chrissie Hynde looks like she's from this decade, a bit.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 28 October 2005 09:48 (twenty years ago)

..and if we're being brutally honest, this wasn't the best look either.

http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/mamasandpapas/images/fortrivia.jpg

Although I feel rather disloyal for saying it.

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 28 October 2005 09:53 (twenty years ago)

Also, hard to believe that this look provoked OUTRAGE at the time..

http://www.echoooo.com/p&m/pic/81.jpg

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Friday, 28 October 2005 10:05 (twenty years ago)

http://www.cubkoda.com/images/Original3PieceBS.gif

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 29 October 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

The person on the far left looks SO much like:

― ___huge murder fan!?, Saturday, 29 October 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

i like how ELP had to have a tiger as a part of their live show...
http://valseven.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/tigerpic.jpg

― jack dee, Sunday, 30 October 2005 04:58 (twenty years ago)

and kansas is really lookin' fuckin cool these days...
http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/Music_Images/kansas.jpg

― jack dee, Sunday, 30 October 2005 05:00 (twenty years ago)

this is actually a good record.
http://www.angelfire.com/psy/dmr_records/scans/speedlimit-first-lp.jpg

― jack dee, Sunday, 30 October 2005 05:04 (twenty years ago)

http://www.tunepix.com/graphics4/butthole_surfers.jpg

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 30 October 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)

heh, missed the "50-70's" bit. Oh well, pretty close.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 30 October 2005 13:39 (twenty years ago)

The Pretenders SO do not belong on this thread.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 30 October 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

http://www.tunepix.com/graphics4/butthole_surfers.jpg

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_tv/badnews.jpg

― mzui (mzui), Sunday, 30 October 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

http://www.herethereandeverywhere.blogger.com.br/beatlesfantasiados.jpg

― Vampyros Lesbos, Sunday, 30 October 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

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