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Post by azza200 on Jan 16, 2021 21:55:45 GMT
The PG version of A Clockwork Orange it's a bit Carry On that pic imo lol |
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Post by blagult on Jan 16, 2021 22:55:00 GMT
Got to say that JC pic is by far worse than the Quo one. It really is laughable 😆 😆
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Post by 4th Chord on Jan 16, 2021 23:46:36 GMT
There is NO place for gay men in Rock and Roll and anything that looks even a bit 'gay' should be banned from the internet and the annals of history! Macho men only!  |
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Post by azza200 on Jan 17, 2021 0:39:31 GMT
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Post by mortified on Jan 17, 2021 10:36:32 GMT
Every photo we look at here is just symptomatic and a reflection of the times they were taken. Bands turned up for a photo shoot, the marketing people got involved, fashion photographers were brought in and the band did as they were told. Most look well daft now, but have you ever looked back at a photo of yourself in the 80's? I've got one or two that I wonder what on earth I was thinking!  But at the time, I thought I looked les ballons de chien  And in some of the shorts I was wearing, les ballons must have been close to the edge!  There's a photo of me at a wedding in 1982. I've got a perm you could carry out topiary on. Good old Rob Halford though. Great singer, great band. Hell bent for leather indeed. How did we not know? |
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Post by frozenhero on Jan 17, 2021 10:43:08 GMT
4th Chord I admit when thinking of a response to the 'gay' controversy I was thinking of Rob Halford. There are just certain clichés or stereotypes in pop culture and the JC picture had some of those 'vibes'. Being surprised at that doesn't necessarily mean one is anti-gay. (There are also many gay men who don't "look gay" at all, same goes for lesbian women, so it's a limited set of categories anyway. I also don't mind when Harry Styles puts on a frock or whatever. I do mind when he sings though )
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Post by musiktruhe on Jan 17, 2021 17:32:26 GMT
The pictures of AC/DC or Motörhead didn´t changed in the 80´s and so their music.
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Post by railroad007 on Jan 17, 2021 18:29:36 GMT
Every photo we look at here is just symptomatic and a reflection of the times they were taken. Bands turned up for a photo shoot, the marketing people got involved, fashion photographers were brought in and the band did as they were told. Most look well daft now, but have you ever looked back at a photo of yourself in the 80's? I've got one or two that I wonder what on earth I was thinking! But at the time, I thought I looked les ballons de chien And in some of the shorts I was wearing, les ballons must have been close to the edge! There's a photo of me at a wedding in 1982. I've got a perm you could carry out topiary on. Good old Rob Halford though. Great singer, great band. Hell bent for leather indeed. How did we not know? So far this week we've had "leather","Erasure"and "Stuffing"....we all good Mort, not playing the pink oboe? |
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Post by paradiseflats on Jan 17, 2021 18:41:25 GMT
4th Chord I admit when thinking of a response to the 'gay' controversy I was thinking of Rob Halford. There are just certain clichés or stereotypes in pop culture and the JC picture had some of those 'vibes'. Being surprised at that doesn't necessarily mean one is anti-gay. (There are also many gay men who don't "look gay" at all, same goes for lesbian women, so it's a limited set of categories anyway. I also don't mind when Harry Styles puts on a frock or whatever. I do mind when he sings though ) But a clear distinction can be drawn between something having a homoerotic overtone and ‘being a bit gay’. The latter is lazy language with a negative connotation. If a photo shoot blurs the lines. That may well and often is deliberate. It doesn’t make it ‘a bit gay’ for the reasons given above. When you look at Rob, if you thought it was a ‘bit gay’ well yeah it was in an empowering sense not a negative sense. |
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Post by gerh on Jan 17, 2021 18:56:55 GMT
There's one STAND-OUT difference [granted, among a good many] between Quo and Rush [even allowing for the God-awful 80s 'look']... Rush were NEVER shit. I saw them at Hammersmith and thought they were, fcuking snowdogs and trees. Ah so again, our views diverge, Mr Road - c'est la vie 🙄 [Btw, Rush were NEVER shit!]
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Post by paradiseflats on Jan 17, 2021 18:58:27 GMT
I saw them at Hammersmith and thought they were, fcuking snowdogs and trees. Ah so again, our views diverge, Mr Road - c'est la vie 🙄 [Btw, Rush were NEVER shit!]
If only they didn’t have a singer who sounded so odd. |
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Post by railroad007 on Jan 17, 2021 19:01:08 GMT
I saw them at Hammersmith and thought they were, fcuking snowdogs and trees. Ah so again, our views diverge, Mr Road - c'est la vie 🙄 [Btw, Rush were NEVER shit!]
Okay gerh...I liked Spirit Of Radio but they played it to early. |
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Post by dennis on Jan 17, 2021 19:13:03 GMT
Ah so again, our views diverge, Mr Road - c'est la vie 🙄 [Btw, Rush were NEVER shit!]
If only they didn’t have a singer who sounded so odd. Aye, I can stand about a song & a half! |
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Post by gerh on Jan 17, 2021 19:17:00 GMT
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Post by gerh on Jan 17, 2021 19:36:32 GMT
Every photo we look at here is just symptomatic and a reflection of the times they were taken. ... But at the time, I thought I looked les ballons de chien And in some of the shorts I was wearing, les ballons must have been close to the edge! Hah! I read this too quickly first time around as "... les ballons de chicken" - and thought, 'wtf... Chicken Balls'?? [Maybe you had to be there? - I laughed though ! 🤣]
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