Cool Pictures of Music Icons

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[YGIFS 19449]

So do you dress to the one or up to eleven?

[brakeman 28355]

Buckingham Palace in 1978

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First time I saw this I thought it was David Johansen of the New York Dolls but now I think it is Chrissy Hynde pulling off Joan Jett's leather pants.

[jimmyjazz 45888]

14 minutes ago, Ten Bears said:

First time I saw this I thought it was David Johansen of the New York Dolls but now I think it is Chrissy Hynde pulling off Joan Jett's leather pants.

Doesn't look like Chrissie to me.  I assumed it was one of the Runaways.

[tbone_ 14110]

Where I found it from said Chrissy and Joan

[Mileslong 4728]

Doh, of course. I was thinking Bruce Dickenson.

It is Bruce

[brakeman 28355]

[brakeman 28355]

Ian shows up every year for the Ft Reno concert series every summer, DC musical legend.

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[Mileslong 4728]

Hamburg 1960

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[Underdog 28580]

Hair gel? 

[Nuge 1966]

4 hours ago, Underdog said:

Hair gel? 

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13576]

The Damned with Lemmy

 

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[jimmyjazz 45888]

OK, this isn't exactly in line with most photos on this thread, but I thought it was cool.  A bunch of friends of mine from Chicago get together 4 times a year at Twin Anchors, and tonight was the night.  Apparently, Bono is in town on a break from Las Vegas to attend a film festival, and he walked in.  Voila (wallah), selfie with Bono:

Edited December 8, 2023 by jimmyjazz

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[GhostOfTomJoad 9323]

Definitely a cool pic, @jimmyjazz More details, please, on how this happened. Bono just walked in, saw how awesome y'all were and said "I want to take a selfie with you cool dudes"? And I realize it's all camera perspective, but he almost looks taller than most of your crew which would make y'all a bunch of liliputians.

 

[gofuckyourself 8205]

He isn't even better than the real thing, and they still haven't found the selfie they're looking for.

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15 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Definitely a cool pic, @jimmyjazz More details, please, on how this happened. Bono just walked in, saw how awesome y'all were and said "I want to take a selfie with you cool dudes"? And I realize it's all camera perspective, but he almost looks taller than most of your crew which would make y'all a bunch of liliputians.

 

For starters, I'm not in the photo.  I live in Austin, not Chicago.  As I heard it, he walked in and was happy to oblige anyone who wanted a photo or a chat.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9323]

Ahh, a true Irishman to the bone. Nicely done, Bono. And I misread your original post, JJ, and thought you joined your friends in Chicago for this quarterly get together, or at least on occasion. I was kinda jealous of that level of friendship.

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1 hour ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Ahh, a true Irishman to the bone. Nicely done, Bono. And I misread your original post, JJ, and thought you joined your friends in Chicago for this quarterly get together, or at least on occasion. I was kinda jealous of that level of friendship.

Believe me, I'd like to go sometime, but honestly I'd need to wrap a vacation around it.  Maybe this summer, I love summer in Chicago.

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I really should know who more of these people are than I do. But a quick caption wouldn't kill anyone. 

[tbone_ 14110]

Last two are Pink Floyd (pre David Gilmour?) and Stevie Nicks / Lindsey Buckingham (at least I think it’s LB)

[Gil Bang 25920]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

Last two are Pink Floyd (pre David Gilmour?) and Stevie Nicks / Lindsey Buckingham (at least I think it’s LB)

That was my thought as well. 

[brakeman 28355]

Kiss With Their Parents, 1976

[jimmyjazz 45888]

There's an extra dude in that photo.  Kinky.

[Underdog 28580]

I'm here to talk to you about your pillows. 

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Last two are Pink Floyd (pre David Gilmour?) and Stevie Nicks / Lindsey Buckingham (at least I think it’s LB)

I thought that was The Cure.

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[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20392]

You may be cool but you'll never be Led-Zeppelin-flying-around-in-their-own-airplane with a fireplace cool.

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17 hours ago, tbone_ said:

EVH is the fucking king. 

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The Beatles watching the Jimi Hendrix Experience play at the Saville Theatre in London, 1967.

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On 12/23/2023 at 6:52 PM, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

You may be cool but you'll never be Led-Zeppelin-flying-around-in-their-own-airplane with a fireplace cool.

I'm so busy looking at how cool and chill they look.  Then the ornate mantle clock.  Then the upholstery.  Didn't even occur to my dumb ass until 90 seconds later, "Oh, they have an open fireplace on a flying aircraft, super smart!"  

9 hours ago, brakeman said:

 

The Beatles watching the Jimi Hendrix Experience play at the Saville Theatre in London, 1967.

One of the world's greatest guitarists, George Harrison.  Look at the expression on his face, "Holy shit!  I didn't even know what was a thing!"  

[Gil Bang 25920]

Here's some trivia for you:  

Ringo had a place in  London. 33 Montagu Square.  After he got married, he moved out-of-town, but kept the place.   He ended up renting it to Hendrix.   It didn't take long for Hendrix to get evicted for excessive noise.  He did, however, have time to write "the wind cries mary" there.

John and Yoko eventually moved in, and the nude album cover was shot in that same place. 

I was standing in front of it last week. 

 

Edited December 27, 2023 by Gil Bang

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That's the polar opposite of

 

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Halloween '81 Cotton Bowl. I was a high school freshman and asked my dad if I could go see The Rolling Stones.  He said "I have some stones you can roll," and made me pick up rocks out of the fields all weekend.  He liked to recall that story until I shut him up by telling I told him that at that point I just quit asking and started going to concerts without permission.  

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I’ve seen a few in my day and that appears shopped 

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On 1/5/2024 at 1:22 PM, Ten Bears said:

 

Halloween '81 Cotton Bowl. I was a high school freshman and asked my dad if I could go see The Rolling Stones.  He said "I have some stones you can roll," and made me pick up rocks out of the fields all weekend.  He liked to recall that story until I shut him up by telling I told him that at that point I just quit asking and started going to concerts without permission.  

I was there. HS senior year.  Fab Tbirds and ZZ Top on the bill.  Lots and lots of Mick look alikes crawled out of the wood pile and roamed the crowd.  I had no clue there was such a subculture.  A few were dead ringers.  

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ZZ Top, 1969