Dessicated Rock Stars, especially if they look cheerful. A few examples:
Lou Reed meets one criterion, but not the other;
But good ol' Johnny Rotten steps in to fill the gap (surely that's not his kid he's holding ... is it?);
Roger Daltrey appears suspiciously "well preserved", but methinks the trapped look on his face and his tenuous grip on the water bottle signifies an inner dessication;
Bob Dylan hasn't cracked a smile on camera since he broke up with Joan Baez;
Angus Young has, for the past quarter-century-plus, reportedly been a tee-totaller and devoted husband and family man, but any 52-year-old who's chain-smoked cigarettes from the age of seven to the present still qualifies as dessicated;
And finally the all-time champion of dessication and cheerfulness, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, if there's a bustle in your hedgerow, won't you please give it up for...
Mr. Robert Plant!
Dang, I can't see the Plant picture. And after that build up, too. You're toying with us Whisky! Aren't you?
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ReplyDeleteDear Lord. Plant looks like the cliched dottering old English goofball in drawing room dramas. If he still does the song, it must be odd to see viking-esque shrieking coming out of that mouth during "Immigrant Song."
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Do the ladies get to play?
ReplyDeletePatti Smith seemingly hasn't had a drink of water since 1974 and Marianne Faithfull is my dissolute goddess! When she did the spooky cameo in the Metallica song and video, it was utterly perfect.
Pictures, Scott - I want pictures!
ReplyDeletePictures, huh?
ReplyDeleteHow about YouTube?
Marianne Faithfull:
- an amazing John Lennon cover
- her signature song, joined by Johnny Marr
- a Bowie duet stranger than Bing!
- the best thing in an ordinary Metallica video
Patti Smith:
- "Because the Night"...nuff said!
- with the Red Hot Chili Peppers last summer
But no sign of the awesome "E-Bow the Letter" with R.E.M. -- tragic!
Well, if ever we needed proofs that the mash-up is hardly "new concept", these links are it. Thanks (though it could be some time before I get rinse that Metallica collaboration out of my brain).
ReplyDeleteRoger Daltrey appears suspiciously "well preserved", but methinks the trapped look on his face and his tenuous grip on the water bottle signifies an inner dessication;
ReplyDeleteNo wonder. It's not me he's with! *lol*