People just don't make the effort these days

[Corabar Steve]

Rappers in the 80s

http://420.thrashbarg.net/grandmaster_flash_furious_five_fashion_stylist_reg ret.jpg


Rappers today

http://www.poster.net/eminem/eminem-eminem-and-50-cent-1192722.jpg



http://modculture.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/11/04/chelsea_skinhead.jpg
Skinheads in the 60s




Skinheads Today

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JVVaXmiE24g/RxeMtqi11xI/AAAAAAAAGeM/mdtw9wqOqOc/s400/skinheads.jpg




A Rock Star today

http://philspector.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/chris-martin-guitar.jpg


Rock Stars in the 70s

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj193/stlart3/Kisslive.jpg



Discuss.

[Tony Scott]

No wonder the Five were Furious....I would be too if i had to walk about looking like that! :D

[DeckstarDeluxe]

if maplins did a michael jackson lookalike i think we have now found him :D

[BeerFunk]

Are we talking about dressing up on stage?

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Are we talking about dressing up on stage?

Oooh, my favourite subject! :D

[PropellerHeadCase]

You forgot Bootsy!

http://www.thetones360.com/covers/artists/boosty-collins.jpg


As for the hip-hop comparison, well, Grandmaster Flash and the Furiously Rummaging through the Op-Shop Bins could have done with some help with the less-is-more approach from their approximate comternporaries Run DMC...

http://icon03.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/run-dmc-2.jpg

...hang on, they look a little like 50 Cent and EMINEM :o :eek: ;)


I'd also like to point out that at least the modern day skinheads actually have shaved heads!

Anyway, whilst not stars there are those that try...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2073/2114856588_9137e8f19c.jpg
http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub_test/00/73/23/slideshow_223730_echoproject1014_24.JPG
(Rabbit in the Moon)

Also Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Genitorturers, GWAR, and that Nordic band along the lines of GWAR whose name I forget, oh, and of course Blue Man Group.

Let's not forget the Pussycat Dolls who are first and foremost a Burlesque act, Kylie who has a wardrobe change virtually every song, Madonna is also notorious fo multiple costume changes and as for Britney's Circus tour... see for yourself (http://uk.popsugar.com/2884975).

[BeerFunk]

I'm not sure if we're talking about photoshoots or live gigs, but I'd rather the effort went into the music. Sometimes an artists image can enhance the effect of the music though, take Prodigy, for example.

[Corabar Steve]

that Nordic band along the lines of GWAR whose name I forget,
Lordi?

[nigelwright7557]

Oooh, my favourite subject! :D

We can tell by your shirt !

Do you need a license to wear it ?

[rob1963]

Sometimes an artists image can enhance the effect of the music though, take Prodigy, for example.

Or Michael Jackson 25 years ago.

[nigelwright7557]

Or Michael Jackson 25 years ago.

Quincey Jones made Michael Jackson with his great music.

[PropellerHeadCase]

Lordi?

Them's the ones.



Quincey Jones made Michael Jackson with his great music.

Michael wrote much of his music, in fact Quincey disagreed with Michael's intro to Billie Jean (Michael won). Quincey produced Michael, which in those days was a lot more about polishing the sound of the music than effectively co-writing it.