stars in concert t-shirts that they have no business wearing... a picture thread

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— steve albini (@electricalWSOP) October 7, 2021

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Really thought there was more pushback against this thread at the time - maybe that happened on an adjacent thread?

i think there should be a rule that if you meet someone on the street wearing a vintage concert t-shirt and they can't name any of the songs by the band in question, they have to take off the shirt and give it to you.

Ugh ffs. Literally the worst.

Maybe this one?

Musicians Wearing Shirts from Bands That Sound Nothing Like Them

I think the pushback happened later, this thread being part of the general reaction against.

I'm sure my tale of how Alice got her Ramones t shirt is up there someplace.

Anyway, put it this way.. I have a Moondog t-shirt it's very nice. Nobody has asked me to name any tracks or anything. If they did I'd go I dunno.

The reason I have it is because I contributed to a kickstart to make the definitive profile movie. Its my reward.

Ah, anagram, thank you, you are correct. And Mark, you should listen to more Moondog!

i think there should be a rule that if you meet someone on the street wearing a vintage concert t-shirt and they can't name any of the songs by the band in question, they have to take off the shirt and give it to you.

Ugh ffs. Literally the worst.

In context, Dave M. was obviously being facetious re making hot celebrities take off their shirts, surely? It might have been a crude (?) joke but it wasn't an elitist one and he was spoofing the thread. Slightly further down, he posted this:

why can't we just accept this as eye-candy, not to mention attractive people of both sexes unwittingly giving free advertising to our favorite bands? would you rather see Shania in a Ramones t-shirt than see her wearing a big honkin' Coca-Cola logo? or worse, a tour shirt featuring one of Mutt Lange's OTHER proteges, Mr Anti-Can-Con, Mr Everything I Do (I Do It For You), Have you ever really really really really really really really really ARRRGH#Q(#W)R*
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― Dave M. (rotten03)

I read it as both hideously sexist and hideously elitist.

"lol girls don't know shit about music here's a way to get them to show you boobs"

Hm, I guess, given the overall context (where he was admitting he himself didn't know some of the bands and then made clear that he didn't have an actual problem with this), I had seen it as better-intentioned but I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt bc I knew him then. I respect your pov and don't want to be Capn-Save-a-17yo-Post; I can see why it could land differently for someone who has faced those attitudes.

mark g, moondog has great song titles just fyi

I was in NY and I saw a Moondog 10" which looked intersting.

Then I saw it was on Honest Jon's label, ie the shop around the corner where I was employed at that time.

Seemed a bit daft to just buy it there and take it home all that way.

Anyway, when the film does come out, and I get my dvd reward, I'll come to his music fresh.

(I have heard some short pieces already though)

I'm sure you understood that my point was Because I'm a guy, nobody would ask me to qualify my wearing it, whereas if etc.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FDciK_KVIAAu82N?format=jpg&name=large

He should be wearing a "Garfield" t-shirt, right? "Big, fat, hairy deal?" You know, Garfield?