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| Perfection. Art and artifice. Image as substance. |
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| Paradox. Jean-Paul Goude's manipulation to the point of inhumanity reveals her humanity. |
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| If you're going to be a control freak, be Frank. |
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| Poison Ivy: don't touch! |
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| George Hunter, getting there first, doing it best. |
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| To dress like this, you need these eyes. |
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| Timelessness: strong enough to be himself. |
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| Lady Bo: sass, style and class. But mostly sex. |
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| For real. |
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| The eyes are true voodoo, the mouth a mask. |
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| Amazing Grace. |
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| Heart and soul. |
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| A-Wop-Bop-A-Loo-Bop-A-Wop-Bam-Boom. Nobody said it better. |
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| He could, you couldn't. |
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| She dreamed big. |
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| New York Tendaberry. More influential than she knew. |
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| This is it, now and forever. |
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| Carnaby Street. |
Who do you want to be when you grow up?
ReplyDeleteKoala Bear, of course
DeleteGeorgie Fame, I've always thought he was the epitome of cool.
ReplyDeleteYou'd have to perform with Van Morrison, though but ...
DeleteGood point, I'd probably have to limit it to the early sixties, with the added advantage of missing out on the Alan Price and his cravat years.
DeleteThe cravat!
DeleteHow could anyone have thought that a cravat could fit into rock & roll?
DeleteWasn't Farq a cravat and tank-top model in the Littlewoods Catalogue in the late 70's? Rumours of him also being the y-front model have been strongly denied by Littlewoods.
DeleteThis is an out-and-out lie. It was the Grattans catalogue, and I was a slacks model, strictly below the waist.
DeleteMy apologies, for the slur on your character. Suits you sir.
DeleteIn '75, we were creatin' our own style at the local thrift shops, and I wore an ascot (this was in central Contra Costa County). Ridiculous.
DeleteFarquhar Throckmorton III
ReplyDeleteAnd I you, pally.
DeleteI want to be a dinosaur. Specifically, an Allosaurus fragilis.
ReplyDelete*waves magic wand*
Delete*re-waves*
Oh well.
Well if we're not talking actual human beanz, then it would have to be a jukebox. Specifically, an Ami Continental.
ReplyDeleteYou could have been a Bentley Continental. With jewelled headlights and fingertip steering.
DeleteOr even a Thorntons Continental with Viennese Truffle, Alpini Praline and Giandujot.
DeleteOr a Lincoln Continental, parked outside your fancy address.
DeleteSorry, I'm not shifting my Austin Allegro for any of your continental rubbish.
DeleteWhen I lived in England, a friend had an Austin Allegro. She referred to it as "The All Agro"
DeleteIt was the square steering wheel that I remember.
DeleteBabs - your friend had what the British call a "luxury limousine tourer".
DeleteI used to know someone who collected Allegros. He had 5 of the rustbuckets.
DeleteLet me guess - each one donating parts to the next in a kind of vehicular circle jerk.
DeleteMy husband drove a Rover P6, and I drove an MG Midget MkIII.
DeleteCool pic of Laura.
Don't people collect the strangest things, I'd rather have 5 MG Midgets (I briefly had an MGA that I bought for £90 and was going to restore it but
DeleteI found out I was no mechanic). I have heard that some people collect little bits of bkack vinyl with holes in the middle, whatever next.
I was a Studebaker guy. '52 1/2 ton 2R truck and a '49 four door (suicide doors, mind you...) Champion.
DeleteI wanted to be Mr. Green Jeans, so I played the string bass. Grew up to be me, which I now refer. My math skills are nil, but was that 50 iconic looks? More, please.
ReplyDeleteprefer, oops
DeleteSuggestions welcome.
DeleteA Master Sommelier, with a diploma issued by the Court of Master Sommeliers.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought that Zappa's "Lumpy Gravy" pic, looks like Pubic Lice a.k.a. The Crabs infection waiting to happen.
You want to be paid for drinking wine? What kind of ambition is that?
DeleteA noble one.
DeleteI'd like to be The Invisible Man when I grow up. I've had a lot of experience in the publishing world and I think I could handle the total package. As an invisible entity, I'd dedicate my life to fighting crime and preventing household accidents. The thought of using my special powers to gain entrance to the showers after a womens' soccer match would not occur to me.
DeleteSo, it would not occur to you, to use your special powers to gain entrance to the women's showers, eh? C'mon I can see straight though that one!
DeleteI was going to make a "the women's' soccer team won't see you coming" joke, but thought better of it.
Let me be clear, I often pictured the shenanigans that I could get up to, if I were invisible, but I can't really see myself doing most of it.
Eeeuhhh...
DeleteI'm not too sure I want to grow up.
ReplyDeleteWell here are Roy Harpers thoughts
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUTVomiW8mU
When I grow up I want to be Rholonne Déodorantés helper (handy man or assistant just sounds dirty).
ReplyDeleteWhen I grow up I also want to look cool in photos, the only good photos of me taken lately were when I didn't know about it. As soon as a camera is pointed at me I grin like a cheap politician.
ReplyDeleteOoooffff. The camera is not your friend, is it? The image I have of myself - think a young Bob Redford - simply doesn't translate to the lens.
DeleteI look in the mirror and I see light brown hair like I always had. Someone takes a photo of me and its gone grey, what's going on there? The camera never lies, but the mirror does?
Deletei can't concentrate. i worried about monkeypox, which is a REALLY BAD look!
ReplyDeleteLook on the bright side.
ReplyDeleteMonkeys have them, and everyone loves monkeys, right?
Chills and fever-induced sweating will help you "beat the heat" all summer.
Take a sip of a friend's beer and say, "Oh yeah, I have monkeypox." That means free beer!
That photo of George Hunter got me listening to the Charlatans again.
ReplyDeleteI want to be a Hummel figurine.
ReplyDeleteHold that wish in your heart, Clar. Nurture it as you would a tender seedling. Protect it from the harshnesses of the world. And watch the mirror.
DeleteSamuel Johnson or Les Dawson
ReplyDelete