Poll: Do musicians have to beautiful?

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Phantomess

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Leonard Cohen. A dude in his golden years with one of the most covered songs in history. Not exactly the most familiar of bedfellows, but there you have it.
 
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Who cares what they look like? As long as the music they put out is worth listening to, I'll keep listening to them.
 

quantumsoul

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I listen to music for the music. I really care nothing about the artist themselves. For all I know some of my favorite artists look like human slugs. Unless I see them live or watch a music video I have no idea what they look like.

Only most pop stars need to look good to draw mass amounts of shallow people to their bland music. Imagine if Mylie Cyrus looked like some butter troll. Who would listen to her music then? People with substance and character(providing their into that kind of music)? Not enough of those to make the big bucks studios need.
 

Blatherscythe

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Flying-Emu said:
Jumping_Over_Fences said:
No they don't!

Rolling Stones

Aerosmith

Journey

I could go on, but I think I've proved my point.
Oh God, the mouth... THE HORROR



For fuck's sake, it looks like he's trying to eat the mic!
How did such an ugly bastard ever create such a good looking daughter? It's mystery. But hey, Aerosmith makes great music, maybe his mouth helps with some of the sounds he makes during the songs.
 

Fearzone

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The music I like to listen to most is opera, and lately the trend is to get thinner, better looking singers. Frequently their voices are nice, but they don't have the same power as heftier opera singers, and the thin ones often get drowned out by the orchestra and just cannot fill the opera hall as well.
 

TMAN10112

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I'll let Michael Romeo speak for me.


Personally, I don't care what an artist/band looks like so long as their music is good, although I'd imagine it's an advantage when trying to get picked up by a major label.
 

molester jester

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No, but as much as we hate to admit it being good looking helps, I mean you think Justin Bieber would half the tween girl fanbase he has just now if he was some deformed, mutated, basement dwelling neckbeard
 

Flying-Emu

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Gildan Bladeborn said:
Flying-Emu said:
For fuck's sake, it looks like he's trying to eat the mic!
Compared to some extent photos of the man, that one is practically flattering. Here's a much better one for selling the point that he is hideous:

[small]Pictured side by side - Stephen Tyler and a Salt Vampire from Star Trek[/small]​
It's so hard to tell them apart! [small](The Salt Vampire is the one on the right, in case you couldn't tell.)[/small]
Okay.

I'll admit it

I lost HARD at that comparison. You, sir, have won my respect.
 

Estarc

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A musician does not have to look beautiful to succeed.

A celebrity on the other hand? Well, that's a whole other question.
 

Miumaru

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The Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones (now), The Beatles (then)

Now, lets look at this list
Beyonce, Lady Gaga, That...B one....

You tell me which are better. (Im leaving if the wrong one is more popular here)
 

Gildan Bladeborn

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StBishop said:
I've never heard of Girls Aloud or The Saturdays before this thread. I feel a mixture of old and happy that I don't put up with, what I assume is, teeny-bopper shit music outside of Justin Beiber.
Ah, so I'm not alone in wondering what people were talking about when they tossed those names around. I could almost say I'd never encountered Bieber either, apart from the internet's relentless mockery of course, but one of his songs started playing on a store radio while I was picking up supplies one day - I literally could not leave the building fast enough.

Kids these days.
 

Corialos

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No. Look at KD Lang. She was so butch, I mistook her for a guy when I first saw her. But her voice is that of a goddess when she sings.
 

DustyDrB

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No. Look at everyone in the band Phoenix. And Karen O. And Kim Deal back in the day.