Poll: Do musicians have to beautiful?

[darkonnis]

In the case of women, definitely. They have to clean up well. Thats not me saying that, personally i don't give a damn. Men? We can pretty much get away with whatever but then you do need to have some talent as i think (especially in rock/metal) there is a lot more competition.
Its a sad fact of life, at the end of the day, music sells, sex sells. By combining the 2 (provocative dancing anyone?) record companies make much much more overall.

 

[Xojins]

If they want to get signed to a record label, it's certainly very helpful.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Not really. Look at Seal (guy who sang Kiss from a rose). He's got pox marks all over his face and is possibly one of the ugly guys when you first see him up close, but he makes damn good music.

 

[Aerodyamic]

the further you get from the pop music genre, the less attractive and the more skilled the signers are

Tom Waits would be a great example of exactly that premise.

 

[StBishop]

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.

I know what you mean. Kid's are crazy.

But the only problem is that I'm 19 and therefore still a kid in all ways but legally.

It's a sad day when even teens think that teens are immature and like bad music that's too loud.