They shouldn't have to be, and I am a fan of quite a few "ugly" bands like the Drive-By Truckers, but watching Arcade Fire on stage just puts me off. Win Butler is just so...hideous.
Poll: Do musicians have to beautiful?
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Yes I think so, 99/100 a musician won't be successful as a pop star unless they are good looking, that seems to be more important to their success than minor things like being able to sing or play an instrument.
Being attractive helps. In almost everything in life. Sad but true.
The real lame part is the double edged sword that female musicians have to deal with. When a guy's making music and he's not attractive, you don't hear people insulting him incessantly for it. And when he IS attractive you don't hear people constantly saying how he got to where he is solely because of his good looks. It's exhausting.
The real lame part is the double edged sword that female musicians have to deal with. When a guy's making music and he's not attractive, you don't hear people insulting him incessantly for it. And when he IS attractive you don't hear people constantly saying how he got to where he is solely because of his good looks. It's exhausting.
The reason for this is simple, in popular culture women are sex objects. And most play on it.AgentNein said:
It doesn't really matter to me, as long as they are not retarded twats. like Justin Bieber and Hannah montana going like "i play rock! i am a very important and serious musician!" when all they ever do is giving blow jobs to Mickey Mouse just so they can do one more fucking stupid song about friendship and love.
Musicians do not have to be attractive to be talented. They have to be attractive to be famous.
Plus I'm pretty sure a lot of companies think about looks first and talent later. Just look at all the Disney singers like Britney and Miley.
Plus I'm pretty sure a lot of companies think about looks first and talent later. Just look at all the Disney singers like Britney and Miley.
Unfortunately, in today's market I think you do. You don't really even need musical talent, so long as you're an attractive young woman willing to shake your ass on camera.
Can't we go back to music for the sake of good music, music industry? That sells pretty well, too.
Can't we go back to music for the sake of good music, music industry? That sells pretty well, too.
A great singer with an awesome voice gets +10 to attractiveness. So, no matter how ugly they are, they still rate in my book.
In my opinion, for a person to be a pop (don't forget that pop actually means popular 
) artist you don't even have to sing, or play or make any sort of music (ever wonderd why all girls in the pop industry sound sort of samish, and why since Akon lots of guys sing exactly as him?).
you have to meet the standards of the population, that might include looking good (it does, generaly).
People who acctualy want to make music, and not make shit-tons of money, indeed need to play, but looks are meaningless.
) artist you don't even have to sing, or play or make any sort of music (ever wonderd why all girls in the pop industry sound sort of samish, and why since Akon lots of guys sing exactly as him?).you have to meet the standards of the population, that might include looking good (it does, generaly).
People who acctualy want to make music, and not make shit-tons of money, indeed need to play, but looks are meaningless.
It doesn't particularly matter to me, but it does to a lot of people. Ever notice who have a predominantly male line up tend to have a good looking front woman? Then ever notice how that front woman gets offered photo shoots and is the main focus in videos of said band, whilst the guys are left in the background? I'm not saying that they only have a beautiful front woman because it makes them popular, but it could be argued that they're popular because they have a beautiful front woman.
You don't have to be a good looking dude to make it in music, but it is a very rare occurrence when an ugly woman makes it big.
Women tend to get by on very little talent but a pretty face because the media is a dab-hand at manipulating the public. Men tend to be judged on whether or not they actually have any talent. Which, in my opinion, is the best way to go about it.
You don't have to be a good looking dude to make it in music, but it is a very rare occurrence when an ugly woman makes it big.
Women tend to get by on very little talent but a pretty face because the media is a dab-hand at manipulating the public. Men tend to be judged on whether or not they actually have any talent. Which, in my opinion, is the best way to go about it.
To make it big in the music industry, you have to be REALLY good if you're unattractive. If you're attractive you don't have to try as hard, as people will buy your music regardless.
Examples: Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, The Jonas Brothers, Backstreet boys e.t.c.
If you want an example of an unattractive frontman who made it big (at least bigger than most), check out The Verve's ex-frontman, Richard Ashcroft. I have nothing against him, but he is often considered unattractive. (btw I'm a big fan of the Verve).
Examples: Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, The Jonas Brothers, Backstreet boys e.t.c.
If you want an example of an unattractive frontman who made it big (at least bigger than most), check out The Verve's ex-frontman, Richard Ashcroft. I have nothing against him, but he is often considered unattractive. (btw I'm a big fan of the Verve).