Music artsmanship:Looks

Kold

So most very good looking musicians make sh*t music ie. boy/girl bands, that cockrot Paolo Nutini, Matt Bellamy, that Paramore tart and the likes.

Whilst most of the greats are pretty ugly:









So who do you think has the best looks to music ratio and is worthy of a musical crush?

For me it's Cat Power:





Her music is sexy and she's damn sexy.

longshanks

cathy davey and her ilk, do they pass muster?

The Pontiac

I was discussing Cat Power's beauty with someone only last night.

I don't think a younger Tom Waits was particularly ugly though..??

"Well my friends think I'm ugly, I got a masculine face" (Goin' Out West)




Cat Power FTW!!

Kold

The pic on the left is pretty dashing I guess, always thought he looked a bit monkeyish though. My taste in men isn't really up there though, I can't see the Edward Cullen thing at all, kid looks disabled to me.

rcaz

Jonny Greenwood's a pretty cool looking guy, I think




I don't think good=ugly, but I think the musicians who really want to make great music put all their time and effort into the music and don't worry about how the look once they're reasonably presentable to get on a stage?

Kold

El Pr0n wrote: »

Jonny Greenwood's a pretty cool looking guy, I think

I dunno man..

Kold

Anyone else fancy young Bjork?

rovert

Put a tash on him instant Freddie Mercury.

rcaz

Kold wrote: »

I dunno man..

Haha, maybe not the most traditionally handsome guy, but when he's on stage he looks well, not out of place or anything. Richard D. James looks like he should be standing in front of a wall of Marshall cabinets or something

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Joanna Newsom's pretty purdy



probably more of a clear cut issue for the female musicians though, seeing as men tend to have more predictable/traditional tastes than women. I for one find Johnny Greenwood very good looking, and there's something about the likes of a Tom Waits or a Leonard Cohen or a (younger) Johnny Rotten that's very attractive.

Kold

That's a point, I think Jonny carries himself well is the thing plus I reckon women make allowances for talent. Noel Fielding is another supposedly attractive man I simply don't get the appeal for, he's ugly as a manatee and annoying as hell.

Joanna is sort of cute in an oddball way.

Reganio 2

You saying Paolo Nutini is good looking but dosn't make good music? His music is brilliant.

Kold

Reganio 2 wrote: »

You saying Paolo Nutini is good looking but dosn't make good music? His music is brilliant.

The first one

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More for the case for the opposition...

nice jumper, you feckin weirdo you





Could be explained by the fact that good looking people can generally just coast through life on that without having to work too hard at being talented. That's actually why I'm so **** at everything.

Kold

Never seen that pic of Jeff Mangum in that high a resolution, Jesus are those freckles?

I'm undecided still whether Annie Clark is attractive, she's more... odd looking,

The Pontiac

Jeff Buckley was a very good looking guy..

stovelid

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Kold wrote: »

Never seen that pic of Jeff Mangum in that high a resolution, Jesus are those freckles?

I'm undecided still whether Annie Clark is attractive, she's more... odd looking,

Freckles, little spots of concentrated peculiarity, bad image, who knows :P chose the pic for the jumper more than anything tbh

Annie's striking anyway, kinda couture model good-looking but not real life goodlooking I guess

Dudess

Jeez, I think all the "uglies" on this thread are fairly ok looking (bar Mark E Smith as posted by stovelid, but if MES hadn't let himself go so phenomenally he'd be all right-looking), some of them even quite good-looking!

I had the hugest crush on Morrissey when I was 11/12 and I still think he was darn beautiful. He's gotten very old looking recently IMO - older than his 51 years.

Kold

Dudess wrote: »

Jeez, I think all the "uglies" on this thread are fairly ok looking (bar Mark E Smith as posted by stovelid, but if MES hadn't let himself go so phenomenally he'd be all right-looking), some of them even quite good-looking!

I had the hugest crush on Morrissey when I was 11/12 and I still think he was darn beautiful. He's gotten very old looking recently IMO - older than his 51 years.

Pah, hasn't been laid in 2 years I hear :pac:

Also, looks AND talent? Good thing God evened him out by making him such a douchebag.

stovelid

Placid_Casual

If this theory holds true then surely Ringo was the most talented one in The Beatles.

Aridstarling

Personally think Annie Clark and Joanna Newsom are very attractive, in a very real world way.

Pretty geniuses:







Also PJ Harvey, Kim Gordon, Natasha Khan, Ryan Adams, Bruce Springsteen and Conor Oberst.

JerryHandbag

Of the female singers on my ipod, KT Tunstall would have to be the prettiest.

rcaz

Karen O!!!

Kold

El Pr0n wrote: »

Karen O!!!

Nothx

Kold

And before anyone says Alice Glass, she looks like she smells awful and I'd hardly call her a musician.

Dudess

Bob Dylan, Jimmy Paige, Debbie Harry, Grace Slick, Hope Sandoval, Nico.

In my opinion, Natasha Khan is a less pretty Lily Allen (that's not a criticism as I think Lily Allen is absolutely stunning). And I think that Paramore one is unremarkable looking to the point of being on a par with some of the people deemed ugly on this thread.

rcaz

I think Hayley Williams (Paramore woman) is gorgeous, but not in a very 'traditional' way. The way she carries herself is attractive.

Also, since this is a thread about attractive people, and Radiohead have been mentioned, would anyone like to see the creepiest video on YouTube?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnr6naZRxo0

Sinfonia

Never reeeaally got into her music, but what I heard didn't seem objectionable, and she's a blayrin' roide!

take everything

Kold wrote: »

So most very good looking musicians make sh*t music ie. boy/girl bands, that cockrot Paolo Nutini, Matt Bellamy, that Paramore tart and the likes.

Whilst most of the greats are pretty ugly:

Matt Bellamy is goodlooking?

take everything

This crowd aren't exactly mingers.

lordgoat

Jo Newsom.
Emmylou Harris.
Cat Power.
Bat for Lashes Lady.

Yummy.

DonnieScribbles

Annie Clarke is definitely gorgeous.

There's nothing wrong with Thom Yorke, in my opinion

Some more than worthy mentions:

Andrew Bird:



Regina Spektor:



Regina looks a little like a young Kate Bush actually, now that I think of it...

JerryHandbag

take everything wrote: »

Matt Bellamy is goodlooking?

Brilliant singer, songwriter. But I always thought he looked like something out of Lord of the Rings. Orcs maybe.

rcaz

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Brilliant singer, songwriter.

Debatable

stovelid

Sinfonia wrote: »

Don't really like her music, but mother of god....

Kold

stovelid wrote: »

Don't really like her music, but mother of god....

Yeah she's under the sh*t tunes but awesomely hot category I reckon.

Earthhorse

Can't believe no one has posted Ms. Amos yet. She hasn't done anything too good in a while but her early stuff was great.

Dudess

Alison Goldfrapp.

cirkumflexjohn

hormi euhara anybody?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZaB9urlkgA

Notorious

I noticed there was no mention of Shane McGowan.



Robert Smith does himself no favours with that hair.


Great musician and good looking to boot, Melissa Auf der Maur.





I think it's fairly even on the looks:talent ratio.

Spiritoftheseventies

Who do you think posters take more seriously at the end. Shane McGowan one of those most extraordinary songwriters from any generation or someone who gets by or partly by on their good looks.

KnifeWRENCH

Definite +1 for Cat Power and Natasha Khan.

Shirley Manson was pretty hot in the mid-90's when Garbage were starting out:

Dudess

Robert Smith is fairly good-looking, even if the hair/make-up is an acquired taste.