Apart from singers, those with romantic involvement with girls in the band and members of all-boy groups, can you think of even one reasonably well known male rock musician? (I can think of only one, but even that is something of a special case.)
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'Shells'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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bon bon - Nov 14, 2011 5:55:56 pm PST #6660 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Allyson - Nov 14, 2011 5:57:48 pm PST #6661 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Ima use that, bon. I'm ganking it.
DavidS - Nov 14, 2011 5:57:58 pm PST #6662 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But is punk rock not rock?
Tell it to the Ramones. Or better yet, try to tell it the Ramones. Or, let's get girly, The Slits.
You know that bassline you like in "Burning Down the House"? Tina Weymouth.
javachik - Nov 14, 2011 5:57:58 pm PST #6663 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Ryan Adams?
Allyson - Nov 14, 2011 5:58:21 pm PST #6664 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Singer.
amyth - Nov 14, 2011 5:59:00 pm PST #6665 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Apart from singers, those with romantic involvement with girls in the band and members of all-boy groups, can you think of even one reasonably well known male rock musician? (I can think of only one, but even that is something of a special case.)
So true. And I'm pretty sure, according to Bullshit List Hour criteria, that your special case must be eliminated from the "reasonably well-known" category.
Why?
Because.
javachik - Nov 14, 2011 6:00:01 pm PST #6666 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Oh yeah. So wait. The rock star can't be a singer? Brane broke.
amyth - Nov 14, 2011 6:00:10 pm PST #6667 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
You know that bassline you like in "Burning Down the House"? Tina Weymouth.
Abso-freakin-lutely.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2011 6:02:43 pm PST #6668 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who said that, Allyson?
Liese S. - Nov 14, 2011 6:09:13 pm PST #6669 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Pshaw. You know singers aren't real musicians. They just stand up there at the front. And all-girl bands don't count because they obviously only used gender as a criteria and not talent or they would have had boys in the band, because they're better. And of course you know women get in the band because they fuck the drummer. That's the only way a man could possibly tolerate a woman in the band.
And if you're going to go with Smashing Pumpkins, well, D'arcy and Melissa were only bass players. Bass players don't count because they're not awesome shredders like guitarists. Lead guitarists. Sheila E. doesn't count because Prince is pop, and also drummers don't count. Lita Ford, Kelley Deal, Carrie Brownstein. I'm sure there's some really excellent reason they don't count.
Says the vocalist, who learned to play bass for the band in which her husband was the keyboardist.