Thank god I was busy yesterday and didn't drop in here.
We got a lot of important work to do TOO.
I didn't question the importance, I'm just glad I was focused on the stuff that I can get paid for. Also surprised at how many of those are "I know that guy" but I can't come up with the name.
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Feb 27, 2019 - 8:56am
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I don't know that I would know Nick Heyward in a photo. Did the artist go find obscure before-they-were-famous A-Ha pictures? Because what?
EXACTLY!
I was thinking yesterday that it was funny to me to see a lot of stuff represented there that was semi-obscure at the time. I bet I maybe knew 2 other people in the '80s who knew of Klaus Nomi.
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Feb 27, 2019 - 8:48am
Row 1 (bottom row) Nina Hagen, Sting, Tony Hadley, David Sylvian, Debora Iyall, Bob Geldof, Annabella Lwin, Cyndi Lauper, Stan Ridgeway, Claire Grogan
Row 2 (from bottom, left to right): Elvis Costello, Thomas Dolby, Tom Bailey, Chrissie Hynde, Terri Nunn, Trevor Horn, Dave Wakeling, Martin Frye, Jim Kerr
Row 3: Nena, Marc Almond, Nick Heyward, Morten Harket, Paul Weller, Rik Ocasek, Peter Garrett, Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Cindy Wilson
Row 4: Curt Smith, Roland Orzabal, Mark Hollis, Phillip Oakey, Kevin Rowland, Danny Elfman, Chris Lowe or Jim Reid, Neil Tennant, Bernard Sumner
Row 5: Howard Jones, Lene Lovich, Mike Peters, Liz Fraser, Robbie Grey, Michael Hutchence, Ivan Doroschuk, Glenn Gregory, Aimee Mann, Richard Butler
Row 6: Mike Score, Mick Jones, Dale Bozzio, John Taylor, Simon LeBon, Terry Hall, Annie Lennox, Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphries
Row 7: Andy Bell, Ian McCulloch, Alison Moyet, Vince Clarke, Suggs, Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Limahl, Boy George, Jimmy Somerville
Row 8: Belinda Carlisle, Midge Ure, Siouxsie, Andrew Eldritch, Ian Curtis, Mark Mothersbaugh, Joe Jackson, Pete Burns, Steve Strange
Row 9: Daniel Ash, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, Deborah Harry, Billy Idol, Nick Cave, Andy Partridge, Bryan Ferry, Kate Bush, Roland Gift
Row 10 (top row): David Byrne, David Bowie, Johnny Lydon, Peter Murphy, Robert Smith, Grace Jones, Adam Ant, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi
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Feb 27, 2019 - 8:47am
Proclivities wrote:
I thought the girl above Elvis Costello may be the singer from The Waitresses (and I guess Marc Almond from Soft Cell next to her). I'm not sure who the next two guys to the right are.
That absolutely looks like Patty Donahue, but the artist says it's Nena. Yup, Marc Almond. Nick Heyward and Morten Harket next to him.
Like I said, the guy who illustrated it looks to be in his mid-twenties to me. He's wrapped up in a nostalgia that he didn't experience. It's fine, but I think a little skewed. I can post the answer key if anyone wants.
It's interesting; he certainly is marketing the hell out of an era which occurred before he was probably born. Fun stuff; good on him. The other mystery guests are bugging me, so I wouldn't mind seeing an answer key.
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Feb 27, 2019 - 8:31am
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Which leaves U2 out of it entirely? Odd.
Like I said, the guy who illustrated it looks to be in his mid-twenties to me. He's wrapped up in a nostalgia that he didn't experience. It's fine, but I think a little skewed. I can post the answer key if anyone wants.
Welsh! They did one of their later albums in 2 languages. I'll bet that's on YouTube; I should go look for it.
Very much a derivative band... first the Clash, then morphed to U2 style. Excellent show, nice guys.
Oh, that's right, Wales. I thought the girl above Elvis Costello may be the singer from The Waitresses (and I guess Marc Almond from Soft Cell next to her). I'm not sure who the next two guys to the right are.
I found a cheatsheet. Mystery sunglasses guy is Robbie Grey from Modern English. That's supposed to be Stan Ridgway next to Clare Grogan, but I'm not seeing it. Given the artist's apparent age... Well, he weren't there at the time...
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Feb 27, 2019 - 8:12am
I found a cheatsheet. Mystery sunglasses guy is Robbie Grey from Modern English. That's supposed to be Stan Ridgway next to Clare Grogan, but I'm not seeing it. Given the artist's apparent age... Well, he weren't there at the time...
I swear that looks like 2 different eras of Howard Jones flanking Lene.
HoJo, Lene, Kajagoogoo guy. I think we had Kajagoogoo up higher, near Boy George, but I'm saying that's Limahl. Shit. Just found out Limahl was in Kajagoogoo.
Pretty sure that's him next to Boy George. You can see why I get tripped up on potential dual Howards -
The guy between Cyndi Lauper and Clare Grogan is bugging me too. Some others as well...
You think it's not Bono? I wasn't sure but U2 isn't in it otherwise, right?
I guess it could be him - I figured the illustrator would've gone for the more teased-big-hair look that Bono had in the early '80s. The guy above Cyndi?