Comments on: What is today’s version of Rock Star style?

By: Tweed Demon

Tweed Demon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:20:08 +0000

Then there are enigma’s like Kid Rock. He’s not much of a guitar player although he tries sometimes. He can’t sing very well, although his ability so sing in tune is improving to the point of being adequate. But the sum of the collective marginally adequate parts form into something unique and fun to watch. Go figure.

By: goofydawg

goofydawg — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:25:37 +0000

Tweed, that’s probably a good assessment – lots of posers out there. But there are gems among the junk. It has always been like this. Remember the glam rock days? Not too much original talent then. And it seems that only Bon Jovi is left; but they were pretty good to start out with and wrote decent music – still do. It seems as if you only see the old glam-rockers on VH1 making commentaries on the “I Love the 80′s” shows.

By: Tweed Demon

Tweed Demon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:24:11 +0000

Its all a matter of perspective. Everyone has a slightly different definition of cool. Maybe its like the old saying if you have to explain it, you dont understand….. Maybe I dont understand… because by todays standards, there are people who don’t sing well (or sing at all) OR play an instrument, yet, they’re rockstars…I’m old school because I believe one or the other is a requirement. To answer you question, by today’s standards, it’s 90% packaging/image, 10% talent. Dont get me wrong, there are great exceptions..i.e. Los Lonely Boys, John Mayer, Brad Paisley to name a few.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:52:53 +0000

Based on the evidence I’ve seen, it pretty much involves finding the tightest pair of jeans you can find, and then add a tight shirt.