Vintage Rock T-Shirts: Irony & Credibility - Bilge

RD Rum Demon Member Portland, Oregon Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 254	RD Rum Demon Posted posted on Tue, Jul 12, 2005 11:01 AM Justin Timberlake in an MC5 shirt is both sad and necessary. If he isn't truly a fan of the 5, then he or someone who dresses him is aware of their rock'n'roll street cred. Plaster it on a fading boy-idol and therefore bring him up one hip notch. True fans cringe because we hate to be in the same boat as JT. But the ignorant masses (those who love JT) see the shirt and are suddenly curious about this "MC5". Maybe this will help a few of them branch out into the realm of "good" music. So, grin and bear it. For the kids. Meanwhile, I've just started getting new reproductions of some of my favorite band shirts. High-quality prints for under $20 from places like (god help me) Hot Topic. Problem is, I'm 32 now, I'm bald, and when I actually wear these things that I've coveted for 20 years I feel like a damn fool. Some fogey geek trying to hip himself up. Dang. it's just not fair, -Joe

Justin Timberlake in an MC5 shirt is both sad and necessary. If he isn't truly a fan of the 5, then he or someone who dresses him is aware of their rock'n'roll street cred. Plaster it on a fading boy-idol and therefore bring him up one hip notch.

True fans cringe because we hate to be in the same boat as JT. But the ignorant masses (those who love JT) see the shirt and are suddenly curious about this "MC5". Maybe this will help a few of them branch out into the realm of "good" music. So, grin and bear it. For the kids.

Meanwhile, I've just started getting new reproductions of some of my favorite band shirts. High-quality prints for under $20 from places like (god help me) Hot Topic. Problem is, I'm 32 now, I'm bald, and when I actually wear these things that I've coveted for 20 years I feel like a damn fool. Some fogey geek trying to hip himself up. Dang.

it's just not fair,
-Joe

Post #171322 by Rum Demon on Tue, Jul 12, 2005 11:01 AM