| Author | Message | ||
     Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1240 Registered: 03-2006 |
Amanda. I really like that tattoo she sports in some pictures, though it's probably fake... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1058 Registered: 05-2005 |
Robert Forster Esquire | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 971 Registered: 05-2005 |
I vote for Robert too. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1242 Registered: 03-2006 |
He is, as Austin Powers would say, "dead sexy"... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1008 Registered: 04-2005 |
No, people, you're all wrong. The choice is obviously: Tim Mustafa | ||
| Lawrence Mikkelsen Member Username: Simplythrilledhoney Post Number: 45 Registered: 03-2006 |
I'd vote for Robert circa "Liberty Belle ..." | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 228 Registered: 11-2004 |
Robert Vickers ca. 1978 - he would've stopped traffic if there was any traffic in Brisbane at that time to stop. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 31 Registered: 08-2005 |
Amanda - I'd have married her on the spot, given the chance. Though if I wasn't straight, Robert would have my vote. He is, without doubt, the coolest man in the world. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1061 Registered: 05-2005 |
heh heh Tim Mustafa!!!!!!!!!! Great one Kurt, where the hell you get em from boy!! I must admit, Amanda has a face to die for. | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 16 Registered: 10-2006 |
..simply Robert, when he was fired up doing House that Jack Karouac Built or Head Full of Steam, saw Amanda with Marty Wilson-Piper at Northcote Social club ..stunning....Lindy...its a three way photo..I cant just pick one... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 329 Registered: 01-2005 |
Amanda, but Lindy certainly had her moments as well. Charles, were Amanda and MW-P an item at one time? Anyone else know? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 449 Registered: 10-2004 |
Definitely Robert Vickers. | ||
| Michelle M Member Username: Michelle Post Number: 21 Registered: 09-2004 |
I don't know about sexiest but my vote goes to Robert Vickers for being ultra cool. I saw him for the first time in 1978 at the Toowong Music shop and was introduced by Grant and listened in on a brief conversation. What made him cool was that he seemed to me to have been warped from the mid '60s to late '70s. My older sister used to buy a trendy English magazine back in the '60s and, looking at the be-suited Robert with his mod hairdo, he could easily have been one of the pop stars that adorned those covers. I'm not sure which one he reminded me of, maybe from the Who or the Small Faces etc. I thought, "My, how cool, how brave, in Brisbane." And what did the punks think? | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1249 Registered: 03-2006 |
I wondered, after reading the Nichols book, how did Forster and McLennan, and now that you mention it, Vickers, get away with out getting, you know, punched in the head, or something? They affected, it would seem, some pretty arty, fey behaviour, and I would think there'd have been more than a few butthead macho hooligan types hanging 'round the streets of Brisbane... Also, apropos of nothing, how tall is Forster? Is he really so gigantic, or is the rest of the band Lilliputian? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 992 Registered: 05-2005 |
Robert is pretty tall Keith. I'm just under 6 feet (I'm 181cm) and was looking up at Robert when talking to him. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1023 Registered: 04-2005 |
When I saw them live, Robert looked like he was 6-4 or 6-5, at least. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 48 Registered: 07-2006 |
robert circa spring hill fair... | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 49 Registered: 07-2006 |
vickers that is! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1028 Registered: 04-2005 |
I am really surprised Lindy's not getting mentioned more. | ||
| Cichli Suite Member Username: Cichli_suite Post Number: 200 Registered: 08-2004 |
Definitely Lindy Morrison | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1268 Registered: 03-2006 |
When she's drumming, wearing that teddy, or whatever it is...wo wo wee wo! | ||
| Cichli Suite Member Username: Cichli_suite Post Number: 204 Registered: 08-2004 |
She wore a teddy, LK? I've proudly just passed my 200th post (but I've been here for years - I'm a wall flower by nature) | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1269 Registered: 03-2006 |
Briefly, in the Was There Anything I Could do video. If it's not technically a teddy, it's near as dammit. Hey, no one's mentioned John Wilsteed. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1032 Registered: 04-2005 |
Nor Grant, sadly. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 818 Registered: 03-2005 |
Grant's thing wasn't to be sexy; he was spiritual. I'm sure it got him what he wanted. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1271 Registered: 03-2006 |
Randy, to quote someone you dislike (Van Morrison), that was a wonderful remark. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1067 Registered: 05-2005 |
The title of this thread is why no one has mentioned John Wilsteed! | ||
| Dusty Member Username: Dusty Post Number: 33 Registered: 05-2005 |
Errrrrr....John Willsteed (why have I got to mention him?) | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1068 Registered: 05-2005 |
you haven't! see LK above i.e. jw is anything but sexy, you had to be there I guess.... | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 179 Registered: 04-2005 |
As for JW: the only time I saw him play live with the band he looked a complete plonker in my book. And definitely not sexy. I know the line about how he was a great musician (the guitar in 'Streets of your Town' etc), but on that occasion there was something about his general manner towards the band + songs that really got my goat. A kind of disrespect? As if he didn't take the group seriously. | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 233 Registered: 11-2004 |
Like many musicians from Brisbane in the late 70s, Willsteed's been quoted as never having been a fan of the Go-Betweens. I guess its a common trait where you might like the people in the band as friends, but not necessarily the music that they make. Like Ronnie Wood in the Stones (up until the early 90s), he was a hired hand who was payed a weekly wage, so that might explain the "not taking the group seriously" part. Given his known apathy, it was Willsteed who make 16LL what it is, as well as Amanda's string arrangements. And the 16LL demos strongly reflect that. As for Willsteed being sexy, well... | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1275 Registered: 03-2006 |
I can't get past the fact that JW is, basically, a genius guitar player - the difference between the 16LL demos and the final product attests to his contribution to that record. It is a stark and amazing contrast. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 175 Registered: 08-2006 |
Interestingly, I think JW also received cover-design credit on 16 LL. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1033 Registered: 04-2005 |
Guess that's what explains why he was on the front cover instead of RF, huh? |