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August 2, 2006

The Bitch Is The New Black

Cranky old bitch Elton John -- sorry, Sir Elton John -- says American rock bands need to dress more like Mark Bolan. He tells Fashion Rocks Magazine:

"It's been a thing the British have always been very good at, with Bowie, myself, T.Rex, the Who, Queen. ... We all embraced that side of it. .... So when you get groups like The Killers and Scissor Sisters who come along, it's thrilling. I'm so over the tattoos and the T-shirts and rings through the noses. It's not pretty, it's not pleasant, it's not exciting. Please stop it now."
Silly Elton. Imagine if Audioslave dressed like this:

Actually, I take it back. That would be fucking awesome.

Posted at 11:05 AM
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That's awesome.

Posted by: Van at 08/02/06 11:24 AM  | Reply
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Isn't the only thing that Audioslave has going for them is Tom Morello's Angus Young schoolboy outfit homage? I'd say they'd be taking a risk in losing that one thing they have going by incorporating some gold lame and glitter into their collective ensemble.

Posted by: christopher at 08/02/06 11:28 AM  | Reply
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I back him up on the " I'm so over the tattoos and the T-shirts and rings through the noses." but the duck costume? I don't know about that one. Oh, and thanks, scott for finally getting rid of that banner ad with the chick in the underwear. She was getting stale...Now it's flava flav...hopefully NOT in his underpants

Posted by: booboo at 08/02/06 11:33 AM  | Reply
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i prefer my bands to wear just t shirts & jeans.

Posted by: matt at 08/02/06 11:59 AM  | Reply
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Ha! Of course he has to promote Scissor Sisters at any chance he gets 'coz he collaborated with them for their new album. And has Elton seen how The Killers look lately? Unless he thinks that looking like mountain people can also be considered as paying a tribute to Marc Bolan then we could expect him to take back what he said.

Posted by: finn at 08/02/06 12:46 PM  | Reply
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LOL

Posted by: DudeAsinCool at 08/02/06 12:47 PM  | Reply
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LOL

Posted by: DudeAsinCool at 08/02/06 12:49 PM  | Reply
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sir elton is such a fag.

Posted by: godzilla thread killah at 08/02/06 1:07 PM  | Reply
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music is about music not about the way you fucking dress.

Posted by: bryan at 08/02/06 2:46 PM  | Reply
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I thougt music was about selling cars.

Posted by: the billionaire at 08/02/06 3:21 PM  | Reply
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Music is about music and fashion is about fashion.
If they wear it, we're entitled to criticize it. And you're entitled to cry about it.

Posted by: Patrik at 08/02/06 3:46 PM  | Reply
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Music is just about music only if you're ugly and fat.

Posted by: christian at 08/02/06 5:55 PM  | Reply
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Do these bands need to start wearing wigs after being bald for twenty five years too? Or is that just Elton?

Posted by: Stephen at 08/02/06 6:10 PM  | Reply
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I think he has a point, although honestly it's basically a matter of personal opinion. I love the glam rock look, and it seems to be catching on pretty well. Plus until lately The Killers had amazing fashion sense. Even now I think they really stand out from the traditional rock star look, so I think Elton would approve.

Posted by: Jamie at 08/02/06 11:49 PM  | Reply
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Elton:
I said I wanted you to FUCK me, not Duck me!

Posted by: Elton said at 08/03/06 11:12 AM  | Reply
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Elton John is actually the coolest.

Posted by: Kevin at 08/08/06 8:11 PM  | Reply
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Did Tina Fey plagiarize you? She just endorsed Hilary Clinton saying "Bitch is the new Black." I thought it was so funny I even made a t-shirt

http://www.jumptees.com

Posted by: Jumptees at 02/24/08 6:40 PM  | Reply
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