How did a tiny, balding prog rock drummer become one of the biggest pop superstars of the 80s?

How did a tiny, balding prog rock drummer become one of the biggest pop superstars of the 80s?

By popularizing gated drums and writing great hooks

yeah but he was short and balding

So what? Great voice and talent nevertheless.

Looks are not that hugely important when you can actually write GOAT songs. '80s had tons of such examples. Tom Petty looked like a rapist. Ozzy looked like a walking corpse. Yes wrote Owner of the Lonely Heart, but none of them were exactly pussy magnets. And Rob Halford was not only gay, but didn't even have a mullet.

Also, Billy Corgan lost his hair and yet made his most successful record with Smashing Pumpkins in 1995. Didn't look to sexy either.

lol

lots of ugly pop stars before pop music became porno

look at cyndi lauper, meat loaf etc

Cyndi looked pretty decent back in the day

>mfw that is what my hair looks like in real life

He ain't got shit on Sledgehammer though.

Go on..

shave it either slick bald or really short cuz that's not a good look

ugly wasn't right word, how about normal looking

cyndi would never be a pop star today and it's unfortunate, because she could sing and had a lot of charisma and exuded positive energy

the industry would push some autotuned teenage slut instead

But the world doesn't know.

I wear a hat

Gaga

Gaga is usually almost fully covered in all her clothing and accessories. Anyway, she still sells her body

Pic related

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I know Gaga can sing and is talented but let's not pretend that she wasn't a total slut in all her videos

you should go outside sometime

Damn. That sucks, but that's life. You should just own it instead of trying to hide it.

It's hard to "own it". Women don't usually look great with bald heads. Especially me.

Lars Ulrich isn't a prog drummer

>people listen to male musicians for looks
lol

True, but at some point you just have to accept who you are. Who cares if you don't look great. It's who you are. It's not a reflection of who you are as a person. You can shave it or keep it long, but don't hide it.

You're a woman ?

Yeah...

Despite that might sound like an edgy immature tirade to some, what you said is mostly true—and this is sad. I'm no music historian, but anyone can clearly see that after Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and NSync pop idols got so much duller.

Don't get me wrong: sex has always been present in pop music, and helped sell many artists; but at least it was usually paired with some talent. Bowie, Beatles and Rolling Stones weren't total hacks, despite drowning in pussy.

Today major label pop music is much more of an excuse for thinly veiled porn. It's becoming more obvious than ever, with artists indistinguishable from fashion runway models—see Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift is too ugly to be a model though

Just start one of those hair regrowth programs, lots of people suffer from hair loss

>woman
I was gonna say just shave it and work out, but damn

Oh, well that makes it impossible. I recommend killing yourself.

Can you be skinny and look good bald? Or do you have to be jacked

Take a look at Fantano. All your questions will be answered

>with artists indistinguishable from fashion runway models—see Taylor Swift.

not subtle enough, but good attempt

7/10

He's fat though. Not jacked

Some runway models got some ugly ass faces

Taylor doesn't have any striking features, which is the major qualification for being a runway model nowadays. She's just normal pretty.

Wait. So are you saying she doesn't have model proportions? 5'11" and 34-24-32 is literally perfect runway model material.

That's what I think too. Face does not matter in runway modeling

People also tend to have a thing called a face

What do you do if your hairline has receded so far back it looks ridiculous even with a #0 buzzcut

Yep, and also as and said, on the runway the face doesn't matter that much.

And anyway… Are you really calling Taylor Swift butterface? Sure her kisser looks evil, but I'd say she's beautiful by conventional standards. Next to monsters like Meghan Trainor and Grimes she's literally a beauty queen.

Fuck, guys, I want to help you, but this is no place to ask such questions. Go to /fa/ or something

Either get cancer or shave it down with a razor

This thread was about balding men. Why should we not talk about it?

What if you're bald and you don't have the right face shape to pull off baldness

Become a hat man. Get a huge variety of hats.

kill yourself then

Because it's not related to music? I'm just saying that asking for balding advice on Sup Forums is like asking your barber to recommend you GOAT djent.

I think the issue is that you think you should look a certain way and it is weird to you if you don't look that way.

But, believe me, no one will think you look weird bald.

>on the runway the face doesn't matter that much.
But this is nonsense, and the pic he posted is proof. They want memorable, angular faces with remarkable features. Swift has a soft round face. She does not look like a modern model

This is the simple solution but there are lots of places where you shouldn't really wear a hat.

Great post thanks for contributing

My barber dabbles in djent on the side, thank you very much.

Because he wrote good songs. I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums.

most of Sup Forums is awkward, balding shut-ins anyway, so this seems like a good place to talk about it

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Does a receding hairline count as balding if you still have all your hair at the crown

If she can be a model with her height, Taylor definitely can.

I agree with you to an extent: SOME models have angular faces and remarkable features (which often don't even look cute). But that doesn't mean all of them look that way.

At least she would definitely have a go as an actress.

Sky Ferreira is a model because she's a famous musician, and designers like that cross media bullshit. Swift could be a model for similar reasons. But Sky or Taylor without fame wouldn't be anywhere near a runway.

Also, Sky has a much more interesting face than Swift anyways.

Kind of, yeah

Well techically she started modeling back in 2010, before her first LP.

And I think I misunderstood your post . I mean, "uninteresting" faces can actually be desirable for runways, where the models are stripped of any personality. Movies are completely different in this way.

How did the album after THIS fucking album sell platinum?

>cyndi would never be a pop star today
She might if she forced the feminist meme hard enough.
She would have to do the same shtick as that fat "all about that bass" bitch

Shave it and wear wigs.

Because the album after that one had some catchy songs on it and was promoted better.

>In 2009, she was signed to Parlophone,[22] and began finalizing the debut studio album that she says was first begun when she was 14 years old.
It's also worth noting that "modeling" is a vast and varied industry, and we were talking about runway modeling in particular. High fashion models like Abbey Lee Kershaw and Karlie Kloss.

>uninteresting" faces can actually be desirable for runways, where the models are stripped of any personality
This isn't 1986 anymore my friend. Nowadays scouters go out of their way to get women with odd, sometimes even ugly features. It's why you see bucktooth models, freaky albinos, and trannies.

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> This isn't 1986 anymore my friend. Nowadays scouters go out of their way to get women with odd, sometimes even ugly features. It's why you see bucktooth models, freaky albinos, and trannies.

I don't really know, not all models are like that today. Watch any runway show. I agree to a small extent

Fashion models are always anorexic chicks with man-faces
Swimsuit models are usually attractive

Well ok, I guess I was talking about the latter because I didn't know the difference

If Swift was a runway model, she'd be lower tier. One of those who'd have to go to college because she'd be out of a job by the age of 24. Like I said, she's only conventionally beautiful, and there are thousands of Eastern European women who look as good as she does that the industry would rather recruit.

>not wanting to date a starving 6'1" junkie with hairy armpits and a jaw that can chip diamonds
bruh. swimsuit models are overrated

He's a bigger man than you'll ever be

Yo, buzz it short and start rubbing rogaine on that shit. it'll fill in after a few months and nobody will notice as long as you keep it buzzed short.

people like Collins (aging middle class white people) made up a large chunk of the music buying demographic in the 80s, especially once CDs came out. that's why shit like Brothers in Arms sold 30+ million copies.