The early 90s, a good time to be a wrinkly half-naked old man
Ok, this is kind of a weird topic for a thread but humor me.
It started with me seeing the video for Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box". I was watching the old man walking around in the diaper and I started thinking about Metallica's video for "The Unforgiven" which involves a shirtless old man, and which I think only came out about a year and a half before "Heart Shaped Box". Then from deepest corners of my brain, vague memories of other early 90s videos featuring half-naked old men began to take shape and I started to think "what a weird trend for videos to go through". Of course I can't think of any other examples besides the two I mentioned, but I feel like there were more. Does anyone remember any others? Were half-naked old men really a staple of early 90s videos or am I on crack? Maybe it wasn't just videos, maybe it was album art too or something.
For anyone who wants to watch the two videos I mentioned:
Metallica—"The Unforgiven"
Nirvana—"Heart Shaped Box"
sweet_nothing
12-08-2008 11:07 PM
It's all about sex appeal something those old guys carry.
Wasnt there an old guy in Metallica's Enter Sandman vid?
Janszoon
12-08-2008 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing
(Post 560572)
It's all about sex appeal something those old guys carry.
:laughing:
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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing
(Post 560572)
Wasnt there an old guy in Metallica's Enter Sandman vid?
Holy shit, you're right! And he's shirtless too! I guess Metallica had kind of a fetish for the old men back in the black album era. :laughing:
dac
12-08-2008 11:13 PM
Well in the 'Band T Shirt' business EVERYONE seems to be using pastel colors...
sweet_nothing
12-08-2008 11:16 PM
Holy **** I think you just discovered something big, here's another half naked old man....
Pixies- Debaser
Son of JayJamJah
12-08-2008 11:19 PM
Debaser, my favorite Pixies tune.
Janszoon
12-08-2008 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by JayJamJah
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Debaser, my favorite Pixies tune.
Ah, another one! And the earliest example so far!
Son of JayJamJah
12-08-2008 11:26 PM
Nice Sleuthing Janszoon, keep digging.
Urban Hat€monger ?
12-18-2008 01:54 PM
Hey I found another bare chested wrinkly in the 90s
Janszoon
12-18-2008 02:00 PM
Heh. Man, his vocals are fucking awful in that video.
boo boo
12-19-2008 07:40 AM
I think it's because alt rock and metal bands both have a fascination with things that aren't really aesthetically pleasing to look at.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
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Heh. Man, his vocals are fucking awful in that video.
I don't ever recall Iggy Pop's vocals not being awful.
Janszoon
12-19-2008 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by boo boo
(Post 566323)
I think it's because alt rock and metal bands both have a fascination with things that aren't really aesthetically pleasing to look at.
Good point. But why does it seem like it was prevalent in the early 90s and not now?
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Originally Posted by boo boo
(Post 566323)
I don't ever recall Iggy Pop's vocals not being awful.
