Can appearances can be deceptive?

Freebase Dali · 05-15-2012, 06:05 PM

Music and clothing don't really hold any sort of parallel to me. Maybe it's a side-effect of being an adult.. I don't know. When I was a teen I was what people would term a "skater kid", which was mostly about the skater sub-culture aspect at the time, and we all listened to mostly Punk, but we definitely didn't go around sporting mohawks and wearing leather. It was more practical to be a skateboarder with baggy jeans, skate shoes and old tee shirts with the sleeves cut off.

Now, I'm just a normal adult who wears ordinary, comfortable clothing. Whether some of the tastes I held when I was a teen carried over, it's nothing to do with music taste I had, nor the tastes I have now. I don't see a need for there to be a parallel at all.

jackhammer · 05-15-2012, 06:48 PM

I still dress like a metalhead generally but I always have loved T shirts anyhow and wear them all year round and with the crappy weather we have over here ATM I am always in my leather jacket. I always wear skater type trainers because the designs are better than ordinary trainers and I find them far more comfortable with the wider fitting so people are surprised when I talk about other types of music or actually have an opinion on other subjects outside of music. It does mean that people probably see me in a certain way but I just find jeans, t-shirts and trainers more comfortable so it may not be who I really am but I have zero fashion sense anyhow so balls to it.

It's kind nice to confound people's expectations once they get talking to me.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-15-2012, 06:51 PM

For me basically everyone gets shocked when I tell them what I listen to. As a teen I dressed quite skankily but was always considered a 'brain'. I would tell someone that I was listening to heavy metal and alternative and their mouths dropped. These days I wear tight fitting but classy clothes for work and street/chic everywhere else. With that and my blonde hair everyone assumes I'm a ditz and would be a top40 girl. If they do bother to ask I explain my large variety of music tastes and surprise surprise they are amazed.

bob. · 05-15-2012, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I still dress like a metalhead generally but I always have loved T shirts anyhow and wear them all year round and with the crappy weather we have over here ATM I am always in my leather jacket. I always wear skater type trainers because the designs are better than ordinary trainers and I find them far more comfortable with the wider fitting so people are surprised when I talk about other types of music or actually have an opinion on other subjects outside of music. It does mean that people probably see me in a certain way but I just find jeans, t-shirts and trainers more comfortable so it may not be who I really am but I have zero fashion sense anyhow so balls to it.

It's kind nice to confound people's expectations once they get talking to me.

this is exactly how i dress.....except i primarily wear black slacks, band shirt and black converse

TockTockTock · 05-15-2012, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bam you have aids

who wants to post their picture and get judged by everyone else?

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Give me your best you bastards. (It's my Skype picture, sorry about the small size).

jackhammer · 05-15-2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by bob.

this is exactly how i dress.....except i primarily wear black slacks, band shirt and black converse

Your T shirts are better than mine though!

bob. · 05-15-2012, 08:30 PM

you have a yellow Municipal Waste shirt man!

and in all honesty i don't know about you but i have not changed my look for at least 20 years

jack pat you look interesting and approachable.....and in all honesty judging by that picture you look like you listen to the music you listen to

**Janszoon** · 05-15-2012, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

If I had to guess, I would assume the person would be in a very sharp-looking modern suit, who had run a mile near a chain-linked fence whereby he had been shot at through this fence by children with paintball guns.

And after that s/he would have a tickle fight with what I'm imagining to be a Bengal tiger...is how I imagine they would look.

Oh and maybe square-framed glasses and what appear to be an attempt at mutton chops.

Oh, I guess I do dress in accordance with my tastes then!

TheBig3 · 05-16-2012, 08:26 AM

See, now where are those photos in the MPG?

Rice · 05-16-2012, 09:03 AM

People judge what a person is like or what they are into, a lot by the clothes they wear. For me though, the way I am kind of reflects the music I am into.

05-15-2012, 06:48 PM	#22 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I still dress like a metalhead generally but I always have loved T shirts anyhow and wear them all year round and with the crappy weather we have over here ATM I am always in my leather jacket. I always wear skater type trainers because the designs are better than ordinary trainers and I find them far more comfortable with the wider fitting so people are surprised when I talk about other types of music or actually have an opinion on other subjects outside of music. It does mean that people probably see me in a certain way but I just find jeans, t-shirts and trainers more comfortable so it may not be who I really am but I have zero fashion sense anyhow so balls to it. It's kind nice to confound people's expectations once they get talking to me. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

05-15-2012, 06:51 PM	#23 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,181	For me basically everyone gets shocked when I tell them what I listen to. As a teen I dressed quite skankily but was always considered a 'brain'. I would tell someone that I was listening to heavy metal and alternative and their mouths dropped. These days I wear tight fitting but classy clothes for work and street/chic everywhere else. With that and my blonde hair everyone assumes I'm a ditz and would be a top40 girl. If they do bother to ask I explain my large variety of music tastes and surprise surprise they are amazed. __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

05-15-2012, 08:30 PM	#27 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	you have a yellow Municipal Waste shirt man! and in all honesty i don't know about you but i have not changed my look for at least 20 years jack pat you look interesting and approachable.....and in all honesty judging by that picture you look like you listen to the music you listen to __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

05-16-2012, 08:26 AM	#29 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	See, now where are those photos in the MPG? __________________ I've moved to a new address

05-16-2012, 09:03 AM	#30 (permalink)
Rice Groupie Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Posts: 47	People judge what a person is like or what they are into, a lot by the clothes they wear. For me though, the way I am kind of reflects the music I am into. __________________ Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, then it will live its life thinking that it is stupid.

05-15-2012, 06:05 PM	#21 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Music and clothing don't really hold any sort of parallel to me. Maybe it's a side-effect of being an adult.. I don't know. When I was a teen I was what people would term a "skater kid", which was mostly about the skater sub-culture aspect at the time, and we all listened to mostly Punk, but we definitely didn't go around sporting mohawks and wearing leather. It was more practical to be a skateboarder with baggy jeans, skate shoes and old tee shirts with the sleeves cut off. Now, I'm just a normal adult who wears ordinary, comfortable clothing. Whether some of the tastes I held when I was a teen carried over, it's nothing to do with music taste I had, nor the tastes I have now. I don't see a need for there to be a parallel at all.