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MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts) Mon Sep 3, 2012, 02:48 PM Sep 2012

Middle-aged rockabilly legends who keep their hairstyles STILL look like...

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... badass rebels with a fuck-you attitude.
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Middle-aged punk rockers? Not so much.
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I give you Carl Perkins vs Johnny Rotten:
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Middle-aged rockabilly legends who keep their hairstyles STILL look like... (Original Post) MiddleFingerMom Sep 2012 OP

I like rockabilly. IMO Elvis' rockabilly stuff was his best. nt raccoon Sep 2012 #1

One of the BEST genres for a live bar show is a three-piece rockabilly band... MiddleFingerMom Sep 2012 #4

Both silly looking, imo... We are Devo Sep 2012 #2

I love me some rockabilly but that is one bad rug. nolabear Sep 2012 #3

raccoon

(31,110 posts)

1. I like rockabilly. IMO Elvis' rockabilly stuff was his best. nt

Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 07:21 PM

Sep 2012

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)

4. One of the BEST genres for a live bar show is a three-piece rockabilly band...

Reply to raccoon (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 07:44 PM

Sep 2012

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... stand-up bass mandatory and a minimalist drum kit.
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Although...
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MiddleFingerMom don't dance.
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Unless...
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... you put a ska band up onstage -- LOTSA horns and silly li'l porkpie hats -- then
just STAY OUTTA HIS WAY!!!
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Loves me some live contemporary ska.
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We are Devo

(193 posts)

2. Both silly looking, imo...

Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 07:36 PM

Sep 2012

n/t

nolabear

(41,960 posts)

3. I love me some rockabilly but that is one bad rug.

Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 07:42 PM

Sep 2012

Carl needs to go with the Zen of Bald.

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