Re-live your rock and roll crushes here.

[darkstar]

For me, Linda Rondstadt was a the perfect combination of a hear-melting and loin-revving. At an outdoor festival show in 74 or 75, a buddy and I were playing frisbee over at the edge of the audience area. She was walking on the far side of a low fence toward back stage with some cut-off jeans and a t-shirt look happening. We saw her and yelled hi and she motioned for me to throw her the disc. I did. She caught it, I think, but threw back poorly, ran towards us to get it, threw poorly again, and then walked the up to the fence and handed it back too me, all girlish and embarrassed. I about died.

View this to see what I mean--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr9vKWLgZzo&feature=related

Give us your crushes here. Close brushes will only serve to make them more mouth-watering....

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Karen O rates pretty high...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3zPbBMbnjI

[darkstar]

5. Don't get enough of KO in that overtly corporate

video....:rofl:

She's hot in that majorette outfit, fer sure....

[Manifestor_of_Light]

31. How gross!!

Jeebus I had to turn it off.

I CAN'T STAND TO LOOK AT A DEAD DOG, DAMMIT!!! :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

I LOVE DOGS!

[driver8]

51. The Wilson sisters from Heart, for starters...

They were so hot on the cover of "Little Queen"




Also:

Chrissie Hynde



Sheryl Crow



Susanna Hoffs



Pat Benatar



Leslie Feist

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[LynneSin]

2. Robert Plant

.....sigh.....

[darkstar]

6. Who didn't crush on that hair, right?

And rocking is one thing, but on the chair for the acoustic numbers....

Hawwwwwt....

[Skittles]

34. when I was a very young girl I thought he looked awesome

now I'm an old lady and he looks like.....an old lady :o

[LynneSin]

49. I hate to say it but he got better looking as he aged

but around late 90s it started going down hill again

But I still adore him

[corporatemedia]

3. The Pearl...

[darkstar]

7. That tough exterior to hide the

vulnerable kid inside. Yeah. And still the greatest rock and roll swagger, attitude and DIY fashion.

[KitchenWitch]

17. Bonus

Nipple pix!

[darkstar]

19. pu puh puh puh pev

:hi:

[KitchenWitch]

21. You sound so surprised...

:D

[Miss Carly]

4. I have 2 of them....

Tesla....especially Brian Wheat, the guy in the black polka dot shirt yummmmmmmmmmmy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyWmgEke2aM&feature=related

Steven Adler, first drummer for Guns N Roses...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKYRZSAdwGg

Carly

[darkstar]

9. That Wheat dude *is* good looking...

Reminded me of this pary-down long-haired soccer-playing friend of mine from H.S./college who the ladies adored *at my expense*!!!

Hate him for that.

:hi:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

32. Wheat gets extra points for the Paul McCartney Hofner bass.

Excellent.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

8. Marc Bolan!!!

Oh my gosh, to be 14 again. He was all over my bedroom walls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylww2dOW7fg&feature=related

[darkstar]

10. Even moreso than Bowie or Frampton,

he is authentically androgynous. Handsome and pretty to boot. And sweaty. Great crush, I'd say.

:hi:

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

12. yes, yup, mmmmmm

I'm just a jeepster for your lovvvvvvvveee....

Thanks! :hi:

[datasuspect]

42. wear a tall hat like a druid in the old days

!!!!!

[MorningGlow]

11. I miss this guy

Very much.

[darkstar]

14. Love, lovely eyes...and spirit....

Are you a big reader? When I was younger, the girls that liked George were the novel-reading poetry types. That made him even more intriguing, i.e., the mysterious older girls liked him and there was some quiet power there....

:hi:

[MorningGlow]

40. You guessed it!

I've been a big reader all my life, and now I'm a professional writer. He certainly was mysterious, which was a big draw, and very soulful and spiritual, which was an even bigger draw. In fact, it was because of George's interest in Hinduism that I started studying "those other beliefs" (I went to Catholic school--gaah). Now I'm a witch/pagan. Thanks, George! :evilgrin:

[Cabcere]

27. Me too.

:( I was just getting into The Beatles when he died (yeah, I know, but in my defense I was born in the late 80s), and I vividly remember finding out in French class that day. :( I remember what I was wearing, and what the weather was like (cold and rainy), and that I was very sad.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

33. I was in the thrall of a three-headed Sex God.

The names of the heads were John, Paul and George........:toast:

R.I.P. John Winston Ono and George.

[MorningGlow]

41. Oh, I was the same way

I was born when they were in their heyday, and they broke up when I was in kindergarten, so I wasn't the target market, but I still found them. Although...my first exposure to the Beatles was seeing the road show of Beatlemania!
:rofl:

I had become a huge Beatlemaniac (the real ones, that is) just before John was killed. I remember waking up to the clock radio and hearing a bunch of Beatles songs in a row, especially "In My Life". With my eyes still closed, I started smiling, thinking there was some sort of special day for the Beatles on the radio or something, when the DJ came on and intoned, "The death of John Lennon..."

I thought I was having a nightmare. The rest of the day was a blur (literally--spent the day crying in school with my fellow Beatlemaniac friends). :(

[DarkTirade]

46. Weird... I found out in French class that day too.

And I remember what I was wearing... because I was wearing a Beatles t-shirt.

[Cabcere]

58. That French classroom was not a good place for me.

Not only was it taught by quite possibly the most boring man alive (a nice enough guy, but good grief, that man could put you to sleep inside of five minutes - and actually did so to the assistant principal when she came to visit the class once! but that's another story), but it was also where I was when I heard the news about the first plane crashing into the World Trade Center on 9/11/01. :(

[MissMillie]

45. he's my favorite Beatle

:loveya:

[DarkTirade]

47. If I'd been born 20 years before I was, then I woulda been torn between him and John.

:)

[Robeson]

13. Well, it's not a sexual crush, but certainly a man-crush...

...

[darkstar]

16. He's charismatic, to be sure

Riveting live. I saw him in late 70's a was transfixed from pretty far back in the auditorium.

[LeftyFingerPop]

15. Mancrush....

Phillip Chapman Lesh

[darkstar]

18. Good...that means you'll be leaving this one alone...

[LeftyFingerPop]

20. Yeah....I never went for the

"pretty boy" guitar heroes. :rofl: :rofl: :thumbsup:

[darkstar]

22. And don't think about starting now...

Honey...pull up your Daisy Dukes and make sure Uncle Jerry gets to the car....we're leaving....

:hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

25. Why am I always responsible for Uncle Jerry?

He's over at the corner table, scarfing down some key lime pie and Jolt Cola, and he's going to yell at me if I interrupt him.

And you are my hero if you know what I am referring to. :rofl:

[darkstar]

26. I live to disappoint....

but I still want to be your hero....

I simply do not know. Anything.

[LeftyMom]

23. I'm not allowed to since the papers got served.

*sigh*

[darkstar]

24. Even after all those years of aversion therapy?

:hi:

[Kat45]

28. WHwn I was in seventh grade, Jim Morrison.

[Cabcere]

29. Oh man...I have so many, lol.

:P And all of them are at least old enough to be my father, if not my grandfather! *sigh* Honestly, sometimes I think I was born about thirty years too late. :P

The Beatles (okay, mostly George & Ringo...Paul was cute, too, and I know I'm going to get flamed for this, but I was never really a big fan of John. :hide: Sure, he was a genius and all, but something about him just rubbed me the wrong way.) :shrug:



Roger Daltrey


and John Entwistle


Syd Barrett


David Gilmour


Roger Waters


...and there are about a brazillion more, but that's all I'm going to post for now. :)

[Skittles]

30. I crushed on Mick Taylor

yes INDEED

[BulletproofLandshark]

35. Shirley Manson

Yummy

[DarkTirade]

48. Yeah, but her music is Garbage.

... I had to go there. :P

[driver8]

52. She is yummy...

I love Shirley Manson.

My kind of woman!!

[KatyMan]

36. Sussanah Hofs and Natalie Merchant

I wasn't a youngster so I guess you couldn't call it a crush (ok, you could...) but these two ladies always pushed my buttons :)

[taterguy]

37. Everyone who sees Syd Straw live falls in love with her

I saw her with the Golden Palominos at Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill back in 1987. I was less than 100 feet from the stage and mesmerized the entire time.

She's one of the only performers I know of that can say: "How y'all doing tonight?", and have everyone in the audience think that she really would like to know how you're doing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJajD3zuUKM

[driver8]

54. I saw Syd Straw at McCabe's in Santa Monica in 1992.

I was about 15 feet away from her.

She is definitely on my "crush list."

[SalmonChantedEvening]

38. Melanie *sigh*

Just plain omg unf

Petula Clark when I was real young (7 or 8)

Pat Benatar

The Wilson Sisters

Chaka Khan, love me now or I'll go crazy.

[asteroid2003QQ47]

39. I hear ya.

[KG]

43. crushing on Linda Rondstadt was easy after the 'Hasten Down the Wind' album cover...

[DarkTirade]

44. Amy Lee

Powerful voice, interesting style, and pretty face. Good combo. :)




Oh, and Mana from Malice Mizer and Mois dix Moix.

[Rhythm]

66. Yeah... Amy Lee's got a great voice... and those EYES...

almost disturbing.

[DarkTirade]

68. It's the contrast that really brings it out... dark hair with really pale eyes.

I dated a girl who was a fair-skinned redhead with dark brown eyes (half jewish, half irish), and that contrast really stood out with her too. :P

[Rhythm]

69. always been a weakness of mine... and it's what i noticed first about Oktoberain

:swoon:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

50. Susanna Hoffs and "the eyes"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYe53YwErGM

I have a friend who claims that he knew her at U.C. Berkeley. She wandered around the dorms, looking for anyone who might be smoking weed, and would invariably stick her head in the door and say something like "Hey guys, what's happening..."

The fact that she can now afford all the weed she wants doesn't necessarily mean she's given up the search for freebies.

:rofl:

[geardaddy]

53. Wendy O. Williams

[kwassa]

55. A man of taste and refinement!

[geardaddy]

59. Yup!

lol

[kwassa]

56. Grace Slick

[Texasgal]

57. Eddie Van Halen

before he got all sickly looking!

[ronnykmarshall]

60. Peter Frampton

:loveya:

[gmoney]

61. Paula Pierce and the Pandoras

They were the Pandoras, but Paula (blond standing) was the lead singer and guitarist and it seemed the other members came and went.

Back in college, I saw them play at a club in Columbus where two of them wore essentially see-thru tops... I have photos someplace. After the show, I helped them load their gear into their van and they half-jokingly invited me to come along and be their roadie for the rest of the tour. Today I realize what an absolute moron I was for not jumping at the chance...

[Tikki]

65. Great band....

Love the Pandoras....the band played out here in So Cal with bands like The Unclaimed and Rik L Rik.

Paula Pierce RIP


Tikki

[abq e streeter]

62. Ronnie Spector of the Ronnettes ( not showing my age, am I?)

Close brushes include Bonnie Raitt ( I was hung over and kinda blew it) , and the Dixie Chicks before they were famous ( mainly the one later replaced by Natalie Maines). BTW, both Bonnie , and the Chicks were the nicest , most down to earth people you'd ever want to meet...

[Tikki]

63. Saxophonist Steve Berlin.....

...he plays saxophone with Los Lobos, does much session work and is a music producer and all. I greatly admire him .


http://canada.com.dose.ca/topics/entertainment/music/story.html?id=5e7f4143-a29a-42ae-9cb1-a7fa41a1246a


The one time I was actually standing next to him at a food booth at the County Fair I froze up and
just stood there staring. Mr. Tikki said I looked like I was going to pass out.


Tikki
ps when I was a kid I kinda had a crush on Ringo..

[kwassa]

67. Los Lobos is a great band.

and I saw Ringo and his wife walking down the street one day in L.A.

Had no crush, though.

[pink-o]

64. John Fogerty

I was agog for him in 1970 when I was 15 and a freshman in high school. I think it was the voice more than anything--listening to "Long as I can see the Light" was a total eargasm.

And since I lived in the Bay Area, my friend and I used to hang out in Berkeley hoping to run into Creedence. Never happened: instead we got to talking to radical college students who helped us cement our liberal leanings into what we feel now in our 50s.

But here's something: I eventually did meet him! I was working for a different airline than the one I'm at now in 1990, and the flight was a mess--oversold, people coming at me from all sides wanting different seats, delays--IOW, just another day at work! Then, in the middle of the chaos, up comes this man and asks me if I've cleared standby passengers yet. I was ready to let out a loud, sarcastic laugh--then I just froze. The man looked the same as he did 20 years previous, and I was once again 15 with a Creedence poster on my closet door. I took refuge from complete freak-out by just being professional and telling him it didn't look like I'd be able to accomodate him. Outside, I kept a perfect facade. Inside, I was falling apart.

Amazing that despite David Bowie's admonishment, you never really grow up and out of it, eh????

[hellbound-liberal]

70. Linda Ronstadt, "That'll be the Day"!

I'd love to have given her some "turtle-dovin"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTZjUOXbXsw

I'll also go along with Ann Wilson of Heart, "Magic Man"
Still sends shivers up my spine after all these years!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoZUQ0QC19c

[speedoo]

71. Sylvia (of Mickey and Sylvia)...

Love is Strange...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mXv0eHIqSgM

Not so much a crush as a huge part of my sexual awakening. I was maybe 14 when I saw her at an Alan Freed Rock and Roll show. Her sensual dance with Mickey was tame by today's standards but she hit my innocent sexual psyche like a ton of bricks.

[matcom]

72. Lita Ford

I wanted to have her baby