Who was your music idol when you were a teenager?

Robert Smith from The Cure. sorry, can’t link a video at the moment

I don’t know if many people will agree with me on this, but the band My Chemical Romance is pretty awesome.

@Bellatrix I’ve never heard of Marc Bolan.

Marilyn Manson.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes

Yazoo – Situation

Talking about idols…, Billy Idol – White Wedding

Share a link to something they have done that you love if you can. Your favourite track or a performance that sums up why they/he is brilliant.

Haven’t you heard of T Rex @FutureMemory? They are from the 1970s.

@Rebel Frankie Goes to Hollywood, brilliant.

Haven’t heard any Yazoo for ages!

Which is your favourite My Chemical Romance clip @laineybug?

I don’t know how to link so this will have to work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDWgsQhbaqU

“Idol”....that is the operative word here, right? I’ll have to say as a teenager, this was my musical idol (and she was/is a genius): link

For my “crush” idols:

Ah, Macca….who else? link (Thumpety-thump to this day, I have to admit.)

And at pre-pre-teen when I still was chewing Dubble-Bubble…the lesser idols
Two of them in one fell (and Bonne Belle lip smacking swoop)
link

Oh, those shag haircuts and those gleaming smiles…:)

The Flying Burrito Brothers, specifically Graham Parsons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPpnvNlywP8

Black Oak Arkansas (First live concert I ever went to. July 4, 1976. Groves Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC. Aerosmith with Nils Lofgren, BOA, Ruby Starr…)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-eOjitNCdU&feature=related

Bachman Turner Overdrive

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

Jade Puget from AFI was the reason I started playing electric guitar. His songs were the first I ever learned.

Glenn Danzig of the Misfits inspired me to start my first band.

David Byrne of the Talking Heads inspired me to stop making sense.

Robert Smith is God.

Morrissey, of the Smiths, comes in 5th place.

SPICE UP YOUR LIFE!
I still like those girls.

Bon Scott

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30JwQ9XzKjg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmVbn6V0ZNA&feature=related

Gee, from my teens?

Elton John and Queen

I’ve got a thing for naughty showmen ;p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osl7x33Fa3c

All you need is positivity…. @Vunessuh

“I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same.”
Angus Young

@Neizvestnaya and I’m 50 years old and still crank up the stereo for my AC/DC.

Lol I remember him saying that @bkcunningham. Good on him. And we are still listening and loving it.

Joe Strummer. The Clash was The Only Band That Mattered when I was 16.

During high school? I was a music freak- my idols were papered all over my bedroom walls.
Prince
Prince
Prince
Culture Club
Howard Jones
Duran Duran
Wham!
George Michael
Madonna
Aaand….
Janet Jackson

I still think Prince is one of the best lyricists for love songs. @Bellatrix—thanks for the journey into nostalgia!!

Prince

Perry Como

Trent Reznor

Tracy Nelson. She just blew me the fuck away. There isn’t much of her stuff on youtube but here are a couple of things:

Temptation Took Control of Me and I Fell

Down So Low

Maynard Ferguson

Herb Albert

Maurice Andre

Aww some people aren’t sharing links. Show don’t tell people. We want to see these amazing musicians.

Jethro Tull

Gurdaas Maan and Sting

Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and the Stones.

I turned 20 in December, 1966.

In 1967 The Cream and Hendrix released their first albums in the US, and they replaced the heroes from my teenybopper years.

Curt & Roland
Depeche Mode
Bono & the boys

Judith Durham from The Seekers
Barbra Streisand
Dusty Springfield
Cher
Abba

I don’t have time to look for links at the mo. Sorry.

Frank Zappa

Hands down Frank Zappa and still is too!

Billy Idol, Sting, Bono, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Carly Simon, Jack White, John Lennon, Led Zepplin, Kurt Cobain, Ozzy Osbourne, The Police, Travis, Whitesnake, Duran Duran.

What @Cruiser said. This was the track that first got me.

My Chemical Romance!!!!

@Bellatrix GQ

Courtney love, Kurt cobain, ozzy osbourne, marilyn manson

Growing up, I liked Nik Kershaw, a little known but very talented Scottish singer/songwriter of the 1980s. I tried to imitate his hairdo and dress like him. Lol. I don’t even think most people even heard of him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bYs_VfmyR4