If you were going to a 'music of your youth' party....

Panama_Jack666

... who would you go as?

Basically, gimmie ideas! I'm quite fat, white and tall. All I can think of is meatloaf... I'd much rather go as someone like Rory Gallagher (Which I might be able to pull of 90's Rory - Rocking the double denim and plaid shirt). Really can't think of any other ideas though.

By the way, I'm sort of still in my youth so I'm using that as an excuse to pick whatever I want. Feel free to post any pictures of you in fancy dress to this thread if you have the balls.

Is it a bad idea to black myself up and go as BB king?

ROOG

I think I would go as the Big 'O', or perhaps Elvis in his later years. I would be pushing the limits of plausibility with both Cliff and Hank Marvin, as I've piled on the pounds of late!

As for the 90's I'm a bit stumped, as a rule most pop stars seem to be almost anorexic.  

CabbageCat

I, like many folk on this board, would probably (and somewhat tragically) make a passable Francis Rossi with no real effort.

Since it's fancy dress you are going to have to pick something distinctive. MC Hammer. Elton John. Vanilla Ice. Pavarotti. Madonna. Anyone from Kiss.

Panama_Jack666

My girlfriend suggested Axl Rose... I think I'm offended.

Panama_Jack666

CabbageCat said:

I, like many folk on this board, would probably (and somewhat tragically) make a passable Francis Rossi with no real effort.

Since it's fancy dress you are going to have to pick something distinctive. MC Hammer. Elton John. Vanilla Ice. Pavarotti. Madonna. Anyone from Kiss.

I like the idea of kiss but it could get pricey. Pavorotti is a good call but I'm not that fat... I reckon I could pull it off though! Elvis is also a good call... I'm researching now!

ROOG

CabbageCat said:

I, like many folk on this board, would probably (and somewhat tragically) make a passable Francis Rossi with no real effort.

 

possibly true!

My hair has gone a funny shade of 'light black' :0)  (I'm going to have to aim for the Steve Martin Look)

mike_l

Panama_Jack666 said:

My girlfriend suggested Axl Rose... I think I'm offended.

Did someone shove a beer bottle where the sun don't shine?

Phil_aka_Pip

I don't think I'd go. I didn't look like a rock star then and I still don't.

chillidoggy

I'm going with Meat Loaf, or Rene from Rene and Renato. I used to look like Freddie Mercury but shaved the tache off when he came out of the closet.

Monkeybone

If I still had my Movember tash and an Explorer (used to have a Kramer Imperial, close enough) I'd go as James Hetfield from the Load/Reload era.

EricTheWeary

I went as Hendrix to a rock star party once but refused to black up and no one got it. Actually I thought I had gotten over that horrible memory of my mate Nick's 40th birthday and it turns out he is 50 this year and wants the same bloody theme. He went as Lemmy ( wig, fake tash, leathers, Iron cross,etc)which worked quite well. MrsTheWeary always goes as fat Bjork. I think I'll do some kind of rude boy thing as I have most of the clobber - anybody remember anyone fat in any of the Two Tone bands?Or anybody, apart from Suggs, from any of the Two Tone bands? I'm Roddy Radiation! Who?

drwiddly

Buster Bloodvessel?

Panama_Jack666

drwiddly said:

Buster Bloodvessel?

Buster Hymen?

holnrew

Buster Bloodvessel

frankus

Panama_Jack666 said:

My girlfriend suggested Axl Rose... I think I'm offended.

That's Keith Lemon...

ESBlonde

Rick Wakeman - Tall, plump(ish), wig & cape over a beer stained Tee shirt and jeans. Sorted.

If you can do the sarcastic humour too, the night will be fun, fun, fun.

Cacofonix

What does your youth listen to?

Go as Pavarotti.

IanSavage

Kiss is do-able releatively cheaply, if you can lay hands on the makeup and have someone competent to apply it - to this day I remember spray-painting lengths of garden hose silver and the ingenuity with which I connected them for my Ace Frehley. Shame I can't find any pictures at the start of the evening, only the 'much-worse-for-wear' one from when we got back to the squat...

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/DSCI0116.jpg

 

Personally, these days I reckon I could pull off a pretty convincing Ginger Wildheart.

Panama_Jack666

Rick Wakeman is a good call. I already have the beer stained t shirt and jeans. I'm adverse to buying stuff for fancy dress parties. I resent paying through the roof for a costume and wearing it once.

If I were a woman, my wedding dress would be shite.

Panama_Jack666

IanSavage said:

Kiss is do-able releatively cheaply, if you can lay hands on the makeup and have someone competent to apply it - to this day I remember spray-painting lengths of garden hose silver and the ingenuity with which I connected them for my Ace Frehley. Shame I can't find any pictures at the start of the evening, only the 'much-worse-for-wear' one from when we got back to the squat...

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/DSCI0116.jpg

 

Personally, these days I reckon I could pull off a pretty convincing Ginger Wildheart.

That's cool! My Mrs would certainly be able to apply the make up...

Panama_Jack666

Too funny to not share.