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Beret Rockers

Edgy DC Aug 02 2011 08:27 AM

Martin Briley: Bob Welch: Dion: Skunk Baxter Sam Kinison Richard Thompson Barry Sadler

Edgy DC Aug 02 2011 08:28 AM Re: Beret Rockers

And the original:

metirish Aug 02 2011 08:29 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Famous in Ireland at least(and Irish taverns the world over)

DocTee Aug 02 2011 08:41 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Don't forget Fred "Rerun" Berry...and Kim Wilson of The Fabulous Thunderbirds. (Or Prince and his Raspberry Beret)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 02 2011 08:45 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Paul Collins: Jersey Shore guys tended toward Beretism before becoming Bandanamen

Edgy DC Aug 02 2011 09:05 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Kim Wilson and Paul Collins. Both excellent. I couldn't find any of Nils Lofgren. Jersey Shore guys also all wen through a pimp hat period. Mick Jones:

Edgy DC Aug 02 2011 09:07 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Kim Wilson:

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 02 2011 09:10 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Pat DiNizio, although he'd also qualify for the Fedora Rockers.

Edgy DC Aug 02 2011 09:16 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Yeah, it's funny when you see guys like Briley and Lofgren and (at least then) Mick Jones with perfectly cromulent (even cool) heads of hair so badly in need of an affectation that they lump themselves in with these guys hiding the obvious. Deborah Harry: Carlos Santana showing true commitment to the cause, rocking the beret while wearing a tee-shirt in honor of a guy rocking the beret:

metirish Aug 02 2011 09:17 AM Re: Beret Rockers

It seems Prince didn't wear a raspberry beret.

RealityChuck Aug 02 2011 09:23 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Tom Paxton

Edgy DC Aug 02 2011 09:34 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Janet's not above a little paramilitary action among her frequent makeovers: When you're 20 years old and on top of the world, you can wear anything you want to, dear, but not until you get out on stage and rock in that thing, can you be part of the team: Speaking of blondies, Bob Welch wasn't the only Fleetwood Macker to do his thing in a beret, but Stevie's versions were these voluminous things that doubled as hair nets. Three qualifiers, though (and I'm looking at you ladies skirting the rules with your fashionable flirty lids): [list=1][*]Stepping out on the town and/or doing photo spreads is one thing (two things actually), but if you aren't actually taking the stage on occasion in your Guevara-ware, you're not a beret rocker.[/*:m] [*]If there is any more than the merest hint of a brim on your headpiece, it's not a beret.[/*:m] [*]If there's not the tell-tale apple stem on top, you're just not in uniform.[/*:m][/list:o]

seawolf17 Aug 02 2011 09:50 AM Re: Beret Rockers

That's a knit cap on Taylor Swift, not a beret.

Edgy DC Aug 02 2011 09:56 AM Re: Beret Rockers

I disagree at the notion that a woolen knitwear cannot constitute a beret, but I support in general the challenge to that photo. Despite the photo being described as a Ms. Swift in a beret, there is no seam delineating a flat top panel, and no evidence telltale apple stem. And as previously stated, if she doesn't rock in a beret, she's not a beret rocker. The French have their standards.

Edgy DC Aug 02 2011 10:31 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Hello, my name is Brian Eno.

Gwreck Aug 02 2011 11:03 AM Re: Beret Rockers

metirish wrote: It seems Prince didn't wear a raspberry beret. He's singing about the girl who wore the raspberry beret, not himself

metirish Aug 02 2011 11:22 AM Re: Beret Rockers

Gwreck wrote: metirish wrote: It seems Prince didn't wear a raspberry beret. He's singing about the girl who wore the raspberry beret, not himself yeah I know , a play on words is all. certain I have seen Van Morrison in a beret but can't find proof.

Frayed Knot Aug 02 2011 12:37 PM Re: Beret Rockers

Edgy DC wrote: Hello, my name is Brian Eno. " ... and most of my appearances these days aren't on stage but rather in crossword puzzles"