MacDaddy Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 1 hour ago, Jackroadkill said: and who cares what the bass player looked like anyway?! 😢 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt4ever Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 1 hour ago, police squad said: I don't want to jinx it by saying who it is but originals Oooooo nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 3 hours ago, Happy Jack said: Bizarrely enough I had a leaflet through the door this week saying I could still have good sex at 67. Which was nice. Because I live at no.78 so I won't have far to walk afterwards. Boom Boom 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Surely the best tweakment to have before an audition is to prepare and have a positive attitude. Or is that just me showing my age? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 It's a very interesting topic . I look on this from a background of mainly heavy metal / head banging gigs over the years.. For example , a friend and I were at a Diamond Head gig at the Borderline back n the mid '90s. My friend says " there's Glenn Hughes " . Yes the super talented bassist/ vocalist/ druggie . He is smaller than us , and all I saw was a fairly unkempt guy with a large bald patch on the top of his head . We saw him play a few gigs headlining and supporting other bands and him and his band rocked. Looked the ultimate aging rock star from a distance ...but we know what he looks like in real life . Then of course there's Ozzy Ozbourne . I've seen pics of him recently without the makeup and tbh he looks more like Donald trump. There is a minorish guitar god , Michael Angelo Batio who still seems to have a full head of jet black hair . He's getting on a bit , but the hair dye seems to suit him . You can tell he's getting on facially though . Then there's Alice Cooper . Not sure what he looks like without the makeup,, but he looks fine imho . A bit like Colleen Nolan . The trouble with Botox ( allegedly ) , is that if you start doing it, you have to keep it up. The trouble I find with us ordinary folk , is that the bags below the eyes resembling more baggage than Heathrow Airport is the worst about ageing facially . Good luck to you if you can pull it off . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 12 hours ago, Skybone said: Surely the best tweakment to have before an audition is to prepare and have a positive attitude. Or is that just me showing my age? my God, I am preparing so hard for this. I'm up at 5.30am today, and I think I've nailed the first verse lyrics I have 2 songs to learn and routines too. I know the songs but some of the words, the way they meter and fit together. Very well written songs. There's no room for the words on an ipad here. They must be learnt well. Still quite bruised from the fillers😅 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) . Edited August 24 by SH73 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 1 hour ago, police squad said: my God, I am preparing so hard for this. I'm up at 5.30am today, and I think I've nailed the first verse lyrics I have 2 songs to learn and routines too. I know the songs but some of the words, the way they meter and fit together. Very well written songs. There's no room for the words on an ipad here. They must be learnt well. Still quite bruised from the fillers😅 Routines? You joining Take That? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 2 hours ago, police squad said: my God, I am preparing so hard for this. I'm up at 5.30am today, and I think I've nailed the first verse lyrics I have 2 songs to learn and routines too. I know the songs but some of the words, the way they meter and fit together. Very well written songs. There's no room for the words on an ipad here. They must be learnt well. Still quite bruised from the fillers😅 With the amount of work you’re putting in I really hope you get this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 On 23/08/2024 at 08:59, Steve Browning said: good luck on the big day! And ditto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) On 23/08/2024 at 12:43, Happy Jack said: Bizarrely enough I had a leaflet through the door this week saying I could still have good sex at 67. Which was nice. Because I live at no.78 so I won't have far to walk afterwards. Q: What's the quickest way to turn an ordinary sofa into a sofa-bed? A: Say something like this on a forum of which your missus is a moderator. Edited August 24 by Rich 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Nah, not for me. I'm just me. If me doesn't fit into a band because of me being me, then me doesn't do it. Me will always be happy being me though. However me looks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Hope you get this job, your passion for it comes across and you're clearly leaving no stone unturned! Personally, no... I'm quite against most forms of artificial cosmetic enhancement to be honest. I've got grey/ white hair in my beard and my head hair is getting thinner and lesser daily. I am content to grow old disgracefully, I am happy with a craggy face and a few years back my wife gave up trying to persuade me to buy mens moisturiser. If a band wanted me to dye my hair or even just wear something I wasn't comfortable with I think I'd politely decline. If I felt I wouldn't fit in with a band unless I did x, y, z that I wasn't sure about then I'd probably ask them. When joining my current band, the desert penguins, I noticed the guitarists had black and white guitars, I asked if it was deliberate to have penguin coloured guitars... Luckily they said they'd never meant for it and never noticed, so I was ok using my natural wood stingray. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 The fillers don't dissolve, they just spread out and migrate round the face. It's a no for me. Especailly if it's going to be required on a regular basis. I like the idea of coloured contact lenses, but my eyes are a fairly unique colour anyway. Good luck with the gig, epically after going the extra mile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno1981 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Does Botox come in barrels? I’d need industrial quantities! Not for all the brown m&ms in the world. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 1 hour ago, jonno1981 said: Does Botox come in barrels? I’d need industrial quantities! Not for all the brown m&ms in the world. I took the tiger out with a can of mace…but the shop keeper and his son…that was a different story altogether… I had to beat them to death with their own shoes… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I'm fed up of being treated like a sex object. Watch the fingers, not the face! 😁 Seriously though, it's not something I'd consider doing. Take me as you find me, or leave me there. I don't even have a tattoo and stopped wearing an earring 30 years ago Good luck! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 If I wore a balaclava and sunglasses I might be able to get away with knocking a few years off my age, but I'd come unstuck with the "routines". I'd fall flat on my face within 2 steps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 5 hours ago, chris_b said: If I wore a balaclava and sunglasses I might be able to get away with knocking a few years off my age, but I'd come unstuck with the "routines". I'd fall flat on my face within 2 steps. I think Gary Barlowe can dance better than me!! It's exhausting!! should get the extra weight off though. 2 hours yesterday, still can't quite remember the words but the routine is starting to come together!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 What hair I've got left is grey, mostly white, and my face definitely looks shall we say lived in. I still wear a small ring in my ear and am considering my first tattoo, but cosmetic treatments are not something I'd ever consider. But I'd never tell anyone else not to, so if you think it's for you and it'll help, go for it. Good luck with the audition! 🤞🏻 On 23/08/2024 at 13:07, Jackroadkill said: who cares what the bass player looked like anyway?! ... although you've got to admit that jack has a point 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 4 hours ago, police squad said: I think Gary Barlowe can dance better than me!! It's exhausting!! should get the extra weight off though. 2 hours yesterday, still can't quite remember the words but the routine is starting to come together!! These days Ken Barlow can dance better than me . Well done for persisting . Hope it all goes well , and it pays off . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexBuccaneer Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 On 23/08/2024 at 08:03, police squad said: Here's one for you. Would anyone here go down the these routes to make themselves look a bit better, less haggered, younger.................whatever I have always said no, this is what I look like (pretty good for 56 years old, if I do say so myself) But I have an audition coming up in a few weeks (with a fairly well known group) and have decided to pull out all the stops, in a hope that I get the gig. So I took the plunge, with the help of Mrs PS and her cosmetic genius at a place in Chistlehurst come on then.......................spill the beans No. A flat no. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 On 23/08/2024 at 03:38, Happy Jack said: In similar vein, if you con a bunch of 30-year-olds into accepting a 50-year-old as a band member, how long will it be before (a) the deception is discovered, or (b) you realise how little you actually have in common with those youngsters ... they grew up listening to different music, watching different TV shows, wearing different fashions. I could go all over the place with this one. I'm 70 and all my bandmates are in their 30s. I never mention or bring up anything relative to my generation. I figure at 70 and you can get a woman in her 30s to come within 5 feet of you you're doing good. Lol Daryl 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 A work mates wife does botox and fillers etc and occasionally forces it upon him. To be honest, I think it looks very unnatural. Instead of looking like the healthy 50 year old man he is, he looks like a desperate attempt to look younger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 You don't put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari 😎 Alternatively.... you can't polish a turd... 😶 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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