With the visibility a rock star receives, it’s no wonder there’s always been a relationship between the worlds of fashion and rock. In the mid-’70’s, when androgyny became a fashion statement, rock and roll was at the cutting edge of the movement and vice versa. Some, like David Bowie and Boy George, wrote explicit lyrics about bending gender lines. Others could take a seemingly neutral song and make it sound like something else based on their image (Tommy Shondelle vs. Joan Jett singing “Crimson and Clover”). This playlist contains some examples of both the in-your-face challenges to sex…entire summary
With the visibility a rock star receives, it’s no wonder there’s always been a relationship between the worlds of fashion and rock. In the mid-’70’s, when androgyny became a fashion statement, rock and roll was at the cutting edge of the movement and vice versa. Some, like David Bowie and Boy George, wrote explicit lyrics about bending gender lines. Others could take a seemingly neutral song and make it sound like something else based on their image (Tommy Shondelle vs. Joan Jett singing “Crimson and Clover”). This playlist contains some examples of both the in-your-face challenges to sexual norms as well as the more subtle lyrical winks by a list of artists that are known for their androgynous fashion statements. In whatever form, anything goes...
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