Apr 132011
See if you can identify the following rockin’ noses. Yeah, I know, this is a really stupid exercise, but see if you’re not smart enough to master it!
See if you can identify the following rockin’ noses. Yeah, I know, this is a really stupid exercise, but see if you’re not smart enough to master it!
This is going to take a LOT LONGER than you think. All I know is Pete Townsend is in there somewhere. Maybe he’s #1. Oh, and is #2 Dylan? #6 *ought* to be Ray Cooper. #3 is Charlie Watts.
Pete Townshend is 3. Lennon is 4. Ringo is 2.
Who is 6?
TB
OK, this is cute and all, but if I see a “Swingin’ Rock Dicks” feature, I’m leaving.
ALL incorrect. This is going to be really hard, much harder than I initially thought. Sorry.
#4 IS Lennon. Someone’s going to be very sorry if he doesn’t get #6.
Is #3 Roger Waters?
No, but it’s a Friend of the Hall!
Is #2 Leonard Cohen? #1 Syd Barret? # 3 Ben Vaughn?
This is tough. At least with the mouths, you could narrow things down to just Irish bands. And everyone could get point on the board with Shane McGowen.
#5 is easy, it’s the nose YOU chose to be Soul Smeller Number One, Mr. Sneeze Sneeze Sneeze, the Hardest Working Man in Snore Business, James Brown!
I’ll go for Ron Mael of Sparks for #8, for the hint of what might be a Hitler appearing below the nose.
#2 is an Italian nose, not a Jewish one. I can see the confusion.
#1 is a woman’s nose. I know Syd was an eccentric Englishman, but I can’t say you’re warm.
#3 is a Friend of the Hall, but no, it’s not Ben’s nose.
These are way too tough. Have fun guessing. I’ll reveal the noses later and owe you a more manageable Who Is It? thread in the future.
#5 IS the nose of JB! Nice.
#8 is a good guess in that I thought about including his nose in this and that there is some facial hair cropped out. This nose is one of my pet peeves when it comes to both noses and facial hair. I’m realizing how many of my personal quirks regarding my opinions on noses are being expressed here. Sorry.
A few hints:
Mustaches/facial scruff appear beneath noses #8 & 9.
Not many dudes pay attention to the nose of #7.
#2’s nose is a dude’s nose…really.
#1’s nose represents my least-favorite type of nose in the world; her music doesn’t do her any favors either.
Although the nose of #10 is legendary for its capacity over a long period of time, #6’s nose may have gotten as much work in half the years of service.
Oh… I meant Syd Straw, not Syd Barrett.
And I’ve heard it said that an Italian is essentially just a happy Jew so I stand by my guess.
Now that I looked up #2’s real name again he may be of French descent, not Italian.
Nor is it Syd Straw’s nose, but it is still a woman’s nose.
“Not many dudes pay attention to the nose of #7.”
Miss Piggy?
French, eh? Aren’t there a lot of French Canadians? Isn’t Leonard Cohen Canadian? You can keep moving the goal line but I’m sticking with my answer.
Detroit is close to Canada, OK?
Close!
#2 has been haunting me for hours now. Appropriate, as I am now sure it belongs to Alice Cooper. Welcome to his nosehair.
#7 = Meg White’s Nose, which I will admit to not having paid attention to previously.
Correct on both counts!
And now I feel like I’ve started to successfully inhabit Mod’s brain/nose, so I’ll try to close out #3: Martin Newell.
Certainly.
I thought you would have identified #9 by now, and #6 was included specifically HVB. He’s not a member of the Holy Trinity of Rock, but he ranks high on HVB’s list of role models.
Hmmm…. I find Meg White to be somewhat fetching in a rock chick way but I guess I never noticed her nose.
Pete Townshend is 10.
6 is Ron Wood! Or Joe Walsh…I give up. This is too hard!
TB
OK, I’m flipping the cards over on this game, which I learned too late was too rooted in some of my particular nose biases. Thanks for trying. Here are the as-yet-unidentified noses:
#1: Pat Benetar, who possesses the turned-up pixie nose, which has never been my thing.
#6: David Lee Roth. Shame on you, HVB!
#8: Jeff Tweedy, whose generally ill-defined features never fail to get in the way of more fully enjoying what’s good about his music.
#9: Freddie Mercury. For some reason I thought that was an “easy” nose to spot. Again, though, my perceptions were probably clouded by my hang-up with the pixie nose.
#10: Keef. With all the gray tones it’s hard to see the ashes around his nostrils.