Saturday, July 17, 2010

L.A. Lesson: Music Artist Posters




Do you ever notice some of the pictures of the bands that appear on album covers or concert posters? Some of these band members are posed in different postures and costumes.

Rock band groups are
always displayed in goofy and whimsical settings. Cowboy western music acts always have their cowboy hats and boots strapped on. Death metal and emo bands are always attached to some satanical figure.

Even those alternative rock bands have some sort of flower power background attached to its poses. However, they all have one thing in common, there is always someone with his mouth open and smiling. Rap and Hip-Hop figures never smile and they never have their mouths open. They always appear with a scowl on their face with their tightly closed lips like the emo bands except more people respect rap and hip-hop artists than emo bands. It is as if the world would end if any of the rap folks ever smile. They try to keep their persona as some sort of badass. They all want to demonstrate that they are a tough guy thing, but we all know these wangsters are full of it. They have an unwritten code amongst each other that they have to look hard in order to give credibility to their rap. The reason they do not smile is because they are constipated and need relief. They need some stool softeners.

Until the next lesson, Stay Down.

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