Famous women musicians now

[stuartmmcfc]

Can you name these icons?

Title should say “now” not “no”, i’m not trying to protest against women singers

[M5-911]

Debbie Harry (Blondie), Viv Albertine (The Slits), Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie and the Banshees), Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders), Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex) and Pauline Black (The Selecter).

[stuartmmcfc]

Either you,ve seen it before or you’re a bit of a music nerd like me!

[M5-911]

stuartmmcfc said:

Either you,ve seen it before or you’re a bit of a music nerd like me!

My wife is the nerd. I've seen this pic before as well.

[gazza285]

I knew them all as well, but I do still listen to a lot of the Punk and New Wave music.

[ZedLeg]

It’s a pretty cool picture

[stuartmmcfc]

Surprisingly, the one I struggled with, when you consider how long I’ve “studied”:earlier pictures of her, was Debbie Harry.

[P5BNij]

stuartmmcfc said:

Can you name these icons?

Title should say “now” not “no”, i’m not trying to protest against women singers

Wot, no Patti Smith?

Debbie and Siouxie were two sides of the same coin for me in my teenage years!

[dontlookdown]

Great pic. Chrissie Hynde and Debbie Harry two of my
lifelong faves. Parallel Lines was the first album I ever bought. On tape, no less. But Chrissie Hynde is the more accomplished musician IMO.

When do we reckon it was taken - early 80s?

[Fiestapop11]

Google Ai got 3 out of 6 which improved on my 2.

[stuartmmcfc]

dontlookdown said:

When do we reckon it was taken - early 80s?

I think late 80s?
The rest were young in their prime but DH was 33ish whenBlondie released Parallel lines and in that photo she looks middle aged (but still attractive)

[Fiestapop11]

dontlookdown said:

Great pic. Chrissie Hynde and Debbie Harry two of my
lifelong faves. Parallel Lines was the first album I ever bought. On tape, no less. But Chrissie Hynde is the more accomplished musician IMO.

When do we reckon it was taken - early 80s?

Seems to have been taken August 1st 1980.

A more relaxed version



Debbie looking more herself

Edited by Fiestapop11 on Sunday 12th March 22:01

[otolith]

Got two of them and should have got three.

[sociopath]

Just Vivs name eluded me, but knew she was from the slits, the rest were obvious to an old bloke like me.

Poly was a big favourite.

[PomBstard]

Great pic. I also missed just Viv Albertine and haven’t seen that picture before. I am, therefore, also an old git

First album I bought was Best of Blondie in 81 and also listened a lot to The Pretenders and Souixie, not so much the other three. Still listen to this and a lot of other female rock/punk/indie stuff.

Wonder who would be in a version of that photo for each decade since…???

[Lotobear]

Gaye Advert and Faye Fife missing from that pic

[Speed Badger]

And Joan Jett

[Fiestapop11]

I was chatting to my friend on the original image and he got 3 but one was Cyndie Lauper. You can probably guess which one....


It's a good guess but it's not right.


Using AI to track this down. August 1980 was a bum choice in hindsight

[Fiestapop11]

This seems to be a good summary of events for this epic post

Thanks stuartmmcfc for this blast from the past






So January 1980 at some London hotel

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Bloody loved Poly and X Ray Spex.

I got them all apart from Debbie Harry! Just doesn't look like her.