Go Rockstars

I've been catching tidbits of some pretty crap shows recently. I like to have noise in the flat and when I don't feel like having a CD on, I toss the TV on and hope for the best. But after shows like Rockstar INXS, NZ Idol, some show where Gene Simmons is telling little kids how to rock out, etc, I realised a very important quality of successful musicians - it's all about sex.

Or at least, it's all about being sexy. I would try and put up some examples, but I fear it would expose the limited and dated amount of music videos I see here, so just think about any music video that comes to mind. I can think of a couple that are more angry than sexy, but they still incorporate a different kind of "mean and angry sexy". And yes, that's a technical term.

My new idea is that we should have a person who is a phenomenal singer, but not obviously male or female. Like, at first, the song should be on the radio for ages, then another one (and naturally this singer must be a success). Then, when the video came out, everyone would think, "Wait, is that a guy or a girl?" Which basically means, which of my friends and I are to think this person is attractive? Who is to lust after him/her? Give me some direction!

Also, I don't think it should be blatant enough to be a gender bending "Statement", because that puts all these political pressures on it. Maybe it would just be vague enough that it would be like a real life Pat from SNL situation. No one wants to ask the biggest rockstar of the day what he or she is packing in the pants. It would change the concept of successful musicians today... for like two and a half seconds until some paparazzi found the singer out of costume and ruin it all and change the whole point. But still...

SIDENOTE: This reminds me of when I (probably shouldn't have at my conservative Catholic high school, but did anyway) taught my students what ambiguous meant based on the Ambiguously Gay Duo of SNL. They didn't know what it meant. They assumed it meant "really obvious" or something because of the way it was done. They were laughing and they didn't even know why.