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Offline KevShmev

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What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« on: December 04, 2016, 08:29:17 PM »
If social media was around in the 70s, what rock stars do you think would have been all over FB and twitter with updates, interacting with fans, etc.?

Imagine Keith Moon's drunken rants and pictures from his partying! :P

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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2016, 08:39:14 PM »
Does David Lee Roth count? Van Halen had their debut album in 1978 and active since 72.

Diamond Dave would have been all over Twitter and it would have been entertaining.
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2016, 12:31:10 AM »
A somewhat similar thought: If John Lennon was still with us (or other deceased rock stars), how would he have used social media to interact? Would he have embraced it at all?
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2016, 12:46:09 AM »
The douchebags, probably.
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2016, 01:04:39 AM »
Freddie Mercury would've been all about the selfies on Instagram
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2016, 06:52:42 AM »
Alice Cooper for sure. He was everywhere in the 70's.
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Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 10:06:35 AM
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2016, 06:55:23 AM »
If Ozzy could have managed it while "flying high again" then it would've been wonderful.   Live Facebook video update from The Alamo  :metal
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2016, 06:56:42 AM »
Frank Zappa would probably been all over social media
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2016, 06:56:55 AM »
And Kiss too.
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Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 10:06:35 AM
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2016, 07:24:36 AM »
I could see Ted Nugent giving many opinions on subjects in the 70s on social media
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2016, 11:20:21 AM »
Kiss for sure,
Ted Nugent for sure,
Maybe Ann Wilson from Heart
Lindsey Buckingham
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2016, 11:26:20 AM »
Bowie would have been updating his profile pics all the time.
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2016, 11:27:12 AM »
Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple. He's all over Twitter. Almost Shatner-like, which is saying something.  :lol
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2016, 04:16:30 PM »
Can you imagine Keith Moon on Twitter?  The pictures would be amazing!
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2016, 04:19:54 PM »
Quote from: kingshmegland on December 05, 2016, 04:16:30 PM
Can you imagine Keith Moon on Twitter?  The pictures would be amazing!

Vomit, trashed hotel rooms and naked girls!!
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2016, 04:22:02 PM »
I'd like! :lol
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #16 on: December 05, 2016, 05:01:36 PM »
Quote from: Accelerando on December 05, 2016, 01:04:39 AM
Freddie Mercury would've been all about the selfies on Instagram

I doubt it. 
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #17 on: December 05, 2016, 10:30:41 PM »
Quote from: AnybodyListening.net on December 05, 2016, 11:27:12 AM
Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple. He's all over Twitter. Almost Shatner-like, which is saying something.  :lol
He posts like a teenager  :lol

He does a lot of selfies with weird captions
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2016, 09:35:10 AM »
Quote from: SystematicThought on December 05, 2016, 10:30:41 PM
Quote from: AnybodyListening.net on December 05, 2016, 11:27:12 AM
Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple. He's all over Twitter. Almost Shatner-like, which is saying something.  :lol
He posts like a teenager  :lol

He does a lot of selfies with weird captions

It's pretty entertaining for sure.  :corn
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2016, 10:05:23 AM »
Roger Waters would probably have a thing (or a million) to say politically.
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Re: What 70s rock stars would have been social media addicts?
« Reply #20 on: December 06, 2016, 05:26:02 PM »
Quote from: DragonAttack on December 05, 2016, 05:01:36 PM
Quote from: Accelerando on December 05, 2016, 01:04:39 AM
Freddie Mercury would've been all about the selfies on Instagram

I doubt it.

Me too.  When you consider how guarded Freddie was about his private life - heck, he cut one of his best friends out of his life for good when he got close to figuring out he had AIDS - I doubt he would have been a "look at me" social media whore.
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