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What T shirt would you not wear?
I appreciate that many of our T shirt wearing days are possibly behind us, but I have a sneaking fancy many of us may have a sneaky stash of such shirts, hidden away in the depths of our wardrobes, somehow managing to escape the culls inflicted upon our couture by our better halves. Whilst our mantra may be, and have to be, that it dosn't suit an older man to be too thin, I wonder whether these Ts are lying dormant, awaiting a call to arms, or whether they, like ticket stubs are part of the anality called Word man. I was called to muse on this earlier today. Mrs Path has taken up jogging in the mornings, something I have so far mysteriously always been too busy to join her with. However, my wardrobe is raided for appropriate garb on occasion, today being a case in point, it being rainy and not a little chilly. A long sleeved T was sought. In deeply protective mode, I recalled I had but one such item surviving the great wardrobe massacres of 2003 and 2005, a Bob Dylan Dignity tour momento, when I had been witness to his dire performance at the Phoenix. I dug it out, proudly suggesting it could be part of my introduction to her of the works of Bob. To my horror and surprise this was roundly rejected: "I'm not wearing that, I'm not that old!", at a stroke reminding me of our relatively small age difference, 7 years, and how long a lifetime that can seem in popular music. Picking myself up off the floor, I appealed to her need to keep her lower arms warm, but she, quite rightly in fact, retaliated by suggestions that there may be certain bands/artists I too would and could not wear.
So, what T shirt, regardless of circumstance, could you never ever wear?
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Simple
I wouldn't wear the T-shirt of any band I hadn't actually seen live.
Not sure what the logic is.
Never Been much into Band t-shirts..
...but a few years back i went to see Yes and seeing so many guys who'd forced themselves into old t-shirts to prove their loyalty was just wrong - especially the Fragile cover with the world illustration which was given a 3D effect by beer guts.
That has placed a vivid and truly horrible image...
in my mind!
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
are never going to tour, but I love their stuff and I love their t-shirts. I have 3 of them.
I am 39 years of age.
I was at Manchester Uni during the "Madchester" years and swore I'd never be seen in an Inspiral Carpets or James "Sit Down" t-shirts. Never was. Hated the music.
Back in the early days of t'interweb
Prince did some quite innovative stuff for those prepared to put up with his, er, 'works in progress' (see posts passim on quality control).
I forked out for some of this stuff, picking up the Crystal Ball set in a rather fancy round case.
The unusual bit was that occasionally the pocket-sized popster would send out unsolicited stuff for no discernible reason. Somewhere there is a cassette of odd doodlings that I probably played once - but the point of this story is the T-shirt that turned up out of the blue one day that had (and picture your own Prince style spellings/heiroglyphs here):
On the front: *eye* Like Funky Music
and on the back: I *heart* Sex
Now the *heart* does have the word 'safe' in small letters inside, suggesting bedroom responsibility in those Aids-aware times, but from a distance it's not that apparent.
Suffice to say that successive Mrs. Warings have never allowed me out of the house without said T-shirt being demurely covered by a chunky pullover.
The Las
The Las had a T-shirt that had a piccie of a drum kit with the words "Say skin up yer bastards" that I bought at a gig of theirs and wore for a while. I wouldn't wear it now on account of probably ripping it asunder - having developed "big bones" in my advancing years - and for fear of upsetting the in-laws with the turn of phrase imprinted. The best T-shirt display I attended in recent times was the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss concert in Manchester last year where there was nearly 40 years of T-shirt history on proud display, most barely covering 40+ years of beer bellies...and that was just the women.
I feel somehow that Roadies probably have the best T-shirt related stories.
Never one
For denim or t-shirts, unless I'm in extremely hot Florida and there is a Disney character on the front.
Wonder how Comic Relief can claim that the Stella McCartney designed t-shirts are any good when all she has done is take a few well know photos and stuck a red conk on it. Never in a million years. Ditto Frankie Goes To Hollywood garments.
Funny that
My wife is 7 years younger than me too and whenever I recall an old film/band/tv show she always proclaims that she is not old enough to remember yet equally asks me to act my age when i start prancing around the kitchen to the latest new thing on the block - I distinctly remember I was too old to be listening to the Ting Tings.
I have not really been into Music related tee shirts in a big way but was quite proud of my Spike Elvis Costello tee shirt and also the Sun Studios one that I can still proudly wear. I have a much more cool one from Memphis with a skeleton on the back smoking a cigar.
Best one I saw but never got for myself bore the logo 'I am not a gynaecologist but I am willing gto take a look'.
Now if I see any fair maidens jogging in Lichfield how will I recognise Mrs Path and should I run her over?
Eeeeek.....
My original posting was the suggestion of Mrs Path, as in "will you be telling all those old codgers about the day I declined your Dylan shirt?" And so, lo and behold, she was interested and intrigued as to what responses were received, reading over my shoulder as your "kind offer" came in, which, clearly, I will be declining.
God help us both when, as may inevitably happen on some day hence, Mrs Path and Mrs Turner meet............
never put on a t shirt
at the gig
that you have just bought at that gig
naff in the extreme
I'd go further
I'd go furher and say "never wear a t-shirt from a band whose gig you're at". That's just naff, isn't it?
On topic, the only t-shirt of mine that I won't wear any more is a 'purple meanie' one that my kids bought me some years ago. (In fact it may even have gone to Oxfam recently.)
There's something horribly undignified about a 40+ year old bloke sporting cartoon characters on any item of clothing, most particularly ties. What possesses anyone to think that coupling a Disney tie with a business suit makes them look anything other than a complete and utter tool?
Much too portly for tees
nowadays. I quite like a suit worn casually for concerts these days (you can tell I don't frequent the Metallica moshpit!).
I can no longer wear this:
because (a) too many bloody people think it refers to the musical, and
(b) it's just a bit loud. I only wear it in bed. In fact, I'm wearing it now. Night night.
I wouldn't wear again
My Pink Floyd 1994 shirt 1. is MIA and 2. was quite holey when it went missing. Therefore, if I did have it, I wouldn't wear it.
www.everywearstore.com
Whisper it..........
I can't believe I'm typing this but I saw Gary Glitter at the Winter Gardens in Margate (late '80s/early '90s perhaps). Now there's a t-shirt that sits firmly at the back of the wardrobe. It's not even deemed suitable as a duster.
Would love to be able
to wear t shirts now, but unfortunately my slowly expanding waistline, does not make it a good look i'm afraid, also Mrs M has always said that they don't suit me anyway, who am i to argue!
In response to an earlier post, my friend always reminds me of the time when he took his two brothers to see Simple Minds on a reunion show a few years ago, whilst waiting for the Minds to come on, he thought nothing when his two brothers disappeared, omly to look in horror when they both returned from the loo, proudly showing off their newly purchased tour t shirts!!
He is already getting worried about the forthcoming Ultravox reunion show that he is going too, and his brothers possible conduct
Bush/Cheney
5 years ago I got a T-Shirt with the "Vote Bush/Cheney 2004" logo as a joke gift for a left-leaning liberal friend of mine. I dared him to wear it out in the open and, needless to say, we nearly got lynched. Some people have no sense of humour.
I'm very fond of my GOVENATOR T shirt,
it walks the thin line between Liberal Republicanism and self-parody.
Under no circumstances would I wear...
..oh, what's the point?
You already know whose T shirt I'd rather wipe my bum with than wear.
None better
Gave up wearing Tour T-Shirts a decade or so ago but I still wear my '..Dead Is Better' Ts with pride:
http://liquidblue.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/tshirts.detail/cat/rock/subca...
I draw the line at Tie Dye though..
Not on my shopping list...
However...rather fetching