[kj] More on the Johnny Depp/Dave Vanian "coincidence"

[Brendan]

I was only going with the thread, which was getting ridiculous, I'm not
suggesting anyone sue anyone. My point is, if it was gonna happen, artists
like Marilyn Manson would be forking out a fortune to the people they / he
got his look from :) Rob Zombie is another, all the emo gimps seem to look
the same, etc etc...


> Huh. Where did I say Vanian should sue anyone?

>

> The point was: 1) Damn, look how much Johnny Depp looks like Dave Vanian

> in this new film; 2) I looked into it further, and thought, 'Wow, this

> is really weird; here's a side by side comparison.' Given Depp routinely

> borrows others' personae, it's hard to dismiss this as coincidence; 3)

> If that is so, wouldn't it be nice if Vanian got credited or even some

> residuals, given that The Damned have influenced bands that went on to

> make a lot more $$$ than them? And then I showed one hypothetical way it

> could be done, though I agreed Vanian was too modest to probably do any

> such thing anyway. (They didn't seem to care about the "Life Goes On"

> and "Eightes" similarities, after all, unlike a certain other band, who

> cared about a song's similarity.)

>

> Of course, on this list that became "BWAHAHA! YOU THINK DAVE VANIAN

> SHOULD SUE JOHNNY DEPP BECAUSE HE HAS A STREAK IN HIS HAIR? OMG LOLOLOL!!"

>

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> Brendan wrote:

>> And Alice Cooper would be suing the fuck out of practically

>> everyone...and

>> anyone who could settle the debate about the origins of punk and the

>> origins of the punk look, would be worth billions...

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