Famous Sylvian look alikes

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Famous Sylvian look alikes

Postby billster on Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:07 am

Off the top of my head - Bowie circa 83-86. Nick Rhodes 85-onward. princess Di. Green Gartside.

Anyone think of others? :-D
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Postby heartofdavid on Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:32 pm

Not lookalikes, but definitely inspired by the look were Panache. Remember these guys?

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Pretty little Paul Hampshire in the red jacket (very Quiet Life), 19 in this photo. He's 44 today and hasn't changed all that much, shorter hair and less makeup. He lives in Bangkok, has a band called Futon (pretty good!) and goes by the name Bee.

Zaine Griff really had the Sylvian look for a while, if I can find a pic of him, I'll post it. He did know Japan and the YMO boys (not actually friends I don't think), and played on some of Takahashi's solo albums.
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Postby Savoy on Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:03 pm

Heart, I usually question people's judgement when "that dude looks like a chick!" situations appear, but Paul Hampshire...

That dude looks like a chick!
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Postby krausy on Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:36 pm

Omigosh!!! :shock:


You are NOT kidding about Panache!!!! Soooo,we know what they looked like, but what did they SOUND like?

Please fill me in!!!!!
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Postby heartofdavid on Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:59 pm

krausy wrote:...but what did they SOUND like?


I wish I knew! LOL! All I know is they were English, had a couple of albums out and were big in Japan and Korea, I think Thailand too. Paul was the pinup boy, I don't think the music meant all that much in those countries. I've seen their pics in old magazines but never heard or seen a single song on any 80s compilation cd, and their albums weren't released in the States as far as I know. But I have found out that there is a re-release planned soon of one of their albums.

Friends of mine from England only vaguely recall them. I don't think they were popular in their own country, except for the occassional pinup.

Paul's been living in Thailand for a while, gained popularity as a DJ and now with his band, playing good pop electronica.
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Postby Silver Moon on Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:26 am

WOW those guys sure do look like Japan!! Kind of Quiet-Life-ish... The one guy with the glasses in the back looks just like a late 70's Mick!

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Postby lastgoldstar on Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:11 pm

Savoy wrote:Heart, I usually question people's judgement when "that dude looks like a chick!" situations appear, but Paul Hampshire...

That dude looks like a chick!


:lol: My thoughts exactly. There's something about him... he has small facial features, that's probably why.

Yeah, that one guy sure does look like Mick! The guy in the very back is channeling David a bit, too.
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Postby Poisoned_Apathy on Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:29 pm

WoW They were totaly inspired by Japan!!

The guy at left side is Mick!!!! :lol:
The frontman is very cute. Really androgynus. I love that kind of beauty.
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Postby krausy on Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:49 pm

Poisoned_Apathy wrote:WoW They were totaly inspired by Japan!!

The guy at left side is Mick!!!! :lol:
The frontman is very cute. Really androgynus. I love that kind of beauty.


I know----I really like their look!!!!
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Postby Silver Moon on Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:49 am

Strange... I tried to google their band, and Paul Hampshire, and I couldn't get a darn thing on them! Does anyone know of any sites, or pics of them or anything?

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Postby heartofdavid on Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:08 am

Never heard of any sites of the band. I've loads of pics of them, they were always in the Japanese pop magazines.

I never paid any attention to the pics until a couple of years ago when my friend in Thailand posted pics of the band Futon. I told her the guy looks like the one who used to be in Panache, and it was! I sent her photocopies of some of the pics, which he autographed for her. He laughed at them, said his mom has all this memorabilia about him in her attic.

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Postby heartofdavid on Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:55 pm

Another from the same magazine. *goes to look for Japan pics* ;)

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Postby krausy on Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:35 pm

The other day while I was cleaning house I saw a guy on the soap opera "Passions" that looks a little like David. Don't ask me his name or his part in the show because I don't actually watch it, I was getting ready to switch the channel and he just struck me as resembling David a bit.
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Postby lastgoldstar on Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:14 pm

Silver Moon wrote:Strange... I tried to google their band, and Paul Hampshire, and I couldn't get a darn thing on them! Does anyone know of any sites, or pics of them or anything?

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Me too. :roll: Well, I did find a band on Google that goes by the same name, but they are definitely not the same Panache. I couldn't find anything on Wikipedia, either. Very odd.

EDIT: Mmm, I found a few small things.

This is a page with descriptions of a handful of New Romantic bands (Japan included). Some of the text is readable (looks like it's written by someone who speaks English as a second language) but I have question marks for the rest, so I assume it's in some foreign language for which I don't have a plug-in.
http://park10.wakwak.com/~techno/onewro ... ml#Panache

http://personal1.iddeo.es/blancinegre/biodanse.html

And this Danse Society band Hampshire was once involved with has a MySpace.
http://www.myspace.com/dansesociety
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Postby Poisoned_Apathy on Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:36 am

Pretty interesting. Thanks last!!
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