Roulette Pin-Ups - Françoise Hardy

Who?

Françoise Hardy. Singer, actor, model... star gazer.

Where can you find her?

Just about anywhere. She's down with the folkies, doin' the alligator with the Yé-Yé crowd, smokin' with the beatniks, a catwalk, lying on a hillside lookin' at the night sky... every hot blooded man's dreams.

Style

Too many to note here. Fran' dug Parisian chic as well as motorbike trash. She could flutter her 'lashes or kick you upside your head, jus' depends what mood you catch her in. Jus' don't chat her up... her feller is Jacques Dutronc.

Quote

"...tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge se promènent dans la rue deux par deux..."

Roulette?

Électrique et élégant!

Roulette Pin-Ups - Tim Buckley

Who?

Psychedelic minstrel with a Hollywood jawbone, Tim Buckley hawked his athlete ass 'round the folkies before makin' with the amplifiers.

Where can you find him?

Talkin' to the hobos, sittin' by the sea, down the jazz clubs gettin' wrecked with the real deal or maybe gloomily staring out of windows with pen hovering above the page.

Style

Tousled dionysus bidding "bye-bye baby" to the gals with those black hole eyes.

Quote

"So let me sing a song for you Just to help your day along"

Roulette?

Electric... wait... acoustic... wait... jazz, no hang on... electric.

Roulette Pin-Ups - Nico

Who?

Born Christa Päffgen, but known as Nico. This Bavarian bombshell hawked her cheekbones around the Velvet Underground, as well as making her own unsettling records. Warhol superstar and model, Nico could make you cry with one icy pout.

Where can you find her?

Crack dens, Warhol's factory, in bed, in front of a camera, gettin' up to no good on the dark side of the tracks. Don't matter none, every single person is noticing her wherever she go.

Style

Ice-maiden. Sharp lines on well constructed bones. That glare... man... she gives me the chills. Sexed beatnik. Glam queen of seedy trash.

Quote

"Frozen kiss by the fountain, running into the sea where shadows choose their horrors, designed for music."

Roulette?

Elektrischer Untergrund.

Roulette Pin-Ups - Tammi Terrell

Who?

Hip-shakin', finger snappin' evil to Marvin Gaye's good. Tammi had the voice of an angel... but never let on.

Where can you find her?

Looking doe-eyed in a rainy window. Don't feel sorry none. She's only looking doe-eyed... she's actually playing up to the simpleton men. When she ain't playin' hard to get, she's inspiring one of the greatest soul LPs of all time.

Style

Hip-to-the-lip with mod bob. This is a gal who can cut a mean figure anywhere she goes, but that look in her eye says 'don't you even think 'bout messin' with Tam''.

Quote

"The world is just a great big onion..."

Roulette?

Soulful!

Roulette Pin-Ups - Scott Walker

Who?

Crooner turned bad. Jacques Brel gone far-out dreamboat. Scott Walker - interplanetary man of mystery.

Where can you find him?

No-one knows. As reclusive as he is brilliant, Scott is probably recording the sound of ham hitting a kettle drum in a bunker in a volcano.

Style

Then, poetic genius with a cigarette. Now, hidden away beneath shades and a cap. Either way, he's got the moves and the sounds to frazzle yer brain.

Quote

"I will starve to get something across. I mean that."

Roulette?

Orchestral!

Roulette Pin-Ups - Gal Costa

Who?

People may say that Rita Lee is the first lady of Tropicalia by virtue of being in Os Mutantes, but don't believe it for a second. Gal Costa is the queen of Brazilian music. She's got the best tunes and the best attitude.

Where can you find her?

Gal is equally happy playing it homely with an acoustic and a head fulla bossa nova as she is down the disco gettin' naked and gyratin' in the faces of nervous men. However, you're most likely to find Gal becoming a psychedelic goddess and creating the weirdest, most brilliant music you ever heard. She's simply the most sexy thing to ever frighten you into submission.

Style

Depends what mood she's in. She can strut in peacock feathers... but I wouldn't count on those clothes staying on her body. Either way, once she's breezed by, your eyes will be on stalks for weeks. Once they've recovered, your brain will recall that it's really the songs you fell in love with.

Quote

"Que isto bossa-nova, isto muito natural..."

Roulette?

Elétrico!

Roulette Pin-Ups - Vashti Bunyan

Who?

Vashti Bunyan - Signed by Loog-Oldham because he fancied her. Then went to Joe Boyd to become the female Nick Drake. 

Where can you find her?

Gawd knows. Last seen hopping aboard a horse drawn cart with her dog, an acoustic guitar and a penny whistle. Or was it a Guardian culture pull-out?

Style

Bare-feet and low eye-lids. Clothes that still look good when they're a little mucky. Flap-jacks with hashish.

Quote

"I'd like to walk around in your mind someday..."

Roulette?

Acoustic!

Roulette Pin-Ups - Grace Slick

Who?

Grace Slick - once first lady of morning mayhem turn stadium rocker. Let's jus' gloss over the latter shall we? 

Where can you find her?

Down the front of the protest stickin' roses in machine guns and flyin' The Jefferson Airplane higher than eight miles high... cuz' eight miles is fuh sissies.

Style

Army jackets, no-bra, acid-folk casualty... definitely no shoes... no shoes man. Shoes are for squares. Unless you mean these big ass boots whicha gonna kick you into next week?

Quote

"Go ask Alice... I think she'll know."

Roulette?

Electric!

Raquel Welch. A breakbeat. Some acid. Good times.

No two ways about it... Paul Fuzz gonna love this. Congas from space backed by a breakbeat straight outta Watts. To finish, a scantily-clad Welch in a space-age bikini with two lunar-tic dancers. It's variety Jim, but not as we know it...

Roulette Pin-Ups - Janice

Who?

Janice: Prototypical blonde Californian Surfer Girl, lead guitarist with Muppets house band, The Electric Mayhem.

Where can you find her?

Hangin' with boyfriend & Mayhem bass player Floyd Pepper, wanderin' naked on the beach, or playing Nurse Janice in Vetinarian's Hospital.

Style?

Pure cool-buzz, laid-back, acid-dazed West Coast hippy chick.

Quote?

"Fer sure, like, whatever, y'know?"

Roulette?

Electric (Mayhem)!

Roulette Pin-Ups - Mary Weiss

Who?

Mary Weiss Heroine of the biker gang and doe-eyed first lady of teen melodrama. 

Where can you find her?

If she ain't cryin' over a cycle wreck, then she'll be takin' some loudmouth hostage and producing the chain. Either that, or in Shangri-La.

Style

Butter-wouldn't-melt. Is it because she's a sweet hipster or because she's a cold killer?

Quote

"When I say I'm in love, you best buhlieve I'm in love, L.U.V."

Roulette?

Beat it punk.

Roulette Pin-Ups - SoKo

Who?

Soko - French folkie fond of Moldy Peaches and next big darling of pop.

Where can you find her?

Somewhere between heaven and a cigarette vending machine.

Style

Cool French hipster dancing at to She's Not There. Possibly hanging out with the cool kids but only to break their hearts. Last seen re-enacting film noir in a cafe with a Gitanes and some come to bed eyes.

Quote

"I will never love you more than the drummer from The Flaming Lips”

Roulette?

Electric!

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Roulette Pin-Ups - Michelle Phillips

Who?

Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and Papas

Where can you find her?

Next Door

Style

Folk rock French revolutionary meets up with the yippies at Haight and Ashbury for some roll-ups... oh, and to give back that copy of The Lion King she borrowed.

Quote

"I could prod you gently or kick you in the ass.”

Roulette?

Electric!