{"id":1431,"date":"2008-05-15T12:04:26","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T16:04:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-05-05T10:36:25","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T10:36:25","slug":"rock-squeezes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-squeezes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Squeezes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wouldn’t it be nice?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Were you ever young and wishing you were in love, with someone, anyone? Did you ever gaze at the iconic image of Bob Dylan and his squeeze, Suze Rotolo<\/a><\/strong>, on the cover of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan<\/em>, and think something to the effect of, “Wouldn’t it be nice?”<\/p>\n

I’m not sure how long into adulthood the effect of a rock squeeze lasts – and the artist can’t be too much older than his squeeze without the whole thing coming off as sleezy and cliched, but a good Rock Squeeze at the right time in an artist’s career – and the right time in the artist’s fans’ lifetimes – softens the image of the rock star, brings him down to earth, makes him even more like you as a young, idealistic rock nerd, that is, if you had more charisma and a more happening social life. <\/p>\n

Think of the role Anita Pallenberg<\/strong> played in softening the image of at least 2 Rolling Stones:
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Anita and Brian sitting in a tree…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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First comes love, then comes marriage…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Among the keys to a great Rock Squeeze<\/strong> are the following:<\/p>\n

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  • Soft looks and flowing hair<\/li>\n
  • At least a seeming lack of possessiveness<\/li>\n
  • The capacity to party with not only her man but her man’s bandmates<\/li>\n
  • A public profile that is as mysterious as her photographed image is well known.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    In other words, the Rock Squeeze should be all woman, totally supportive of her boy-genius man, and keep her mouth shut\/not spend too much time on her own career. The supermodel\/actress types that the likes of Mick Jagger<\/strong> and Rod Stewart<\/strong> have been known to tote don’t cut it. No one goes “ooh” or “ahh” when they saw pictures of Mick and Jerry Hall<\/strong>. You may have had some strong thoughts regarding Jerry and Britt Eckland<\/strong>, but they probably weren’t of the sweetly romantic variety.<\/p>