Let's check out famous t-shirts
Mar07 Filed in: Entertainment
Yesterday I came across Zazzle. They are a big shot in the web 2.0 world, a sophisticated version of Cafe Press (Although it is not hard to be slicker than a company that makes a big deal out of black tees!) Here is an article about some famous t-shirts available around the 'net.
This logo appeared on many t-shirts as the result of a myspace.com prank which bagged Samy 1 million friends!
This logo was made fashionable as a t-shirt logo by Roger Daltry of The Who in 1985. Originally, though, the phrase was graffitied over railway bridges all over Britain. Davis was wrongly charged for a diamond robbery. The case was dodgy to say the least, as it transpires he was stealing from another store 70 miles away at the time!
This was the catch phrase on a t-shirt attributed to Bobby Sands, another interesting rogue character of the 80's in Thatcher's Britain. Sands, an Irish terrorist, died on hunger strike.
These sports T-shirts were banned in a high school in Northern New York in the early 90's. How shocking!
Pop group the Dead Kennedys tried to shock the world with their t-shirts. Did it work? In my opinion, the only shocking outcome of that 1980 publicity stunt was that companies like Jiggy can still charge $19 plus P&P for that design!
And talking vile youths, there was a woman called Mary Whitehouse, a self proclaimed moralist and "Clean it up" activist. Her famous saying was Movement is an art of life, or some such crap. Anyway, whatever she actually said is irrelevant because she died, finally, aged 91, and all that most people here need to know about her is captured on this lovely black t-shirt from the Dancesport Emporium which reproduces the "meaningful" quote in an equally vague and illegible manner.
And finally, the most famous t-shirt of them all! Only two currently in circulation, lost somewhere in the postal service.
So there you have it, a sample of famous t-shirt logos. Got any more? Tell Ed.
Samy is my hero
This logo appeared on many t-shirts as the result of a myspace.com prank which bagged Samy 1 million friends!
He made a lot of money - for someone else! How many $21.50 shirt sales did Google Blogoscope net for that bit of rogue scripting?
George Davis is innocent
This logo was made fashionable as a t-shirt logo by Roger Daltry of The Who in 1985. Originally, though, the phrase was graffitied over railway bridges all over Britain. Davis was wrongly charged for a diamond robbery. The case was dodgy to say the least, as it transpires he was stealing from another store 70 miles away at the time!
Tiocfaidh ár lá
This was the catch phrase on a t-shirt attributed to Bobby Sands, another interesting rogue character of the 80's in Thatcher's Britain. Sands, an Irish terrorist, died on hunger strike.
His second mistake is the slogan he popularised. It means "Our day will come!" Fortunately peace reigns today on his old stomping ground.
Big Johnson and Co-ed Naked
These sports T-shirts were banned in a high school in Northern New York in the early 90's. How shocking!
Holiday in Cambodia
Pop group the Dead Kennedys tried to shock the world with their t-shirts. Did it work? In my opinion, the only shocking outcome of that 1980 publicity stunt was that companies like Jiggy can still charge $19 plus P&P for that design!
Never mind the bollocks - here's the Sex Pistols
This was the greatest shocker of late 70's Britain. Fashion died and went to hell, music quickly followed. The funniest thing I remember was when the judge threw the obscenity case out because "bollocks" was deemed a good old Anglo-Saxon word and only offended those that wished to take offence.
The Mary Whitehouse Experience
And talking vile youths, there was a woman called Mary Whitehouse, a self proclaimed moralist and "Clean it up" activist. Her famous saying was Movement is an art of life, or some such crap. Anyway, whatever she actually said is irrelevant because she died, finally, aged 91, and all that most people here need to know about her is captured on this lovely black t-shirt from the Dancesport Emporium which reproduces the "meaningful" quote in an equally vague and illegible manner.
The Pisstakers Tees
And finally, the most famous t-shirt of them all! Only two currently in circulation, lost somewhere in the postal service.
So there you have it, a sample of famous t-shirt logos. Got any more? Tell Ed.
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