# Who was hotter In their prime, Robert Plant v. Roger Daltry v. Mick Jagger? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271 "2011-07-08T03:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/21 "2011-07-08T14:02:28Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I’m pretty sure my chances of meeting - much less being in a sexual relationship with - \*\*any \*\*of these men is nonexistent. Well, I guess my chances of meeting Morrison are slightly more nonexistent, what with the being dead thing, but really - all our views of “sexy” as it pertains to these guys are based on fantasy, not reality. 😉 Exactly - but that means Jim Morrison - say, his Young Lion photos - is more like a Fabio book cover or the Che Guevera T-Shirt photo than anything else. An image representing an ideal archetype, nothing more. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/22 "2011-07-08T14:03:43Z")
Ugh. None of the guys in the OP have any bit of sexy to them IMO. Jim Morrison, on the other hand… yummmm. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/23 "2011-07-08T14:10:10Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > ETA: kinda funny to have “[britteklund](http://fcbahistory.pbworks.com/w/page/10743613/21-May-2001-Britt-Eklund-vs-Raquel-Welch)” (link to photo - she was beautiful in her day, with a bonus photo of Raquel Welch tossed in) commenting on who is sexier in rock? Shouldn’t you be championing Rod Stewart? (I am sure you know they were in a relationship for a while…) No. Who’s he? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/24 "2011-07-08T14:11:45Z")
Daltry then, Daltry still. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/25 "2011-07-08T14:21:36Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > No. Who’s he? 😛 um, ask Elton John? ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/26 "2011-07-08T15:02:59Z")
It’s kind of a race to see who can be the least appealing. They’re all hideous, and ridiculous looking. Daltry rocks back and forth like a retarded kid when he plays. Plant thinks fringed pants on fat thighs are a brilliant idea. Jagger is just twelve different kinds of gross. It was the 70s. ugly was sexy, but I wouldn’t fuck any of them, not even if you doused them in bleach first and said I could use Madonna’s vag. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/27 "2011-07-08T15:06:15Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > It’s kind of a race to see who can be the least appealing. They’re all hideous, and ridiculous looking. Daltry rocks back and forth like a retarded kid when he plays. Plant thinks fringed pants on fat thighs are a brilliant idea. Jagger is just twelve different kinds of gross. > > It was the 70s. ugly was sexy, but I wouldn’t fuck any of them, not even if you doused them in bleach first and said I could use Madonna’s vag. …and for calibration purposes, you would nominate…? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/28 "2011-07-08T15:43:06Z")
IIRC, the musicians of that era who were really causing the most panty-damp were the bubble gum stars like David Cassidy and Donny Osmond. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/29 "2011-07-08T15:46:33Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > IIRC, the musicians of that era who were really causing the most panty-damp were the bubble gum stars like David Cassidy and Donny Osmond. And Bobby Sherman and Leif Garrett! ::bleaches brain:: ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/30 "2011-07-08T15:47:31Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > …and for calibration purposes, you would nominate…? Of all possible people, or only 60s/70s-era rock stars? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/31 "2011-07-08T15:55:09Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Of all possible people, or only 60s/70s-era rock stars? Restricting to rockstars would be helpful for comparative purposes, sure… ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/32 "2011-07-08T16:19:28Z")
Jim Morrison, definitely sexy. He was one of few (VERY FEW) who could rock the Jesus look. Jimi Hendrix had a [really nice smile](http://altamontapparel.com/images/contributors/jimi-hendrix.jpg). I mean, I kind of go for the thinky, broody type of rock star, vs the shrieky, prancy kind. But over all, most men were extremely ugly during that era. From the clothes to the hairstyles, everything was unflattering. I can’t really think of any rock star from that era I consider extremely good looking. Elton John was a odd little gnome-man. Donovan could easily be mistaken for Joan Baez. The Beatles, never more than “cute.” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/33 "2011-07-08T16:26:52Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > But over all, most men were extremely ugly during that era. Agreed. It was even a promo point for the recent singing contest show “The Voice”. I can’t recall the exact quote, but at least one of the ads before the show started said something like, “There were a lot of ugly singers in the '70’s who had beautiful voices.” The Voice, with their blind audition process, aimed to recapture what hasn’t been done since MTV really got going in the 80’s - give the American public a great voice without regard for looks. I mean, could you really see some of these ugly m’fers winning American Idol? Just wouldn’t happen, and the music world would have been the worse for it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/34 "2011-07-08T16:32:14Z")
Daltry. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/35 "2011-07-08T16:33:11Z")
The classic rock look is a costume that appealed to my younger self, but sure, hard to carry off. But some rockstars also have classically handsome features that stand out past the frippery. It all depends on what works for you. I ping-ponged between Chrissie Hynde and Nancy Wilson myself 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/36 "2011-07-08T17:42:45Z")
FWIW, I’m thinking the one who burned through the most world-class hotties is Jagger. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/37 "2011-07-08T17:55:26Z")
Why can’t anybody spell “Daltrey” It’s only 7 letters, people! That said, I vote for Diamond David Lee Roth. Of the 3 choices in the OP, Roger all the way. Jagger is scary and Plant just doesn’t do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/38 "2011-07-08T18:21:38Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Agreed. It was even a promo point for the recent singing contest show “The Voice”. I can’t recall the exact quote, but at least one of the ads before the show started said something like, “There were a lot of ugly singers in the '70’s who had beautiful voices.” I’m not sure. Only men were allowed to be ugly. All female rock stars that I can think of, including Janis Joplin, were pretty in the traditional way. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/39 "2011-07-08T20:51:52Z")
Daltrey had the best bod, but Plant had that sly, tom cat-on-the-prowl attitude that makes him my pick. Morrison? Very cute, but not really my type. Besides those three, “Diamond Dave” deserves a mention for the “southern girls” and “midwest farmers’ daughters” segments in his _California Girls_ video. Oh, my, lawrd! Fetch me my smelling salts, Ah’m fixin’ t’ swoon! ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/40 "2011-07-08T21:21:53Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Straight male: Plant, no question. Ditto. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271.md?page=3)