# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/41 "2011-07-08T21:36:12Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Ugh. None of the guys in the OP have any bit of sexy to them IMO. Yeah, none of them are _remotely_ sexy. Guys, who’s the sexist: [Ann Coulter](http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/legacyimages/photos/uncategorized/2008/11/25/anncoulte_duffy_10751119_600.jpg), [Juliette Lewis](http://innthebasement.com/wp-content/uploads/juliette-lewis.jpg), or [Hilary Swank](http://images.askmen.com/galleries/actress/hilary-swank/pictures/hilary-swank-picture-1.jpg)? ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/42 "2011-07-08T21:53:49Z")
Hilary Swank - Mos def Juliette Lewis - Has her moments Ann Coulter - Meh, has her moments too, but mostly because of her facial expressions, coltishness and sense of humor ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/43 "2011-07-09T00:41:03Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > 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. Morrison would be my choice if he were in the running, personally, but I wholly agree with you on the subject of Robert Plant. Mick Jagger has a bit of it too, but he’s always playing roles in his music, where Plant had pain down in his soul that you can hear in the lyrics. (Even in Black Dog!) It’s the combination of the way he exudes sex and the way he has a hurt that you want to make better that makes him sexy. Well that and I want to lick my screen every time I see [this](http://www.guerrillacandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Robert-Plant.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/44 "2011-07-09T00:53:51Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > Well that and I want to lick my screen every time I see [this](http://www.guerrillacandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Robert-Plant.jpg). Huh. It just makes me want to giggle a little and go look for that video by The Darkness. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/45 "2011-07-09T01:02:40Z")
Of the three choices, I’d say it’s pretty close between Daltrey and Plant, who I always felt resembled each other anyway. Definitely not Jagger. > [@WordMan](#): > > - Roger broke Pete Townshend’s nose in a fight during a sound check (I think). Rough and tumble Cockney guy by his rep. I think I know what incident you’re referring to, but that’s not quite the way it happened. Daltrey and Townshend did come to blows either when recording the _Quadrophenia_ album or rehearsing for the tour, but Townshend struck the first blow. Daltrey responded by punching him, and was reportedly horrified that this knocked Townshend out. I don’t believe Townshend’s famous nose was ever broken. As a teenager Daltrey was a “rough and tumble Cockney” – he has a scar on his belly from a knife fight – but settled down a lot by the late '60s. By rock star standards he’s led a pretty quiet adult life. He’s been quite open about having sex with a lot of groupies in the '60s and '70s even after he married, but his wife was apparently okay with that – they’re still together after 40 years. He’s also the only member of the Who never to have a (known) drug or alcohol problem. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/46 "2011-07-09T01:14:25Z")
Nobody oozed sexuality not only from looks but through their music like Robert Plant did. Daltrey is a distant second and Mick is still prancing around pretending his guitarist isn’t his better half of the band. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/47 "2011-07-09T01:25:26Z")
Robert Plant was the least ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/48 "2011-07-09T01:36:47Z")
Without a doubt, Robert Plant. ---
**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 9, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/49 "2011-07-09T01:38:33Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > As a teenager Daltrey was a “rough and tumble Cockney” – he has a scar on his belly from a knife fight. The scar is from surgery he had as a child to remove a rusty nail he had swallowed. He talks about it in an interview in the Sunday Times dated May 1, 2008. I’d link to it but this is a work computer still runing (barely) on Win2000 and opening an extra window crashes the system. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/50 "2011-07-09T01:47:29Z")
I’ll keep the straight male vote unanimous in favor of Mr. Plant. Roger Daltrey is ‘prettier’, but not ‘hotter’. And Mick may be many things, but ‘hot’ is not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/51 "2011-07-09T01:47:49Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > The scar is from surgery he had as a child to remove a rusty nail he had swallowed. He talks about it in an interview in the Sunday Times dated May 1, 2008. I’d link to it but this is a work computer still runing (barely) on Win2000 and opening an extra window crashes the system. Windows 2000? Damn…you are a trooper! 🙂 **where’s my 386?** ---
**Author:** ![minkyhaha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@minkyhaha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minkyhaha)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/52 "2011-07-09T02:12:23Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > [this](http://www.guerrillacandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Robert-Plant.jpg). So, he says “Oy, les go git a pint after t’ sho?” Who doesn’t??? ---
**Author:** ![minkyhaha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@minkyhaha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minkyhaha)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/53 "2011-07-09T02:24:31Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > 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. So Michael Jackson/Bono/Noel Gallagher/Snoop/JayZ/CeeLo etc. are obviously more sexy??? Who are you talking about??? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/54 "2011-07-09T02:28:53Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > The scar is from surgery he had as a child to remove a rusty nail he had swallowed. He talks about it in an interview in the Sunday Times dated May 1, 2008. I’d link to it but this is a work computer still runing (barely) on Win2000 and opening an extra window crashes the system. I’ve never heard that before, but I’ll believe you even without the link. 🙂 Daltrey was reportedly a bit of a brawler as a teenager, even if knives weren’t involved. Pete Townshend (who attended the same high school) has told stories about Daltrey’s schoolyard fights and said he fought dirty. I don’t believe the two ever fought with each other until they were actually in a band together, though! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/55 "2011-07-09T02:50:24Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I’ll keep the straight male vote unanimous Are we truly qualified to vote? Most women when asked if Janis were sexy would offer an opinion of how many guys in Big Brother she had sex with. I think Mick could kick Morrison’s ass, for whatever that’s worth. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/56 "2011-07-09T03:16:46Z")
[David Bowie](http://www.giantpanther.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/David-Bowie-VII.jpg) is still eye candy… ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/57 "2011-07-09T03:23:31Z")
[Nick Drake.](http://www.htbackdrops.com/v2/albums/userpics/10523/Nick_Drake.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/58 "2011-07-12T04:06:02Z")
But Daltrey is so SHORT! Most Doper women would be like Vegas showgirls standing next to him. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/59 "2011-07-12T04:25:21Z")
Roger is short, but he has very large feet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271/60 "2011-07-12T11:57:26Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Roger is short, but he has very large feet. 😛 If we’re going to talk about size of feet, then Robert Plant wins hands down. (Hint: 3:25) :eek: https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Q7Vr3yQYWQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-hotter-in-their-prime-robert-plant-v-roger-daltry-v-mick-jagger/588271.md?page=4)