This week has been pirate overload for me here at EW.com and PopWatch. Last weekend, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (left) opened to predicted box office madness. Yesterday morning, as I was getting ready for work, Today had guests on from some feminist pirate musical called The Pirate Queen. And last night was the premiere of what could have only been pitched as ‘Think Survivor, only on a ship, not an island and with long, flowy shirts!!’ — CBS’ Pirate Master (second from right)
After all of this a hoopla in a week, my pirate paranoia got the best of me when I started thinking about fashion and music icons. For one thing, there is Kate Moss’ "pirate" line for Topshop. And lately it looks like Interpol’s Carlos D (right) and the Killers’ Brandon Flowers (second from left) both took "The Road to Looking Like a Pirate" class (a.k.a. Pirate Style 101), as is apparent from their longer hair, mustaches, and one of the more popular pirate accessories, the vest. It’s only a matter of time before their hair is flowing, dread-like, and topped with the ever-present bandana (like their forefather Keith Richards, who not only inspired Johnny Depp’s Pirates character but also has a cameo in At World’s End). Or, yikes, the tri-cornered cap.
I feel like the pop pirates are taking over, and I’m drowning in their sea. I don’t know about you, but my fantasies do not include spending lots of time on a rickety, smelly ship with some dirty men covered in barnacles. However, if Orlando Bloom’s Will Turner wants to jump ship and meet me on an island somewhere… well, that could make me rethink my pirate aversion! PopWatchers, are you too seeing only buccaneers? And are there any pop-culture pirates I’ve left out?
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I think Brandon Flowers is going more for the cowboy look than pirate. Cowboys wear vests. Pirates don’t wear cowboy boots.
There are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Pittsburg Pirates.
Yeah, Brandon Flowers (pretty pretty) is more old west/Quaker Oats. In the Killers’ new video he’s on a horsey in the desert after all…
The more pirates, the merrier! Thank goodness someone has the good taste to suggest Orlando Bloom on a beach is a brillian idea. I agree! Avast, ye scurvy cockroaches!
Ugh. Hate how people just rip off from the success of something much better. Don’t worry. Once 2010 comes, all of this will be gone.
Pirates are just fun, but yeah, the coolest and Most Beautiful can only and ever be Mr. Johnny Depp.
Got to agree with Orlando Bloom also…by the end of Pirate’s 3 I was so hot watching him I could hardly sit through dinner. Yumm-y! I could just eat him for dessert! I’m having to fan myself just thinking about him!
Pirates arrrrrrr getting on my nerves.
IHOP’s latest tv ads have a pirate theme. Ugh. And I agree that the dudes from The Killers and Interpol are kickin’ it more mid to late 19th century style than “pirate.” Like they watched Tombstone a few too many times. Can you see Tombstone too many times? Discuss.
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