If it was the exact same music, but instead of the funky costumes, they were just dudes in Tshirts and jeans... would anyone have really paid that much attention?

i've been really thinking about aesthetics contribution to music...

same thing with the White Stripes... do you think if it was just Jack and Meg as regular looking people they wouldv'e gotten as big? I feel like their hard tri-color aesthetic really helped in their popularity