Check out John Cale’s hilariously smug look as he sits on the hood of his Ferrari 1970 Dino 246 GT, crotch forward, devilishly grinning like a Cheshire cat and clearly the inspiration for Tawny Kitaen in that one Whitesnake video. Despite his best efforts, it’s unlikely he’ll be remembered as a “video vixen.” It’ll be for being in the Velvet Underground, as well as a prolific solo artist, producer, and actor. Yes, Cale is many great things, but the man is not made for slithering atop a precision vehicle, like in this photo from back in ’77. We’ll grant Cale a mulligan (or 10), but we still wouldn’t mind seeing him in a negligee.