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    Does a mullet make a man?

    I had a CD on in the car yesterday and a Bowling for Soup song was on it. In addition to the plaintive question as to whether a mullet made a man, there was also a reference to the girl that all the bad guys wanted having dreadlocks in her hair.

    I then tried to think of other songs that mention haircuts or hair styles. One that came to mind was "ice hockey hair" in the title and opening line of a Super Furry Animals song. But I don't know if that really counts as a specific style or not.

    Anyone else want to give more examples?

    #2
    Bernice Bobs Her Hair is a song by The Divine Comedy, based on a F. Scott Fitzgerald short story of the same name.

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      #3
      Swans - The Boy With The Beatle Hair

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        #4
        Devils Haircut- Beck

        Skinhead Girl- Symarip

        Suedehead- Morrissey

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          #5
          Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View Post
          One that came to mind was "ice hockey hair" in the title and opening line of a Super Furry Animals song. But I don't know if that really counts as a specific style or not.
          Ice hockey hair is another name for a mullet, as it happens.

          'Mullet Head' by the Beastie Boys not only mentions it, according to the OED it's the first recorded use of the term mullet referring to the haircut, so it may well have actually named it (although the style existed well before then):

          https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/25338...nced=false#eid

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            #6
            Vokuhila Superstar by Die Aerzte

            (Vokuhila is the German slang for mulliet--VOrne KUrz HInten LAng.)

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              #7
              Yul Brynner Was A Skinhead - Toy Dolls

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                #8
                Little Jimmy Osmond's greatest hit.

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                  #9
                  They Might Be Giants - Purple Toupee
                  They Might Be Giants - Bangs

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Gawpus View Post

                    Ice hockey hair is another name for a mullet, as it happens.

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                    I thought it might be.

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                      #11
                      "Long Haired Guys From England" by Too Much Joy, early 90s KROQ staple in which they bemoan that women in the music industry in America were only attracted to said long haired guys.

                      Included the lyrics:

                      I met her boyfriend the other night
                      He had a pony tail and he didn't talk right

                      And:

                      All the girls in this here bar
                      Will treat you like you're a star
                      Don't get excited it's just luck
                      They'll ignore you if the guy from The Cult shows up

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                        #12
                        Idles - Never Fight A Man With A Perm

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Gawpus View Post
                          'Mullet Head' by the Beastie Boys not only mentions it, according to the OED it's the first recorded use of the term mullet referring to the haircut, so it may well have actually named it (although the style existed well before then):
                          When I was at school in the 80s, it was just referred to as a 'footballer haircut'.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View Post
                            One that came to mind was "ice hockey hair" in the title and opening line of a Super Furry Animals song. But I don't know if that really counts as a specific style or not.
                            Ice Hockey Hair is definitely a wonderful genre of mullet.



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                              #15
                              KInky Afro - Happy Mondays.

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                                #16
                                https://www.newyorker.com/sports/spo...the-portobella

                                In 2013, BuzzFeed published a list of “38 Things Minnesotans Are Too Nice to Brag About.” No. 1 was Bob Dylan. No. 2 was “the hockey haircut,” by which the author meant, basically, the mullet, although the page embedded a video of boys at the annual state high-school tournament in which the narrator identified additional styles, such as “the cotton candy,” “the tsunami,” and the “portobella” (a mushroom cut). The main ingredient in hockey hair is volume. Games at the Minnesota state tournament, which rivals Texas football and Indiana hoops in terms of regional fervor, begin with player introductions that have evolved into one of the most endearing rituals in American sports. The ice between the goal lines and the blue lines becomes an imaginary catwalk. Helmets off. Each kid awaits the calling of his name, at the twenty-thousand-seat Xcel Energy Center, in St. Paul, and then begins skating toward the cameras of Channel 45, which now streams online to a global audience—the Land O’Lakes diaspora, scattered across as many as thirty-seven countries and five continents. Hockey is a rough sport, played in bulky, anonymizing equipment, and these closeups provide a rare opportunity to swan. Some boys run hands through their manes, which may or may not have been brightened with peroxide. Some give a little head-shake, setting follicles in motion. Others turn side to side, offering profile views: muttonchops, stripes. Most say, “Hi, mom.”
                                Last edited by ursus arctos; 18-04-2021, 19:16.

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                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Vicarious Thrillseeker View Post
                                  KInky Afro - Happy Mondays.
                                  Doesn't mention it in the song though. Just the title.

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                                    #18
                                    Fortunately he did not retire.

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                                      #19
                                      McFly's first single was about a girl with 5 colours in her hair.

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                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View Post

                                        Doesn't mention it in the song though. Just the title.
                                        OK. Bangs - They Might Be Giants

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                                            #22
                                            Owt by:

                                            Professor Longhair
                                            Haircut 100

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                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Vicarious Thrillseeker View Post
                                              OK. Bangs - They Might Be Giants
                                              Ahem.

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                                                #24
                                                It hurts when you discover you're on ignore poster doesn't it Wouter D ?

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                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Wouter D View Post

                                                  Ahem.
                                                  Apologies - I was put under pressure....

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