Men with Long Hair: Classic or Dud

All time dud IMO.

What is this, Teatime with Donald Peers?

No.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr-hrJ_TIb0

Wait.

I think I need to know how long we're talking here.

when i was teaching in new england i was surprised to learn how trendy this is again among high school students

Long at sides and back + non-existent on top = MEGADUD.

Generally speaking though - enormous dud. There are very very very few who can pull off long hair well.

Shaggy sorta longish maybe chin-length hair is often ok but I assume we're talking like long wizardy I really like classic rock type hair.

Sigh.

Thread premise is NOT EVEN RONG. Ronger than rong.

I follow a Tumblr which is basically just photos of hott dudes with long hair, all day long. And it is a thing of beauty and a thing of joy.

The only men who hate men with long hair are those who are folicularly challenged. You're just jealous; you'll get over it.

I so wish I could pull it off. Unattainable classic.

classic. Wish I'd grown mine long before I started balding.

Is this becoming a thing again? I hope so. Fed up of short hair + beard on people who don't have to have short hair (like me) cos they'd look stupid with long hair. Also long hair doesn't work well with cycling helmets / caps. Not with a head as large as mine.

My kid has long hair. It looks great on him. All the rest of the dudes in his class are pretty much buzz-cuts. So happy for him.

if you mean "parted down the middle" "or growing down your back" dud dud dud

You guys are weird. Maybe we're thinking of different types long hair. It can look OK on a very select few but the guys who often sport really long hair are usually the exact kind who shouldn't.

We're talking anything from this:
http://www.soniccathedral.co.uk/site/wp-content/images/2014/01/bc2x.jpg

to this:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/1963_1077529172893_3690_n.jpg

via this:
http://www.fabioinc.com/2008_folder/fabio_on_bikes.jpg

all three duds

DUDDDDD on every level for me (having it, finding it attractive in a sexual way, finding it a good look in an aesthetic way)

my head overheats if i let my hair grow even slightly, no idea how the long-haired cope

Guys in first pic least objectionable. The Fabio type hair is more often than not usually just often. I know one male person who it works on but he's a tiny androgynous elfin folk/rock singer dude and I think most anything would work on him.

guys, if you wanna be my lover gotta cut all your bangs

That should have said "Fabio type hair is more often than not usually just awful". It's early - I'm not awake yet.

The middle pic is pretty awesome. I always envied dudes with curly long hair like that. Stephen Perkins.

Complaints complaints

Guys in first pic least objectionable.

My hair is getting towards that length at the moment, more out of laziness than any particular fashion choice.

As a general rule, dud. There are tons of notable exceptions, but most of those exceptions are extremely beautiful humans who would look amazing at any time regardless of hairstyle. And tbh in most cases I would probably prefer those dudes if they got a haircut as well.

Ned, you're Ned. Normal rules do not apply.

Which is to say, I can't imagine your hair any other way. It suits you. It works. It's Ned.

Also long hair doesn't work well with cycling helmets / caps.

my head overheats if i let my hair grow even slightly,

Reasons number one and number two why I don't generally wear my hair longer than I do. Also, my hair gets really weirdly curly if I let it get too long.

Middle guy was in a Wednesday afternoon 6th form 'enrichment' film class I did. All I remember about him is that in the first session we all had to introduce ourselves and give some information. I'll never forget his: "My name's Barry and I'm really into weaponry."

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljjsn0tird1qj1p1qo1_500.jpg

Which is to say, I can't imagine your hair any other way. It suits you. It works. It's Ned.

I am more than fine with this take!

I'll never forget his: "My name's Barry and I'm really into weaponry."

Oh my god.

"My name's Barry and I'm really into weaponry."

hahahaha amazing

Barry just went up a couple points imo.

Also I am picturing that line coming out of that guy and dying.

Yeah Barry sounds like a gem.

Was he into swords or guns? I assume the former.

Barry needs to be befriended and blogged about here.

http://i.imgur.com/gv5iqvD.jpg

I had long hair as a youth when I was exactly the kind of dude who shouldn't, did all the wrong things with it, and probably am biased against ever having hair that is longer than would cover my ears ever again

yeah I looked a little like that only less blonde and less masculine

total classic imo. branwell otm upthread. wish i could pull it off, my hair is just jet black curls and it grows out rather than down, which is why i keep it pretty short. i'd love to have long straight hair. i'm not a metaller but i pretty much always dig that look if done well. there's a good tradition of longhairs apart from metallers, too, you're in good company - native americans, hippies, ned raggett. it can be done poorly a la fabio but i don't think fabio would be any better with shorter hair.

native americans, hippies, ned raggett.

and by long, i mean fuckin LONG -- shaggy shoulder length is not enough it should really come down pretty far on your back

Classic if it makes the person who has it happy.

Dud if it was forced on them by someone locking them in a basement and refusing them scissors.

also if there is some curl it can still look really cool, e.g. kurt vile

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2013/4/4/1365095323218/Kurt-Vile-008.jpg
^^would kill for that look

There are tons of notable exceptions, but most of those exceptions are extremely beautiful humans who would look amazing at any time regardless of hairstyle. And tbh in most cases I would probably prefer those dudes if they got a haircut as well.

Hey, much like people who are not men, some people have really nice hair and some don't. If you have hair with a nice texture, quality, shininess, whatever, AND it's good for your face, the cut is tailored to you and your life, I'm sure it can work. Also, welcome to the hygiene and beauty world that women live in if you want a certain effect, ie straightness, curliness, more shine, more lift, less lift.

But my lizard brain is fucked up about this, in terms of personal preference. Short hair/no hair is the only thing I'm attracted to. I dunno maybe there are exceptions somewhere in photos of fabulously attractive famous athletes or something but basically that quote otm. ^^

http://images.publicradio.org/content/2013/03/01/20130301_kurt_vile_91.jpg

kind of love j mascis look, too, would love to look like this at 50
http://captainsdead.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/J+Mascis+jmascis.jpg
http://quietus_production.s3.amazonaws.com/images/articles/5886/J_Mascis_Pic_1300365768_crop_550x450.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TtpXK2x.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/z9x1dXs.jpg

lol you're loving this

http://i.imgur.com/EbuAXyE.jpg

http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7070/6933238405_e30eb2bb43.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kJF2mCe.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OTNpD7E.jpg

all these dudes 龜 posted would suck w/ or w/o longhair.

merzbow looks great
http://thewire.co.uk/images/artists/merzbow/MERZBOW.jpg
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/27311241/Merzbow+120090318847484.jpg
http://thethingonthedoorstep.be/Photo/Merzbow.jpg

the ratty grunge mop is up and coming with the all the SE kids, you'll be there soon enough Dwight.

http://i.imgur.com/6J6K6xk.jpg

I don't think there's a single female haircut variation that I haven't found attractive on at least one woman

(baiting 龜 to create a thread with completely ridiculous hair on women, crossing my fingers here)

merzbow looks great

Before my current hair cut I hadn't cut my hair for 6 months and my friend's girlfriend told me that I should just let it grow to metalhead length because it's a good look for Azns

Depends on the man and the hair, but I certainly don't have a blanket objection. Like, I remember guys in college with long hair who never should've had long hair (either because of their actual hair or their ability to care for it) but at the same time there's this:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/40798901/David+Gilmour+YoungDavid.jpg

Also marcos OTM.

a facebook friend who is a hair stylist posted some blog saying that a bun (long hair pulled into a knot on the back of the head) on men is totally a thing

I used to have long hair in my late teens and looked like a cross between Curtis Stigers and Garth from Wayne's World.

http://i.imgur.com/anKiex0.jpg

bun (long hair pulled into a knot on the back of the head)

thank you for the clarification here

http://static.tumblr.com/8c77f8043e453ec79b847f6fee3b7360/fmvpgmu/FTMmudpc1/tumblr_static_a_ah_joakim.jpg

I think Jonathan Larroquette sports a bun from time to time.

He does. It's a bad look.

http://i.imgur.com/ZEErlUn.jpg

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee136/suwarnaadi/hair/MarkWahlbergInvicibleHairstyle.jpg

I never knew what merzbow looked like. He's pretty hot.

http://i.imgur.com/qIRbaF9.jpg

lol what

is that?

It's the Cloonster

omg.

clooney looking like Matt Mondanile right there

this will never not be classic

http://www.artshound.com/sites/artshound.com/images/event/441799971/keiji_haino_category.jpg

tbf if we could all be haino the world would be a quite different place.

^ agreed xp

I am currently growing my hair long, this thread is giving me a lot to think about, thanks y'all

okay this thread has firmed up my feelings about long hair a bit, which is that it can be achingly classic in many cases but completely and utterly dud on a certain type of "suave" celebrity-type asshole dude, and that those dudes are assholes w/ or w/o long hair.

Who's the guy in the black and white picture with the guitar? Is that Jim Morrison?

Is that Clooney shot from the Men Who Stare at Goats?

haha i thought that clooney shot was tom selleck for some reason

dayo, it's japanese avant rock guy keiji haino

O I C

http://i.imgur.com/9FzAsZ7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8QRxR5r.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/uEnxqNw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/aJFvnZi.jpg

http://waifaringe.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/pirlo.jpg

http://www.xxlmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/chief_keef_tadoe_1.jpg

http://content7.flixster.com/photo/10/95/19/10951953_ori.jpg

http://www.noiseinmyhead.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/stick-eye-620x413.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/12/15/1355597604846/Alan-Moore-008.jpg

http://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image_cache/1357367101942376.jpg

asian/native am hair looks pretty good this way eh

Have not read rest of thread but OMG Yorke, you just dissed Benjamin Curtis unthread so you are dead to me D.E.A.D. show some respect to the dead, I can't even KMT, RMDE, SMH and every other expression of derision going.

Will read the rest of thread & revel in yr RONGness when back on a laptop.

*totally unamused face*

(n.b. I am not actually angry at Dwight but making fun of the hair of someone who has recently died of cancer is kinda NAGL and it is too soon IMO)

Was unaware of the context, apologies for that.

almost always classic

Any Sikhs post to ILX?

Sikh Mouthy

Re: long hair and helmets, a buddy nearly crashed into Chelsea Clinton on a bicycle and took a spill but his volumes of hair protected his head like secret service kevlar

luscious long or short, but

http://twitchfilm.com/assets/2008/02/TAsano-1.jpg

ffs

Glad you started this dwight

You need to do "short hair on women" too

short hair on girls: classic or dud

This thread made me realize you never see Klingons with buzzcuts anymore
Worf with ponytail was kind of weird though

Not as weird as Worf with a politician's wife bob.

TS:

http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hetfield_500.jpg

vs.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dZ6v-TE7HmE/TPN9JlcqWnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/_Y_1BWEG2nA/s1600/James_Hetfield.jpg

xxxp oh sweet so this is actually a long-awaited sequel, gw ilx

http://julieweeks.co.uk/15001600/images/Self-Portrait%20with%20a%20Fur%20Coat%20-%20Albrecht%20Durer%20c.1500.jpg

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1084/worfm.jpg
Hetfield went from tng to TOS
http://www.comics101.com/comics101//news/Comics%20101/336/koloth.jpg

I, too, had no idea that Merzbow was so... hotttttttt?

Wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUx9uGqNcXo

I am having a lot of trouble reconciling my current A1 crush with the fact that he not only has short hair, but actually looks pretty terrible with even slightly longer hair. This is not something I ever thought possible when I was younger.

But I am fairly sure we've been through this subject matter before (though I know not where) because I distinctly recall posting photos of my Dad (who has hair down to his arse) to explain why my default preference is that men should just have long hair. And then some people picked on me for saying short haired dudes looked "like shaved sheep" and it got a bit hairy (LOL) for a while.

after saying something like that I hope you went on the lamb for awhile

yeah, I felt a bit sheepish coming back on ILX after that one.

that's just about enough from ewe ppl

I keep trying to bang chicks that look like my mom, it's ok

the shear effrontery of it

dang it I hit Submit Post on that one on accident

oh I thought we were still doing puns but we moved on to banging our moms ok

it always starts with puns for some reason

What is this, a Pixies song... sheep, mother-banging and god knows what?

(Many, many str8 women lament that they end up with partners who are just like their dads. It's just kind of a thing.)

((it's not even a sexual thing, it's just the fact of, growing up in the environment I did, I developed certain expectations, and men basically just look weird to me with really short hair. They look like shaved sheep. And hence all the baaaaaaah-llocks that took off at this point.))

Having long hair is a great way of repelling people I wouldn't want to date in the first place.

lots of dudes want to find a woman like good ol' mom, it's definitely a thing

expanding yr aesthetics to appreciate attractiveness in a variety of people seems like a good aspiration

On the other hand, I'm also attracted to Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Beiber so who knows where that comes from.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/08/article-2358029-1A9E4E97000005DC-482_634x455.jpg

Did they all decide together to grow their hair longer, or was long hair compulsory for male rock stars in 1969...

I dunno but Charlie looks miserable

That was just the smack.

I just look for the beauty within.

it's really a case-by-case thing where if you're hot enough you will continue to look hot, but i don't think anyone who looks bad with short hair would be drastically improved by growing it out. it's a luxury of pre-established beauties.

I have long hair it gets in my mouth when I eat sandwiches

A number of women have told me that they want to scalp me (it happened yesterday). It's a really strange thing to say and I never know how to react

so envious of men with lots of long hair but i don't want to scalp anyone
i just want tons of hair

I get "I want your hair!" a lot but I've nobody's ever said they're after my scalp

I woudl react like "yeah...... I want your teeth"

"I want (to feel) your teeth (on my scalp)"

"come over to my house and comb me for hours"

.....aaaannnnd we're back to fantasizing about our mothers

i like short hair on everybody

not just on their heads. whole body.

l-r: human culture, me

http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100130102944/memoryalpha/en/images/b/b8/Fred_Phillips_Persis_Khambatta.jpg

I have long hair it gets in my mouth when I eat sandwiches

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy)

Haha, I was thinking of posting this exact sentiment but thought better of it; "no, that's too weirdly specific, no one will relate to that, maybe I am just an idiot who does not know how to sandwich properly"

yeah if you are kissing someone with long hair sometimes it gets in your mouth and ungh

Sometimes when you both have long hair and are kissing it gets everywhere and it's kinda hott?

but the TANGLES

What about the Skrillex cut, is that long or short lol

anything is acceptable when the situation is kind of hot, then later when it's under less hot circumstances it's all like "man, that is not that cool, actually"

these are all minor concerns really the simple fact is that my hair is magnificent and everything else in the world, including me, is peripheral

I wz one of those teenage boys who had long hair 'on principle' without paying attention whatsoever to how it looked. Shoulder-length, sometimes down (when it was alright) sometimes in a pony-tail (fuck. that. shit.).

Which is good in one way and bad in another.

I was just a little too pudgy and a little too hunched for it to look good, but I liked having it.

Those days ended at about 18/19, buzzcut came in as prem. balding started

I've seen the bun thing around a few times and actually think it looks pretty neat

There is a kind of male-modelly looking dude around my neighbourhood (LOL Streatham Hill you are getting so gentrified) who walks around with a samurai style bun, and it's a good look on him. Yes.

Are we talking tall, athletic build? I think that's a requirement for the look

I don't really get the bun thing - what's the point of having long hair if you scrunch it up?

xp But let me reiterate: pony tails: fuck. that. shit.

mohel, that's kind of the thing - it's obvious a bit of work's gone into it, sort of displaying one's handicraft interest or something.

I only tie my hair back if I'm doing a dangerous procedure at work, or insufflating drugs

just saw this:

was long hair compulsory for male rock stars in 1969...

Why, yes. Yes, it most certainly was. Unless you were Sgt. Barry Sadler.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/RobertSadler.jpg

keep me away from this thread
sooo classic

I haven't cut my hair since the middle of 2012 and it's down past my collarbones now. I think this might actually be the longest it's ever been, at least since high school.

Also, I am single and have no gf prospects, so maybe this thread is onto something.

I had my 1st haircut in 8 years about 6 months ago

I am single but that is definitely down to my failings as a human being and not the failings of my hair, which is flawless

before we talk about long hair, we need to do something about all the beards

If I could grow a beard I would totally have a beard. Or at least sideburns.

oh man we're going after beards now?

I can't really defend my beard though

This thread is full of mentalism and heteronormativity. IDGI.

Actually I don't even know if heteronormativity is even the word I'm looking for any more.

You can't diss the look of Fabio, or young Ted Danson

haha the thread concept and implied attendant values are obv moronic which is why I was urging dwight yorke to make it, I thought it would be funny

and dayo has been otm itt

I do the bun thing but I angle it on diff parts of my head 4 fun

Puzzled.

I demand some more hott boys!

pics, uh oh!

no jesus jokes yet

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2012/1020/20121020__denver-nuggets-kenneth-faried-SP11NUGGETS__KG29132~p1.jpg

Nah wins sry

haha ok

Post pictures of your haircuts & I will judge them*!

*This will end in tears

lol I posted a picture to wdyll last year that was basically just my hair, not sure if it's still in the dropbox

if this was 77 I'd post pictures of a guy I know with a samurai bob that looks pretty cool

aight I found it but 1st you gotta know I will ride for my hair till judgement day

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32863603/130828-205318.jpg

metal dudes tend to have pretty good long hair

OMG I was so joking! But ok I will lookit your hair. :)

Wow ok wins, your hair is officially AMAZING. That is some fine hair.

I'm sayin!

anyone with hair that beautiful should wear it long!

and i don't really care what people do with their hair, but if you have a beautiful head of hair it's your obligation to make the most of it

as this man always did

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/images/primer/ferry-bryan.jpg

Wistfully recalling my 16-y-o co-worker crush. His hair framed his face very beautifully AND he could pull off a fringed leather jacket.

and dayo has been otm itt

otm

I kind of feel like the thread's initial goal to troll a set of posts out of the woodwork like clockwork has been a success

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/vYObqicOCjI/hqdefault.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8wHlMZMKFRg/TVmRDd4m_aI/AAAAAAAACfQ/KzE3uMMRyQA/s400/Dennis_Wilson.jpg

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Lulu%2BGainsbourg%2Biw4aou1O4ywm.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJOY_YKwBaM/TiooNP-xVhI/AAAAAAAAAqw/zzgQUARc8-A/s1600/Jesus%2BClose%2Bup.jpg

http://www.thesnirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jesus_of_nazareth_actor_resurect_robert_powell-copy.jpg

His hair framed his face very beautifully AND he could pull off a fringed leather jacket.

http://www.cowanauctions.com/itemImages/ggg1343.jpg

For some reason when I grow my hair out and part it, that little thin white line of scalp that shows at the part really bugs me, like I get kind of obsessed with the idea that people are looking at my scalp. Is this some garden variety anxiety about receding hair or some kinda midlife crisis shit like that? or am I just weird? (for reference, you can see this effect in, say, the pic of Tom Cruise upthread- it's not receding or anything, but you do see that little slice of scalp- and I don't like that part showing)

i just realized that the happiest month of my life -- october 2008, by a long shot -- was the month when my hair was the longest it has ever been. i got it cut during thanksgiving break and it's been short ever since.

i sort of want to rock a jesus-type shoulder-length look but it's a long road to that point.

can't believe no one has posted this yet:

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID20872/images/Varg_with_Cat.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ics54caS1r63vq5o1_500.jpg

http://meandrichard.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/5_009.jpg

i'm in favor of dudes w long hair even though I hate hippies as a general rule. I see longhaired dudes in life & i always expect them to be chill & fun to talk to & I am rarely disappointed.
but I also find it attractive which prob explains that more than anything.

& I will rep for jonathan laroquette hair in a bun because a) UYD 4 LIFE and b) because Jah

what about longhaired dudes in utilikilts?

bridge too far imo

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/thumb/w263xh347/2009/07/06/img-joe-dallesandro-fig-8_163052746883.jpg
vs
http://witchesbrewpress.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/joe_dallesandro_press_lj_bw.jpg?w=231&h=300

Fine if you are Skwisaar:
http://cdn.okcimg.com/php/load_okc_image.php/images/0x0/0x0/0/4296561064195693397.jpeg___1_500_1_500_cb94de6a_.png

Or similar. Roleplaying dudes in trenchcoats with long hair thatre going bald - STOP.

Many of my friends had v long straight hair in the 90s-early 2ks and all of em have gone short/shorter and look much better now, tbh. But its a case by case thing.

Beards, though. Beards. no. They can eff off.

oh sod I always screw up that tag.

Come on.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3174/2506479800_70efa68e82.jpg

^^^just another builder you'd walk past on the streets of Redruth

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1038736/tumblr_lmqibzkECx1qg02rso1_500.jpg

^^^hotttttttest dude of all time

He doesn't even LOOK like himself with short hair.

The former landlord of the Talbot on Tyrwhitt Rd in Brockley was the spit of RDJ. Then he got his hair cut and quit. He's been replaced by a bloke who looks like an INCREDIBLY stressed Scott Capurro.

Maybe he was RDJ. That seems like a very RDJ thing to have done.

Hottest dude of all time looks a bit pasty and asthmatic in that photo, to me.

A bit of sea air and fresh veg should sort him out.

He is An Celt. That is just the colour they come.

(Given his asthma inspired amazing tracks like Ventolin, I'm not complaining about that.)

Oh that's who that is!

The images you get when you google "A Celt" are hilarious.

http://www.mmdtkw.org/CNAf0351CeltIberian1.jpg

^^^long ginger hair in ponytail

(Though I thought contemporary accounts from the romans etc suggested that Celts stiffened their hair with lime and pulled it up into big spikes to look scary? Or was my Latin translation account really, really off?)

no woad, no cred

Well, he's still got his tunic on! Woad had to be smeared on the bare chest before throwing yourself, screaming, at a cowering Roman soldier.

tying in w/ the Dave vs Ray thread, this is a agl imo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Dave_Davies_1971.jpg

yall are a bunch of noobs

as a dude who once had p awesome hair but has had to watch his hairline slowly (mercifully, tbf) "mature", this is 100% correct: i don't really care what people do with their hair, but if you have a beautiful head of hair it's your obligation to make the most of it

yall are a bunch of noobs

Hey now.

i had a mullet when i was 17 = not noob

Uncle Dave!

That is what all the adult men around me looked like when I was a kid, so that is still what I expect men should basically look like.

I think bringing "builder" into it adds the class aspect. Not as much an issue these days when it's hardly a sign of nonconformity, but there was definitely a time where long hair on men was a signifier that you either had the economic/social capital to be a nonconformist, or you were some sort of artist/outlaw working outside the system.

idk these days I see people with full sleeve tattoos in most walks of life but that's still a dealbreaker in some areas, I think? not sure what style reads as inherently unemployable for so-called grunt work

That's a pretty recent interpretation. Hair fashions on men have been going back and forth since the Roman (shaved, cropped)/Barbarian (long hair, beard) dichotomy but there have been many periods of western history where long hair was the norm for all men. In fact, going to a hairdresser to have it cut or curled was a class signifier.

also I forgot to add that long metal hair is the best best BEST

how about we go with the aesthetic period we're judging based on, I think most ppl in this thread are between 20 and 50 or so

Things have a context and things have a history, and bringing "class" into it means that you have to look at context and history.

wins looks like charles I.

and we know what happened to him.

Yeah, I know, he's been hiding in my oak tree for a week!

*not a euphemism!

goole otm

wins, I loved your work with Black Sabbath

i used to have long hair

i have a beard

its just whatever works man there are no rules you have to find yr own way im sorry

Beards are so great.

how do we feel about unibrows

ppl are always telling me I look like one of the charleses but it's usually ii

http://files.myopera.com/celebfan2/blog/Actor%20Keanu%20Reeves%20photographed%20in%20the%20early%201990

yeah but he smells like a billy goat

wins you are correct

i just wanted to make an oblique joke about you getting killed is all

bill steer

lock thread

bye

not before I post this:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/30293_445145096056_4763708_n.jpg
^^ my dad (and me) in 1973. We lived in a shared house, and all the adults were beautiful and had luxurious hair. So like BB, I grew up with a firm preference for long hair. I agree it needs to be looked after, though, and there's no way to make it look good once it really starts to thin.

Original band name for Men Without Hats.

zora was yr dad in pink floyd y/n

(for carl agatha) speaking of the floyd, dave gilmour is why long hair was invented

http://www.metalmouth.net/media/2012/09/DGilmour1.jpg

roxy otn

or otm, even

Amazing picture, Zora!

Here is Papa Bell plus a pair of Baby Bells, also in 1973, also with lovely, long, luxuriant hair, which is how I believe all adult males should essentially be:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7349/12248171743_a664d0e7b7_o.jpg

(I have clearly never changed my taste in shirts, either.)

(Camping, it was what hippies did, probably in Wales: School of Severn Bells)

VG <3

Gosh, I never knew ol' Dave was such a brooding beauty. My dad was not in the Floyd but he did roadie and play a bit of guitar for a prog rock band called, iirc, Death Kit II.

You look so happy there BB! I love your matching stripy shirts.

Any more ILX0rs got cool hairy dad pics?

Or we can start a separate thread for funky old parent pics if people are interested & want to keep this one on topic.

plus a pair of Baby Bells

D'awwww!

Thanks!

I think we have somewhere a "what did you used to look like?" thread for adorable baby pics and the like. I do like the idea of a "post pics of your parents in the 70s" thread but also wonder if it could lead to badness, coz, like, I haven't asked either father or brother if they're OK with their pics being posted here.

No, good point.

Pretty sure there is a "70s bros being bros" thread (NB that is not the real title), ENBB can answer bc I think there's a bunch of pics of her dad in it.

short haired emo philips always looked wrong to me

http://25.media.tumblr.com/be407420552f3876f25d2527fdd3ef3f/tumblr_mr7yzvPTku1sps6k9o3_500.png

http://www.nndb.com/people/226/000073007/emo-philips-1-sized.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3n2NR.jpg%3F9380

I wz one of those teenage boys who had long hair 'on principle' without paying attention whatsoever to how it looked.

hmm this is me except I'm not teenage or a boy and the only principle I have long hair on is that I was tired of being asked if I was a boy or a girl when I had short hair (which I also paid 0 attention to and was too plump-cheeked/square-faced to suit)

I was going to paste some long-haired former crushes but GIS kept also providing pics of them with short hair where they looked even hotter so my endorsement of their hair began to feel redundant

Are there any more examples of politicians growing their hair out after leaving office aside from LBJ?

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9201/lbjlonghair1.png

I'm sure Alan Milburn did this but I can't find any pictures

The thread IO was talking about = dudes

all-time thread

esp your contributions

these dudes are outrageous!!

― Delhomme 3030 (roxymuzak), Saturday, 28 November 2009 00:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

oh noooo gbx's dad photos links are dead... so classic

^^ my dad (and me) in 1973. We lived in a shared house, and all the adults were beautiful and had luxurious hair. So like BB, I grew up with a firm preference for long hair. I agree it needs to be looked after, though, and there's no way to make it look good once it really starts to thin.

― poor fishless bastard (Zora), Friday, January 31, 2014 8:09 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i grew up in a family that did outdoor drama every summer, and everyone in those had long hair and beards and looked awesome. we grew up with similar aesthetics, probs.

every time i have to trim/layer it i question if it's worth having long hair

Of course.

i've not had a haircut since June...

Ugh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_trim_our_hair_in_accordance_with_the_socialist_lifestyle

When the cold winter wind is blowing at just the right speed, a good long head of hair feels fucking amazing. Just stepped out on my back porch for a smoke and a beer and felt like a goddamned viking.

Should have been growing my hair this long as soon as I got out of the military. So many years wasted.

my hair is long(ish) for the first time since i was a teenager and i honestly just find it annoying. ive decided to get the top and sides trimmed down as those are the bits that annoy me. so i will have a mullet

Turns out if you let your hair get to shoulder length and get a bit dirty it's..good? You can just tuck it behind your ears and then everyone else has to deal with looking at it but you don't?

There are many routes to success. (Also looking back at Tombot in December there, I am glad he has fully seen the path to the light.)

yes, one for ILX posts with striking imagery