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

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