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Thursday Coffee Break: The Pigtails Are Gone!

Posted at 7:46 AM on May 27, 2010 by Steve Seel (43 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

Can you believe it? Willie Nelson cut off his pigtails! Say it ain't so! Alas, it is, and here's the first photographic evidence. He says "there's a lot of maintenance involved" in those things. OK, we guess so.

Anyway, as we lament the loss of the better part of Willie's locks this morning, let's put together set of songs that pay tribute to tresses. Songs about hair, for today's 9:30 Coffee Break.

Comments (43)

Beck - Devil's Haircut

INXS - Suicide Blonde

Posted by Eric | May 27, 2010 8:19 AM

Ooh! "hairstyles and attitudes" by Timbuk3

Posted by rana | May 27, 2010 8:31 AM

Almost Cut My Hair- CSNY

Posted by Mike | May 27, 2010 8:34 AM

"Signs"- Five Man Electrical Band

I second the Beck suggestion.

Posted by Justin | May 27, 2010 8:36 AM

Hair -- The Cowsills

Almost Cut My Hair -- CS&N

Boy Meets Girl -- Haircut 100

Alliwannadois F#@k Your Hair -- Judybats

Posted by lou | May 27, 2010 8:40 AM

Red Headed Stepchild by Golden Smog

Posted by Breanne | May 27, 2010 8:48 AM

Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
Devil's Haircut - Beck

Posted by ken | May 27, 2010 8:48 AM

Pavement -- Cut Your Hair

Posted by Ken | May 27, 2010 8:48 AM

Beard Lust - Natalie Portman's Shaved Head

Sophisticated Sideways Ponytail - Natalie Portman's Shaved Head

Posted by Roni | May 27, 2010 8:48 AM

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Posted by Julie | May 27, 2010 8:49 AM

America- sister golden hair

Posted by andrea boyadjis | May 27, 2010 8:49 AM

Gotta second Hairstyles and Attitudes and Cut Your Hair.

Would love to hear anything by Haircut 100.

Posted by Ira Rosen | May 27, 2010 8:50 AM

The song about long beautiful hair from HAIR the MUSICAL. Hope you can find it - it is good if a little old!

Posted by sue peacock | May 27, 2010 8:51 AM

Golden Hair - Syd Barrett

Posted by amy | May 27, 2010 8:51 AM

cut your hair--pavement
sampson--regina spektor
black is the color of my true love's hair--nina simone
wig--b-52s
dumb blonde--dolly parton (a good friend of willie's)
baby's got a brand new hairdo--elvis costello
natty dread--bob marley
dreadlocks in the moonlight--lee perry

Posted by kim | May 27, 2010 8:51 AM

So obvious that you can't not play it: "Hair," from Hair, the musical.

Posted by Amanda | May 27, 2010 8:52 AM

Japandroids - Wet Hair
Tom Waits - Trouble's Braids
PJ Harvey - Hair
Luna - Fuzzy Wuzzy

Posted by chad | May 27, 2010 8:56 AM

PJ Harvey - Hair

Posted by Allyson | May 27, 2010 8:57 AM

Cold War Kids - Hair Down

Posted by Sam | May 27, 2010 8:58 AM

They've all been mentioned already, but...

Almost Cut My Hair-CSNY

Cut Your Hair-Pavement

Devil's Haircut-Beck

Red Headed Stepchild-Golden Smog

Posted by Joel | May 27, 2010 8:58 AM

"Get a haircut and get a real job" - George Thorogood

Posted by Scott | May 27, 2010 9:00 AM

***Wesley Willis - Cut the Mullet ****

Almost Cut My Hair - CSN

Posted by Kyle J | May 27, 2010 9:00 AM

"Good Day" by Nappy Roots...twisting it up b/c the band name is about hair. The song is great and upbeat...perfect for "It's almost a holiday weekend!"

Posted by Lynne | May 27, 2010 9:00 AM

George Thorogood "Get a Haircut"

Posted by Corey | May 27, 2010 9:01 AM

red headed step child - by golden smog

Posted by will | May 27, 2010 9:01 AM

Hair - The Early November

Posted by Shane | May 27, 2010 9:01 AM

America - Sister Golden Hair

Posted by Kelly | May 27, 2010 9:01 AM

Devil's haircut - Beck

Going to an extreme...
Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven

Posted by loran | May 27, 2010 9:03 AM

Samson and Delilah - the Washington Squares

Posted by Ira Rosen | May 27, 2010 9:04 AM

"Modern Day Delilah" by Van Stephenson

"Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth

"She's Always in My Hair" by Prince

"Hairdresser" by ZZ Top

Anything by Haircut 100!

Posted by (JL) | May 27, 2010 9:05 AM

Regina Spektor -- Sampson

Posted by Jen S. | May 27, 2010 9:06 AM

you have to play haircut 100

sorry jl

Posted by troy | May 27, 2010 9:09 AM

"Back When My Hair Was Short" - Gunhill Road

Posted by IndyR | May 27, 2010 9:11 AM

Please : ) Dashboard Confessional: Screaming Infidelities (Your hair is everywhere...)

Posted by Stephanie | May 27, 2010 9:12 AM

Come Together (Beatles) "He got hair down to his knees..."

Posted by Susan | May 27, 2010 9:13 AM

I second "Hair" from the musical, since it's already stuck in my head from the tweet announcing the Coffee Break :)
Jared Allen's hair is also gone! MN is mourning the mullet.
"Don't Let Your Hair Grow Too Long" - Oren Lavie
"Springfield, or Bobby got a shadfly caught in his hair" - Sufjan Stevens

Posted by Erin | May 27, 2010 9:14 AM

George thorogood is essential.

Posted by Mike | May 27, 2010 9:20 AM

Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long - Brian Wilson
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie

Posted by allan pointon | May 27, 2010 9:20 AM

Bangs--They Might Be Giants

Posted by erik | May 27, 2010 9:24 AM

Hairdresser on Fire-Morrissey
I Think I'm Going Bald-Rush (aren't you trying to bring them back?)
Sweet Child of Mine--GnR ("Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'd hide and pray for the thunder and the rain to quietly pass me by")

Posted by beth | May 27, 2010 9:27 AM

Pavement - Cut Your Hair
Neil Young - Unknown Legend (Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind)
Beck - Devils' Haircut

Posted by Robin | May 27, 2010 9:27 AM

Atmosphere - Hockey Hair

Posted by leif | May 27, 2010 9:40 AM

Haircut - Kevin Devine

Posted by Kenney | May 27, 2010 9:44 AM

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