#1 Musical Musings
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:00 am
"Where have all the Mullets Gone?" otherwise entitled "Rock The Mullet" - musings by the Brat
Cross Posted from my LJ :
I was noticing something the other day when listening to Richard Marx on the radio. Yes, yes, I confess, Richard Marx is asthetically pleasing and was popular when I was between 6th grade and junior or senior in high school. While other kids liked "New Kids on the Block", I liked Richard Marx for my dose of preteen/teen heartthrob crushes. At least as far as music. "Young Guns" pack of "outlaws" was really the source of many a dream for me. But I digress.
So when he came on the radio, I did not change the station. His moody, earthy voice brought back nostalgia. And then I thought of something...
What happened to all these 80s/early 90s stars with Mullets?
Sure we know why the mullet went away; same reason the rattail went away. Frankly, it was a fad, and a little side of rediculous one at that. But it seems when certain stars cut their back locks, they lost their stardom. Coincidence....or conspiracy? Richard Marx cut his locks and had one more song, "Now and Forever", before he fell off the map. "Now and Forever" should have maybe been retitled or thought of as "Now and a Minute or two" in regards to his career. Michael Bolton cut his mullet. Do you believe that? Well you would if he was still popular. "I could have loved you but I lied" has now been replaced by fans everywhere with the tearful ballad "I could have loved you but you cut your hair". What about Billy Ray Cyrus' achy breaky heart? It is aching and breaking. No mullet = no money.
What is the lesson boys and girls?
Dont cut your hair.
:P ~LOL~
Cross Posted from my LJ :
I was noticing something the other day when listening to Richard Marx on the radio. Yes, yes, I confess, Richard Marx is asthetically pleasing and was popular when I was between 6th grade and junior or senior in high school. While other kids liked "New Kids on the Block", I liked Richard Marx for my dose of preteen/teen heartthrob crushes. At least as far as music. "Young Guns" pack of "outlaws" was really the source of many a dream for me. But I digress.
So when he came on the radio, I did not change the station. His moody, earthy voice brought back nostalgia. And then I thought of something...
What happened to all these 80s/early 90s stars with Mullets?
Sure we know why the mullet went away; same reason the rattail went away. Frankly, it was a fad, and a little side of rediculous one at that. But it seems when certain stars cut their back locks, they lost their stardom. Coincidence....or conspiracy? Richard Marx cut his locks and had one more song, "Now and Forever", before he fell off the map. "Now and Forever" should have maybe been retitled or thought of as "Now and a Minute or two" in regards to his career. Michael Bolton cut his mullet. Do you believe that? Well you would if he was still popular. "I could have loved you but I lied" has now been replaced by fans everywhere with the tearful ballad "I could have loved you but you cut your hair". What about Billy Ray Cyrus' achy breaky heart? It is aching and breaking. No mullet = no money.
What is the lesson boys and girls?
Dont cut your hair.
:P ~LOL~