No hair, and singing about it?
October 4, 2011 3:31 PM Subscribe
I am looking for songs by bald people about baldness.
A friend just gave me a mix CD of music by artists with hair. I would like to reciprocate with a CD of music by artists without hair. I know, easy, right? And I shouldn't need MeFi's help for this.
BUT then it occurred to me that music by people without hair singing about not having hair would be more entertaining, and I definitely can't do that without help (in fact, the only song I can think of is Ani DiFranco's "Fixing Her Hair"*). So... any ideas?
*As this example makes clear, my definition of baldness includes those bald by choice.
A friend just gave me a mix CD of music by artists with hair. I would like to reciprocate with a CD of music by artists without hair. I know, easy, right? And I shouldn't need MeFi's help for this.
BUT then it occurred to me that music by people without hair singing about not having hair would be more entertaining, and I definitely can't do that without help (in fact, the only song I can think of is Ani DiFranco's "Fixing Her Hair"*). So... any ideas?
*As this example makes clear, my definition of baldness includes those bald by choice.
if' you're going with Ani - little plastic castles also mentions the shaved head (of her friend, but talking about the image of femininity and beauty and how hair and lipstick factors in).
posted by nadawi at 3:44 PM on October 4, 2011
posted by nadawi at 3:44 PM on October 4, 2011
It's just a lyric, but the Hold Steady song "Cheyenne Sunrise" has their balding singer deliver this chorus:
Some things are getting bigger
Some things are falling off
Some things seem much harder
Some other things stay soft
I think the things that are falling off are the hairs on his head.
posted by WStraub at 3:44 PM on October 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
Some things are getting bigger
Some things are falling off
Some things seem much harder
Some other things stay soft
I think the things that are falling off are the hairs on his head.
posted by WStraub at 3:44 PM on October 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
The Darkness have a song called "Bald". Their then-bassist was bald, though I suspect you want bald singers.
posted by miss_kitty_fantastico at 3:53 PM on October 4, 2011
posted by miss_kitty_fantastico at 3:53 PM on October 4, 2011
Oh wait, I misread your question. She has hair and is singing about baldness. Sorry.
posted by John Cohen at 4:12 PM on October 4, 2011
posted by John Cohen at 4:12 PM on October 4, 2011
"Poco Pelo" is an old cha cha, I think about baldness or thinning hair or short hair or something. I'm sure it's been sung by someone bald or balding at one time or another, maybe Ruben Blades?
posted by fivesavagepalms at 4:13 PM on October 4, 2011
posted by fivesavagepalms at 4:13 PM on October 4, 2011
Rush - I think I'm Going Bald. Maybe Moby's covered it.
posted by Ideefixe at 4:19 PM on October 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Ideefixe at 4:19 PM on October 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
George Hrab's "The Assumption" includes the line "don't forget I see myself as bald as fat". There's also Bald Headed Woman.
posted by NoraReed at 6:03 PM on October 4, 2011
posted by NoraReed at 6:03 PM on October 4, 2011
It's just a lyric, but the Hold Steady song "Cheyenne Sunrise" has their balding singer deliver this chorus:
Some things are getting bigger
Some things are falling off
Some things seem much harder
Some other things stay soft
I think the things that are falling off are the hairs on his head.
That's more pleasant than my interpretation...
Kings Of Leon - The Bucket
'18, balding, golden falling star'
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 6:17 PM on October 4, 2011
"Big fat ugly jocks with hairdos
Look like fucking clowns
And everyone knows they're just
The biggest jerks around
I'm asking you on bended knee
Change that hairdo won't you please
Lose that ponytail, you'll see
That you'd be so cool like me
Won't you won't you cut it, dude
Won't you won't you cut it, dude"
--Cut It Dude by The Queers
posted by BitterOldPunk at 6:21 PM on October 4, 2011
Look like fucking clowns
And everyone knows they're just
The biggest jerks around
I'm asking you on bended knee
Change that hairdo won't you please
Lose that ponytail, you'll see
That you'd be so cool like me
Won't you won't you cut it, dude
Won't you won't you cut it, dude"
--Cut It Dude by The Queers
posted by BitterOldPunk at 6:21 PM on October 4, 2011
Pavement - Cut Your Hair may be the exact opposite of what you're looking for, as you gotta have hair to have a haircut, doncha? But maybe it's helpful if your mix idea changes over time.
posted by jsturgill at 6:32 PM on October 4, 2011
posted by jsturgill at 6:32 PM on October 4, 2011
Response by poster: You are all fantastic -- I'm laughing out loud! And genuinely enjoying some of these songs...
posted by obliquicity at 7:30 PM on October 4, 2011
posted by obliquicity at 7:30 PM on October 4, 2011
A legitimately great song -- kind of weird but beautiful in its own way: She's Goin' Bald by The Beach Boys. Featuring Mike Love, the bald but always be-hatted beach boy.
posted by twinight at 8:51 PM on October 4, 2011
posted by twinight at 8:51 PM on October 4, 2011
Why? talks about going bald quite a bit - Gemini, Against Me, etc.
Today I fell asleep in a bath of hair.posted by tmcw at 9:12 PM on October 4, 2011
Hair that once sprouted from my own
white wet chalk follicles.
'Spent my life fighting off the pigs, drinking beer and smoking cigs,
Stealing riffs and blowing gigs, but now I'm stuck googling for wigs.'
- Hell Toupee by the resoundingly hirsute Turbonegro
posted by permafrost at 3:46 AM on October 5, 2011
Stealing riffs and blowing gigs, but now I'm stuck googling for wigs.'
- Hell Toupee by the resoundingly hirsute Turbonegro
posted by permafrost at 3:46 AM on October 5, 2011
Cute, funny song from kids TV . . . would definitely add variety! And it gets stuck in one's head:
Oh, where is my hairbrush?
posted by MeiraV at 7:03 AM on October 5, 2011
Oh, where is my hairbrush?
posted by MeiraV at 7:03 AM on October 5, 2011
Cleanhead Blues, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
(Sorry about crackly sound; it was the only one I could find with Vinson singing, among the myriad covers)
Bald Head, Professor Longhair (song is about a bald woman, though the Professor himself is also bald on top)
posted by Pallas Athena at 8:25 AM on October 5, 2011
(Sorry about crackly sound; it was the only one I could find with Vinson singing, among the myriad covers)
Bald Head, Professor Longhair (song is about a bald woman, though the Professor himself is also bald on top)
posted by Pallas Athena at 8:25 AM on October 5, 2011
"Atak of da Bal-Hedz" by Onyx. (Onyx are all bald and they seem to love to sing about it--at least five songs have at least one line about baldness.)
These guys are not actually bald, but for the comic value, if you can find it, PLEASE include "Buried and Bald" by NWH.
posted by dlugoczaj at 8:25 AM on October 5, 2011
These guys are not actually bald, but for the comic value, if you can find it, PLEASE include "Buried and Bald" by NWH.
posted by dlugoczaj at 8:25 AM on October 5, 2011
OH! Forgot "Top of the Morning to Ya" by House of Pain. ("If you try to take it, I got a big shillelagh/I don't have dreads cause I shave my head daily. You call me a skinhead, I call you a pinhead. . ." )
posted by dlugoczaj at 8:31 AM on October 5, 2011
posted by dlugoczaj at 8:31 AM on October 5, 2011
Me again. De La Soul, "Respect," includes the line "Shave my head bald, I'm too fly for toupees." (Posdnous, who rapped that verse, was bald at that point.)
posted by dlugoczaj at 8:37 AM on October 5, 2011
posted by dlugoczaj at 8:37 AM on October 5, 2011
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posted by Specklet at 3:34 PM on October 4, 2011