{"id":2351,"date":"2009-10-06T00:02:24","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T04:02:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-01-30T17:29:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T22:29:36","slug":"excluding-sleater-kinney-has-a-top-fligh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/excluding-sleater-kinney-has-a-top-fligh\/","title":{"rendered":"Excluding Sleater-Kinney, Has a Top-Flight Band Had Less Success With Facial Hair Than The Rolling Stones?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eQ6LV5Sc3fk?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>The Beatles<\/strong>&#8216; &#8220;Penny Lane&#8221; b\/w &#8220;Strawberry Fields Forever&#8221; single is rightfully acknowledged as one of the finest pairings of songs ever committed to 7 inches of vinyl. What&#8217;s less often acknowledged is the band&#8217;s landmark display of facial hair, as presented on the promotional films for each song. Although rock facial hair had already been in bloom in the rock underground, John, Paul, George, and Ringo busted out an astounding array of complimentary <em>moustaches<\/em> (and one Van Dyke) to support their dazzling new sonic achievements. Paul will forever get his share of grief for being the most ambitious and glib of the Fab Four to reach old age, but along with all the praise due to his musical abilities, let&#8217;s not forget to recognize the perfection of the man Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s-era &#8216;stache.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/fourseasons.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"318\" \/><\/div>\n<p>While The Beatles were experimenting with mind-expanding sounds and drugs &#8211; and fashion-expanding facial hair &#8211; <strong>The Rolling Stones<\/strong> were searching for an appropriate response. <em>Their Satanic Majesties Request<\/em> was such a poor attempt at psychedelia that they would be bested in their efforts to follow the times by the likes of <strong>The Four Seasons<\/strong>&#8216; <em>Genuine Imitation Life<\/em>. I&#8217;m not kidding, and <strong>Frankie Valli<\/strong> and the boys put their thick, dark Italian follicles to great use, helping to launch the overlooked genre of Goatee Rock. The best the Stones could manage was <strong>Brian Jones<\/strong>&#8216; fabulous mutton chops.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/Stones_Mick_Brian_beards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"258\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_legend\">Mick&#8217;s beard no match for Brian&#8217;s mutton chops<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mick Jagger made a few attempts at facial hair, but none stuck. Every beard Mick tried made him look like an extra in <em>Monty Python and the Holy Grail<\/em>&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/Stones_Ned.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"198\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_legend\">Overshadowed by Terry Gilliam on coconuts<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8230;or <em>Life of Brian<\/em>&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/Stones_mickbeard2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_legend\">He&#8217;s not Brian!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was as if Mick was trying to downplay his glamorous appeal, but we know that couldn&#8217;t have been his intent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keef<\/strong> and <strong>Bill Wyman<\/strong> were no help in this race to grow facial hair where no man had grown facial hair before, or at least hadn&#8217;t since the early 20th century. Don&#8217;t they say that hair and nails keep growing for some time after a person has died? Wyman must have been dead for a long time by the time the Stones formed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charlie Watts<\/strong> occasionally has sported a dapper pencil mustache, but I could not find a photo of it on the Web. There are, however, plenty of photos of the following Stone, who has always brought happening facial hair to his studio work.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/Stones_pretty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_legend\">Search &#8220;Charlie Watts hoax,&#8221; if you&#8217;re new to Rock Town Hall<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the addition of <strong>Mick Taylor<\/strong>, at the close of the &#8217;60s, the band revamped its sound and did its best to replace the silken locks of Brian Jones. However, Taylor would be a complete no-show in the facial hair department.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/Stones_micktaylor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Following Taylor&#8217;s departure, <strong>Ron Wood<\/strong> continued the Stones&#8217; beardless, dual-guitar attack. Woody had greater follicular concerns, such as maintaining his rooster toupee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/Stones_keefstache1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_legend\">Or are those the ashes of his snorted, creamated father?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In recent years Keef has made an occasional stab at facial hair, but it&#8217;s a matter of way too little, way too late.<\/p>\n<nav class=\"page-links\"><strong>Pages:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/excluding-sleater-kinney-has-a-top-fligh\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">1<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/excluding-sleater-kinney-has-a-top-fligh\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">2<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/excluding-sleater-kinney-has-a-top-fligh\/3\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">3<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/excluding-sleater-kinney-has-a-top-fligh\/4\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">4<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/excluding-sleater-kinney-has-a-top-fligh\/5\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">5<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/excluding-sleater-kinney-has-a-top-fligh\/6\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">6<\/span><\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beatles&#8216; &#8220;Penny Lane&#8221; b\/w &#8220;Strawberry Fields Forever&#8221; single is rightfully acknowledged as one of the finest pairings of songs ever committed to 7 inches of vinyl. 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