Jul 072015
The mullet. The worst haircut of all time. What excuse can be made for sporting this atrocity? And on a Beatle, no less! I ask you: Is this the worst look ever sported by any Beatle, at any point in time? Was this a cool, cutting-edge look on Macca, before it filtered into the general population? Combining the mullet with the sleazy mustache brings the look down even further. I’m thinking, as far as Beatle looks goes, this is the bottom, the worst.
My goal here, however, is to be wrong. Can you find a photo of a Beatle sporting a worse hairdo than this? Can we, once and for all, determine the worst-ever style on John, Paul, George or Ringo?
I can’t believe we’ve never determined the answer to this important question…once and for all! As bad at that McCartney Look is, that’s a shag hairdo, not a mullet. Slight difference. Without the bad mustache, that shag got Paul a lot of mileage through the mid-’70s.
I proposed George Harrison’s late-’70s perm era for this dishonor. He looked like a cheesy Greek nightclub owner…not that there’s anything wrong with Greeks or nightclub owners…
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3x1nqmJqab4/maxresdefault.jpg
The greasy-looking, long limp hair. The little (fake?) mustache. These were “featured” on Paul’s “Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance” routine on his 1973 TV special. Awful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhVaDFoFMJk
Good (or do I mean BAD) one!
Wow, that TV show look is bad! Macca is definitely the worst offender, but that Harrison shot is a solid entry as well. I can’t find a photo of Ringo looking absurd – maybe he had always maintained a natural coolness.
Good lord what did I just watch?
Yeah, I also haven’t come up with a Ringo contender yet. John’s so cool that he could usually overcome any bad Look he might have ventured into, even the sleeveless t-shirt he wears in those I Love New York poses. However, while not as bad as the Paul and George contenders, this is a bad Look, reminding me of Darryl (pronounced “Da-RILL”) from Kids in the Hall.
http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/elvis_presley_john_lennon_pin_the_beatles.jpg
As misguided as Macca was for his multi-year fascination with the rooster-mullet, at least it was clean most of the time. I think all four of the Beatles needed to be dragged into a shower for much of 1968-69. The portrait shots inside the White Album are all smelly-looking.
Hey, that’s James “the Shunt” Hunt, Formula One playboy!
I guess you’d call this the working class hero look?
http://www.chordarea.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/John-Lennon-singer-Wallpaper.jpg
The two virgins Look was not a high point:
http://eil.com/images/main/John+Lennon+-+Unfinished+Music+No.+1%3A+Two+Virgins+-+Autographed+-+LP+RECORD-372016.jpg
Remember when George went totally 80s?
http://beatlesnumber9.com/hari4.jpg
Creepy Ringo
http://eil.com/images/main/Ringo-Starr-Stop-And-Smell-Th-551925.jpg
That is really disappointing — yuck. A Clockwork Orange inspired?
True, but it answered the question: Which way does John hang?
Yeah, sadly I remember when too many people went totally ’80s!
And perhaps inspired the awesome dance sequence in The Big Lebowski?
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/s320x320/e15/11374422_1399151817080588_652346893_n.jpg
Mullet or Shag, Mod?
Ringo’s ‘do in this one isn’t quite as full and luscious as George’s Greek Diner look. I don’t care for Ringo’s mix of curls-like-a-poodle on top, and straight my-perm-is-growing-out sides.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/412853490815097182/
Of all the Beatles, Ringo has had the most bad looks.
But John’s “elder statesman of rock” look, seen here:
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2039675!/img/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/article_400/lennon.JPG
…might be the second worst (next to that picture of Paul up there…my GOD!).
I’m no Macca defender but you can’t count this one against Paul. He was playing a role.
The shag on the other hand…
I think that’s the worst John look. He could only manage that do if he wore white stockings, buckle shoes, and applied copious amounts of talcum.
I forgot the half-grown beard had come into vogue that early! Awful.
I think it’s something else, like a “wedding cake,” with its tiered, expanding layers.
That’s a funny!
Oh man, that’s a bad hair day for the ages!
That’s hysterical! Lennon’s look there – was that for “how i won the war?”
Companion photo:
https://diaspora-fr.org/camo/52373b4130576db2d1be22df5cc301fe10ef022d/687474703a2f2f6432747139386d71666a797a326c2e636c6f756466726f6e742e6e65742f696d6167655f63616368652f3132343838353639373334303336372e6a706567
OK, what the hey is happening with Ringo here:
https://diaspora-fr.org/camo/67026e3d3ce4ed6eb1e1303557c64496bdccb454/687474703a2f2f32342e6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f37323163303065386137356638393934653437313063306465386434363363302f74756d626c725f6d79317a35317663566c317272377a7a306f315f3530302e6a7067
Ringo was in 200 Motels, right? So, clearly, he was Zappa’s stunt double.
Correct!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Roseanne_Roseannadanna.PNG
http://www.codecheck.com/cc/ccimages/BenWink2.gif
I believe that was a primal scream look around 1970. Yoko had a matching chop. When I saw this thread, I immediately thought of this as an example of Lennon’s ability to make just about any look work. Rock Superpowers, I suppose.
How about Paul’s “Ron Mael” of Sparks look in the 1980 “Coming Up” video?
http://media2.fdncms.com/sfweekly/imager/paul-mccartney-dressed-as-ronald-mael-in-t/u/big/2588653/mccartney_sparks_jgfjgfjgfjgfjgf.jpg
1989: Samurai Ringo!
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2U9NVCqW-KI/hqdefault.jpg
Winner! I remember that look!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VH-1npvBfzU/VIYjLKgCHVI/AAAAAAAAI1M/KSimFeSOtZY/s1600/Paul%2BMcCartney%2Bat%2Ba%2BLed%2BZeppelin%2Bshow%2Bin%2B1973.jpg