The Haircut

 “Justin Bieber got a haircut and it looks stupid,” she said as entered her family’s mini-van.  

“Well, hello to you too. And, just so you know a talentless pop star’s hair is no concern of yours. Smart girls think about their future and their needs. They think about their homework and getting the best grade in the class. As a smart girl, you should take pride in the fact that you are learning both Spanish and Chinese. You should be proud that you are as good at math as any boy in your class. You don’t have to worry about silly boys and their stupid hair because you are a smart.”

Before I could say that to my ten-year-old daughter, I saw this image:

 

Hundreds of my hours have been lost looking at, daydreaming about and obsessing over this man’s hair. You cannot love Prince’s music and not have strong emotions about his hair. Just can’t be done.  Now when I say hundreds of hours, I am not talking about flipping through Tiger Beat when I was a kid and Prince was a pop phenomenon.  I am talking about putting the kids in front the T.V. with a bag of goldfish, so I could read the endless chatter about the Purple Wonder’s  follicles.

There is one theory that he keeps his short when he is in love. (Disagree. His hair  was shaggy and sexy when he was married to Mayte.)  Then, there is the belief that he changes his hairstyle based on type of musical genre he is pursuing at the time. Short hair for the French-style music of 40s in Under the Cherry Moon and long, rock-n-roll hair for Graffitti Bridge. Then of course, everyone wants to know if he wears a wig or hair plugs.

Personally, the pictures of Prince with long hair induces much rapid hand-fanning and longing gauzes at the computer screen on my part. And, I do love the new Afro because it makes me think back to the days when he was young and was just plain filthy.

So with this image dancing around in my head:

 

I answered, “His hair will grow back. Look at Julia Roberts and Kerri Russell. They both endured bad haircuts and survived. However, cutting Justin Timberlake’s curls was just a bad idea. Those cute little ringlets distracted from the fact that boy just can’t sing.”