A long time ago, David Bowie, who would have turned 73 today, formed the cheeky “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men.” Watch his rare interview here.
“The rebellion of the longhairs is getting underway,” cautions presenter Cliff Michelmore, wearing thick-rimmed glasses, wisps of hair side-parted and slicked upon his balding head. The year is 1964 and he’s hosting a special BBCsegment dedicated to the burgeoning social phenomenon of men growing out their lengths.
Due in no small part to Bowie’s pithy one-liners and devilish smirks, the society’s cheeky tone is palpable. And that’s because, in reality, their formation and subsequent appearance was a publicity stunt dreamed up by the singer’s then-manager Les Conn. At the time, Bowie was feuding with a producer on Brit music series, who was insistent that he trim his hair before performing on the show.
But while ulterior motives were, indeed, at play, Bowie shed even more light on the cause in a follow-up interview conducted by the. “It’s really for the protection of pop musicians and those who wear their hair long,” he explained, noting that the society was still in the process of enrolling members. “Anyone who has the courage to wear their hair down to his shoulders has to go through hell. It’s time we were united and stood up for our curls.
In the mid-’60s, Bowie was surely having a gas at the expense of the tightly-wound conservatives, but in retrospect his long-hair-don’t-care mentality was clearly a harbinger of what was to come. Transcending gender with a cast of different out-of-this-world characters throughout his career, Bowie challenged the status quo and reshaped the cultural landscape at dizzying speeds.
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