# Another 70s question for teens/youths of the era (hair) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-70s-question-for-teens-youths-of-the-era-hair/849434 "2020-03-13T20:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kennedy1960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@Kennedy1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kennedy1960)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-70s-question-for-teens-youths-of-the-era-hair/849434/1 "2020-03-13T20:18:16Z")
Was the The Rolling Stones’ style page cut huge for young rockers in the early-mid 70s? As exemplified by these photos: [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a8/6a/28/a86a289737d1e788bf1ca685b94a748d.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a8/6a/28/a86a289737d1e788bf1ca685b94a748d.jpg) [https://images.wolfgangsvault.com/m/xlarge/JMP0044-FP/mick-jagger-fine-art-print-jul-14-1972.webp](https://images.wolfgangsvault.com/m/xlarge/JMP0044-FP/mick-jagger-fine-art-print-jul-14-1972.webp) [![](https://i.redd.it/m7ur3vkvyk041.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/m7ur3vkvyk041.jpg) [https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/rexfeatures\_25569h.jpg](https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/rexfeatures_25569h.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-70s-question-for-teens-youths-of-the-era-hair/849434/2 "2020-03-13T20:25:52Z")
I had a slightly shorter version of that when I was 13 (1975), but I eventually let my bangs grow out and parted them in the middle. For the rest of the Seventies I had a Tom Petty do. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-70s-question-for-teens-youths-of-the-era-hair/849434/3 "2020-03-13T21:10:59Z")
Look normal to me. Not ‘rockers’ just normal, so I guess some rockers would have had hair like that too. We didn’t all have hair like that: normal variation, a few much longer, many rather shorter. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-70s-question-for-teens-youths-of-the-era-hair/849434/4 "2020-03-14T13:50:37Z")
In the UK you’d tend to find this was much more of a thing for trendies in high profile positions such as soccer, or music or the arts. Most of us went around with our hair about half the length - maybe covering the ears but not down to the collar. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-70s-question-for-teens-youths-of-the-era-hair/849434/5 "2020-03-14T14:31:48Z")
I graduated in '72. Looking back in my yearbook, most of the boys had cuts closer to the [early Beatles’](https://us.canvasartrocks.com/products/the-beatles-in-1963-canvas-print-or-poster?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjwgbLzBRBsEiwAXVIygDashAj0Dfy9NTzZxuJN-nv7rMxVyuubGtAypKLWLVQy6OVKC5HaPRoClQ0QAvD_BwE) style, tho there were a few who had hair to the shoulders. Most of the girls seemed to be sporting 60s cuts - some [bouffant](https://www.flickr.com/photos/31458388@N02/16788820248), some [straight with center part](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_%26_Cher#/media/File:Sonny_and_Cher_1971.JPG) and pretty much anything in between. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-70s-question-for-teens-youths-of-the-era-hair/849434/6 "2020-03-14T14:48:50Z")
I had Luke Skywalker A New Hope hair Many girls had Breck commercials hair, guys had a mop. Houston, TX FWIW ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-70s-question-for-teens-youths-of-the-era-hair/849434/7 "2020-03-14T21:06:17Z")
If you were a guy who grew out his hair, and your hair happened to be wavy and thick, this is just how it would end up looking, with no special effort. I don’t remember it being very common, though. Most kept it a bit shorter. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-70s-question-for-teens-youths-of-the-era-hair/849434/8 "2020-03-14T21:11:33Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > I had Luke Skywalker A New Hope hair Haha! I love that description!