Cut Your Hair

Trust me # 89
Cut Your Hair by Pavement

Pavement exploded on to the music scene in the early 90's through the release of albums Slanted & Enchanted (1992) and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994). Like most of the best bands, they seemed to be in their own world. The Pavement universe was full of in-band-jokes, zany videos, (at times) barely tuned guitars and cool song titles. The band arguably invented and certainly personified the slacker scene and style.

I own both of those albums on vinyl along with the 7-inch of Cut Your Hair. I seemed to lose touch with the band after that period though. Maybe they just became a little too zany, a little too clever with what they were doing. Maybe it was all beautifully new and natural at first.

Or maybe it simply didn't do it for me!

Anyway, I lost touch with Pavement. I bought a couple of Stephen Malkmus' albums with his band The Jicks, but never got into what he was doing.

Anyway ... I bought Cut Your Hair on 7-inch single and I still absolutely love it.

Cut Your Hair has a beautiful charm to it, riding in on ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh's and fuzzy guitars, before Malkmus comes in with the opening lines.

Darling don't you go and cut your hair

Do you think it's gonna make him change?

The song pokes fun at style over substance, with the second verse dealing with this through Malkmus declaring (after seeing a new band);

I don't remember a line, I don't remember a word

But I don't care, I care, I really don't care

Did you see the drummers hair?

I'm not going to lie, I love when a band looks cool! They do need something to back it up though! 

Official video

31-years on from release, the line songs mean a lot, when songs are bought in the third verse takes on a whole new meaning in the era of streaming. I, for one, am extremely guilty for streaming music. I mean, it's not illegal, but I know bands/artists don't really make anything out of it. That said, Pavement have some pretty big hitters on Spotify!

Attention and fame's a career

Career, career, career, career

Sadly, with reality shows and 'influencers' attention and fame has become a career for some absolute assholes that wouldn't have received the time of day back in the 90's. That's the world we now live in though! 

Cut Your Hair is added to my Trust Me playlist; search for Everything Flows - Trust Me on Spotify or CLICK HERE 

Check below for all previous blogs in my Trust Me series.

Previous Trust Me blogs

1. Something On Your Mind by Karen Dalton

1A. Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells

2. I Am, I Said  by Neil Diamond

3. Where's The Playground Susie?   by Glen Campbell

4. If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lighfoot

5. Gimme Some Truth by John Lennon

6. Gone With The Wind Is My Love by Rita and the Tiaras

7. In The Year 2525 by Zager and Evans

8. The Music Box by Ruth Copeland

9. The Ship Song by Nick Cave

10. Sometimes by James

11. I Walk The Earth by King Biscuit Time

12. Didn't Know What I Was In For by Better Oblivion Community Centre

13. When My Boy Walks Down The Street by The Magnetic Fields

14. The Man Don't Give A F**k by Super Furry Animals

15. All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun by Jeff Buckley and Liz Fraser

16. Are You Lookin' by The Tymes

17. A Real Hero by College & Electric Youth

18. Feelings Gone by Callum Easter

19. Sunday Morning by The Velvet Underground

20. Did I Say by Teenage Fanclub

21. Don't Look Back by Teenage Fanclub

22. Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From by Teenage Fanclub

23. Belfast by Orbital

24. Clouds by The Jayhawks

25. Dreaming Of You by The Coral

26. Everlasting Love by Love Affair

27. Walk Away Renee by The Left Banke

28. Teenage Kicks by The Undertones

29. Shaky Ground by Sneeze

29. Rill Rill by Sleigh Bells

30. I Can Feel Your Love by Felice Taylor

31. The State We're In by The Chemical Brothers w/ Beth Orton

32. Sunshine After The Rain by Ellie Greenwich

33. Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem

34. Mondo 77 by Looper

35. Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton

36. Rat Trap by The Boomtown Rats

37. How High by The Charlatans

38. I Can't Let Go by Evie Sands

39. Pop Song 89 by R.E.M.

40. Summertime Clothes by Animal Collective

41. There She Goes by The Las

42. We're Going To Be Friends by White Stripes

43. Autumn Sweater by Yo La Tengo

44. Sister Rena by Lomond Campbell

45. Revolution by The Beatles

46. Lazarus by The Boo Radleys

47. Wrote For Luck by Happy Mondays

48. American Trilogy by The Delgados

49. Loser by Beck 

50. Silent Sigh by Badly Drawn Boy

51. Comedy by Shack

52. Take The Skinheads Bowling by Camper Van Beethoven

53. Freakscene by Dinosaur Jr

54. Thank You For Being You by The Pastels

55. I Think I'm In Love by Spiritualized

56. Chestnut Mare by The Byrds

57. Cannonball by The Breeders

58. Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan

59. You Make Me Weak At The Knees by Electrelane

60. Lucky by Radiohead

61. Strange Currencies by R.E.M.

61. I Am The Cosmos by Chris Bell

62. Like A Ship (Without A Sail) by Pastor TL Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir

63. Nothing But A Heartache by The Flirtations

64. Made of Stone by The Stone Roses

65. Tonight In Belfast by Orbital, David Holmes, DJ Helen and Mike Garry

66. Anything by Adrianne Lenker

67. I Hold Something In My Hand by Bill Ryder-Jones

68. I Meant Every Word by Burnett Sisters

69. Dream Baby Dream by Suicide

70. Stove by The Lemonheads

71. Red Lady by Phil Cordell

72. Little Fluffy Clouds by The Orb

73. I Can Do It With A Broken Heart by Taylor Swift

74. Turnin' My Heartbeat Up by The M.V.P.'s

75. Razzle Dazzle Rose by Camera Obscura

76. Such Great Heights by The Postal Service

77. The Rat by The Walkmen

78. My God Has A Telephone by Aaron Frazer

79. Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack

80. Sweet and Tender Romance by The McKinleys

81. Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros

82. 69 Police by David Holmes

83. Hey Lisa by David Holmes

84. I Am A Rock by Simon & Garfunkel

85. Kung Fu by Ash

86. Kids by MGMT

87. Slight Return by The Bluetones

88. Give Peace A Chance by John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band