Do beards write better songs?

Posted on | January 26, 2010 | Comments Off on Do beards write better songs?

So many good male singer-songwriters are bearded. And I’ve noticed that there seems to be a correlation between the type of music one performs and the amount of hair on one’s face.

Bearded songwriters include:

  • Ray LaMontagne
  • Samuel Beam (Iron & Wine)
  • Andy Hull (Manchester Orchestra, Right Away Great Captain)
  • Bon Iver

Bearded men write more peaceful, lyrical, soulful songs, while the shaven men tend to write more clever, melodic or pop-friendly songs. Or maybe the beards force you to write music this way.

Unbearded songwriters:

  • Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service)
  • Andrew Bird
  • Ben Folds
  • Conor Oberst
  • Every female songwriter except Madonna

Beards are gross. I don’t even know why I brought this up.

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