Doesn't look unhealthy to me.

     There was a magazine survey in the mid-eighties, I wish I could remember where, in which readers got to vote on the sexiest celebrity female asset. There were about 10 women from which to choose. I recall being stunned when Crystal's hair won in a landslide. At the time, I thought my passion for sensuous hair was unusual. Yeah, right! At a show a decade later, I felt I was among hundreds of kindred spirits as Crystal swayed her awesome mane with her back turned toward the audience during musical bridges. It brought the house down every time! Ah, great memories indeed. I salute you, Brenda Gayle Webb, aka Crystal Gayle. Godspeed!

Blessings, Bob

     Just wanted to add that it is *still* a major thrill for me when Crystal appears on the tube. Long hair does indeed send most women's beauty quotients into the stratosphere, even those who are 55 and beyond!

In a way it is almost pathetic that some men have such fetishes for long hair (or short hair) that they can make mediocre talents popular.

Another example is Sinead O'Conner. She only had one or two good songs. She was a mediocre talent. She had a pretty face, but so do many women. She only gained the popularity that she did because she shaved her head bald, and the men with a fetish for that made her popular.

That is less common with men. Some of the most popular male musicians are handsome guys, but many are not that handsome. In the case of men musicians, people go more by talent. They should do so more often with women.

    Now, Carol, it does seem as if you have a chip on your shoulder about guys recognizing and appreciating female beauty. But it is I who thinks that Crystal would still be very lovely even without her divine locks. She was easily the world's most beautiful entertainer in my eyes before she hit 35. But the woman's elegance will never be taken away if she lives to 100.

     One last point: There are *many* average looking men *and* women who have gained mass popularity in music. But mostly all of them predominantly write their own songs. The majority of "cover" singers, male and female, must be considered among the "beautiful"  people to have a chance. Does anyone really think that Ricky Martin's or Enrique Eglesias' concert halls would be filled with screaming, adoring women if they looked like Jason Alexander? NOT a chance! Blessings, Bob

 

and Kramer, i believe im right that any ABC shows you can now watch episodes of on ABC.com to view that Extreme home makeover show :))

 

http://www.crystalgayle.com/news12121.htm - http://www.crystalgayle.com/news12121.htm

 

The link above will actually take you to a set of pictures from her website.  If you scroll about half way down, you'll see what her hair looked like in 1975 when she won the Top New Female Vocalist.  Her hair was maybe butt length?  I've seen other pictures that would indicate she didn't start to grow her hair beyond this length until the later part of the 1970s.  I think it was between 1978 and 1979 where it got really long.  By then she was already a huge.

 

Here is a classic photo of Crystal.  It's probably her hair at it's longest/prettiest.  I can't seem to verify what year the album that picture was on was released? 

 

http://www.tlhw.com/tlhw000/longest/e-1-9-crystal04.htm - http://www.tlhw.com/tlhw000/longest/e-1-9-crystal04.htm

     About "fetishism", my definition of this is "fascination with a physical facet of a human being *apart from the person (her)self*". (In my case it could only be a *she*). In the example of hair, obviously someone who collects ponytails would qualify. When said passion objectifies the woman who owns the asset, that is over the line, and therefore is fetishism. If *your* definition, Carol, says that any feature which arouses an individual pleasurably betrays a fetish, then everyone would qualify. In the realm of hair, then, I am proudly a passionate fetishist! Blessings, Bob