My Gen X Playlist: Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) – Haircut 100

What are your two favorite things to wear?

One is for comfort, the other is out of pure laziness.

I wear shorts nearly every day. California weather lends this to be a staple of everyday attire. It’s been in the low to mid 70s in November and December this year. We couldn’t ask for more perfect weather. We do need the rain, though. This drought situation is becoming serious. Someone needs to do a rain dance or something. I can survive without a few weeks of sunshine.

I used to get my hair cut fairly often – every three to four weeks or so. I’d been getting my hair cut that often ever since I was a kid. I’d feel a little anxious at the four week mark, when I could feel my hair grow beyond my ears. That all changed when Covid hit. Now I’ve extended my hair cuts to every three or four month and the concern has melted away. It’s not uncommon for me to throw on a baseball cap nowadays. It’s a lot easier than fussing with my hair. I’ve become comfortable with longer hair and all it took was a pandemic to make me realize it. I laugh now at my younger self. Such unnecessary worry.

I always thought Haircut 100’s song was called Boy Meets Girl. And technically it is, but more of an afterthought. The title of the song is Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl). I’m not sure what one has to do with the other.

This was the first single for Haircut 100, a six-piece English band fronted by Nick Heyward, who was also their songwriter. Heyward, 20 years old when it was released, wrote love songs from his perspective, which often meant sticking a bunch of random words together and singing them with conviction. In this one, the chorus provides some clarity, but there is little sense of story or meaning in the verses.

Heyward explained: “The lyrics are spasmodic:

Feel the rhyme
Take the time
Go fighting to the top

Things like that are quick flashes of youth that don’t bear any relation, but suddenly you get ‘boy meets girl’ and that explains the whole song.”

– Songfacts

Quick flashes of youth. Random words thrown together. Fused by youthful energy, melded together into some semblance of youthful logic. I have to believe the Haircut 100 of today has slowed down a bit, just like the rest of us. I once jumped from haircut to haircut, but have now found there is wisdom and peace slowing down, drawing out life and allowing things time to grow.

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Time can't afford no time
Can't afford the rhyme
Nevermind, someday maybe
Boy meets girl
And love, love is on its way

Boy meets girl
Boy meets girl

Bang, feel a little love
[?]
Never mind, someday Terry
Feel the pain
Hit, feel, rap, sweat

Why, feel the floor
Switch for my world
Boy meets girl
Boy meets girl

Why, feel the floor
Switch for my world
Boy meets girl
Boy meets girl

Feel the rhyme
Take the time
Go fighting to the top
Go number one
Stick a honeybun
Your mind begins to flop
Now take your steam
Recall your dream
Hey Camisas
Your favourite shirt is on the bed
Do a somersault on your head

Boy meets girl
Boy meets girl