History YMMV / Hair

* RetroactiveRecognition: The original West End cast marked the acting debut of one Creator/TimCurry. It was during this run that he first collaborated with Creator/RichardOBrien (who was also a member of this cast), and the two would later work on, and star in, ''[[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow The Rocky Horror Show]]''.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The film was made in 1979 after the hippie movement was considered to be over, synth music was king, and Reagan was about to be elected. As such it was felt to be anachronistic at the time since it felt like a product of the early '70s, and didn't make too great an effort to "upgrade" the message of the movie, and only slightly "disco-ized" the original soundtrack. This is fortunate for the film's rewatchability, however, today, since the musical's original message and milieu can still be considered relevant today whereas [[DeaderThanDisco Disco is Dead]]. At the time of the release, however, it was viewed as [[NewAgeRetroHippie hopelessly retro]].

** The brief solos by Renn Woods ("Aquarius"), Nell Carter ("Ain't Git No") and Betty Buckley ("Walking In Space").

* BreakawayPopHit and CoveredUp: The show produced four popular singles -- the title song by The Cowsills, "Good Morning Starshine" by Oliver, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by the 5th Dimension, and "Easy To Be Hard" by Three Dog Night.

* BreakawayPopHit and CoveredUp: The show produced four popular singles-- the title song by The Cowsills, "Starshine" by Oliver, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by the 5th Dimension, and "Easy To Be Hard" by Three Dog Night.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Aquarius"; "Hair"; "Walking In Space"; "Let The Sunshine In". The whole score, really.

* BreakawayPopHit and CoveredUp: The show produced four popular singles-- the title song by The Cowsills, "Starshine" by Oliver, "Aquarius" by the 5th Dimension, and "Easy To Be Hard" by Three Dog Night.

* EarWorm: ''Good Morning Starshine''. [[Creator/JohnnyDepp The Earth says]]... hello!
** "This is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius... Age of Aquarius... AQUAAAAAARIUUUUUUUUSSSSS!"
** "[[UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson LBJ]] took the IRT down to 4th St. USA!"
** The title song. "Give me down to there, hair, shoulder length or longer!"
** Let The Sunshine In.
** "Black boys are delicious, chocolate flavored ''love''!"

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: ''Aquarius; Hair; Walking In Space; Let The Sunshine In'' (The whole score, really.)

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The brief solos by Renn Woods ("Aquarius"), Nell Carter ("Ain't Git No") and Betty Buckley ("Walking In Space").
** An oddly specific example in addition to above: the funky bass rhythm stylings of Wilbur Bascomb are considered definitive by bass aficionados.

* HoYay: In addition to the stageplay's lingering HoYay, it's all over the place with the draft board, and the general seems to enjoy watching his men perform their routines.

* HoYay: Deliberately written into the show itself, which provides quite some subtext between Claude and Berger at times. In some productions, Claude and Berger are actually in a relationship (well, through a polyamorous one with Sheila) and kiss each other throughout the show.

* HoYay: Deliberately written into the show itself, which provides quite some subtext between Claude and Berger at times.

* EarWorm: ''Good Morning Starshine''. [[JohnnyDepp The Earth says]]... hello!

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: ''Age of Aquarius; Hair; Walking In Space; Let The Sunshine In'' (The whole score, really.)

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The famous nude scene lasts for merely twenty seconds and is so dimly lit that one critic quipped, "I couldn't even tell if any of them were Jewish". Yet it's the most [[AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame talked-about]] scene in the show, leaving people who haven't seen it with the impression that the ENTIRE show takes place with the actors naked.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The famous nude scene lasts for merely twenty seconds and is so dimly lit that one critic quipped, "I couldn't even tell if any of them were Jewish". Yet it's the most talked-about scene in the show, leaving people who haven't seen it with the impression that the ENTIRE show takes place with the actors naked.

** "[[LyndonJohnson LBJ]] took the IRT down to 4th St. USA!"

** "This is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius... Age of Aquarius... AQUARIUS!"

** Also a Les Yay: In "White Boys," the last appealing trait of white boys listed is that they're "Beautiful like girls." (Note this is being sung by black girls.)

* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper: The famous nude scene lasts for merely twenty seconds and is so dimly lit that one critic quipped, "I couldn't even tell if any of them were Jewish". Yet it's the most talked-about scene in the show, leaving people who haven't seen it with the impression that the ENTIRE show takes place with the actors naked.

* EarWorm: ''Good Morning Starshine''. [[JohnnyDepp The Earth says]]... {{hello}}!

* GeniusBonus: The opening vocal line of the song ''Sodomy'' is [[TitleDrop the titluar word]] sung on an upward arpeggio of the 5th scale degree, a root, and a 3rd. Or, in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solf%C3%A8ge solfege]], ''sol-do-mi''...

* FridgeHorror: Berger didn't die in combat. The chances that he would get all the way to Vietnam without anybody noticing this guy doesn't belong there are about nil. But they don't know how he ended up there, nor would they be likely to ask, so it's likely they assumed the worst, and shot him. Then, when they found out the error they'd made, they were probably so embarrassed, they would've put pressure on his family and friends not to tell a living soul about this unfortunate incident.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: ''Age of Aquarius; Hair; Walking In Space; Let The Sunshine In'' (The whole score, really.)

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The brief solos by Renn Woods ("Aquarius"), Nell Carter ("Ain't Git No") and Betty Buckley ("Walking In Space").
** An oddly specific example in addition to above: the funky bass rhythm stylings of Wilbur Bascomb are considered definitive by bass aficionados.