InsaneTim Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I keep getting old 60's "Mod" music on my internet radio, and I'm liking it. So what exactly defines Mod, and what are some good Mod bands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 i couldn't define the music for you i'm afraid and i don't know much about the mods except to the say that they were the more straightlaced rock fans of the sixties and seventies who were posher and well dressed. the punks hated them and the feeling was mutual! i may be completely wrong but that's my idea of mods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Mods liked bands such as Secret Affair, the Faces and The Who. They rode scooters, dressed expensively and took lots of pills if I recall. There was a big Mod revival at the end of the 70s, and I remember this well. Mods kind of 'fused' with groups like 'rude-boys' and skinhead factions, to create the classic 'Brit in a Fred Perry' look, which itself matured into the 'catalogue boy', Pods and burgundy tank tops...... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Here's more Mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 when ever i hear Mod....i think of Mod Rod Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXX Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 I think... Quadrophenia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 I think... Quadrophenia Yes!! Quadrophenia!! If you want to research mods, see this movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Yes!! Quadrophenia!! If you want to research mods, see this movie! The Who were the typical mod band from the sixties, just like the Jam in the 70´s. They did some "mod revival". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Whenever I think of 'Mod', I remember sad looking groups of pimply youths broken down on motorway hard-shoulders each bank holiday weekend. I never did get the whole 'scooter' thing - horrible slow tart's handbags covered with chrome and mirrors (and thats just the women!). I do remember fights between Mods and just about everybody else during the late 70s. For some inexplicable reason Mods thought the world was against them, so they sought acceptance by hitting others first. You can see the skinhead link here.. Eeeh, those were the days - overtaking scooters on my 125, giving them the 'V' then hoping I didn't have to stop at lights for a beating! Funny folk. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Ah, so Diggs was the arch enemy of the Mod, a Rocker!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggsUK Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 In those days (at the age of 17) I did wear a black leather jacket, unfeasably tight jeans and Doctor Martin boots, so I suppose I was. Mind you, the bands I listened to ranged from Rush, Motorhead etc to The Damned, Buzzcocks and oddities like Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan and anything from 2-Tone. The Mod v Rocker thing was a throwback from the 60s that just seemed to continue for no understandable reason. The real enemy were the skins and the new romantics, one bunch a group of right-wing idiots and the other aliens from another planet. Growing up 8 miles from the nearest town did provide an unhealthily insular view of the world that only began to change when I discovered The Smiths and the Cocteau Twins. The alternative to all of this was to become a 'good ol' boy' with a Ford Escort and a Massey Ferguson, but I moved up north before I learned to chase my sisters, thankfully. Oh Marc, any sign of the food parcel yet? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXX Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 I go with the aliens from another planet. Vivre sur videooooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 NR musical interlude : "All of My Heart " -- ABC Once upon a time when we were friends I gave you my heart. the story ends No happy ever after, now were friends Wish upon a star if that might help The stars collide if you decide Wish upon a star if that might help What?s it like to have loved and to lose her touch? What?s it like to have loved and to lose that much? Well I hope and I pray That maybe someday You?ll walk in the room with my heart Add and subtract But as a matter of fact Now that you?re gone I still want you back Remembering Surrendering Remembering that part All of my heart Spilling up pink silk and coffee lace You hook me up, I rendevouz at your place Your lipstick and your lip gloss seals my fate Sentimental powers might help you now But skip the hearts and flowers, skip the ivory towers You?ll be disappointed and I?ll lose a friend No I won?t be told there?s a crock of gold At the end of the rainbow Or that pleasure and pain, sunshine and rain Might make this love grow But I hope and I pray That maybe someday You?ll walk in the room with my heart Add and subtract But as a matter of fact Now that you?re gone I still want you back Remembering Surrendering The kindest cut?s the cruellest part All of my heart Yes I hope and I pray That maybe someday You?ll walk in the room with my heart And I shrug and I say That maybe today You?ll come home soon Surrendering Remembering Surrendering that part-all of my heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulGirl Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 sammy better come back quick - kevin's stealing his signature move!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 I thought that stuff with the carnal kin folk only happed over here. Live and learn! Diggs, I have yet to get my package. I hope the Cadbury bar is not melted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Soulgirl , probably you've been away from time -to -time , but I AM SAMMY ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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