In message <003801bf43d1$adaec080$0065fc3e@oemcomputer>, Julian Lawton
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> >It's not just a mod thing though is it? England's always been a great
>>melting pot for youth culture from the teds through to acid house, we
>>may take from the music/fashion of other countries but then we always
>>seem to adapt it enough for the world to want it back and make them
>>think we invented it.
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>I think, in a way, you can see a similarity with Japan - I know most
>people take the piss out of the way they take Western youth cults
>and 'get it wrong', but it's a pretty similar attitude in a way
>(importing your youth culture and giving it a local twist) - and
>I think it's no coincidence that we're both island based trading
>nations. . .
Yeah, but they seem to just adapt one thing at a time and get obsessed
like all them full on rockers that meet every Sunday in a park in Tokyo,
they buy into it big time.
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Mark McNulty
