Apologies - cannot remember who made the original point, but to add to it....
For me, the whole Mod to late-60's thing seems to be so natural. In my mid teens when
I started getting into the Small Faces, The Who, Beatles, Stones, Byrds, etc, it was
their earlier stuff that I heard and liked first, and it wasn't until I grew older
that I realised that Rollin' Over was better than Sha La La La Lee, and that the
Notorious Byrd Brothers was a better LP than Mr.Tambourine Man, and this draws you (or
me anyway) towards the whole cultural aspects of that time. Check Weller in Decemebers
Q mag saying 1967 was just the best year for music, as all his favourite bands were
making their best records, plus Traffic and the Floyd were starting out.....
A good example of my point is the fact that I wouldnt touch Byrds material from when
Gram Parsons (whoops! His name again!) joined onwards when I was 15/16, where as now I
would probably argue that their stuff from 67 to 70 was their peak.
The man on the street today wouldnt be able to split the mid-60's from the late-60's
anyway, and most people assume that Mod is clearly linked to 'the 60s' full-stop. And
another related point is that the older you get, the better you look in the more
late-60's get-up than the classic Mod-era outfit.......I would much rather look like
Weller now at 40 when I'm 40 than look like him when he was my age now (22) - if you
follow me!
David.
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