hmm thats cool and all , but i on the other hand , am 17 almost 18 , and
i kinda dig dressing up wherever i go . no i dont wear a suit evry damn
day , but i guess try to dress as good as i can wherever i go without
over dressing . if that makes sense . one thing i kinda dont like is mod
fashion is rarley associated with the nice suits and ties and the like
of the early to mid 60's . its always accociated with the late 60's
austin powers fashion . which had its time and place , but was a bit
gaudy , and shouldnt be the only period , as far as the general public
is concerned , that was "mod" . anyways , thats just one of my few
gripes with the general public . i wish i could have a cool "mod
haircut" i was just cursed with hair that was not meant to do anything
but look every way but how i want it at the time . thats one of my
gripes with myself . i gripe alot . hehe ok that was my 2 cents . later.
David Steel wrote:
> 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.
Sam The Mod
(thats my instant messenger screen name IM me if u want)
i just plugged myself , damn im cheezy
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