DId I mention its 86 and sunny.. nice little waves.. warm water.. Mmm.. what were we talkinga bout again.. ;) I will get back to this discussion when i can truley think.. and not have to type on a 56k modem. ;) JOhn On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Julian Lawton wrote: > >But ultimately rave became ultimately what it was > >first against. About money.. > So does everything - or at least anything that get's 'remembered'. Which > is possibly another part of your definition - people looking for > something untouched by commercialism and the media (hence dislike in the > scene for commercial mod nights, Britpop, etc). > > >I guess I am just trying to separate the bullshit from the substance > >within the mod movement. > Good luck! Though trying to seperate bullshit from substance is as good > a definition as any. > > >To be honest with you I am thinking about > >writing a piece on it and I am just trying to get a gist of why > >people go mod.. > As Dan said, not everyone thinks the same. A lot of people in the UK got > into it because they followed Paul Weller (who criticised his own cookie > cutter following). More recently the Britpop thing had a similar > effect,.though without a single leader. Some people on the list have > mentioned having a life-changing moment when they saw their first mod > ride by on a scooter, some get into it because they love 60s fashions, > and discover the music through more mainstream 60s music and clubs, > others (like you or me?) get into it through connecting a load of > musical influences first. Then there are those who discover mod through > their sociology classes. . . > > >jungle.. ;).. Industrial to techno, techno to jungle, jungle to > >dancehall, dancehall to rocksteady, rocksteady to ska, ska to jazz, > >jazz to hammond tunes, hammond tunes to funk, funk to pop, pop to > >britpop, and bam as I said.. its just all a big circle of influence.. > Question back: It's obvious that what seperates you from a lot of kids > (including my younger brother) who were into techno and jungle, is that > you followed it backwards to roots. Now I'm just wondering how that fits > in with what you're saying - isn't the difference between you (a mod) > and other ex-junglists who, say, moved onto Speed Garage, that you're > looking back, even if you're not stuck there? And I'd wager that 'going > mod' has changed your modern, today, tastes too - can't imagine (though > might be wrong) you were digging high buttoning suits and Wallpaper back > when you were listening to Dilinja. > > Good luck in the new job - you can now have fun playing spot the mod in > your dealings with European publishing companies. Won't tell you who he > is, but that drum'n'bass'n'bagpipes track he played me was bloody > horrible. . . > _________________________________________________________ > Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15 > _________________________________________________________ Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15
