>Am I still "mod", do I have anything to prove, did the original >mods(groan...) worry about this sort of thing - or did they just get >on and have a good time, and listen to great music. To add some repeated input, at least from my Dad's perspective, they didn't call themselves mods either - 'faces' then 'heads' and.... Does anybody know if there is a scene in Poland? --------------------------------- It's quite true, they didn't seem to be aware of the 'mod' label to begin with - if you read the 1962 Town article, featuring Mark Bolan, ho-ho, they don't mention the word 'mod' once, but when you read what they say about their lives, it is! (loads of sharp clothes, staying up past their bedtimes, scooter rides etc.) But what is most interesting is, they don't explicitly mention any music, except that they don't like r'n'r because greasy rockers and teds like it. They talk about dancing (a good way to show off, i spose), but they don't mention wht music they're dancing to. (were they keeing it a secret so the proles wouldn't get into it?) but then, i think those particular ones were more clothes-focused - no doubt there were others more music-orientated! But then i think also a lot of people who call themselves mods nowadays can be split into categories (though it's not nice to do it!) - those more into the clothes than the music and vice versa. and of course people who like both. from the letters i get from people all over the world (because of my zine), who call themselves mods, they all have their own interpretation of it, and i think that makes it very interesting, very varied! I mean, i know some people don't think i'm particularly 'mod' because i like garage and Loungecore, but i don't lose any sleep over it! And as to mods in Poland, i don't know of any, (there are mods in Vietnam, incidentally), there's a few in Yugoslavia, and i remember reading an 80's zine which had an artcile on mods in Denmark - the writer was complaining because there were only about 5 of them! oh, and they have mod clubs in Greece as well! ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
