Helen Barrell wrote:
> Carnabeat said:
> >One more post about this and then we can drop it. I did want to mention
> >the fact that there is a connection to the Mod scene that the Angelic
> >Upstarts have. For a short time the group included Tony Perfect on
> >guitar who was in revival band Long Tall Shorty.
>
> I know, I know, it's time to drop the subject - but I just have to
> ask...
> what's mod about revival? Surely just a bunch of punks in suits?
>
> (heh-heh - now we'll get at least 50 messages from revivalists saying
> that
> the late 70's was the best period for music ever. and you know what i'll
> do?
> Laugh until my sides split! which is a problem, as i've only just had
> them
> sewn up again since laughing at Julian Lawton's alternative
> lyric-writing
> skills...)
Alright Helen! I haven't heard the term "punks in suits" since I moved
from the LA area, as that was the term coined for the Southern
California scene! I agree with you about the revival period as I've
never been much of a fan of a lot of those bands. But, I give a band
like the Purple Hearts credit for even doing a covering Bowie ("Can't
Help Thinking About Me") and the Equals ("The Guy Who Made Her A Star")
when others were scrambling for that Small Faces or Who cover. Hell,
half the bands dropped their image after awhile, but kept their names,
i.e. the Lambrettas, who looked and sounded like Kaja Goo Goo when their
second record came out and should have changed their name to the Honda
Rivas.
Sean
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