60's part two.

[Abdulmajid]

I think I would have rocker if truth be told, but mods had a certain "essence" about them.

What were you? and can you relate to this fine song about Mods, especially if you ever went to London.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT8u0nfW_gk

Cow bell strikes another night
Your eyes are heavy and your limbs all ache
You've bought some coffee, butter and bread
You can't make a thing cause the meter's dead
You moved away
Told your folks you're gonna stay away

Bright lights, Soho, Wardour street
You hope you make friends with the guys that you meet
Somebody shows you 'round
Now you've met the London boys
Things seem good again, someone cares about you

Oh, the first time that you tried a pill
You feel a little queasy, decidedly ill
You're gonna be sick, but you mustn't lose faith
To let yourself down would be a big disgrace
With the London boys, with the London boys

You're only seventeen, but you think you've grown
In the month you've been away from your parents' home
You take the pills too much
You don't give a damn about that jobs you've got
So long as you're with the London boys

A London boy, oh a London boy
Your flashy clothes are your pride and joy
A London boy, a London boy
You're crying out loud that you're a London boy
You think you've had a lot of fun
But you ain't got nothing, you're on the run
It's too late now, cause you're out there boy
You've got it made with the rest of the toys
Now you wish you'd never left your home
You've got what you wanted but you're on your own
With the London boys
Now you've met the London boys

[Ethel]

Beatnik

[redgill]

I was a rocker, great times , the best ever, the adrenalin pumping when probably half a dozen rockers on bikes motoring along the sea front at Bognor Regis. and both sides of the (probably) half mile long promenade was lined with mods several hundred at times, yes there were punch ups and you got hurt, but nothing serious, not like today, And i have to say, sworn enemies then, are good friends now. I wouldn't have missed it for the world

[Abdulmajid]

So how realistic was Quadrophenia then, may I ask?

[terambulan]

Abdul....Bowie has little singing talent (he wasn't even good enuf to busk) and its only his looks that carried him. He's a younger Tommy Steele. Bowie can't hold a note, has no tremor, little feeling & expression in his singing.

What do you like about him that makes you bother to decipher his cockney?

I was more flower-power!

[sandmaster]

I was a mod - but had rocker friends. I preferred the Beatles to the Stones which is why I became a mod - but in reality we mostly got on together. Quadrophenia highlights a very short period of history.