when was 'the Mod revival'? (pub argument)

[megabass]

Me and a mate were chatting to a guy in a pub today about scooters. He was in his forties I guess and he insisted that the 'mod revival' took place in the early to mid seventies


I think he is talking out of his arse but being only 20 I did not feel I could really argue with him. I thought it was more like late seventies/early eighties???

Someone tell me who is right

[mark]

1979 about the time "that film" came out . We used to take the p*sh out of them because the young mods would turn up at northern soul clubs and dance like Sugs . Some I knew went to watch the Who and complained because they played rock music and not mod music whatever that is .
We were a bit older and thought it was all quite funny at the time.

[mickey movistar]

id go with 79 aswell

[sue]

yes 79. too young to have a scooter but i had a fish tail parka ;D

[sterice (Ricey)]

I’d go with the late 70’s, either 78 or 79.

I remember The Specials being on top of the pops with Gangsters and the next thing I knew me and some mates where raiding jumble sales looking for three button suits and trilbies, this was followed by a naff Fishtail Parker bought from a shop called Threads which use to be by Lime Street Station.

My first Scoot followed about 3 years later.

[elviswasamod]

1979 wow what a year went on me first rally colwyn bay age 15 on vespa 90 got stopped several times thats welsh police for yeah didnt matter gave them wrong name lol bought me first fishtail parka from chester army n navy then didnt have me fair home so me and a mate walked 15 mile back to bromborough when i got home i hated the thing it was massive sold it to another mate what a waste of time ,but great memories

[mark]

I was 23 in 1979 married , mortgage , new baby and no scooter ." Done to much much to young"

[Ironduke]

Mods Mayday 1979 - although the Jam had been at it in '77

[elviswasamod]

mods mayday 1979 superb lp i still have mine recorded live by bridge house records secret affair small hours squire etc great mod sounds does anyone remember the lp uppers on the south downs on the safari label that was awsome

[retrogirl]

Hey Ferdy stop lying you where 25 in 79! ;D ;D ;D

[Smallframe]

My money is on 1978, remember the tail end of 78 TOTP hosted a few up and coming mod bands ( & they were all crap of course ;D) so it deffo was up and running if TOTP had jumped on the bandwagon.

[skrappey]

What do you mean "revival", there were always mods where I lived.

[Spence]

The mod revival was already emerging from the punk scene well before Quadrophenia in 79.

Ironduke's got it bang on in my opinion; The Jam started out as youths doing Beatles covers, then followed the surge towards the punk side of things, but Weller's love of 60s mod and soul meant they were always sneaking that element into their music (hence the cover of Midnight Hour). In fact In The City was an out-and-out Mod song, albeit an 'angry young man' one, released in 1977.

But it wasn't just The Jam shipmates, there were other bands pre-Quad where you could see a definite leaning away from punk towards a more polished, some might say new-Modernist image. In 1977 alone, bands like Tonight, The Kinks, Eddie & The Hotrods, The Tom Robinson Band, Elvis Costello and Althea & Donna all released singles; and while they're remembered as punk bands, The Clash (White Riot), The Stranglers (No More Heroes) and The Boomtown Rats (Lookin' After Number One) all released singles in the same year that were better than your average Sex Pistols type noise.

Early to mid-seventies is pushing it a bit, but in some parts of Britain it was almost over by the early 80s, megabass.

[Smallframe]

& all the aforementioned bands were living in the shadow of "showaddywaddy "

[Spence]

And The Darts.

[bryno]

'79 IMO, any earlier was just the tail end of the 60's scene surely

[Spence]

I don't think it could've been the tail end of the 60s; 60s Mod finished in 66 at the latest and then there was Freakbeat, Psych, Flower Power, Glam and Punk ...

I know we all have our opinions but I'll take some convincing that the Revival didn't start until 79 when The Jam started having hits in 77.

[mark]

Right here goes . 1969 skinheads some rode around on scooters. then suedeheads some rode scooters , then boot boys some rode scooters .1977 punk and once again some rode scooters. The Jam were by and large considered punk although they were better dressed and even though they were compared to the Who mod was never mentioned. Then that film happend then it was all downhill . ;D
There it is the seventies in a nutshell

Well my version of the seventies ;D

[Spence]

I agree with all that Mark but megabass wanted to know when the Mod Revival started.

[mark]

Ithink its one of those how long is a piece of string type questions

[Spence]

Yes I suppose you're right.

[Smallframe]

;D I luv that visual description !

Some info about that bunch of silly billys you call Mods

www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__8300_path__0p116p167p.aspx

[mark]

May 7, 2008 23:48:40 GMT Spence said:

Yes I suppose you're right.

;D ;D Brilliant ;D ;D