Thinking there's a difference between Aging Mods and Aging Paul Weller Fans, tho it's easy to get the two confused. That horrible haircut that was acceptable when 19-y-o Steve Marriott had it in 1966 but is a fucking disgrace when you're 47 in 2010 is more indicative of Aging Paul Weller Fans than Aging Mods.
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
we also need to differentiate between standard mod style and hippie john lennon granny glasses mod style.
this needs to go away forever:
http://cdn.plussizecostumesupercenter.com/csc_inc/images/items/343x432/24581-01.jpg
― 808s and Hatebeak (get bent), Friday, 1 October 2010 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
They have a scooter rally at Largs every summer and while you occasionally see someone in full quadrophenia get-up, it's more likely they'll have a parka, stonewashed tesco jeans and a beer belly, I still shout 'WE ARE THE MODS' at them though, an't help myself :)
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Friday, 1 October 2010 11:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Found this when looking for a Liam Gallagher mod haircut that I actually like (was looking for the Kinks tribute kind of thing with the straight fringe and longer sides).
http://mindlessones.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/liam_gallagher.jpg
― meta the devil you know (onimo), Friday, 1 October 2010 11:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I have it on good authority that Charlie Harper from UK Subs is the best aging punk dude in the world, and that John Robb is a pain in the hole.
This bears repeating, Charlie Harper is a fucking star. Can't vouch for the John Robb part but I hate Goldblade, so... although I'm considering going to see the Membranes reunion next month so maybe I'll see then
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 1 October 2010 11:17 (thirteen years ago) link
An aging punk dude was being really sneakily racist to a black friend of mine in the pub recently, and just ambiguously enough that no one could take him to task on it. It was was horrible.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Friday, 1 October 2010 11:34 (thirteen years ago) link
That horrible haircut that was acceptable when 19-y-o Steve Marriott had it in 1966 but is a fucking disgrace when you're 47 in 2010 is more indicative of Aging Paul Weller Fans than Aging Mods.
If I could've been more eloquent when I started the thread then this is what I would've said.
― dociah t. azzahole (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 October 2010 11:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Thread needs Jesse Hector
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Rz2lA3paL._SS400_.jpg
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 1 October 2010 12:09 (thirteen years ago) link
what i want to know is, is noodle vague an aging mod or punk?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 1 October 2010 12:40 (thirteen years ago) link
An aging monk
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Friday, 1 October 2010 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I oppose all rock and roll, obv.
― dociah t. azzahole (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 October 2010 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
An aging punk dude was being really sneakily racist to a black friend of mine in the pub recently
Aging Skrewdriver fan?
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 1 October 2010 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
it's more likely they'll have a parka the same parka they wore at age 15, stonewashed tesco jeans and a beer belly
― I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Friday, 1 October 2010 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
think we need some sort of ilx aging mod dude photo comp
― MY WEEDS STRONG BLUD.mp3 (nakhchivan), Sunday, 17 July 2011 10:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/eastmidlands/series10/images/mods_gallery/three_mods449.jpg
This is mostly acceptable. Guy on left needs to lose the shades, both younger dudes need to get 1 grip. Dude front centre possibly a bit racist.
― dave lool (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.paul-weller.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Weller-Imposter.jpg
Still marking down emo kids trying to pass their BTec Music. ugggh.
― dave lool (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://api.ning.com/files/geZ5vj*ehKwoMZ7TZijo5BHsGZEj3bx6a9hRGhe6U5j1Eko9f80X1zFKiNWmM04C/Weller.jpg?width=620&height=465
Double standard these look great obv
― dave lool (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JHr8RFbKOOU/SxT8u2lfWeI/AAAAAAAADKQ/dx0qdYPCM6k/s1600/pres3.jpg
Mary-Lou Who barber malfunction
― dave lool (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
is there a technical word for this fucking haircut, i am v. ignorant of style jargon?
― dave lool (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.phillipsartexpert.com/cms-media/2008-08-19/273_003.jpg
Oh jesus i have just become aware of Josh Weller. Take back everything I've said about the Mods.
― dave lool (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:32 (twelve years ago) link
Saw a couple of skinhead girls yesterday, always loved that look
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IeVEawIpC_k/TUJhEjn9aYI/AAAAAAAALVM/7a7H4qtLQ8U/s1600/miles_kane.jpg
I think it was (What's the Story) Morning Glory? I know it sounds obvious but I'm sure I got it from Woolworths. I was always a big Oasis fan. Noel sings harmony on a track on my record. It was only a little thing but he came to the studio for an afternoon and hung out. It was lovely. I love Beady Eye too, especially Four Letter Word. We're supporting them in March which I can't wait for. They're both lovely lads. It's great to see them back. Hopefully they'll bring a bit of rock and roll to the charts. There's not one guitar band in the top forty. I'd love to get in the charts and have it. The radio is awful at the minute - just so boring. It needs to change. My record's rock and roll but there's a pop element there too. I want my records in the charts and on the radio. I want to get it out there and break that barrier. It's influenced by John Lennon and T-Rex. It's got that groove feel. You can have a good dance to it, I love it.
No hype I hope yr vocal cords get run over by a bus.
― dave lool (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:38 (twelve years ago) link
sort of impressive how much cant can be fitted into a few lines
― MY WEEDS STRONG BLUD.mp3 (nakhchivan), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
― R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:34 AM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^this guy knows what's poppin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tdG0Ivz5uI
― I got ten felonies / bitch I'm Craig Bellamy (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrisbevan/
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 26 February 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
Bevan dances perilously close to Faulknerian Idiot Manchild territory
― MPx4A, Sunday, 26 February 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
think I'm right in saying noted ILX poster 'the lex' will remember Bevan from student journalism
doubt he'll look at a thread called "T/S: Aging Mod Dudes vs Aging Punk Dudes" tho :(
― Sylv_ebanks (DJ Mencap), Monday, 27 February 2012 08:57 (twelve years ago) link
that 'do is the platonic ideal of "crap middle-aged mod hair"
― FPocalypto! (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 February 2012 11:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AwAB-70GL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
^ this fucking guy
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 27 April 2012 09:18 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, come on. We all looked like that once.
― Mark G, Friday, 27 April 2012 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
Is that photo from just up the street from where the cover of What's the Story Morning Glory was shot?
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Friday, 27 April 2012 09:50 (twelve years ago) link
The thing about ageing punk dudes is that they know they look ridiculous whereas ageing mod dudes actually think they dress well.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Friday, 27 April 2012 09:52 (twelve years ago) link
My take on it is:
Mods look great in the clothes and styles, etc. When they're 17.
After that, it's like girls dressing in "young C&A" fashions because they fit.
― Mark G, Friday, 27 April 2012 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
(girls, I meant "over 20" obv)
"first of my kind" particularly hilarious text to overlay on that photo
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 27 April 2012 10:03 (twelve years ago) link
... this morning
― Mark G, Friday, 27 April 2012 10:05 (twelve years ago) link
Weller is looking like a cross between Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi these days. NAGL.
― bham, Friday, 27 April 2012 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
the mentality that goes with a title like "First of My Kind" is the teeth-grinder.
was gonna launch another rant. don't have words. that haircut sums up such a nexus of raaaaaaarrrrgh in me that i can't articulate. always the fucking northwest, too.
― seapunk run. run punk run! (Noodle Vague), Friday, 27 April 2012 11:41 (twelve years ago) link
REPRESENTING FOR 1972
London isn't British anymore. Truly English music now comes from the North, i.e. Manchester, Liverpool etc. Look up the word "Britpop" for a further explaination.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:47 PM (8 years ago)
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Friday, 27 April 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
He's right though, it's been like that since 1066 or so
― Mark G, Friday, 27 April 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/27/ofsted-council-rape-toddler-nursery
― There are a lot of subjective opinions (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
http://i2.birminghammail.co.uk/incoming/article143060.ece/BINARY/paul-wilson-623235793.jpg
not sure, maybe more emo-allied
― RAWK of Agger's (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 18:31 (ten years ago) link
the cropping in that guardian photo is mendacious editing of a high order
― There are a lot of subjective opinions (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
anyway by the time he gets released he will be AMD, assuming he doesn't get shivved to death
― There are a lot of subjective opinions (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
probably more of a fan of these guys
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mZ4mWlp5p2o/TxiaSkI0pcI/AAAAAAAAFMA/ykDWCHz4Chg/s320/the-wiggles.1.jpg
― RAWK of Agger's (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 18:38 (ten years ago) link
Good thread. Wish I'd noticed this when poll still open.
The issue with both options is the tightening up of a scene? - styles that used to be productive and capable of new things now reduced to a series of tick boxes.
Except it was probably exactly like that already when these guys were young, anyway.
And this sterility would also be a problem with young 'mods' and 'punks' too.
― cardamon, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
it started out really as a gripe about particular niche groups in the UK - middle-aged dudes with that horrible Liam Gallagher hair and usually the accompanying reactionary old fart attitudes to (especially musical) culture. i see punks of that age and lineage much less often, and when i do they tend to be a little further down the socioeconomic food chain, clinging tenaciously to some kind of crust realism. they're probably far less annoying as a group.
obviously the requisite fashion signifiers have quite different implications outside of the UK tho.
― RAWK of Agger's (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 00:43 (ten years ago) link
xp
Old Punks really usually means old 80s punks, though, right? So that's a mark against them, in that they're trying to keep alive a subculture which had already reached a calcified form.
I find it difficult to trust someone who decided to listen to the UK Subs and Crass at a time when there was Throbbing Gristle and other weird post-punk directions branching off.
80s punks are the safe version of 'punk' that you'd see on Blue Peter or in cartoons about 'people who you might see in the jobcentre', or as villains in beat-em-up arcade games. Part of the reduction of punk, from a radical break, to just another 'generation' in a comfortable 'history of British popular culture' where culture morphs gently, organically, from teds to mods to hippies to punks to new romantics.
Also, re: that anarchy symbol on the back of the jacket, and that ACAB tattoo: it's a stupid performance of 'the political', which signs off the death of The Political proper.
But then Old Mods really means old 90s mods, too. Boooooooring.
― cardamon, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 00:50 (ten years ago) link
I.E. I'm placing a lot (probably too much) on the idea that 77-80 era punk, in its moment, is actually the punk that's still fucked up and weird, whereas 80s punk, which in many ways is more actually radically left wing, at least on paper, is actually the commodified form
― cardamon, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 00:53 (ten years ago) link