This page is dedicated to the ducktail haircut. Other than the poodle skirt, no other symbol of the Fifties has captured the imagination and endured so well.
Also called the D.A. or duck butt, the style requires that you comb the hair back to the middle of the head, then with the end of a rattail comb, make a center part.
Let us consider its contribution to the term "greasers." To accomplish this look, lots of hair grease is required. In this case, a little dab ain't gonna do ya. In the 50s you may remember, there were no blow dryers to create a look. To make hair stay in a certain style, you had to either spray or grease. Well, real men didn't spray.
The D.A. quickly identified a guy as a rebel, a non-conformist. Although once everyone in a group does an identical thing, such standardization is conformity, but hey, it's remains cool compared to the mainstream.
Although the ducktail was adopted lovingly by Hollywood to represent the wild youth of the Fifties, the fact is that only a small minority of guys actually sported a D.A.
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
bands whose names are just '50s ephemera
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
the raveonettes
― !aNiMeGaLaXy (Future_Perfect), Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
glad cutty will be in my corner when i go to promote my band Dark Wing Duck's new album and explain the true meaning of the name
― da Condom FATHER (some dude), Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
gonna name my new post-chillwave band tailspin
― Lamp, Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm surprised that there's no band named Nickelodeon
― !aNiMeGaLaXy (Future_Perfect), Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
you'd have to spell it darque wing duque
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
hardcore chillwave band attack attack! has a song named stick stickly tho
― !aNiMeGaLaXy (Future_Perfect), Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
soooooooooo in the 60's you had 20s and 30s revival, in the 70's you had 50's AND 20s and 30s revival, in the 80's you had 50s and 60s revival, in the 90's you had 40's revival and the start of 80's revival and probably more 60's revival too, and in the 21st century so far we've seen 60's and 70's and 80's revival. i'm thinking 2010 should be the year of 1910! its time has come.
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Nickelodeonback
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 11 February 2010 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i blame Richard Nixon for all of this
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^ future band name
― Michael Steele, the first black Superman (HI DERE), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
90s revival is just around the corner, looking forward to the California Dreams
― Fahrvergnügent (herb albert), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Kings of Nickedoleon
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
80s ephemera name, check
not chillwave!
http://www.myspace.com/pinwheeltheband
― goole, Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
"Influenced by bands such as The Prodigy, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, KMFDM, and Cold, PINWHEEL hopes to make a name for themselves in an industry that is constantly changing"
― Fahrvergnügent (herb albert), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
did anyone ever actually start a group called Electric Boogaloo? someone must have, right?
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
There's a band called The Quickening: http://www.myspace.com/thequickeningonline
― Michael Steele, the first black Superman (HI DERE), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.songlyrics.com/album_covers/71/five-iron-frenzy-electric-boogaloo/five-iron-frenzy-3896-electric-boogaloo.jpg
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
if theres not a band called magic: the gathering there shld b
― Lamp, Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
who did the "[Title] 2: Electric Boogalo" joke first?
it's like the first resort of the hackiest dipshits. i almost want to start a thread posting examples of the joke being used 100000 times over
― tza tziki sauce (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
^ Might be getting the name of the album and the act mixed up there. Tagged with 'Third Wave Ska' & 'Christian Rock'!
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
these guys don't even look like they're serious!!!
http://www.myspace.com/magicthegatheringtheband
― goole, Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
lol Dragons, Treasure and Dragons
― Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
fort thunder dudes like chippendale and paperrad or whatev would do weird and wild stuff in their art with thngs like garfield and bart simps, but it was always really mutated and distorted and weird, and generally pretty awesome.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:38 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ya but http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LU9liRa5stk/SczzSk27cEI/AAAAAAAAAVM/41-CxAFh1IU/s400/CartoonChip+and+Dale.JPG
― snoocki (s1ocki), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
also how does final fantasy fit into this equayj
There's a band called Mysterious Cities of Gold whose music I never want to actually hear.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:31 (fourteen years ago) link
― tza tziki sauce (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:10 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol please do
― snoocki (s1ocki), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
i prefer The ____ening or _____ On The Move
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone would be a good band name
― !aNiMeGaLaXy (Future_Perfect), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
url + all
― !aNiMeGaLaXy (Future_Perfect), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/slushpuppiesrock
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm thinking 2010 should be the year of 1910! its time has come.
I've been saying this for ages! Falling around Art Nouveau townhouses smashed on absinthe listening to salon music. Doubtless opium would be involved somehow too.
― ecuador_with_a_c, Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:39 (fourteen years ago) link
_________ 2: The Legend of Curley's Gold
Super ___________ II Turbo
― ecuador_with_a_c, Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Legend Of ___'s Gold
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
___________ 2
― snoocki (s1ocki), Thursday, 11 February 2010 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Too ______ Too ________ious
― El Poopo Loco (Pancakes Hackman), Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Big Bad Beetle Borgs
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Lucy I'm Home
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
pro chillwave in general
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:40 (fourteen years ago) link
ditto. not heard any of the bands in whiney's first post tho.
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
ducktails r good but i havent heard of any of the others either.
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 11 February 2010 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think i like this musical style
― lukevalentine, Thursday, 11 February 2010 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh this thread has left me with nothing but an urge to name a band after a character from Galaxy High and do covers of "Sail Away" and claim it's ironic
sorry mum
I guess I'd better get onto Bucky O'Hare and "Mr Loverman" so I'm ready for the 90s nostalgia wave though
― canna kirk (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 11 February 2010 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
heeey britishers, is there a band called blue peter?
― goole, Thursday, 11 February 2010 22:34 (fourteen years ago) link
*snicker*
― goole, Thursday, 11 February 2010 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
― goole, Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:34 PM (21 seconds ago) Bookmark
this is just like the american version of ghost box imo
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 11 February 2010 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah but the 90s didn't have an influx of grunge/indierockers named The Brady Bunch, Scooby Doo, Happy Days, etc.
There were the Groovie Ghoulies. I bet there were others, too.
Heatmiser
― we like the cars. the cars that go burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb. (los blue jeans), Thursday, 18 February 2010 07:34 (fourteen years ago) link
new mgmt cover seems to fit into this
― amuse-douche (s1ocki), Thursday, 18 February 2010 07:36 (fourteen years ago) link
massive, massive lols @ http://pitchfork.com/news/38020-neon-indian-teams-with-mountain-dew/
― ksh, Thursday, 25 February 2010 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link