Thats too true(see below), people at my office think that i buy jazz albums
for the pose-value, they think that my scooter obsession is a bit of a
quirk, my skinny ties are funny(real thin ties - not satin revival ones,
with "We Are The Mods" written on them!) and so on.
yet all they do, is go home at night and watch TV, complain about the
weather/buses - jeez I'd sooner slit my wrists than live like that.
Maybe we should put acid in the water-supply...
People just cant get excited about music/culture anymore (defensive, but not
passionate), they're just waiting for the next big hype to come along.
it's the old dichotomy of people in baseball hats, who've never been to a
baseball match in their lives.
thats why im a mod - its a fucking vibe, no two mods will agree on what is
quintessentially "mod", its so varied, and long may it stay that way
(garage/soul/ska/who/funk/jazz/r+b/scooters...)
keep on running!
>From: David Steel Following on from Julian....
>
>To add to that, I would also argue that music has technically globalised
>itself in a sense that it isn't aimed at anyone in particular anymore. Q
>mag did a great piece years ago on this, arguing that clubbers can go out
>and dance to d'n'b, garage, house, etc, and then come home and chill-out to
>the Stones or Radiohead.
>
>Teenagers tend to be a sub-cult of their own now, but virtue of the fact
>that they LIKE music and clothes, nevermind what music or clothes. Recently
>Britain has produced its own subculture elements - Playstation, baseball
>caps, Man United, dance music, boy and girl groups, MacDonalds, GTI's, etc,
>etc......everyone is in to them yet no one seems to be obsessed by them.
>Hence every girl 'loves' Westlife yet probaly only 50% of them buy their
>stuff. Society looks down on passion and interest nowadays, hence why if I
>bring another piece of clothing or a record or CD that I have bought in my
>luch hour into my office, I am treat like a freak.
>
>Is there any way back from this?
>
>David
>
>
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