----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> What's a soul mod? As opposed to any other mod?
>
Making assumptions by using the context of his message (which many of us
learned to go by in grade school) I think he is meaning mods that are more
geared toward soul as opposed to mods that listen mostly to the psyche, the
freakbeat, the what-have-you.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Drefahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I was just very disappointed when someone slagged my post as a
> completely uneducated one. I am not here to point fingers. I just
> would like to have a good conversation of where we are seeing MOD in
> todays society. This is really the only topic that is important to
> me since I am not into retro clothes, I really have no interest in
> obscure 60s music too much, but I do consider myself a mod.
One thing I've never been able to understand, is why there are so many
people wanting to call themselves mods if they have no interest in what the
scene as it stands is about. I don't find many that worship Allah calling
themselves Mormons, or many punks that call themselves ravers, so why is
this so prevalent in the mod scene? Saying "I have not an interest in suits,
not an interest in 60's records, yet I am MOD", I see as being very similar
to throwing a Piaggio badge on an Alpha Romeo and calling it a GS.
but wait, there is more...
> I consider myself a mod because I do not recognize the boundries
> placed on me. I don't believe in countries, and I don't believe in
> borders. I believe in living anywhere you want and being smart about
> it. I believe that smart people do smart things. Smart people in
> this day and age live where they want and...
> Ultimately I consider myself a mod because I have just always been
> one step ahead of society. Perhaps some of you can relate.. maybe
> I just grew up as that one kid that was made fun...
> But I was never considered cool for my trendsetting behavior...........
> I guess I am just a bit frustrated by this list at the moment. I
> find that so much is lost in trying to prove that you can recreate
> the past so well. Why worry about the past. The past is the past...
>
Why not just call yourself an internationalist, then? Or a 'smart'
internationalist. Or some hip new word you come up with all by yourself and
proclaim you're that. Say "I am a 'squeeziebop', and that means I am a real
smart internationalist who loves modern Bauhaus, being a step ahead of
'society', trendsetting, being one of those kids, and looking forward by
abandoning the things of the past such as 60's music and suits, and I am
loving it!" instead of telling people how to do what they're already having
a good time doing? I am going to go out on a limb and say you've probably
not met many mods, or maybe have been shunned by one. I say this because I
don't know *ANY* mods stuck in the past and because of your post's bitter
nature... I mean, if you really want to be persuasive, you should try
looking at speakers from the past, because this futuristic stuff is pretty
lost on me... it doesn't work. And for being so forward thinking and
trendsetting, this neo-mod image is probably older than you are, and it has
never ended in revolution.
> I really would like to talk about the future.. the future of mod.
> Where are we going to take this movement and how are we going to
> change the world.
>
Okay, I'll start. In the future, I think space-age record players should be
a standard. I think Fred Perrys and Ben Shermans not should be held in such
high regard by upstarts. Well, it's a start. The truth is, if you're going
to beat up an opinion so obviously had by most mods, no one is going to
listen to you. Why respect someone's opinions if he doesn't respect yours?
> A list of Mods who refuse to talk about the future is probably the biggest
oxymoron ever..
I think a list of mods refusing to talk about the past would be much bigger.
-robert
p.s. wasn't that boring?
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