The Jam...Paul Weller...Mods

[LilyGirl]

yup and actually the vespa Ace Face(sting)has on the movie,it had been mistaken by an originall "GS",which is not correct,cause isn't that style ,the "gs" on the scooter are from Gordon Summer(sting's real name)

really? that's a cool little factoid. I'm surprised that he would want any reference to his real name though. maybe the filmmaker's inside joke.

 

[ball79]

I remember when I was really young and the first time I fashion really clicked, it was watching a programme on the mod era and I saw this woman in a beautiful coat witha short funnel neck and flat white pointy boots I just fell in love with them. I have such a vivid image of it still.

Great posts ball and tigermilk

without mods there would not be today's fashion,music,urban street fetishisms and modern art,God save The Mods!!

 

[ball79]

really? that's a cool little factoid. I'm surprised that he would want any reference to his real name though. maybe the filmmaker's inside joke.

Exactly! actually it was sting's own vespa the one he was using in the movie,so that's why he had the initials,cause let's not forget that he was trying so hard to be a mod back in the late 70's,like Phil Daniels(Jimmy Copper in the movie) for real he was a mod then he turned into a "Rude boy" and you can prove it watching the late 90's movie "sex and chocolate" how he's wearing suspenders,jeans,fred perrys,pork pies,dr martins and he is dancing some two tone "the madness" music!

 

[LilyGirl]

I remember when I was really young and the first time I fashion really clicked, it was watching a programme on the mod era and I saw this woman in a beautiful coat witha short funnel neck and flat white pointy boots I just fell in love with them. I have such a vivid image of it still.

Great posts ball and tigermilk

ooh, that sounds so emma peel:

 

[lady grey]

wella & mickey talbot

young paul weller...pulled off the official website...

thats from the style council's 'long hot summer' video from summer 1983.
its notorious for the homoerotic content incl mick talbot tickling wella's earlobe, its cute
imo 'long hot summer' is among wella's 5 or so greatest songs & compositions & as you see above I recommend even more TSC than jam or wella solo music. I recommend owning everything by TSC- and sadly they only played ONE US tour ever, on cafe bleu, but i was lucky enough to be at the nyc savoy for that show.

 

[ball79]

more pictures B)

 

[ball79]

pics..

 

[softgrey]

yay ...more pictures...

 

[ball79]

60's MOD

 

[ball79]

More..

 

[ball79]

Quadrophenia The movie

 

[ball79]

Blow up (The movie)A Real Mod treasure!

 

[Fade to Black]

I LOVE the movie Blow-Up...I really want to see it again/own it but I can't find it anywhere, the last time I saw it was on Laserdisc in the mid-90s.

 

[ModernLove7]

NICE THREAD
HERE'S SOME PICS PAUL WELLER
AND THE JAM

 

[ModernLove7]

 

[ModernLove7]

ROD STEWART

PIERRE CARDIN

 

[ball79]

ROD STEWART

Rod The Mod!B)

 

[slit skirt]

weller made a new album Studio 150. lots of good songs on it

 

[softgrey]

lalalalalalala....

one of my best friends just surprised me with tickets to the paul weller show in SEPT!!!...


weeee!!!...

 

[LilyGirl]

I'm going too (though I had to buy my own tickets) -- so excited!