Amercian crap. Why are they trying to do something like the mods. Mods are apart of brtish cultre and the amercians read about and now saying they know everything
This makes me puke. This is disgusting. It makes no sense. U.S. typical trash. It's not working for me; I am very frustrated by this, especially having watched This Is England twice in two days. (I know it's not about mods; but it's a very intense description of a community/generation). This? Bullshit.
It's a movie, just like "Quadrophenia" was a movie. Did either of them depict anyone's personal expereience as a mod? I doubt it, but nobody is forcing you to watch it. There was a film here on the East Coast in the States in the late 90's called "American Mod" and caught a lot of flak from people, myself included because at the time I didn't want people to think that's what it was like in NYC, but in the end who cares, the trendies move on to their next thing, but the old dogs stay on.
I wish people would get over themselves. Hardcore, hipster, wannabees, lifestylers, weekend warriors...it does not matter. We are not in High School anymore! Grow up and accept anyone who is a fan, who admires, who wants to be...! There is room for everyone.
I live a MOD lifestyle and am treat like dirt. Most people do not understand me here in this US of A. I ride my Vespa and Lambretta and people act as if I am invisible. Girls/women are the worse. Most other Vespa riders I have met are either racist rockabilly ?!?! types who ride Vespa or they are corporate/Hipster wannabees. It sucks. Not sure about this film, saw some questionable (trendy) things that are NOT a part of the scene. But since its LA I will reserve my comments.
This movie was amazing, Filmed in LA, modern day but the cinematography (?) gives off a retro vibe (blatant but fun references to Blow Up). this movie was a blast to watch and me and my girlfriend who grew up in the LA Mod Scene recognized every place and many of the extras in this film... It was such a treat to watch and was a trip down memory lane with excellent music picks...The story was cool too... The up's and downs of partying and love... I
while everyone is arguing over mod nationality, id very much like to point out how hardly anyone commented on the gorgeous shorter haired mod girl. i dont care where shes from.
@mitchGosh Too bad you missed the late 70's and early 80's in T dot...quite a good scene then, with mod bands like the Reaction, The Mods, The Immediate etc..
this film was made in 2009. is it supposed to take place in 2009? if it took place in the 80s it might work, but there's like 5 mods in la today, all over the age of 35. in the us, there are no more real youth cultures amongst white people (this has gone to the "minorities" now) it's now just a generic hodge podge of everything.
@daithi1961 - since when were the action, small faces, the who, the birds (uk ones), the creation, the kinks to name a few American? Yes, Motown and Soul - wouldn't despute that. Scooters, Italian of course. But the culture - only British. Oh, the parkas were American too. That's it though! But the big thing was the culture. British youth culture. American youth culture was somewhere else at that time.
I'LL RESERVE JUDGMENT BUT THIS DOES LOOK A BIT OFF HERE IN THE US YOU ARE USUALLY A MOD AMONGST PUNKS, SKINS,SCOOTER BOYS,AND HIPSTERS...NOT TO MANY MODS IN PACKS..... I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
@shayshaythewulfbaby the combination with skins is because of the music (soul and ska) and because of nice dress. Not all skins are into that of course, but that just separates them nicely. Scooter boys, hey, Mods are the original scooter-boys, so what do you expect? :)
@shayshaythewulfbaby hahaha did you hit a nail on the head or what? im a 15 y/o mod and i hang out with a skinhead and a rudeboy, can't find any other mods XD
i'm from Oakland and and have met mods from all around and never felt weird about it. if anyone gave me any shit i'd give'em a smack! (especially those uppity Visigoth mods they really get me heated). *SMIRK*
I'm an American mod and find this trailer to be a bit on the trendy, fluffy, Twiggy side. Cocaine was not at all a drug of choice for Mods and didn't even really get big until the late '70s earty '80s. Mod was never a thing about being gay, although it was a bit effeminate, which is why many mods broke away and became hard mods, and then skinheads. Mod just got too peacock fluffy and effeminate. I will still watch this movie to support my scene, and will probably come out a skinhead.
@19ufo47 I agree with everything you say about the movie, but if you become a skin, you'll have to answer for all the white supremacists there. That gets stale quickly. Been there, grew some hair again, changed the DrMartins back to loafers again. Better that way.
@19ufo47 Well, I'm basically a hybrid mod-skin anyways. Peoples' ignorance is not an excuse. The people who are really prejudice are people who accuse any skinhead of being prejudice. Hypocrites! Anyway, mod and skin are very much related.
Americans made the music, but british made the whole culture. Mod would be anything without the music, so it make sense telling U.S made part of the british modernism, but that's not the fact...
The fact is that british culture is really different from american's culture, life is differentent, and Mod is specially different. I think the movie seems very plastic, fake dancers, cocaine, big boob lesbians, very american, and sorry, but I don't like it at all :(
It doesnt matter where you are from, or who you are..if you dig the music, dig the clothes you will bring your own thing to it. Times have changed and mods now take many forms as we can look back and take the parts we like most. Keep the scene young, and it will all explode again! xx
It doesnt matter where you are from, or who you are..if you dig the music, dig the clothes you will bring your own thing to it. Times have changed and mods now take many forms as we can look back and take the parts we like most. Keep the scene young, and it will all explode again! x
I agree with everybody's comments. I definitely think that Mod culture shouldn't be about who's the "Real McCoy" but about uniting everyones likes of fashion, music, and art from all around the world. You know, promoting the best of everybody's Mod contributions whether from the U.K., U.S., Europe, and Asia. Mod has had an influence on people of all ethnicities and all cultures.
I agree with everybody's comments. I definitely think that Mod culture shouldn't be about who's the "Real McCoy" but about uniting everyones likes of fashion, music, and art from all around the world. You know, promoting the best of everybody's Mod contributions whether from the U.K., U.S., Europe, and Asia. Mod has had an influence on people of all ethnicities and all cultures.
Just to add an observation on an earlier comment made by a fellow countryman of mine..The biggest influence on London Mod culture in the 60's was America...The name Mod short for Modernist came from our love of U.S.Modern jazz. Soul & Blues
were also the staple of Mod Culture & Motown was our dance Music..I or anybody I Knew back then ever owned a Who record..even Pete Townshend said 'The Mod's Hated us!'
yes, from america, but you also forget the american influence is that of black culture of the 50s and early 60s. white americans had nothing to do with the mod movement until the early 80s @djdickcoombes
Seems like if you "invented" something... you might want to "share". It's no secret who was first, or where "it" came from... but when you try to "claim it" for your own- when you "taunt" others, and tell them they "can't"... well that just makes you seem "petty". I was SO moved by the scene/movement/the sounds/ and the look... that I have never looked back... this is just "how it is". I do not have to "think about it". Like Jimmy says " everybody's got to be something"
Nice , the scene started in England but was solely sourced from the US and the continent originally. Pay no notice to the elitests. And the US Mod girls are hot ,English 90% ugly bugs to be honest ,pigs in make up.
@ModZeb1967 ModZeb1967's comment "And the US Mod girls are hot ,English 90% ugly bugs to be honest ,pigs in make up." made me laugh so hard I pissed myself.....
As an Original 1960's London Mod..and having Run The Countdown Club during the Revival and still djing original Mod/Northern Soul..I welcome the Worldwide Mod explosion..I find the interest in the music & the style of my youth that many young people In Europe,America & the Far East have is Fabulous!
@djdickcoombes Thank you for this comment. I think that Brits being against a United States mod scene (or whatever the modern equivalent would be) is as absurd as people in the U.S. being against British rock & roll for not being "authentic." I cannot recall EVER hearing anyone in the U.S. making an attempt to discredit British bands for coming from outside the country of R&R's origin (in fact, quite the opposite, as the foreignness gave them a unique appeal).
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WTF American mods lame. first of all being mod is a British thing and second of all mods were pill popper we didn't smith drugs. There was a small American influence like Levis and Otis Redding all the best mod bands were British the small faces, the who, the jam or ever secret affair. Theres only one type of real mod and that's a British mod.
Correct me if I'm wrong but is the Mod scene not a purely working class British institution? To me this film just does not have the authentic feel that a British feature would have.
it seems you got the style right but no way would this ever hold it's own up against the likes of quadrophenia wrong camera work wrong actors good costume and make up is all i can say ( I am a film student)
@hmn1990 You state that it has "wrong" camera work and "wrong" actors. You didn't follow up this with any elaboration on your assessment other than letting us know that you are a film student. Are we supposed to assume that your opinion is irrefutable by your credentials? Have you made any films? If so, would you please post them. Prove your point by setting an example. Show us the "right" camera and the "right" actors. There's a difference between being a student and actually doing it.
@HankLafayette Just take a look at quadrophenia and you will see how this just doesn't set the standard or get near it with capturing the mod era on film. I am due to make a film about mods but am looking for the right actors, locations and even mood to set my film in. I don't want it to be a clone of Quadrophenia but like I said that my friend is the standards "We are the mods" is a vague and rather shoddy attempt to capture a moment. It does in costume, make up and haircuts may I add.
This a a damn fine flick! EE Cassidy was nice enough to put me in it(I'm that black mod in the club scene) and has given me a lot of "Face" time in the film. They finally had an L.A. screening for it, which started with a scooter ride and ended with an allnighter. Great times.
And to all you National Front wannabes talking shite about America, just save yourself from humiliation and shut your gob. If it weren't for our country's music style you wouldn't even have a mod scene. Ya tossers!
And what was the original mod scene? English white kids imitating American black kids. Then the skinhead scene started because of English white kids imitating Jamaican black kids who were in turn imitating American black kids.
What I'm trying to say here, which is a point you completely missed, is that without American music influencing others around the world, it would all end up extremely lacking the coolness it has right now. Music influences style, style influences culture.
Yeah you influenced it i'll give you that but, the mod scene itself is a true English invention, American mods just don't have the same feel its no where near as cool mate, but fair enough you know your stuff and I aint gonna argue with ya son. good luck with your acting career
Well I will admit here that the English have had better taste than Americans fashion wise. Food still sucks. j/k, an English friend of mine cooked me proper English diner one winter and it was delicious.
You wanna know what the states has over the UK scene in droves? And endless supply of rare soul 45s! You can literally walk into any ramshackle record shop and find yourself a stack of Northern Soul stompers for literally pennies on the dollar. I made my DJ reputation thanks to these stores!
Mainly Soul and Mod clubs, The Bullet, Club Au-Go-Go, Satisfaction, Soulside and too many to remember all at once. I always wanted to spin ska and reggae, but got turned off at much it costs to collect the 45s here in the States. Always been more of a Soulie.
Yeh well ive only recently got into the mod scene I was more into Indie rock and roll for most of my teens, I like ska not the biggest fan of reggae though
I've always considered myself more on the rudeboy/skinhead side of the spectrum. I never got into the garage and psych but was all about jazz, soul and Jamaican music. After I deprogrammed myself from all the media lies I got fully immersed into skinhead culture, but was rather turned off by the Oi! side, especially nationalist bands like Condemned 84 and the like. Templars rock though, but I always reach for the soul and reggae first.
Yeah my dad was an 80's skinhead/rudeboy but he hated all that national front bullshit. Madness, The Specials, The Selecter, The English Beat stuff, like that
You know, in the mod scene, I was never really down with the whole peacock look. I have a paisley shirt, but I only wore it like three times. I was always more into the "Hard Mod" look, I think that's only because I'm always broke or something. But yeah, working class all the way! I'll prefer ska, reggae and soul music over British beat and r&b anyday. I like Oi! a lot, but only from bands that know their roots, and none of that right wing nationalist rubbish.
Hey I live in L.A., so those 501s and Freds are very practical with the weather. Ever wore a three button suit on a hot summer day? I have, in Vegas even, in August. Not a splendid way to spend the holiday, but all the tourists looked at me and my friends like we were Ocean's 11 or something. The Rat Pack version, not Clooney's.
Culture is what we are and how we behave....if we hadn't "found" Mod, we would have invented it. You said it yourself....
Total cool for any generation. We have the best threads, the best sounds, the best rides. Goos taste in everything from art to music to crockery to patio furniture. Name it, we have it!
Looks interesting; apropos the 'why does everyone av a go as US mods?' Yes the music was mostly black american, BUT and it's the only but that counts, the mod attitude was english, not even that it was southern english, london english, born from working class aspiration.
Lovely scene in this trailer that says it all where the 3 characters are learing to dance in unison - no individuality, a mod would never copy another mod - he would adapt, and there's the rub.
That scene where they were dancing in unison was actually send up to a 60s film EE Cassidy enjoyed. The whole movies consist of homages to film like Blow-Up and such, so chances are, the OG mods of yore may have done the same dance in unison due to the fact that it was in a cool movie that just came out at the time.
I'm not saying you're wrong or anything, just putting something into perspective.
I can never understand the resentment towards U.S. Mods, Ive met/seen Mods from ALL over the place an everyone is like "You're a Mod from Spain/France/Italy/ArgentinaChile? thats sooo cool" but Yanks ALWAYS seem to get abuse!!
99% of Our music was American, a lot of the clothes (Levis, Van Heusen etc) were U.S. but they always get slated for not being authentic or some shit like that. weird.
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@RedDragonEye13 well maybe because mod coulture was born in south england, and does not originally belong to the us. if mods used american jeans this doesn't mean is an american subculture...it's about lifestyle not about the elements that contribiuted to create that culture...
we know that Mod STARTED in england, but it is now a worldwide thing.
I just don't get why Mods from sweden/spain/chile/japan are mainly respected and encouraged, whereas U.S. Mods seem to get a lot of hostility. To me a Mod is a Mod, regardless of your postcode/zip code/nationality. It doesn't matter how you got here - as long as you're here!
@stOOpid68 your right man im a mod in the usa and im black i think the reason why usa mods are not respected because alot of them are not true to modism and alot of them dont know how to go al the way with it they half step espically when they wear the clothes do you know wht i mean
@stOOpid68 There was never really a big mod movement in the US. I was a young kid in the 80's and I remember back then kids thought anyone who liked alternative music with weird makeup and outfits were mod. I think people in the US never really knew and still don't know what mods are.
That's not actually true, just think of the 80s California Mod scene: dozens of people involved, lots of rallies and gigs and plenty of valuable bands.
@Ynimixer Was this happening mostly in LA? I live the bay area and don't recall such events happening on a large scale but then again I was really young so maybe I didn't really notice, but remember that I said there was never a "big" mod movement, I'm sure there were things going on but nothing I would call big.
@RedDragonEye13 I agree totally. I think many people around the world believe the american style is linked better with the ivy style look wich is the mod oppositte in terms of social background and taste.
Amercian crap. Why are they trying to do something like the mods. Mods are apart of brtish cultre and the amercians read about and now saying they know everything
JAWZ131 1 week ago
This makes me puke. This is disgusting. It makes no sense. U.S. typical trash. It's not working for me; I am very frustrated by this, especially having watched This Is England twice in two days. (I know it's not about mods; but it's a very intense description of a community/generation). This? Bullshit.
ninjabunnyhardcore 2 weeks ago
The Small Faces, tune in the background, fantastic...
FUGGY1000 1 month ago
well it certainly isnt quadraphenia
amski5583 1 month ago
rockers are the best
h14winstanleyc 6 months ago
When has coke EVER worked after 10 seconds. Haha!
jamesthemod 6 months ago
Sharing straws!?!? Not these days. Yuk!!
yesthatCory808 7 months ago
I watched that film around one year ago, and it's just a fuck up.
PurplePillEater 8 months ago
Cool initiative
florijnisfijn 9 months ago
Seems like an interesting project. Keep us posted.
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mypixelstory 9 months ago
It's a movie, just like "Quadrophenia" was a movie. Did either of them depict anyone's personal expereience as a mod? I doubt it, but nobody is forcing you to watch it. There was a film here on the East Coast in the States in the late 90's called "American Mod" and caught a lot of flak from people, myself included because at the time I didn't want people to think that's what it was like in NYC, but in the end who cares, the trendies move on to their next thing, but the old dogs stay on.
Wilthomer66 10 months ago
could any tell me the song to this please
i love it i cant stop playing it :D
TheDantheman1995 10 months ago
@TheDantheman1995 Soul Brothers Six - Thank You Baby For Loving Me. It was killing me not knowing as well!! :-)
kchateseveryone 6 months ago
oh come on, cocaine? where are the purple hearts?
valerock667 11 months ago 7
it's not the 60s. it's la. @valerock667
talktal 3 months ago
where can i get this on dvd ?
WROTEFORLUCK85 11 months ago
mods on coke lmao errrrrrrrrrrr when the fuck did that happen sombody hit the director with an iron bar straight to dvd crap me thinks
toppofff 11 months ago
you dont have to be on drugs to like the mod movement suckers
gothicsakura82 11 months ago
I wish people would get over themselves. Hardcore, hipster, wannabees, lifestylers, weekend warriors...it does not matter. We are not in High School anymore! Grow up and accept anyone who is a fan, who admires, who wants to be...! There is room for everyone.
rickywan1 11 months ago
WTF Mods in America ? Ha Ha
southascotade 1 year ago
DVD?
TheRyanTurner 1 year ago
its all about being diffrent and blending in at the same time
TheScooterboy777 1 year ago
How utterly stupid it is for Brits to slam L.A. mods because the movie sucks. It's not a documentary for fuck's sake! There are no mods here, lol.
sudaev 1 year ago 3
Hahaha! Mods on coke!
comebackwimeapplepie 1 year ago
shit movie
14dado88 1 year ago
How can i do to watch this movie??????? I'm waiting for almost two years now!!!
ssinclairB 1 year ago
I live a MOD lifestyle and am treat like dirt. Most people do not understand me here in this US of A. I ride my Vespa and Lambretta and people act as if I am invisible. Girls/women are the worse. Most other Vespa riders I have met are either racist rockabilly ?!?! types who ride Vespa or they are corporate/Hipster wannabees. It sucks. Not sure about this film, saw some questionable (trendy) things that are NOT a part of the scene. But since its LA I will reserve my comments.
PLEASANTDesigns 1 year ago
coke is stupid, mods were fueled with Pharmamphetamine.
Wrightwasright 1 year ago
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ha what a lame film! since when has being a mod been about coke, unless of course your a yankee rich kid who's just pretending.
freddiemercerful 1 year ago
ha what a lame film! since when has being a mod been about coke, unless of course your a yankee rich kid who's just pretending.
freddiemercerful 1 year ago
fuck you stupid yanks, BRITISH MOD MOVEMENT!
louieferreira 1 year ago
where can I buy or watch this movie??
Robsel10 1 year ago
what is a mod?
WindyJ 1 year ago
@WindyJ You joking? Really?
Leave YouTube...
MrYoungMod 1 month ago
Californian mods and their large clothes. OH YEAH, REALLY COOL. How about eat some shit fast food?
stephanowartooth 1 year ago
Cuándo la podremo ver en España??
rodilexx 1 year ago
Mod is a british thing. And it sucks.
GilSon1k 1 year ago
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then get fuck off this page!
stOOpid68 1 year ago
This movie was amazing, Filmed in LA, modern day but the cinematography (?) gives off a retro vibe (blatant but fun references to Blow Up). this movie was a blast to watch and me and my girlfriend who grew up in the LA Mod Scene recognized every place and many of the extras in this film... It was such a treat to watch and was a trip down memory lane with excellent music picks...The story was cool too... The up's and downs of partying and love... I
bebegrrl1 1 year ago
@bebegrrl1 well said im a two tone mod as well and You seem to have nail it . These losers dont know.
ALDEMP 10 months ago
Left nose-trail.
NegativeMeatPopsicle 1 year ago
Cheers from Singapore (:
politicalminded07 1 year ago
I'm british and I have no problem with American Mods. I'd like to think there was mods everywhere.
Richie1989A 1 year ago 3
Looks like an interesting film - 'girl meets girl meets boy ' - to a kicking sound track. Might even look it up if it makes it to the UK
For the record - the modernism is NOT English. Growing up in a Midlands town in the eighties - being a mod was about getting away from all that crap.
"Ghost town" by the Specials says it all....
JonGoode 1 year ago
NO TO THE COCAINE! Mod isn't about drugs. It's a state of mind and good music. has your heart exploded yet?
lifepod2036 1 year ago
@lifepod2036 u a mod? becuz that is true were not all bout drugs at all....its a fkn way of life!!
12MODMOD 1 year ago
while everyone is arguing over mod nationality, id very much like to point out how hardly anyone commented on the gorgeous shorter haired mod girl. i dont care where shes from.
thatguyKarl 1 year ago
stupid americunts
GuestOfGregoryHouse 1 year ago
well i live in toronto canada and besides this one girl who works at fred perry im the only mod here :'(
mitchGosh 1 year ago
@mitchGosh Too bad you missed the late 70's and early 80's in T dot...quite a good scene then, with mod bands like the Reaction, The Mods, The Immediate etc..
kurskss 1 year ago
this film was made in 2009. is it supposed to take place in 2009? if it took place in the 80s it might work, but there's like 5 mods in la today, all over the age of 35. in the us, there are no more real youth cultures amongst white people (this has gone to the "minorities" now) it's now just a generic hodge podge of everything.
talktal 1 year ago
how can i watch this movie? i'm from portugal, i want to watch it so badly.... :(
migasaguiar 1 year ago
@daithi1961 - since when were the action, small faces, the who, the birds (uk ones), the creation, the kinks to name a few American? Yes, Motown and Soul - wouldn't despute that. Scooters, Italian of course. But the culture - only British. Oh, the parkas were American too. That's it though! But the big thing was the culture. British youth culture. American youth culture was somewhere else at that time.
sachifre 1 year ago
When the Hell is this supposed to take place?
sudaev 1 year ago
I'll just wade in and throw the cat amongst the pigeons!
Mod culture is British. Scooter boys are British. Beeknicks were mainly American. Hippies were Ametican.
Therefore, a film about US mods doesn't seem to work for me!
In the 80s, these types were called "plastics". No offence meant but, you get what I'm saying - perhaps?
sachifre 1 year ago
@sachifre yes very british!!!!!!!!!! music from america,clothes too and scooters from italy...yes very british.
daithi1961 1 year ago
Its not where you are, it's where your at.
fluidwusin 1 year ago
whats the song playin in this trailer?
bainz 1 year ago
@bainz Get Yourself Together by the Small Faces!
Alexstoleyoursocks 1 year ago
@bainz And if you meant the second song it is Soul Brothers Six - Thank you baby for loving me. Classic
Alexstoleyoursocks 1 year ago
@Alexstoleyoursocks you are a legend!
djcoreyboi 1 year ago
I'LL RESERVE JUDGMENT BUT THIS DOES LOOK A BIT OFF HERE IN THE US YOU ARE USUALLY A MOD AMONGST PUNKS, SKINS,SCOOTER BOYS,AND HIPSTERS...NOT TO MANY MODS IN PACKS..... I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
shayshaythewulfbaby 1 year ago 2
@shayshaythewulfbaby the combination with skins is because of the music (soul and ska) and because of nice dress. Not all skins are into that of course, but that just separates them nicely. Scooter boys, hey, Mods are the original scooter-boys, so what do you expect? :)
LittlPussi 1 year ago
@LittlPussi i think you may have missed my point.
shayshaythewulfbaby 1 year ago
@shayshaythewulfbaby hahaha did you hit a nail on the head or what? im a 15 y/o mod and i hang out with a skinhead and a rudeboy, can't find any other mods XD
sullywashere 1 year ago
i'm from Oakland and and have met mods from all around and never felt weird about it. if anyone gave me any shit i'd give'em a smack! (especially those uppity Visigoth mods they really get me heated). *SMIRK*
shayshaythewulfbaby 1 year ago
Maybe it's a good film, but the trailer makes it look boring.
IglooDweller 1 year ago
@IglooDweller i agree with you.
jorgeonion 1 year ago
I'm an American mod and find this trailer to be a bit on the trendy, fluffy, Twiggy side. Cocaine was not at all a drug of choice for Mods and didn't even really get big until the late '70s earty '80s. Mod was never a thing about being gay, although it was a bit effeminate, which is why many mods broke away and became hard mods, and then skinheads. Mod just got too peacock fluffy and effeminate. I will still watch this movie to support my scene, and will probably come out a skinhead.
19ufo47 1 year ago
@19ufo47 I agree with everything you say about the movie, but if you become a skin, you'll have to answer for all the white supremacists there. That gets stale quickly. Been there, grew some hair again, changed the DrMartins back to loafers again. Better that way.
LittlPussi 1 year ago
@19ufo47 Well, I'm basically a hybrid mod-skin anyways. Peoples' ignorance is not an excuse. The people who are really prejudice are people who accuse any skinhead of being prejudice. Hypocrites! Anyway, mod and skin are very much related.
19ufo47 1 year ago
Americans made the music, but british made the whole culture. Mod would be anything without the music, so it make sense telling U.S made part of the british modernism, but that's not the fact...
The fact is that british culture is really different from american's culture, life is differentent, and Mod is specially different. I think the movie seems very plastic, fake dancers, cocaine, big boob lesbians, very american, and sorry, but I don't like it at all :(
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It doesnt matter where you are from, or who you are..if you dig the music, dig the clothes you will bring your own thing to it. Times have changed and mods now take many forms as we can look back and take the parts we like most. Keep the scene young, and it will all explode again! xx
TheMoonsOfficial 1 year ago
It doesnt matter where you are from, or who you are..if you dig the music, dig the clothes you will bring your own thing to it. Times have changed and mods now take many forms as we can look back and take the parts we like most. Keep the scene young, and it will all explode again! x
TheMoonsOfficial 1 year ago
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I agree with everybody's comments. I definitely think that Mod culture shouldn't be about who's the "Real McCoy" but about uniting everyones likes of fashion, music, and art from all around the world. You know, promoting the best of everybody's Mod contributions whether from the U.K., U.S., Europe, and Asia. Mod has had an influence on people of all ethnicities and all cultures.
spikebebop25 1 year ago
I agree with everybody's comments. I definitely think that Mod culture shouldn't be about who's the "Real McCoy" but about uniting everyones likes of fashion, music, and art from all around the world. You know, promoting the best of everybody's Mod contributions whether from the U.K., U.S., Europe, and Asia. Mod has had an influence on people of all ethnicities and all cultures.
spikebebop25 1 year ago
Just to add an observation on an earlier comment made by a fellow countryman of mine..The biggest influence on London Mod culture in the 60's was America...The name Mod short for Modernist came from our love of U.S.Modern jazz. Soul & Blues
were also the staple of Mod Culture & Motown was our dance Music..I or anybody I Knew back then ever owned a Who record..even Pete Townshend said 'The Mod's Hated us!'
djdickcoombes 1 year ago
yes, from america, but you also forget the american influence is that of black culture of the 50s and early 60s. white americans had nothing to do with the mod movement until the early 80s @djdickcoombes
talktal 1 year ago
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jkthemod 1 year ago
Seems like if you "invented" something... you might want to "share". It's no secret who was first, or where "it" came from... but when you try to "claim it" for your own- when you "taunt" others, and tell them they "can't"... well that just makes you seem "petty". I was SO moved by the scene/movement/the sounds/ and the look... that I have never looked back... this is just "how it is". I do not have to "think about it". Like Jimmy says " everybody's got to be something"
jkthemod 1 year ago
Weren't mods more into amphetamines than cocaine?
Was it a "who are you Polly Magoo" Reference at 2:07?
lesguillotines 1 year ago
@lesguillotines Yes, amph more than coke.
LittlPussi 1 year ago
Nice , the scene started in England but was solely sourced from the US and the continent originally. Pay no notice to the elitests. And the US Mod girls are hot ,English 90% ugly bugs to be honest ,pigs in make up.
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Wilthomer66 10 months ago
As an Original 1960's London Mod..and having Run The Countdown Club during the Revival and still djing original Mod/Northern Soul..I welcome the Worldwide Mod explosion..I find the interest in the music & the style of my youth that many young people In Europe,America & the Far East have is Fabulous!
djdickcoombes 1 year ago 20
@djdickcoombes Thank you for this comment. I think that Brits being against a United States mod scene (or whatever the modern equivalent would be) is as absurd as people in the U.S. being against British rock & roll for not being "authentic." I cannot recall EVER hearing anyone in the U.S. making an attempt to discredit British bands for coming from outside the country of R&R's origin (in fact, quite the opposite, as the foreignness gave them a unique appeal).
HankLafayette 1 year ago
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WTF American mods lame. first of all being mod is a British thing and second of all mods were pill popper we didn't smith drugs. There was a small American influence like Levis and Otis Redding all the best mod bands were British the small faces, the who, the jam or ever secret affair. Theres only one type of real mod and that's a British mod.
georgeodance1993 1 year ago
What's the name of the song playing in the first 10 seconds?
Varldsligist 1 year ago
get yourself together
the small faces
NorthernSoulGer 1 year ago
AMERICAN?! Oh, god....
Is that a trolling?
HomAfromPTZ 1 year ago
where can get the DVD?????
anderzom 1 year ago
makes us mods look like druggies lol, nice looking girls though :-)
emmooldmod 1 year ago
Americans and mods?!?!
smithp113 1 year ago
Correct me if I'm wrong but is the Mod scene not a purely working class British institution? To me this film just does not have the authentic feel that a British feature would have.
yokai1968 2 years ago
@yokai1968
I think this is the origin of this subculture, but I must to say that here in spain there are a lot of mods too
scotchpfc 2 years ago 3
Thats great to know scotchpfc!
I never knew there was a mod scene in Spain.
Long may it last : )
yokai1968 2 years ago 2
Where can I get to see this film and Leonardo Flores's Young Birds Fly in the UK
stevie007wood 2 years ago
please people let's leave drugs to hippies,will we?
any way,the film's not bad
amemod 2 years ago
this should never be an american film
it seems you got the style right but no way would this ever hold it's own up against the likes of quadrophenia wrong camera work wrong actors good costume and make up is all i can say ( I am a film student)
hmn1990 2 years ago
@hmn1990 You state that it has "wrong" camera work and "wrong" actors. You didn't follow up this with any elaboration on your assessment other than letting us know that you are a film student. Are we supposed to assume that your opinion is irrefutable by your credentials? Have you made any films? If so, would you please post them. Prove your point by setting an example. Show us the "right" camera and the "right" actors. There's a difference between being a student and actually doing it.
HankLafayette 1 year ago
@HankLafayette Just take a look at quadrophenia and you will see how this just doesn't set the standard or get near it with capturing the mod era on film. I am due to make a film about mods but am looking for the right actors, locations and even mood to set my film in. I don't want it to be a clone of Quadrophenia but like I said that my friend is the standards "We are the mods" is a vague and rather shoddy attempt to capture a moment. It does in costume, make up and haircuts may I add.
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liamsickle 2 years ago
its a small faces song called get yourself together also coverd by the jam as well
bigblurt 2 years ago
is steve marriott in the background?at the beginning?
valerock667 2 years ago
HOT
liefsux 2 years ago
Hard mod style all the way.
Marconi76 2 years ago
that guy with the scooter must've been a big loser seeing how he barely has any extra mirrors
philphie 2 years ago
nose down
lebleufleur 2 years ago
when does it com? I SOOOO wanna see it here in europe!
GOTH86 2 years ago
AMERICAN?!
:O
jake9000000000000000 2 years ago 4
we are the mods! :D
BoxzSmashed 2 years ago 2
well it certainly looks "worth a watch". And remember, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! mmmm
NSOUUL7 2 years ago
This a a damn fine flick! EE Cassidy was nice enough to put me in it(I'm that black mod in the club scene) and has given me a lot of "Face" time in the film. They finally had an L.A. screening for it, which started with a scooter ride and ended with an allnighter. Great times.
And to all you National Front wannabes talking shite about America, just save yourself from humiliation and shut your gob. If it weren't for our country's music style you wouldn't even have a mod scene. Ya tossers!
ArthurAllblack 2 years ago
OMG, Mod started in england u idiot but ova than tht i dnt mind americans and yeah it looks like a good film
TrainToSkaville91 2 years ago 3
And what was the original mod scene? English white kids imitating American black kids. Then the skinhead scene started because of English white kids imitating Jamaican black kids who were in turn imitating American black kids.
What I'm trying to say here, which is a point you completely missed, is that without American music influencing others around the world, it would all end up extremely lacking the coolness it has right now. Music influences style, style influences culture.
ArthurAllblack 2 years ago
Yeah you influenced it i'll give you that but, the mod scene itself is a true English invention, American mods just don't have the same feel its no where near as cool mate, but fair enough you know your stuff and I aint gonna argue with ya son. good luck with your acting career
TrainToSkaville91 2 years ago
Well I will admit here that the English have had better taste than Americans fashion wise. Food still sucks. j/k, an English friend of mine cooked me proper English diner one winter and it was delicious.
You wanna know what the states has over the UK scene in droves? And endless supply of rare soul 45s! You can literally walk into any ramshackle record shop and find yourself a stack of Northern Soul stompers for literally pennies on the dollar. I made my DJ reputation thanks to these stores!
ArthurAllblack 2 years ago
quality mate, what sort of places do you DJ in?
TrainToSkaville91 2 years ago
Mainly Soul and Mod clubs, The Bullet, Club Au-Go-Go, Satisfaction, Soulside and too many to remember all at once. I always wanted to spin ska and reggae, but got turned off at much it costs to collect the 45s here in the States. Always been more of a Soulie.
ArthurAllblack 2 years ago
Yeh well ive only recently got into the mod scene I was more into Indie rock and roll for most of my teens, I like ska not the biggest fan of reggae though
TrainToSkaville91 2 years ago
I've always considered myself more on the rudeboy/skinhead side of the spectrum. I never got into the garage and psych but was all about jazz, soul and Jamaican music. After I deprogrammed myself from all the media lies I got fully immersed into skinhead culture, but was rather turned off by the Oi! side, especially nationalist bands like Condemned 84 and the like. Templars rock though, but I always reach for the soul and reggae first.
ArthurAllblack 2 years ago
Yeah my dad was an 80's skinhead/rudeboy but he hated all that national front bullshit. Madness, The Specials, The Selecter, The English Beat stuff, like that
TrainToSkaville91 2 years ago
You know, in the mod scene, I was never really down with the whole peacock look. I have a paisley shirt, but I only wore it like three times. I was always more into the "Hard Mod" look, I think that's only because I'm always broke or something. But yeah, working class all the way! I'll prefer ska, reggae and soul music over British beat and r&b anyday. I like Oi! a lot, but only from bands that know their roots, and none of that right wing nationalist rubbish.
ArthurAllblack 2 years ago
Mate im into it all the 3 button suits and 16 inch bottoms and the harder side lol with ur levis and fred perry's
TrainToSkaville91 2 years ago
Hey I live in L.A., so those 501s and Freds are very practical with the weather. Ever wore a three button suit on a hot summer day? I have, in Vegas even, in August. Not a splendid way to spend the holiday, but all the tourists looked at me and my friends like we were Ocean's 11 or something. The Rat Pack version, not Clooney's.
ArthurAllblack 2 years ago
Na to be fair i aint worn a suit in heat like u get over in the states lol
But here in london or down in brighton mate a suit and parka is smart and practical lol
TrainToSkaville91 2 years ago
Culture is what we are and how we behave....if we hadn't "found" Mod, we would have invented it. You said it yourself....
Total cool for any generation. We have the best threads, the best sounds, the best rides. Goos taste in everything from art to music to crockery to patio furniture. Name it, we have it!
ModdyBoy67 2 years ago 2
crockery!!!! LOL!!!!!
well said tho ModdyBoy!!
Lee
Liverpool Mods.
stOOpid68 2 years ago 2
LA Mod scene, circa about 82-83....love the scooters and the palm trees. California has a HUGE Mod scene in San Diego and LA during this time
Coastiesurf 2 years ago
there is a mod scene there now, and this film is not set in the 80s, look at the cars parked on the road.
ramblingreaser 2 years ago
Looks interesting; apropos the 'why does everyone av a go as US mods?' Yes the music was mostly black american, BUT and it's the only but that counts, the mod attitude was english, not even that it was southern english, london english, born from working class aspiration.
Lovely scene in this trailer that says it all where the 3 characters are learing to dance in unison - no individuality, a mod would never copy another mod - he would adapt, and there's the rub.
modwolf63 2 years ago
That scene where they were dancing in unison was actually send up to a 60s film EE Cassidy enjoyed. The whole movies consist of homages to film like Blow-Up and such, so chances are, the OG mods of yore may have done the same dance in unison due to the fact that it was in a cool movie that just came out at the time.
I'm not saying you're wrong or anything, just putting something into perspective.
ArthurAllblack 2 years ago
Looking forward to this
ChicagoScooterClub 2 years ago
i wanna party w/ these girls!
replicklick 2 years ago
I have partied with those girls! They're so hot in person, and the tall one's got a personality that'll set your heart on fire!
ArthurAllblack 2 years ago
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pseudo mods
fucking yanks
Someday747 2 years ago
I can never understand the resentment towards U.S. Mods, Ive met/seen Mods from ALL over the place an everyone is like "You're a Mod from Spain/France/Italy/ArgentinaChile? thats sooo cool" but Yanks ALWAYS seem to get abuse!!
99% of Our music was American, a lot of the clothes (Levis, Van Heusen etc) were U.S. but they always get slated for not being authentic or some shit like that. weird.
RedDragonEye13 2 years ago 23
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@RedDragonEye13 well maybe because mod coulture was born in south england, and does not originally belong to the us. if mods used american jeans this doesn't mean is an american subculture...it's about lifestyle not about the elements that contribiuted to create that culture...
GunterUber 1 year ago
@GunterUber
we know that Mod STARTED in england, but it is now a worldwide thing.
I just don't get why Mods from sweden/spain/chile/japan are mainly respected and encouraged, whereas U.S. Mods seem to get a lot of hostility. To me a Mod is a Mod, regardless of your postcode/zip code/nationality. It doesn't matter how you got here - as long as you're here!
Lee
Liverpool Mods.
stOOpid68 1 year ago 37
@stOOpid68 nice one lee couldn't of put it beter myself as weller says i was born a mod and i'll die a mod
bigblurt 1 year ago 2
@stOOpid68 Well said Lee :)
Wattsie 1 year ago
@stOOpid68 THANK YOU!!!!!!
JacobDeadman 1 year ago 5
@stOOpid68 your right man im a mod in the usa and im black i think the reason why usa mods are not respected because alot of them are not true to modism and alot of them dont know how to go al the way with it they half step espically when they wear the clothes do you know wht i mean
artfemus 1 year ago 3
@stOOpid68 There was never really a big mod movement in the US. I was a young kid in the 80's and I remember back then kids thought anyone who liked alternative music with weird makeup and outfits were mod. I think people in the US never really knew and still don't know what mods are.
doetim 1 year ago
@doetim
"who feels it, knows it" as Bob Marley once said..
stOOpid68 1 year ago
@stOOpid68 oh yeh well said
luke200202 1 year ago
That's not actually true, just think of the 80s California Mod scene: dozens of people involved, lots of rallies and gigs and plenty of valuable bands.
Ynimixer 1 year ago
@Ynimixer Was this happening mostly in LA? I live the bay area and don't recall such events happening on a large scale but then again I was really young so maybe I didn't really notice, but remember that I said there was never a "big" mod movement, I'm sure there were things going on but nothing I would call big.
doetim 1 year ago
@stOOpid68
Agree mate,MODS are MODS wherever you are born or live now.
125or200px 10 months ago
@RedDragonEye13 True, vespas - Italian, Rickenbaker guitars - American jeez even the parkas were taken from the US army.
jake9000000000000000 1 year ago 2
@RedDragonEye13 I agree totally. I think many people around the world believe the american style is linked better with the ivy style look wich is the mod oppositte in terms of social background and taste.
KoldoKarrantzaAlva 1 year ago 3
Quit listening to our music and wearing our clothes if you hate us "Yanks" I bet you got on a pair of 501s and Chucks when you wrote that.
Go back to your BNP circle jerk you bloody chav cunt.
ArthurAllblack 2 years ago 3
Legal demais !!!!!!!!!!
ftnbhz 2 years ago
Quadrophenia? Stop by and check out my Channel....Love yours! .Thanks mate, Wink Jones
windfallproductions 2 years ago
is this an actual film?
Im attending Secret Affair :) Cant wait!
Woodpeckersam 2 years ago
Secret Affair pIay The Camden Centre Kings X, May 30th.
see tickets
twotonetonic 2 years ago
damn they are so hot..
Saglew 2 years ago
finally that looks like a cool amateur movie!
where can i watch it?
FabMike 3 years ago
who's that song by?
nicholas0325 3 years ago
The first song is The Small Faces - Get Yourself Together and the second one is Soul Brothers Six - Thank You For Loving Me
adyc71 3 years ago
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stuka1939 3 years ago
yanks!!!
amemod 3 years ago 2
Can't wait looks FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
goldenspecial 3 years ago