The Mod Generation

[StrikeForce20]

Tight Pants, ankle boots, slim fit jackets, girls, and rock n roll. Please bring it back!

[toupretno1]

anyone around then just did what they did .The Scene ,Flamingo .The Last Chance etc this time probably cannot be analysed. Being a mod or better still a Face at the time was in retrospective a mover and shaker both in music and fashion .Nobody at the time conciously new what they were doing .

regards

jimmy

[JLSXXX]

i love the mods.xx

[jasonpatchett1]

The beginning of the end for Britain

[flaxonx3]

Was that Tommy Cooper's son at 1.03? I bet those coppers in the white helmets near the end weren't to be messed with.

[unclemort1960]

blimey the bloke at 1.03 has got some chin his dad must have been a speedboat

[noggin48]

The music was real, back then! Even the buses were real, not like the greenhouses on wheels, of today : ( Not all Mods smashed things up! Those on pills, or of "Hood" element, might of done so? Most Mods did not spend weekends at Brighton, or Clacton-on-sea. I spent most of mine, either at my local Ricky-Tick (Windsor), or in the West End, at places like the Last Chance Saloon, Pink Flamingo, Scene, La Discotheque, and Putney Pontiac. Step into my "Time Machine" sir? Let me show how it was! =D

[staypress]

@noggin48 do u remember any spacific tracks that were played down the scene and la discotheque please from a revival mod in the early 80,s

[thedavidjoss46]

@noggin48 been ther DONE IT...

[TheWembleymod]

the sixties??? thats our age now aint it!  were all in our sixties now thats now the sixties!! our fukin age!!! haha wheres the time gone what happened to all those lovely birds too anyone want an old mod??

[bubbledick]

Great footage !

[mattpark72]

rebelliation ?

[haryPSP]

fuck i was think its house of pain ;/

[sultanofdrums489]

@haryPSP haha , same :L

[MrSwingerzgz]

Long life to amphetamine!!

[MrSwingerzgz]

Long live to amphetamine!!

[shorelineboy]

wow and to think i was part of that fantastic scene . Left school 1964 and i was off having a great time as a young mod LOVED IT. I just wish i could do it all over again and if they still made dubbies (drinamyl) i would

[MowgliX]

Great song!

[ibetuwet]

no scenes from quadrophenia ... all 60s footage

[ecnalubma696969]

This is so great!

[NilezII]

I think a lot of scenes in Quadrophenia were modeled on this footage.

[Caxton1488]

I remember being about 7 and my dad driving over the flatlands near Bournemouth on a bank holiday in the 60's, in his crappy morris oxford, and the mods came up behind ,seemed like thousands overtook us..England was a special place then..........

[OUTDOORY]

GREAT I WOULD LOVE TO BE A MOD IN THE 60,S

[dragonfitter]

1.45 i am going to find them women and get a load of kids to ride scooters and have a fight outside their house and see what they think of it now

[EastEndMods]

@dragonfitter as they say they 'dont like all that' back then - I guess they wont like it now either

[excavatorsUK]

@EastEndMods I expect @dragonfitter was never young and daft

[Tony64walkin]

Brillant video that captures the Mod lifestyle. Was a Mod in the 80s and its still going strong. KTF

[rito84]

Mr. Bean is a Mod! Me too.

[delavalhall]

very nice indeed.

[modmikeie]

In the 1960's as a teenager back in the USofA, the MODS were always big influence on my life.The music, clothes, the attitude along with the scoots. It still makes me want to get on me scoot and ride. Thanks for sharing this with me.

[moosen27]

FUCKYEAHMODS!

[PatrickMcBride65]

I think I'll jump into my time machine for a while!

whooooooaaaaahhhhhh!

[meust67]

Le rêve !!!!!

[aguadololo]

I've never really understood what exactly is a mod. I have the idea that they where middle class youngsters from the 60's 70's that were interested in looking good, having a good time, listening to soul and r&b music, with an interest in nihilism and existensialist literature. Am I correct? do I have it all wrong? I just want to know what exactly they were. The video is great, but its not really a clear explanation.

[doetim]

@aguadololo You got it right! That's basically what mods were. They were English middle class kids who had a certain look to them. They opted for a more softer sophisticated look. They loved scooters, soul and rnb music, well tailored outfits with clean lines, french things and shorter hair. They hated the rockers, big rivalry between the hard-edged rockers and the softer "cosmopolitan" mods.

[EbsNhexz]

@doetim They weren't middle class, the original scene in London was mostly working class, and most of the mods in northern England were working class. There were a lot of students as well but they mostly had left wing loyalties or working class roots. It was more an `aspirational` ideology in terms of fashion and a wider taste of music, they would still brawl as hard as the rockers.Nowadays It is mostly the middle class youth who have kept the mod influences in a more open minded sense.

[doetim]

@EbsNhexz You're right I actually meant to say working class, miswrote it. thanks.

[EbsNhexz]

@doetim Sorry if I seemed condescending, we are quite uptight about the whole class thing where im from (to the verge of being complete bastards about it)

[doetim]

@EbsNhexz No you didn't sound condescending at all! I think it's great to have people correct others to prevent misinformation getting spread around. I really like that you didn't just correct me but you also expanded and elaborated so that was great. I don't like when people correct others in a mean bully way using cuss words but you weren't like that at all. Thanks.

[EbsNhexz]

@aguadololo Like I said to doetim, they weren't middle class.

[duncanrs]

ready steady go ,,,,,,,,,,such memories

[sOwhatMod]

i like it!!!!!!

[lonefools3]

Ah...Canning Town....

[mrmattstrat]

Ah reminds me of my mums B&Ws in london. When england was different!

[styleparade]

Brilliant vid!

Thanks for putting it up and sharing the facts!

[fabian157able]

10:00 is het afgelopen

[tubby61]

shit dancers on RSG

[inspiredbyshikari]

can anyone be bothered to tell me the names of these soul songs , the sounds fab !

[EastEndMods]

@inspiredbyshikari if can you you be bothered to read the titles at end you'll find out...

[snoopiesdad]

@inspiredbyshikari

harlem shuffle

cool jerk

im in the mood for love-lord tanamo/skatalites

[snoopiesdad]

@inspiredbyshikari

shotgun br jr walker and the all-stars (this one can be found on any tamala/motown compilation

[sady863]

REAL MODS WILL ALWAYS KNOW

[bleema2]

@inspiredbyshikari

harlem shuffle earl and dean

[bleema2]

@inspiredbyshikari

harlem shuffle earl and dean . Cook jerk cant remember who sang it

[jfflwn7]

@bleema2 Bob and Earl. Harlem Shuffle.....Cool Jerk. The Capitols.

[GilSon1k]

spanish mod scene???? please.

[Flyingtie]

It reminds of Quadrophenia, great film. Mods live forever!

[pit88]

Nice one mate!

[staypress]

look at 7.00 it looks like Lennon with his thick glasses

[staypress]

i really fancy that bird with the short hair and soooooooooooo Essex. If u see this please message me if u r still alive that is. I dont mind if u r 65 now aswell. the one on the left I mean in the interview about Brighton.

[haikori]

I have it: jackie lee ...harlem shuffle (album duck)

[haikori]

NIce video, from who is the begin song?

[zakolotnyk]

Gave me goosebumps!

[waseldo]

was amp very popular those days?

[AltamontKiller]

more scooter riding pussys ooh god make it stop

rockers are the real deal

[Trevo1]

Real mods did NOT and do not fight on beaches. They didn't wear scruffy looking clothes either.

[s2trash]

@Trevo1

Thank god a normal answer at last

Tom

[tone2287]

mod vs teddys was it a clash of class and culture.. i know punks didnt fancy the mods , called em rich scooter riders

[tone2287]

i got soul baby. lets start a newer mod revial fuck all this techo bullshit. whos with me.

[staypress]

@tone2287 me but I am bald now ex mod early 80's

[gilagame90]

how about about the beatles..are they mod? lol

[staypress]

@gilagame90 Nope

[ModGirl1967]

Fun!!! Pure unadulterated fun!!!

[glueonhair100]

Bugger me, i was there! every weekend, the venue changed, the pam d'or Hastings, Brighton...sleeping in the caves! The birds...oh yes the birds...I had a TV200..Vespas were crap, one sided...ie leant to one side...another thing id like to clear up, The Who were not the greatest mod group, it was the Small Faces, The Who were just so and so, got caught on the bandwagon.Course i'm a wee bit older now, but i'd like to hear from mods from then, speshley 1964!.my parka is still hanging in the closet!

[staypress]

@glueonhair100 Did u know that guy in the bowler??

[Khultan]

@glueonhair100 What were The Who then if not exactly Mod? Plus, I gotta give props to the OP for this doc. It's fascinating!

[owenofglasgow2]

Sweet

[sacredo07]

Mods 4ever!

[kalamikid]

Good ole Dave Clark

[stephenbrown0791]

brilliant video

[stephenbrown0791]

brilliant video

[tengothenight]

MODS RULE !!!

[roxannehilton2]

The 60s generation must have rocked, this generation SUCKS!!!

[smithdvr]

CLASSIC FOOTAGE CHEERS MATE

[staypress]

Very good post . I was a mod in early 80's and been looking for footage from the 60's ever since. Can u get some more

[Modetteforlife]

Excellent. One of the best Mod posts I have seen. KTF

[vodkalevis]

Bring back the mods!

[draggin29]

never went away mate ;-) allways been here, just underground thats all. keeps it exclusive.

[Tarrinas77]

Good images, good music, GOOD VIDEO.

A greeting from Spain.

5 *****

[EastEndMods]

Cheers Tarrinas - Spanish Mod scene looks really cool!

[DiegoSka2ToneMod]

fucking awesome !

cheers from Argentina !!!

[EastEndMods]

Cheers Diego

Keep the Faith!

[soulhoney56]

Great video !!

[ModZeb1967]

Brilliant, well constructed video ,great music and footage. Nice one buddy !