People don't remember this but there were -- believe it! -- racist, sexist, homophobic hippies too. And beatniks. And so on. Any time you get a bunch of white males together you're going to get a percentage of that. Subcultures are highly visible, and so you're able to point the finger and go "Look! Skinheads are racist!" while surprisingly nobody is pointing the finger and going "Look! Racist Wall Street executives!"
I hate the sort of commentary you get on things like this. trivialises it. Robert Elms ... for God's sake ... people who make facile links with the class system ... nahh
ok from what i understand the mods wouldnt except reaggea /ska so the skins split from the mods, there were skins the mods then the rockers the,sickos,slimeballs,wankers,homeboys at home or mommas boys,what i want to know is who was beyond the rockers or the poor boys do you just get in to the pedifiles and exconvics or is there some group or sub group im missing.can you tell me thanks.
It's called Broadway Jungle by Toots And The Maytals. If you haven't heard Pressure Drop by them then do yourself a favor and listen to that song too.
racism was a sign of the times in the 60's not exclusive to skinheads. there were many black skins. it was a mixture of english and jamaican street culture.
@sbskinhead69 blimey, you are upset aren't you. not sure why. "THAT GUY USES FACTS AND KNOWS HOW TO SPELL, GET HIM!" there must be a reason why you didn't like what i wrote, i just want to know what it is. if you can tell me without relying on pathetic insults you get a lollypop. but if insults are all you can come up with, i can top you there too. by the way just in case you're american, it's not your culture.
@HerrKonkeli nope skinheads have been paki bashing since the 60s :) pakis cant be skinheads because they dont have the culture and are physically weak
@originalspykid69 nope, only British skinheads are real skinheads because skinheads started in Britain. if you're not from Britain but you claim to be a skinhead, you are a poser :D hope this helps.
@Liekkek Your obviously either misinformed , or youve watched or read too much garbage on it. I've been a skinhead for over 30 years , so I think I know a little about the culture. It was never about racism although there were elements of it the whole way through.Shame really , I just liked the clothes and the music. Now , go and wear your "gangster suit" hehe.
@originalspykid69 clearly you are confused, rude boys wore suits, not skinheads :) do some research! skinhead came from mod, the boots braces short hair and jeans came from the jobs they did as they couldnt afford to dress as smart as mods so they wore their work clothes. hope this helps!
@Liekkek are you mentally handicapped? skinheads wore suits for evening wear and they did this from the start,(taken from the mods) They wore boots and jeans , trousers etc for daytime wear. They probably had more money than the mods if we are honest! The short hair was done for alot of different reasons but the ones I can think of are , smartness, a contradiction to the hippys long hair , a working class look , taken from the jamaican rude boys style of hair and most important of all , fighting
@Liekkek Come up to Canada and say that! You'll get rushed by a herd of Pakistani gents! And i'll laugh my ass off while having a nice curry because it's fucking delicious!
There was no racism with the originals we had a black guy in every crew. It was more likely to be willesden v North end rd mob or Kilburn etc the rivalry was borough to Borough those days. The racism was inherent in society then though and some guys still tried to bully.
The funny (ironic) thing about teens is that when they try to "rebel", they often become part of the some clique or trend, which is the ultimate display of conformity and anti-individuality. Calling yourself a "punk" or a "skinhead" was about as original and creative as becoming a cop or joining the army. It's all based on a desperate need to become part of a group, which inevitably leads to a loss of personal identity..
Not wanting to dig thru all the older comments but does anyone know what documentary this is? Or is the whole doc posted on youtube? sounds like the actor christopher eccleston doing the narration.
Whilst it's true that the original Skins of the late '60s loved Ska/Reggae and weren't bigoted, talk to any of them today (they are all live in Essex now) and most express their dismay at how London and parts of England have changed to majority non-white.
where i live we have the biggest group of original skinheads in the country, i don't live in Essex. when i started in 1979 then my town was 90% original skinhead, but in the mid 80's they started to go their own way. i have mates who still live by the roots of the days when they was skinheads but grown out of it now coz of kids and marrage or they just grown out of the culture. i get teenagers of today asking me what am i? i tell them and they really want to know about the sence.
The black and white clip came from an ITN report from the end of 1968. The media could not get their heads around younger people not all wanting to look like hippie dippies singing about Aquarius.
I dug thru thrift stores for levis sta-prest, fred perry polos, and soul 45s. Glad for the experience. In the US we wore wingtips not boots. We were Suede for sure. Vespas were cheap in the late 90s.
i swear England is like the only country that has brang out new fasions from old and today, well today there is no fasion because theres all different kinds. wer like the fathers of creation.
ye ok bruv, you didnt catch my drift of what i was sayin, but ye your right about what you've said yet i wer'nt talkin bout that, i was talkin about fashions and cults. so stop chattin shit ya pussyol you sound like a weird hippie cunt.
there is no youth subculture in britain today or in the world. Everyone in the world dresses the same with nike,addidas, reebok.shops like JD killed it off. and anyway britain is too multi cultural now for these movements. soon as you walk out the street like that ure branded racist for not embracing other cultures
too multi cultural for youth movements? all depends were your from, places like london,birmingham,oldham,bradford leicster and others may be, ,most youth today especially london,dress like american street gangs,hoodies ,listening to rap/hiphop and that shite , nothing worse than seeing a cockney,dressed like an american urban crip,speaking a street. anglo-american-carabbean ghetto speak innit .the english youth today are followers not the leaders they were
@TheMightOfTheEnglish true m8 but we have to keep the faith! im scots and been a hard mod since 78 (im 46) im starting to see a lot more scooters on the roads so could a new wave of kids who wear british,dance to soul and ska i hope!! the music scene is stagnated with that (dance) music, when did dance become just waveing your arms about , off ur face on e 20yr ago!!! fuck let it go
Boot boys was a general term for skins though in the early days some guys just wore the boots and didn't go for the close crop and called themselves boot boys. In fact, I reckon suedeheads came about partly 'cos pple were getting sacked (or chucked out of school!) for going the whole hog with the no.2 all over and it was less hassle to have slightly longer hair.
Funny how in the early days, skinheads hair wasnt all that short eh?
I also remember going to Skeg in the early 70's and seeing a Skinhead gang dressed in German para boots, white painters bib and brace overalls, blue Ben Sherman check shits and Bowler hats and brollies, following the "Clockwork Orange" style, and to prove that there really was no racisim then, several of the gang were of a West Indian background. I think these lads were from Notts, but may be wrong.
Funny..In the early days our hair was really short,Shaved off in fact.What you must remember is the move to suede head or smooths and sorts circa 73ish.
Yes, could be!! In 73 74 I had a suede cut myself. I also had an dark-blue Abercrombie Levi-Sta-press drainpipes with 1-inch turn ups. All of this came from me mams catalogue and I had to pay her 50p a week for each item till it was paid off. The last thing I got was my footware and the move then, was definately toward Air Wair shoes, not boots with either red or white socks. Think i would have been 14, nearly 15 then, and thought i was quite the dandy!!!
Yeah by that time I was wearing Two Tone Tonic suits hand made at a small tailors shop in Southall of all places,it was called Leslie Allens it was thee place to go.We used to buy Tassle Loafers and Bennys from the Ivy shop in London or Richmond upon Thames,and I had a hand made Crombie from Austen Reed.I always had plenty of money those days.We dressed the same really mine just cost more. Yes we were the Mutts Nuts.
thundercracker77: Way to perpetuate the crappy public stereotype that all skinheads are violent bootboy hooligans who go around kicking people's heads in if they so much as look at you the wrong way. Gee, golf clap, anyone? *rolls eyes*
I remember a popular place to buy these type of clothes in 1970 was Casanova of The Walworth Road in South London. Oh how I wanted a green 2 tone tonic jacket, but they were a fiver and my Mum said no!!!
jonniescarlett - lol. Did you make a scene? I did once to get my mum to buy me a lacoste when casuals had come about. My dad found out, leathered my arse and made me take it back. :o
Have alook around Youtube for GAry Crowley going around some old shops on the Walworth Road.
I have meet way more racist greasers then racist skinheads. How come no one ask dumb ass questions like why do greasers put grease in there hair?, what do the black leather jackets mean?, how can they lessen to rock and roll and still hate black people? Skinhead was just another British working class style. Its just that simple.
Hi, I know this song as "broadway jungle" from 1964. It was sung by The Maytels as The Flames. It appears on a compilation called Club ska '67 on Island records. And fab it is too!!!
those are the first skinheads to emerged,suedeheads just got more style,fancy suits,loafers instead of dm's & white collar job instead of blue colar jobs like skinheads do.
tell you what bud, walk up to a skinhead and call him a faggot and see what happens. A little experiment for you to try and let us all know the results when you get out of hospital
You are a bit wrong there pal... Original SKINHEADS were from the UK and mostly white workingclass kids... what u are talking about is rudeboys from who the early skinheads draw inspiration from both in choice of music and clothing...
Skinhead was just a word the media used to label all the working class kids in the UK who liked Reggae, football, looking smart, and bashing hippies and each other back in the late 60's.
it's true...and the whole world including us...are still talkin about it....it wasn't really that big of a deal.....people just want to use that time for some romantics with their own present reality that has nothing to do with 68 to 69....
my dad was a skinhead in 68! Before it got big, only thing borrowed from the blacks was the music and the crombies. The rest of the fashion came from the MOD culture. END OF.
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Okay okay so enjoy being a skinhead and get out. Playing on tough guy huh? But whatever....Iam white but I so fucking much want to be black cause I feel shame for my race..
Dude, get it right... Its not a fashion only. Its a way of life. U cant leave that part out... Ian stuart was a very big front figure for the NS movement as you prob know, he helped to spread the NS movement to germany and from there to the rest of europe long before Americans knew about skins. It wasent untill late 90s that big bonehead gangs could b seen walking down the streets of usa... More than 10 years after the outburst in europe. Plz get your facts right boy.
im a 1970's skin we got our clothes from mod culture but saying that there were difrent styles we had ,the sta press brigade who wore white sta press trousers brouges ect the ,harrington wearing crew with loafers ben sherman pleated shirt and the more radicle green pilot jacket and docs 501 levis,it was what you chose now its a fkin uniform,original 60 skins wore brutus shirts i still wear most of the same gear lol my kids love it ..... bcfc skins
Those not in 'the know' wouldn't notice such subtle differences, really important differences for the wearer though. People also don't wear cardigans anymore. I love my cardies still, yet people who I would of thought knew better just laugh and say "old man's clothes" yet look at old clips right up to the early 80's and there they are.
Cardigans look good with the right trousers/jeans and the right shirt or top as well as smart, but are forgotten, it seems to have passed people by nowadays.
@daveyRIR your right 100 per cent mate i was a late 70s mod and i remember skinheads when i was a kid at 6 in 1970 and these guys dressed smart sta pres shermans fred perrys a number 3 haircut and a pair of boots not like the 80s guys who were 2class states
@daveyRIR end of? They also "borrowed" the short trousers and jeans from the rude boy look , and the crew cut from the rude boys , with a parting in the side. The short trousers apparently started because when d dekker came to england to do his fist show they gave him a suit but the trousers were too long so he said"chop off six inches from the bottoms". This was in keeping with his jamaican look back home. The skinheads copied the look. Ignorance is bliss , and i'm here all week!
the jamaicans came over and had to shave there head because of there shitlocks and I mean shit, they used to put dung in there dreads. so the brits made them shave there head because of diseases...
> Jamaicans used to put dung in there dreads so the Brits made them shave there head because of diseases.
?? Where d'you hear this crazy (most likely NF-perpetuated) story?? So unlikely it makes me laugh, as Jamaicans really look down on filth and highly value cleanliness. As Rightforkoff said, Jamaicans didn't even have dreadlocks back in the 50s/60s, that came later with the Rastafarians. Even (especially) the rudeboy gangsters of Kingston were ultra-cleancut and stylish!
Also, alot of skins over here think skinheads shaved there heads because of lice or working in a factory. They don't realize it was just pure fashion and looked smart.
this is fake.... suedheads came after racism started becoming strictly illegal by law. they decided to dress good, with good haircuts, and walking with attitudes.
what the fuck are you talking about? the skinhead culture has its origin in workingklass kids who disagreed with the hippies and started hanging at the same clubs and pubs as the rudeboys... skinheads and racism has nothing to do with eachother...
blablabla..all the nerds whonever goes out of their home tries to define a culture...haha..u nerdsare nerds,u do well in chemistry and tts all.skinheads are thugs and assholes who look ridiculou.
Thats me on my scooter, in my Glory Days .. thanks for sharing :-)
smudgerart 1 month ago
People don't remember this but there were -- believe it! -- racist, sexist, homophobic hippies too. And beatniks. And so on. Any time you get a bunch of white males together you're going to get a percentage of that. Subcultures are highly visible, and so you're able to point the finger and go "Look! Skinheads are racist!" while surprisingly nobody is pointing the finger and going "Look! Racist Wall Street executives!"
BWM206 8 months ago
I hate the sort of commentary you get on things like this. trivialises it. Robert Elms ... for God's sake ... people who make facile links with the class system ... nahh
jasonpfinch 8 months ago
ok from what i understand the mods wouldnt except reaggea /ska so the skins split from the mods, there were skins the mods then the rockers the,sickos,slimeballs,wankers,homeboys at home or mommas boys,what i want to know is who was beyond the rockers or the poor boys do you just get in to the pedifiles and exconvics or is there some group or sub group im missing.can you tell me thanks.
mikr671 10 months ago
Nice video, the opening scene is in Birmingham City Centre
mac221bc 11 months ago
i notice jaytex rarely gets mentioned
bohsgerry 1 year ago
what's the name of the first song that plays?
toastwaffle93 1 year ago
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newlunar 1 year ago
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newlunar 1 year ago
@toastwaffle93 It's Broadway Jungle - Toots and the Maytals
newlunar 1 year ago
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thank you kind sir!
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Vonstromberg 1 year ago
Could someone tell me the name of the song at :10 Thanks.
ar4216 1 year ago
Whats the name of the wich starts right in the beginning? i MUST know that!
Bananaspliff27 1 year ago
@Bananaspliff27
It's called Broadway Jungle by Toots And The Maytals. If you haven't heard Pressure Drop by them then do yourself a favor and listen to that song too.
OppressiveHateTerror 1 year ago
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Oooooops. I also just asked what the name of the song is and didn't notice your answer. Anyway, I'll check it out. Thanks.
ar4216 1 year ago
whats the song at the begginin?
19OriginalSkinhead79 1 year ago
@19OriginalSkinhead79 broadway jungle by toots and the maytals
originalspykid69 1 year ago
these are true skinheads. fuck them racist inbred honkey faggots yee-haw lol
mkrulz77 1 year ago
racism was a sign of the times in the 60's not exclusive to skinheads. there were many black skins. it was a mixture of english and jamaican street culture.
rantantara 1 year ago 25
@rantantara your a moron who doesnt no shit!!
sbskinhead69 9 months ago
@sbskinhead69 what i wrote is true, so what's the problem? you can't spell 'know' and don't seem to have any argument. who's the real moron here.
rantantara 9 months ago
@rantantara know!!! there you happy now!!! my argument is.. that you are a dumb pice of shit!!! fuck off!! stay out of our culture!!!
sbskinhead69 8 months ago
@sbskinhead69 blimey, you are upset aren't you. not sure why. "THAT GUY USES FACTS AND KNOWS HOW TO SPELL, GET HIM!" there must be a reason why you didn't like what i wrote, i just want to know what it is. if you can tell me without relying on pathetic insults you get a lollypop. but if insults are all you can come up with, i can top you there too. by the way just in case you're american, it's not your culture.
rantantara 8 months ago
@rantantara Danish fine dining?
Donkeyn00b 7 months ago
Everwise! Classic.
TheSacredHeartsLC 1 year ago
@TheSacredHeartsLC ever'ard!!!!!
originalspykid69 1 year ago
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originalspykid69 1 year ago
beating the pakis since the 60s
Liekkek 1 year ago
@Liekkek that aint true assface.. many pakis was skinheads too hanging with other skins..
HerrKonkeli 1 year ago
@HerrKonkeli nope skinheads have been paki bashing since the 60s :) pakis cant be skinheads because they dont have the culture and are physically weak
Liekkek 1 year ago
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originalspykid69 1 year ago
@originalspykid69 nope, only British skinheads are real skinheads because skinheads started in Britain. if you're not from Britain but you claim to be a skinhead, you are a poser :D hope this helps.
Liekkek 1 year ago
@Liekkek Your obviously either misinformed , or youve watched or read too much garbage on it. I've been a skinhead for over 30 years , so I think I know a little about the culture. It was never about racism although there were elements of it the whole way through.Shame really , I just liked the clothes and the music. Now , go and wear your "gangster suit" hehe.
originalspykid69 1 year ago
@originalspykid69 clearly you are confused, rude boys wore suits, not skinheads :) do some research! skinhead came from mod, the boots braces short hair and jeans came from the jobs they did as they couldnt afford to dress as smart as mods so they wore their work clothes. hope this helps!
Liekkek 1 year ago
@Liekkek are you mentally handicapped? skinheads wore suits for evening wear and they did this from the start,(taken from the mods) They wore boots and jeans , trousers etc for daytime wear. They probably had more money than the mods if we are honest! The short hair was done for alot of different reasons but the ones I can think of are , smartness, a contradiction to the hippys long hair , a working class look , taken from the jamaican rude boys style of hair and most important of all , fighting
originalspykid69 1 year ago
@Liekkek Skinheads did also wear suits.
xxxtobyx3 1 year ago
@xxxtobyx3 they're british though, not jamaican :)
Liekkek 1 year ago
@Liekkek Yes well in origin. Young english Kids, most of them were white a few immigrants or sins of immigrants.
xxxtobyx3 1 year ago
@Liekkek You need a skins beating!
AlexDiss 1 year ago
@AlexDiss nope im a skinhead not a paki, we beat up pakis :)
Liekkek 1 year ago
@Liekkek you couldn't beat an egg!
originalspykid69 1 year ago
@Liekkek you are a joke!
xSinKittyx88 1 year ago
@xSinKittyx88 nope :) i see you're american, so therefore your opinion on skinheads is invalid :)
Liekkek 1 year ago
@Liekkek In your opinion! :P
xSinKittyx88 1 year ago
@xSinKittyx88 hehe ;D
Liekkek 1 year ago
@Liekkek Come up to Canada and say that! You'll get rushed by a herd of Pakistani gents! And i'll laugh my ass off while having a nice curry because it's fucking delicious!
xxxtobyx3 1 year ago
@xxxtobyx3 no need, canada is probably mostly pakis anyway. in canada pakis probably go canadian bashing since you seem so subservient to them haha
Liekkek 1 year ago
There was no racism with the originals we had a black guy in every crew. It was more likely to be willesden v North end rd mob or Kilburn etc the rivalry was borough to Borough those days. The racism was inherent in society then though and some guys still tried to bully.
stevekk369 1 year ago 2
what's the name of the song that starts in the beginning?
NiteSlayer007 1 year ago
@NiteSlayer007
ignore my last comment( i commented on wrong video :/). If any1 does wanna know It's called Broadway Jungle By Toots & The Maytals
NiteSlayer007 1 year ago
The funny (ironic) thing about teens is that when they try to "rebel", they often become part of the some clique or trend, which is the ultimate display of conformity and anti-individuality. Calling yourself a "punk" or a "skinhead" was about as original and creative as becoming a cop or joining the army. It's all based on a desperate need to become part of a group, which inevitably leads to a loss of personal identity..
ritter89 1 year ago
yeah. where is this nicked from? panorama?
hookersandblow 2 years ago
Not wanting to dig thru all the older comments but does anyone know what documentary this is? Or is the whole doc posted on youtube? sounds like the actor christopher eccleston doing the narration.
victorbarlow 2 years ago
Whilst it's true that the original Skins of the late '60s loved Ska/Reggae and weren't bigoted, talk to any of them today (they are all live in Essex now) and most express their dismay at how London and parts of England have changed to majority non-white.
NewRightLondon 2 years ago
where i live we have the biggest group of original skinheads in the country, i don't live in Essex. when i started in 1979 then my town was 90% original skinhead, but in the mid 80's they started to go their own way. i have mates who still live by the roots of the days when they was skinheads but grown out of it now coz of kids and marrage or they just grown out of the culture. i get teenagers of today asking me what am i? i tell them and they really want to know about the sence.
originalskinhead1969 2 years ago
The black and white clip came from an ITN report from the end of 1968. The media could not get their heads around younger people not all wanting to look like hippie dippies singing about Aquarius.
vidpop 2 years ago
I dug thru thrift stores for levis sta-prest, fred perry polos, and soul 45s. Glad for the experience. In the US we wore wingtips not boots. We were Suede for sure. Vespas were cheap in the late 90s.
beesknees1945 2 years ago
It's amazing how articulate that kid is. British kids can hardly string two words together now, even middle class kids.
All they seem to say these days is, "I was like...and he was like...and then I was like oh my god"
What are they talking about?
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countlaslo 2 years ago
i swear England is like the only country that has brang out new fasions from old and today, well today there is no fasion because theres all different kinds. wer like the fathers of creation.
Whered the world be without us eh.
Loge91 2 years ago
Yeah! Where would the world be without capitalism, industrialism, colonization, imperialism, racism etc???? hahahaha
pirunvasara666 2 years ago
ye ok bruv, you didnt catch my drift of what i was sayin, but ye your right about what you've said yet i wer'nt talkin bout that, i was talkin about fashions and cults. so stop chattin shit ya pussyol you sound like a weird hippie cunt.
Loge91 2 years ago
And you sound like Benny Hill!
pirunvasara666 2 years ago
Thanks, i like Benny Hill.
Loge91 2 years ago
I know!
pirunvasara666 2 years ago
Good!
Loge91 2 years ago
sharp is not skin heads,onli nazi skin heads!!!14/88
otoskorceni 2 years ago
there is no youth subculture in britain today or in the world. Everyone in the world dresses the same with nike,addidas, reebok.shops like JD killed it off. and anyway britain is too multi cultural now for these movements. soon as you walk out the street like that ure branded racist for not embracing other cultures
fifa3008 2 years ago 2
too multi cultural for youth movements? all depends were your from, places like london,birmingham,oldham,bradford leicster and others may be, ,most youth today especially london,dress like american street gangs,hoodies ,listening to rap/hiphop and that shite , nothing worse than seeing a cockney,dressed like an american urban crip,speaking a street. anglo-american-carabbean ghetto speak innit .the english youth today are followers not the leaders they were
TheMightOfTheEnglish 2 years ago
@TheMightOfTheEnglish true m8 but we have to keep the faith! im scots and been a hard mod since 78 (im 46) im starting to see a lot more scooters on the roads so could a new wave of kids who wear british,dance to soul and ska i hope!! the music scene is stagnated with that (dance) music, when did dance become just waveing your arms about , off ur face on e 20yr ago!!! fuck let it go
tony671 1 year ago
pourquoi ses merde de facho existe
quentinfaridegoul 2 years ago
i would think those were and still are very sharp english skin heads.
seanmillerr 2 years ago
ark at the posh bird speakin the cheek
spinalCJ 2 years ago
who sings that song?
itsjoelinit 2 years ago
Toots and the maytals I belive
zosothedestroyer 2 years ago
It's 'Broadway Jungle' by Toots and the Maytals. Great track.
FlyingFoxOz 2 years ago
Nice to see Gaylord made it into this at the end
sussexmews 2 years ago
oi oi oi!!
herreragore 2 years ago
I'm in the otherwiser business.....classic
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beautiful just beautiful if these guys were still alive a black man wouldnt be president
RedOctober815 2 years ago
that makes no sence what so ever
joe19730801 2 years ago 3
what do you mean
carlsteen 2 years ago
OI!
liamwakeman4007 2 years ago
I think that was just terrace style of the time,not a subculture.
DBAWFUL 3 years ago
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VOLODYA1901 3 years ago
Smoothies? Perry boys?
THESUPERCULT 3 years ago
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libertadmusica 3 years ago
what is the name of this documentary????
PuertoPoland 3 years ago
It's not documentary, it's a piss-take by the BBC trying to be clever.
vonpork 2 years ago
¡¡Skinhead Always Antirracist!!
Netimus 3 years ago 2
about time we brought back mods, skinheads, suedeheads, rockers and teddy boys i think. cant stand all these scruff fuckers much longer
theold2007 3 years ago 2
when did the bootboys come on the scene? you dont see too much about them.
jonbert123 3 years ago
Boot boys was a general term for skins though in the early days some guys just wore the boots and didn't go for the close crop and called themselves boot boys. In fact, I reckon suedeheads came about partly 'cos pple were getting sacked (or chucked out of school!) for going the whole hog with the no.2 all over and it was less hassle to have slightly longer hair.
sludgefingers 3 years ago
up the mods like the skinheads and that bit
clumsyclara99 3 years ago
Suedeheads! its a new wave in the air!
rascka 3 years ago
nice :)~ tek i bak
manceuk 3 years ago
classik ALWAYS SKINHEAD! Oi!
esperit77 3 years ago
well done!!!!
Philionaire123 3 years ago
SKINHEADS! FUCK OFF PUNKS!
DamianM263 3 years ago 8
Funny how in the early days, skinheads hair wasnt all that short eh?
I also remember going to Skeg in the early 70's and seeing a Skinhead gang dressed in German para boots, white painters bib and brace overalls, blue Ben Sherman check shits and Bowler hats and brollies, following the "Clockwork Orange" style, and to prove that there really was no racisim then, several of the gang were of a West Indian background. I think these lads were from Notts, but may be wrong.
BradBrassman 3 years ago
Funny..In the early days our hair was really short,Shaved off in fact.What you must remember is the move to suede head or smooths and sorts circa 73ish.
rightforkoff 3 years ago
Yes, could be!! In 73 74 I had a suede cut myself. I also had an dark-blue Abercrombie Levi-Sta-press drainpipes with 1-inch turn ups. All of this came from me mams catalogue and I had to pay her 50p a week for each item till it was paid off. The last thing I got was my footware and the move then, was definately toward Air Wair shoes, not boots with either red or white socks. Think i would have been 14, nearly 15 then, and thought i was quite the dandy!!!
BradBrassman 3 years ago
Yeah by that time I was wearing Two Tone Tonic suits hand made at a small tailors shop in Southall of all places,it was called Leslie Allens it was thee place to go.We used to buy Tassle Loafers and Bennys from the Ivy shop in London or Richmond upon Thames,and I had a hand made Crombie from Austen Reed.I always had plenty of money those days.We dressed the same really mine just cost more. Yes we were the Mutts Nuts.
rightforkoff 3 years ago
thundercracker77: Way to perpetuate the crappy public stereotype that all skinheads are violent bootboy hooligans who go around kicking people's heads in if they so much as look at you the wrong way. Gee, golf clap, anyone? *rolls eyes*
joiraida 3 years ago
I remember a popular place to buy these type of clothes in 1970 was Casanova of The Walworth Road in South London. Oh how I wanted a green 2 tone tonic jacket, but they were a fiver and my Mum said no!!!
johnniescarlett 3 years ago
jonniescarlett - lol. Did you make a scene? I did once to get my mum to buy me a lacoste when casuals had come about. My dad found out, leathered my arse and made me take it back. :o
Have alook around Youtube for GAry Crowley going around some old shops on the Walworth Road.
jonthegoon 3 years ago
anyone can tell me from wich movie was that shoot taked off????
eater77 3 years ago
The very first shots of this film were took on Bull Street,Birmingham,around 1978-80.
numberstation 3 years ago
I have meet way more racist greasers then racist skinheads. How come no one ask dumb ass questions like why do greasers put grease in there hair?, what do the black leather jackets mean?, how can they lessen to rock and roll and still hate black people? Skinhead was just another British working class style. Its just that simple.
yammyspeed13 3 years ago 6
Can anyone tell me what the soundtrack is at the begining of the clip please?
vonpork 3 years ago
dogs of war-The Maytals
pythongoon 3 years ago
Wrong, mate, this is Broadway Jungle by the Maytals.
buratino321 3 years ago
Many Thanks!
vonpork 3 years ago
Hi, I know this song as "broadway jungle" from 1964. It was sung by The Maytels as The Flames. It appears on a compilation called Club ska '67 on Island records. And fab it is too!!!
johnniescarlett 3 years ago
Hi! Thanks a lot friend, hope some kind person will post it!!!
vonpork 3 years ago
those are the first skinheads to emerged,suedeheads just got more style,fancy suits,loafers instead of dm's & white collar job instead of blue colar jobs like skinheads do.
che012787 3 years ago
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Skinhead Faggots
eviltreemonster 3 years ago
tell you what bud, walk up to a skinhead and call him a faggot and see what happens. A little experiment for you to try and let us all know the results when you get out of hospital
skinheadyellow 3 years ago
Skinheads put me in hospital? yeah right! If one of those dicks took a swing at me I'd give him the old one two and he'de run away like a bitch.
eviltreemonster 3 years ago
nice to rember the time when real music and good times .nothins nicer than a bird with a sudehead
stekoy8 3 years ago
Original skins were black and notin the uk
dsb75 4 years ago
You are a bit wrong there pal... Original SKINHEADS were from the UK and mostly white workingclass kids... what u are talking about is rudeboys from who the early skinheads draw inspiration from both in choice of music and clothing...
halvruttenpaprika 4 years ago 5
FIRST SKINHEADS ON THE WORLD WAS BLACK AND FORM JAMAICA....fag
RightSnake 3 years ago
Skinhead was just a word the media used to label all the working class kids in the UK who liked Reggae, football, looking smart, and bashing hippies and each other back in the late 60's.
yammyspeed13 3 years ago
'Kay...I just hate dat racist skinheads.
RightSnake 3 years ago
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sakin23687 3 years ago
Suck my white dick if u like white dat much gay
RightSnake 3 years ago
@sakin23687 needledick
agirotil 1 year ago
it's true...and the whole world including us...are still talkin about it....it wasn't really that big of a deal.....people just want to use that time for some romantics with their own present reality that has nothing to do with 68 to 69....
art72 3 years ago
WRONG YOU THICK CUNT.
my dad was a skinhead in 68! Before it got big, only thing borrowed from the blacks was the music and the crombies. The rest of the fashion came from the MOD culture. END OF.
daveyRIR 2 years ago 5
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Okay okay so enjoy being a skinhead and get out. Playing on tough guy huh? But whatever....Iam white but I so fucking much want to be black cause I feel shame for my race..
RightSnake 2 years ago
what you talking about!? fuck off.
daveyRIR 2 years ago 2
Bla bla bla skinhead.
RightSnake 2 years ago
Real skinhead culture has nothing to do with racism, idiot.
ghostalks 2 years ago 59
Then is everything okay.
RightSnake 2 years ago
we were hijacked by the national front and american skins just took the piss , it was fashion culture not race
hitmanisbackmk2 2 years ago 4
got that right 100% !!!
cheers!
giebogi 2 years ago
Dude, get it right... Its not a fashion only. Its a way of life. U cant leave that part out... Ian stuart was a very big front figure for the NS movement as you prob know, he helped to spread the NS movement to germany and from there to the rest of europe long before Americans knew about skins. It wasent untill late 90s that big bonehead gangs could b seen walking down the streets of usa... More than 10 years after the outburst in europe. Plz get your facts right boy.
moOswe 2 years ago
Late 90s! You talk shit, early 80s in the USA. Continental Europe and the USA started around the same time
CharlyTheHord 2 years ago
Mid to Late 70's in Britain, in London certainly and I'm sure it was happening at the same time in other cities in the U.K.
dortyhoor 2 years ago
i could say a lot of things to you, but i now it's waste of time, so i'll say just one thing: go get a girl and stop now this nerd life
scurvydogfromhell 2 years ago
im a 1970's skin we got our clothes from mod culture but saying that there were difrent styles we had ,the sta press brigade who wore white sta press trousers brouges ect the ,harrington wearing crew with loafers ben sherman pleated shirt and the more radicle green pilot jacket and docs 501 levis,it was what you chose now its a fkin uniform,original 60 skins wore brutus shirts i still wear most of the same gear lol my kids love it ..... bcfc skins
hitmanisbackmk2 2 years ago
Those not in 'the know' wouldn't notice such subtle differences, really important differences for the wearer though. People also don't wear cardigans anymore. I love my cardies still, yet people who I would of thought knew better just laugh and say "old man's clothes" yet look at old clips right up to the early 80's and there they are.
Cardigans look good with the right trousers/jeans and the right shirt or top as well as smart, but are forgotten, it seems to have passed people by nowadays.
dortyhoor 2 years ago 2
i personally still enjoy my cardigans and my reggae music :-)
migsluck1 2 years ago 3
Good on you, its nice to know I'm not alone.
dortyhoor 2 years ago
We are not alone.
TheFactoryOfLight 2 years ago
Allway's good to hear.
dortyhoor 2 years ago
very true, I was one from 1979. Great days. Some black bands such as Simaryp dressed in suits & porkpie/trilby hats as many of us did
daveym66 2 years ago 2
@daveyRIR Yeah, 20 years from now everyone will go on about how all the "wiggers" I grew up with were a bunch of anti-racist saints.
yammyspeed13 1 year ago
@daveyRIR your right 100 per cent mate i was a late 70s mod and i remember skinheads when i was a kid at 6 in 1970 and these guys dressed smart sta pres shermans fred perrys a number 3 haircut and a pair of boots not like the 80s guys who were 2class states
tony671 1 year ago
@daveyRIR end of? They also "borrowed" the short trousers and jeans from the rude boy look , and the crew cut from the rude boys , with a parting in the side. The short trousers apparently started because when d dekker came to england to do his fist show they gave him a suit but the trousers were too long so he said"chop off six inches from the bottoms". This was in keeping with his jamaican look back home. The skinheads copied the look. Ignorance is bliss , and i'm here all week!
originalspykid69 1 year ago
@originalspykid69 skinheads didnt really copy the look since rude boys wore suits like american gangsters, durr
Liekkek 1 year ago
your talking rubbish
rightforkoff 3 years ago
the jamaicans came over and had to shave there head because of there shitlocks and I mean shit, they used to put dung in there dreads. so the brits made them shave there head because of diseases...
RAYLIKESMEN 3 years ago
Don't talk silly.When the Jamaicans came to England in the 50s and 60s they didn't have dreads that came later.
rightforkoff 3 years ago 3
RAYLIKESMEN wrote:
> Jamaicans used to put dung in there dreads so the Brits made them shave there head because of diseases.
?? Where d'you hear this crazy (most likely NF-perpetuated) story?? So unlikely it makes me laugh, as Jamaicans really look down on filth and highly value cleanliness. As Rightforkoff said, Jamaicans didn't even have dreadlocks back in the 50s/60s, that came later with the Rastafarians. Even (especially) the rudeboy gangsters of Kingston were ultra-cleancut and stylish!
joiraida 3 years ago
Also, alot of skins over here think skinheads shaved there heads because of lice or working in a factory. They don't realize it was just pure fashion and looked smart.
yammyspeed13 3 years ago
Other thoeries:
long hair disadvanage in street fights.
Inspired by jamaican "rude boys", immigrants
Imhornydadcomeinside 3 years ago
and and and the long hair was a collage boy cut.
fuckingsniffglue 3 years ago 2
RAYLIKESMEN, where did you hear that nonsense?
choleracol 3 years ago
The Maytals song is Dog War
BilstonOi 4 years ago
cheers
pythongoon 4 years ago
aw shut up eh a skin got more class then skinny jean shit i gotta plenty of friends who are both but a skin got class an anti racsit skin that is
but punks got the most class of em all
jaklash77 4 years ago
ahaha, otherwisah business. sweet.
jojo808 4 years ago
this is fake.... suedheads came after racism started becoming strictly illegal by law. they decided to dress good, with good haircuts, and walking with attitudes.
nme95k 4 years ago
what the fuck are you talking about? the skinhead culture has its origin in workingklass kids who disagreed with the hippies and started hanging at the same clubs and pubs as the rudeboys... skinheads and racism has nothing to do with eachother...
halvruttenpaprika 4 years ago 3
whats the name of that maytals track ?
pythongoon 4 years ago
real skinheads were there!!fake skinheads with nazi attitude!
morefck 4 years ago 3
blablabla..all the nerds whonever goes out of their home tries to define a culture...haha..u nerdsare nerds,u do well in chemistry and tts all.skinheads are thugs and assholes who look ridiculou.
HermanAtion 4 years ago
you obviously only know only boneheads.you tell me how they look ridicolous.
the original skinheads and suedes look the business.what the fuck do you look like?
pythongoon 4 years ago 4