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bop wrote:


Hear-hear!
Welcome all young folk who are rejecting sloppy 'urban' casual culture in favour of something sharper and more refined. That said, I'm curious about what turns a young head in this direction, so perhaps they'd like to answer. Being young is usually about enjoying what's modern and new.
The trouble with using the first revival as a source is that you're starting from a mutation of the original idea, although culture is constantly leaping back and forth from different starting points. Since most Kids like to watch 'live' bands, I suppose it makes sense to latch onto a scene that still provides them. Personally, I take more pleasure from hearing a soul classic in a club than hearing a third-rate band of white boys playing their interpretation of black music. That was bad enough in the 60s.
Since the fashion pages are filled with '60s-style' clothing for girls, I'm still waiting for my first glimpse of any takers walking down the high street. As for the boys, they don't seem to figure. The male equivalent would probably be target t-shirts, white Levis and, er, whatever.
The girls get offered shiny plastic, cheap rip-offs of the mid-60s look.
The Kids could do a lot worse than ask some old farts (ha-ha) about style and music.
 

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