These are the Mods- Episode 22

Unknown Speaker  0:00  
Welcome back to the big beat online radio show with your host DJ Kingblind. You can visit us online at DJKingblind.com. There, you can listen to our episodes, subscribe to our podcast, or donate to our show to keep things going. Today we're gonna play a bunch of records for you. And it's all about the mods. What are the mods you ask? mod is a subculture that began in London and spread through Great Britain and elsewhere, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries. And today, even on a smaller scale, focused on music and fashion. The subculture had its roots in a group of stylish London based young men in the late 50s, who returned modernist because they listened to modern jazz. elements of the mod subculture included fashion, often tailor made suits music, including soul rhythm and blues, ska, jazz, and motor scooters, usually made by the Italian company Lambretta or Vesper. In the mid 60s, the subculture listened to powerpop rock groups with mod followings, such as the who and the Small Faces. After the peak mod era, the original mod scene was associated with in fetta mean field all night dance clubs. During the early to mid 60s, as mods grew and spread throughout the United Kingdom, certain elements of the mod scene became engaged in well publicized clashes with members of a rival subculture called Rockers, is something in America we'd call rockabilly those rockers. They love Jean Vinson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and the like, as opposed to the mods in their love for power, pop and r&b and genres that we previously mentioned. As mods became more cosmopolitan during the swinging London period, some working class street mods splintered off, forming other groups that would eventually become known as skinheads. There was a mod revival in the United Kingdom in the late 70s, which attempted to replicate the scooter period looks and styles of the early to mid 60s. It was followed by a similar mod revival in North America in the early 80s, particularly in Southern California, Vancouver and Toronto. As mentioned, many mods drove scooters usually again Vespers or lambrettas. Because scooters were practical and affordable form of transportation for teens to get in the 60s since until the early 70s. In the United Kingdom, public transportation stopped relatively early in the night. for teens with low paying jobs scooters were cheap, and much easier to park than cars and they can be bought through the newly available national hire to purchase plan in the UK. mods also treated scooters as a fashion acessory Italian scooters were preferred due to their clean lines, curving shapes and cleaning Chrome. They also served as a practical purpose for their fashion. The front kellyn protected they're tailor made suits, as well as the military purpose they wore for warm as well ensuring that they always looked sharp and were protected from the elements. For the young moto Italian scooters are the embodiment of continental style in a way to escape their working class rowhouses of their upbringing. mods customize their scooters by painting them in two tone and candy flake and over accessorize them with luggage racks, crash bars and scores of mirrors and fog lights. Some mods edit for 10 as many as 30 mirrors to their scooters. Sometimes they took their engine side panels and truck bumpers to electroplating shops to get them covered in Jaime chrome to really customize thing and in every way possible.

Unknown Speaker  3:46  
Today, I've got all these records out.

Unknown Speaker  3:49  
In our episode, we're going to talk about the soundtrack of this amazing culture from the godfathers of mod. The Small Faces in the who, to the mod Father Himself, Paul Weller in the jam and all things in between. I'm gonna play some songs for you. We're gonna start things off with the small faces in the hoop. When we're done with my live DJ set, I'll talk to you about everything that I just played. I hope you enjoy it. These are the mods

Unknown Speaker  4:27  
I want you to know

Unknown Speaker  4:36  
me but

Unknown Speaker  5:02  
Let me walk you before me

Unknown Speaker  5:56  
June, June, June

Unknown Speaker  9:29  
make the same mistakes are made over you

Unknown Speaker  10:12  
I was

Unknown Speaker  10:24  
make the same mistakes on me

Unknown Speaker  11:00  
make the same mistakes I've made over you.

Unknown Speaker  14:24  
Everybody get on your feet. You make me nervous when you

Unknown Speaker  14:30  
take off your shoes and pack up

Unknown Speaker  14:34  
that game baby

Unknown Speaker  14:51  
the other night

Unknown Speaker  14:54  
outside

Unknown Speaker  14:58  
our house, needless to say We're doing a dad with an issue.

Unknown Speaker  15:17  
girl with a red dress. I bet you can back up all night. Take off his shoes and throw them away. Come back and get him another day.

Unknown Speaker  15:56  
JOHN Henry, he said the suit

Unknown Speaker  16:03  
suits Oh john

Unknown Speaker  16:06  
our barefoot never says Oui oui,

Unknown Speaker  24:04  
oui oui oui oui

Unknown Speaker  24:19  
marriage. We don't we don't we don't we don't

Unknown Speaker  25:05  
All the way down

Unknown Speaker  25:10  
all the way down.

Unknown Speaker  25:13  
We don't know. Meet

Unknown Speaker  26:21  
me

Unknown Speaker  26:24  
got to

Unknown Speaker  26:28  
be

Unknown Speaker  26:41  
the candy says you can only see

Unknown Speaker  26:49  
me. That's got to be

Unknown Speaker  27:13  
be

Unknown Speaker  27:15  
less than k

Unknown Speaker  27:21  
maybe last summer

Unknown Speaker  27:29  
v

Unknown Speaker  27:33  
v

Unknown Speaker  27:36  
v.

Unknown Speaker  27:43  
v baby come

Unknown Speaker  31:25  
got news for you just

Unknown Speaker  37:56  
Believe That's it That's it.

Transcribed by https://otter.ai