Mod or Rocker?

[GM]

Mod... I had a Lambretta Li 150 back in 1965, and my old moth eaten parka is knocking around somewhere in the loft.

 

[PaulB]

off my Rocker.

FTFY

 

[Trail Child]

Neither.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Rocker, but I am of the variety that rides very fast sports bikes, not oily, clanky broken-down tractors.....

 

[Primal Scream]

The thing that makes me laugh is that lots of people think that they are rockers because they like Led Zep and Deep Purple. Yet these bands were born out of the Mod movement. Ok the clothes fashion had changed but the music is directly linked to the Mod bands of the 60's and black RnB music. Hell half of Led Zep I and II are blatent covers of blues tracks by people like Howling Wolf in fact Led Zeppelin were formed out of the Yardbirds who often had Eric slowhand Clapton on rhythm guitar.

To me a rocker is someone into Gene Vincent and the like.

Clapton played lead as well, at other times they had Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in their line up.

Zep were, at one point considering calling themselves "The new Yardbirds"

 

[derrick]

Mod but i liked bikes better tham scooters, but i have had both.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Clapton played lead as well, at other times they had Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in their line up.

Clapton and Beck are a right pair of nobbers.

 

[Peteaud]

Elvis, Buddy, Fins n Chrome and a 59 caddy.

Heaven.

 

[Archie_tect]

Mods: vapid, ephemeral, style-centred, image-conscious, lightweight- no substance and completely superficial me-first peacock culture and attitude.
Biased? You bet.

 

[Fnaar]

I have to admit, although I have a preference for the mod stuff, I adore most decent 50s rock 'n' roll/rockabilly, and I would actually kill in order to own a big finned/chromed Yankee 50s car.

 

[Archie_tect]

The thing that makes me laugh is that lots of people think that they are rockers because they like Led Zep and Deep Purple. Yet these bands were born out of the Mod movement. Ok the clothes fashion had changed but the music is directly linked to the Mod bands of the 60's and black RnB music. Hell half of Led Zep I and II are blatent covers of blues tracks by people like Howling Wolf in fact Led Zeppelin were formed out of the Yardbirds who often had Eric slowhand Clapton on rhythm guitar.

To me a rocker is someone into Gene Vincent and the like.

Music fashion victims: look at Status Quo for how ephemeral their attitude was towards selling an image! Sad isn't it?

 

[Peteaud]

I have to admit, although I have a preference for the mod stuff, I adore most decent 50s rock 'n' roll/rockabilly, and I would actually kill in order to own a big finned/chromed Yankee 50s car.

 

[Fnaar]

Hubba hubba

If I saw one of these in the street, I'd very likely masturbate in public

 

[Hacienda71]

Music fashion victims: look at Status Quo for how ephemeral their attitude was towards selling an image! Sad isn't it?

Preferred them as The Spectres they seemed to know more chords......

 

[Archie_tect]

Image over substance... but at least they don't have an attitude like so many 'artistes' do, like Weller, Morrisey and the like.