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Britain has had some exciting subcultures throughout the years. With the new digital world, there will never be another underground movement to excite the British youth. I think that's quite sad, having been around for Punk, 2 Tone, The Mod Revival, The New Romantics, Casuals, Brit Pop and Rave. Feeling rather old. Probably a little nostalgic after watching This Is England last night.
I absolutely love that track nogs and still have my 7" copy. Though I rarely DJ, if I do I always try to get that track in somewhere. Artsbossbeard has a cool profile pic featuring their logo too.
Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.
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From Mods to rave on 19:20 - Nov 9 with 2048 views
Yes they will, if they were involved in any of the subcultures the OP mentions - it was the whole point of the thread.
Leaving to go out for a Saturday night at 10pm? Driving around the M25 at 2am in a convoy of 300 cars? 11,000 people having it in a aircraft hanger by 3am? Front page of national newspapers on Monday morning?
Nah they won’t..
Sunrise. Midsummer nights dream White Waltham Airfield (Ecstasy airport) 21/06/1989
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From Mods to rave on 20:45 - Nov 9 with 1927 views
Leaving to go out for a Saturday night at 10pm? Driving around the M25 at 2am in a convoy of 300 cars? 11,000 people having it in a aircraft hanger by 3am? Front page of national newspapers on Monday morning?
Nah they won’t..
Sunrise. Midsummer nights dream White Waltham Airfield (Ecstasy airport) 21/06/1989
Nogs, rave was before britpop, sequentially. And britpop doesn’t qualify as a subculture. It was more a collective term for what were predominantly underwhelming bands.
Leaving to go out for a Saturday night at 10pm? Driving around the M25 at 2am in a convoy of 300 cars? 11,000 people having it in a aircraft hanger by 3am? Front page of national newspapers on Monday morning?
Nah they won’t..
Sunrise. Midsummer nights dream White Waltham Airfield (Ecstasy airport) 21/06/1989
From Mods to rave on 20:48 - Nov 9 by vapour_trail
Nogs, rave was before britpop, sequentially. And britpop doesn’t qualify as a subculture. It was more a collective term for what were predominantly underwhelming bands.
I did the rave and the Jungle thing that was straight after. Also caught the end of the Northern Soul- Scooter Boy thing. Mainly due to having some older mates/ family who were into it I guess. Liked the Scooters, Northern Soul slightly less.
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From Mods to rave on 21:00 - Nov 9 with 1829 views
Leaving to go out for a Saturday night at 10pm? Driving around the M25 at 2am in a convoy of 300 cars? 11,000 people having it in a aircraft hanger by 3am? Front page of national newspapers on Monday morning?
Nah they won’t..
Sunrise. Midsummer nights dream White Waltham Airfield (Ecstasy airport) 21/06/1989
Exactly this. I know there were other subcultures but mine was the football casual culture of the mid 80s which then leant itself into this. For me looking back these were the days that will never be repeated. Days I still as an old duffer remember and cling on to. No mobiles, just a meet up rendevouz. Happier days.
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From Mods to rave on 01:30 - Nov 10 with 1501 views
Direct link from 64' to 88'! Even when I was doing a bit of rave/baggy I came at it through a Mod/Northern soul prism! I was still doing a few Mod rallies alongside Raves as I didn't like my hair too long, and they were good again! Scooter runs 89-91 were excellent, reclaimed from the dirty masses that engufled it 85-87. Northern weekenders sprang up in 89', lots of folk doing them and raving, the parallels so obvious. I still have a fondness for some rock n roll, my first day at Chantry in 77' more akin to walking into Rydell High. Me in me blazer and Clarkes commandos, all the fifth year in dayglo socks and creepers! The change from Ted to Rockabilly was underway!
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From Mods to rave on 05:58 - Nov 10 with 1393 views
What many of these sub-cultures had was a large element of rebelliousness including earlier groups like teddy boys, the original skinheads and mods, and rockers.
It probably reached its zenith with punk (which I am at heart) but later things like the rave culture were still things that the older generation didn't understand or approve of.
With the exception of some black British music, rebelliousness seem to have disappeared these last 30 years, and we now have people of all ages going to things like the Taylor Swifts concerts.
Maybe it's just a result of increasing commercialisation and the influence of American culture but to me it seems a little sad.
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From Mods to rave on 09:51 - Nov 10 with 1209 views
Leaving to go out for a Saturday night at 10pm? Driving around the M25 at 2am in a convoy of 300 cars? 11,000 people having it in a aircraft hanger by 3am? Front page of national newspapers on Monday morning?
Nah they won’t..
Sunrise. Midsummer nights dream White Waltham Airfield (Ecstasy airport) 21/06/1989
People hark back to when they were young and think that their thing or subculture was better than what other generations have had or have. Shock.
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From Mods to rave on 10:13 - Nov 10 with 1157 views
About a month ago I was watching a couple of reruns of Top of the Pops on BBC4, I think it was 1978 and 1981. When they did the chart rundowns I noticed it was full of bands of all tribes & genres. It's all "solo artists" now. Where have all the bands gone ? Then I found a podcast Richard Osman did where he was saying the same thing. I think the decline in the number of bands has led to a lack of new identities and genres forming.
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