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browniecj · Aug 13, 2012

Ashton Kutcher,why someone has not smacked that Guy in the Mouth,is beyond me(Punk`d).

browniecj · Aug 14, 2012

I was thinking about the Music we love-Soul and Reggae(mostly)and how it influenced us.When did any of you first hear Music by Black Artists,that made you think there is a difference?
My first Introduction came via my Mum.She loved The Ink Spots,and when I was very,very young,She would have them on the Radiogram."Listen to the Voices-harmonising"Mum would say.She also liked the Platters-never the fast ones,always the Ballads.My Eldest Sister liked Rock and Roll(She went around with the Teddy Boys),my Favourite Singer then was Little Richard-He would put so much Energy into the Singing and Stage Movements(Elvis Presley was an Amateur).When I had the chance I would go into Her Room and put the Little Richards`78son.If She caught me,woe betide me.But it was worth it.

yankmod · Aug 14, 2012

browniecj said:
I was thinking about the Music we love-Soul and Reggae(mostly)and how it influenced us.When did any of you first hear Music by Black Artists,that made you think there is a difference?
My first Introduction came via my Mum.She loved The Ink Spots,and when I was very,very young,She would have them on the Radiogram."Listen to the Voices-harmonising"Mum would say.She also liked the Platters-never the fast ones,always the Ballads.My Eldest Sister liked Rock and Roll(She went around with the Teddy Boys),my Favourite Singer then was Little Richard-He would put so much Energy into the Singing and Stage Movements(Elvis Presley was an Amateur).When I had the chance I would go into Her Room and put the Little Richards`78son.If She caught me,woe betide me.But it was worth it.

LOVE the Ink Spots.One of the greatest falsettos ever recorded(the harmonies obviously fantastic)

Raff72 · Aug 14, 2012

For me it was discovering my older brothers record collection when I was around 8 or 9. He had lots of rockers era reggae and funk and that stuff just blew my mind. I remember the first time I heard a King Tubby dub and I don't think I ever looked at the world the same again.

Ed Vaughan · Aug 14, 2012

Sirryacus said:
Hell I think half of them were there just for the beer.

True... and I'm gutted I missed it! :satisfied:

Ed Vaughan · Aug 14, 2012

browniecj said:
I was thinking about the Music we love-Soul and Reggae(mostly)and how it influenced us.When did any of you first hear Music by Black Artists,that made you think there is a difference?
My first Introduction came via my Mum.She loved The Ink Spots,and when I was very,very young,She would have them on the Radiogram."Listen to the Voices-harmonising"Mum would say.She also liked the Platters-never the fast ones,always the Ballads.My Eldest Sister liked Rock and Roll(She went around with the Teddy Boys),my Favourite Singer then was Little Richard-He would put so much Energy into the Singing and Stage Movements(Elvis Presley was an Amateur).When I had the chance I would go into Her Room and put the Little Richards`78son.If She caught me,woe betide me.But it was worth it.

Chubby Checker, summer beach songs... I lived in Edinburgh so we never got a tan, we just went a tad less blue.

Sirryacus · Aug 14, 2012

Giovanny · Aug 14, 2012

I'm new on here guys, fellow Trads help me out here! i am from New York..

harrysgame · Aug 14, 2012

First black music i ever got into was Motown, Four Tops, Stylistics, The Elgars Loved it then and still do.

First black song i remember hearing and knowing it was a black artist was Chuck Berry's My Ding-a-Ling. I think i was about 7 or 8. Loved that song, Chuck Berry was awsome.

Yankee · Aug 14, 2012

For me (born in 79) the first music i heard next to classical and pete seeger and was Miriam Makeba, Harry Belafonte and Bob Marley (age 4 or 5?)

Get Smart · Aug 14, 2012

The Look has def gone mainstream for past couple years...see a lot of guys out and about now wearing 1/2" braces, but they are just fashion boys, nothing to do with any kind of UK sucbulture

we were recently at a new british pub, and all the waitstaff were wearing 1/2" braces as part of their uniform, good thing I wore a belt that night!!!!

Darksideoftheforce · Aug 14, 2012

Get Smart said:
The Look has def gone mainstream for past couple years...see a lot of guys out and about now wearing 1/2" braces, but they are just fashion boys, nothing to do with any kind of UK sucbulture
we were recently at a new british pub, and all the waitstaff were wearing 1/2" braces as part of their uniform, good thing I wore a belt that night!!!!

Thats what I was about to ask. Do most of them even know where they're lifting the style from? My guess is probably not.

yankmod · Aug 14, 2012

Ed Vaughan said:
DMs - new store launch in Manchester.

And hardly a 'bone-dome' in sight.

Was wondering Ed.Is the new DM store for the punks and skins(and 2 toners)Or are other folks wearing them.Maybea folks working in certain professions?

Ed Vaughan · Aug 14, 2012

yankmod said:
Was wondering Ed.Is the new DM store for the punks and skins(and 2 toners)Or are other folks wearing them.Maybea folks working in certain professions?

DM's are for everyone mate - no exceptions.

And, if jeans are the heart of youth clothing, DMs are definitely the 'sole'. :satisfied:

yankmod · Aug 14, 2012

Ed Vaughan said:
DM's are for everyone mate - no exceptions.
And, if jeans are the heart of youth clothing, DMs are definitely the 'sole'.

Thanks for the info Ed.In the US DM's are worn by subculture folks.Most commonly by folks who came from Punk and 2 tone(the dm shoes.My ex wife use to wear them as she was 2 tone)But also Hard Rock and Heavy Metal(the Black clothes,piercing,tatoo folks)I stuck with Clark's desert boots.My friends who had DM boots said they were cold in the winter so I wasn't interested.

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