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Hello. I've been very much enjoying reading all of your posts for quite awhile. Although I am American, and too young to have been there in '69, and not a skinhead, I have a great interest and respect for all of the Brit youth cultures, and I steal bits from most of them to make up the way I like to dress. Much respect to you originals as your style very much lives on in the present day, as does the music. Maybe not so much the aggro, but that's probably a good thing. :)

The main reason I wanted to post here was to show you a video and ask a question. Alot of you have mentioned that after the Skinhead look of the late 60s, early 70s, you drifted towards Glam Rock fashion and music. I recently discovered this band (below) Giuda, from Italy I believe, and they are sort of...well, hard to describe, but I really want to know what all of you guys think of what they're trying to do musically and visually. Maybe capture that moment between Skinhead and Glam Rock?

I apologize if this is considered an interruption or off topic, and you all are offended it won't happen again. I'm just very curious to see what the original skins who "went Glam" think of a revisionist thing like this video. Thank you!

Haha! I thought someone might say that! What about the style...especially the bass player. Completely not authentic to any period, or a mix of different periods?
 

looks like the skinhead influence has reached H&M :)

http://www.hm.com/us/striking-contrasts?cm_mmc=NewsletterNTR-_-20120705-_-striking-contrasts-_-US#path=1.1.4&transition=1&duration=500

if you click through all the pics, you'll also see two-tone braces on some of the girls

Fuck me the girls in the above ads need a decent feed stat.  Can't say I'm into super big girls but I certainly don't wanna have to build a mote around my breakfast either...

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Originally Posted by Lasttye 

I think the whole thing is lost in translation mate, just cant see any connection.
The thing with British youth culture its unique..It is copied all over the World, But if you are not British you can never really understand it,

Well, I was thinking the turn ups on the jeans with boots, the side burns on a couple of them, and the obvious football references might have been, at least in their minds, a nod to skinhead. I can't figure out why they're all wearing those fur collared jackets though. It actually could be what Italian hooligan types wore in the 70s, who knows.Thanks for the opinion, that's what I was looking for!

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Originally Posted by Ed Vaughan 

Evolution?
Please tell me, this is none of you London boys, on the King's Road in '73 - now that's bad.

Website with a lot of KR imagery from 1967- 1974:
http://mydadsphotos.shendy.co.uk/tag/kings-road/
You just know that 3-4 years previously, these fellas would have been rolling about outside Stamford Bridge.
Edit: From the above site, the front 'cash pocket' Roy was alluding to?
Most of my Tonik otp pants had these.

Woaaaa! Just spotted... 'wet look' shoes, too.

The geezer in the bottom picture is a ringer for david Beckham...cool pics though , the cash pocket is a nice little addition !

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Originally Posted by ChazMatt70 

Well, I was thinking the turn ups on the jeans with boots, the side burns on a couple of them, and the obvious football references might have been, at least in their minds, a nod to skinhead. I can't figure out why they're all wearing those fur collared jackets though. It actually could be what Italian hooligan types wore in the 70s, who knows.Thanks for the opinion, that's what I was looking for!

That song is funny! It has the Glam beat, cheesy lyrics, even cheesier - group hand claps, and in parts sound like 'bang a gong'.

Is it meant to be a 'tongue  in cheek' glammed up, power pop, bit of fun?? I can't tell

If anything, I think the bands attire is  a 'nod' to English church jumble sales, or Blue Peter 'bring and buy' sales from the 70's     (they prob still dress better than me tho) 

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Originally Posted by soundsnpressure 

 

That song is funny! It has the Glam beat, cheesy lyrics, even cheesier - group hand claps, and in parts sound like 'bang a gong'.

Is it meant to be a 'tongue  in cheek' glammed up, power pop, bit of fun?? I can't tell

 

If anything, I think the bands attire is  a 'nod' to English church jumble sales, or Blue Peter 'bring and buy' sales from the 70's     (they prob still dress better than me tho) 

I kind of think they're trying to do a Bay City Rollers meets 70s football hooligan meets suedehead thing visually. I was just wondering if such a look actually ever existed in real life, or was it something this band made up. Musically, the whole album definitely has that Gary Glitter/ T.Rex vibe. From what I hear they have a skinhead following.