What Is Cool?
3/24/2005
In 1961, young adults thought that these guys were the "cat's meow":
By 1969, if you were "groovy" you looked like these guys:
In less than eight years we went from tuxes, pinky rings, High Balls, filterless cigarettes and mischievous grins to beards, denim, sandals, pot and detached bemusement.
I make no judgment. I kind of like them both. But I was wondering,
Do you still have your Mighty Mighty Bosstones Sugar Ray and Chumbawamba CD's?
Just something to think about the next time you decide that you got a handle on what's hip.
Sixth Army
Backstage, after the gig
Carnegie Hall, New York - 1961
In 1961, young adults thought that these guys were the "cat's meow":
By 1969, if you were "groovy" you looked like these guys:
Photo session for the album "Abbey Road"
Somewhere in England - 1969
In less than eight years we went from tuxes, pinky rings, High Balls, filterless cigarettes and mischievous grins to beards, denim, sandals, pot and detached bemusement.
I make no judgment. I kind of like them both. But I was wondering,
Do you still have your Mighty Mighty Bosstones Sugar Ray and Chumbawamba CD's?
Just something to think about the next time you decide that you got a handle on what's hip.
Sixth Army
posted by Larry B | 9:28 AM
1 Comments:
Very nice entry, and a good point. It reminds me of this quote from John Lennon's 1980 Playboy interview: "I don't mean to belittle the Beatles when I say they weren't this, they weren't that. I'm just trying not to overblow their importance as separate from society. And I don't think they were more important than Glenn Miller or Woody Herman or Bessie Smith. It was our generation, that's all. It was Sixties music." I also smiled at the quote from Love and Death in your previous entry. My favorite line: "I can't eat any food that begins with the letter F -- like chicken, for instance." Thanks for all your trenchant comments over at my blog, and keep up the good work!
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