the who & mod culture
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The Who & Mod Culture. Identity, Language, Fashion. Mod Subculture. “Mod” is from “modernist” – fashion (suits), R&B music, customized motor scooters . Also the Decadents – (Pseudo)intellectual – existentialism, claims to sophisticated taste, rejection of oversimplified masculinity - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE WHO & MOD CULTUREIdentity, Language, Fashion
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Mod Subculture• “Mod” is from “modernist” – fashion (suits), R&B music,
customized motor scooters.
• Also the Decadents – (Pseudo)intellectual – existentialism, claims to sophisticated taste, rejection of oversimplified masculinity
• Coffee shops (late night), jazz, and American beatnik culture (direct descendants of modernism).
• Amphetamines and dancing.
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British “Teddy Boys” (1950s) (Elvis)
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Rockers (1950s-1960s) (Brando)
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Mods (1960s) – Fashion & Italian Scooters
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Mod with Customized Scooter
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Quadrophenia (1973) • Rock opera about Jimmy, a teenager, and his doings in
London & Brighton in 1964-65.• Mass violence – Gang warfare – echoes of C20 Wars• “Quadrophenia” =
• Technical term for advanced, volatile schizophrenia• Reference to four personalities of Jimmy• Reference to the four members of The Who• Reference to quadrophonic sound (4-channel or surround sound;
i.e. stereo doubled), which was new at the time. In sense of themes emerging “from corners,” according to Pete Townsend.
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Quadrophenia: The Story• Jimmy is a Mod dealing with mental instability• His illness derives from inability to identify with major
institutions:• Parents/family• Psychiatrist (medicine)• Vicar (religion)• Eventually his own youth subculture• And subsequently himself.
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“5.15”• The song “5.15” sums up the major tenets of Jimmy’s
identity crisis:• Sexuality and gender (masculinity)• Modern culture• Consumerism
• Alienation
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The Who Sell Out (1967)
• Mock radio broadcast with fake commercials
• Ironic take on rock, commercial culture, and modern media
• “Odorono” – irony: pop song turns out to be a commercial – because that’s what pop songs are