Vespas, Lambrettas, Scooter boys & Mods out & about in various London locations. All photo's taken with permission of the scooters (& sometimes the riders).
OMG remember the Mod's and Rockers, big confrontations st Brightion, been, there, still got "T" shirt lol... happy days to all that remember great times :)
On this day in 1963 {December 8th} "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen peaked at #2 {for 6 non-consecutive weeks} on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on November 9th, 1963 and spent 16 weeks on the Top 100... The first two weeks it was #2 "Dominique" by the Singing Nun was #1 and then "There, I've Said It Again" by Bobby Vinton kept it out of the top spot for four weeks... It re-entered the Top 100 again three years later in 1966 for a two week stay, peaking at #97... John Belushi covered it in 1978; his version reached #89 and was on the Top 100 for 4 weeks...
Aaah the memories, spotted Enfield on a sign, I come from Southgate, we had a lot of Lambrettas, Vespas and Bubblecars in late 50's early 60's. Great times. But the ones with the big windscreen were deadly in a strong wind )).
There use too be a old Lambretta in the back yard when i was a boy, it was leaning up against the fence for years and on the back wheel covers was a Map of Australia!, HAHAHA , hell of a long slow trip it must of been on a 62? Lambretta! Hell wish i had it now!
Louie Louie, oh no Me gotta go Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said Louie Louie, oh baby Me gotta go Fine little girl waits for me Catch a ship across the sea Sail that ship about, all alone Never know if I make it home Louie Louie, oh no Me gotta go Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said Louie Louie, oh baby Me gotta go Three nights and days I sail the sea Think of girl, constantly On that ship, I dream she's there I smell the rose in her hair. Louie Louie, oh no Me gotta go Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said Louie Louie, oh baby Me gotta go Okay, let's give it to 'em, right now! See Jamaica, the moon above It won't be long, me see me love Take her in my arms again Tell her I'll never leave again Louie Louie, oh no Me gotta go Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said Louie Louie, oh baby Me gotta go Let's take it on outta here now Let's go!
@ambertjeblue A classic Mod anthem. My mum and dad were mods from Whetstone/Finchley early 60's. Me still carrying the scooter torch, a scooterist for life. There is a club from Enfield called the Enfield Rifles which is still going strong. Scooters, a way of life.
Jack Ely, lead singer of the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie," dies at 71. www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/29/jack-ely-singer-known-for-louie-louie-dies-aged-71 R.I.P. Jack.
it was a shame when we had to wear helmets but i can see there point as i had a Raleigh moped as at the age of sweet 16 when i almost lost my life but now i have 2 vespa's i have a full licence & i used to teach people how to ride up to test standard i have been on a few rallies its a great seen long live us mods
Gotta laugh my ass off thinking about how the FBI scrutinized this song in their famous crime lab for "bad language". Running it backwards, forwards, slow speed, high speed, etc. and at the end they determined it to be "indecipherable at any speed". *AND THEN TOTALLY MISSING THE DRUMMER SAYING "FUCK!" at **0:56** when he missed a beat!!*
Perfect dancing song. I tried desperately to discover the words, but never could! I HAD to know the words as I was dancing across that floor. It's rubbish, but it's a classic from late 1964/early 1965, I think! Anyone know for certain, please let me know.
they need pixel test for old pic to identify what actually color that they used. -:born to be someone else is waste, except you have you own signature.
Here's a question: How would I have fitted in during the sixties? I love the Mod culture, the music, and the clobber... but hell I'm not a scooter man... I love fast bikes so I'd have had to own a big Norton or Triumph cafe racer. I'd have looked a bit silly on it in my parker though ;)
Why do grown men feel the need to end every comment with ‘KTF?!’ It only has any relevance to your own tiny band of like-minded half-wits. BTW, ‘KTF’ has no connection to Mod, only to Northern Soul. They’re not the same thing.
Not true. Mods, originally were modern jazz fans who later embraced R n B and soul. Some of the best mod classics however, were one-offs like this. Bands like the Who and the Small Faces came at the end of the mod scene and had little influence on the movement. The first home-grown mod band were probably the Kinks because they came from a R n B background but developed their own hard rocking style which had no precedent and which mods liked. Don't forget, mods were into early rock music wh
@Ray Thanks Ray, Doesn't look like I finished the point I was trying to make about early rock music coming from the blues and NOT rock and roll. The early punks had a similar ethic to the early mods and despised the later commercialism of the movement. I sold original 60's box jackets (and a lamb's wool boating blazer I wish I still had) to punks in 1980. The Spencer Davis group were very important in the 60's and Stevie Winwood went to one of my local schools. I wish I'd been around to see them on the same bill as the Yardbirds at Birmingham town hall in '64
@Ray Thanks Ray. I am a Brummie. I used to drink with a guy who was much older than me and Knew Stevie from school. He said that wherever he went in the playground, he had an entourage of 'thugs' with him. He was playing in the band while he was still at school and I think he had trouble playing gigs because of his age. Paul
@ThisisTedWells Well, they have the lyrics to the original version, you can find those online. As to what he's actually saying, who knows. The FBI couldn't figure it out, and they spend two years trying. (true story btw)
