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did this actually happen ? 100 mods gonna sort out the Beatles !
''On one memorable occasion a crowd of over one hundred mods on scooters arrive at the television studios of Ready, Steady, Go with the declared intention of sorting out the four Beatles, who are at the time recording a session inside, and it is only the quick-witted presence of a policeman on a white horse''…
as lifted from the subcultures.com website...
and this is pretty interesting too...
''Sometimes, mod aggression is put to positive use, like when Sir Oswald Moseley attempts a comeback speech in the East End and sets up a meeting in Ridley Road market on the platform of Jewish landlordism and black vermin overunning the country, whereby a united front of local mods and taxi-drivers hound the former Cabinet minister a his attendant pusillanimous blackshirts from the streets, never to return henceforth.''........
Anyone know if this is true ? was you there ? or remember it ? can imagine the beatles reaction to the news a hundred mods are outside to kick ya head in...lol...
true or folk law ?
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Permalink Reply by Mod Goddess on -
Sounds like folklore to me, PD! They played RSG only twice, once in 1963 and again in June 1966 and by then, Mod was already starting to be on the wane anyway, sad to say.
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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on -
And on one occasion you see Mickey Tenner and his mates dancing merrily in the background. He´s a member here, maybe he can enlighten us!?
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Permalink Reply by Martin G on
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Don't want to nit-pick but these are actual dates and appearances by the Fab Four on RSG.
The Beatles as a group appeared three times on READY STEADY GO.
4 Oct 1963 (Grey collarless suits) Live transmission
20 March 1964 (Famous one with Mickey Tenner and other known Mod dancers in crowd wearing Harringtons and cycle gear) Live Transmission
27 Nov 1964 (Appearance which culminates in stage invasion and a then unknown Gary Glitter ridding the stage of the said 'invaders') Taped a few days prior to the 27 Nov transmission.
16 April 1965 (An appearance by John and Geoge only in interview)
Some sections of these appearances were dropped into 'Special's here and there but these are the actual dates and background.
AROUND THE BEATLES a 1964 Special is now often referred to as an RSG special but was at the time just a stand alone TV Special with the Fabs appearing in sketches and musical sequences.
Think you may be getting a TOP OF THE POPS appearance mixed up in there for '66.
In terms of the validity of the original posting and quotes it sounds a bit ridiculous.
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Permalink Reply by Mod Goddess on
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Sorry, I was thiniking TOTP for June 1966. I wasn't thinking clearly. I knew all those dates. Like Ron Nasty's book, I was "Out of Me Head"
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Permalink Reply by alan B'Stard M P on -
Gary Glitter
Gadd the cad LOL
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Permalink Reply by Liam Brown on -
Before the whole 'Sgt Pepper' hippy thing, would you call The Beatles mods?
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Permalink Reply by The Snow Runner on -
NO!
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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on
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No, and we´re tired of discussing it, hahaha!
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Permalink Reply by Mod Goddess on
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LOL! Be nice boys!
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Permalink Reply by Gordon on -
Small Faces where big fans of The Beatles as where a lot of the London beat groups. And where any of the bands of the 60's real Mod's apart from the Small Faces?
Was Otis Redding a Mod?
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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on
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The Beatles are fantastic, fabulous, my favourite band EVER (well, allmost) since I was 8 years old, but they were not Mod.
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