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#1 2007-02-07 05:20:57
- Terry Lean
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Tribal Style !
Want to be different from the rest but the same as others?
Want to be an individual and yet one who looks like a part of a larger group?
You need Tribal style!
Be a Mod.
Be a Skin.
Be Rocker.
Be a Ted .
Be a Punk.
Be a Skater.
Be a Surfer.
Be an Emo Boy.
Be a Goth.
ETC...
Too old for Teen style?
No reason why you should be left out of all the fun...
Step this way, Sir -
Be a Trad.
Be a Fogey.
Be a Preppy-Revivalist.
Join the Cognoscenti !
Become an Aficionado !!
All good stuff for those who want to be different in the same way as a lot of other people.
Stand out from the crowd by joining a smaller crowd!
That's what individualism means.
Tribal style is fascinating because it involves the wish to be different and to express yourself without ever isolating yourself. It's an ego trip for the timid.
When you join a tribe you are a part of something, not just one guy on his own who dresses a bit different. You're not a loser & a loner, you're someone.
It gives you an identity whilst taking away your identity.
Neat!
So here's to it all -
No matter if all you're buying into is cynical advertising & marketing hype, a tribal identity validates you.
You're not on your own and never will be.
You're an individual just like all the rest of your clique who all look and think and talk just the same as you do.
"To be someone must be a wonderful thing" - PW. All Mod Cons.
t.
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#2 2007-02-07 05:31:00
- Horace
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Re: Tribal Style !
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#3 2007-02-07 05:47:58
- Terry Lean
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Re: Tribal Style !
First we sell them the retro-punk T-shirt. Nothing too hardcore... maybe a little Ramones stuff to tease their fledgling taste buds...
Then we tell them they are an idividual... Sheena is a punk rocker and so are you!
Next we bring them all the 'rebel' iconography for them to buy into.
Soon we'll be selling CDs & DVDs to them... From Dean to Cobain and beyond.
It's important to get all the rebels looking the same (in all their different ways) & buying product from an early age...
... Business is business and we have units to shift here.
Now we have our free-thinking consumers we should move them up a step. We have their money, now let's get their votes...
Where's the problem?
We should set up a website and maybe sell some tacky merchandise to these people...
Tomorrow belongs to me!
t.
PS -
"Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go
They're ready to go now
They've got their surfboards
And they're going to the discotheque a go go
But she just couldn't stay
She had to break away
Well New York City really has it all
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker
Sheena is a punk rocker now
She's a punk punk, a punk rocker
Punk punk, a punk rocker
Punk punk, a punk rocker "
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#4 2007-02-07 05:55:45
- Terry Lean
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rou1vHVKnfc
Gabba Gabba Hey -
Last edited by Terry Lean (2007-02-07 05:57:31)
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#6 2007-02-07 07:31:50
- Gladhatter
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Re: Tribal Style !
Sir I am not going to mine your vein but will with out permission in true forum decorm style blatenly steal your gold mine and all and repost it here: http://www.gladhatter.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=26612#26612 Not so often such valuable informations come along.
Of course if the bee stings you then you may endure the force of the entire hive after all weakness is misunderstood as strength some times when it is applied enmasse.
Sad are the fools that subscribe to such a thought pattern and find themselves mired in the depths of medicority and thinking their group encounter leads them in to the realm of excellence.
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#7 2007-02-07 07:45:47
- Tony Ventresca
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Re: Tribal Style !
I see "tribes" as another word for "categories", and I love categorizing people.
Especially by clothing, cars, lifestyle markers, etc.
Mostly for fun, but sometimes the caricatures make perfect sense.
I must ponder this, before I try to add.
TV
#8 2007-02-07 08:50:57
- Terry Lean
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The positive thing about Tribes is that they can give a kid a start.
From being someone's son they can move to being a part of a peer group and from there on to being themselves.
They are no place for a grown man though.
t.
(Who didn't like 'Sheena' this afternoon? Fun stuff! I was nodding along.)
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"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#9 2007-02-07 08:55:43
- Terry Lean
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Re: Tribal Style !
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#10 2007-02-07 08:56:45
- Get Smart
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No man is an island, and if there's one positive to come out of joining subcultural "tribes" is that ALL of the ones Terry's listed have their identity based on fashion/style...therefore the kid that becomes a "punk" oftentimes graduates and sees if the grass is greener on the "mod" or "skin" or "ted" side. If he's an aware enough of an individual he'll delve into the history and foundations of those tribes and learn a thing or two about where they came from, and the style aspect to each is a HUGE part of what defined them as such. Now if he's not so keen on all that, then he'll just become the typical grownup who wears dockers and old navy buttonups, not that there's anything wrong with that either.
It's interesting how there's only a degree or two of separation, sartorially, that separates most of these tribes. Even if they're complete opposites of each other, aesthetically, you can often find a common link (whether visually or conceptually) that makes them more similar than different.
Horace, out of curiosity what band shirt was the kid wearing?
#11 2007-02-07 09:00:09
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Robert Elms' book "The Way we Wore" is one of the best first hand accounts I've read of a fella that lived thru all these tribal phases when it was trendy to move from one to the next in the blink of an eye. He goes thru so many phases in his youth, it's almost depressing that he couldnt just identify with one and stick with it, but I guess that's the way it was when everything was so new and fresh. In the present day, *we* have the luxury of looking back and picking what era we want to immerse ourselves in. In Elms' day it seemed like one day mod was the big thing, then it got stale, everyone turned into skinheads, then suddenly everyone grew their hair out and started rocking to T Rex, before cutting it all off again and becoming New Ro....!!!!! f'ing whirlwind!
Interestingly enough, as an older adult, Elms seems to have settled back into his "mod" leanings and style. You can't ever go wrong with the classics.
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#12 2007-02-07 09:03:14
- Terry Lean
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GS is too cool for my cartoon posts!
I think a Tribal identity can lead on to being a Stylist very easily.
It's a stepping stone.
Find yourself, perfect yourself, Keep on moving on!
t.
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#13 2007-02-07 10:21:32
- JamesT
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I thought the "punk" fashion was a rebellion against the normal dressing of society? Now that standards of dress in society have more or less disappeared, the "punk" fashion statement kind of falls flat on its face.
#15 2007-02-07 15:40:21
- Terry Lean
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"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#16 2007-02-08 01:37:23
- Terry Lean
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Re: Tribal Style !
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#17 2007-02-08 03:30:18
- Horace
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""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#18 2007-02-12 05:23:10
- Terry Lean
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Slight bump for any Modculturalists who might come this way -
Notice how in that clip of 'Sheena' the guy does a 'Jam jump'?
So that's a Ramone copying Paul Weller copying Pete Townshend.
Ahhh, the influence of modernism!
t.
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#20 2007-02-12 10:19:38
- Gladhatter
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Re: Tribal Style !
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#21 2007-02-12 10:34:55
- Terry Lean
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I can tell you're a Paul Weller fan GH!
I'm just clumsy with words - Sorry.
D.
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"