singemonkey wrote
That's not just Metal, Bob. When you're a teenager music is all about identity, so a lot of genres are to do with peoples' perceptions of themselves.
True. But I do thinkj some of this is missing the point really. It's like punk - what's that about now because it's surely not about reacting against the three-day week, conformity and prog rock. What started as a rebellion has become just another uniform, another set of things to conform to.
If I really start getting into playing rockabilly, I guess I'll be forced to start hot-rodding cars, and cover my arms in tattoos ?
I daresay there may even be "lifestyle" trends between people who are mostly into those musicians who came out of the British folk-rock boom - not that I'm accusing you of wearing a beret, or anything ?
LOL. That's not a folk rock thing really, more of a Thompson thing - and that because he's bald as a coot. I guess it looks a little more interesting than those gimme caps he used to wear.
Several members of Fairport Convention are still remarkably hirsute.
The "man in black" look is also a Thompson thing rather than a folk rock thing. What does seem to be coming close to a uniform in British folk-rock circles is hawaaian shirts - but maybe that's just an English summer thing.
Though I was quite struck at the Beverley Folk Festival (which I attended in June) by the number of teenagers with baggy shorts, ridiculous hats and skateboards who were grooving and hollering to the likes of Bruce Molsky.
Last year I was at Brampton to see Richard Thompson, and was amazed to see amongst all the silver-haired, garishly-shirted old farts a sizable contingent of teens and 20-somethings in leather and miniskirts who were dancing in the aisles and knew (and sang) every word of every song.
