[lit-ideas] Re: Another song with a past
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In response to my "[Eric Burdon] *does* look about 16. I think it's
the haircut - to say nothing of the [choice of appropriate adjective
left as an exercise for the reader] suit.", on 8-Oct-11, at 12:37 AM,
Andy wrote:
As far as the fashion, that deserves a now now. It's not like the
fashions of today are going to look so wonderful in 50 years.
Actually, I read that fashions today change not by the season, but
every two weeks, literally, to stimulate consumption. It's funny
that those suits were in 1964.
Actually, the adjective I was searching for as I wrote that was
'fab' (which I subsequently serendipitously found in the title of a
book on the Beatles and fashion which I saw in a store window - the
Beatles on the cover were wearing suits almost identical to those worn
by the Animals in the video under discussion above). I had not
intended to be negatively critical at all.
But I couldn't for the life of me remember that word - 'cool' kept
getting in the way, and i was sure that using it to describe mid 60's
fashion would have been an anachronism. Ditto (I think) for 'hip' and
'outasight' and 'groovy'- my feeling is that these also came much
later (I'm willing to be corrected by anyone finding appropriate
quotations).
Chris Bruce,
wearing the cat's pyjamas, in
Kiel, Germany
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