target sign?

[Davey-boi]

Alrighty, I keep seeing this sign in the scooter mags I read. It's a like this red, white, and blue target sign thing. Anyways, what is it? What does it stand for?

[King Vino]

Oh, the mod target? Wow, a scooterist that needs educated to our mod forefathers. OMG, I must have a dozen mod shirts and at least a few Paul Weller CD's. Um, ok, wow, I can do an entire article about the foundation of scootering culture. Ok, in the 60's a group calling themselves modernists formed in the UK, they rode Vespas and Lambrettas. They wore only the finest Italian suits and listened to R&B. Mods represented the ultra-chic revolution of the times. Many mods went broke, trying to keep up with the fashions. What was popular to wear today would be out of date and ridiculed tomorrow. Later the mod movement fragmented in to different genres such as ska, punk, skinheads, scooter boys, northern soulies, and etc leading us up to today where we're called scooterists.The mods were to the Britts what the hippies were to Americans, but only differant. Think Austin Powers and his swinging 60's style. That was mod to an extreme.

Try this link for a little more background info. Mod Culture (http://www.modculture.co.uk/index1.php)

[isoscelesjones]

http://www.modrevival.net/mod_target.gif

PIck it up, rudeboy

and, of course, there is The Whos Quadraphenia

Me, personally - I'm into ska: The Slackers, Toasters, Skavoovie and the Epitones, Skatalites, Pietasters, Laural Aikin, Flux Skapacitor, Dance Hall Crashers, Blue Meanies, MU330... and the list goes on and on... see it here: http://www.billtanner.net/ska/skabands.html

but I'm from podunk MN - probably the only rudie with a scoot in my town :cool:

[Ronnie]

I want to get that painted on my metro.......... :rolleyes:

[King Vino]

I think next week, when I have free time again, I'll do an article of the Mod movement.

[Davey-boi]

Wow, that was pretty amazing! Talk about a history lesson... only worth reading haha! Thanks for all the info and links Aaron. Yup, I like it when your not workin at YMC. Instead of one sentence snappy responses, we'er gettin great in-depth answers. Thanx buuuuuudy!

[Davey-boi]

Duuuude, the britts had better hippies :) !

[Davey-boi]

Also I forgot to mention.... I'm really diggin this new "lifestyle" page. Really interesting.

[King Vino]

Yeah, the lifestyle forum is my baby :) I really wanted this one!