Quadrophenia

[Cheeseybeaner]

Hadn't actually seen it before though was on the other night and caught some of it, what a great 'youth rebellion' film. Interesting era.

Who hasn't felt like this at some point though! :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK00U2WiIT8&feature=related

[Teflon-Mike]

[Jim Mc]

Ah the path to self-destruction. Looks like a good movie but the kid does seem a bit messed up. We all get wound up from time to time but, I think public displays of madness like that is a step beyond normal behaviour.

[Tenko]

I think the best bit is when Phil Daniels is 'out of his brain on the train' - he clearly did some narcotic research to get that bit right!!!

[keggyhander]

It's message probably wasn't that mods and scooterists are total bell ends, but it's certainly the message I came away with.

[Cheeseybeaner]

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[Vincent]

There was a few weekends of Biker and Mod altracations in our local park, with quite a lot of people involved but, strangely enough, that was the second time around, in the late 70s.

I have a mental image of a mate of mine whipping a Mod with his own aerial

That was a case of the bikers using the park to meet up regularly on Sundays and the Mods deciding they needed to beat some greasers up as that's what they're supposed to do Didn't quite pan out for them though - they weren't expecting us to get on our bikes and go after them and it's not easy outrunning 250cc + bikes on a hairdryer

Before Leslie Ash decided to let someone pump a load of cow hormones into her lips, she was a bit of a looker Sting has no excuse whatsoever............he's a twat full stop.
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[MarJay]

[Polarbear]

I love that movie, and being old enough to have had some fun as the second generation of bike v scooter troublemakers in the 70's and early 80's It's class nostalgia for me

I remember having an extremely beautiful but psycho welsh bint on the back of my Z650 one bank holiday in Weston super mare. A group of us were riding past a row of parked scooters when she stuck her foot out and started trying to kick them over. Queue the domino theory of scooters

We were rather outnumbered so discretion being the better part of valour, we did a runner out of town
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[andyscooter]

i love the film

but im into vespas so that woild explain that

strange though i never got into the stupid suits and stuff

but i do ride in a parker
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[Vincent]

[Cheeseybeaner]

[Vincent]

[Cheeseybeaner]

[jjdugen]

Ahh, those days... The Who (mods) or the Stones (Rockers), scooter or bike, you chose sides and it was tribal.
Maybe that is why the vast bulk (literally in some cases) of 'bikers' these days hark from that era. The one thing the film does portray well is the colour of the mid sixties. Most mainline films of the day were black and white 'grim up north' potboilers, it was actually a great time to be alive, if you were young. No unemployment, a 'youth culture' getting up to full steam, the fact that you had two wheels or walked, (cars too expensive then), with myriad cafs and pubs to go to. Little or none of the overbearing restrictions you have today. In my memory, even the weather was better, certainly the music was!
I look at the nonces of today and shake my head, a mere shadow of what was.
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[Vincent]

They're a bit more modern so might not feel the same to ride as the older Lambrettas. I never got used to things like the handlebars being so narrow and just the feel of the thing on bends.
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[Vincent]

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[Tenko]

I remember the 2nd generation in the early 80s. A group of 'scooter boys' chopped up my nearly new black GP125 with machettes one bank holiday weekend. Some mates and I sat by the side of the A12 watching scooters going to G Yarmouth, when a couple of cars pulled up, 8 thick-neckked sarf London geezers got out and proceeded to hack away at my bike... My mates legged it but I stayed, rooted with fear. The Old Bill caught them further up the road as a little old lady had phoned the registrations in.

By way of retribution we hid on the banking and shot a few with catapaults as they passed by on the way back. We got a chase and were caught by the plod. Nice blokes at Woodbridge, they let us off with a caution, saying they totally understood our angst!!! Now that's community policing...

[Vincent]

[Vincent]

[Flip]

This film is on par with easy rider and hell ride for it's shiteness. Fuckin' dreadful movie.

[Cheeseybeaner]

[Flip]

You'll probably enjoy it, I seem to be one of the few that didn't. It was being hyped by a scooter rider in work so I gave in and watched it. With Easy Rider, I just watch two drug dealers riding choppers wonder what it had to do with bikers.

Just my opinions, I'm not trying to spoil the film for you.