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Old 01-14-2021, 05:29 AM   #23 (permalink)
Eleanor Rigby 14
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic View Post
That's a very good summary and list of recommendations, Neapolitan. Just this bit I'd like to comment on if I may:-



"Greasers" was used in England too, in fact I was in high school with a guy whose nickname was "Greaser". It predates the movie Grease
and in England meant " a guy with long unwashed hair, leather jacket and such a love of low-budget motorbikes that his hands, like his hair were likely to be greasy." AFAIK Rockers were the same group, but before long hair was fashionable: they adopted the long hippie hair and became Greasers.



Yes, that was a clever remark from Ringo, making fun of the rivalry between Mods and Rockers, which at one time was both serious and bitter in England:-



(An old codger like Trollheart might notice the Ford Anglias in this video clip: very first car my big sister bought, and therefore the first car in my family, as my parents never had one.)
Lord, I thought that Mods and Rockers were almost the same thing!!
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